Albuquerque's National Institute of Flamenco preserves and promotes the artistry, history and culture of flamenco and fulfils an educational role through its National Conservatory of Flamenco Arts.

The Fringe festival has exploded into life nowhere more so than at The Basement which is serving up a moveable feast of up to five fast-turn-around shows a night.

Art has the power to comfort and the demise of an Auckland festival wouldn't help Christchurch.

The first of 250 artists from around the world have begun to arrive in time for the opening of the Auckland Arts Festival on Wednesday.

Catherine Smith looks at the best free and family shows on offer during the two major arts festivals showcasing Auckland City this month.

The avant-garde end of Fringe Fest spectrum finds an appropriate niche with a free event held at the base of the stairs that link Saint Kevin's Arcade with Myers Park.

Before they'd even put a toe in the water this week, the Wet Hot Beauties were the media's feel-good, sold-out hit of the summer.

David Larsen talks to career film buff David Thomson about his revised classic.

One of the many funny lines in the profanity-strewn satirical film In The Loop came from the character Jamie Macdonald, the senior press officer in 10 Downing St and the "angriest man in Scotland".

Located in Claverton Manor near Bath, the American Museum in Britain contains over 15,000 items of decorative arts.

Auckland's set for a creative feast, says Ann Newbery.

Rising star Dominic Cooper plays dumb in new Brit comedy Tamara Drewe - and brutal in Lee Tamahori's film about the son of Saddam Hussein. By Stephen Jewell.

Elizabeth Marvelly launches her second album, this time of familiar Kiwi standards.

A photo exhibition about flowers is the result of a life-changing experience for Joanne Cunningham.