MUSIC & COMEDY
Kapi Mana Country Music Club: Porirua Club, Lodge Place, third Saturday of each month, 7pm, $3 for adults. North City Country Music Club: Porirua Club, Lodge Place, third Sunday of each month, 1pm, $4 for adults, 50c for children. The CrossWinter Series: Southern Cross Garden Bar Restaurant, 39 Abel Smith St, Te Aro, Wellington, Dust off your dancing shoes and get ready for live bands every Friday during August. Mana Little Theatre: a concert of Jazz and Other Stuff by pianist Kevin Clark and vocalist Fran Barton with Lance Philip on drums and Rowan Clark on bass. Sep 9, 8pm, bookings essential, call 2338202. Circus Hub Talent: Michael Fowler Centre, 111 Wakefield St, Wellington, see death-defying aerial performers, sensational stilt dancers, jugglers, tumblers and clowns with Orchestra Wellington, from 3pm on September 2, visit ticketek.co.nz for more information. The Last Night of the Proms: Operatunity’s Daytime Concert series, Southward Theatre, Otaihanga Road, Paraparaumu, a variety show ofmelodies, singalongs and skits, from 11am on September 5, call 0508 266 237 to book tickets. Playshop: BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington, late-night improvised comedy. A team of four skilled actors and amusician create spontaneous theatre with nothing but each other, the audience, and their fiendish imaginations, Fridays, 9pm till 10pm, see www.playshop.co.nz for more information. Barbershop Showcase: Te Manawa at the College, Okowai Rd, Aotea College, support the winning barbershop choruses and quartets that are heading to Nationals, raffles will be available, gold coin entry, from 5.30pm, August 24. Dark Horizons: Fear of an Imagined Threat, PatakaMuseum and Art Gallery, Porirua. Three solo exhibitions by Abdul Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Khaled Sabsabi. From August 27. He Tohu: Signatures that shape New Zealand, 70 Molesworth St, National Library, a permanent exhibition of three iconic constitutional documents that shape Aotearoa New Zealand, Monday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm, free admission. Chicken Noodle Chats: Newtown Cultural Community Centre, Cnr Rintoul and Colombo Sts, Newtown, Wellington, pop in for some healthy and warmsoup (vegetarian available) and some awesome people to yarn to. All welcome, Fridays, 12.30pm till 1.30pm. Pasifika PowerUP Plus: Porirua Power Station, Porirua College, 64 Drivers Crescent, Cannons Creek. Children can improve their learning, with literacy and numeracy for primary students and preparation for NCEA for college students. A meal provided, every Tuesday, from 5.30pm. CORD/COPD Porirua Support Group: 1 Lodge Pl, Porirua Club, the group supports people with chronic breathing problems such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema. For more information contact Fiona Wright on 235 8532 or Doug Tait on 027 812 5596. Feldenkrais Classes: Pataka Museum and Art Gallery, Porirua, every Tuesday 5:30pm and 7pm, see www.bodyreset.nz or contact Conrad 021 843 467 or conrad@bodyreset.nz. Hydrotherapy Classes: Kenepuru Hospital, 16 Ambulance Drive, Kenepuru, every Tuesday, noon till 1pm, see www.arthritis.org.nz Indoor Bowling for Blind and Partial Sighted: North Wellington Bowling Hall, Gloaming Hill Road, Titahi Bay, every Friday morning 10.00am to noon. Inner Wheel Club of Tawa: Tawa RSA, Oxford St, Wellington, meets thirdWednesday of the month, contact tawaiwsecretary@gmail.com Mind Body Spirit Fair: New Zealand Kennel Club Events Centre, 11 Prosser St, Porirua. Goods, books, crystals and private spiritual readings, Sep 23, 10am till 4pm. Paekakariki Market: St Peters Hall, cnr Beach Rd and Ames St, Paekakariki, all sorts from clothes, and jewellery to shrubs, preserves and veges, held first Saturday of the month.