Big A Award nominations
Arts Access Aotearoa is seeking nominations for the Big 'A' Awards 2009, presented every year to celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations enhancing the artistic lives…
Becoming the Courtesan at BATS Theatre
Becoming the Courtesan is a dramatic and soaring piece of lyric theatre, which will explore why so often, the relationship between the sexes must always be defined by sex. Jamie Burgess & Karen…
Yellow's treehouse restaurant open for business
Yellow's ambitious advertising campaign to build a real restaurant ten metres high in a redwood tree has been completed. The occasion was marked with a traditional 'roof party' for the project's…
Parihaka International Peace Festival
Auckland band Hot Grits are a late addition to the festival line-up for the fourth annual Parihaka International Peace Festival on January 9-11 in Taranaki. The high energy 12-piece mixes funk, soul…
New Zealand Films on The Arts Channel
The Arts Channel is proud to premier two New Zealand films "A Small Life" and "Edith Collier: A Light Among Shadows" in January. Both directed by New Zealander Michael Heath and Produced by New…
Latin Dance Festival
Living La Vida Loca!!! - 2x4 presents the 3rd Latin Dance Festival in Christchurch on the 28th of February. The Festival will run all day long starting with a delightful "Day Fiesta" held in…
Chartbitz: Holiday Hits
By Andrew Miller Happy holidays and the peak-selling season are over. Unit totals have fallen somewhat but not for our Billy T James. The Comic Genius Of Billy T James makes it a fourth week as…
Ministry of Fisheries photography competition
The Ministry of Fisheries nationwide photography competition celebrates New Zealanders' connection with the sea. Participants are invited to take photos of events, scenes, and experiences which help…
King Kapisi kicks off summer of free music
Catch King Kapisi, Opensouls and Chong Nee live when they take the stage at Myers Park in Auckland for Telecom Summer Sounds on Saturday, 10 January. King Kapisi hit us in 1998 with Sub-Cranium…
Downstage submissions due 1 February
Downstage Submissions for July - December 2009 and January - June 2010 are now open! Downstage is seeking partnerships between a variety of practitioners and creative collaborators, independent…
Sets and the City: London Walks
By James Hadley in London The greatest set in London is, of course, the cityscape itself. Wandering the streets, particularly off the main tourist pathways, you quickly find yourself witness to a…
Writers selected for Michael King residency
Two writers have been selected for residencies at the Michael King Writers' Centre in Devonport, Auckland, in early 2009. They are prominent Wellington poet, fiction writer, editor and biographer,…