Coming upShaun Kirk: EP tour: Blues/rock singer-songwriter Shaun Kirk showcases songs from his EP. The Dome, September 7, (7pm). Tickets $15+bf early bird, $20+bf pre-sale from www.shaunkirk.com or $25 at the door.
Winter Concert Series: Xing Wang, piano and James Jin, violin. Tairawhiti Museum, September 8, (2pm). $5 adults, children and students with ID free.
Barleycorn: St Andrews Church, September 11, (12.30pm). Entry by koha/donation.
Road Pirates Charity Ride: Featuring Tahi Paenga and Lazy Fifty, Smash Palace, September 14 (7pm), $10 on the door.
Tony Chen Lin Concert: Singaporean pianist performs Mozart, Schumann, Janacek and a new work by Gao Ping. Lawson Field Theatre, September 26 (7.30pm). Cash-only door sales; $30 adults and $10 children/students with ID.
TheatreFearless Fridays Improv Comedy Club: For ages 15 and over. A fun and fearless foray into improv comedy. Evolution Theatre Company, 75 Distraeli Street, tomorrow, 6.30pm, $5 cash-only door sales.
Visual ArtsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Gisborne Artists, Potters & Photographers, The Self Portraits of Carol Montgomery, Ko Ahau - This is Me, paintings by Walter Dewes, Whakawhetai: Melanie Tangaere Baldwin Exhibition.
Zest Cafe: Photography by Tony Ganal
Muirs Bookshop & Cafe: Lino cuts by Teri Wilkinson.
In the moviesDOME CINEMA
Herbs: Songs of Freedom: Director Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of Our Song) celebrates Herbs in a documentary film about the reggae band and what they mean to New Zealand and the Kiwi music scene.
For My Father’s Kingdom: This film follows Saia Mafile’o, father of director Vea Mafile’o. Driven by his faith in God and Tongan culture, pensioner Saia navigates not only the rough streets of South Auckland, but also his sometimes-fraught relationship with his New Zealand-born son, who struggles to accept his father’s commitment to a kingdom that tore their family apart.
Ophelia: This film, based on a novel by Lisa Klein, tells the story told in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet from Ophelia’s perspective. Stars Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen and George MacKay.
Dan Carter: A Perfect 10: The personal story of All Black first five-eighth Dan Carter and the ups and downs of his rugby career.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
Mia and the White Lion: Ten-year-old Mia develops a close attachment to a white lion cub, Charlie, born on the lion farm her family manage in South Africa. Three years later, Mia suspects Charlie could be in danger, so she runs away, taking Charlie on an adventure across the African savanna in search of a place where Charlie can live out his life safe and free.
Dan Carter: A Perfect 10: The personal story of All Black first five-eighth Dan Carter and the ups and downs of his rugby career.
The Kitchen: Three 1978 Hell’s Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands have gone to prison take the Irish mafia’s matters into their own hands. Stars Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss.
Blinded by the Light: Javed discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen in 1987 and it turns his world upside down. Yearning to escape his English home town and the rules of his traditional Pakistani household, Javed is caught between two worlds.
Angel Has Fallen: Gerard Butler (as Secret Service agent Mike Banning) and Morgan Freeman (as the President) star in the third instalment of the Fallen film series. Banning is framed for an assassination attempt on the President.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: An ensemble cast star in Quentin Tarantino’s “modern fairytale tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age”. The film is set in 1969 Los Angeles, where an ageing television actor, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his stunt double and friend (Brad Pitt) navigate the changing Hollywood film industry. The film also stars Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Timothy Olyphant, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern and Al Pacino. Narrated by Kurt Russell.
Herbs: Songs of Freedom: Director Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of Our Song) celebrates Herbs in a documentary film about the reggae band and what they mean to New Zealand and the Kiwi music scene.
A Dog’s Journey: A dog goes through four incarnations protecting the granddaughter of his original owner. The dog — in turn a St Bernard/Australian Shepherd mix, a female beagle, an English Mastiff and a Biewer Terrier — communicates with the audience by way of its thoughts.
The Lion King: A photorealistic computer-animated remake of the traditionally animated 1994 film.
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