Thanks for all your support this year- in
recognition of this we'd like to invite you down to The
Southern Cross one more time for a cup of kindness and a
spoken word or two- the open mike is waiting for you, come
aboard, we're expecting you
This years final guest is
Markus McIntyre
a stale wart of the Word Collective
and all round kiwi renaissance man reminscent of Crumpie
mixed with Curnow This man catches his dinner on the
South Coast of Wgtn then composes homages to Kina and Paua
in his beaut little batch- catch him whilst you can my
little rose buds.
Howltearoa December
2007 Monday 10th 8pm Southern Cross Bar and
Restaurant Abel Smith St- Wgtn FREE
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