TOO COOL: The Coolies, a three-piece, all-female act bring their punk pop rock sound to Gisborne next month. Picture supplied
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This weekWalter ‘the Wiz’ Walsh: Marina Park, tomorrow (6pm).
SmashFest VII: Child-friendly beachside camping with rock and metal bands, stalls and medieval combat fighters, Smash Palace, tomorrow through to Monday (music starts at 6pm).
Naamah Cheiban: Wrights Vineyard, Saturday (1.30pm). Free.
Summer Concert Series: Tony Yan Tong Chen: A recital of Beethoven and Schumann sonatas and Mozart’s Fantasia by 19-year-old Auckland plianist. Tiromoana, 41 Winifred Street, Okitu, Saturday (2.30pm). Adults $25, student/child free.
Poverty Bay Blues Club: Tuesday jam night, The Dome, Tuesday (8pm), $5, members free.
Coming upGisborne Country Music Club: Marina Park, January 11 (6pm).
The Coolies: Dome garden bar, January 11 (9pm), free.
East Coast Vibes: Outdoor Theatre, January 11-12. Featuring Julian Marley, J Boog, Kora, Katchafire and others. To book tickets visit http://www.eastcoastvibes.co.nz
Pink Floyd Tribute: Performed by Revival, a Hawke’s Bay based band with decades of experience. The White House, January 12 (8pm). Tickets $20 plus booking fee at http://www.eventfinda.co.nz
Big Blues Up: Featuring Shaken Not Stirred with Bullfrog Rata and Lazy Fifty. Smash Palace, January 12 (9pm). Tickets $20 from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz
Barleycorn: Marina Park, January 18 (6pm).
Strangely Arousing and DJ Straw Hat: The dub-funk fivesome band are here to entertain. Dome Room, (9pm), free entry, R18.
Sunsmash: Featuring Knights of the Dubtable, Dion Whaanga, Kings of Kaiaua and Loop Theorem. Smash Palace, January 19 (8pm). Tickets $25 from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz
Frank Burkitt Band: American roots music for all ages, with hints of jazz, blues and swing. Dome Room, January 24 (8pm). Tickets $25 plus booking fee from http://www.eventfinda.co.nz or 0800 289 849.
G‘n’I: Classic rock and easy-listening music. Marina Park, January 25 (6pm).
Smash 29th Birthday: Join the birthday celebrations at Smash Palace, January 27 (3pm).
TheatreThe Luck of the Irish Operatunity: War Memorial Theatre, January 18 (11am). Tickets $35. Book at 0508 266 237 or http://www.operatunity.co.nz
Visual ArtsExhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Ambitious Women, Gisborne suffragette movement, Out of The Bedroom Into the Lounge, Jan Nigro. He Tirohanga ki Tai: Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery. Hawaiiki Hou (New Horizons), works by Toihoukura students. Posing, Not Posing Exhibition, take a look back in time before selfie sticks and smartphones.
Takuahiroa collaboration: Exhibition by Kaaterina and Tai Kerekere, HB Williams Memorial Library, November 12 - January 11.
Tony Ogle screenprints: Ormond Road Cafe.
Paul Nache Gallery: Paintings by Scott Gardiner.
Verve Cafe: Works by Maiko Lewis-Whaanga and Blair Hindmarsh.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Works by Krystle Kelly.
Zest Cafe: Works by Janine McDiarmid.
At the moviesDOME CINEMA
Pick of the Litter: Five Labrador Retriever puppies are tracked through months of intensive guide-dog training.
The Happy Prince: Biographical drama about Oscar Wilde. Rupert Everett wrote, directed and acted in the film, which also stars Colin Firth.
Sgt Stubby: An American Hero: Animated film centring on the real-life Sergeant Stubby, a stray Staffordshire Bull Terrier who becomes a hero during World War 1.
Yellow is Forbidden: New Zealand documentary maker Pietra Brettkelly chronicles designer Guo Pei’s attempt to break into the mostly European club of elite fashion designers.
Rose: Ailing ex-cop Rose (Cybill Shepherd) takes a motorised wheelchair on a road trip and falls for old cowboy Max (James Brolin), himself at a crossroads.
Shoplifters: Japanese film about a family who rely on shoplifting to cope with a life of poverty.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (3D and 2D): The first animated film in the Spider-Man franchise is set in a shared multiverse called the Spider-Verse. Miles Morales, of Puerto Rican and African-American parentage, harnesses his spider-like abilities with the help of other spider-people.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (3D and 2D): Hiccup has created a dragon utopia, but danger threatens the village he and Toothless call home.
Mary Poppins Returns: Set in 1930s London, 25 years after the events of the original film that starred Julie Andrews, Mary Poppins — former nanny of Jane and Michael Banks — returns after a family tragedy. Emily Blunt plays Mary Poppins.
Bumblebee: An Autobot scout is sent to Earth to assess it as a base for regrouping in the war against the Decepticons. The scout is ambushed and must transform into a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, which a teenage girl finds and names Bumblebee.
Holmes and Watson: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who must save the Queen from Moriarty.
Aquaman (3D and 2D): Arthur Curry, heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, must step forward to lead his people against his half-brother Orm, who seeks to unite the seven underwater kingdoms against the surface world.
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Video game bad guy Ralph and another misfit, Vanellope von Schweetz, must risk everything by travelling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush.
The Favourite: Stellar cast portray female triangle in 18th century England. Sarah Churchill and her cousin Abigail Hill compete for Queen Anne’s favour.
Vice: Christian Bale plays Dick Cheney, reputedly the most powerful US vice-president in history.
Mortal Engines: In a post-apocalyptic world, entire cities have been mounted on wheels and motorised, and prey on one another.
The Grinch: Animated comedy based on Dr Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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