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INGLEWOOD DANCE CLUB: Club nights for Sequence Ballroom on Wednesdays 7.30pm Inglewood
Club and continue fortnightly until November 21. Phone 021 047 2403 for more info.
RURAL BALL: June 23, theme New York. Strictly beginners sequence ballroom dance lessons start Monday, March 19 7.30pm to
9.30pm until Monday April 23 at the Inglewood Club $2pp. These lessons will teach some of the dances for the upcoming ball such as waltz, foxtrot, cha cha rumba in a very relaxed friendly way.
SCOTTISH DANCING: The New Plymouth Scottish Dance Club meets Tuesdays at 7.30pm at Knox Presbyterian Church, Fitzroy. Partners not required. All ages welcome, soft shoes recommended. Contact Janice at 021 1789 616. TRIBAL FUSION DANCING: The Performing Arts Collective is happy to bring Tribal Fusion Dancing Taster classes during the April school holidays on Wednesday evenings, April 18 and April 25, 5.30-7.30pm and Saturday mornings April 21 and 28, 10am-12 at the Senior Citizens
Hall on Liardet Street. This style of belly dancing is great for toning and learning isolation moves. All inquiries to performingcollective@gmail.com or 0211492756.
TWINKLE TOES: Music and movement group for mothers and children birth to four. The second and fourth Wednesdays of the month 9.30 to 10.45-11am at Holy Trinity Hall, Henui St. Any information required please text or phone Helene on 0275 397 359. AMERICAN SQUARE DANCING: Free learners classes, all ages, no partners required. Every Thursday at 7.30 pm at Knox Church Hall, Fitzroy. Contact Margaret (06) 755-0090. DANCE CLASSES: WestCoast Swing Bachata Zouk Etc: Community dance classes at Ferndale Hall, Barry Street, NP every Wed, from April 11- May 16, 6.30-9.30pm. For information go to www.taranakidance.co.nz or contact Maria 027 727 1749.
DANCE SCHOOL: The Val Deakin Dance School teaches ballet, jazz, tap, modern (contemporary) and ballroom dance to all from preschoolers to octegenarians. Classes at the Dance Centre, 306 St Aubyn Street. For information phone Val or Jane 06 752 7743 or 027 694933. LINE DANCE: Sessions on Mondays at NPBC Hall, 50 Vivian Street. Basic Beginner 9.45am and 5.45pm, Beginner-Improver 11am and 7pm. $5 per session. Bring along a bottle of water and your sense of humour. Melissa 021 0230 2998.
SQUARE DANCING: If you are interested in learning or getting back into square dancing as a mode of gentle exercise and friendship please contact Ian or Jocelyn on 7581911 or email jgfrost@outlook.co.nz or we meet at the Brooklands Church hall on Bideford St behind the church on Mondays at 7.30-9.30pm.
LINE DANCING: New Plymouth Country Line Dancing is held at Ferndale Hall, Barry St, New Plymouth. On Tuesdays at 7.30pm and Thursdays at 10am, $3. Barbara (06) 755 1025 or just turn up. MODERN JIVE: Modern Jive dance classes provided by Clubdance every Thursday 7.30pm at the New Plymouth Club Level One. 55 Gill St, New Plymouth. For further information check out our website: www.clubdance.co.nz
MODERN AND OLD TIME: New Plymouth Modern and Old Time Dance Club welcomes you to sequence dancing, waltz, foxtrot, quickstep. Start 8pm at St Mary`s Peace Hall on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Phone Barbara on 7551025.
MORRIS DANCING: Try medieval aerobics at the Westend Scout Hall in Bonithon Ave on Thursdays at 7.30pm. We don’t meet every week so contact Janet 7584709 for details. It’s fun, free and keeping an old English tradition alive.
REPERTORY THEATRE : NP Lioness is hosting the Rep Play Roots and Wings, Tuesday May 8, 7.30 pm. Supper provided, $20pp. at Repertory Theatre, Broadmore St. Contact Marie Shotter 751 5075 or 027 612 6192 for tickets.
NP FILM SOCIETY: The Society’s next film showing at the Len Lye Cinema is on April 18 commencing at 6pm. The film is The Innocents .A 2016 Polish/French film by Anne Fontaine Further information is available on any of the NPFS 2018 screenings on the Film Society’s website: http://www.nzfilmsociety.org.nz/ new-plymouth.html. For any membership queries please email npfilmsociety@gmail.com
KIDS’ FLICKS: Animated stories from Mo Willems, the American writer and illustrator, screen every day through the school holidays in the Len Lye Centre Cinema, at 10.30am and 1.30pm weekdays, and 10.30am weekends. Entry is by donation.
PINK FLOYD: The Thursday night film at the Len Lye Centre Cinema is The Wall, on April 19 at 7pm. Entry is $15 or $12 concession. Book online. EXHIBITION FILM: In association with the Govett-Brewster exhibition Fiona Connor: Object Classrooms, the Len Lye Centre Cinema screens films and videos by the Los Angeles artist Judy Fiskin on Saturday April 21, 2 – 3pm.
AGNES MARTIN: The documentary With My Back Turned to the World about the abstract painter Agnes Martin screens at the Len Lye Centre Cinema on Saturday April 21 at 3.30pm. Entry is by donation. UPBEAT DOCO: The Len Lye
Centre Cinema screens the film The Bengali Detective about chubby, dance-obsessed private-detective Rajesh Ji and his motley band of helpers who tackle poisonings, adultery and the occasional murder on the frenzied streets of Kolkata. The film is free entry, booking essential, on Sunday April 22, 4pm. MANY FACES: Cate Blanchett acts as 13 personas in the film Manifesto, screening at the Len Lye Centre Cinema on Thursday April 26, 7pm. Entry is $15 or $12 concession. EVERYBODY’S THEATRE: Opunake. Wednesday April 18 Ready Player One 7pm; Throwback Thursday 19 School of Rock 7pm. Friday April 20 Peter Rabbit 1pm; Tomb Raider 7pm; Saturday 21 The Little Vampire 1pm; Pacific Rim Uprising 7pm; Sunday 22 Ready Player One 7pm; Monday 23 Peter Rabbit 1pm; Wednesday 25 The Little Vampire 1pm; Walking Out 7pm; Throwback Thursday 26 Gallipoli 7pm For more information please call 027 383 7926 or email everbodystheatre@gmail.com
MIND DRAWING: starting Saturday, April 28 until June 2. Duration is six Saturday mornings from 10ammidday at the Gables Studio in Brooklands Park. It will be a special ‘‘mind’’ drawing class for beginners and experienced students with a planned exhibition at the end of the course. Interested students can reply to me by email for more info : janhuijbnz@gmail.com or 06 753 6104.
ART CAFE: On show until the end of April are a series of works by local artist Dale Swift. These recent oil and acrylic works by Swift also use collage to depict a humorous aspect to her subjects. The Art Cafe´, situated in the Top Town movie complex, is open Monday – Friday from 8am - 4pm (3.30pm on Fridays) and Saturday from 10am – 3pm. Phone (06) 281 1183 for inquiries. FLORAL ART: The New Plymouth Floral Art Club meets on the second Monday of each month at the Holy Trinity Church Hall, Henui St, Fitzroy. Each club day consists of two meetings, the first from 1pm – 3.30pm and the second from 7pm (7.15pm start) – 9pm. Visitors most welcome. For further information contact the president, Pam Sims on 755 4915, secretary, Beryl Watson on 751 0309 or vice-president Shirley Dickson 758 9090.
FAMILY ART: Call in to the GovettBrewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre on Sunday afternoon for hands on, art making sessions for the whole family. From 1pm to 3pm, stay as little or as long as the kids are keen. Entry is by donation.
HOLIDAY ART: Drop in with the kids to the gallery and make art that surprises and inspires. The sessions are by donation and run 10am – 12pm and 1 – 3pm on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays of the school holidays (except Anzac day Wednesday April 25). See the GovettBrewster website for each day’s activities.
LITERATURE LOVERS: Meet author Megan Dunn who writes about art, mermaids and book selling. Megan will talk at the GovettBrewster Art Gallery’s Monica Brewster Evening on Thursday April 26 – 6 – 8pm. Entry is $15, $10 for friends, and students with ID free, refreshments provided.
ART INSIGHT: On Saturdays and Sundays, 11am – 11.30am, ask any questions you have and get an insight into the contemporary art exhibitions with a walk and talk with the gallery’s friendly staff. Entry is by donation.
QUIET TIME: Visit and explore the exhibitions at the gallery’s quietest time of the week, Mondays 3.30 – 5pm. This time is suitable for people within the autism spectrum and visitors who want some space in the galleries. Entry is by donation.