For nearly four decades Joan Bishop has shared her recipes with Otago Daily Times’ readers.
Converting the senses of touch, smell, flavour and sound into art is what drives Alexandra-based abstract artist Nicola Bennett.
A deep love for books has shaped Dr Caren Florance’s life.
For Reuben Brown the Whakatipu Music Festival is a rare chance these days to make music in his home region.
Whether designing advertisements, projecting films or delivering the mail, Dean Raybould has always made space for painting around his day job.
As many of Dunedin artist Simon Richardson’s portraits are held in private collections it is not often the public, or the artist, get to see them.
Winning the Michael Hill International Violin Competition in 2017 jump-started Ioana Cristina Goicea’s career.
The Easter and Anzac long-weekend picnics and walks might require a few more layers and warmth, and possibly swapping those end-of-season barbecues for slow-cooked casseroles or roasts.
A family trip to the South Island during breaks in Covid-19 lockdowns has inspired the work of Wellington artist Juliet Best being shown in her first solo exhibition in Dunedin.
Actor and director Fasitua Amosa had never come across poetry until he was asked to help turn a piece of poetry into theatre.
Curious about the many different ways people engage with Kate Bush’s music even though she does not often perform live, Sarah-Louise Young has created a tribute show with a difference.
Music always comes first for London-based New Zealand choreographer Cameron McMillan.
A retrospective exhibition of NOM*d, one of New Zealand’s top fashion brands, shows that it has been just as much about the people who have collaborated with it as it is the brand itself.
Just like the characters they play in In Other Words, Jennifer Ward-Lealand and Michael Hurst have been together for more than 40 years.
A Dunedin dancer has roped in friends, family and colleagues to join him in his latest dance piece, Commentary of Dreaming.
Singer, composer and teacher Robert Wiremu believes the southern performances of his piece Reimagining Mozart will be "magical".
As an "artist with a scientist’s heart" it is no surprise Heather Massie clicked with the story of Hollywood screen siren and inventor Hedy Lamarr.
Chris Adams’ contribution to the geochronology of NZ and Antarctica is acknowledged to be unrivalled but his work as an artist is lesser known.
A fascination with rival 18th century Italian opera singers, Francesca Cuzzoni and Faustina Bordoni, who allegedly came to blows on stage, has inspired Dunedin mezzo-soprano Claire Barton to help bring their story to life.
Dunedin dancers Charlie Butler and Maddison Gay have created their first dance show for this year’s Dunedin Fringe Festival.