Obituary: Dave Ball, musician
As pop stars go Dave Ball was nothing much; quietly hunched over his keyboards pushing buttons, he was far from histrionic.
Obituary: Jack DeJohnette, musician
Obituary: Jack DeJohnette, musician
Jack DeJohnette made his name backing Miles Davis on the jazz-fusion classic Bitches Brew album, a high point in a six-decade-long musical career.
Making a case for it
Making a case for it
Richard E. Grant has found a vocation playing punctilious eccentrics.
Venerable comedy given sparkling outing by youth
Venerable comedy given sparkling outing by youth
The Importance of Being Earnest, Playhouse Theatre, Thursday, November 27.
Simon Dallow signs off as newsreader
‘Been a genuine privilege’: Simon Dallow signs off as newsreader
TVNZ’s Simon Dallow has signed off from the 6pm news for the final time.
Dreamy scenes drawn from the well of life
Dreamy scenes drawn from the well of life
Despite a lack of narrative structure and frequent flashes forward and back through time, Clint Bentley’s quiet drama about a logger in early 20th-century America relentlessly moves like the train it dreams of.
Gravity grounds the magic
Gravity grounds the magic
It’s rather tragic then that Wicked: For Good can’t continue to defy gravity, but instead, defines it.
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Second nature
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Second nature
Dunedin audiences will get to hear the newest member of NZTrio, Matthias Balzat, in a concert tomorrow night with current members Amalia Hall and Somi Kim.
Art seen: November 27
Art seen: November 27
By Joanna Osborne
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Out in the open: art in the street
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Out in the open: art in the street
Otago Daily Times photographers have often snapped Geraldine artist John Badcock at work painting on the streets of Dunedin over the years.
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies
Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies
Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularized reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six decade career, has died
Loving every second
Loving every second
A film about a terminal cancer diagnosis became a love letter from the afterlife, Olivia Ovenden writes.
Trapped in the map from hell
Trapped in the map from hell
Publishers Devolver are always bringing interesting stuff from the indy gaming scene to a wider audience — good one, Devolver, love your work — and on this occasion it’s Possessor(s).
Focus on ‘what we have available’
Focus on ‘what we have available’
An aversion to using mined or imported materials in ceramic artworks has won Jess Nicholson major recognition at the Te Uru Portage Ceramic Awards.
Keaton thrived in humour but a serious dramatic actress too
Keaton thrived in humour but a serious dramatic actress too
Obituary: In the chilling final scene of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 masterpiece, The Godfather, the door to Michael Corleone’s office is closed in the face of his wife, Kay. It simultaneously signified the opening of many more doors for the career of actor Diane Keaton.
ODT quiz: December 1
ODT quiz: December 1
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Monday, December 1.
ODT quiz: November 30
ODT quiz: November 30
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ODT quiz: November 29
ODT quiz: November 29
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ODT quiz: November 28
ODT quiz: November 28
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ODT quiz: November 27
ODT quiz: November 27
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Thursday, November 27.