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This weekChurchill Park — Zirka Circus is in town; sessions June 10-19.

St Andrew’s Church — East Coast District Chamber Music Contest, regional leg of the country’s biggest chamber music competition for school-age players; Thursday, June 16.

The Bandroom — TRAAMPS open mic for poetry and song; Saturday, June 18 (2pm).

Smash Palace — Live music from Te Karaka heavyweights Fuzebox; Saturday.

CultureUpu: Our Language, Our Stories, Our Truth — To help mark Matariki 2016, a night of storytelling from the voices of Pacific and Maori Women. Tairawhiti Museum; Tuesday, June 21 (5.30-7.30pm).

Artefacts Of Encounter — Talk from British Museum curator of Oceanica collections, Julie Adams, about her work researching collections from Captain James Cook’s first voyage. Lawson Field Theatre; June 21 (6pm).

Coming upShu’s Song — Capital E theatre tours its tale of the imagination. War Memorial Theatre; June 20 (9.30am & 11am).

Annual Night Of Laughs — Hospice Tairawhiti fundraiser with Kiwi comedians Ben Hurley, Justine Smith and Jamie Brown. War Memorial Theatre; June 23.

Tomorrow People — Hamilton big band on the road with their brand of “sunshine reggae”. Wairoa Community Centre, June 30; Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, July 1; Tolaga Bay Inn, July 2.

TRAAMPS — Open mic for poetry and song. The Bandroom; Saturday, July 2 (2pm).

Electronica — Electronic/hip hop DJs, MCs and producers Snead Place Project, Hyan and Critters. Shipwreck Bar; Saturday, July 2.

Poverty Bay Blues — Gisborne blues club holds its monthly jam night. The Dome Room; July 5.

Everest Untold — Two-man play in which Sir John Hunt (Steven Lovatt) and George Lowe (Edwin Wright) remind us that the successful summiting of Everest in 1953 was a team effort where everybody played their part. Lawson Field Theatre; July 6.

The Prophet Motive — In town with Super Narcoman on an album/EP release tour, with support from Here Lie The Homunculi and Uni-Fi. Smash Palace; Saturday, July 9.

Xing Wang — The emerging piano star is back to play the third in this year’s series of afternoon concerts. Tairawhiti Museum; July 10 (2pm).

Hairspray — It’ll be “afrotastic” — Musical Theatre Gisborne tackles one of the most beloved contemporary musicals. War Memorial Theatre; July 13-16.

Boomshack Band — Playing as part of the Dome’s fundraising series. The Dome Bar; July 16.

Tribute To The Rat Pack — Touring troupe Operatunity’s “brat pack” Bonaventure Allan-Moetaua, Rutene Spooner and Robert Enari pay tribute to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jnr. War Memorial Theatre; July 20 (11am).

The Nukes — Popular West Auckland ukulele/banjo trio brings its unique sound to town. The Vines; Saturday, July 30.

Gisborne Unity Theatre – An all-woman production of three short plays: Towpath; Whether I Fall; and a devised work about women bringing up mokopuna (directed by Stephanie Barnett). Unity Theatre black box theatre; August 5-7 and 9-13.

At the flicksOdeon Multiplex tel: 867 3339

Warcraft (2D, 3D) — Movie about initial encounters between humans and orcs, based on video game series.

Me Before You — Adapted for the screen by Jojo Moyes from her novel. Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) plays a carer who tries to make a paralysed banker (Sam Claflin) believe his life is still worth living.

Mr Right — Anna Kendrick plays Martha, who is hyperactive following her latest break-up but then meets Francis (Sam Rockwell), who seems perfect except he is a hitman who kills the people ordering the hits.

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC — The Royal Shakespeare Company celebrated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with this production, which features some of the greatest actors performing some of the greatest dramatic scenes.

Now You See Me 2 — Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman all reprise their roles, and Daniel Radcliffe joins as a tech prodigy who coerces The Four Horsemen into pulling off another “impossible” heist.

The Conjuring 2 — Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson return as real-life paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, who travel to north London to help a single mother and four children in a haunted house.

Money Monster — TV financial expert (George Clooney), producer (Julia Roberts) and crew are held hostage by a disappointed investor.

Hunt For The Wilderpeople — Story of a defiant city kid, his cantankerous “uncle” and a dog who go on the run.

The Nice Guys — Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling play 1970s cops who stumble into a conspiracy while investigating an alleged suicide.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (3D, 2D) — Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter are back as Alice, the Mad Hatter, the White Queen and the Red Queen respectively.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (3D, 2D) — The Turtles come into conflict with scientist Baxter Stockman and old enemy The Shredder, who has hired Stockman to create his own mutants.

Dome Cinema tel: 08 324 3005The Great Maiden’s Blush — Kiwi film in which two new mothers develop a friendship that leads each to confront her past and come to terms with the paternity of her baby.

Our Little Sister — Japanese film in which sisters aged 29, 22 and 19 live in a house left to them by their grandmother. At the funeral of their father, whom they hadn’t seen since their parents’ divorce, they meet their 14-year-old half-sister. With no one to take care of her, she moves in.

Phoenix — In post-war Germany, concentration camp survivor Nelly seeks out her husband, who could be the person who betrayed her.

45 Years — Geoff and Kate Mercer (Tom Courtney and Charlotte Rampling) are coming up to their 45th wedding anniversary when news arrives that the body of Geoff’s first love has become visible in a melting glacier where she fell into a crevasse over 50 years earlier.

Plastic for Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch — Midway Atoll gets water-borne plastics from three distant continents. Journalist and filmmaker Angela Sun talks to scientists, researchers, opinion-shapers and volunteers about the effects of plastic consumption.

The Student and Mr Henri — Mr Henri (Claude Brasseur) is too old to live on his own so his son Paul (Guillaume de Tonquédec) offers to rent a bedroom to a student. This brings in provincial girl Constance (Noémie Schmidt). Mr Henri offers her free board on condition she help break up his son’s marriage.

Exhibitions

PaulNache — Everyday People, hyper-realist sculptures by Northland artist Glen Hayward.

Verve Cafe — New paintings by Krystal Kelly.

The Aviary — New show featuring jewellery by Imogen Wilson and Helena Andersson, and paintings and “furniture” by David Perry (opens today).

Tirohia Gallery — The Design School designers share their work.

Tupara Gallery — Ko Wai Au, a gathering of Maori painters.

Toihoukura — Rukuhia, drawings by students across all levels.

Gisborne iSite — A rotation of works by local artists.

Tairawhiti Museum — Ad Astra, Jean Loomis looks at life through a cosmic lens; Home Is Where The Heart Is, paintings by Walter Dewes; Waitangi Wahine, works by Robyn Kahukiwa, Tracey Tawhio, Linda Munn, Suzanne Tamaki and Andrea Hopkins; Gladstone Road, photos celebrating Gisborne’s main drag; The Children’s War, reflecting on experiences of WW1; Jack Richards Decorative Arts Collection, this month includes glass vessels by Alexander Lamont Workshops; ceramics by Kiwi potter Aaron Scythe; paintings by UK/NZ Melanie Mills and early 20-century Japanese wedding robes.

Coming upHawaiian Lei Making — Two workshops at which guest artists Walter Kawikakaka´iulani Aipa and Kamalani Kapeliela help participants learn the traditional art form of lei making. Tairawhiti Museum; June 23 and June 29 (both 10am-12noon).

Painting With Acrylic (using anything but a brush) — Gisborne Artists Society workshop in which Teresa Matthews guides in how to use alternative tools to invigorate your painting. Lysnar House Studios; Sunday, June 26. To enrol contact Kath McLaughlin, phone (06) 867-5366 or e-mail mikecat52@gmail.com.

Gisborne Artists & Potters Winter Exhibition — Annual extravaganza of locally produced work. Tairawhiti Museum; opens July 1 (5.30pm).

Young Country — Exhibition based on Kerry Hines’ PhD about the imagery of railways employee and amateur photographer William Williams. Tairawhiti Museum; opens July 9.

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