Hastings District Libraries NERDVANA Event Brochure

FRIDAY 30 APRIL All day

Superhero Makerspace All three Libraries Pg.25

1pm--3pm

Nerdvana gaming zones Hastings Library Pg.26

1pm--5pm

Anime and chill Hastings Library Pg.20

1pm--5pm

VR Gaming Experience Hastings Library Pg.20

7pm--7.40pm Nerdvana Nerf Wars Kids Session

Hastings Library - Suitable ages 7-14 Pg.5 7.45--8.30pm Nerdvana Nerf Wars Adults Session

Hastings Library - Suitable ages 14+ Pg.5

SATURDAY 1 MAY

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Graphic novel showcase Hastings library Pg.21

10am--4pm

Saturday board games with the Geeks Guild Hastings Library

10am--11am NZT

Cosplay on a Budget with Shelby Eileen Virtual Event Pg.7

10.30am-- 3.30pm

VR Gaming Experience Hastings Library Pg.20

11am--12pm NZT

Q&A with Kamui Cosplay Virtual Event Pg.8

10am--11am

Steampunk character creation with Gareth Ward Hastings Library Pg.10

1pm--3pm

Making Comics (for fun and profit!)

Hastings Library Pg.11

6pm

The Legend of DALAD - a live Dungeons & Authors & Librarians & Artists & Dragons adventure Hastings Library and virtual attendance Pg.12

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SUNDAY 2 MAY 1pm--3pm

Miniature Painting 101 with Lovecraft Hastings Library Pg.13

1pm--3pm

Foam Armor Makerspace Hastings Library Pg.13

1pm--3pm

Sunday’s Cozy Cult Classic Hastings Library Pg.22

1pm--3.30pm VR Gaming Experience

Hastings Library Pg.20 2pm--4pm

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar exhibition Hastings Library Pg.21

4.15pm--6pm Making your D&D Hero with Lovecraft

Hastings Library Pg.14 7.30pm

Virtual Trivia Night Virtual event Pg.14

MONDAY 3 MAY 10am--5pm

Monday’s Marathon Madness Hastings Library Pg.23

12pm--2pm

Tech play sessions Hastings Library Pg.23

12pm--2pm

VR Gaming Experience Hastings Library Pg.20

3pm--5pm

Nerdvana gaming zones Hastings Library Pg.26

3pm--5pm

Robot Makerspace All three Libraries Pg.26

6pm--7.30pm D&D DM Masterclass with Lovecraft

Hastings Library Pg.15

TUESDAY 4 MAY 9am--12pm

May the 4th Marathon Hastings Library Pg.24

1pm--7pm

May the 4th Marathon Hastings Library Pg.24

3pm--5pm

Star Wars Makerspace All three Libraries Pg.27

5pm--6.30pm Tech play sessions

Hastings Library Pg.23 7pm--8.30pm Pop up Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Book Club with Catt, Wardini Books

Hastings library Pg.16

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NERDVANA NERF WARS Bring your Nerf guns, ammo and game face to compete in the Hastings Library battleground. Two sessions available: one for the young’uns and then one for all the big kids.

SESSION 1: FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 7PM-7.40PM - KIDS’ SESSION SUITABLE AGES 7-14 SESSION 2: FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 7.45PM-8.30PM - ADULTS’ SESSION SUITABLE AGES 14+

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SATURDAY BOARD GAMES WITH THE GEEKS GUILD Come get your geek on! Roll some dice, place those workers, spend your credits or build an unbeatable resource engine! Join the Geeks Guild and delve into the world of board games where strategy meets nerdery; build a beautiful stained glass window, brew explosive unwieldy potions, craft a delicious sushi meal, tame arcane magicks and mythical creatures all without leaving the comfort of your chair. Not experienced? Don’t know where to start? No problem! Bring yourself (and as many geeks you can wrangle) along and our volunteers will be there ready to help teach and guide new and old gamers alike.

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The Hawke’s Bay Geeks Guild is a community for likeminded geeks, nerds, otakus and gamers to meet and hang out (online and in the real world). For more information about them check out at www.geeksguild.nz, on Meetup meetup.com/GeeksGuild, or Facebook facebook.com/ groups/hbgeeksguild.

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 10AM-4PM

COSPLAY ON A BUDGET WITH SHELBY EILEEN Shelby Eileen is a disabled cosplayer with over 10 years of costume creation experience. She’s won awards at conventions across North America and specializes in making costumes and wigs on a budget.

Her service dog, Avalanche, accompanies her at conventions, and, of course, dresses up too!

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 10AM-11AM NZT

Q&A WITH KAMUI COSPLAY Join us for this very special virtual Q&A session with Kamui Cosplay, creators of some of the most amazing cosplay outfits and props around. With 18 years of experience, 50 costumes and 15 books on the subject so far – they know their stuff!

Want to know more about them (or their beloved corgis), what inspires them or how they go about creating masterpiece outfits? Here is your chance to ask.

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Svetlana/Kamui is an internationally acclaimed costume and content creator, author, teacher and YouTuber from Germany. With over 18 years of experience and a never ending thirst to start the next project, she and her husband Benni have already created many award winning costumes and published a long running series of popular instructional books, video tutorials and crafting patterns for home printing. Kamui loves to share her knowledge, techniques and experience with the world and always finds new ways to help out newcomers and cosplay veterans alike. Her funny and inspiring Social Media content is followed by more than 1.5 million people from all over the world.

In addition, the Kamui Cosplay Community is one of the largest crafting groups on FB with over

16.000 creative and passionate members, always ready to give others a helping hand and good advice. Kamui is widely known and well respected for the support the gives to the community every day.

She’s a popular cosplay guest at conventions and events worldwide, running workshops, Q&As and crafting panels but at the end of the day, she just does what she always did, building stuff she enjoys and helping others.

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 11AM-12PM NZT Get your geek on.

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STEAMPUNK CHARACTER CREATION WITH GARETH WARD Multiple award-winning author and steampunk aficionado Gareth Ward is the master when it comes to creating characters and personas.

This is the session for you, whether you are an aspiring or seasoned steampunk-er, a beginner writer or talented with the quill.

Bring along your character creation questions, hardly any question is too wacky for the Great Wardini himself.

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 10AM-11AM

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MAKING COMICS (FOR FUN AND PROFIT!) Do you dream of writing or drawing comics but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’re already halfway through that epic graphic novel? Whatever your level of experience or skill (from “Master Artist” to “I can’t draw”), if you want to make comics this workshop is for you!

We’ll look at what’s involved in telling stories with pictures and help you unlock your own unique cartooning voice. Bring some paper and pencils (or else pens, crayons, iPad, etc) and a willingness to have a go.

Dylan Horrocks has been writing and drawing comics, graphic novels, cartoons, and prose fiction for more than 30 years, including Hicksville, Sam Zabel & the Magic Pen, Batgirl, and Hunter: the Age of Magic. His work has been published around the world in various languages and won the Eisner Award and the Sir Julius Vogel award, among others.

He currently lives in Wellington, where he teaches comics and visual narrative at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Design Innovation and is drawing a graphic novel about fantasy roleplaying games.

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 1PM-3PM

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THE LEGEND OF DALAD A LIVE DUNGEONS & AUTHORS & LIBRARIANS & ARTISTS & DRAGONS ADVENTURE Join wayward wizard Tarquin the Honest and a motley band of adventurers on an epic quest in this D&D adventure performed live without a safety net.

Get an exclusive pass to watch in-person or view virtually on the day.

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 6PM

MINIATURE PAINTING 101 WITH LOVECRAFT

Learn the basics of model painting with Lovecraft Game Store. While this session focuses more on the painting of D&D figurines, skills learnt are easily transferable to the painting of minis from any tabletop game. No prior skills required and all materials will be provided.

If you can’t make this event or the event is full, contact Lovecraft Game Store at info@lovecraftgamestore.co.nz to register your interest for future events.

SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 1PM-3PM

FOAM ARMOUR MAKERSPACE Ever wanted to try making your own cosplay? Come and experiment with making a foam costume armour piece from patterns supplied - we have a few for you to trial!

No prior experience required, and basic materials will be provided to use.

SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 1PM-3PM

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MAKING YOUR D&D HERO WITH LOVECRAFT During this session, run by Lovecraft Game Store, you will learn how to create a D&D character from scratch.

No prior game play or character development knowledge is required but bringing along a character concept is encouraged.

If you can’t make this event or the event is full contact Lovecraft Game Store at info@lovecraftgamestore.co.nz to register your interest for future events.

SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 4.15PM-6PM

VIRTUAL TRIVIA NIGHT Test your knowledge on all things Nerdy. A virtual twist on the traditional trivia night, this event brings the pub quiz to your door. Compete with or against whanau and friends to determine who has the most extensive Knowledge of the Nerds.

SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 7.30PM

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D&D DM MASTERCLASS WITH LOVECRAFT Are you a keen D&D player and have been thinking about taking the leap to DMing? During this masterclass run by Lovecraft Game Store, you will learn how to manage groups, gather resources and tips and tricks to run your very own campaign.

If you can’t make this event or the event is full contact Lovecraft Game Store at info@lovecraftgamestore.co.nz to register your interest for future events.

MONDAY 3RD MAY 2021 6PM-7.30PM

POP UP SCI-FI/FANTASY BOOK CLUB WITH CATT FROM WARDINI BOOKS

Catt runs Wardini Books very successful Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Book Club and, luckily for us, she is running a special, pop up version just for Nerdvana! Perfect for readers who read exceptionally cool stuff and for those who want to expand their minds!

For this pop up, we will be discussing Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. You can find it on our catalogue here: https://bit.ly/2MNYbZm. If you would like to buy your own copy, visit Wardini Books in Havelock North or Napier, say you’re coming along and get 20% off!

On the night, we will be drinking tea and eating biscuits and having deep and meaningful literary discussions (or just sharing our thoughts about Ninth House) so make sure you read the book beforehand.

If you are a total Sci-Fi/ Fantasy nerd but can’t make this session, or it’s full, contact books@wardini.co.nz to find out

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when the regular Wardini Sci-fi/ Fantasy Book Club is next meeting and be added to the list.

Don’t forget our Virtual Wine Books and More Discord channel too – for a more virtual club offering! For more information check it out here: https://bit.ly/3s4dYlJ

TUESDAY 4TH MAY 2021 7PM-8.30PM

DAILY QUIZ

Show us what you got!

Participate in our daily online quiz and go into the prize draw.

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL–TUESDAY 4TH MAY 2021 GOES LIVE AT 12PM EACH DAY AT WWW.HASTINGSLIBRARIES.CO.NZ

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COSPLAY CONTEST We want to see your best cosplay! With Cons around the world being suspended over the last year, we want to give you a chance to show us your talents and skills. Create a costume, share it with us, and go in the draw to win!

See our webpage for more details and T&Cs.

FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: SUNDAY 25TH APRIL 2021

FAN ART CONTEST There are some talented artists out in our community, and we want to see them! We are taking Fan Art submissions from any fandom, in any media and will be displaying them on a dedicated page. Show off your talent and be in to win great prizes!

See our webpage for more details and T&Cs.

FINAL DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: SUNDAY 25TH APRIL 2021

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Calling all nerds, geeks and interested onlookers! Come on a whim, or as an avid enthusiast, and grasp the opportunity to peruse and immerse yourself in what Nerdvana is all about.

Visit the Hastings Library to experience a myriad of fandoms, interests and hobbies.

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ANIME AND CHILL

We will be showing a collection of classic and remarkable anime films and series.

Come and relax on our comfy couches, explore some of our graphic novels and manga, and have a taster of some fantastic, animated masterpieces. If you are an anime-fanatic or brand new to the genre, prepare to be amazed!

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 1PM-5PM

VR GAMING EXPERIENCE See what all the fuss is about and come experience the awesome fun that is virtual reality gaming! We will have the VR stations set up at various times across the weekend, with play times bookable for 25 minute slots.

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 1PM-5PM SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 10.30AM-3.30PM SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 1PM-3.30PM MONDAY 3RD MAY 2021 12PM-2PM

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GRAPHIC NOVEL SHOWCASE Immerse yourself in exciting new worlds and adventurous journeys as you peruse our collection of Graphic novels and Manga at the Hastings Library.

SATURDAY 1ST MAY 2021 ALL DAY

WARHAMMER: AGE OF SIGMAR EXHIBITION Warhammer: Age of Sigmar is a tabletop wargame played with small scale fantasy miniatures. Games are played on a flat surface with various terrain features, simulating a real battlefield. Part of the game is ‘the hobby’ which covers assembling and painting the miniatures.

SUNDAY 2ND MAY 2021 2PM-4PM

In conjunction with Lovecraft Game Store, an Age of Sigmar game will be taking place. Drop by and watch the battle in progress, marvel over the terrain and the detailed miniatures.

Experienced players will be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

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SUNDAY’S COZY CULT CLASSIC Fabulous looking dude with crazy hair and tight, tight, pants steals a baby with the help of a whole lot of dancing, drinking, puppet goblins. Settle in for the afternoon in our Mezzanine area to enjoy this classic 80s film.

Related: You remind me of the babe.

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TECH PLAY SESSIONS Ever wonder what the kids are on about when they talk about coding lessons or various technology at school? Drop into the Hastings library to have a play with a bunch of tech on offer. Learn the basics of coding, figure out how to steer a Sphero and make the Makey Makeys make. If your kids or grandkids can do it, you can too!

LUNCHTIME SESSION: MONDAY 3RD MAY 2021 12PM-2PM AFTER WORK SESSION: TUESDAY 4TH MAY 2021 5PM-6.30PM

MONDAY’S MARATHON MADNESS How do you spell the sound of adventure? How do you spell the sound of travelling through space and time? How do you recognize a Madman in a box?

“WHEEOOOOSHHHHHFWOOO WHEEOOOOOSHHHHHFWOOOO” “VWORP VWORP” “DUMMMmmmm...HOOEEEWWW HOOEEEWWW HOOEEEWWW HOOEEWWew HOOEEWeeweew veeoom-eeoom veeoom-eeoom brrrrrRRRRRRR biw biw biw” “Dumdadum dumdadum dumdadum... ohwwwwweeeeeeeeeoooooooh”

MONDAY 3RD MAY 2021 10AM-5PM Get your geek on.

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MAY THE 4TH MARATHON

An intergenerational fight between Light and Dark, set against a background of economic instability, in a galaxy far, far away.

Although Nerdvana is for the big kids, there are a few things on offer to keep the littler ones occupied too!

(AND TEENS)

NERDVANA NERF WARS – KIDS SESSION Bring your Nerf guns, ammo and game face to compete in the Hastings Library battleground for this special Nerdvana kids event!

SUPERHERO MAKERSPACE Come design and make your Superhero disguise!

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 ALL DAY ALL THREE LIBRARIES

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 7PM-7.40PM - KIDS’ SESSION SUITABLE AGES 7-14

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NERDVANA GAMING ZONES Bring your game face and nimble fingers along to our Nerdvana kids and teens gaming zone. Suitable for ages 7+

FRIDAY 30TH APRIL 2021 1-3PM MONDAY 3RD MAY 2021 3-5PM

ROBOT MAKERSPACE Come cut and build a paper robot – what will yours look like?

MONDAY 3RD MAY 2021 3PM-5PM ALL THREE LIBRARIES

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STAR WARS MAKERSPACE Come and make some Star Wars themed crafts in honour of May the Fourth!

TUESDAY 4TH MAY 2021 3PM-5PM ALL THREE LIBRARIES

TEEN DISCORD D&D Enjoyed our D&D offerings and sessions? Always wanted to play a game but didn’t know where to start? HDL is launching an online D&D game in our virtual space on Discord, and we want you!

Places will be limited, simply due to our DM having to wrangle everyone in a voice chat, but we may run more than one session/game if people are interested.

Currently this is an exclusive game for teens aged 13-18. Jump on our website to sign up, first in first served!

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