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December 2024

 

Welcome to our Arts & Entertainment newsletter.

We'll be letting you know about movies and music, and library resources focused on the arts.

 

Online Resource

Beamakids+

All the best films for your kids in one place. With the option to apply Beamakids+ filter to keep kids safe.

 

Exhibitions

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.

 

Picture Me travelling exhibitions

Celebrating the power of children's books to shape identity and foster international connections, featuring work by International and New Zealand illustrators. See this exhibition at:

  • Linwood Library - until 5 January
  • New Brighton Library - until 30 January
  • Upper Riccarton Library - 9 January to 30 January
 

New titles

 

Books about films

"Making Mary Poppins" by Pierce, Todd James, 1965-
"Hitchcockian Thrillers" by Rebello, Stephen, 1949-
"The James Bond Archives" by Duncan, Paul, 1964-
"Martin Scorsese All the Films" by Bousquet, Olivier (Film journalist)
"Eiga ja naindakara umaku ikanakutemo daijōbu" by Jēn sū
"The Making of Avatar" by Fordham, Joe
"Hitchcockian Thrillers" by Rebello, Stephen, 1949-

Books about musicians

"Love Like This" by Bassingthwaighte, Natalie, 1975-
"Ornette Coleman" by Golia, Maria
"Cosmic Music" by Beta, Andy
"Bowie Odyssey 76" by Goddard, Simon
"Unmasked" by Halperin, Ian
"Kocham, Freddie" by Jones, Lesley-Ann
"Ornette Coleman" by Golia, Maria

Books about art

"Rayguns & Rocketships"
"Introduction to Art Therapy Research" by Kapitan, Lynn
"Assessment in Art Therapy"
"Contemporary Practice in Studio Art Therapy"
"The Symbols of Art" by Hodge, Susie, 1960-
"Assessment and Outcomes in the Art Therapies"
"Introduction to Art Therapy Research" by Kapitan, Lynn
 

Best of the year - Movies & TV

Staff List

Djunaidi's Top TV and Film of 2024

A real mix of genres from period drama to murder mystery and action in these picks of movies and TV shows from 2024.

Staff List

Best watches of 2024 🎬🍿

Mostly recent with the occasional older title I've only just got around to watching. These are my favourite movies and TV shows of the year.

More Best of 2024
 

Get Arty at the Library

Website

Make (Y)our Space competition: Papanui Library

Aspiring artists aged 12‒18 years. Enter a competition to design, draw or paint an artwork for Te Kete Wānanga o Papanui.

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.

Event

Magic Trick Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe Day

Jul 8th | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Shirley Library

Have you ever wanted to know how to do magic tricks with a deck of cards? Come down to Shirley Library and learn how.

 

More from the Library

Event

Stop Motion Workshop - Magic and Make-Believe

Jul 8th | 2:00pm - 3:30pm

Shirley Library

Discover the magic of animation as you create your very own story in this stop motion workshop.

 
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