TRAMPS: Singers, musicians and poetry readers welcome. The Band Room, Childers Road, September 1 (2pm). $2 in the jar.
The Way - surfing documentary: Dome Room, September 1 (7pm). Includes Q&A with Maz Quinn and Ricardo Christie + Sit Down In Front (9pm). Tickets $20 online ($5 from each ticket goes to Gisborne Boardriders)
Historic Gisborne and East Coast film footage 1912-1970: Compilation of 1912 Gisborne scenic footage; Earthquake in Wairoa and Gisborne, 1932; Shots from Here and There, 1930s – 1950s Gisborne; Te Ohaki o Te Po (From Where the Spirit Calls), 1978; Herbs: Sensitive to a Smile, 1987. Odeon Multiplex, September 3, (7pm) Historic Places Tairawhiti members free, non-members $10. Bookings essential. Contact 027 422 0970 or hpt-tours@historicplacesaotearoa.org.nz
THEATRE
The Shadow Box: Unity Theatre, tomorrow, (7.30pm). Tickets are $20 from i-SITE. There will also be door sales.
EXHIBITIONS
Tairawhiti Museum: The 80s Show, paintings by Philip Clairmont, Julian Dashper, Dick Frizzell, Max Gimblett, Jeffrey Harris, and Gordon Walters. 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 (10am-4pm), Monday-Saturday.
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
Andy Irons: Kissed by God: Film made with the co-operation of those closest to the surfer, documenting his addiction to alcohol, cocaine and prescription drugs, and his struggle with a debilitating mental disorder, while following his path to the world surfing championship.
LBJ: Woody Harrelson plays Lyndon B. Johnson, the Vice-President who was made US President after John F. Kennedy was killed. The film focuses on the political upheaval Johnson faced, and how he worked to heal the nation.
Number One: Corporate drama about a successful woman encouraged to make a bid to become the first female chief executive of a company listed in the CAC 40, the French equivalent of the Dow Jones. But powerful influences are at work to see that she never makes that step up.
ODEON MULTIPLEX
The Happytime Murders: In a world where puppets coexist with humans, but are reviled by society and considered inferior, puppet private investigator Phil Philips (Bill Barretta) reunites with former partner Detective Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy) to find a serial killer who murdered Phil’s brother. The killer is now targeting cast members of 1980s TV series The Happytime Gang, and Phil’s former flame, Jenny, is next on the list. But Phil, himself, becomes a suspect.
The Meg: Scientists encounter a 23-metre megalodon shark while on a rescue mission at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Filmed partly in New Zealand. Stars Jason Statham, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson and Li Bingbing.
Book Club: Four 60-plus women discuss the Fifty Shades series at their book club and change their lives. Film stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T. Nelson.
BlacKkKlansman: Spike Lee directs fact-based film about a black undercover policeman who uses a Jewish surrogate to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in 1970s Colorado Springs. Stars John David Washington, Adam Driver and Laura Harrier.
The Darkest Minds: Science fiction thriller based on novel about teenagers with superpowers going on the run from the government.
The Spy Who Dumped Me: Best friends are thrust into a conspiracy when an ex-boyfriend shows up with assassins on his trail.
Mission: Impossible — Fallout: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team have a race against time to retrieve plutonium cores from a terrorist group. Also stars Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson and Henry Cavill.
The Wife: A wife (Glenn Close) questions her life choices as she travels with her husband to Stockholm, where he is to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again: Set five years after the events of Mamma Mia! Film stars Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Firth, Andy Garcia and Cher.
The Lion King (1994): Disney classic about Simba, a young lion who goes into exile and learns life lessons before returning to challenge his uncle, Scar, who usurped Simba’s place.
Incredibles 2: The Parrs try to restore public trust in superheroes, but a new foe seeks to turn people against all superheroes.
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