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When we read comics, we 'hear' sound on the page. Creators are experts at this cross-sensory form of storytelling - indeed one database lists over 2500 comic book sounds.
On Wednesday, Experience Wellington chief executive Sarah Rusholme finally confirmed the present form of the City Gallery Wellington restructuring. In this iteration, the role of gallery director remains disestablished and a new role of head of art and heritage, overseeing all of Experience Wellington’s museums, created.
The past year has taught us that working from home is not everyone’s cup of tea. Especially when you enjoy sharing that cup of tea with a group of like-minded creatives. It’s 11am on a Monday morning. Inside the Horowhenua Arts Centre in Levin, tutor Neil Perfect has his drawing class happy and hard at their work. Cups of hot beverages are prevalent in the massive workspace, giving the vessels a status that borders on the essential.Â
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From the twisted to the titillating, 180 pieces are on display from Saturday until the end of October.
It was a bit quiet in Wanaka after the Covid-19 lockdown lifted last year, so filmmaker Richard Sidey and photographer Chris Thompson decided to go...
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In the last decade, drill music has become ever more popular while inspiring debates over its links to violence. Now the rap sound is flourishing in many continents, writes Sam Davies.
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Ella Yelich-O'Connor revealed the cover artwork for a comeback song called Solar Power.
Stuff
Christchurch director, artist, performer and dancer Robyn Jordaan shares her vision of creating a "queer space" in performance art.
AP NEWS
NEW YORK (AP) — Touring as a member of Fleetwood Mac in 2018-19 made Neil Finn appreciate the memorable band in his own history. Two years later, Finn has brought that group, Crowded House, back to life with his sons Liam and Elroy, producer Mitchell Froom and original bass player Nick Seymour.
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HONG KONG (AP) — Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles and Elton John, and even received an MBE — an order of the British empire for outstanding achievement or service to the community — from Queen Elizabeth.
RNZ
Scion's new $14m building has been designed to welcome in the public and to showcase the sustainable use of wood.
NZ Herald
The 24 Hour Book Sale will no longer be held at the Regent Theatre .
the Guardian
In Sundance-wowing documentary All Light, Everywhere, the biases and dangers involved with surveillance and body cams are investigated
the Guardian
Publishing staff, in rows over authors from Mike Pence to Woody Allen, are voicing their reluctance to work on books they deem hateful. But is this really ‘younger refuseniks’, or a much older debate?
Worldwide, opera as an artform faces many challenges. It is hellishly expensive to produce, and its audience is, as with classical music and live theatre, shrinking. It just does not have the unassailable status it once had. Opera companies are in a difficult position, desperately in need of remaining relevant to younger audiences, but often beholden to a dwindling older audience that is only interested in the shortlist of usual European suspects composed between 1780 and 1900.
The Conversation
Samuel Beckett's first play was once most notorious for the audible yawns, walkouts (and fights) during interval. But it is a play of great insight into the condition of waiting.
RNZ
Opinion - The Aotearoa music ecosystem is at a point where local artists can sell out stadiums, rule the charts and airwaves, and headline festival line-ups, writes Yadana Saw.
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An independent record label is releasing previously unheard tracks by David Bowie and Marc Bolan – all produced by Joe Meek, writes Arwa Haider.
The Spinoff
TEEKS tells us about the importance of kapa haka, learning a valuable money lesson, the Adele album that holds a special place in his heart and more in this week's episode of FIRST. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih9xhXtaJ0o Somewhere in the world right now, somebody is probably crying becaus
To sing is to live well. That is the simple message of a study led by an Otago Department of Psychology researcher and recently published in Journal of Health Psychology.
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Is buying a print cheating? Are you still supporting New Zealand art?
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As the band release their first record in a decade, the New Zealand songwriter reflects on their influences – from Fleetwood Mac to Donald Trump
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