COMING UP & GOING ON in JULY 2014
GREERTON VILLAGE
“CRAZY SEXY KNITTERS” PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION
Until the end of July 2014
From Victoria Thomas, Greerton Mainstreet Manager: The idea seemed crazy at first than 30 knitters hunkered down in lounges, at cafes and learning institutions (and in some case from as far away as England!) turning kilometres of scrap yarn into brightly coloured tree socks! way as England!), turning kilometres of brightly coloured yarn into tree socks. Then as the sunny days turned into winter, these zany yarn artists fixed their sights on the naked cherry blossom trees of Greerton Village.
The 2014 yarn bomb project is themed around fairy tales and nursery rhymes. A public art installation, it brings together people of all ages and abilities to unleash their creative talents to brighten up our community in an otherwise dull season.
Greerton Mainstreet is a driving force behind the project and manager Victoria Thomas has been delighted to see the group grow. This year it includes the teachers, children, parents and grandparents of the local kindy in the project, who have created their very own tree inspired by the children’s favourite story Rapunzel. Other creations this year include a tree inspired by the popular Disney story Frozen and last year’s popular breast cancer survivor has grown to include characters from Snow White and a few references to the nursery rhymes Hickory Dickory Dock and little Miss Muffet.
The effort that all the artists have gone to this year is incredible, says Victoria. Visitors to Greerton will enjoy seeing the installations and the amazing creativity behind them.
The art pieces will be on display until around the end of July when they will be stored and restored in time for next year’s yarn bombing exhibitions, along with new creations.
For more information check out the Greerton Village website
www.greertonvillage.org.nz or contact Victoria Thomas (07) 571 6347
GREERTON VILLAGE SQUARE
illuminART STREET LIGHT ART SHOW
19th July 2014
Greerton Village Square’s unique is transformed with vibrant displays of light forms celebrating great artistic talents from in and around the local community
www.greertonvillage.org.nz www.facebook.com/greertonvillage
GREERTON LIBRARY
EUGENE VAN DER MERWE EXHIBITION
until 29th July 2014
7 images of British and Maori
DETOUR THEATRE
HAY FEVER
Until 05 July 2014
A house party with a difference
For information phone 07 571 0752
TAURANGA ART GALLERY
TERRY STRINGER: LANDSCAPE OF THE HEAD
until 03 August 2014
INNOCENTS ABROAD
until 17 August 2014
Photographic works around the colonial Pacific.
ART101
Until 07 September 2014
Encouraging curiosity about art. Drawing on Tauranga Art Gallery and other New Zealand public and private galleries collections, and A to Z!
BLACK RAINBOW: A TE PAPA TOURING EXHIBITION OF THE WORK OF RALPH HOTERE & MICHAEL PAREKOWHAI
Until 12 October 2014
Works by Ralph Hotere and an ornately carved Steinway grand piano by Michael Parekowhai – He korero purakau mo te awanui o te motu: story of a New Zealand river. 15 minute playing sessions are available per person at designated times.
Bookings essential frontofhouse@artgallery.org.nz Phone 578 7933
PROMISE and PROMISCUITY
03 July 2014, 7pm A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton
Tickets from the Tauranga Art Gallery: $25 general; Friends of the Gallery and Students $20.
Tauranga Art Gallery, 108 Willow Street, Tauranga Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933
KIDS ART STUDIOS
07 – 18 July 2014
Explore pattern and mark making $15. per child per studio session. Classes limited to 15 or les. For more information and bookings Phone 578 7933
TAURANGA CITY LIBRARIES
MATARIKI CELEBRATING NEW BEGINNINGS
Until 29 July 2014
Exhibitions, Performances, Workshops, Community Events, Children’s Programme, and
MATARIKI MAORI BOOK SALE
02 July 2014 from 5.30pm
Withdrawn books from the Tauranga Library’s collection of Maori Books. Take advantage of the Library making room for new books.
library.tauranga.govt.nz/library-a-z/matariki.aspx
TAURANGA PARK AUDITORIUM
TAURANGA MUSICA 2014 CONCERT SERIES
20 July 2014
For more information visit www.taurangamusica.co.nz Phone 07 576 6774
BAYCOURT COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
THE WIGGLES APPLES & BANANAS TOUR
02 July 2014, 10am
NZSO 2104: WOUNDED HEARTS
03 July 2014, 7.30pm
TAKE ME HOME: THE MUSIC AND LIFE OF JOHN DENVER
14 July 2014, 8pm
NO HOLDS BARD: MICHAEL HURST
17 & 18 July, 7.30pm
Tickets $20 – $35 + service fees from Baycourt Box Office www.ticketek.co.nz 0800TICKETEK
NICK: AN ACCIDENTAL HERO
27 July, 7.30pm
“the true story of an ordinary man overcoming extraordinary challenges”
Tickets $25 + service fees & charges Baycourt Box Office www.ticketek.co.nz 0800TICKETEK
OKAREKA DANCE COMPANY: MANA WAHINE
29 July 2014; 7.30pm
An all female contemporary dance performance exploring strength, power, integrity and beauty within women.
Tickets $30.00 DANZ member $25.00 Student ID $25.00 Groups of 6+ $25.00
For more information visit www.ticketek.co.nz
Tickets 0800 842 538 Phone 07 577 7189
LIGHTWAVE GALLERY
THE EARLY YEARS OF NIKOLAI EAGLESTONE AKA RAYGUN REX
A unique on-going project of original drawings by artist and photographer Ken Wright and associated artefacts and artwork.
BOYS TOYS
Extended until the end of July 2014
another quirky, fun and eclectic group exhibition.
Lightwave Gallery, 31 Totara Street, Mount Maunganui Look for Gallery signage on the right of Totara Street going towards the Mount. Parking available immediately outside the Gallery. Outdoor seating also available. www.lightwavegallery.co.nz + 64 7929 7573 021 995 092
TAURANGA RACECOURSE
MIDWINTER MYSTERY DINNER SHOW
To 09 August 2014
Interactive Murder Mystery.
Information Phone 07 574 1672
WHAKAMAX CINEMA
MET OPERA ROSSINI LA CENERENTOLA
02 July 2014
100 The Strand, Whakatane 3120
Tickets: 07 308 7623
ROTORUA MUSEUM
SAFETY IN NUMBERS: JOHN ROY SUITE OF INSTALLATIONS
until 13 July 2014
HIS OWN STEAM: THE WORK OF BARRY BRICKELL
Until 24 August 2014
“A new exhibition celebrating one of New Zealand’s most enduring potters is now showing at the Rotorua Museum. His Own Steam: The Work of Barry Brickell is the first significant survey of Brickell’s work and brings together about 50 works that span more than 60 years of making…The exhibition follows Brickell’s other passions notably his staunch enthusiasm for both trains and environmental restoration…” His Own Steam was curated by Dowse Art Museum Senior Curator Emma Bugden and Sociologist David Craig in close partnership with Barry Brickell. The exhibition is toured by The Dowse Art Museum. (Exhibition information provided by the Rotorua Museum.)
The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm during the months of March to November.
www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz Phone +64 7 350 1814
Monday 30 June – Friday 11 July 2014 · 9am – 5pm
TOP ART Featuring top secondary school Visual Art portfolios, toured by NZQA
FREE with admission
GREAT WAR STORIES ROTORUA REMEMBERS WORLD WAR ONE
02 July – 02 November 2014
This exhibition tells some of the many powerful and diverse stories from World War One through objects and memories contributed by the Rotorua Community
STORYTIME AT THE ROTORUA MUSEUM
13 July 2014, 10.30am
In conjunction with Rotorua Library
FREE with admission
WORLD WAR ONE FLOOR TALK WITH CHRIS RAPLEY
20 July 2014 · 2pm
FREE with admission
The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm during the months of March to November.
For more information www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz Phone 07 350 1814
BLUE BATHS ROTORUA
CREATION FEST
15- 19 July 2014
Mind-blowing wearable art, breathtaking live performance and innovative short films.
5 shows. 3 elements
For more information www.creationfest.co.nz Phone 07 350 2199
WHAKATANE LIBRARY & EXHIBITION CENTRE
TROY BAKER PHOTOGRAPHY
To 13 July 2014
Whakatane Community Board Gallery
CHRISTOPERGEORGE CAISLEY PHOTOGRAPHER
18 July 2014 – 31 August 2014
PATRICIA LONG & HEATHER HOURIGAN
18 July 2014 – 07 September 2014
Sheaff Family Gallery Theme Undertow
Weekdays 9am-5pm Sat and Sun 10-2pm
49 Whakahoroa Drive, Whakatane 3120
www.whakatanemuseum.org.nz Phone + 64 7 306 6509
AUGUST AND ONWARDS:
TAURANGA ART GALLERY
MID WINTER POETRY & ART BASH
01 August, 6-9pm
Poetry recital from three poets and an artist,
Free Admission. Nibbles Provided. Bar Available
Three exciting new poets and a respected artist will light up the Tauranga Art Gallery on Friday, August 1, with an entertaining and colourful mid-winter recital. Ground-breaking Tauranga artist Talulah Belle Lautrec-Nunes will be joined by rousing poets Fritz Buijn, Beverly Hollister-Jones and Keith Nunes for the creative event starting at 6pm.
Keith has been published in such leading New Zealand journals as Landfall, Poetry NZ and Takahe and has a chapbook called Crashing the Calliope in circulation. Hear poems read at poetry recitals around the North Island. Fritz is studying poetry through Whitireia Polytechnic, Wellington, and has seen his expressive and evocative poetry published in Poetry NZ and
Blackmail Press. Hear poems also read at a number of recitals around the Tauranga area.
Beverly has bounded into the poetry scene with vibrant works and has been published in Valley Micropress among others. She holds degrees in biblical studies and religious studies and an honours diploma in fine art. Talulah, who exhibits in more than 10 art galleries around the country, will gives insights into her creative process and will have new palette knife works on show at the recital.
Contacts: Talulah 543-9332, talulah@ihug.co.nz; Keith 543-9332, kwn@ihug.co.nz
THE MILES ART AWARD 2014
08 August – 12 October 2014
108 Willow Street, Tauranga Admission is free but donations are greatly appreciated
For more information visit www.artgallery.org.nz Phone 07 578 7933
QUEEN ELIZABETH YOUTH CENTRE
DUNKLEYS GREAT NZ CRAFT SHOW
01 August
Crafts, Crafts, Crafts for everyone
BAYCOURT COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
THE TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA
03 August 2014, 2.30pm
THE NIGHT IS YOUNG
13 August 2014 7.30pm
Secondary Schools performing arts showcase
ARTS ON TOUR: MUNTED
15 August 2014, 7.30pm
Based on the Christchurch Earthquake
LAUGHING SAMOANS PRESENT: FRESH OF DA BLANE
30 August 2014, 8pm
OKLAHOMA
06 September 2014, 4pm & 8pm
RUSSIAN NATIONAL DANCE SHOW – KOSTROMA
11 November 2014, 7.30pm
NZSO 2014: TUSCAN SUMMER
28 November 2014, 7.30pm
For more information visit www.ticketek.co.nz
Tickets 0800 842 538 Phone 07 577 7189
CARGO SHED
THE BETHLEHEM COLLEGE ART EXHIBITION
August-September 2014
Dive Crescent, Tauranga
GRAHAM YOUNG THEATRE, TAURANGA BOYS COLLEGE
Saturday 9th August, 7.30 pm
WAIHI BEACH COMMUNITY CENTRE
Sunday 10th August, 2 pm
BAY OF PLENTY SYMPHONIA LEGACY TRUST ‘MAJOR KEYS’
Bay of Plenty Symphonia returns to a classical theme for its next orchestral concerts. The title is ‘Major Keys’ because all three items on the programme are in sunny major keys – and because the solo instrument in Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s lively Concerto in D major has lots of keys! It’s the marimba (not to be confused with the xylophone!) – a percussion instrument with a mellow and deep sound producing a very rich repertoire of colours. Originally this Spanish-influenced concerto was written for guitar, but it is particularly suitable for the marimba, as both instruments cover a similar pitch range; textures such as strumming also work well on the marimba.
The Symphonia’s soloist in this tuneful 20th Century concerto is Yoshiko Tsuruta, the only dedicated marimbist in New Zealand. She won the prestigious New Zealand School of Music concerto Competition and the National Concerto Competition, before furthering her marimba studies in Europe. Because of the instrument’s large size, Yoshiko’s concert performance is not only wonderful to hear, but also very visual, as she almost seems to dance around her marimba. This will be a real ‘audience experience’ and a great way of introducing the next generation to classical music.
The concert programme will open with Wagner’s ‘Siegfried Idyll’, a beautiful lullaby written after the birth of his son Siegfried in 1870. Finally, the orchestra will play one of Beethoven’s most popular symphonies, the rhythmic and optimistic 7th in A major.
For more information visit www.bopsymphonia.org.nz
Tickets for Sat 09 August (Graham Young Theatre) www.iticket.co.nz or Creative Tauranga, Willow Street, Tauranga and Sun 10 August (Waihi Beach Community Centre) www.iticket.co.nz or United Video and Molly’s, Waihi Beach and Information Centre, Katikati
ROTORUA MUSEUM
PHANTOM CITY INTERACTIVE ART SPACE
Every Sunday in August 2014 · 10am – 3pm
FREE with admission
PHANTOM CITY FLOOR TALK WITH KARL CHITHAM
Thursday 7 August 2014 · 10am
FREE with admission
The Rotorua Museum Oruawhata Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua is open daily from 9am – 5pm during the months of March to November.
For more information www.rotoruamuseum.co.nz Phone 07 350 1814
WHAKATANE LIBRARY & EXHIBITION CENTRE
MOLLY MORPETH CANADAY 3D AWARD
August 2014
Biennial Exhibition promoting excellence in 3 dimensional form
Weekdays 9am-5pm Sat and Sun 10-2pm
49 Whakahoroa Drive, Whakatane 3120
www.whakatanemuseum.org.nz Phone 07 306 6509
WAR MEMORIAL HALL COMPLEX WHAKATANE
THE TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA
08 August 2014, 7.30pm
Sentimental Music from the Frank Sinatra Songbook
Short Street, Whakatane
Tickets www.ticketek.co.nz Phone 0800 842 538
THE RIALTO THEATRE
THE NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (NZIFF)
Tauranga NZIFF screenings 21 August – 14 September 2014
The first four festival films are confirmed for 2014. All four films have a musical theme and will screen in July, August and September around New Zealand with NZIFF.
20, 000 DAYS ON EARTH + PULP + FRANK + JIMI-ALL IS BY MY SIDE
www.nziff.co.nz
Confirmed dates are:
Auckland 17 July – 3 August
Wellington 25 July – 10 August
Dunedin (with Gore) 31 July – 17 August, Gore 13 – 24 August
Christchurch (with Nelson) 7 – 24 August, Nelson 6 – 24 August
Central North Island: 20 August – 14 September
(Napier 20 August – 7 September | Tauranga 21 August – 14 September |
Hamilton 21 August – 14 September)
Lower North Island: 3 – 21 September
Masterton 3 – 17 September | New Plymouth and Palmerston North 4 – 21
September)
For NZIFF updates visit www.nziff.co.nz and register to receive e-newsletters.
NATIONAL POETRY DAY
22 August 2014
In conjunction with the New Zealand Post Book Awards
OPUS ORCHESTRA: The Waikato/Bay of Plenty’s Orchestra
Hamilton 12th September 2014, 8pm, Tauranga 13th September 2014, 7.30pm, Rotorua 14th September 2-014, 3pm
Programme is the same for all three venues
For more information and tickets: www.opusorchestra.org.nz
