IT'S A JOURNEY: "You might get some really lush styles from Louis and then Warren might come in with a real foot-stamping hoe-downer . . . musically it's an interesting journey for all of us," says Thomas Oliver (left) of the Pass The Gat collaboration between himself, Louis Baker (right) and Warren Maxwell.
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Guide pick of the week
This weekSmash Palace — The Gisborne Musicians Network has its first fomal outing in the form of a meet-up (6pm) followed by a jam session (8pm); Thursday, October 29.
Smash Palace — In-house artist Demonteeth; Friday, October 30.
Poverty Bay Golf Club — Pecha Kucha #16, where creative people give short presentations on the things that inspire them; Friday, October 30 (5.30pm).
Gisborne Bowling Club — Gisborne Ukulele Underground, take your uke or just enjoy the fun; Friday, October 30.
Cosmpolitan Club — The Generator, Hawke’s Bay rock covers band is in town; Saturday, October 31.
The Dome Room — Pass The Gat. . . Warren Maxwell, Thomas Oliver and Louis Baker bring their acclaimed show to town; Saturday, October 31.
Smash Palace — DJ Magick plays the Halloween Horror Night, complete with ghosts, ghouls and special effects; Saturday, October 31.
The Dome Room — Poverty Bay Blues Inc holds its popular monthly jam night; Tuesday, November 3.
TheatreLawson Field Theatre — Happy Hippy Halloween, Centre Stage’s “fun family musicial production”; Saturday, October 31 (1.30pm & 3.30pm).
Company Of Giants — Theatre collective presents a live experi-ence of stories, songs and karakia, inspired by the Kermadec: Lines In The Ocean exhibition. Tairawhiti Museum; November 4 (5.30pm), 5 (5.30pm, followed by artist talks) and 6 (2pm, followed by artist talks, & 5.30pm).
Coming upBook Sale Of Oz — The HB Williams Memorial Library’s annual book sale, the last before the big renovations begin. Library car park; November 6 & 7.
TRAAMPS — Open mic for music, poetry and song. The Bandroom; November 7 (2pm).
Hatch — Stuart Devenie performs Geoff Chapple’s play about Southland entrepreneur Joseph Hatch and his notorious penguin harvesting operation. Tairawhiti Museum; November 7 (shows at 2pm & 6pm).
Miho’s Jazz Orchestra — Happy groovy music from flute player Miho Wada and her pint-sized jazz orchestra. The Dome Room; November 7.
How The Grinch Stole Christmas — Gisborne Homeschool Group’s adaptation of the Dr Seuss favourite. Lawson Field Theatre; November 12 (6pm).
Shirley Valentine — Gisborne Unity Theatre presents the one-woman play. Unity Clubrooms (blackbox theatre); November 13-15 & 19-21.
Landslide: The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show — Launching an evening of entertainment (3pm), followed by Bad Moon Rising: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute (6pm); and Auckland rockabilly band The Recliner Rockers (9pm) Tatapouri Sports Fishing Club; November 14.
Gisborne Choral Society — Joined by the Civic Orchestra in presenting Bach’s setting of the biblical song of praise, Magnificat, along with the early Hadyn mass Missa Brevis. St Andrew’s Church; November 15 (2pm).
Brendon Thomas & The Vibes — Psychedelic blues/rock from the X-Factor placegetters. The Dome Room; November 20.
The Free Community Blues and Roots Music Festival — Poverty Bay Blues Inc’s inaugural event, with live music from Brendan Thomas And The Vibes, Brilleaux, The Broken Stone and much more. Railway Reserve; November 21 (noon-8pm).
FilmOdeon Multiplex tel: 867 3339The Dressmaker — Comedy-drama set in 1950s Australia and starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving. Paris-trained dressmaker comes home to care for her mother, transforms local fashion and exacts revenge on those who wronged her. Described by director/co-writer Jocelyn Moorhouse as “Clint East-wood’s Unforgiven with a sewing machine”.
The Last Witch Hunter — Vin Diesel is a witch hunter cursed with immor-tality. Having killed the witch queen, he spends centuries hunting down rogue witches and yearning for the wife and daughter he could not join in the afterlife. Now the witch queen is resurrected and out for revenge. Also stars NZ’s Rena Owen.
The Dead Room — Two scientists and a psychic investigate a family’s claims that a desolate NZ farmhouse is haunted. Film inspired by a spooky Central Otago story. Stars Jed Brophy and Jeffrey Thomas.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2D, 3D) — In their new house, a family finds videotapes showing sisters being inducted into their grandmother’s demonic coven.
Legend — Tom Hardy is riveting as ’60s London gangster twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray.
Rock the Kasbah — Fading rock manager (Bill Murray) is dumped in war-torn Kabul by his only client (Zooey Deschanel) and discovers a golden-voiced teen who dreams of being the first woman on Afghanistan’s TV talent show.
Hotel Transylvania 2 — Animated Halloween fare for the kids with some familiar names in the voice cast: Mel Brooks, Steve Buscemi and Jon Lovitz. Adam Sandler co-wrote the script.
Bridge of Spies — Steven Spielberg directed and co-produced, Ethan and Joel Coen co-wrote the script, and Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance and Alan Alda tear up the screen. The story of efforts to free Francis Gary Powers, pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960.
The Walk — High-wire artist Philippe Petit made precise plans for an illegal walk between the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in 1974, scouting out the scene and allowing for details like the weather and building movement 400 metres up.
A Walk in the Woods — Robert Redford and Nick Nolte star in the film adaptation of Bill Bryson’s book about the adventures he and friend Katz had on the Appalachian Trail.
The Martian — An astronaut (Matt Damon) is presumed dead after a storm on Mars. He survives and must live long enough to be rescued.
Born to Dance — NZ movie in which Tu (ace hip-hop dancer Tia Maipi) has a chance to audition for the high-flying K-Crew, but has to go behind the backs of his home crew and best friend (Stan Walker).
Dome Cinema tel: 08 324 3005The Fool — Dima, a plumber in an unnamed Russian town, is sent to fix a burst pipe in a communal housing building and finds a structural problem that threatens the building and its 800 inhabitants, but no one wants to do anything about it.
Umrika — A village in India is invigorated when one of their own travels to America and in letters home tells of his adventures. Then his younger brother follows him and the story gets more complicated.
Iris — The late Albert Maysles specialised in documentaries and this portrait of famously indomitable, stylish New Yorker Iris Apfel was his last film.
Queen and Country — Writer-director John Boorman’s sequel to his 1987 autobiography Hope and Glory. This film follows protagonist through training for the Korean War.
EventsHeartland: NZers Of The Great War — The National Army Museum in town with its travelling exhibition to bring the stories of soldiers who fought in WW1 back to where their journey began. Grey Street Carpark; until 6pm today.
Kermadec: Lines In The Ocean artist talks — Hear the experience of contributing artists including Dame Robin White, Jason O’Hara, Bruce Foster and Elizabeth Thomson. Tairawhiti Museum; November 5 (5.30pm) & 6 (2pm).
ExhibitionsPaulNache — Gods & Monsters, debut PaulNache show for artist Melanie Tangaere Baldwin.
Gisborne iSite — Featuring works by Christie Patumaka, Alex McMenamin, Leeana Galloway, Mana Keefe, Ihipera (Tau) Walker, Lina Marsh and Peter Harris.
Muirs Bookshop Cafe — Scenes, a new series of oil paintings by Roger Shanks.
Tirohia Gallery (Kaiti Mall) — Te Ao Hou, Te Ao Tawhito, artists share their ideas around the old and new worlds from a Maori perspective.
Toihoukura — The end-of-year graduate shows start with Toi Te Huatahi, works by Joe Barber, and Moko Aio, works by Te Kanawa Ngarotata. Maia and Kotuku galleries (Cobden Street).
Verve Cafe — Annual show of works by staff and students from the Lytton High School art department.
Tairawhiti Museum — Relativity, works by Catherine, the late Peter and Romilly Brown, and Cat Balkwill-Brown; Tiki Stardust, Melanie Tahata’s tale of the beginning of Tiki; Kermadec: Lines In The Ocean, artists mark their journey to one of the last great ocean wilderness areas; This Is Who We Are, “sculpture-paintings” by Richard Rogers; Gladstone Road, photos celebrating Gisborne’s main drag; WW100, remembering World War 1; Cameraman With A Mission, the photos of Hakaraia Pahewa (1869-1948); Jack Richards Decorative Arts Collection.
Wairoa Museum — Lest We Forget, remembering Wairoa’s WW1 losses.
Bridge Estate Cellar Door — Gisborne: An Affectionate View, works by the late Norman Scott.
Coming upRangitahua: The Stopping Off Place — Events curated around the major Kermadec: Lines In The Ocean exhibition featuring live performance of stories, songs, music and karakia from Auckland theatre group Company Of Giants (November 4, 5 & 6); artist talks (November 5 & 6); and Stuart Devenie appears in one-man play Hatch: The Wildly Tragic Tale Of Joseph Hatch (November 7).
Toihoukura Graduate Shows — The end-of-year showcase continues with new graduate show Hiringa, works by Michelle Karauria & Makareta Tatare-Issacs. Maia Gallery; opens November 6.
PaulNache — Nevermind, works by Bill Riley; Gentrified: Vu Ni Niu, works by Quishile Charan (opening November 6).
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