Janet McAllister continues her mission to visit each and every one of Auckland's 55 libraries.

After an absence of nearly a decade, Taiwan Day will be celebrated this weekend at Auckland's Aotea Square.

When translation programmes go wrong, the results can be hilarious.

Creative excellence and exquisite performances close this year's Tempo Dance Festival.

Does Priscilla, Queen of the Desert still wear the crown?

Shakespeare fans rejoice - Pop-Up Globe is back.

Rodney Bell's Meremere is a beautifully crafted hour of beguiling story-telling through dance.

The eight expert players of the London Conchord Ensemble delivered a high-minded Friday night variety concert.

Director Janice Finn has assembled a dream cast for The Pink Hammer, including The Real Housewives of Auckland star Louise Wallace.

Billy Elliot, a story of triumph over adversity.

Alfred Nobel intended that the prizes in his name be awarded for achievements that "have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".

The weather didn't ruin the first day of the Auckland Diwali Festival, but protesters had a go at spoiling a "joyous moment", an organiser says.

Freeing the Memory is one of the large standout images on display at Artweek.

Revisiting classic plays provides a lesson for younger actors and entertainment for audiences.

Overseas performers flock to perform at Auckland's Diwali Festival.

Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Indian musicians combine talents for unique Diwali Festival performance.

Classical music meets high-tech gaming at the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra.

A CD that well and truly proves Polish music is more than Chopin mazurkas and the 1960s radicalism of Krzysztof Penderecki.

A road trip with a legend changed one actor's life, writes Dionne Christian.

Beautiful and thought-provoking show is exquisitely staged and marvellously theatrical.

Auckland Council has pulled down a public art installation depicting homelessness because they thought the piece was a pile of trash.

Architecture students learn building playhouses with no budget from recycled materials only isn't child's play.

The deaths of high profile performers has prompted actors to set a world-first service especially for those in the entertainment industry.

RED HERRING by Jonothan Cullinane (HarperCollins, $37) Auckland 1951: trams run along Queen St, women aren't allowed in the RSC

Dancer Rodney Bell spent 3 years homeless in San Fran; his show Meremere reflects this.

VOU Dance Fiji invokes traditional ceremony and ritual.

It's not difficult to get swept up and away by Great Fire of London musical.

Auckland's inner city lanes are getting a temporary make-over for Artweek.

Experts concerned by role of social media

Taiwanese tribal woman Jouan Pan is in New Zealand with a mission - to get her "long lost cuzzies" to visit "home".