T-Bonez plays live acoustic music.
Matawhero Wines, 189 Riverpoint Rd, 1-3pm, free entry with lunch booking. Gourmet platters/sharing plates available. January 8, 15, 21 and 28, Sunday. Bookings essential: at cellardoor@matawhero.co.nz
Summer Frequencies Festival
A relaxed and upbeat musical vibe to be performed by some of the biggest names in Kiwi and international music including Savage, Scribe, Adeaze, DJ Noiz, Jaro Local, Tomorrow People, Ardijah, Herbs, Che Fu and Three Houses Down to name a few. Gisborne Soundshell, 87 Centennial Marine Dr, Friday & Saturday, midday January 13 to 10pm January 14. Tickets from $49 single-day, $75-$165 two-day from tinyurl.com/39by59hd or ticketspace.co.nz
Labretta Suede and The Motel 6
Home from the USA to release the ‘Teenagers’ single. Come along for a wild night. Dome Cinema, PBC, 38 Childers Rd, 8pm, R18. January 14. Tickets+Bfee: $25 at tinyurl.com/22yymsj5 or undertheradar.co.nz
Opeti Vaka: Churrch Bro
Wellington-based stand-up comedian with a very comedic perspective of his world. Lawson Field Theatre, 7 Fitzherbert St, 8.30pm on January 14, R15. Tickets+Bfee: $16-$21 at tinyurl.com/mr3ysx8r or ticketek.co.nz
Frank Talbot Quartet
An ensemble of some of the country’s finest jazz players: Ayrton Foote, Phoebe Johnson, Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa and Frank Talbot.
Lawson Field Theatre, 7 Fitzherbert St, 7pm, R15 on January 15. Tickets+Bfee: $32.50 at tinyurl.com/mrywznun or ticketek.co.nz
Summer Metal Mayhem
Four tributes to four of the greatest rock/metal bands around: Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, Slayer and System of a Down. Smash Palace, 24 Banks St, 7pm-late, R18. January 21. Tickets+Bfee: $25 at trybooking.com/nz or $30 door sales
Jesus Christ Superstar
Centre Stage presents the iconic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Onstage April 27 to May 6. Tickets from ticketek.co.nz or Gisborne i-SITE.
Whai au
An exhibition of new works by students and staff from Toihoukura School of Māori Visual Art and Design. Tairāwhiti Museum, until January 22.
Colours Deluxe
Celebrating the achievement of Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne, who in the 1880s undertook an ambitious project to describe and paint New Zealand’s flowering plants. Tairāwhiti Museum, until June 25.
The Mudge Murals
An exhibition of Graeme Mudge’s rarely seen preliminary sketches and mural design proposals at Tairāwhiti Museum, until January 29.
A Real Therapy Exhibition
Graeme Nicoll’s acrylic/oil paintings, pencil portraits, carved timber pieces incl a chess set and a clay sculpture at Tairāwhiti Museum opens January 28 until closes March 26, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1.30-4pm, locals free, visitors $5A, u/12s free, phone 867 3832
Summer Arts & Crafts Fair
Local handcrafted creations: batik, doll clothes, fashion, jewellery, knitting, macrame, pottery and woodwork. Poverty Bay Bowling Club, 111 Ormond Rd, 9am-1pm on January 29.
Everybody Hates Johan
Technician blaster Johan Grande lives in the Norwegian town of Titran, on the windswept ridgeline of Trøndelag. The town has never fully accepted the Grande family as its own. Johan shares his family farm with the wild horse Ella and a whole lot of dynamite. Johan loves Ella and explosions, but not much else, except for Solvor, the girl next door and love of his life . . . and the one he accidentally blew up a bit during his younger days.
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg directed, co-wrote and co-produced this semi-autobiographical film that draws on his early life and experiences in film-making. Stars Gabriel LaBelle as young “Sammy Fabelman” and Michelle Williams and Paul Dano as his parents.
A Man Called Otto
Tom Hanks plays grumpy widower Otto Anderson, whose life changes with the arrival of a lively young family next door.
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) and his team of operatives recruit Hollywood movie star Danny Francesco (Josh Hartnett) to help them stop a billionaire arms broker (Hugh Grant) from selling weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
Blueback
Australian drama film directed by Robert Connolly, from a screenplay written by Connolly and Tim Winton, based on Winton’s 1997 novel of the same name. The film centres on a young girl who befriends a wild blue groper while diving, and becomes an activist for protecting the ecosystem of Australia’s coral reefs.
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Biopic of singer Whitney Houston that stars Naomi Ackie as Houston, Ashton Sanders as her husband, Bobby Brown, and Stanley Tucci as record producer Clive Davis.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives. Antonio Banderas returns as the voice of Puss in Boots as he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives. But with only one life left, Puss has to seek help from his former partner and nemesis, Kitty Soft Paws (voiced by Salma Hayek).
The Lost King
An amateur historian tracks down the remains of King Richard III to a carpark in Leicester.
Avatar: The Way of Water (2D, 3D)
In James Cameron’s sequel to the first Avatar film. Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na’vi race to protect their home.
