Arts & Music
Art Imaginary friends by Lindsay Rabbitt
SÉRAPHINE PICK: AFTER IMAGE, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, until July 6.Music Shihad goes soft by Nick Bollinger
STRAIGHT ANSWER MACHINE, Samuel F Scott & the BOP (Loop).Film Taking flight by Helene Wong
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, directed by Julian Schnabel.
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, directed by Mike Leigh.The Cultural Curmudgeon Exit, stage left by Hamish Keith
If cities were people it would be fascinating to plot their genome and see if there were any genetic disposition...Classical Seamless transitions by Ian Dando
GILLIAN WHITEHEAD: PUHAKE KI TE RANGI, Richard Nunns with New Zealand String Quartet (Atoll).Classical CDs Classical CDs by Ian Dando
BERG: LYRIC SUITE/STRING QUARTET OP 3 and WOLF: ITALIAN SERENADE, New Zealand String Quartet (Naxos)...
Books
Books The unlikely controversialist by Ben Naparstek
HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION, by Nicholson Baker (Simon and Schuster, $32.99).Books Books by Gavin Bertram
SWAY, by Zachary Lazar (Jonathan Cape, $34.99).Books Best of buddies by Mark Peters
TWO LITTLE BOYS, by Duncan Sarkies (Penguin, $28).Books Smoke in his eyes by Guy Somerset
HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNINGS OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION, by Nicholson Baker (Simon and Schuster, $32.99).