The Guide: What's on this week

A look at what's happening around Dunedin.

Gigs

Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.

The Bog, corner George and London Sts.
Every Sunday, 7.30pm.
Open mike night with Jae Bedford & Mimz Craig.
Everybody welcome, some gear provided.

Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Friday, 9pm: Benka Boradovsky Bordello Band & Nikonezna.
Saturday, 9pm: Emerald City.

Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St, Dunedin
Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, 5.30pm onwards.

Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
Thursdays, 5pm: open mike night.

Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Wednesday, 8pm: iJazz.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8pm.
Every Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.
Saturday, 9pm: Threefold.

Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.

Ra Café and Bar, 21 the Octagon.
Tonight, 8.30pm: Antz & Flanders.
Friday, 7.30pm: Jimmy Higgs; 11pm: DJ Slideshow.
Saturday, 11pm: DJ D-Fyance.

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.

Swell, St Clair Esplanade.
Friday, 5pm: Calder Prescott Jazz Duo.
Saturday, 3pm: Trevor Coleman and Nick Cornish; 6pm: The Swing of Things.
Sunday, 3pm: i. Jazz.

Terrace Bar, the Octagon.
Saturday, 10pm: Livewire.

Family fun

Blueskin Bay Library.
Preschool story time, every Friday, 10.30am.
Excludes school holidays.
Free.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Sunday, February 7, 2pm: Once Upon a Sunday.
Theme: Chinese Crackers.
Join professional storyteller Kaitrin McMullan and friends as she spins some magical tales bound to delight children of all ages.
Children's storypit.
Free.
Preschool story time, every Wednesday 10.30am.
Excludes school holidays.
Free.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Wednesday, February 10, 11.15am: Parents and caregivers: take part in a free baby-friendly half-hour tour of an exhibition at the gallery followed by a chat and a cup of tea on the mezzanine floor.
Nappy-changing facilities are located just off the foyer.
Free.

Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Friday, 2pm in the Downes Room.
Book chat.
Come along and share your favourite reads of the moment.
Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee.
Everyone welcome.
Free.
Friday 3.45pm-4.45pm in the Downes Room: Book Club for Kids.
Are you a bookworm or a chatterbox? Do you love to read? Join our book club, it's a fun way to socialise and talk about reading.
Every Tuesday, 11am, excludes school holidays: Storytime, suitable for preschool children and their caregivers.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for 7-12-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.

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

Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Friday, 12pm: Music and laughter with Mark Wilson.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon.
Friday: pianist James Yoo.
Easy listening, classical and café tunes.
Saturday: Jonny Dyas shows his compositional and improvisational talent with jazz originals on piano.

Regent Theatre, Octagon
Wednesday , February 10, 7.30pm: Seven Irish Tenors.

St Paul's Lounge, Oamaru, Saturday, 4pm: Oamaru Choral Society practice, all members.
New members welcome, especially tenors.

Talks and films

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Sundays, 1.30pm and Wednesdays, 12.30pm: Free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
An overview of some of the favourite and most treasured works in the collection.
Saturday, 3pm: DVD screening Sense and Sensation, an exploration of the arts in 18th-century London.
Sunday, 3pm: Curator Aaron Kreisler will give a floor talk in the exhibition "Tom Kreisler".

Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Monday February 8, 7.30pm: Dunedin Photographic Society.
Paul Donovan - Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea.
Print of the Month.
All welcome

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm.
Special exhibition gallery free talk daily at 4.30pm: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking".
Daily gallery talks for February: Monday: The Monowai, Tuesday: Takahe, Wednesday: Moeraki Boulders, Thursday: The Dunedin Volcano, Friday: Samurai, Saturday: The Yellow Eyed Penguin, Sunday: Maori cloaks.

Exhibitions

Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until February 24: "Geo-morph", by Andrew Craig.
Until February 28: " Steal", by Sam Mahon.

Art Upstairs, corner Ardmore and Helwick Sts, Wanaka.
Celebrate Jon Thom's new paIntings on Sunday, February 7, with "Bubbles on the Deck" at 11am.
Jon will briefly introduce his work. Open daily, Wanaka lakefront.

The Artist's Room. 2 Dowling St.
"A Gathering of Quirk" by Tony Cribb, Crispin Korschen, Cheryl Oliver & Hayley Hamilton.

Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
"The Grad Show". Experimental and innovative art works created by recent graduates from the Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Arts.
This year's exhibition will feature works by Debbie Adamson, Gwen Hudson, John Paxie, Alex MacKinnon, Lars Preisser and Jesse Simons.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
"Six Spiromorphs", by Barry Brickell.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Until March 15: "Flight & Light", An exhibition by NZ wildlife painter Rebecca Gilmore and NZ landscape photographer Greg Slui.
Open 9am-6pm.

De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
Doc Visitors Centre, Aoraki/Mt Cook.
"Documenting the nesting season of a pair of wild NZ falcon", photography by Donna Falconer.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor.
Until February 8: "Rogues Gallery: the Villains of Charles Dickens".
Meet the unsavoury characters that are part of the Dickensian charm.
Free.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
"Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Until February 28: Cho Duck Hyun, "Dark Water: the Antipodes Project".
An installation produced by South Korean artist Cho Duck Hyun in Auckland last year, this work continues the artist's interest in the effect of migration on recent social and cultural history.
Ongoing: "Poseur".
Portraits from the gallery's collection.
Until February: Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere: "P. R. O. P".
Until February: "Tom Kreisler" - works spanning a 30-year period.
Until March: Ronnie van Hout "Rear Window".
Until May: Taryn Simon: "An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar".

Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by six peninsula artists.

The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
"Sweet As" - Prints by Jason Kelly, Rita Angus, Hamish Allan, Ron Esplin, Barry Ross Smith, Diana Adams.
Chairs by James Stewart, Ceramics by Marjorie Hay, Ro McQueen, Judy Ringland Stewart and others.

Harris Smith Art, 86-88 Bond St.
Paintings by Jeffrey Harris, sculptures by Nicole Page-Smith.
Open Monday-Saturday, 1pm-2pm, or by appointment.

Heartland World Heritage Hotel, Haast Junction.
Until February 20: "Stranded" an exhibition of prints, etchings by Liz Hawker and photographs by Gilbert van Reenen about Davey Louston's Sealing Gang stranded on the Open Bay Islands from 1810-1814.

Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
Until February 20: "On Vacation: A History of Holidaying in Southern New Zealand".
Open Monday-Friday 9.30am-5pm, Saturday 9am-noon.

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Until February 6: "Holy Cow", drawings and paintings by Liz Rowe.

Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until February 28: "Showing Favourites". Historical and contemporary art from local private collections.

Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until February 24: Elizabeth Rees, "In Motion".

Milford Galleries, Queenstown.
Until February 17: "Summer Show": paintings, ceramics and glass works; and "Works on Paper:" Dick Frizzell, Penny Stotter, Julie Ross.

North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Until May: "Sweat and Starch": textiles from the museum's collections. Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, 1st floor, open daily.
From Saturday until February 28: Summer Exhibition.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until May 23: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, level 3, free.
Until April 19: "Charles Brasch: A great good man", People of the World Gallery, level 2.
Until May: "Dinosaur Eggs and Babies", Special Exhibitions Gallery, level 1.

Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", interactive exhibition about Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Until June: "Willkommen to Dunedin: A History of German-speaking People in Otago".
Until February 28: "Square and Compasses: Freemasonry in New Zealand."
Shares the history and traditions of Freemasonry.
Until February 28: "Built to Last: Engineering in Otago".
Examines more than 150 years of engineering achievement in Otago - the development of telecommunications and transportation networks, water and wastewater systems, mining industries, electricity supplies, buildings, bridges and more.

Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
"Catlins Bound": watercolours by Fergus Sutherland.

Renaissance Gallery and Sculpture Garden, corner Junction Rd and Matai St, Ravensbourne.
Until February 24: "Summer Show".
A group show of work by 20 artists.
Open: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays noon-5pm.

Savoy Building, corner of Princes St and Moray Pl.
Until Saturday: Quilters and Patchworkers of Otago exhibition.
Exhibition hours 10am-4pm. Entry is free.

South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
Until February 27: "New Work", recent paintings by Ollie Crooks.

Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until February 14: Louise Thompson Parker & Judy Ringland Stewart.

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until March 1: Ceramics and art-work by Dunedin artist Stewart Larson.

Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
Until February 27: Ruth Myers, "And of no obvious use".