Hollywoodfun Downstairs do video, marketing themselves

Local dinner show send-off for community minded Fraser Ross.

Adams brings box of tricks to free all ages performance in Cuba St

City council finds the historic building an earthquake risk.

The threat of rain didn’t deter 60,000 people from attending the Newtown Festival. SARA GREIG (video) and CALLUM VALENTINE (story and photos) were there.

Expressions to hold first Wellington Regional Arts Review

Wellington band gets creative with more than music.

Shihad celebrate 20 years of hits with CD and tour.

Music festival celebrated art at its loudest, most raucous.

Wellington band takes political satire to new lengths

Thousands score free music when they check enrolment.

Third concert in Palmy draws 10 bands and masses of fans.

But must prove its financial sustainability.

New gallery advertises his skills as an animator.

Third Tankapooloza gig grows to 10 bands and two stages.

But fundraising deadlines may snag those who are not well-organised, reports SARAH DUNN

David Maclennan says other people who have written about the Wellington scene weren’t part of it, reports GRANT ELLEN.

James Molnar helps students keep their carving language alive in the wood they work with. SIENA YATES reports.

From male models in underwear to leather and spikes. ABBY BROWN reports on the Miromoda Maori Fashion Design show.

New exhibition opens at Katherine Mansfield House.

Newtown student gets break with Wellington Musical Theatre

Kiwi wins international award after NZ funding rejected.

ONE of metal music’s biggest champions is helping campaign for more recognition of the genre by industry. ABBY BROWN reports.

Whitireia graduate gets to make mark profiling local talent.

A new generation is celebrating Maori language and traditions.

A new exhibition showcases a popular mentoring project.

“It’s shock horror, but it’s lost its impact,” says NZ’s best-known press photographer as he tours World Press Photo exhibition with TESSA JOHNSTONE:

International mentors get behind Wellington talent

Beyond the Black brings 2000 fans, 12 bands to Trentham.

Professionals bring raw, edgy recitation to local bar.

Wellington violence sites begin to build up on website map

Pacific poets will run workshops in the Cup fanzone.

…as 18 emerging Wellington artists show in The Briefcase Project at The Thistle Hall Gallery in Cuba St, reports BRENDAN MANNING.

Haiti earthquake, WikiLeaks, Thai red shirt protests,Google street views captured in stunning images, reports TESSA JOHNSTONE.

Lobbying convinces organisers to add ‘Miss Representation’.

Little brother Rob Hamill seeks justice in Brother Number One

German kiwi’s story inspires Strawberries with the Fuhrer.

Two of the Wellington photographer’s special pictures are in the Island Bay School art auction, reports ABBY BROWN.

Police launch new campaign in Cuba St’s Left Bank.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream gets a new look.

A festival sub-theme is stories about the news media.

Gold coin entry on Sunday to showcase capital highlights.

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II premieres at midnight.

Artificial turf investment has officials pitching at a higher level.

Precious 16mm film to be used in tight budget shoot

An appreciation for distorted women inspires commission.

Hundreds of messages of support left on Facebook.

Sci-fi monsters and cartoon characters’ capital descent.

Bums on seats for bum on head as contortionist Taryn takes stage.

Nineties band The Stereo Bus reforms after an 11-year hiatus.

Taranaki’s festival brings world music to New Zealand. RODNEY BROWN experiences the event for the first time, and it won’t be the last.

But the best-selling author has to think hard to recall our writers.

Dick Weir will perform there for New Zealand Book Month.

Memoir takes best-selling author back to non-fiction

Whitireia students perform on Cuba Mall for Christchurch.

HANNA BUTLER reviews Nabeel’s Song, the story of Iraqi poet Nabeel Yasin whose prose defied a dictator.

VIDEO: Latin flair gives fun edge to aquatic exercise.

Rampaging ‘mutants’ take over disused school site.

School fund-raiser presents a taste of Petone.

Exhibition showcases Indian spirit, uncovers hidden talents.

Local 19-year-old rises to Toast Martinborough challenge.

Work by jeweller Karl Fritsch goes on show [WITH SLIDESHOW].

Smiles and iceblocks at welcome for Santa [WITH SLIDESHOW].

Jewellery and small crafts popular with Kapiti visitors.

Cabaret fundraiser for the air ambulance service.

Wellington buskers share the music behind the loose change

Wellington Hindi School wants Wellingtonians to know Indian culture is more than Bollywood dancing, reports HANNA BUTLER.

Debut album for Wellington underground rock band.

Whitireia’s creative writing school launches its first writing competition for a decade, reports OWEN WINTER.

Paremata artist Lisa-Jane Myers: The medium is the messenger.

Madeleine Pierard accepted to study her art in London.

Music theory one thing – but playing with greats something else.

First-time entrants win the wearable art crown

2010 version of wearable art show has crowd rocking

Meaningful mural turns heads in Cannons Creek.

Rita brings urchin from beach to wearable stage.

Principal rewrites history for the stage at Otari School.

Whitireia showcase will feature Kiwi music legends.

Darryn George exhibits at Peter McLeavey Gallery.

Tutu (not Toto) one of Kiwi twists to timeless Oz tale