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This weekRock Steady Supergroup: Musicians from Bad Company, Foreigner. Smash Palace, tonight (8pm). Tickets $50 available from eventfinda or venue at 867 7769.
Live On The Lawn: The outdoor summer concert series presents Walter ‘the Wiz’ Walsh for fun, laughter and music. Marina Park, Friday, (6pm).
Gisborne Ukelele Underground: The popular monthly get-together for lovers of the instrument kicks off for 2018. Uke experience not essential. Gisborne Bowling Club, 28 Wainui Road, tomorrow, (7.30pm). $5.
Acoustic guitarist Paul Jackson releases his new album Ocean & Sky: Wrights Vineyard and Winery, Saturday, (1.30pm)
Tiromoana summer series: Cello recital by 17-year-old Matthias Balzat. New Zealand’s most outstanding young cellist performs works by Brahms, Paganini, Tchaikovsky, Piatti, Rachmaninoff, Kapustin and Farr. Saturday. (7.30pm). Tiromoana, 41 Winifred Street, Okitu. Adults $25, children and students $10. Book at 868 6443 or tiromoanasummerconcerts@gisborne.net.nz
Nation: The electro-soul-pop-funk-soul band brings its feelgood groove to the Dome on Saturday, (8pm). Tickets $10 from eventfinda or at the door.
COMING UP
Live on the Lawn: Gisborne Concert Band, Marina Park, February 2 (6pm).
Landslide - Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks Tribute Show: Tatapouri Fishing Club February 3 (8pm). Members and guests only, tickets $25 from the club.
Full Moon Party: Brazilbeat Sound System and friends plus UV body painting, black lights and howling at the moon. Smash Palace, February 3, (10pm).
Neil Smoker: Live music at Matawhero Wines, Riverpoint Road, February 4, (1pm).
Death Do Us Part Danger Show: Love Hurts: Cabaret circus show with knife throwing, sword-swallowing, burlesque comedy and stunts. Smash Palace, February 15, (7.30pm).Tickets $15 from eventafinda.co.nz
St Andrew’s Lunchtime Concert Series: Organist/pianist Ian Miles, pianists Coralie Hunter and Trish Tattle, and singers Gavin Maclean and Catherine Macdonald present Keyboard Cavalcade. St Andrew’s Church, February 23, (12.30pm).Admission free. Donation or koha to performers.
Michael Jackson HIStory Show: War Memorial Theatre, February 15, (8pm). Tickets available from Stephen Jones Photography or TicketDirect.
The Search: Cosmopolitan Club, February 16 (8pm).
At the flicksDOME CINEMA
The Music of Silence: Known for his interpretations of famous opera arias and the masterpiece Time to Say Goodbye, Andrea Bocelli tells his story through his alter ego, Amos Bardi.
The Hero: Jolted by a cancer diagnosis, ageing western star Lee Hayden strikes up a relationship with a much younger woman and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter, all the while searching for a role to cement his legacy.
Menashe: Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
I, Tonya: The story of Tonya Harding and the attack on skating rival Nancy Kerrigan gets a film treatment that has garnered critical acclaim. Allison Janney and Margot Robbie are outstanding as mother and daughter Harding.
Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas: Tad travels to see his friend Sara’s latest discovery, a papyrus that proves the existence of King Midas, of the golden touch. Then evil Jack Rackham steals the papyrus and kidnaps Sara.
Pitch Perfect 3: Third and final film in the trilogy has the Bellas reuniting for one final performance on an overseas tour.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure: Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the Flare.
The Commuter: A businessman is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature: Surly and his friends must stop Oakton City’s mayor from destroying their home to make way for a dysfunctional amusement park.
Darkest Hour: Early in World War 2, the fate of Western Europe hangs by a thread as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill weighs up his options in the fight against Adolf Hitler’s Germany.
The Post: A cover-up that spanned four US Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between the Press and government.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Having taken her first steps into the Jedi world, Rey joins Luke Skywalker on an adventure with Leia, Finn and Poe that unlocks mysteries and secrets.
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri: A mother uses billboards to challenge the local authorities when they fail to catch her daughter’s killer.
Ferdinand: After Ferdinand the bull is mistaken for a dangerous beast and torn from his home, he rallies a misfit team to help him return to his family.
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: Four teenagers discover an old video-game console and are drawn into the game’s jungle setting by becoming the adult avatars they chose.
Coco: Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family’s ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find a solution.
The Greatest Showman: Inspired by the life of P. T. Barnum, The Greatest Showman is a musical celebrating the birth of show business.
VISUAL ARTS
Exhibitions
Dreamspace: Exhibition of works by Peter Harris, 61 Carnarvon Street.
Tairawhiti Museum: Toru Tekau. This exhibition celebrates the 30th anniversary of the birth of a new movement in ceramics, Nga Kaihanga Uku — Maori Clay Artists. Contributing artists include Baye Riddell, Manos Nathan, Colleen Urlich, Paerau Corneal and Wi Taepa.
Myopia: Follow My Journey — Phillipa Knight, until February 18. Kete-Puawai — Basket of Evolution, until February 25. Hei Puru Rourou — Toihoukura, until February 11.
Te Kuwatawata gallery: Te Whare Ripene, an exhibition of ribbon weaving by Te Aitanga a Hauiti artists.
Paul Nache Gallery: Somewhere to Nowhere Group exhibition featuring works by Tawhai Rickard, Robert Jahnke, John Walsh and many more.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Digital art by Troy Conole.
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