Beca Heritage Week 2009

This year’s Beca Heritage Week has a line-up of events and activities not to be missed.

16 – 26 October 2009

Heritage Week promises to open your eyes to places of the past, places of peace, and places you never knew existed!

Doves and Defences: Discover Christchurch in Peace and Conflict is the theme for the 17th annual Heritage Week.

Uncover some of our City’s hidden histories and explore how peace and conflict have shaped Christchurch; from war memorials in the city, townships and suburbs, along with underground bunkers and caverns, to sites of peace and the people who fought for it in many different ways AND see how fashion, music, and dance influenced our culture.

Beca Heritage Week is packed full of Exhibitions and Displays, Lectures and Seminars, Music, Dance and Film, Tours, Open Days and Walks, and much more – there’s something for everyone.

See heritageweek.co.nz

 

Beca Heritage Week 2008 is here now

Beca Heritage Week 2008

This year’s theme is RETROspective: Christchurch life, architecture and design 1940s – 1970s – so get ready for some retro fun.

We are excited about this theme because it is a bit different to anything we have done before. This period was an eventful one for Christchurch, contributing greatly to the character of our city today. In the 1960s in particular, the work of our local architects was receiving national and international attention.

We work, live in, or pass by these significant buildings everyday, but do we really think of them as ‘heritage’?

for more info see www.heritageweek.co.nz

 

Heritage Week Photo Competition

Christchurch City Libraries invites the people of Christchurch to enter a photo competition designed to uncover Christchurch photos of the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

Photos can be entered under the following themes:

• Fashion
• Transport
• Buildings and Streets
• Sport and Recreation
• Occupations
• Events
• Everyday Life

The photos will be displayed in the Central Library and on the library Flick pages. The winners of each decade and the overall winner will be announced on Tuesday 28 October after Heritage Week has finished, and presented with some great prizes.

More information at Christchurch City Libraries

 

Heritage Week 2008

Christchurch Heritage Week is an annual event which aims to raise awareness of our special heritage places, and the importance and benefits of conserving them.

This year is the 16th annual Heritage Week and is held from the 17-27 October. Our theme for 2008 ‘RETROspective: Christchurch Life, Architecture and Design 1940s-1970s’ will focus on the 30 years following the end of World War II, from immediate post – war times, to the Rock and Rolling ’50s, the swinging ’60s, and through to the disco decade of the ’70s.

The goal of the RETROspective theme is to celebrate the innovation, achievement and milestones of this period by drawing on aspects of architecture and design, popular culture, music, transport, and fashion.