Aucklanders get their first glimpse of the new Whoa! Studios today.

Huge touring exhibition is an art world highlight for 2017, writes T.J.McNamara.

William Dart previews the concert highlights of 2017.

William Dart chooses his favourite classical CDs of 2016.

Craft, design and architecture are booming and a new gallery is needed to keep up with this growth.

Kiwi couple donate seven works including pieces by Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol and Joan Miro at inaugural event.

William Dart listens to Brahms, Lieder & Liebeslieder Waltzes.

Northcote College students see their research displayed at Auckland Museum.

Tim Finn has created an engaging score for a hit Aussie musical.

When Auckland Choral presents its annual Messiah, Bianca Andrew will sing some of the oratorio's most powerful arias.

A Roald Dahl classic comes to the Auckland stage.

Dionne Christian reviews the latest kids' chapter books and points out some of 2016's best.

Catherine Smith savours some of 2016's best food books.

Annabel Gooder reviews the latest sci-fi and fantasy books and points out some of the year's best reads.

Peter Simpson picks 2016's best art books.

Jim Eagles and Mark Fryer pick 2016's best non-fiction books.

Kids books for Christmas reviewed.

Siobhan Harvey reviews recent poetry books and picks favourites from the year.

Silo Theatre announces how it will celebrate 20 years; Auckland Fringe Festival announces its 2017 programme.

Veteran actor Rawiri Paratene will join the cast for Pop-up Globe's 2017 season.

"Essentially you breathe life into something that is dead material" Puppeteer Norbert Hausberg exhibits his lifelong passion. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Briefs is perfect pre-Christmas cabaret for grown-ups.

Acclaimed author and illustrator Donovan Bixley shares tales of the books that inspired him.

Ballet's former bad boy has turned his life around. Sergei Polunin talks to Helen Barlow

Johnny Marr: I'm not going to have my life story sullied by some bullshit agenda. I'll tell it really how it was.

The ukulele is bigger than you might think, especially with kiwi kids.

Painter Zarahn Southon is at home with the Dutch masters.

The only problem with Pavel Kolesnikov's splendid new Chopin collection is that one would have liked the Russian pianist to have recorded

See this street ballet and you'll never look at a supermarket shopping trolley the same way again.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes faces his fears - and writes about them, anyway.