
The Best Things to Do in Wellington This Week
Heading back to the ol' daily grind can be pretty damn awful after a bright and shiny weekend of picnicking, bar hopping and patting dogs that aren't yours, but luckily Wellington's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has plenty of events, exhibitions, theatre, film festivals and live music for you to inject a little awesomeness into your week. Sure, use Monday for Netflix. Then get out there and sink your teeth into Wellington's best happenings this week.
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Food & Drink
Golden Gully's Virtual Cocktail and Cooking Classes
Turn your living room into a saloon or become a whiz in the kitchen.
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Arts & Entertainment
Courtney Barnett and Lucius & Friends
Performing live from their lounge rooms, they'll be joined by Sheryl Crow, Sharon Van Etten, Fred Armisen and more.
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NGV Channel
The Melbourne art gallery is launching virtual tours of all its current blockbuster exhibitions.
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MSO Online
While Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is suspending all concerts with audiences for a month, it's now hosting an online concert series.
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Nightly Met Opera Streams
Stream a different opera from the famous NY institution every night.
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Room 2 Radio
Cut some serious shapes in your bedroom with this virtual dance party.
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Couch Choir
Pub Choir's communal singing events are affected by the mass-gatherings ban, so it's bringing the sing-along into your home.
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Arts & Entertainment
Honeyland
Nominated for two Oscars and picking up multiple Sundance awards, this compelling and fascinating doco follows Europe's last female wild beekeeper.
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MAU: House of Night and Day
This major installation focuses on themes of ceremony, philosophy, culture, activism and performance.
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Dark Waters
Involving and infuriating, this Mark Ruffalo-starring legal thriller is based on a compelling true story.
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Downhill
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell can't save this flat American remake of 2014 Swedish hit 'Force Majeure'.
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Maoriland Film Festival
This year's festival features films from 27 different countries and 92 Indigenous nations.
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Arts & Entertainment
New Zealand French Film Festival 2020
With 30 formidable films on offer, including twisty whodunnits, insightful documentaries and the second highest-grossing French film of 2019.
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Travel & Leisure
Moon Cycles Next-Level Bike Rave
This roaming cycle tour brings together lights, music and dance on two wheels.
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Arts & Entertainment
'Friends' Quiz Night
No one told you that watching endless television reruns could turn out this way.
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Arts & Entertainment
Guns Akimbo
This OTT action-comedy promises Daniel Radcliffe with guns bolted to his hands — and that's about all it delivers.
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Color Out of Space
Nicolas Cage gets wild and weird — again — in this kaleidoscopic spectacle of a horror film, which adapts a HP Lovecraft story.
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The Invisible Man
Elisabeth Moss is at her tormented best in this smart, stylish and supremely relevant Australian-shot remake of a monster movie classic.
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Suffrage in Stitches
This 300-metre-long work celebrates the people who supported the original suffrage movement.