Gigs
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd, Port Chalmers
•Sunday, 3.30pm: Valley Bluegrass.
Iceinline Sports Complex, Boundary Rd, Alexandra.
•Tomorrow, 7.30pm: The Burning Fridges.
New Edinburgh Folk Club, 50 Dundas St.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: ''Come All Ye'' open mike night.
Family fun
Cromwell Mall, Cromwell.
•Saturday, 10am-12.30pm: Mid winter Party with duck races, teddy bears' picnic, outdoor movie, bouncy castle, face painting, competitions, stalls, food.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Wednesday, 10.30am: Freddo's Family Storytime.
•Until July 17: ''Happy 25th Birthday Slinky Malinki!'', colouring and collage competition for children up to 5 years.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Until tomorrow, 10am-4.30pm: ''Sock it to me'' design competition. Use materials supplied to create a design for a pair of socks and go in the draw to win a prize.
•Saturday to July 17: ''Chocol-Art events'', create a foil flower for display and do the Chocol-Art crossword for a chocolate reward.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
•Monday and Tuesday, 11am: Freddo's Family Storytime.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Tomorrow, 3.30pm: ''Science on Stage'', science shows presented by students from University of Otago Advanced School Science Academy. Until July 19, 3pm daily: ''Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage'', science adventure tour. Free with Discovery World Admission.
•Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, 2.30pm: ''Fruits of the Forest Fondue Show''. Learn about tropical fruits and sample them in a chocolate fondue. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
•Until July 19: ''Chocolate Discovery'' school holiday gallery trail. Collect your trail map any time from the Discovery Desk, atrium level 1. Daily, 11.30am: ''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.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
•Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Waikouaiti Library, Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
•Monday, 2pm: Freddo's Family Storytime.
Music and performance
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
•Wednesday, 1pm: Music department lunchtime concert; Pascal Harris (piano).
St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays French organ works of the classical era.
Film and theatre
Dunedin City Library, Moray Pl.
•Until tomorrow, 2pm daily: ''Moving Pictures'', steampunk movie theatre.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
•Until July 18, 7.30pm: Punk Rock.
Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
•Until Saturday: 2015 Gang Show. Today and tomorrow 7.30pm, Saturday 2pm and 7.30pm. Bookings at Scouts centre, 50 Filleul St, noon-5pm.
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany St.
•Until Sunday: The Wizard of Oz, weekdays 11am and 2pm; weekends 2pm. Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial St, Queenstown.
•Today to Saturday: New Zealand Mountain Film Festival.
Roxburgh Entertainment Centre, 132 Scotland St, Roxburgh.
•Today, 3pm: SpongeBob - Sponge out of Water film screening.
•Tomorrow, 7pm: A Royal Night Out film screening.
Talks and workshops
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Monday, 2pm: ''Wool Creations'' creative wool workshop.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Today, 6pm: ''Secrets revealed - a show and tell by the Guild of Gadgeteers'', steampunk presentation and discussion.
•Tomorrow, 10am-noon and 1pm-4pm: Steampunk raygun and goggles workshop with Isla Mendit. Bookings essential.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Sunday, 1pm: ''Meet the Fellows 2015'', facilitated discussion with the 2015 University of Otago arts fellows. All welcome.
•Sunday, 3pm: Talk by fourth-generation taxidermist David Jacobs about the practice of taxidermy and its involvement in art.
•Wednesday, 10.30am: ''Which is more precious - a necklace made of rubies or rosehips?'', talk by Lynn Kelly to Friends of the Gallery. All welcome.
Dunstan High School, Enterprise St, Alexandra.
•Sunday to Tuesday: ''Your Chance to Dance'' workshop, with six tutors from all around New Zealand. Registration essential: 022 652 2779 or centralotagodance@gmail.comMosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
•Today, 2pm: Poi-making workshop.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Today, 1.30pm: ''Draw with Light'' school holiday photogram workshop. Bookings essential.
•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.
•Until Sunday: Aoraki Polytech staff art show.
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.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
•Until July 23: ''Thirteen Drawings'', various artists.
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.
•Until tomorrow: ''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 2: ''Crossing the Line'', rear window project by David Green.
•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 Wednesday: ''Hokonui Heritage: Southern Regional Embroidery Exhibition''.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until Saturday: ''What is Art For #2: War Art'', artwork made during 1914-18, from the gallery's permanent collection.
•Until Sunday: ''Erewhon: the book of the machines'', by Gavin Hipkins.
•Saturday to August 30: ''The Bridge'', by Ioan Grigore.
•Saturday to August 23: Woodworks by Damien McNamara.
Front Room Gallery, 10 Memorial St, Queenstown.
•Until July 22: New works by Gareth Barlow.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
•Until July 20: Tenth anniversary group show.
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.
•Sunday to August 1: ''Sense of Place'' group show.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
•Until July 19: Artworks by Clyde artist Liz Kempthorne.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
•Until July 29: ''Negative Space'', Neil Dawson; ''Studio 18D Part Two'' group show.
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.
•Closes today: Painting, printmaking, photography and ceramics by Port Collective: Philip Maxwell, Robert Scott, Manu Berry, Andrew Nikkel and Dave Sharp.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
•''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 Sunday: 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.
Queenstown Art Centre, 49 Stanley St, Queenstown.
•Sunday to July 19: ''The Perception Project'', dyslexia awareness exhibition.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
•Tomorrow to October 25: 15th birthday exhibition, ''Artist at Work'' by J.K. Weir. Gallery hours: Friday-Sunday, 1pm-5pm. State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
•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 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''.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
