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Actors sought for Shakespeare rom-com

The year is 1969 and our boys have come home from the war to discover a battle of the sexes is just beginning in Evolution Theatre Company director Dinna Myers' concept for a production of Shakespeare's rom-com, Much Ado About Nothing. All the...

Reawakening, new direction

Whakaoho — stirring, arousing, awakening — is the apt name of Toihoukura Maori visual arts school's first physical exhibition of the year. Usually held at the end of term one, the Covid-19 lockdown meant the exhibition of undergraduate...

Gig guide

Something on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nz, or call 869-0630. This weekExNe — East By North East 2017: Live filming for annual showcase of UniFi, The Huntaways, SKB, Miss Pou, Paua Nation, Subherbz, Sit Down in Front, The 35ers...

Pou reflect community connections

WAKA-inspired carvings designed by artist Nick Tupara in association with Ngati Oneone and Eastland Port, have been installed alongside the port’s upper log yard. Posted in the gardens and alcoves at intervals along the Crawford Road and Parau...

Stars In Their Eyes auditions

Auditions for Stars In Their Eyes 2018 are open to Gisborne and East Coast talent over the last weekend of April. Run by James Packman and Walter Walsh, no mean talents themselves, this year’s show is a fundraiser for Gisborne’s St John...

Toasty Winter Warmers at St Andrew’s

With cool weather lingering, the Choral Society is out with Winter Warmers, a concert of many colours of warmth and fun this Sunday at St Andrew's Church. There will be toasty vocals from local soloists with a backing chorus including mezzo-soprano...

A FRIENDLY WORLD ORDER

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The Guide

Got something going on? Let The Guide know at guide@gisborneherald. co. nzThis weekThe Bandroom — TRAAMPS open mic for music, poetry and song; Saturday, July 16 (2pm).The Dome Room — Boomshack Band, playing as part of the Dome’s cinem...

Blue skies and the glory of life

FROM their 1996 album Deboot to their most recent release Blue Sky Songs, Celtic folk, bluegrass, pop and rock band Hobnail’s recording trajectory has prepared the four-piece for take off. Described as a “fine distillation of life’s lessons...

Warm up with pies

6 to 820 minutes40 minutes1 kumara, peeled and diced2 potatoes, peeled and diced⅛ pumpkin, peeled and diced2 handfuls baby spinach1 handful button mushrooms, sliced½ brown onion, peeled and diced8 eggs3 tablespoons milk4 rashers bacon, cut into...

Constellations over Gisborne

If he lived until mid-December, Beethoven would be 250 years old this year. In a nod to the German genius’ birthday, the NZTrio will open their Gisborne concert next week with his Piano Trio No. 1. Accessibility is key to the NZTrio’s performances...

Never a dull moment

Unassuming and quiet, Mahia man Bruce Hedley has had a very interesting lifestyle that has taken him to many parts of the world and to our own offshore Aotearoa, diving in search of shipwrecks, game fishing and employment. Bill Shortt tells the...

BOOMBAYA

Get close to two distant lands and their cultures in one event. Koffie Fugah (pictured) will teach West African drumming and dancing while Flavio Valdes will bring Latin American salsa dance to a workshop on Sunday. Learn how to play djembe rhythms...

Bringing joy to Tairawhiti

Hawke's Bay-based tenor Vili Moore is looking forward to singing at the Tairawhiti Museum for the first time this Sunday. Drawing on his Pasifika musical heritage and the nurturing and training he received with the Prima Volta programme in Napier...

BRINGING BACK AUTE

Artist Nikau Hindin is a patient woman. She needs to be. When your canvas takes 18 months to grow there is no use in rushing. The Tairāwhiti-based artist is rediscovering the lost Māori art of aute and is taking it to the world. Aute involves turning...

Mary’s fabulous feijoa — and orange — cake

INGREDIENTS:100gms butter½ cup sugar1 tbsp golden syrup1 egg1 tsp baking soda2 tbsps hot water1¾ cups flour2 tsps baking powder1 cup of feijoa pulpGrated rind and juice of one orange4 tbsps demerara sugar. 2 tbsps chopped nutsMethod:' In a food...

Exhibition a heartfelt tribute to Te Kooti

Twelve artists’ work make up Pouwhare: A Pillar of Strength, an exhibition that centres on Ringatu faith founder, military strategist and artist Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. At a public talk at Tairawhiti Museum this week, some of the artists...

Preaching to the home crowd on his debut tour

Prepare to be enlightened by stand-up comedian Opeti Vaka's sermon on Aotearoa's “real” issues, from new age parenting to politics, at the Lawson Field Theatre on Saturday. His show Churrch Bro will replicate the format of a Christian mass and...