‘Tis the Season for Skaters

Christmas celebrations kick off at skatestore, Arcade, in Cross St on 12 December.  The store’s ’12 Days of Christmas” will see different events happening daily until 24 December.  Art print sales, music performances and skateboarding demos are all on the agenda, as is the opportunity to just kick back and relax in this colourful community hub.

Bargain skate clothing and accessories are also up for grabs with deals such as New York City’s 5BORO cruiser decks for $100, NZ-made Morepork five-panel caps with pigskin suede peaks at $85 and Arcade Tees at $59 on offer.

Happy Birthday First Thursdays

 (Images Laura Forest Photography)

You’re invited to a party!  K’ Road’s late night art event, First Thursdays, is turning three on 6 December and you’re invited to help celebrate the occasion.  Having begun as a single venue arts event in St Kevin’s Arcade in December 2009, the multi-media music, arts and performance evening now delivers a programme of 30 events spread across a total of 22 venues throughout the length of K’ Road.

Sustainability is the theme this year which means events where art meets recycling will feature.  
An example, says co-ordinator Cleo Barnett, is a children’s Christmas workshop scheduled to take place in Cross St Arcade at 214 K’ Road.  The workshop will guide children through the process of creating their own personalised cards and decorations using a range of recycled materials.


Foxes craft market is returning to St Kevin’s Arcade, participating galleries will be open late and and there’ll be a short film screening at The Film Archive.  Portrait sketches while you wait, funky bands in Ironbank, breakdancing competitions and street installations all promise to make First Thursday's third birthday party a night to remember.  And you can keep up to date with new additions to FT's programme by checking them out on Facebook . 

What:    First Thursdays
Where: K' Road
When:  THursday 6 December 2012
Time:    6-9pm

Alternative Music Venue - The Wine Cellar

Owned and managed by connoisseur of independent and experimental music, Rohan Evans, The Wine Cellar,is located in the basement of St Kevin’s Arcade.  Having been variously described as a Berlin-style bunker, or ‘a dive with heart’, the eight year old venue provides a performance space for music genres bearing titles such as noise/experimental and improvised/alternative folk and blues. Offering an intimate setting and an expert pair of hands on the sound desk, its menu of mainly local music is certainly one worth checking out.