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Earth Day Movies

As part of Earth Day celebrations for 2009, we will show three short films related to growing your own food.

The first, "Smalltalk Diaries: the decomposers" was first shown Palmerston North in 2008 as part of Reel Earth (the Aotearoa Environmental Film Festival) and was described as "an amusing portrayal of the unsung heroes of our ecosystem - the insect decomposers"(14 mins).

The second, "Worms in the Big Apple", also shown as part of Reel Earth last year is set in New York and was described as "a playful mix of devoted gardeners, environmental activists and first graders promoting composting"(18 mins).

The third, "Urban food growing in Havana, Cuba" (2008) is a clip from the BBC's "Around the World in 80 gardens" and shows some of the organic urban food gardens that have developed in Havana since Russia withdrew it's financial support at the end of the 1980's (8 mins).

Following the films we will have a short talk and discussion about opportunities for growing food within the Palmerston North urban area including the establishments of local community gardens. All welcome!

Light refreshments will be available. All welcome

Date: Apr 22, 2009
Hours: 5.45pm - 7.15pm
Location: Sound & Vision Zone

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Exhibitions

'Paintings from the human archive' - new paintings by Kirsty Porter.

Painted from photographs from her past, Kirsty examines the nature of memory - does she remember the event or does she remember the photograph? A crystalline ooze appears in throughout the paintings, drawing our attention to the potent life force of each scenario.

April 24 - May 11,
Events Central, Ground Floor.

Art exhibition by John de Vries

Local artist John de Vries is displaying his artwork at the Roslyn Library until Friday 20th July 2012.

His past works include a whale mural in Wellington, murals in Foxton and he also works on private commissions. Come and look at his wonderful colourful artwork.