Songs for a Dead Dog Spectacular Fundraiser
The Chapel Collective are hosting a spectacular fundraising evening for their upcoming film Songs for a Dead Dog. This extravaganza of musical community fun is hosted by Taika Cohen and includes the…
Daniel Malone performs Floor Piece
Floor Piece by Daniel Malone - perhaps a title play on Yoko Ono's famous Cut Piece performance in 1964 - is to be perfomed this Sunday as one of a series of performances in the exhibition 5 4 3 2 1:…
The female of the species is often her own worst enemy - TOP GIRLS
The female of the species is often her own worst enemy Caryl Churchill's all-female play Top Girls is a feminist commentary on the 'career woman' of the 1980s. Churchill implicitly condemns the…
Arts Catalyst - Cultural Policy for International Space Station
In 2005, the European Space Agency (ESA) awarded The Arts Catalyst a contract to carry out a study into possible future cultural utilisation of the International Space Station. The study set out to…
The Conchords have landed
The doco gone mockumentary Flight Of The Conchords - A Texan Odyssey screens this Thursday (TV3) and follows their recent time at the South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, Texas. The…
Chancery Christmas Launch
Auckland's cosmopolitan quarter turns on the lights, sounds and styles for a grand city christmas party. The city's most urbane district is proud to announce a new programme of entertainment and…
Punk Cult Classic kicks off NZ Film Mini-Season
The punk cult classic Angel Mine by New Zealand director David Blyth kicks off the NZ Film Mini-Season at Auckland Film Society this Tuesday. David Blyth will be present at the screening and for Q&A…
toggle.co.nz finds craft artists a wider market
Created by Shelley Simpson and Esther Lamb, New Zealand website www.toggle.co.nz offers crafters and artists an alternative market for their goods. The internet provides two important advantages:…
Stray Cinema open source film project
Stray Cinema is an open source film project. It is a unique experiment in film construction. "The driving concept of this project is to marry film with the open-source ethos." - Michelle Hughes. The…
Kiran Desai wins Man Booker
The Indian-born novelist Kiran Desai triumphed last night by winning the £50,000 Man Booker prize with her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, a story replete with sadness over globalisation and…
Wellington International Jazz Festival
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the annual, ten day Wellington International Jazz Festival, which opens on Thursday 2 November, brings outstanding international acts to the capital and draws from…
Michael Duignan's truant at London Film Festival
A short film by New Zealand director Michael Duignan has been selected to screen this month at the BFI 50th London Film Festival. Truant is part of a programme of international films applauded for…