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This week's Highlight: In
storage: From 10am-2pm on Saturday, you can get a
free behind-the-scenes look at the Otago Settlers Museum's new
custom-built storage facility. Museum staff and members of the
Otago Settlers Association will be on hand to welcome you.
Romance beckons:
Pianist and violinist Sandra Crawshaw will be accompanied by
cellist David Murray and violinists Charlotte Frances and
Alex Vaatstra in the final Southern Sinfonia chamber music
concert for the year, featuring works by Dvorak, Mendelssohn
and Raff. "Romantic Indulgences" is on at 4.30pm on Sunday in
the Southern Sinfonia Rooms, first floor of the Carnegie
Centre. Tickets $15.
• Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from
10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Careys Bay Hotel.
Sunday, 3-6pm: Summer Jazz in the Courtyard with the Calder
Prescott Jazz Quartet
Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tonight,
9.30pm: Julian Temple Band tour launch with Baraka and the
Finish Hims.
Friday, 9pm: Andrew Keoghan.
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew
St.
Fridays, 5.30pm: Philtre Jazz Trio.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
Thursdays, 5pm: open mike night.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Wednesday, 8pm: I Jazz.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8pm.
Every Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.
Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon.
Tonight, 9.30pm: Seabeast.
Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Terry Ebeling; 10.30pm: DJ Dalboy.
Saturday, 11pm: DJ James.
Wednesday, 7pm: Bshed.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel.
Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night. Gear provided.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
Saturday, 9pm: Skuldubbery (live) with DJs Two Tone Tony,
Laafta, Jungle Fari, Rainmain, Jah Redbeard, and MC Winston
Smith.
• Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Preschool story
time, every Friday, 10.30am. Excludes school holidays. Free.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the
Octagon.
Ends tomorrow, 10am-4.30pm: using the materials provided,
create your own tartan, which will be added to the fun
Definitive Tartan Design Book. Knox Church, 449
George St.
Friday, 1.30-2.30pm: preschool music for children 0-5 and
carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave,
Mosgiel.
Preschool story time, every Tuesday, 11am.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for 7- to 12-year-olds (free).
Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the
information desk.
Weekends, 10.30am and 2pm, atrium level 1: children's
creative activities.
Weekends during November and December, noon and 3.30pm,
atrium level 1: Interactive Trolley - The Earth's
Riches.
Weekends during November and December, 2.30pm, search centre:
Origami: The Art of Folding Paper.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens
Gardens.
Until November 30: "Scots Wha'Hae: Scottish Week at the
Settlers Museum" Saturday, 10am-2pm: Otago Settlers Museum
open day. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the museum's
custom-built storage facility. Museum staff and members of
the Otago Settlers Association will be on hand to welcome
you. Free.
Saturday, 1pm-3pm: Christmas Decoration Making with Sara
Sinclair. Hands-on workshop packed with simple and delightful
decorations based on traditional European designs. Suitable
for all ages. $3 individual, $10 for a family.
Port Chalmers Library.
Preschool story time, every Wednesday, 11am.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at
the visitor centre.
• Music and performance
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Today, 12.15pm: "Organ Music for Christ the King", Organists:
Rhys Thorn, Karen Knudson and Peter Stockwell
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon. Friday:
Kathryn Roy; Saturday: Yuri Sim.
Sunday, 1.30pm: Beyondsemble.
St John's Church, 373 Highgate.
Sunday, 3pm: Concert for Samaritan's Purse "Clean Water for
Cambodia Appeal". Rare Byrds early music group with Sue Court
(lute, guitar) and Sarah Court (mezzo-soprano) perform music
of John Dowland and from medieval Europe.
• Plays
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
December 3-12 at 7.30pm, no show December 7, matinee December
6 at 2pm. New comedy "A cup of tea and a biscuit". Tickets
$10-$15.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Until December 12: Roger Hall's Four Flat Whites in
Italy.
Mayfair Theatre, King Edward St.
Until November 28, 7.30pm; A Christmas Carol.
• Talks and films
Department of preventive and social medicine, Adams
Building, Frederick St.
Saturday, 11am: Vijay Narayanan speaks on "Sahaj Marg
meditation: a way of exploring reality".
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the
Octagon.
Sunday, 1.30pm: Aaron Kreisler, curator at Dunedin Public Art
Gallery, will give a floor talk in the Kreisler
exhibition.
Sunday, 3pm: French film La Danse et Degas (52 mins
PG.) Edgar Degas' beautiful ballet paintings express a
fascination with backstage life at the Paris Opera. The film
is based on research undertaken for a major American
exhibition.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm. November daily talks: Monday: "Karetao
- a Maori puppet"; Tuesday: "Piopio"; Wednesday: "The
Lawrence Lions"; Thursday: "Kaka"; Friday: "New Zealand
ferns"; Saturday: "Otago skinks"; Sunday: "The dynamic Otago
Harbour".
Special Exhibition Gallery talk, daily at 4.30pm, free:
"Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking".
Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens:
Friday, 5.30pm: "A History of the Bagpipes": Aelred Edmunds
delivers an illustrated talk on the history of the pipes,
including demonstrations.
