MUSIC & COMEDY
Coast to Coast Jazz - Club Vista, Marine Pde, Paraparaumu Beach, August 28, then the final Sunday of each month, 2pm. Dan Bolton - Kapiti Playhouse, Ruahine St, Paraparaumu, with band, August 12. Julian Bliss & NZTrio - Chamber Music New Zealand concert, Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, July 28, 7:30pm. Kapiti Chorale - St Paul’s Church, Langdale Ave, Paraparaumu, concert devoted to French composer Charles Gounod, August 13, 2:30pm, from $10, email tickets@kapitichorale.co.nz. Kapiti Concert Orchestra - Waikanae Memorial Hall, Pehi Kupa St, featuring ‘the flower clock’ for oboe and orchestra, August 7, 2:30pm, free-$25, call (06)3643314. Lavinnia Rae - Michael Fowler Centre, Wakefield St, Wellington, Kapiti cellist to play alongside New Zealand School of Music Orchestra, Wellington Youth Orchestra, August 3, 7:30pm, free. Levin Centennial Concert Band - Te Takere, Bath St, Levin, Anniversary reunion, August 20, 9am, lccb@collins-nz.com. Lily’s Ranchhouse - 137 Fairfield Rd, Levin. Piano Bar, every Friday, 6pm. Call (06) 367 0251. Mozart & Strauss - Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, part of the NZ Symphony Orchestra season, July 30, 7:30pm, tickets from Ticketek. MulledWine Concert - Paekakariki Memorial Hall, The Parade, featuring Jian Liu, XingWang and Paekakariki’s Mary Gow, August 14, 2:30pm, Adults $25, under-14s $10, call 021 101 9609. Oleg Marshev - Memorial Hall, Pehi Kupa St, Waikanae, Russian pianist, July 31, 2:30-4:30pm, call 04 905 6070. Paraparaumu Country Music Club - Waikanae Chartered Club, Elizabeth St, the second and fourth Sunday of each month, 1pm. $4, call 905 9325. Pounamu Country Music Club - Senior Citizens Hall, Levin, August 6, 1-5pm, members $3, non members $5, call 063683959. Rhodeworkz - Horowhenua Scottish Society Hall, Bartholomew Rd, Levin, family bluegrass/folk band based near Hamilton, August 12, 7:30pm, $5 for members, $10 for non-members. Stampede - Levin Cosmopolitan Club, Oxford St, Levin, the Levin Country and Variety Music Club day, July 31, 1-5pm, $3, call (06)3682713. The Kills - Shed 6, Wellington, July 29, 8pm, tickets from Ticketek. A House to Let - Otaki College Hall, Mill Rd, celebrates 100 years of Labour Party history, August 4, 7:30pm, Adults $20, others $10, 06 364 7534. Forget-me-Knot - Kapiti Playhouse, Ruahine St, Paraparaumu, lighthearted play by playwright David Tristram, July 20-23 and July 27-30, 8pm, call 902 9885. Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons - Southward Theatre, Otaihanga Rd, Oh what a Night!
THEATRE, FILM & DANCE
celebration show, September 14, 7pm, eventfinda.co.nz. Frozen - TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, Disney on Ice Magical Ice Festival performance, July 28-31, tickets from Ticketek. Grease - Southward CarMuseum, Otaihanga Rd, November 13, 8pm, tickets from Ticketek. Hinepau - Hannah Playhouse, Cambridge Tce, Wellington, aimed at children aged 4-9, July 27-29. Menopause - Southward Theatre, Otaihanga Rd, Musical, August 22, 8pm, Tickets from Ticketek. Whitney Houston - Southward Contemporary Art: Ceramics - Artscape Gallery, SH1, Otaki, until August 1, 10am-4pm. Dangerous Conversations - Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, lecture series focused on issues like the housing crisis, low wages and gender inequality, August 3, 10, 17 and 24, 12:30-1:30pm, Health Expo - Travelodge, Gilmer Tce, Wellington, five crucial steps to survive today’s lifestyle, July 30, 10am-noon, free, call 9046625. Mahara Lecture Series - Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, both with art historian Pamela Gerrish Nunn, Representations of Men, July 28, The Mother and Child or Maternite, August 4, both 11am, $5 per session. Poetry to the people - Hightide Cafe, Marine Pde, Paraparaumu Beach, with guest Siobhan Harvey, July 31, then last Sunday of each month, 4-6pm.
EXHIBITIONS