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IN THE BEGINNING

Anaru Randon speaks to The Gisborne Herald about his upcoming exhibition

BERRY NICE CREAM CAKE

A guilt-free ice cream treat is ideal for the summer months ahead. The Berry Nice Cream Cake recipe from The 30-day Alzheimer’s Solution brings together fruit and nuts in a way that looks naughty and decadent, but is truly refreshing for your...

What's on

■War Memorial Theatre, tomorrow, 7.30pm. Book at i-SITE or ticketek. co. nz■Uni-fi and Shadows in the Darkness. Smash Palace, tomorrow.■Smash Palace, Saturday, 9pm, $10 door sales.■Tutus on Tour — NEW DATE. White Swan pas de deux from...

A love affair gone wrong

A marriage of voice and piano brings heartbreak to the ears this weekend as baritone Will King and pianist Nicholas Kovacev will grace the living room at Tiromoana, at Wainui. King will perform the Schubert song cycle Winterreise, or Winter Journey...

The creation of sound

Once bustling and full of life, stuffed with secret documents and mysteries, the Public Trust building now stands silent. Until NOise Vacancy has its way. NOise Vacancy is bringing together local artists from different backgrounds to take over...

What's on in Gisborne

Tairawhiti Museum, Sunday, 2pm. Entry is $10 adults, $5 FOTM, and free for students (with ID) and children. Numbers strictly limited due to Alert Level 2 requirements. The finale of the local talent showcase. Lawson Field Theatre, Saturday, September...

AN ERA OF DEEP DARKNESS

Gaiety Theatre’s search goes global

An international search for parts for Wairoa’s Gaiety Theatre’s Projection Unit is under way. Wairoa District Council chief executive Kitea Tipuna said the ultimate aim was to get movies screening again at the Gaiety, and there is...

The last hurrah

Almost 56 years to the day, the first concrete was poured for Midway Surf Life Saving Club’s spanking new £18,000 clubhouse. Due for demolition in the near future, and a new build, the club held its “last hurrah” on the weekend. To mark the...

Forty-eight hours, 20 artists and a bunch of new plays

Two actors, one writer, and one director are the minimum requirements for Evolution Theatre Company’s Tairawhiti 48-hour play festival. A fifth member can join to deal with technical challenges. The concept is simple — create and perform an...

THE T-BIRDS ARE GO

Every picture tells a story

Driving out from painter Adrian Cave’s townhouse studio, English band 10CC’s Art For Arts Sake began to play on the car radio. The coincidence was ironic because as Cave had said minutes earlier — although not in 10CC’s words — “money for...

Big screen ballets

by Jake Coyle, AP film writerIn 20 years and 10 movies the Fast and Furious series has relentlessly insisted that its saga is really, truly about family. With all due respect to Vin Diesel’s Toretto clan, I must disagree. The Fast and Furious...

Te Tairawhiti poetry competition

“All the worlds a stage, and all the menand women are merely players,They have their exits and entrancesand one man in his age plays many parts,His acts being seven ages”Prologue:Dear Mr Shakespeare Esquire -Dear William,I beg to differ. If we...

Good fit

With a degree in theatre arts, her own theatre, and years on the US’s Entertainment Service and Technology Association board, Evolution Theatre Company managing director Dinna Myers is now administrator for Drama NZ. Drama NZ is the national...

Bowls beat basketball

Steph Beattie initially turned up her nose at her mother’s invitation to join her bowls team. It was 1988. Inspector Morse was in its second year on television screens and Margaret Thatcher had become the longest-serving British prime minister of...

The power of resilience personified on screen

by Dominic Corry, NZ HeraldA group of Kiwi women exhibit inspirational attitudes in the face of cancer in The Pinkies are Back, a gentle and affecting local documentary. The Pink Dragons are an Auckland-based dragon-boating team comprised entirely of...

Supergreen watercress pesto

I was having a lunchtime hīkoi along the Taruheru awa last week when a kind man stopped me with a smile and asked if I would like some watercress. He handed over a huge bag of the fresh, green goodness that had come straight from the bush. I...