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A "FULL HOUSE" sign outside the town hall last Friday was hardly surprising, with Hilary Hahn playing Sibelius with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

And what do you for a job? asked Chris Cox of one of the six whom he had dragged up on stage for the grand finale.

A new biography about talk show host Oprah Winfrey reveals more through what it cannot say.

A collection of paintings that have caused art aficionados to turn a deep shade of purple are to go on show.

Another bloodsucking saga.

Gretchen La Roche and Andrew Uren fashioned a graceful weave, in scurrying toccata at times and elsewhere exploring the beat of blurred dissonance.

Natasha Solomons skilfully weaves refugee tales into a novel about adjusting to life in a new land.

Ashley Brown and pianist Michael Houstoun have few equals as a team.

Bassoonist Ben Hoadley is a man with a mission - to explore and add to the catalogue of woodwind music written by New Zealand composers.

A book about Samoan tattooing - tatau - records a story that has been 30 years in the making.

The auction of 'the most elegant piece of furniture ever seen in Auckland' is a unique event.

Isobel Dryburgh on the clothes that get her creative juices flowing.

Dionne Christian meets a theatre group with a conscience and discusses the risks facing the new generations.