Coming upBootleg Beach Boys: War Memorial Theatre, August 9 (8pm). Tickets from $55+bfs. Available at Stephen Jones Photography or www.eventfinda.co.nz
Julia Deans: We Light Fire tour: Dome Room, August 10 (7.30pm).
Tickets $40+bfs from The Aviary, www.undertheradar.co.nz and www.ticketmaster.co.nz
Gisborne Ballet Group Dancing Competitions: Watch local dancers perform tap, hip-hop, modern and ballet. War Memorial Theatre, August 10 (6pm), August 11 (8.30am, 1.30pm and 6.30pm), August 12 (8.30am). Cash only, tickets from the venue. Session price: adult $4, child $2. Weekend concession pass: adult $18, child $5.
Let’s Go Back To the '80s: Dress-up night, 1980s tunes, classic `80s music videos, prizes best (and worst) costumes. The Dome, August 11, 9pm.Tickets $15. Text 027 536 8096 or from The Aviary (cash sales only).
Tairawhiti Museum Sunday Afternoon Concert Series: Musicians from Te Koki NZ School of Music play live: Claudia and Sophie Matthews, violin and piano. Tairawhiti Museum, August 12 (2-3pm), adult $5 pay on the day, child/student free with ID.
The Wave featuring Seymore & TDK: Dome Room, August 25 (8pm-2am). Tickets are $10 on the door.
The Chills + Reb Fountain (solo): The Dome, September 15, (8.30pm) Presale tickets $45 from the Aviary.
TheatreNo Holds Bard: Michael Hurst’s one man tragicomedy. The Dome, August 8 (7.30pm). Tickets $30 from The Aviary.
Operatunity’s Golden Era of Musicals: Starring soprano Kelly Harris. War Memorial Theatre, August 15 (11am). Tickets available at www.operatunity.co.nz or call 0508 266 237. Standard tickets $35. Includes lunch with artist after the show.
ExhibitionsTairawhiti Museum: The 80s Show, paintings by Philip Clairmont, Julian Dashper, Dick Frizzell, Max Gimblett, Jeffrey Harris, and Gordon Walters. A Quilt Does Not Have To Stand Alone — a unique approach to quilting. Pouwhare: A Pillar of Strength. Tribute exhibition to Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki (10am-4pm), Monday- Saturday.
Te Kurahuna, 75a Peel Street: Mahi A Atua exhibition of work by Mark Kopua, Nick Tupara, Poutu Puketapu, Huia Edmonds, Gavin Smith and others.
Verve Cafe: Stitched fabric works that depict classic summer scenes by Tina Drain.
Zest: Textiles by More Than Fabric.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe: Artworks of Gisborne and the East Coast by Troy Conole.
At the moviesOdeon multiplex
Whitney: Documentary about the life and career of singer Whitney Houston, who died at the age of 48. She was the only artist to have seven consecutive US No.1 singles.
Edie: Sheila Hancock, now 85, became the oldest woman to make the trek up Mt Suilven in the northern Scottish Highlands when, at the age of 83, she did so for this movie. A woman whose daughter is making plans for her to move into a retirement home decides to go on the climbing trip her late husband vetoed shortly after their marriage.
Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again: Set five years after the events of Mamma Mia! — but featuring flashbacks to 1979 — this film stars Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Cher, Dominic Cooper and the songs of ABBA.
The Equalizer 2: For the first time, Denzel Washington stars in a sequel to one of his films. Retired CIA agent Robert McCall wants to avenge the death of a friend. Film also stars Melissa Leo, Ashton Sanders, Pedro Pascal and Bill Pullman.
Skyscraper: Dwayne Johnson plays Will Sawyer, an amputee and former FBI agent who is the head of security for the tallest and “safest” skyscraper in Hong Kong. Terrorists take over the building and Sawyer must rescue his family, who are trapped above the resulting fire line.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2D, 3D): Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) is joined in his fight against evil by Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne (Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer), the original Ant-Man and Wasp. Hope is bequeathed a similar suit and the Wasp mantle from her mother.
Mission Impossible - Fallout (2D and 3D): Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
The Wife: A wife (Glenn Close) questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Jonathan Pryce), where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
101 Dalmatians (1961): The Odeon begins its Disney Classics Film Festival with the original 101 Dalmatians (August 4-5).
Incredibles 2: Sequel to the 2004 movie The Incredibles. The Parrs try to restore public trust in superheroes, but a new foe seeks to turn people against all superheroes.
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) try to rescue the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar before a volcanic eruption on the island.
Dome cinema
Funny Cow: Maxine Peake stars as an aspiring female comedian standing up to a violent husband and the sexist northern England pub circuit of the 1970s. Also stars Stephen Graham, Paddy Considine and Alun Armstrong.
Interlude in Prague: Tired of demonstrating his talents to a privileged elite, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is brought to the Bohemian city of Prague by Baron Saloka.
Occupation: An extraterrestrial force annihilates a small Australian country town, and civilians form a resistance army to fight for the planet. Matt Simmons, Temuera Morrison and Rhiannon Fish star.
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