The Old Library Arts Centre


Permalink | 0 notes La Fete Caburlesque - 3rd December 730pm - $25
The hottest burlesque show to hit Whangarei. Complimentary drink and burlesque canapes on Arrival!
Permalink | 0 notes The Tempest - December 16th - 8pm, 17th - 8pm, & 18th - 2.30pm
GA - $20, Concession - $15
By William Shakespeare.
Directed by Lilicherie McGregor.
Original music by Fred Renata.
Permalink | 0 notes BB & Alex - December 9th 8pm - $20
BB and Alex Borwick have created a sound that calls upon their musical  backgrounds including Bluegrass, Celtic, Jazz, and even Classical. They  have proven that it IS possible to play two banjos in tune with each  other, and they have even produced a few original compositions, which  are undoubtedly a result of their varied influences.
Read more: http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/utr/artists/A/1739/N/Alex—Bb.utr#ixzz1eae1v7w1
Permalink | 0 notes The Winterless North Film Programme - Monday 28th November 8pm. $5 doorsales only
This November a selection of locally themed films from the Film Archive vaults are heading Northland way. Curated by Diane McAllen, introduced by Film Archive Kairangahau  Lawrence Wharerau, and accompanied by local pianists, evening screenings  will be presented in Whangarei, Dargaville and Kaitaia. These Northland screenings are a compilation of short films, showcasing  stories that focus respectively on Whangarei, Dargaville and Kaitaia.  An amazing record of what has changed, this selection of shorts shows  Northland from Whangarei to Kaitaia as seen through three main  perspectives: the local, the holiday-maker and the official government  publicity office. Highlights include the harvesting and processing of  strawberries in 1927, activities on the water, street parades, gum  digging and dairy farming. The Film Archive will be loading  more content of specific interest to Northland communities on to the  Whangarei Central Library medianet, including: amateur footage of the  1953 Waipu Centennial Celebrations; Waitangi celebrations from the  thirties through to the seventies; the 1948 Whangarei Popular Girl  Contest; footage of activities in community halls; documentaries about  local industries such as cement, glasswork, timber, gas and dairy  farming; and holiday home movies of campsites and baches up and down the  coast.   The New Zealand Film Archive staff will be onsite at  the medianet station in the Whangarei Central Library from 11am -1.30pm  on Tuesday 29 November to show you through medianet and answer any  questions about accessing the collections.  Photo:Frame enlargement from Johnson, Jack, The Popular Girl Contest (1928). credit: Stills Collection, New Zealand Film Archive Ngā Kaitiaki O Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua
Permalink | 0 notes Aurora - 7.30pm 16-26 November
Matinee Sunday 20th at 2pm and Saturday 26th at 4pm Old Library $12/$17 Tickets on Sale
When a freak solar event causes a jet liner to ditch in the ocean,  seventeen kids from around New Zealand and the world, aged 8 to 13, must  pull together and use their imaginations to survive. It’s a gripping  tale full of action, heart and humour that takes its audience on journey  where hope, imagination and pragmatism are the keys to survival.  Based on a genuine threat to our planet, the play begins when a mass  coronal ejection from the sun (a HUGE solar flare) causes an aurora to  envelop the planet: it’s an electromagnetic storm of immense beauty and  danger: It causes power grids to fail, electronics to fry and satellites  to fall from the sky.  A national junior athletic team is traveling to New Caledonia for the  Oceania Championships when the aurora causes their plane to ditch in the  ocean. The team gets separated from their parents in the ensuing chaos,  only to be washed ashore on a deserted island!  That is where the play begins and their quest for survival, rescue and camaraderie begins.  The cast are, like their characters, are aged 8-13. The play has been  specifically written for them by Peter Larsen who penned last year’s  acclaimed NYT Junior Show, Metamorphosis, and Lithium Kiss, which made the grand finale of Sydney’s Short&Sweet international play festival.  Jarrod Martin directs the ensemble in his second collaboration with  Larsen and the NYT Junior Company, after calling last year’s show the  most rewarding of his directing career.   Performed and devised by the NYT junior company, with a cast of  seventeen actors playing characters their own age, this is a beautiful,  moving show full of laughter and touching moments. It elevates  children’s theatre into the realm of an artform that speaks across the  ages.
Permalink | 0 notes Last Wednesday Artist Lecture Series - By Chris Carey
Join  us on November 30th for this months ‘Last Wednesday’s Artist Lecture  series’ by Chris Carey, who’ll share with us his experiences at the 54th  International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale this year.
6.30pm in the Main Hall. $5 entry. Bar and snacks available!