MUSIC & COMEDY
Kapi Mana Country Music Club: Porirua Club, Lodge Place, third Saturday of each month, 7pm, $3 for adults.
THEATRE, FILM & DANCE
Collage Exhibition: Lace Eloquence by Fiona McLean at Robyn Hall Gallery, Upstairs, Unit 2, 22 Northpoint St, Plimmerton Gallery, open 10am till 4pm, daily. Pablos Annual Fundraising Art Auction 2017: New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Shed 11, Wellington Waterfront. Including works from Matt Gauldie, Dick Frizzell and Nigel Brown, October 26, 5pm till 9pm. Playshop: BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Tce, Wellington, late-night improvised comedy without limits, fast, physical, and unpredictable. Fridays, 9pm till 10pm, see www.playshop.co.nz for more information. The Comedy Hub - Live at Civic Theatre: Civic Theatre, 16 Main Street, taki, 2017 Billy T Award nominee Li’i Alaimoana headlines a line-up of top quality comedians coming to taki’s Civic Theatre to entertain locals, October 28, 8pm till 10pm. Dark Horizons: Fear of an Imagined Threat, Pa¯taka Museum and Art Gallery, Porirua. Three solo exhibitions by Abdul Abdullah, Abdul-Rahman Abdullah and Khaled Sabsabi explore the duality of fear through a Muslim lens. 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. Joining Parliament: an online exhibition of photo-collages in the style of David Hockney’s ‘‘joiners’’ , look at the big picture or get upclose and personal without leaving your chair, November 30, 12:45pm, www.joiningparliament.gallery.
EXHIBITIONS FAMILY & COMMUNITY
A Celebration of Cultural Diversity: Te Rauparaha Arena, 17 Parumoana Street, Porirua. Cultural performances, cultural food, family/ football activities, fundraising for the Red Cross, November 11, 8am till 8pm. Community Gala: TeWananga o Aotearoa, Heriot Drive, Porirua, fun for all the wha¯nau, kai, performances, music and stalls, if you would like to be a stall holder to sell goods or offer services please contact: community@twoa.ac.nz, for all other enquiries please call us on 04 2377 166, October, 29, 10am till 4pm. CORD/COPD Porirua Support Group: 1 Lodge Pl, Porirua Club, the group supports people with chronic breathing problems. First Wednesday of the month, for more information contact Fiona Wright on 235 8532 or Doug Tait on 027 812 5596. Cuban Fusion’s Red and White Cuba Street Salsa Party: Wellington Night Market, Cuba Street, October 27 and November 24, 6pm. Empow-Her Talks: Cannons Creek Boxing Academy, 174 Bedford St, Cannons Creek. Listen to kayaker DanielleWatson, share some kai and be guided through some boxing. October 25, 5pm till 6.30pm. Grey Power: The Mana-Tawa branch of Grey Power holds meetings on the second Tuesday of the month at 1.30pm, at the Porirua Club in Lodge Place. 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 third Wednesday of the month, contact tawaiwsecretary@gmail.com
¯ Memorial Service: All invitedOto honour the life of your passed loved ones. We invite you to bring¯ a photo
O or memento if you wish, 2pm on October 28, St Mary’s Church Discovery Dr. Contact Claire 027 4974455.