What’s on in Nelson
❚ Maungatapu is taking to the stage again with a new and improved version for one night only, at Nelson Musical Theatre on October 31 at 7.30pm. General admission $25, seniors and students, $15. Tickets available at Nelson ISite.
❚ Ma & the Backseat Drivers are a little bit folk, country and blues and a big bit Americana, with full-on harmonies and driving lead breaks wrapped around Martha Louise’s vocals. Fairfield House, Nelson, Sunday, October 28 at 7.30pm, tickets $20. Reserve seats at gather@fairfieldnelson.org.nz
❚ Cry of the Celts, featuring Nelson City Brass with pipers, dancers and the Nayland College Boys’ Choir, will be performed at Nelson’s Theatre Royal on November 3 and 4. Admission $25 adults, $15 children. Tickets from the Theatre Royal or ticketdirect.co.nz
❚ Elevation Cafe and Bar, High St, Motueka has oil paintings by Marlene Howie on display until October 31.
❚ European Bakery and Cafe, High St, Motueka has paintings by Sally Owen and Jean Pope on display until October 31.
❚ Muses Cafe, High St, Motueka has paintings by Sandra Ingram on display until October 31.
❚ On That Place Where We Stand is an exhibition of Mark Baskett’s recent works at Nelson’s Refinery ArtSpace until tomorrow.
❚ The Story Inside My Head exhibition is a collaboration between writer Michelanne Forster and eight local artists, at the Refinery ArtSpace until tomorrow.
❚ Nelson’s Quiet Dog Gallery has Rosie Little’s solo exhibition Heading West: Golden Bay Landscapes until November 10.
❚ The Nelson Provincial Museum’s exhibition A Century of Saying Cheese runs until November 25.
❚ A solo circus show of mime and magic, The Quizzical Mr Jeff, will be at Golden Bay’s Village Theatre as part of a New Zealand tour tomorrow at 8pm. Early bird tickets $15, door sales $25 to $30, regular tickets $25, all plus fee. For more details, visit eventfinda.co.nz/ 2018/the-quizzical-mr-jeff/golden-bay
❚ The Fashion at the Flicks fundraiser combines a fashion show, movie and charity auction to raise money for the Nelson Regional Breast and Gynaecologial Cancer Trust. Suter Gallery, Nelson, October 31, 5.30pm. Tickets $50 from the Morrison Square centre management office, Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.
❚ The traditional Mexican festival Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is being celebrated at Nelson’s Founders Heritage Park on Sunday from noon to 5pm. Entry $6 presales at eventfinda.co.nz; door sales $8, or $2 for 16yrs and younger accompanied by an adult.
❚ Interested in film-making? Members of the Nelson branch of the Top of the South Island Film Society meet at De Ville on the second Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm.
❚ Different musicians are performing lunchtime concerts at the Nelson Centre of Musical Arts every Thursday at 12.30pm.
❚ The Show Me Shorts Film Festival will be at the Suter Theatre on November 3 and 4 at 7.30pm. Genres include comedy, animation and romance. Entry $17 general admission, $14 student, $12 senior/child.