Gigs
Inch Bar, 8 Bank St.
•Saturday, 8.30pm: Shakes, Ewan and Dooley.
New Edinburgh Folk Club, 50 Dundas St.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: American night, with backing band The Gnashville Katz.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
•Tomorrow, 8.30pm: The Whirling Eddys.
•Today, 8pm: Don McGlashan, Lucky Stars tour.
Family fun
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Sunday, noon: ''Sartorial Selections'', steampunk fashion show.
•Sunday, 2pm: ''Once Upon a Sunday: Envirotales'', storytelling with Kaitrin McMullan.
•Monday to July 17: ''Happy 25th Birthday Slinky Malinki!'', colouring and collage competition for children up to 5 years.
•Wednesday, 2.30pm: Steampunk book launch; Jubby Jengaa and the Bad Case of the Wobbly Wobblys by Baroness Violet von Vixen.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Saturday to July 19, 3pm: ''Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage'', science adventure tour. Free with Discovery World Admission.
•Saturday to July 19: ''Chocolate Discovery'' school holiday gallery trail. Collect your trail map any time from the Discovery Desk, Atrium level 1.
•Daily from Saturday, 11.30am: ''The Best Science Show in the History of the World Ever!'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
•Tuesday, 1.30pm: Photography workshop for ages 9-14. Bookings essential.
•Daily 11am, also 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday: ''Butterflies' first flight'', Tropical Forest demonstration. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.
Music and performance
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Tuesday, 6pm: ''A World of Steam'', readings from steampunk literature.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
•Wednesday, 1pm: Music department lunchtime concert; Tom McGrath (piano).
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Saturday, 1pm: Amanda Goodwin and Michelle Yeo play light jazz and R&B on grand piano.
St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: Margaret Murphy plays Mendelssohn's Six Sonata for Organ.
Thistle Cafe and Bar, 23 The Octagon.
•Monday, 7pm: New Zealand Society of Authors writers' salon, featuring readings by Breton Dukes, Emma Neale and Neville Peat.
Film and theatre
Dunedin City Library, Moray Pl.
•Sunday to July 10, 2pm daily: ''Moving Pictures'', steampunk movie theatre.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
•Until July 18, 7.30pm: Punk Rock
Mary Hopewell Theatre, College of Education, Union St East.
•Until Saturday, 7.30pm: Counterpoint Productions presents The Cape.
Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
•Tuesday to July 11: 2015 Gang Show. Tuesday-Friday 7.30pm, Saturday 2pm and 7.30pm. Bookings at Scouts centre, 50 Filleul St, noon-5pm.
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany St.
•Saturday to July 12: The Wizard of Oz, weekdays 11am and 2pm; weekends 2pm.
Talks and workshops
Dunedin Botanic Garden, lower garden information centre.
•Tomorrow, noon: ''Spring in the North - a visit to Taranaki Spring Festival'', HortTalk by Louise Kilby.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Tuesday, 10am-noon and 1pm-3pm: Knitting, Weaving and Crochet basics workshop for adults and children over 7. Wednesday, 10am-noon and 1pm-4pm: Seampunk raygun and goggles workshop with Isla Mendit. Bookings essential.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•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.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
•Until 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.
•Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Until July 21: Spotlight on Design - Miki Nobu Komatsu.
•Until August 9: ''Food For Thought'', photographic exhibition.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Sunday to July 10: ''A Splendour of Steampunk: Art and Adventure Exhibition''.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Until July 26: ''Parallel Play: 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.
•Ongoing: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery's collection.
Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
•Until July 15: ''Hokonui Heritage'', Southern Regional Embroidery exhibition.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until July 11: ''What is Art For #2: War Art'', artwork made during 1914-18, from the gallery's permanent collection.
•Until July 12: ''Erewhon: the book of the machines'', by Gavin Hipkins.
Front Room Gallery, 10 Memorial St, Queenstown.
•Tomorrow to July 22: New works by Gareth Barlow.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
•Tomorrow to July 20: Tenth anniversary group show.
Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and Main South Rd, Green Island.
•Displaying a variety of local artwork.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
•Until July 19: artworks by Clyde artist Liz Kempthorne.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
•Until July 22: ''Belong Belong'', Nigel Brown. Until August 19: ''The Review'', various artists.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
•Until July 9: Painting, printmaking, photography and ceramics by Port Collective: Philip Maxwell, Robert Scott, Manu Berry, Andrew Nikkel and Dave Sharp.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
•From Monday: ''Riders of the Storm,'' paintings by James Bellaney.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•''Meditations on New Zealand History'', paintings by Kim Pieters.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
•Until July 12: 139th annual exhibition. Open 10am to 4pm daily.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Until September 6: ''Intersections: Ceramics from Ralph Hotere's Personal Collection''.
•Until September 27: 2015 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
•Opens tomorrow 6pm, until July 25: ''As Is'', by James Oram. 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: Jo Howard and Rosemary McQueen.
Monday to July 18: Judy Ringland Stewart and Anne McLean.
•Susan Badcock Studio, 47 Talbot St, Geraldine (back of old post office).
•Until July 18: ''Botanical Series'', hand-coloured photographs by Susan Badcock; ''Narcissistic'', works by John Badcock.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
•Until September 6: ''Cats 'n' Dogs: An Illustrated History''.
Wallpaper House Gallery, 29 Lees St.
•Saturday and Sunday, 11am-4pm: Winter pop-up exhibition.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
