Art seen: April 24
By James Dignan
Entertainment
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Living a life by the books
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Living a life by the books
A deep love for books has shaped Dr Caren Florance’s life.
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Food and painting delivers a crossover of senses
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Food and painting delivers a crossover of senses
Converting the senses of touch, smell, flavour and sound into art is what drives Alexandra-based abstract artist Nicola Bennett.
Watch: Lorde pops up to play new single in New York
Watch: Lorde pops up to play new single in New York
Lorde has defied police efforts to shut her down and played her new single at a pop-up event at a New York park.
Infectious rhythms and energy
Infectious rhythms and energy
Supergroove remain phenomenal.
Lessons to be learned from scene-stealing penguin
Lessons to be learned from scene-stealing penguin
Tom McKinlay reviews a simultaneously charming and timely film.
A cultural history of the bagpipes
A cultural history of the bagpipes
Richard McLauchlan's new book The Bagpipes: A Cultural History explores the mythology, history, and global reverberations of the instrument.
Obituary: Brian Murphy, actor
Obituary: Brian Murphy, actor
Living his on-screen life as a put-upon figure, actor Brian Murphy was the mainstay of several hit television shows playing, as he termed it, "old codgers".
Top notch from the get-go
Top notch from the get-go
Emily Watson tells Tim Lewis about making a "cracker" of a film with Cillian Murphy and knowing when to give people the shark eyes.
A phenomenon reprised
A phenomenon reprised
They’ve called it "The Phenomenon Tour", and with good reason.
ODT quiz: April 23
ODT quiz: April 23
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, April 23.
ODT quiz: April 22
ODT quiz: April 22
K]Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Tuesday, April 22.
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Artworks that bring old, worn items ‘back to life’
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Artworks that bring old, worn items ‘back to life’
Whether designing advertisements, projecting films or delivering the mail, Dean Raybould has always made space for painting around his day job.
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Feeding the mind and soul
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Feeding the mind and soul
For Reuben Brown the Whakatipu Music Festival is a rare chance these days to make music in his home region.
Art seen: April 17
Art seen: April 17
By Joanna Osborne
Trumpeter’s tones triumph
Trumpeter’s tones triumph
Dunedin Jazz Club, Hanover Hall, Saturday, April 12.
City Choir takes on contemporary fare
City Choir takes on contemporary fare
Darkness and Light, City Choir Dunedin, Knox Church, Saturday April 12.
Obituary: John Sykes, musician
Obituary: John Sykes, musician
John Sykes played guitarist in some of rock’s heaviest bands, including Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake.
Fishburne’s screen matrix
Fishburne’s screen matrix
As he appears in new film The Amateur, Laurence Fishburne looks back on 12 key roles with Greg Braxton.
Stabbing with style
Stabbing with style
Comparisons can be odious things.