History of the PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna
Join us at 1pm on Monday 7 October 2024 at the Glenfield Senior Citizens Hall for the much-anticipated presentation on the History of the PumpHouse Theatre in Takapuna. Our speaker is Mags Delaney-Moffatt, the Community Engagement person at The PumpHouse Theatre. Mags is an experienced stage manager, director, and drama teacher with a background in Education. She gives tours of the historic building sharing some of the stories she has gathered through collating the theatre’s archives and talking to people who performed at the theatre in its early days. Mags also looks after The Friends of the Pumphouse, curates and hosts the Creative Talk Series and runs Shakespeare workshops for young people.
Suellen’s sweet Christmas tradition
The festive season is always a great excuse to indulge your sweet tooth, and this time of year poses the perfect opportunity to bring a real showstopper to the Christmas table.
For Suellen’s family, that showstopper is Croquembouche, an impressive tower of cream puffs bound together with spun sugar that is popular at weddings in France and Italy.
What began as a birthday treat at a local French café has become a cherished Christmas tradition for Suellen and her 17-year-old twin granddaughters, Ellie and Sadie. Every year, the trio gather in Suellen’s apartment at William Sanders Village to cook this festive dessert - a holiday highlight they all treasure.
Click read more for the recipe.
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.7% Summer
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36.6% Winter
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1.7% Other - I'll share below
Worst Xmas ever?
There's a a lot of planning that goes into Christmas day and sometimes things just don't go to plan. But it can be a good thing - a family mishap or hilarious memory that you can laugh about in Christmases to come.
Whether you burnt the dinner or were stranded at an airport...
Share your Christmas mishaps below!
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