Bravo Bravissimo
Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0630.
This weekGisborne Boys’ High School choir concert: Tonight, (7pm), Gisborne Boys’ High School hall. Tickets $10 from the school.
Son & Rise EP launch: Smash Palace, tomorrow, (5.30pm). Free entry.
Bravo Bravissimo: Cancer Society black tie benefit. War Memorial Theatre, Friday, (7.30pm).
The Deadset, Halloween dress-up: Harbinger, Shadows in the Darkness and Fuzebox. Smash Palace, Saturday (8pm).
Gisborne Choral Society: Presents The Creation by Josef Haydn. Accompanied by the Gisborne Civic Orchestra. St Andrew’s Church, Sunday, (2pm). $20 adults, $5 students.
Big Daddy Wilson and band: Dome Room, Sunday(3pm) Eventfinda $30, door $35.
COMING UP
Pecha Kucha - “Shaped by the Land”: Dome Room, November 3 (7pm), $5 at door.
Stars in Their Eyes: Sixteen everyday people will become 16 well known entertainers to raise funds for Women’s Refuge and Tauawhi Gisborne. War Memorial Theatre, November 4 (3pm and 7.30pm).
Pianists Jun Bouterey-Ishido and Tony Chen Lin: A concert for four hands. Tiromoana, November 6 (7.30pm). Tickets at door $25.
Vallkyrie: With support act Rugged and Wylde Dome Room, November 9 (8pm), $10 at door.
Lawrence Arabia: Dome Room, November 10 (8pm, Presales undertheradar $15 (plus bf) Doors sales $20
Isla Grant in concert: War Memorial Theatre, November 12 (7.30pm).
Michael Houstoun: Tiromoana, November 15. Only 70 tickets, $35 for adults and $10 for students. Call 868 6443 for bookings.
The Nutcracker: Nadine Antoinette School of Dance, War Memorial Theatre, Saturday November 18 (1.30pm and 6pm).
Nanogirl Live: Spark NZ and Auckland University present a live science spectacular. War Memorial Theatre, Tuesday November 21 (5pm and 7pm).
Saturday Night Fever: War Memorial Theatre, Thursday November 23, (8pm).
Magic Lightbox: Delaney Davidson blends live music and film in his homage to lost ways of storytelling. Dome Room, November 29 (8pm) $20, book at The Aviary.
At the flicksDOME CINEMA
I Am Not Your Negro: Black American writer James Baldwin started to write a personal account of the lives and assassination of three of his close friends — Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. When Baldwin died in 1987, eight years after he mooted the project, he had completed only 30 pages of the manuscript. Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck envisioned the book Baldwin never finished and made a film examining race in America.
No Ordinary Sheila: Story of Sheila Natusch, daughter of a ranger and an artist, who grew up on Stewart Island, and wrote and illustrated numerous New Zealand nature books.
Waru: Film in which eight Maori women each directed a 10-minute segment of events around the tangi of a child, Waru, who died at the hands of his caregiver.
Another Mother’s Son: Jenny Seagrove stars as Louisa Gould, a woman on Jersey in the Channel Islands during World War 2. She takes in an escaped Russian prisoner of war and hides him from the occupying German forces. Based on a true story. Also stars Ronan Keating and John Hannah.
Mum, Cannabis and Me: One-off screening of a 30-minute documentary, directed by fifth-year medical student Victoria Catherwood, who observed the pain-relieving effects of cannabis on her terminally ill mother.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
Thor: Ragnarok (3D, 2D): Critics say the latest Marvel offering is exciting, funny and lots of fun. Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his hammer, and must get back to Asgard to stop the destruction of his homeworld. Stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Anthony Hopkins.
Geostorm: Science-fiction adventure film in which a satellite designer (Gerard Butler) tries to avert catastrophe when Earth’s climate control satellites malfunction.
Home Again: Romantic comedy in which Reese Witherspoon plays a newly separated mother who allows three young filmmakers to stay with her family.
The Son of Bigfoot: Animated film about a teenager on a quest to find his long-lost father. Dad turns out to be Bigfoot, who went into hiding to keep himself and his family safe from scientific experiments.
The Mountain Between Us: Idris Elba and Kate Winslet star as light-plane crash survivors who embark on a perilous journey to safety.
Blade Runner 2049: A new blade runner, Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a secret that could cause chaos, and seeks out former blade runner Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford).
No Ordinary Sheila: Story of Sheila Natusch, daughter of a ranger and an artist, who grew up on Stewart Island, and wrote and illustrated numerous New Zealand nature books.
The Emoji Movie: Gene lives in a digital city inside the phone of his user. A multi-expressional emoji, Gene just wants to be normal.
Waru: Film in which eight Maori women each directed a 10-minute segment of events around the tangi of a child, Waru, who died at the hands of his caregiver.
Victoria & Abdul: Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and young Indian clerk Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal) form an unlikely friendship.
VISUAL ARTS
Reflections - Rhythm & Vines 15th Anniversary Exhibition: Paul Nache Gallery
Mata Ariki: Evon Wilson, 204D Tyndall Road Friday, 5.30pm
Gisborne Boys’ High School whakairo students exhibition: School hall, October 30, 5.30-7.30pm
Workshop with Gisborne artist Kath McLaughlin: Lysnar House, November 4, 9am-4p, Gisborne Artists’ Society Members $40, non-members $45. Bring your lunch. Contact Kath McLaughlin at 867 5366 or mikecat52@gmail.com
Exhibitions
Tairawhiti Museum: Te Ha Art awards and exhibition. Mo Te Emepaea - artworks based on Maori Pioneer Battalion serviceman Tawhai Tamepo’s WW1 war diaries and war in general, contemporary tattoo designs - Sarah Kane-Matete’s solo show in collaboration with Levin-based photographer Renee-Leala Tiumalu-fa le.
Zest Cafe: Photographs by Shayryn Dunn
Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald.co.nz, or call 869-0630.
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