Gigs
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
•Today, 9pm: Blast Off! with Emily Edrosa, Embedded Figures and Birdation. R18.
Sherwood, 554 Frankton Rd, Queenstown.
•Saturday, 8pm: Sam Hunt with David Kilgour and The Heavy 8s.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Monday, 5pm: ''Matariki - Share our Stories'', readings by Antony Deaker, Te Aomihia Rangihuna and Khyla Russell.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Sunday, 2pm: ''Once Upon a Sunday: Matariki'', story time with Kaitrin McMullan.
•Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am-2pm: Poi-making workshops with Naomi Genet.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
•Daily, 11am: Takahe feeding.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am and 3pm: ''The Best Science Show in the History of the World Ever!'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
•Daily 11am, also 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday: ''Butterflies' first flight'', Tropical Forest demonstration. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
Taieri Bowling Club, 12 Wickliffe St, Mosgiel.
•Wednesday, 7pm: Quiz night, fundraiser for Taieri Parents Centre and Lodge St John 84 wheelchair ramp. Teams of 4-6. Inquiries: 489-3321.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.
Music and performance
Alexandra Community Theatre, Skird St.
•Sunday, 3pm: The Central Otago Regional Orchestra presents ''A Celebration of Youth and Music'', with guest singer Simon Anderson.
Cromwell College Auditorium, Barry Ave, Cromwell.
•Saturday, 7pm: The Central Otago Regional Orchestra presents ''A Celebration of Youth and Music'', with guest singer Simon Anderson.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
•Today, 12.15pm-1pm: Otago Girls' and Boys' High School Choirs present choral music for young singers.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Sunday, 1pm: Katie Morgan plays easy-listening favourites on grand piano.
Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial St.
•Tomorrow to Monday: Michael Hill International Violin Competition semifinals.
St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: Peter Stockwell plays French repertoire by Dubois and Salome.
Thomas L Brown Gallery, 568 Speargrass Flat Rd, Lake Hayes.
•Sunday, 3pm: ''The Rhythm of Life'', Sue Patterson and the Remarkable Vocals choral ensemble perform show songs and jazz pieces for choir.
Film and Theatre
Central Cinema, Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Saturday, 2pm: One Water film screening. Talks and workshopsAlexandra Community House,14-20 Centennial Ave.
•Today, noon-2pm: ''From the Soil Up'' workshop on growing healthy food with soil scientist Cherryle Prew. Book at COREAP.
•Tomorrow, 12.15pm-1pm: ''Lunchbox conversation - Introduction to Sustainable Prosperity'', screening of TED talk by Prosperity without Growth author Tim Jackson, followed by discussion. BYO lunch. Book at COREAP.
Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum.
•Today, 3.30pm: ''What [in the World] Was Postmodernism?'' symposium creative panel, featuring readings by David Eggleton, Lynley Edmeades, Loveday Why and David Howard.
Cromwell Arts and Crafts Rooms, Inniscort St, Cromwell.
•Tuesday, 7pm: Trashion Show 2015 introductory evening, for prospective entrants to learn about creating wearable art from recycled materials.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, lower garden information centre.
•Tomorrow, noon: ''NZ Native Plants Used in the Manufacture of Maori Textiles'', HortTalk by Rua McCallum, of Toitu Otago Settlers Museum.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Wednesday, noon: Friends of the Library midyear lunch, with talk by Neil Collins.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Today, 5.30pm: Talk by British Council curator Katrina Schwarz in association with the ''Private Utopia'' exhibition.
•Sunday, noon: New Zealand Young Writers Festival Pecha Kucha evening. Series of short presentations on a variety of topics.
•Sunday, 3pm: Zina Swanson talks about her new exhibition, ''For Luck''.
•Wednesday, 11.15am: ''Tour for Tots'', baby-friendly half-hour tour of an exhibition.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Saturday, 2pm-4pm: ''The art of good housekeeping'' tour, bookings essential.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.
•Daily, 11.30am: ''Intersections'', Ralph Hotere exhibition gallery talk. Meet at information desk.
Wanaka Art Centre, Brownston St, Wanaka.
•Saturday, 10am-3pm: First in a four-week course of watercolour art classes with Susie Ruddenklau. Bookings essential.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
•Until June 28: ''Korero Koe, Korero Au'', Moana Tipa.
•Tomorrow to August 2: ''Stations of the Cross'', John Badcock.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
•Works by various artists.
Artica, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
•Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
•Until June 28: ''Winter stories'', Manu Berry and Pauline Bellamy; ''Collage'', Emma Chalmers.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
•''What Happens'', Cilla McQueen.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Until June 16: Wood carvings by Murray Sheppard.
•Tomorrow to August 9: ''Food For Thought'' photographic exhibition.
Cloakroom Gallery, cnr Ballarat and Stanley Sts, Queenstown.
•Until Tuesday: ''Impressions'', pottery exhibition.
Dead Souls Bookshop, 401B Princes St, Dunedin.
•Until June 15: ''Disorder'', new paintings by Robert Scott.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Until June 14: ''The hand of the artist is present'', Alice Alva (rear window project).
•Until June 14: ''Parallel Play'', works by Frances Hodgkins and her European contemporaries.
•Until August 9: ''Private Utopia'', contemporary art from the British Council Collection.
•Until August 16: ''Lace Collars and Calico: Textiles and Dress in the work of Frances Hodgkins''.
•Until August 30: ''For Luck'', Zina Swanson.
Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
•Until Sunday: ''We Are Here'', Juliet Novena Sorrel.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until June 30: ''Memorial Oaks'', tribute to fallen memorial oak trees; ''Look Again'', works by Colin Wheeler, from the gallery's collection.
•Until July 12: ''Erewhon: the book of the machines'' by Gavin Hipkins.
•Tomorrow to July 11: ''What is Art For #2: War Art'', artwork made during 1914-18 from the gallery's permanent collection.
Front Room Gallery, 10 Memorial St, Queenstown.
•Until Wednesday: Paintings and digital prints by Shaun Burdon.
Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and Main South Rd, Green Island.
•Displaying a variety of local artwork.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct
•Until June 21: ''Mapping the Terrain'', ceramics by Sue Rutherford.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
•Until June 18: Selected works.
Koru Gallery, 2 Castle St.
•Saturday to June 27: Puaka Matariki celebration exhibition, featuring works by local artists.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
•Tomorrow to July 19: ''The Night Wind Spins in the Sky and Sings'', by Liz Kempthorne.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
•Until June 24: ''Plain Song: three-part lyric suite'' by J.S. Parker; ''Growing in the 1960s and Other Stories ...'' by Terry Stringer.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
•Until June 11: ''Strangely Familiar'', photographs by Ryan McCauley.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•''Swimming Into Darkness'', Gretchen Albrecht.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Tomorrow to June 14: ''Escape Prism'', Anya Sinclair.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Until September 6: ''Intersections: Ceramics from Ralph Hotere's Personal Collection''.
•Today to September 27: 2015 Otago Wildlife Photography exhibition. Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
•Until June 14: ''By the Author of Waverley'', exhibition featuring Sir Walter Scott.
St Paul's Cathedral, Octagon.
•Until June 30: ''A Tent for the Sun'' and ''The Dawn Watch'' by Wallace Crossman.
•Hours: 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday, noon-4pm Sunday.
State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
•Until June 28: ''One'', by James Cousins, Saskia Leek and John Ward Knox. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sat, 11am-4pm.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
•''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
•Until Saturday: Loris Ives and Kate Springfield.
•Monday to June 20: Lorna Isaac and Riki Julin.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
•Until September 6: ''Cats 'n' Dogs: An Illustrated History''.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
