Son & Rise EP launch: Smash Palace, October 27
Gisborne Boys’ High School Band: Cosmopolitan Club, October 27, (8pm).
Bravo Bravissimo: Cancer Society black tie benefit. War Memorial Theatre, October 27, (7.30pm).
The Deadest, Halloween dress-up: Harbinger, Shadows in the Darkness and Fuzebox. Smash Palace, October 28.
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.
Big Daddy Wilson and band: Dome Room, October 29 (3pm)Eventfinda $30, door $35.
Pecha Kucha - “Shaped by the Land”: Dome Room, November 3 (7pm), $5 at door.
Stars in their eyes: Sixteen everyday people will become 16 well known entertainers to raise funds for Women’s Refuge and Tauawhi Gisborne. War Memorial Theatre, November 4 (3pm and 7.30pm).
Pianists Jun Bouterey-Ishido and Tony Chen Lin: A concert for four hands. Tiromoana, November 6 (7.30pm). Tickets at door $25.
Vallkyrie: With support act Rugged and Wylde Dome Room, November 9 (8pm), $10 at door.
Isla Grant in concert: War Memorial Theatre, November 12 (7.30pm).
At the flicksODEON MULTIPLEX
Geostorm: Science-fiction adventure film in which a satellite designer (Gerard Butler) tries to avert catastrophe when Earth’s climate control satellites malfunction.
Home Again: Romantic comedy in which Reese Witherspoon plays a newly separated mother who allows three young filmmakers to stay with her family.
No Ordinary Sheila: Story of Sheila Natusch, daughter of a ranger and an artist, who grew up on Stewart Island, and wrote and illustrated numerous New Zealand nature books.
Waru: Film in which eight Maori women each directed a 10-minute segment of events around the tangi of a child, Waru, who died at the hands of his caregiver.
The Son of Bigfoot: Animated film about a teenager on a quest to find his long-lost father. Dad turns out to be Bigfoot, who went into hiding to keep himself and his family safe from scientific experiments.
The Mountain Between Us: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet star as light-plane crash survivors who embark on a perilous journey to safety.
Blade Runner 2049: A new blade runner, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a secret that could cause chaos, and seeks out former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford).
Flatliners: Medical students revisit the near-death experiments of a group 28 years before them.
Kingsman: The Golden Circle: The agents join their American counterparts, Statesman, to counter a worldwide threat.
The Lego Ninjago Movie: Lloyd Garmadon leads teenagers trained by an old ninja to protect the city.
The Emoji Movie: 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 an unlikely friendship.
DOME CINEMA
Waru: Eight Maori women each direct a 10-minute segment of events around the tangi of a child, Waru, who died at the hands of his caregiver.
Another Mother’s Son: Jenny Seagrove stars as Louisa Gould, a woman on Jersey in the Channel Islands during World War 2. She takes in an escaped Russian prisoner of war and hides him from the occupying German forces. Based on a true story. Also stars Ronan Keating and John Hannah.
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.
The Changeover: Film adaptation of Margaret Mahy young adults’ novel stars Erana James, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless, Kate Harcourt and 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 ARTSReflections - Rhythm & Vines 15th Anniversary Exhibition: Paul Nache Gallery, opens October 20, 5.30pm.
Toi hou kura: He atua! He tangata! exhibition.
Mata Ariki: Evon Wilson, 204D Tyndall Road October 27, 5.30pm
Life drawing: Eight-week programme, Lysnar House, Mondays (7pm). $8 per session Gisborne Arts Society members, $10 non-members
Exhibitions
Toi hou kura: He atua! He tangata! exhibition.
Tairawhiti Museum: Te Ha Art awards and exhibition. Mo Te Empaea - artworks based on Maori Pioneer Battalion serviceman Tawhai Tamepo’s WW1 war diaries and war in general, opens tonight; contemporary tattoo designs - Sarah Kane-Matete’s solo show in collaboration with Levin-based photographer Renee-Leala Tiumalu-fa le.
Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0630.
