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Violinist’s career highlight
19+ hour, 45+ min ago (384+ words) With Scottish music being her passion, Queenstown violinist Erica Hastie can’t think of anything bigger than what she got up to last month. The Scottish expat, who teaches violin and performs in local Irish band, Ceol, successfully auditioned for the…...
Fiddler makes her Royal entrance
3+ week, 3+ day ago (98+ words) ODT Queenstowner Erica Hastie prepares for her performance at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo early on Wednesday, New Zealand time The Scottish-expat fiddle player was selected as one of 16 fiddlers in the core band, which is performing on the Edinburgh…...
How the ‘backwoods Barbie’ Dolly Parton turned self‑aware artifice into authentic artistry
2+ week, 4+ day ago (763+ words) Dolly Parton was a master at playing with contradiction, writes Rosemary Overell. Scrolling through the tributes to Dolly Parton this morning – from the Grand Ole Opry, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, queerfluencers and others – I thought to myself: that’s her…...
Home is where the heart is for fashion designer and wool advocate Christina Grant
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (15+ words) ODT...
Sir Ian McKellen back on stage, named honorary citizen of Christchurch
3+ week, 5+ day ago (990+ words) Years after falling in love with the Isaac Theatre Royal and helping to bring it back to life after the 2011 earthquake, Sir Ian McKellen has returned to the Christchurch playhouse. McKellen, who played Gandalf in Sir Peter Jackson’s The Lord…...
Music at Otago celebrates 100 years
1+ week, 4+ day ago (515+ words) The 100-year journey of the University of Otago music programme will be celebrated with performances, workshops and even a sing-along later this month. Alumni, students, staff past and present, and all Dunedin music lovers are welcome to take part in…...
Mountainview High School bringing Beauty and the Beast to the stage
3+ week, 3+ day ago (427+ words) Mountainview High School students are inviting South Canterbury audiences to be their guests this week as they bring a classic Disney musical to the stage. For their annual production, the school’s MPR (musical production) students will be performing the much-loved…...
Connection, belonging at core of exhibition from East Otago artists
4+ week, 1+ day ago (395+ words) The latest exhibition of East Otago artists’ work at the Ōtepoti Dunedin Community Gallery celebrated the wonder and quiet lives of Aotearoa’s natural world. “Little Lives” was a collaborative exhibition by Joanne Craig and Zenobia Southcombe observing the beauty and…...
Dolly wanted a slice of home in NZ
2+ week, 4+ day ago (701+ words) Dolly Parton loved New Zealand so much that she considered buying a house here. It was 1987, and she was here with fellow country music star Kenny Rogers on the Islands in the Stream tour, Parton told New Zealand Women’s Weekly…...