A Classic Night at the Proms: Gisborne Concert Band and Bay Cities Symphonic Band, St Andrew’s Church, September 9 (4pm). Tickets at door, $10 adults, $5 under 14.
Ben Salter: The Dome Room, September 15 (8pm), $15 pre-sales from the Aviary and at the door, early bookings
recommended.
One One One: Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, September 15.
Waikato-Bay of Plenty Regional Brass Band Competitions Campion College, September 16-17 (9.30am-4.30pm), entry: Saturday, gold coin donation, Sunday $10, children gold coin donation.
Discotravaganza - Go Get funcked: The Dome, September 30 (9pm). Presales The Aviary $15 (cash only), $20 at door.
Big Daddy Wilson and band: Dome Room, October 29 (3pm). Eventfinda $30, door $35.
Isla Grant in concert: War Memorial Theatre, November 12 (7.30pm).
THEATRE
Bill Massey’s Tourists: Jan Bolwell plays her adolescent self, encouraging her grandfather to talk about World War 1. Unity Theatre, Wednesday (7.30pm). Tickets $26 from Stephen Jones Photography.
Coaltown Blues: Unity Theatre, September 13-17. Tickets $20 from i-Site, 868 6139
The Sound of Music: War Memorial Theatre, October 10 (7pm).
At the flicksDOME CINEMA
God’s Own Country: A young Yorkshire farmer, emotionally shut off through drink and the need to keep the family farm going, gets help at lambing time in the form of a Romanian migrant worker, and must confront feelings of love for the first time. Described by one reviewer as “almost but not quite a Dales Brokeback”.
Hampstead: Real-life story of a homeless man who built a shack on the edge of London’s Hampstead Heath inspired this film. A widow (played by Diane Keaton), struggling to meet her apartment’s service charges, forms a relationship with a tramp (Brendan Gleeson) who has created a well-tended smallholding in the grounds of a disused hospital.
In Between (Bar Bahar): Three Arab-Israeli women share an apartment in Tel Aviv and try to balance their traditions with the modern world as they try to live in between the two. Breezy “dramedy” focuses not on politics but on daily life to show social change.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
Wind River: Taylor Sheridan, screenwriter for Sicario and Hell or High Water, makes his directorial debut in this murder mystery, which he also wrote. Elizabeth Olsen plays a rookie FBI agent who teams up with a game tracker (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a girl on a native American reservation.
The Hitman’s Bodyguard: An elite bodyguard (Ryan Reynolds) must protect a notorious hitman (Samuel L. Jackson) from those out to silence him. Normally mortal enemies, the pair must stick together for 24 hours of car chases, boat escapades and shoot-outs. Salma Hayek is the hitman’s wife.
American Made: Tom Cruise stars as Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who became a drug smuggler and was recruited by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The Trip to Spain: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon go on a culinary road trip to Spain, exchanging barbs and celebrity impressions amid reflections on settling into middle age.
Logan Lucky: Heist comedy directed, shot and edited by Steven Soderbergh. Cast includes Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Hilary Swank and Daniel Craig.
The Dark Tower: Based on Stephen King novels. A gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), must protect the Dark Tower from the Man in Black, Walter O’Dim (Matthew McConaughey).
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: Corrosive mass threatens space city that houses species from 1000 planets. Space agents Major Valerian and Sergeant Laureline are sent to investigate.
Annabelle: Creation: Prequel to the movie Annabelle, and the fourth film in The Conjuring series.
The Big Sick: Romantic comedy based on the real-life courtship of a Pakistan-born comedian and American graduate student.
Baby Driver: Getaway driver Baby is in deep with the wrong people, and is coerced into a job that could be the death of him.
Dunkirk: The Dunkirk story, directed by Christopher Nolan. Unknown actors in lead roles, but Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and Mark Rylance also star.
Despicable Me 3: Gru faces off against a former child star obsessed with the character he played.
VISUAL ARTS
EXHIBITIONS
Tairawhiti Museum: Gisborne Artists and Potters Group, August 19-September 24. Recent acquisitions, August 24-September 24. The 100 Days Project artists’ solo exhibitions, until December 10. Mahunga: A collection of photographs from the early 20th century, capturing the establishment of the Mahunga farm station near Matawai.
Verve Cafe: Paintings by Maiko Lewis-Whaanga.
Zest Cafe: The People Project. photographs by Isabella Grant.
Muirs Bookshop and Cafe: Works by Krystle Kelly.
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