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Raising Resilient, Body-Confident Kids in the Digital Age

An evening to discover a new and empowering toolkit to make parenting easier and less stressful. Learn best practice tools and strategies for cultivating resilience and body confidence in your children from two experts who share humbling stories and the latest research. Celia Hogan is an education specialist, parenting coach and speaker and Emma Wright is a local speaker, author and eating disorder survivor. The workshop is designed for parents of 3-10-year-olds. Learn more online at Humantix or email: emma@emmawright.co.nz or celia@littlekiwisnatureplay.com with any questions.

When: Thursday August 10, 7:00 pm -9:00 pm

Where: Remarkable Primary School

Financial Literacy Workshops @ Frankton Library

ASB Community Banker, Shyla Hona, is conducting a series of financial literacy and wellbeing workshops that will help whānau into the mindset of forming a healthy relationship with money. This weeks topic is for first home buyers and covers the house buying journey, saving for a deposit, Kiwisaver and the purchasing process. You do not have to bank with ASB to attend the workshops as they are purely educational. This is a free programme and to attend contact Frankton Library at frankton.library@qldc.govt.nz or (03) 441 3680.

When: Thursday August 3, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Where: Frankton Library Meeting Room

Queenstown Library Book Club

Queenstown Library Book Club meet once a month exploring different topics and genres. The group loves new members! Each reader chooses an individual item around the monthly theme to discuss and share a brief review with the group. This is a free event. Email amy.oreilly@qldc.govt.nz for more information.

When: Thursday August 3, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Where: Queenstown Library, Gorge Road

Pasta Café

Pasta Cafe is back for the 4 x Friday evenings in August. Wakatipu Church and Queenstown Lakes District Council invite everyone to come and enjoy free home baking, music, full plates of pasta and good conversation.

Pasta Café is open to anyone in the region whether visitors, here for a few days on the snow, ski workers, families or local residents, and especially those sleeping in their cars. Sometimes it’s a struggle for people to connect in this busy town and or to feed themselves and their family. This is a time to enjoy great food and great conversations.

Last year Pasta Café served over 600 free meals over the 4 nights their were open, this year they expect to surpass that figure.

When: Friday August 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Where: St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church, Ross Street, Frankton

Back To Black - an unfaithful look at Amy Winehouse

In the early 2000s, Amy Winehouse singlehandedly dragged the genre of jazz into the twenty-first century. She tore up the book of jazz standards and instead wrote songs about chavs at the nightclub, messy break-ups and flatmates who smoke all your weed.

Sadly, she didn’t survive the pressure of fame, drugs and relentless paparazzi, but her music lives on. “Back To Black” is taking an unfaithful look into Amy Winehouse’s troubled loves, wild ways and amazing music.

When: Thursday August 3, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm or 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Where: The Blue Door, 18 Buckingham Street Arrowtown

Afro dance class

Afro dance class - learning to move to West African rhythms, mainly Guinean influenced by Afro-brazilian and Afro-cuban cultures. It’s about connecting with our body and the fire inside us. It is a powerful, highintensity and fun dance. We move and shake our body following the drums - yes this class has live drumming!

Dancing is the best way to workout our body, mind and soul. No experience required, come as you are. Drop-in. Cost between $15-$20. More info on Instagram @afrodanceqt or contact Melina Shabel on Facebook.

When: Every Tuesday 11:00am or Thursdays 7.30 pm

Where: Te Atamira, Remarkables Park Town Centre, 12 Hawthorne Drive, Frankton

Salsa Night (SBZK) at The Found

Salsa Night (SBZK) happens every second Thursday!! Dust off your dance shoes and join a fun night of dancing with all the best Salsa, Bachata, Zouk and Kizomba.

When: Thursday 3 August between 8:30 pm and 10:30 pm

Where: The Found, 182 Arthurs Point Rd, Arthurs Point

All You Can Eat Pizza

Stacks at Hilton Queenstown

Join us every Tuesday for All You Can Eat Pizza at Stacks, Pizza & Burger Bar. Enjoy all the pizzas you can down, plus a house beverage at $49. Kids dine at 50% off. The perfect stop-off for an après day off the mountain. Refuel and relax by the roaring fire.

LWB Reader Offer: Enter ‘LWB’ at checkout for a bowl of curly fries for the table

When: Tuesday’s in August, 4.30pm – 7.30pm

Where: Stacks Pizza & Burger Bar, Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa

To book: Scan the QR code

Event

First Thursday - Queenstown’s favorite late night art crawl

First Thursday’s Queenstown is a free community event that celebrates the diversity of arts and culture in the region. It’s a friendly art crawl where you chose the route and the amount of time spent at each exhibition.

Bringing together StarkWhite, Milford Galleries, Romer, Artbay and Lightworx First Thursdays seeks to connect people with creativity and offers exhibitions, talks and opportunities to meet like-minded individuals during a special late-night opening from 5pm-7pm. See this week’s Arts and Culture for more.

When: Thursday August 3, between 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Where: Marine Parade and Earl Street, Queenstown

DFS Beauty Night Out

Visit the DFS Queenstown store to celebrate the biggest beauty event of the year. Bring your glam and get ready to glow as T Galleria celebrates beauty in all its shapes, colours and forms.

This event features a live DJ, contemporary dance performance, perfume-inspired mocktails and exceptional promotions.

When: Friday 4 August 5 pm – 7 pm

Where: T Galleria by DFS, 30 Camp Street, Queenstown

Jive & Thrive - Queenstown’s Modern Jive Weekend

A weekend of dance filled with wellbeing: Workshops, Performances & Parties!

Jive & Thrive returns next weekend to share the sense of joy & wellbeing from partner dancing. With instructors coming from across the country and Australia, Jive & Thrive appeals to a broad cross section of dancers –it’s also for anyone new who wants to come and give it a whirl. During the weekend there are 2 Gold Coin Donation classes open to everyone: a yoga class & a Newcomers dance class.

Community Events that are open to everyone are Yoga on Saturday 12th August, 9.45am-10.30am and a Newcomers Class on Saturday 12th August, 3.45pm-4.45pm. More information is on the Jive and Thrive website.

When: Friday August 11 from 6:30 pm to Sunday August 13 at 3:30 pm

Where: Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial Drive

Synthony in the Snow

Night skiing meets electrifying beats at Coronet Peak for a world-first experience – Synthony In The Snow!. Experience the thrill of night skiing before SYNTHONY begins at the base of Coronet Peak with 30 years of the biggest dance anthems, orchestra, vocalists, instrumentalists, DJs, and mesmerizing lighting and visuals.

Reimagined club classics from Eric Prydz to Avicii, Energy52, Fat Boy Slim, Darude, and more!

SYNTHONY No.1 promises to ignite your senses and leave you breathless.

When: Saturday 19 August from 4:30 pm

Where: Coronet Peak

NZ Mountain Film Festival

The Headwaters Eco Lodge is hosting the NZ Mountain Film Festival in Glenorchy. This year’s films feature some of Aotearoa’s most iconic & dramatic scenery, and the kiwis who challenge themselves to achieve incredible feats & make a difference in their communities

The NZ Mountain Film Festival is a selection of award winning short films that will leave you feeling inspired. Tickets are available online at Headwaters Eco Lodge website.

When: Thursday August 3 from 7:00 pm

Where: 42 Oban Street, Glenorchy