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Arts News for 13 April 2025

arts national

3:05 PM.Arts News from across the country with Mark and Angie - for the second week of April 2025. Audio
'Like the active verb to be and to do': Trailblazing artist writer Emily Cumming Harris

history arts

2:32 PM."I am like the active verb to be and to do," wrote the determined trailblazing early New Zealand painter and writer Emily Cumming Harris. "I am," she added, "too necessary an appendage to be left… Read more Audio
A 'Millenial Bundist': Revolutionary European Yiddish music

music arts

2:05 PM.Isabel Frey is singer and ethnomusicologist from Vienna, who is attempting to carry the musical tradition of the Jewish Labour Bund, the Yiddish-speaking socialist party in pre-World War II Eastern… Read more Audio
Regional Wrap: Fairlie, gateway to the Mackenzie Country

arts Canterbury

1:23 PM.On the road between Christchurch and Queenstown, the town of Fairlie often gets called gateway to the Mackenzie Country. Read more Video, Audio
Can animals create art?

animals arts

1:08 PM. Shawn Simpson is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and joined Culture 101. Read more Audio
A remarkable birds-eye view: photographing the Kaikōura tītī

animals arts

12:45 PM.The Kaikoura titi, or Hutton's shearwater is a remarkable bird. Endemic to Kaikoura and endangered, it is the only alpine-breeding seabird in the world. Read more Audio
Alex Medland wins multiple national play awards for commentary on climate activism and inaction

life and society arts

12:29 PM.Thousands of students were outside Parliament in Wellington on Friday for the School Strike 4 Climate protest. The core team organising were aged between 14 and 17 and their overarching theme "Don't… Read more Audio
Fast Favourites: Artist Sean Beldon

music arts

12:15 PM.The Auckland-based artist shares some of his cultural recommendations. Read more Audio

12:15 - Fast Favourites: Artist Sean Beldon
12:30 - The winner of national play award for "unnerving commentary on climate activism and inaction"
12:45 - A night birds-eye view: photographing the remarkable Kaikōura tītī
13:07 - Whale ballads and pig paintings - can animals create art?
13:26 - Regional Wrap: Fairlie, gateway to the Mackenzie Country
13:35 - At the Movies
14:05 - Reviving revolutionary Yiddish music: Isabel Frey
14:40 - "I am too necessary an appendage to be left out." Piecing together the life of early professional woman artist Emily Cumming Harris
15:05 - Arts news
15:10 - Rupa Maitra's stories from Prophecies

Music played in this show

Song: Seeds

Artist: Sola Rosa

Played at 12.10pm and 12.58pm

Song: Weather with you

Artist: Crowded House

Played at 12.27pm

Song:Supping With the Devil: Scene Four

Artist: Jan Bolton

Played at 1.07pm

Song:Effervescing Elephant

Artist:Syd Barrett

Played at 1.21pm

Song: I'm an animal

Artist:Neko Case

Played at 1.58pm

Songs:

Ofyn veg shuteye a boym

Kholemen Khaloymes

Di Shvue

Epiaf

Der Binyin

Genug

Nit Heymish

In Faranakht

Im Kamf

Di Shvue

Dona Dona

Arbetlose Martch

Daloy Politsey

Artist: Isabel Frey

Played at 2.05-2.30pm

Song: Something Small

Artist: Holly Arrowsmith

Played at 2.59pm

Immaru

Artist: Rhian Sheehan and Arli Liberman

Played at 3.05pm

Song: Werewolf

Artist: Michael Hurley

Played at 3.10pm

Song: Sweet

Artist: Hail Meteor!

Played at 3.58pm

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