A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
What Does Local Music Mean To You?
The official launch of a community research project to map the local music sector. Smash Palace, tonight, 7pm. Free entry.
TJ & Huri Summer Tour
With the same humour, the epic singalongs and good feels all round, you can be sure that this gig is everything you expect from TJ & Huri and more. Rangatira Tavern, Te Karaka, Saturday, 7pm. Tickets from ticketfairy.com
Oasis by Gallagher
Hear the UK's most authentic Oasis tribute band playing their favourite anthems. Smash Palace, Saturday, 8pm. Tickets from eventfinda.co.nz
Joël Fafard
Canadian fingerstyle and slide guitarist performs Southern roots and blues classics. Smash Palace, Sunday, 7pm, R18. Tickets from https://tinyurl.com/2z7dwk8y
Vivo!
Join us for a celebration of Latino culture as Vivo! returns to Smash Palace. Featuring Chili con Cumbia, Lars and The Clandestinos, Batucada, Chino and DJ Nico. Smash Palace, Friday, February 17, 8pm. Entry $15 at the door.
White Chapel Jak Endless Summer Tour
A unique blend of groove-altered covers and soulful beats, with Ocean Tinning. Smash Palace, Saturday, February 18, 7pm. Tickets from eventbrite.co.nz
Absolute Bowie Tribute
A seven-piece band playing Bowie tunes with authenticity and passion, with Lazy Fifty. Dome Cinema, Saturday, February 18, 8pm. Tickets $30+bf at tinyurl.com/mrxv4v8y or $35 at the door.
St Andrew's Concert Series: Life's too short to be lonely
Songwriter Peter Shaw will be supported by Mike Pomana and Nathan Quirk. St Andrew's Church, 176 Cobden Street, Thursday, February 23, 12.30pm. Koha or donation for Family Works Guardian Angels. Bring your lunch, tea or coffee provided.
Out of the Box
Rascal and friends present high-energy house music. The Dome, Friday, February 24, 7pm. Tickets $10 at the Dome, or at the door before the gig.
Jesus Christ Superstar
Centre Stage presents the iconic rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Onstage April 27 to May 6. Tickets from ticketek.co.nz or Gisborne i-SITE.
Chicago
Tickets on sale now at ticketek.co.nz. War Memorial Theatre, May 19 to 27.
Out of the Illusion, Into the Unified Field
A body of work and a retrospective by Tish Scott. Tairāwhiti Museum, until February 17.
Colours Deluxe
Celebrating the achievement of Sarah and Edward Featon of Gisborne, who in the 1880s undertook an ambitious project to describe and paint New Zealand's flowering plants. Tairāwhiti Museum, until June 25.
A Real Therapy
Graeme Nicoll has sketched, painted and carved for as long as he can remember. It's his happy place, hence his exhibition's title. This exhibition concentrates mainly on his artwork since retiring in 2018. Tairāwhiti Museum, until March 26.
Circle the Square
A series of paintings created during Ryan Ledger's recovery process of mental health after burning himself out — after completing his media arts degree while also making music videos in the underground R&B and hip-hop scene in New Zealand. The exhibition explores the themes of identity and his interpretation of what spirituality is while identifying as a gay man. Tairāwhiti Museum, until March 19.
Ka Waiata Au
This exhibition is an extension of Erena Koopu's exploration of waiata in paint. These works are a translation of lyrical excellence, of iwi histories and whakapapa through visual expression. Tairāwhiti Museum, opening February 18.
Gisborne Printmakers: Introduction to Printmaking Workshop
Learn how to do offset printing using found objects. Lysnar House Studios (behind Tairāwhiti Museum), Saturday, February 11, 9.30am. $25 to be paid in advance to the group's account: KiwiBank, 38-9011-0566721-00 with your details. Contact Jean on 027 868 8606 or jeanjohn@xtra.co.nz
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Mike Lane takes to the stage again when a business deal that went bust leaves him broke and bartending in Florida. Hoping for one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can't refuse — and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, he soon finds himself trying to whip a hot new roster of talented dancers into shape. Stars Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek and Caitlin Gerard.
The Son
A prequel to The Father, for which Anthony Hopkins won his second Oscar for best actor. Hopkins appears in this film, too, but the story focuses on his screen son, Peter, played by Hugh Jackman, and Peter's relationship with his son from his first marriage. Seventeen-year-old Nicholas comes to live with Peter and his new wife, after Nicholas's mother (Laura Dern) tells Peter that their son is depressed and has dropped out of school. Things do not go smoothly.
Titanic (3D)
James Cameron's Oscar-winning epic gets a 25th-anniversary re-release with the 3D effect added in 2012. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet star.
The Whale
A reclusive and unhealthy English teacher hides out in his flat and eats his way to death. He is desperate to reconnect with his teenage daughter for a last chance at redemption.
We Are Still Here
An Australian-New Zealand anthology film created as a response to the 250th anniversary of the second voyage of James Cook to Australia in 1772. The project consists of 10 linked short films by each of 10 Indigenous Australian and Māori filmmakers about the impact of settler colonialism on the region's indigenous cultures. The films were directed by Beck Cole, Dena Curtis, Tracey Rigney, Danielle MacLean, Tim Worrall, Renae Maihi, Miki Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Richard Curtis and Chantelle Burgoyne.
Knock at the Cabin
A family of three are held captive by four strangers, who demand they sacrifice one of their own to avert the apocalypse. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Stars Dave Bautista and Rupert Grint.
The Banshees of Inisherin
Irish comedy-drama in which lifelong friends fall out over one's insistence that he wants no more to do with the other.
Avatar: The Way of Water (3D)
Jake Sully lives with his new family on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
Ladies of Steel
Thinking she has killed her overbearing husband, a 75-year-old woman hits the road with her two sisters.
The Honeymoon
Romantic comedy in which a man takes his best friend along on his honeymoon in Venice, with disastrous results.
Everybody Hates Johan
Technician blaster Johan Grande lives in a Norwegian town that has never fully accepted the Grande family as its own. Johan shares his family farm with the wild horse Ella and a lot of dynamite. Johan loves Ella and explosions, but not much else, except for Solvor, the girl next door and love of his life, and the one he accidentally blew up a bit during his younger days.
Elvis
Austin Butler won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in probably the best film so far on the life and music of The King.
Victory at nationals means place in Team NZ for Hip Hope Unite World Champs.