COMING UP
ExNE - East By North East 2017: Live filming of nine acts, Smash Palace, October 7 (5pm), $10
Sunday Series at the Museum: Classical guitar with Emma Sandford and Joel Baldwin Tairawhiti Museum, October 8, (2pm)
Auckland Piano Trio: James Jin, violin, James sang-oh Yoo, cello, Xing Wang, piano. St Andrew’s Church, October 12, (7.30pm) Adults $30, students $10 at the door
Barleycorn: A&P show wine and food area, October 14 (10am-12pm).
Rata-tui Duo: Julien Hainsworth - baroque cello, Chris Hainsworth - organ and harpsichord, St Andrew’s Church, October 16 (7.30pm), $20, children $5
Ardijah: Cosmopolitan Club, October 20, (8pm) $30 presales, $40 door. Tickets from venue or www.ticketspace.co.nz
The Boomshack Band: Dome Room, October 22 (9pm) Presales The Aviary $15 (cash only), $20 at door
Gisborne Choral Society
Presents The Creation by Josef Haydn. Accompanied by the Gisborne Civic Orchestra. St Andrew’s Church, October 29 (2pm). $20 adults, $5 students.
Gisborne Boys’ High School Band: Cosmopolitan Club, October 27, (8pm)
Big Daddy Wilson and band: Dome Room, October 29 (3pm)Eventfinda $30, door $35
The Maori Side Steps: War Memorial Theatre, October 7 (8pm).
The Sound of Music: War Memorial Theatre, October 10 (7pm).
The Topp Twins Heading for the Hills: War Memorial Theatre, Friday October 13 (7.30pm).
Bravo Bravissimo: Cancer Society black tie benefit. War Memorial Theatre, Friday October 27, (7.30pm).
Vallkyrie: With support act Rugged and Wylde Dome Room, November 9 (8pm), $10 at door.
Isla Grant in concert: War Memorial Theatre, Sunday November 12 (7.30pm).
Michael Houstoun: Tiromoana, November 15. Only 70 tickets, $35 and $10 for students. Call 868 6443 for bookings.
At the flicksODEON MULTIPLEX
Blade Runner 2049: Thirty years after the events of the 1982 classic, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling) unearths a secret that has the potential to plunge what’s left of society into chaos. K must seek out former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), after 30 years.
Battle of the Sexes: Emma Stone is women’s tennis great Billie Jean King and Steve Carell is hustler and former Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs in a film based on their landmark match.
Flatliners: Twenty-eight years after Nelson Wright (Kiefer Sutherland) survived his experiments of near-death experiences, a group of medical students do the same.
Captain Underpants: Animated movie about two comic-book-writing friends who hypnotise their mean-spirited school principal into believing he is Captain Underpants.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle: The agents need to team up with their American counterparts, Statesman, to counter a worldwide threat.
The Lego Ninjago Movie (3D, 2D): Spin-off from The Lego Movie. Lloyd Garmadon leads teenagers trained by an old ninja master to protect the city.
The Emoji Movie (3D, 2D): Gene lives in a digital city inside the phone of his user. A multi-expressional emoji, Gene just wants to be normal.
Victoria & Abdul: Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and young Indian clerk Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) form a friendship that the royal household and inner circle try to destroy.
It: Stephen King story of children facing their demons as they are terrorised by a mysterious being.
DOME CINEMA
Mountain: Australian filmmaker Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa) celebrates the allure of mountains. Images from 21 countries have been cut together to an orchestral score. Willem Dafoe reads from Robert Macfarlane’s book Mountain.
Lady Macbeth: In mid-19th century rural England, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a much older man begins a passionate affair with a man her own age, and stops at nothing to get what she wants.
This Beautiful Fantastic: A would-be children’s author must tidy her garden or be evicted. She befriends a gruff neighbour who likes gardening.
A Date for Mad Mary: Mary’s best friend is getting married and she is to be maid of honour. Denied a “plus one” invitation because her friend says she probably couldn’t find a date, Mary sets out to prove her wrong.
Spookers: Florian Habicht documentary about the horror theme park occupying the old Kingseat psychiatric hospital.
The Free Man: Documentary directed by Toa Fraser (The Dead Lands) and built around encounters between Kiwi freestyle skier Jossi Wells and The Flying Frenchies, known for their base jumps, wingsuit flying and tightrope walks.
The Changeover: Film adaptation of Margaret Mahy young adults’ novel, set in Christchurch and starring Erana James, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Kate Harcourt and British actor Timothy Spall. A troubled teenager must “change over” and become a witch in order to save her little brother from an evil ancient spirit.
VISUAL ARTS
Gisborne Artists’ Society: is sponsoring a one day print-making workshop at the Lysnar House studios on Saturday, 14th October. New Zealand Print Council president Kathy Boyle will be focusing on aluminium rather than zinc plate. Aluminium is a much cheaper material and is processed in an alternative method in order to produce images. To enrol, email Teressa at ben.teressa@vodafone.co.nz or normanmaclean@ihug.co.nz. The cost of the workshop is $40
Exhibitions
Adair School of Art: End-of-course exhibition.
Paul Nache Gallery: James Ormsby, drawings.
Toi hou kura: He atua! He tangata! exhibition
Tairawhiti Museum: Jo Tito, solo show, Water is Life — work by 15 artists; 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: Photographs by Shayryn Dunn
Muirs: Lottie-Lu postage stamp work by Janine McDiarmid.
Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0630.
