Bill Cunningham New York and Lawrence Arabia

Silo Cinema, Night Markets
& Silo Sessions
at Silo Park –

Bill Cunningham New York and Lawrence Arabia.

Silo Cinema: ‘Bill Cunningham: New York’, Friday 20 April, markets from 5pm, film at 8pm.

This week we celebrate the Auckland Festival of Photography with a film that provides a unique insight into the world of the fascinating, beautiful and intriguing characters as depicted by photographer Bill Cunningham. Welcome to ‘Bill Cunningham’s New York’ (PG).

A short film by Magnum Photography precedes the main screening.

About the film: “We all get dressed for Bill,” says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The “Bill” in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace.

Come along early to ensure you have a look around the handmade night market, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our local food providers and craft beer & wine bar.

Lawrence Arabia presents Silo Sessions, Saturday 21 April, midday to 5pm.

With this weekend’s session hosted by Lawrence Arabia, the Waterfront’s Silo Park is once again the best place to spend your Saturday.

Summer’s not over until it’s over. Keep celebrating the sunshine with music from award-winning Lawrence Arabia, DJs Hayden East, Princess Chelsea & Jonathan Brunette and fresh from opening for Real Estate, Cool Rainbows.

Silo Markets will be open from midday, with stalls from some of the finest local arts and craftspeople, as well as a very special selection from THE TRAVELLING VINTAGE SALE – think fabrics, clothing, trinkets and treasures, retro finds, furniture and bric-a-brac. There will be an eclectic mix of food stalls and the pop-up container bar will also be open selling craft beer & local wine plus yummy food!

Lawrence Arabia needs no introduction, but for sake of clarity: sans pseudonym, James Milne has been busy working on the much-anticipated new album in amongst other quirky projects such as nautical musicals and collaborations with certain Fabulous Black Seed front men. Making time to bring his APRA Silver Scroll and Taite Prize winning abilities to the silos by the sea, James will be wooing and wowing with his delightful pop tunes that have toured with the likes of Feist and Okkervil River.

12pm-1:45pm – DJ Hayden East

1:45- 2:30pm – Cool Rainbows

2:45- 4pm – Lawrence Arabia

4pm – 6pm – DJs Princess Chelsea and Jonathan Brunette

ENDS

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