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This weekI MOVING LAB: Indigenous choreography in a series of vignettes. Te Wananga o Aotearoa at 5.45pm today. Entry by koha (suggested donation $10).

DEATH DO US PART: Danger show with burlesque, magic and knife throwing action. Smash Palace; 7.30pm, tonight. Ph 0800 289 849. $15.00

TOUR DE SCIENCE: A Science Storytelling Show. The Dome; 8pm, tonight. All ages. $10. Ph 0800 289 849. Door sales.

Aotearoa Surf Film Festival: Let’s Be Frank plus shorts, 6.30 pm The Accord plus Sorria plus shorts, 8.30pm. $16 each session or $25 for both. The Dome; Saturday, 6pm

Brazilbeat Sound System: Soho, Saturday, 10pm, free entry

G’zukers Good Time Band: Matawhero Wines; Sunday, 1pm-3pm.

Coming upThe World’s First Organ Recital in a Woolshed: John Wells performs in a Muriwai woolshed, Wairakaia Station, Muriwai; 7pm, March 7. $20, student $5. Inquiries and bookings ph Gill at 8686443 or email gillco@gisborne.net.nz

That’s Amore: Operatunity presents a concert by three tenors. The War Memorial Theatre; March 8. Tickets $34 include lunch. Ph 0508 266 237.

French for Rabbits: Dreamy alt-folk duo from Wellington. Dome Room; 8.30pm, March 10. $20 presales online at Eventfinda or $25 on the door.

LRB: Three-piece cover band. The Cossie Club; March 10 (8pm till late).

One One One: Tauranga covers band. The Cossie Club; March 17 (8pm till late).

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents Summer Pops with the Modern Maori Quartet. Gisborne War Memorial Theatre; March 17 (7–9pm).

Miss Peach and the Travellin’ Bones: Storyteller-singer-songwriter Miss Peach brings her new album with support double bass, drum and violin ensemble Travellin’ Bones. Earlybird tickets $15 or $20 on the door (includes album). Dome Room; March 25 (8.30pm).

Jayne Tankersley and Greg Neil masterclass: Performers and educators Jayne Tankersley and Greg Neil from Hamilton present masterclasses, seminars and private lessons in their specialty fields of piano, vocal and choral training for music students and teachers. Sunday and Monday April 9-10

THEATRECOMING UPA Time Like This: Unity Theatre play written and directed by Jackie Davis. April 7-13, Unity Theatre, Ormond Road.

Four Flat Whites in Italy: Two delightfully mismatched couples valiantly negotiate the pitfalls of a later-in-life OE. Gisborne War Memorial Theatre; May 17 (8pm).

At the flicksDOME CINEMANotes on Blindness: Dramatic documentary built on actors lip-synching recorded voices of John Hull and his family. Hull muses on the changes and enhanced consciousness he experiences as he loses his sight.

Jackie: Portrait of First Lady Jackie Kennedy, with Natalie Portman in the title role.

Aotearoa Surf Film Festival — Let’s Be Frank, plus shorts. Cast of famous surfers and surfing locations in story of a youngster who is determined to let nothing get in the way of his dream of being a pro surfer.

Aotearoa Surf Film Festival — The Accord, plus Sorria, plus shorts. The Accord is about the relationship between Icelandic surfers and the North Atlantic wind. Sorria is a look at the pulse of Brazilian surfing.

ODEON MULTIPLEXLogan: Inspired by comic book Old Man Logan, this is the 10th X-Men film, and third and supposedly final Wolverine movie. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant and Stephen Merchant star. Ageing Wolverine drawn back into action to help one of his kind.

Before I Fall: High school senior (Zoey Deutch) may be reliving the last day of her life until she gets it right, as she tries to figure out things. Based on novel by Lauren Oliver.

Fist Fight: Ice Cube and Charlie Day star as teachers who fall prey to pranks on the last day of school. When one of them is fired for his reaction, he blames the other for his dismissal and challenges him to a fight.

T2 Trainspotting: Director Danny Boyle’s sequel to his 1996 film. Loosely based on Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting sequel, Porno. With original Trainspotting stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle and Kelly Macdonald.

Rings: Third film in The Ring franchise of supernatural horror films in which people die after watching a cursed videotape.

The Great Wall: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal and Willem Dafoe play western adventurers drawn into a struggle between a horde of alien monsters and a secretive Chinese military sect. Set in Song dynasty (960 to 1279).

Fifty Shades Darker: Sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey. Christian Grey convinces Ana Steele to resume their romance under Ana’s conditions, but Christian’s past threatens to tear the couple apart.

Pork Pie: Remake of Kiwi classic. Three friends drive a Mini to Invercargill, with police in pursuit. Helmed by Matt Murphy, son of GPP director Geoff Murphy.

Hidden Figures: Three African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data for pioneering space missions.

Lion: An Indian boy separated from his family seeks them from thousands of kilometres away.

Ballerina: Animated film, set in 1880s France, of a poor girl who runs away from a rural orphanage to chase her ballet dream.

La La Land: Musician (Ryan Gosling) and aspiring actress (Emma Stone) fall in love in LA.

Moana: Disney musical comedy adventure featuring the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Temuera Morrison and Jemaine Clement.

VISUAL ARTSEXHIBITIONSPaul Nache Gallery: Village huha — Virginia Leonard, Evan Woodruffe, Glen Barkley until March 7.

Te Whetu Art Gallery: A range of work by Tolaga Bay artists. Exhibitors include Jeanette Johnson, Fiona Bryant, Kereopa Wharehinga, Jury Harrison, William Burgess, Makahuai Thatcher and Sarah McKinley.

Tairawhiti Museum: A-Hoe! Exhibition: Toihoukura associate professor and artist Steve Gibbs shows a series of paintings inspired by his studies of rarely seen waka hoe from around Europe, New Zealand and America. Ko Rongowhakaata exhibition: the Rongowhakaata people share their history through a large and varied collection of taonga from across New Zealand. Mahunga: A collection of photographs from the early 20th century, capturing the establishment of the Mahunga farm station near Matawai; works by John Roy; Gladstone Road: Photos celebrating Gisborne’s main drag.

Gisborne i-Site: Exhibition space featuring a rotation of works by local artists

COMING UPTe Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki: His influence on Maori visual art symposium, Toihoukura, 5pm, March 23. Entry free

Haahi: Exhibition by Tairawhiti artists, 5.30pm, March 22, Tupara Gallery

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0630.