IMOGEN NEALE tracked down train-wrecker and all-round graffiti dive-bomber Wane COD at the Boost Mobile Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit 2005.

JOHANNA THORNTON got, errr, crunkin' with the rest of the kids at the Boost Mobile Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit 2005. She reports back on the highs, the lows, and the strangely apathetic.

By Thomas Hardy
Penguin, NZ$16 | Reviewed by David Levinson

Hardy is self-medication for those who measure heartbreak by the shot glass: By the time Far From the Madding Crowd draws to a halt, its characters are so internally shredded that you get the impression they’ve aged a lifetime within its several-year span.

Lumière's first-time foray into coverage of the annual rock/swelter-fest may be tentative and unconfirmed to date; in the meantime, read about those acts signed, sealed and delivered at the Big Day Out 2006.

Media Release | 4 October, 2005
Young and Hungry Arts trust is currently seeking to commission playwrights of any age to create work that is acted, designed and admired by 15-25 year olds, and that we’ll consider for production in the Young and Hungry Festival of New Works 2007.

Media Release | 3 October, 2005
New Zealand’s premier Hip Hop event, the Boost Mobile Aotearoa Hip Hop Summit, rocks Aotea Square and the Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE® this Friday 7 and Saturday 8 October, 2005.

A free public event that embraces the "four elements" of Hip Hop - MCing (rapping) DJing, breaking (breakdancing) and graf art, this year's Summit celebrates the best emerging and established talent in the Aotearoa hip hop scene.

Welcome, tentatively, to The Arts Etc. Reader: home to, among other things, all the non-cinematic content that intruded on Lumière's once-stoic film-only agenda. Whilst the movies still dominate our website, it is hoped this "blog" will give us a greater excuse to write about all the other things we like. With film still the priority, content here right now is spread a little thin, but given some time, is certain to build. Meantime, browse what is available via the sidebar links to the left.