COMING UP

■ Arts + Climate Innovation: The Role of the Arts

Where: Hastings Community Arts Centre When: Sunday, August 19, 4-6pm

Info: FREE event. Register via Eventbrite: trackzero-hastings.eventbrite.co.nz

■ Improve your Sewing Skills

Choose a project and complete it under the guidance of experienced tutor Christina Rhodes. Supply your own fabrics and patterns and kit.

When: Wednesdays for seven weeks, starting August 8, 6-8.30pm.

Where: EIT.

Cost: $220.

Info: raewynis@eit.ac.nz

■ East exhibition

When: August 11-November 11

Where: Hastings City Art gallery, 201 Eastbourne St, Hastings. There will also be work by two East artists on display at MTG Hawke’s Bay in Napier, an exhibition of EIT postgraduate honours arts students at Kinross and Co Wool Store, off West Quay in Napier.

Info: East is an exhibition of works by 23 artists with connections to Hawke’s Bay — from the internationally-known to emerging. For more information phone 06-871 5095.

■ Bay Con board game event When: Saturday, August 25, 10am-10pm; Sunday, August 27, 10am-4pm.

Where: Taradale Intermediate.

Info: Check out the Geeks Guild on Meet up and Facebook.

■ Adobe Illustrator Night Class

Learn how to use Illustrator to create posters, logos and patterns, laser cutting and engraving designs.

When: Thursdays for seven weeks, starting August 9, 6-8.30pm.

Where: EIT.

Cost: $220.

Info: raewynis@eit.ac.nz

■ Aroha Quartet: Light & Dark concert When: Tuesday, August 14, 7pm-9pm Where: Lantern Room, Havelock North Function Centre, 30 Te Mata Road, Havelock North.

Info: For tickets check out 0800 BUY TIX (289 849)