Saturday, featuring Reggy-P.
■ Midwinter Cabaret Show
A fundraising event on Friday to raise money to get 98 Cents to Portugal for the Hip Hop Unite World Championships. Being held at the Gisborne Musical Theatre clubrooms, this will be a showcase of local poets, dancers, singers, musicians, comedy and there are still tickets available. Starts at 7pm, entry $5, bar will be open. Enquiries to Stellar on 027 504 6666.
■ Levi Mackey, @Verias City, Atrax Soldiers and Ter3ign
Smash Palace, Saturday. Four exciting acts direct from the Build-a-band stage. Show starts at 9pm, $10 door charge.
■ Poverty Bay Horticultural Society Spring Show
Flowers, vegetables, and fruit come under judges’ expert eyes at the annual spring show on Saturday. Farmers Air Showgrounds Events Centre, 12pm-5pm, $5 entry, ph Wendy 027 774 8914 for schedules and inquiries.
■ Gisborne Pub Choir
Smash Palace, every Tuesday 7pm to 9pm. Group sings popular songs. Singing tuition provided, no prior experience needed. Learn a new song each week and sing about a dozen pop classics.
■ Free Dance
A movement and dance meditation practice with a variety of sound and rhythms. Thursday, August 31, at St Andrew’s Church Community Centre, 176 Cobden Street, 7pm - 8.30pm, $10, bring a water bottle and wear comfy clothes.
COMING UP
■ Jersey Boys
Gisborne Centre Stage Theatre Group, War Memorial Theatre, September 8-16.
■ Creedence Clearwater Revival Tribute Show — Born on the Bayou
Friday September 15. Performing all Creedence Clearwater Revival’s hits from this timeless era including Suzie Q, Proud Mary, Fortunate Son, Bad Moon Rising, Born on the Bayou, Down on the Corner and many more. Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club, 8pm. Members $25, non-members $30m.
■ Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere - Tairāwhiti
Inspired by the beloved children’s story The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace. The original Te Reo Māori Season play has been shortened into a 25-minute show with pre-school aged tamariki in mind. Taki Rua is excited to present a highly engaging, piece of theatre in te reo Māori. It is suitable for children and whānau of all backgrounds. Monday, September 18, 1pm – 1.30pm. Patutahi Hall, 20 Biggs Street, Patutahi, Gisborne.
■ School of Rock
Musical Theatre Gisborne production, at War Memorial Theatre, November 10-18.
VISUAL ARTS
■ Dreamers - Louise Walsh and Jolene Douglas
Walsh’s work stems from her first piece, The Beginning, its simple lines and colours creating an overall pattern and base for other works. The exhibition finishes on October 1.
■ Wearable Art by Susan Holmes
The exhibition opening will be held at 5.30pm on Friday, August 25, at Tairāwhiti Museum. The exhibition finishes on November 5.
■ He Kākahu Rerehua - The Uplifting Wind
Weaving together an exhibition, a collection care project and wānanga in one space, He Kākahu Rerehua - The Uplifting Wind opens on October 1. Each strand of this kaupapa will honour the different dimensions of a kākahu: the materials, the process of its creation, the life it has led and the people it is connected to.
■ What They Didn’t Teach Us At School
Clayton Gibson exhibition at Tairāwhiti Museum until September 17.
Let The Guide know what’s on, guide@gisborneherald.co.nz or ph 869 0600
