Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Arts and letters for Christchurch

Toby

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:02:29 +1300

London people who like helping and laughing at the same time should think very seriously about going to this event – there are some top people involved and I hear rumours of a surprise or two. And very splendid raffleage.

Paul Williams

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:39:49 +1300

I think donors and folk singing to raise money will be thinking the resulting funds should be going more or less directly to struggling people. They might be less supportive if it is to be used by the government to pay for benefits normally covered by the MSD/WINZ, but I…

Matthew Reid

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:52:22 +1300

Apologies that this comment is not about arts and letters, but I'm interested in what happens to money donated and raised by talented people from Auckland to Sydney to London. Further to my comment yesterday, this is what you find at the Earthquake Appeal website:

On February 22 a 6.3…

Samuel Scott

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:23:45 +1300

Does anyone know if there is a website that lists the different Chch Quake charities?

I've been dabbling with a bit of an idea which could raise a very small amount of cash, but I want to direct it somewhere a bit more specific than the Red Cross. Not that…

Rogan Polkinghorne

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:19:51 +1300

Wow, count me in for 'Tales for Canterbury'...I'm a sucker for anything Gaiman.

Russell Brown

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:51:25 +1300

I’m not surprised you commented on the naming rights sponsor – but they have been great to us since Feb 22.

Good on them.

James Caygill

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:42:58 +1300

SO performers and the CSO players (I'm CE of them too) and my staff were all ok, although one of our singers lost her parents. We've been evicted like everyone else from the Arts Centre – although that came as no surprise as we've been unable to access anything in…

Sacha

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:34:51 +1300

Solid Energy Chorus

the original steampunk crew

Russell Brown

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:33:21 +1300

What's the status of Southern Opera post-quake, James? Were you affected?

And I must say ...

Solid Energy Chorus

Sounds like a very now indie band. I'd certainly download their MP3s from Hype Machine.

James Caygill

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:34:27 +1300

It's also worth noting that Sharolyn Kimmorley – the accompanist for the Sydney Concert – is the Chorus Director for the Solid Energy Chorus of Southern Opera here in Christchurch (I'm SO's CE).

It's lovely to have her involved with a bunch of keen kiwis – far too many of…

Grant Stone

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:30:56 +1300

Tales for Canterbury is a new fiction anthology with all profits donated to the NZ Red Cross Earthquake appeal. It's available for pre-order now. There's a great mix of both local and international authors including Cat Connor, Neil Gaiman, Patty Jansen, Tim Jones, Ripley Patton and Jeff VanderMeer.

[[http://talesforcanterbury.wordpress.com/|Tales For…

Marion Ogier

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:23:25 +1300

I share Matthew's feeling of envy of some great events that are not in Christchurch but I'm sure the time will come when artists are travelling to Christchurch to stage some great events for Cantabrians. May be in the depths of winter when we'll really need a boost?
Christchurch City…

Matthew Reid

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:36:47 +1300

It's great to feel the solidarity, and how people far from Christchurch get together to help. The only shameis that these events are not in Christchurch. However, The Wiggles are giving free tickets to their concert in April, so that's something...

Has anybody looked closely into what happens to the…

Jackie Clark

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:15:17 +1300

I really wish I could go to Paul's reading – because I am in love with Davey Darling. And to hear Paul reading it would be beyond awesome. So I would recommend that everyone go to the APL tomorrow at 1pm. Actually, I see it's happening at 6pm – maybe…

Public Address

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:15:17 +1300

Discussion from blog post.