Lynn Freeman

A report from the Queenstown Jazz Festival where 150 local, national and international jazz artists have been entertaining locals and visitors since Thursday. Audio

An update on the Manukau Arts Festival where there's comedy, visual art, fashion and music. Audio

Kevin Ikin with the low down on the Wellington Folk Festival being held in Wainuiomata. Audio

With the Hobbit saga continuing we attempt to get some actual facts into the discussion. We hear from Robyn Malcolm of the NZ Actors Equity, expat NZ actor and agent Holly Shanahan and crew members… Audio

Chamber Music New Zealand is marking its diamond anniversary with a book by Jane Dawson looking back over 60 years and ahead to a future that's looking good. Audio

Caren Florance has turned poems from both sides of the Tasman into artworks using a rare printing press. Audio

Elizabeth Smith has teamed up with photographer Jane Dove Juneau for a new book, 'The Sea Question'. Audio

'Shaking 1960' is the lastest novel by David McGill. It covers some of the big events of that year - from the Hastings Blossom Festival riot to the protests against the all-white All Blacks. Audio

Richard Maloy on why he photographed another artist's left-over-bits of clay for three months on his recent Fulbright residency in the USA. Audio

Chamber Music New Zealand marks its diamond anniversary with a book by Jane Dawson looking back over 60 years and ahead to the future that's looking good. Audio

Munira Mirza advises the Mayor of London on his strategy for Arts and Culture. She looks ahead to the UK coalition government's major spending review out this week, and considers the implications for… Audio

We consider the history and future of the New Zealand glass art scene ahead of a conference of glass artists and the publication of a book about them. Audio

Lyn Freeman gets an insight into the design of extra-terrestrial weaponry and alien biology with Daniel Falconer of District 9. Audio

Lynn Freeman finds out about the trombone and New Zealand's Bonanza Trombone Quartet. Audio

Two former Limbs dancers look back on the last 20 years and how the dance scene has changed in that time. Audio

Buddhist Rain is the name of a new CD of Bill Manhire's poetry set to music by Norman Meehan. Audio

Father and son artists Greer and Toby Twiss, talk about their shared love of sculpture. Audio

Artist Sean Kerr proves that art with something serious to say, can still be fun. Audio

The New Zealand trombone quartet BonaNZa fills us in on the instrument's history and why so many classical composers were blind to its potential. Audio

Artist Titus Kaphar, one of the darlings of the New York art scene whose work is included in an exhibition that's come to Wellington - roundabout. Audio