Arts & Culture Archives - Martinborough Star

First Greytown Music Group Concert for 2026

Having performed their Songs for Folks programme for the Greytown Music Group last year, Bethany Angus and Geneviève Gates-Panneton are back this…

Felicity Donaldson’s first solo exhibition at Aratoi is showing in the Forsyth Barr Windows Gallery. The exhibition, called ‘Where the Light…

This is not a gardening book. At least not in the traditional sense. The seed referred to here is of the baby…

4 – 19 April 2026 at the Carterton Events Centre Get ready to sparkle and groove with Dazzlehands – the award-winning story…

Trees’ by Percival Everett was published in 2021 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. He has since written other books…

Ed and Juliet Cooke are excited about their concert line-up for the year: a mix of old and new, with some unusual…

Two new exhibitions at Aratoi have connections to the land and family. In the Main Gallery, Wellington artist Caroline McQuarrie’s exhibition ‘The…

Three new exhibitions are opening just in time for Summer. Award winning photographer Esther Bunning takes over the Foyer space in her…

The 2025 Booker Prize winning novel is ‘Flesh’ by David Szalay. Some months ago, I was offered a reading copy by the…