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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> 47<br />
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Thursday <strong>June</strong> 8 <strong>2017</strong><br />
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to offer in a beautiful setting with<br />
live entertainment and more. Pull<br />
on a hat and scarf and get along<br />
for some tasty treats.<br />
Cathedral Square<br />
FRIDAY-SATURDAY, 7.30PM<br />
DON’T DATE ANDROIDS<br />
Hagley <strong>The</strong>atre Company<br />
presents a new work by Stefan<br />
Alderson. Zac Thomas is at<br />
the trial of his life. He admits<br />
strangling his girlfriend Ida<br />
Aceseron, but did he commit<br />
murder or was he defending<br />
himself against an out-of-control<br />
android? You, as a jury, decide<br />
in this courtroom drama, while<br />
examining your own prejudices<br />
on what it means to be human.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Open Stage, 510 Hagley<br />
Ave<br />
SATURDAY, 2-3.30PM<br />
DYING WELL IN BELGIUM<br />
A free public talk from world<br />
expert in medically-assisted<br />
dying, Jan Bernheim, from<br />
Belgium. This will be followed<br />
by a discussion about voluntary<br />
euthanasia, palliative care and the<br />
laws around it. Light refreshments<br />
will be provided.<br />
Burnside Bowling Club, 330<br />
Avonhead Rd<br />
SATURDAY, 4-10PM<br />
MID-YEAR LATINO MARKET<br />
<strong>The</strong> Latino Market offers a lot<br />
more than a simple market.<br />
Authentic Latin street food,<br />
live music, dance workshops,<br />
performances, cocktails, beers<br />
and wine. This is your chance to<br />
experience Latin culture without<br />
leaving the city. Gold coin<br />
donation.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gym, Christchurch Arts<br />
Centre<br />
SATURDAY, 7.30PM<br />
JUBILATE SINGERS<br />
<strong>The</strong> Jubilate Singers present From<br />
the Antipodes, featuring seven<br />
New Zealand composers and<br />
a world premiere of poems by<br />
Christchurch poet Ursula Bell.<br />
Directed by Susan Densem, with<br />
Carolyn Johnson, piano, Matthew<br />
Lee, flute, and Anna Hoetjes,<br />
soprano. Tickets cost $25 and will<br />
include a light supper. Book at<br />
www.nutpoint.org or phone 342<br />
1033.<br />
Nut Point Centre, Langdales<br />
Rd, West Melton<br />
SATURDAY, 10AM-NOON<br />
WORLDWIDE KNIT IN<br />
PUBLIC DAY<br />
Go along and celebrate worldwide<br />
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, 7.30PM.<br />
SATURDAY, 3PM AND<br />
7.30PM<br />
BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM<br />
FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR<br />
<strong>The</strong> Banff Mountain Film Festival<br />
is the largest festival of its kind,<br />
screening in 40 countries across<br />
the globe. This year’s tour will<br />
feature a collection of the most<br />
inspiring action, environmental,<br />
and adventure films in the world.<br />
Travel to exotic landscapes and<br />
remote cultures and get up-close<br />
and personal with adrenalinepacked<br />
action sports and the<br />
exhilarating exploration of the<br />
mountain world.<br />
Aurora Centre, Burnside<br />
High School, $25/$15<br />
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, 7.30PM.<br />
SATURDAY, 2PM. SUNDAY,<br />
4PM<br />
A RICCARTONIAN PALACE<br />
OF VARIETIES<br />
Now into its 22nd year, Riccarton<br />
Players annual variety show<br />
promises to deliver an exciting<br />
array of music, sketches, fun,<br />
frolics and mayhem from bygone<br />
eras.<br />
Christchurch South<br />
Intermediate School<br />
FRIDAY, 4-9PM<br />
FRIDAY FOOD MARKET<br />
Enjoy the final Friday winter<br />
street food market, and the<br />
bringing together of the best food<br />
trucks and food stalls the city has<br />
COMMUNITY MARKET<br />
Thursday, 8.30am-1pm, 51 Pages Rd<br />
MT PLEASANT FARMERS’<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturday, 9.30am-12.30pm,<br />
McCormacks Bay Rd<br />
knit in public day on Saturday.<br />
Take your knitting, crochet or<br />
felting and join in with a casual<br />
get-together and group knit.<br />
Explore the library’s range of<br />
knitting books. Pick up some<br />
tips from like-minded people<br />
and have a tea or coffee while<br />
enjoying a chat. All ages and<br />
abilities are welcome to attend.<br />
Free entry.<br />
Central Library, 87-91<br />
Peterborough St<br />
SATURDAY, 7PM<br />
HOW WE SURVIVE –<br />
POETRY SLAM<br />
How We Survive is a feminist<br />
spoken word performance,<br />
featuring internationallyacclaimed<br />
poets Olivia Hall<br />
and Carrie Rudzinski. This<br />
two-woman show presents a<br />
powerful and honest narrative<br />
on what it is to be a woman<br />
living and surviving in <strong>2017</strong>. <strong>The</strong><br />
show addresses social issues,<br />
ranging from rape culture to<br />
LYTTELTON FARMERS’<br />
MARKET<br />
Saturdays, 10am-1pm, London St<br />
OPAWA FARMERS’ MARKET<br />
Sundays, 9am-noon, 275<br />
Fifield Tce<br />
body image. Hailing from New<br />
Zealand and the United States<br />
respectively, Hall and Rudzinski<br />
blend their voices into a powerful<br />
performance, which promises<br />
to heal, nurture and spark<br />
discussion.<br />
Space Academy, 371 St<br />
Asaph St<br />
SUNDAY, 2PM<br />
NEW ZEALAND DOCTORS’<br />
ORCHESTRA<br />
Enjoy some wonderful music<br />
played by the doctors’ orchestra,<br />
which is made up of 50 doctors<br />
and medical students from<br />
throughout New Zealand. All<br />
proceeds from the ticket sales<br />
will be donated to the Nurse<br />
Maude Hospice. <strong>The</strong> orchestra<br />
will perform music from Rossini,<br />
Mozart and Beethoven, and<br />
feature Duncan Watts, flute,<br />
Vanessa Souter, harp, and Mark<br />
Hodgkinson, conductor.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Piano Centre, 156<br />
Armagh St<br />
<strong>The</strong> great taste<br />
of Hornby’s<br />
Curry Garden<br />
has come to<br />
Wainoni!<br />
WAINONI OPENING DINNER SPECIAL<br />
FREE NAAN<br />
ONE NAAN BREAD WITH ALL ORDERS<br />
OFFER AVAILABLE AT WAINONI OUTLET FROM 4PM.<br />
OFFER EXPIRES FRIDAY 30-JUN-17. CONDITIONS APPLY<br />
WAINONI STORE OPEN 7 DAYS, LUNCH 12PM - 2PM & DINNER FROM 4PM<br />
LUNCH COMBO SPECIAL<br />
CURRY + RICE<br />
+ NAAN + DRINK$9 99<br />
OFFER AVAILABLE AT WAINONI OUTLET<br />
FROM 12PM - 2PM & HORNBY OUTLET<br />
WAINONI Takeaway | 84a Wainoni Rd | ph 03 381 4512<br />
HORNBY Eat In/Takeaway | Shop No 304a DressMart |Hornby | ph 03 344 1<strong>08</strong>0
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