Cityscape’s monthly fix of what’s hot and happening in Christchurch for October rocks some serious cred as we catch up with three powerhouses in the worlds of music, fashion, and wellbeing. We talk extensively to our cover star and NZ music icon Bic Runga, Kiwi fashion maven Karen Walker, and lifestyle and healthy living guru Dr Libby. We also talk tattoos with Josh Ross from City of Ink and Wanderlust with Jonnie Halstead, pick out the films, books and albums, events and gigs you'll want to check out this month, and give you a guide to this year's SCAPE Public Art Season. Look out too for this season’s hottest fashion picks and tips from the Ballantynes’ team and explore the city’s hot new shopping destination The Crossing – peace out!

Summer has come in hot and that means it’s time to ditch the last of the spring slump, embrace the sunshine and make the most of what our fair city has to offer. Our December and January issue taps into the crème de la crème of things to do over these scorching months from sipping on delectable cocktails to getting your fitspo on and hitting the hills to rallying the troops, packing up your car and escaping the hustle and bustle of the city. Bread & Circus – World Buskers Festival is rolling into town (Jan 10 – Feb 3) and with a wealth of entertainment and performances – some 527 – on the cards, we’ve done the rounds and compiled our top picks of artists to catch. We chat to some of the wild talent who are set to bring their next-level skills to the festival including Tom Flanagan aka Kaput, sassy lasses Hot Brown Honey, and Butch Locsin aka Skeleton of Color. We get the scoop on Ballantynes’ iconic Christmas window display, which was inspired by the custom-designed Christmas shopping bags that the department store has used in recent years, and we pull up a pew with rock chick Cathy Richardson of Jefferson Starship, who gives us the skinny on the pressures of playing rock legend Janis Joplin and holding her own. Feel inspired by our lust list, a carefully curated list which will ensure you stay ahead of the game in the beauty, fashion and homewares departments. We tuck into mouth-watering fare down at Universo Brasserie & Bar and devour some mighty fine eats courtesy of the wonderful team at Cookai Japanese Restaurant, plus get our cocktail on and learn the ropes from our friends at Botanic, who show us how to whip up a super-easy summer stunner. Last but not least, we do the rounds of all that’s buzzing on the eats and beats scene and give you the lowdown on the city’s newest boutiques to drop some coin on.

Summer is hot on our tail and our November issue is bringing the heat on all that’s hot and happening in the city to ensure you stay two steps ahead of the game. We touch base with indie-folk singer-songwriter Mel Parsons (our sassy cover star) on what’s been happening since her last album and how her new album Glass Heart came to fruition. Polyglot songstress Tui Mamaki returns to New Zealand shores after a hiatus in Bulgaria and gives us the low-down on her hotly anticipated album release tour Fly, musical-theatre royalty Elaine Paige drops in for a chat and we also have a yarn with Kiwi actor Jay Laga’aia, who spills the deets on crazy fan requests, being a father and starring in Star Wars. Skipping the trackside antics at Cup Day? No worries, we’ve done the rounds and hand-picked the best haunts to hit up to still feel part of the race-day action. We’ve also compiled the ultimate Christmas guide, which will give you lots of inspo for when you leave your Christmas shopping to the last minute – it’s OK, we’re all guilty! We indulge in fierce culinary goodness down at Terrace Tavern and Sister Kong, the latter having unleashed a drool-worthy new menu courtesy of their new head chef … plus we take our movie experiences to a whole new level (of the luxury variety) and kick back in the plush surrounds of Hoyts Lux. Plus we drop the details on the crème de la crème of what’s hot in cuisine, couture and culture.

We’ve welcomed the month of October with open arms as we’re now on the sweet downhill ride into summer. In this issue we make use of all those extra hours of daylight, get our sweat on and tap the genius of some of the city’s leading fitness gurus from Wicked Rogaines, Orangetheory Fitness, Odlin Cycle Coaching and Clubbercise Christchurch with Chloé, explore the city from the saddle and zoom around the various cycleways which go from the fringes of the city right through to the hustle and bustle of the inner city, suss out all the art action ahead of SCAPE Public Art’s 2018 Season that sees a myriad of exhibitions and installations taking over the city, chat with local architect Greg Young from Young Architects and James Glennie – of Mancunian rock band James – about music ventures, antics from the Madchester Movement days and weird fan requests. City fave Miro has opened their doors for dinner – yussss – and of course, we drop the 411 on all things hot and happening in the city from thriving cuisine hotspots to the best watering holes. Lap it up!


In this month's issue you’ll find interviews with living-legend and former captain of the USS Enterprise William Shatner ahead of his one-man-show Shatner’s World: The Return Down Under!, Master of Electronic Funk Laughton Kora who is teaming up with the CSO for their epic NZ Music of the 80s gig in the city and local thesp Derek Doddington, founder of Top Dog Theatre. We get an exclusive sneak peek of the extensive reno work happening at the regal Christchurch Town Hall and get the lowdown on the upcoming Ballantynes Fashion Week where internationally-renowned Kiwi couture queen Karen Walker is set to make an appearance. We drop the deets on Cryotherapeutics NZ’s cryotherapy treatment centre – the first to open in the country and nail a chat with Tomoko Tsuji who has recently opened up her new nail salon, Nails by Tomo. The Central Art Gallery’s Art Director Jonathan Smart gives us the run-down on local artist Simon Edwards’ upcoming exhibition Finding the Way. We go globetrotting with Peter Dunne and fire questions at the intrepid and passionate expert behind the city’s leading travel agency Discover Travel. We take your taste buds on a culinary journey across Christchurch’s vast range of international restaurants. We sample and review the fresh and feisty fare at Christchurch dining institution No.4 Bar and Restaurant. The team behind city gaming hotspot Arcadia have expanded their entertainment empire and are set to open a brand-spanking-new pool hall The Common Room, which boasts tasty eats and a well-stocked bar. Fritz’s Wieners are rocking new digs (of the permanent kind) down on the corner of High and Manchester Street and newbie café Good Habit, have revamped the 19th Century convent building they’re housed in into an eclectic and gourmet eatery. Oh, and there’s also our signature round up of the city’s best-of-the-best in gigs, events, films and music.

Have we got a celeb-packed August issue of Cityscape magazine for you? Check it out, inside you’ll find interviews with UK comedy superstar and living legend Bill Bailey ahead of his Earl of Whimsy tour in Christchurch this September, we pick the brains of best-selling US author A.J. Finn (who’s literary debut The Woman in the Window sparked a buyer frenzy), find out how he came up with his pseudonym and why Amy Adams was his only choice for the lead character in the movie adaptation. Finn is coming to town as part of the epic WORD Christchurch Festival where we run the ruler over this mammoth event cramming 150 literary icons (think Irvine Welsh, Sonya Renee Taylor, Philip Hoare, Hollie McNish, Shaun Bythell and so many more) into 100 events over 5 glorious days and nights of wordy enlightenment. We also catch up with Kiwi music legends Julia Deans, who’s bringing her We Light Fire album tour to the city, and The Phoenix Foundation’s frontman and Hunt for the Wilderpeople soundtrack creator Lukasz Buda about the band’s 20th birthday celebratory tour with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra hitting the Isaac Theatre Royal this month. We also catch up with NZ art master Dick Frizzell whose larger than life exhibition Something to Behold! is about to open at The Central Art Gallery. Elsewhere, we give you the rundown on the New Zealand International Film Festival, meet the inimitable and colourful personality behind swanky hair salon True Grit: Jacqui Victor, meet the dynamic duo and Fascial Stretch Therapists extraordinaires behind Restore Prehabilitation & Recovery, Barry Adams and Liv Bates, whip up tasty Buddha Bowls with Untouched World Kitchen’s Mark McCracken and dine out in serious style (complete with breakfast cocktails) at Miro. Oh, and there’s also our signature round up of the best-of-the-best in gigs, events, films and music. Enjoy!

Welcome to our July issue of Cityscape magazine! It’s Plastic Free July, so we’ve got our eco on and show you how you can do your bit for the planet. We travel to foodie destination Wellington for a preview of things to come when Visa Wellington On a Plate descends in the windy city in August. It’s your ultimate insider guide to the edgiest spots in town, where forward thinking culinary geniuses spin their magic and brew alchemists concoct new flavours for your palate. We get an exclusive with Te Vaka’s Opetaia Foa’i about winning Best Soundtrack for Disney’s Moana at Billboard Music Awards, while local boy Jed Parsons tells us about his upcoming tour. Rising star Nakita gives us the lowdown on her new image and sound, and Hamish Gee from The Feelers gets passionate about celebrating 25 years of great music. We checked out 50 Bistro, and were wowed by their on point neo-bistro offerings and flawless wine pairings. We then got our steak on at grill experts Jaba Grill & Bar. We still can’t stop thinking about their Cheviot sourced T-Bone, done to sinful perfection on the Kopa charcoal grill. To spice things up, Green Dinner Table’s Tom Riley shares with us his fiery nasi goreng recipe with scrambled tofu, tamarind, sweet soy and crispy shallots. Washi tape maestro Veronica Herber talks us through her larger-than-life installations, while we put the spotlight on the city’s go-to good-time venue Stranges Lane. As always, you’ll get our signature round-up of the best of the month’s happenings around the city. Go out and enjoy everything the city has to offer!

Welcome to our June issue of Cityscape magazine! We’ve got the lowdown on the coolest port in Christchurch, Lyttelton and take you on a guided tour through its edgy shops, great eats and colourful locals.  If you’ve ever wanted to roll up your sleeves and get involved in volunteering, now is the time, and we show you how to do it. We jam with local DJs and producers extraordinaire Dirty Cash while checking out ground-breaking new restaurant 5th Street, already wowing the locals with their stellar menu. We also got a sneak peek at Miro, the brainchild of hospo veteran Francesca Voza, and we still can’t stop thinking about their breakfast cocktails and brunch delights. To add to that delicious combo, we’ve got a bombastic recipe for roast cauliflower soup with cumin-marinated halloumi and truffle oil from Twenty Seven Steps that is sure to warm those winter bellies. Prolific local artist Joel Hart gives us the inside scoop on creating large scale art, and Rick Steven from Stranges Lane spills the beans on managing a multi-venue space. Inspired to make a change and stop the dreaded winter spread in its tracks? Then check out our gruelling but eye-opening session at Scoop Authentic Pilates. Meanwhile, jewellers Joachim and Tract van Oostrum from Love In A Jewel talk about preserving memories and personalising keepsakes, while style-maker Melinda Ferguson tells us about her latest venture in female empowerment. You’ll also get our signature round-up of the best of the month’s happenings around the city. It may be getting cold, but it’s hot in the city, so get out there and enjoy it!

Here comes May and our killer issue of Cityscape magazine, which rocks our cover star, metal priestess, and guitar legend Courtney Cox (not the Friends one) from The Iron Maidens – the world’s best (and only all-female!) Iron Maiden tribute act. We catch up with Courtney inside (as well as give away a double pass to catch the Maidens’ epic gig), as well as Christchurch’s hottest dance export Corey Baker, who’ll be world premiering his Antarctica-inspired The Last Dance as part of Royal New Zealand Ballet’s Dancing With Mozart in June. Join us as we indulge in a much-needed and blissful escape/massage in the swank surrounds of Lotus at Siam Thai Day Spa, graze our way through the gastronomic goodies on offer at newbie The Camden Restaurant & Bar and the city’s iconic (and oldest) restaurant, Spagalimis Pizzeria & Bar (which turns 40 this month!). We hang with Christchurch crooner and alt-country crossover legend Marlon Williams, meet In2Hula’s Bernadette Smith – who’s turning her bid for Christchurch to reclaim the New Zealand record for the most people simultaneously hula-hooping in one place into a fundraiser for the Heart Foundation – chat to Kiwi yogi extraordinaire Vincent Bolletta about his upcoming Yoga Therapy classes at Hot Flow Yoga, and chew the fat with Aussie comedy legend Heath Franklin ahead of his new Chopper show, Bogan Jesus. You’ll also find our lowdown on the city’s upcoming Jazz & Blues Festival, five tasty Espresso Martinis you need to swill, and a moreish Moroccan Lentil Soup with Preserved Lemon recipe from the team at Made Espresso Bar. And of course, as usual you’ll get our signature round-up the best of the month’s gigs, events, films and music in the city.

We’re going large this month with our April issue of Cityscape, which features the Vegas rockers en route to Christchurch, The Killers, working our new cover (with essential deets of their concert and so, so much more inside!) We catch up with Stealth Hospitality magnate and creator of fierce hospo hot spots Tony Astle on where he gets his ideas, living in Christchurch and what we can expect from his upcoming haunt Chiwahwah Mexican Cantina. We check out The Terrace’s slick new offering Terrace Tavern, hang out with hilarious bad-ass baritone and hip-hop bluesman Rag‘n’Bone Man, and go behind the scenes at The Crossing’s winter fashion shoot.
Animal lovers can rejoice as we chat with Wildlife ACT volunteer Holly Hastie on what she gets up to over in South Africa (and Orana Wildlife Park), while our Dog Day Afternoons feature is perfect for planning in some bud time with your four-legged bestie (and because it’s us, we also highlight the latest canine couture from Kiwi fashion legend Karen Walker). We head over to Lyttelton and meet the guys behind plant-based meal plan delivery success story Green Dinner Table, find out how the crew at Offcut are saving the planet once cap at a time by turning fabric scraps into killer headgear (along with their Trump Forest initiative!) and hang with Aussie comedy legend Carl Barron. 
We’re also giving away tix to catch Machine Gun Kelly, as well as Amy Schumer’s new comedy flick I Feel Pretty, shining the spotlight on the city’s top desserts and hitting up some epic eats at Tomi Japanese Restaurant and Diner 66, as well dishing out the inside word on everything you need to know for good times in the city this month.

The epic March issue of Cityscape sees Christchurch representing, with former local lad and now opera superstar Teddy Tahu Rhodes rocking this month’s cover. The booming baritone is back in the city as one of the leads in New Zealand Opera’s production of Tosca; we caught up with the man himself on the joys of playing baddies and the fine art of dying on stage, as well as deconstructing the ‘opera that conquered the world’. It’s just one of the many highlights (clear your calendars folks – this month has got it goin’ on!) you need on your March radar. Keeping you in the game, we chat with Alliance Francaise French Film Festival Patron/film geek Kate Rodger, check out stunning new fashion boutique Workshop, meet the woman who introduced Christchurch to the ‘Brozilian’ and made hair removal and brow work glam – Off & On’s Nicky Shore – and jam with boundary/genre-pushing piano duo Anderson & Roe. We also squeeze in a visit to Thai-riffic Kum Pun Thai, indulge in an exquisite long lunch at Waipara Hills Café, find out what’s in store at the North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival, and, as usual, round up the best of the month’s gigs, events, films and music in the city. Go to it, Christchurch!

Cityscape rocks a jam-packed February issue that’s brimming with all the essential events and coverage on what’s hot in the city this month. Inside we catch up with the stars of Electric Avenue Music Festival – Aaradhna, Hermitude and Too Many Zooz – and give you an insider’s guide to rocking this epic music festival right. We also get down with glamour gals Tawdry Trainwreck and Rosie Reckless, the pair who brought the burlesque, booze and art extravaganza that is Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School to Christchurch, check out upcoming premier hospitality venue The Terrace, and talk with some of those involved in the development for the inside word on their offerings and what the new-look venue will mean for the city and its hospo scene. 

Elsewhere in this issue we check out the funky fitness trends and venues where good times go hand-in-hand with fun new ways to break a sweat, suffer some serious job envy chatting with Head Kiwi Husbandry Officer at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve Bethany Brett (who gets to hang out with super cute kiwi chicks), and find out what former Christchurch composer John Young has planned for the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s 60th anniversary season opener Eroica with his specially-commissioned piece Spirit. 

Check out our reviews on Sun Dog Diner and Protocol, and pick out the films, books and albums, events and gigs you don’t wanna miss this month!

Cityscape rings in 2018 with our killer January issue, which features a carefully curated list of must dos in Christchurch this month. Inside you’ll find our Cityscape exclusive with the World Buskers Festivals’ headlining mega stars Le Gateau Chocolat and Jonny Woo, along with our pick of the top 10 unmissable performances during the fest, and we also hang out with former local/comedienne extraordinaire Cal Wilson. This issue we also catch up with Salmonella Dub founding member and guitarist Andrew Penman on their epic 25th anniversary concert (featuring the return of bandmate Tiki Taane), and check out the city’s craft beer scene, chatting to local craft beer legend Ralph Bungard from Three Boys Brewery and scoping out The Great Kiwi Beer Festival. Plus we meet New Zealand’s only female marine pilot Joanne Laing and jam with Kiwi music icon Dave Dobbyn. We’ve also rounded up the best summer eats alongside our wrap of January’s hottest events, happenings, openings, places to go, food to eat and movies and events to catch.

Cityscape’s December issue’s got that summer time feeling; we catch up with legendary Christchurch band Shapeshifter’s bassist and producer Nick Robinson ahead of their headlining gig at Live in the Park, and tap the genius of New Zealand’s only Master Sommelier Cameron Douglas, who’ll be talking Brosé and Rosé in the South Island Wine & Food Festival’s Wine Seminar Lounge. We chat with the country’s hardest working slashie – musician/television personality/actor Stan Walker – who stars in new Kiwi flick The Stolen, celebrate the Chevron-winning successes of Restaurant of the Year Twenty Seven Steps with a trip up their swanky stairs, and meet the man behind Café of the Year Hello Sunday’s Chris Penny to find out the secret of their success and what they’ve got planned for 5th Street. We also shine the spotlight on Filigree Fine Jewels’ Vanessa Stowers – creator of bespoke jewellery to die for – and meet the ‘Scoundrel’ at Scoundrels and Rogues, who’s making arguably (he has the awards to back it up!) New Zealand’s best cider. Tap our reviews of bodacious eateries King of Snake and Little Pom’s, get festive with our ultimate wrap of the Chrissy season, and line-up all the films, books and albums, events and gigs that need to be on your radar this month!

Cityscape’s November issue is crammed with everything you need to rock the month right with essential coverage on local musicians made good, the ultimate guide to Cup and Show Week, killer new destinations, and fashion lynchpin Plume’s return to the city in our exclusive chat with NOM*d’s Margi Robertson (and SO much more!). We jam with rising star Theia and Ladi6’s legendary Ladi Tamati (both rocking Cup and Show Week), get tips on taking out Fashion in the Field and the Style Stakes from the judges, catch up with trainer/driver extraordinaire Mark Purdon, and give you the heads up on the best Cup Day brekkies going in our Cup and Show feature; we also deconstruct the Wanderlust 108 experience (and catch up with their yoga DJ R.I.A!) and cruise into super swanky new venue Universo Brasserie & Bar. Check out our reviews on killer restaurants Dux Dine and Kumo Japanese Cuisine, and pick out the films, books and albums, events and gigs you don’t wanna miss this month!

Our launch issue of Christchurch’s sizzling new must-read monthly is a carefully-curated highlights real of what’s hot and happening in the city. In our September issue we catch up with New Zealand’s first lady of jazz and soul, Hollie Smith, as well as with Kiwi co-director of the upcoming Christchurch-shot spookfest flick The Changeover, Stuart McKenzie, rising CHCH comedian Eli Matthewson, who talks about his new show The Year of Magical F@%king, high-flying Cirque du Soleil TORUK – The First Flight acrobat Viktor Franyo, and Sons of Zion frontman Rio ahead of their Christchurch show. We check out a pre-quake Christchurch in The Way We Were and profile the hottest tickets, movies to watch, albums to listen to and live gigs to catch.

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