ART/CRAFT/HOBBIES:
POSTPONEMENT: the Friends of the Maitai plant care session at Groom Creek July 29, 4.30pm has been postponed. Plant care will resume on Friday August 12, 5pm till 6.30pm.
WRITERS at Lunchtime: Prince Albert, Nile St, Nelson Wednesday August 3, 11.30am till 1.30pm. Guest speaker at 12.30pm, David Briggs on his new novel. Ph Chrissie NZ Authors 9818.
MARYBANK Garden Club: meets on Tuesday August 3, 7.30pm in Jaycee Room, Founders. Speaker is Daryl from River Terrace Nurseries talking on Citrus. Ph 576 5122. NELSON Tasman French Alliance: Learn French, Intermediate Level 2 Class starts August 3 till September 21. For more info see www.afnelsontasman.org
SMALL Sips Winemaking Group: meet Wednesday August 10. Topic Dandelion/Elderflower wines. Exchange and learn to use summer bounty for winter cheer. Private tuition av. Bring gold coin, sample, nibbles. Ph 457 7989.
NELSON Philatelic Society: The top of the south club for stamp collectors. Next meeting Sunday August 14, 1:30pm Stoke School. Come and talk and see stamps Ph 547 7516.
NELSON Electronic Organ and Keyboard Club: meet monthly at Stoke School Hall on the first Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. Both players and listeners welcome. Ph Maureen 5479414.
NELSON Creative Fibre: welcomes you to friendly fibrecraft meetings every second and fourth Tuesday, at Jaycee Room, Founders Park, 9am. We spin, weave, knit, crochet, felt and laugh. Ph Ann 548 1775.
SOCIAL:
GAINSBOROUGH Club Singles Social: Friday July 29 meal at India Cafe Richmond 6.30pm. Ph John
548 9750. Sunday July 31 walk The Matai River 11.30am Ph Ruth 547 1359.
WAIMEA Country/Music Club: meets at Church hall, Florence St, Richmond Sunday July 31, start at 1.15pm. Ph President Jim Carrick 544 9446.
NELSON Male Voice Choir: presents We will rock you, on Sunday July 31, 2pm, Wakefield Village Hall, tickets from Wakefield School and Richmond Mall reception Send details to: richclass@fairfaxmedia.co.nz by noon Tuesday.
Notices of no more than 30 words must include the organisation’s name and contact phone number. Preference is given to events coming up in the following week.
or at the door.
FRESH Focus: Karen Driver speaking on Life in Nelson is still rubbish, waste management in Nelson, Monday August 1 from 10am till 11am, Elim Hall 625 Main Rd,
Stoke. Everyone welcome. Entry $2. STOKE Seniors: Tuesday August 1, Housie $5, 1.30pm. Wednesday August 2 The Dominoes entertain 1.30pm, $5. Thursday August 3 Cake demo 1.30pm, $5. 548 Main Rd, Stoke. Ph 547 2660
FAMILY History Month: August 1 till 7, Elma Turner Library, starting Genealogy, Social media and family history, Writing a family story pageturner. Stoke, Stoke’s Roil family. Bookings library@ncc.govt.nz Ph
546 8100.
HOLY Trinity Church, Richmond: welcomes you to Lunch on the Hill, 27 Dorset St, Richmond, Tuesday August 2, 11.30am for coffee, lunch served at 12 noon. Koha admission. Ph 544 8844.
QUIZ Night: Fundraiser for Brook Waimarama Sanctuary. For the month of August at The Sprig and Fern Hardy St, Nelson. Every Wednesday night from August 3, 7.30pm, $3pp, pay on arrival. Raffles on the night.
HOPE/RANZAU Women’s Institute: meets Wednesday August 3, 1.30pm at Age Concern Hall, 62 Oxford St, Richmond. Our speaker is Kim Howell (Hearing Therapist), all welcome. Ph Brenda 544 5872. COMMUNITY Sing A Long: Wednesday August 3, 1.30pm
Wesley Centre 4 Wensley Rd Richmond Afternoon tea. Gold coin donation for Nelson Hospital Chaplaincy Ph 544 8562.
MYSTERY Ink: August 4, after school 3.30pm till 4.45pm at Richmond Library. Tasman teens meet to talk books and movies. Afternoon snack provided. Ph 543 8500.
ASTRONOMY: Peter Knowles will
be speaking on, Astro-Photography, Thursday August 4, 7.30pm at the Cawthron meeting room Milton St. Everyone welcome. Gold coin entry. MUSIC on Friday: August 5 at
10am at St Davids Florence St, Richmond. DVD Life of pianist Maria Joa˜o Pires and afterwards conductor Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
ARMCHAIR Travellers: Saturday August 6, Presbyterian Hall, Upper Songer St, Stoke 7.30pm.
London to Luang Prabang, Laos,
presented by Norrie Knight and Edina Ryan. Entry donation for Alzheimers Society.
NELSON Male Voice Choir: presents We will rock you, on Saturday August 6, 2pm,
Annesbrook Auditorium, tickets from I-site Nelson,Summit Stoke and Richmond Mall reception or at the door.
FRIENDS of the Library Booksale: Saturday August 6, Nelson Library. A little bit of everything. Ph Gillian 922 0002.
NELSON Institute Talk: August 7, 2pm, Maritime strategist retired RNZN Commander Peter Cozens, An Oceans Policy for New Zealand? Managing our ocean estate, Activity Room, Nelson Library $2pp Ph 545 1646.
NELSON Civic Choir and Orchestra: present Stabat Mater by Karl Jenkins Sunday August 7, Old St John’s, 2pm. Greenhill and Youth orchestras also performing. Tickets from Ticketdirect, I Site, Richmond Mall.