Woodstock ‘70s party: DJ Murdurah (video DJ), The Shipwreck Bar August 4 (8pm). Free entry.
Barleycorn: Slow airs, Irish standards, NZ folk songs, jigs and reels. Tairawhiti Museum, August 5 (2pm). Adults $5 on the door, children and students with ID free.
All about Beethoven: Gisborne Choral Society combine with Hastings Choral Society and the Hawke’s Bay Youth Orchestra to present the Beethoven Mass in C. Sunday, August 5, (2pm), St Andrew’s Church. Door sales or from a choir member. $25 or $5 for students.
Bootleg Beach Boys: War Memorial Theatre, August 9 (8pm). Tickets from $55. Tickets available at Stephen Jones Photography (phone: 868-8288) or www.eventfinda.co.nz
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).
TheatreNo Holds Bard: Michael Hurst’s one-man tragicomedy. The Dome, August 8 (7.30pm). Tickets $30 from The Aviary.
Arts GuideTairawhiti Museum: 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.
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 moviesDome 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.
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.
Edie: Sheila Hancock plays Edie, whose daughter is making plans for her to go into a retirement home. So Edie goes on the climbing trip her late husband vetoed shortly after their marriage.
Odeon 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.
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation: Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) and family go on a cruise. Dracula is attracted to Erika, the ship’s captain and great-granddaughter of vampire hunter AbrahamVan Helsing.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado: In the drug war at the Mexican border, the cartels have begun transporting terrorists. Federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) calls on the mysterious Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), whose family were murdered by a drug kingpin, to escalate the war in nefarious ways.
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.
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