Arts & Culture
The end of year is fast approaching and ‘tis the season of events. One of which is A Very Beer-y Christmas: Comedy Night at Searchlight Brewery at the end of the month. Santa’s in the mood for some belly laughs and craft beer.
Summer is (mostly) on its way and market season is upon us. We’re lucky to live in a town full of creative and talented people, offering artisan wares.
For almost three years, First Thursdays Quarterly has been connecting our community to creativity across six exhibition spaces in Queenstown’s town centre.
Comedian Pax Assadi will come to Queenstown to perform his latest show, Secrets, this week.
“Weird as f*ck” is one way Pip Adam’s latest book, Audition, has been described. It’s all about a spaceship that is hurtling towards the event horizon that holds three giants.
Kate Evans is a Kiwi whose fascination with the quintessential New Zealand fruit, the feijoa, has grown over the years, especially in her time living overseas.
Preservation of collections for museums is crucial. One way this can be achieved is through digitising the archives.
There’s a new market in town and its focus is on supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs. Queenstown Youth Market runs around once a month and is organised by MyFundAction Youth Development Centre (MYDC).
The Nairobi Trio is revisiting the South Island after several years away from the regional stage, the trio - hailing from the eclectic Auckland neighbourhoods of Grey Lynn, Ponsonby, and Waiheke Island - returns to share their infectious energy and rich musical legacy.
At the World’s Edge Festival kicked off on 5 October and is delivering an extensive programme of chamber music.
Lyrics and Lines launched at Te Atamira on Saturday in a bold fashion.
Celebrate local talent and artistic excellence at ‘Hullabaloo Artists at Arrowtown’.
For its ninth year, Cinema Italiano Festival will come to Queenstown from Monday and is currently screening in Wānaka. Dorothy Browns in Arrowtown and Ruby’s Cinema & Bar in Wanaka are screening a fantastic selection of Italian films.
Today we are chatting with Wānaka local, Justine Cormack - a freelance violinist and festival director for the upcoming At the World’s Edge Festival.
We’re extremely fortunate in Queenstown and the Southern Lakes to have access to some incredible music over the course of the year.
Arrowtown Creative Arts Society (ACAS) will be hosting a Meet The Artist event at the picturesque Giverny Sculpture Garden on Friday.
Stories change over time, no matter how familiar they are. Every telling of the Trojan War has a slightly different slant, versions of Romeo and Juliet change with every director, sometimes morphing into a whole new story in the case of West Side Story.
NZSHRED’s seventh recycled snowboard art exhibition takes place this week at Sherwood. This year the exhibition is entitled BoardWorX and the concept is an easy one.
Queenstown Writers Festival is returning for another year and has a fresh new look.
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