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Bands play on Summer sounds continue with Music i n Parks. Today, Olivier Holland’s Jazz Attack, i ncluding a number of young, mega- t alented players, j oins t he Chris Mason- Battley Group, who reinterpret the music of one of most original composers, John Psathas, at t he Auckland Domain Band Rotunda. I n Onehunga, t wo muchl oved Latin bands, Kantuta and Salsa Band C- 26, perform at Jellicoe Park; while next Saturday, New Zealand Opera brings some of the f i nest opera young singers i t can gather to t he Dingle Dell Reserve i n St Heliers. They’ll perform works by Handel, Mozart, Puccini and Gilbert and Sullivan. Full details, musicinparks. co. nz/ events
Screen time Movies i n Parks comes t o South Auckland t his week. New Zealand’s f i rst dance movie,
choreographed by Parris Goebel and f eaturing some of the world’s best hip- hop dancers, screens at Otahuhu’s Sturges Park on Friday night while touches down i n Weymouth’s Keith Park on Saturday night. Full details, moviesinparks. co. nz Meanwhile, Silo Park continues t he t radition of The Mayor’s Movie, with recently elected Auckland Mayor Phil Goff picking Monty Python’s starring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric I dle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, f or t he Friday night f l i ck to kick off Auckland
Dance, Born to The Angry Birds Movie Life of Brian,
Anniversary weekend on Friday at 9pm. Full details, silopark. co. nz/ silo- cinema
Lessons i n l ove From none other than The Bard himself, William Shakespeare. The Waiheke I sland Shakespeare Company perform scenes f rom
Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello The Tempest
and but sets them i n a modern- day office to i l l ustrate the challenges contemporary l overs f ace. William’s Lessons of Love, Solar Eating House, Waiheke I sland; Fri and Sat evenings at 6.30pm until February 4.
Back to work playlist I f you’re back to work i n the CBD, take t i me out to ease back i nto things with Auckland Live’s Summer i n the Square l unchtime concerts. This week, you can see — and hear — Weyes Blood ( aka US f olk singer Natalie Mering), Circuit Des Yeux, DJ Cian, Wellington j azz i con Terry Crayford and violinist/ vocalist Hannah Fraser, Tu Crucial Sound System, The DeSotos and Tiny Ruins with Archie. aucklandlive. co. nz/ show/ summeri n- the- square- music- j an