Jenna chats some of the staff picks from Time Out in time for Christmas - first up is Juice by Australian author Tim Winton. Whakarongo mai nei!

Blind Mango Chutney on the jazz decks again today. Joining him in the studio his week is Joe Kaptein to talk and play tracks from his new album Internal Afternoon. (Said to be "Yacht Jazz," says Joe!) And Ben from the Creative Jazz Club (CJC) talks about some salivating upcoming gigs — but not before some Christmas cheer from the Bill Evans Trio.

This week's show featured new music from Primal Scream, Romi Wrights, Everything Is Recorded and more.

Dr Kirsten Zemke traces the history indie, beginning with the cassette tape compilation C86  released by NME in 1986 the UK - the first use of 'indie' as a genre rather than independent release. Whakarongo mai nei!

Beth had a kōrero with ceramicist Peter Derksen about The Portage Ceramic Awards 2024. The exhibition is showing now at Te Uru Waitakere Gallery.

Pushing Parallels is a new group exhibition on at the Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead. Sofia had a kōrero with the co-curators, Abbie La Rooy, Kiki Hall, and Michael Prosee about the exhibition and the curation process. 

Alice Canton joins us in-studio to chat to George Fowler about Naughty! A Christmas Drag Extravaganza is on at Basement Theatre from the 17th to 21st December. You can get tickets from basementtheatre.co.nz.

And, as always, your weekly Arts Guide!

The Portage Ceramic Awards is an annual exhibition of contemporary ceramics in Aotearoa, showing at Te Uru Gallery. The award was established in 2001 and embraces the rich history of working with clay in West Auckland.

Portage 2024 includes 42 works by 40 artists. Finalist works range from intimate functional objects to large-scale ephemeral installations. The concerns of the exhibited works are also diverse, embodying the natural world and the origins of clay, the intimate connection between Māori and whenua, the freedom of working with clay, and the precise technicalities of sculpting, firing, and glazing.

Beth caught up with ceramicist Peter Derksen about his practice and the exhibition.