SPORT, EXERCISE & OUTDOORS
Koha Yoga. Friday nights, 5.45pm6.45pm. 4InspiredMovement Studio, Jackson St, Petone. Supporting Lower Hutt Food Bank, bring a canned grocery item. All levels Yin Yang Yoga Saints Softball Club - Benny Luke Memorial Tournament 2016: Fraser Park, November 5-6, starting at 10am on Diamonds 1 and 2. Come watch the best women’s softball teams in the Greater Wellington Region. St Margaret’s Church Annual Fair: Saturday, October 29. 10am1pm. St Margaret’s Church, Dunns St, Silverstream. Wainuiomata Playcentre: Celebrating 60 years on Saturday 19 November from noon-3pm at Wainuiomata Playcentre. Sausage sizzle, planting of native tree to commemorate, birthday cake and lotsmore for all the family. For all queries please contactMel on 021 151 0689 orWainuiomata Playcentre Facebook page. Danzworx present Dreams and Memories: The Gillies Group Theatre at Expressions. December 3, 1pm and 6.30pm, December 4 1pm. Adult $20.50, Senior/Child $15.50. English Country Dancing: St Margaret’s Church, Silverstream, Monday afternoons, 1pm to 2.30pm, ph Stella 972 0783 or Ruth 528 8332. The ABBA Show: Gillies Group Theatre. Expressions, Friday, October 28, 8pm. Tickets $59. Direct from Australia, and following more than 5000 international shows, the world’s premier live ABBA tribute – The ABBA Show – is coming to town! The 8th Count present ‘‘The Time Machine’’: The Gillies Group Theatre at Expressions. December 17-18, 3pm. Adult $20, Child (12 and under) $12. 12 Emotions in aMinute: Expressions, Upper Hutt, until November 7. The exhibition celebrates how creativity can support everyone’s mental wellbeing. Colourwheel Group: Odlins Art Gallery Cnr Mytle and Huia Streets, October 26-November 6. Daily 10am-4pm. Exhibition and Sale of Paintings, affordable Christmas presents. Creative Spaces Capsule Project Exhibition: Including work by MIX
THEATRE, FILM & DANCE EXHIBITIONS
BE BLOWN AWAY BY BLUEGRASS
For their third album, The Cattlestops bought back some old members and added some new ones. To celebrate, they are performing a one-off show at the Wellington Bluegrass Society. Album ‘‘Dance in the Rain’’ shows the songwriters in pensive and occasionally nostalgic mood, with genres ranging from rural acoustic country and J.J. Calestyle ‘‘swamp’’ grooves to driving blues and country rock reminiscent of B.B King and the Allman Brothers. They play on October 28, 8pm at 54 Richmond St, Petone. Entry is $20 for adults and $15 for children. artists. 10-4pm Mon-Fri until Fri 21 October at Arts on High, 191 High St. Sisters of Syria Stitching Together: Exhibition atWar Memorial Library, 2 Queen’s Drive: October 17– 28. Creative stitching projects by former refugee women, funded by Hutt City Creative Communities. Splash 2016: New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1 Queens Wharf, Wellington. Watercolour New Zealand’s national watercolour exhibition. Guest artist Philip Markham. Until October 30 . Free. Three Amigos: MIX Gallery, 212 Hutt City Lunchtime Concert: Victoria Jaenecke, Viola, Bruce Cash, Piano and Organ. Works by Eccles,Kodaly,and Ravel, St Mark’s Church, Woburn Rd, Lower Hutt, Wed, October 26, 12.15-1pm. Koha entry. Hutt Valley Community Choir: Knox Church Hall, 574 High St, mixed choir open to all ages with no experience needed and no auditions, meets Tuesdays, 7pm The Hutt Valley Ukulele Orchestra: Hutt Irish Society Club, 12 Raroa Rd, meetsWednesdays, 6.30-8pm and on Thursdays, 7-8.30pm at the Petone Working Men’s Club. Ukulele Classes in Naenae: Naenae Community Hall, Everest Ave, all welcome to play the ukulele, and enjoy a coffee and chat, Thursdays, 1pm-2.30pm, entry by koha, contact Christine 567 7446. Wellington Country & Western Music Club: Avalon Park Pavilion, newmembers welcome, meets every second Sunday, 7pm. For more info call Alan on 934 7440
MUSIC & COMEDY