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WESTMERE Glengarry Wines, 164 Garnet Rd

Linn Lorkin is bringing her award-winning show to local audiences this month

Linn Lorkin went to New York on a three week transit visa in 1977, fell into piano-bar work and stayed eight years.

Interweaving song and story and unfolding like a Broadway musical, ‘Hey, Piano Bar Lady’, tells the fascinating tale of her adventures in the Big Apple as she progresses from downtown $20 a night gigs to uptown’s swanky ivories with stops along the way for marriage, divorce and a baby.

This original show was selected as one of the picks of the Festival at Edinburgh Fringe 2012 and won ‘Best Cabaret’ at the world’s largest solo show festival, United Solo, New York in 2013. It featured at Auckland Writers Festival 2018 in a sold-out performance.

“A love letter to a life filled with adventure… manages to be funny and poignant, Lorkin’s captivating performance exuding the timelessness of a brilliant performer.” ****The List UK.

“Fabulous style…a cross between Victoria Wood and Edith Piaf.” ****Musical Theatre Matters UK.

At Artworks Theatre, Oneroa, Waiheke, Friday 7 August, Saturday 8 August @ 7.30pm. The third show is on Sunday 9 August @ 2pm. The final shows of the series will be held at TAPAC, Western Springs on Saturday 22 August 7.30pm and Sunday 23 August @ 2pm.  PN Ali Nicholls: The Beths The Beths were the first band I ever reviewed, playing The Hollywood Avondale to a predictable crowd of lefty, lanky Grey Lynn dwellers and Wine Cellar regulars, and they absolutely blew me away. Having listened to ‘Jump Rope Gazers’, the 2020 sophomore album that The Beths are embarking on their release tour with, I was going in to this show with mixed feelings. As can often be the case with sophomore releases, Jump Rope Gazers seemed more reserved than previous works. It has some banging tracks for sure, but as this album didn’t bring much by way of fresh perspective to the table, I was apprehensive about whether I would be as enthralled for a second time. On the night The Beths are greeted to joyous applause. There’s a lot of love in the room and Liz, nervous as she is, dishes out her signature stumbling stage banter with gratitude. Their first single ‘I’m Not Getting Excited’ rips through the heartwarming fuzziness of their welcome, and the mosh is as lively as one can expect from an enthusiastic flock of Green party voters in their late 20s at 10pm on a Friday night. Once again, The Beths are on form. I hold my reservations carefully. Their sound is faultless, the atmosphere is lush, and everyone in this room is having a blast, but I feel as though I’ve been here before. I teeter on the edge of judgement before I’m flung from the cliffside by the familiar peeling guitar riff of ‘Whatever’ from their freshman LP ‘Future Me Hates Me’.

Clay Works Potters' Market at St Columba

After what has been one of the most extraordinary years on record, we are excited to confirm that the annual Clay Works Potters' Market, usually held in May, has been rescheduled for Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September, 10am - 4pm.

Not surprisingly, lockdown has been fruitful for the potters who have their own studios and kilns. Now in its sixth year, Clay Works is an eagerly awaited event in the Auckland arts calendar as well as being St Columba's main fundraiser for its community work. With more than 40 potters exhibiting, including some new to Clay Works, there will be an amazing and diverse range of pottery. The later timing this year provides the perfect opportunity for some early Christmas shopping!

The venue is St Columba Church hall, 92 Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn. The Coffee Guy will be there both days, and with barbecued sausages from the Grey Lynn Butcher on Saturday morning. Search for Clay Works Potters' Market 2020 on Facebook and Instagram to see photos in the lead-up to the event. PN

Enquiries to Liz on M: 021 15 17 087,

www.saintcolumbas.org.nz In the moment, I feel like I’m back at The Hollywood. Back in a time before COVID-19 lobbed a spanner into the churning cogs of our social networks, before the fascist grip of the US police state set Minneapolis ablaze with anguish and revolution, before Hong Kong was wrenched from its citizens and tossed into the tumbling vortex of state surveillance and governmentality. Before it felt like the world might never be the same.

But in that moment, I realised that what really mattered hasn’t changed. We still love, celebrate, dance, and make the most of every moment we can. We can hope that The Beths bring something new and jagged and invigorating and driving in their future sound. But for now, this show was the perfect way to celebrate what is, in the wake of what has been.  PN