Culture 101 for Sunday 5 November 2023
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Turning 50: Hannah Playhouse, Playmarket and director Murray Lynch
3:30 PM.Three theatre institutions are celebrating 50th anniversaries this year.
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Phil Dadson on Jim Allen: NZs centenarian father of arts experimentalism and education
3:30 PM.A pioneer artist across the ‘60s and ‘70s and one of the most influential arts educators of his generation, Jim Allen passed away just shy of turning 101 in June.
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Pacific Arts Aotearoa recorded: Lana Lopesi in conversation with Susana Lei'ataua
2:05 PM.An ambitious new book - Pacific Arts Aotearoa - has been released, spanning six decades of multi-disciplinary contributions from Pacific artists to New Zealand, Oceania and the world. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap: Raglan’s Karin Bettley
1:20 PM.Karin Bettley tells Culture 101 about how her love of creative life in the coastal town of Raglan. Read more Audio
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Former Vogelmorn Bowling Club now a trailblazing community cultural centre
1:07 PM.An annual Spooky Disco means Halloween proves the busiest day of the year for a community and arts centre established on the green and surrounding buildings of a former bowling club in the Eastern… Read more Audio
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'Binney is the set of eyes in the landscape'
12:30 PM.In the handsome just released book Don Binney Flight Path Gregory O’Brien tracks the avian-like swoops in the career of the late Tāmaki Makaurau painter, teacher and ornithologist (1940–2012). Read more Audio
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Playing solo is "a much more human experience for me" says Shihad's Jon Toogood
12:10 PM.He’s best known for fronting rock band Shihad, but musician Jon Toogood says playing acoustic solo shows is now where he feels most “human”. Read more Audio
