The guide: What's on this week

Gigs
52Dundas, 52 Dundas St.
 •Sunday, 7.30pm: New Edinburgh Folk Club presents Denis Gordon.

The Bog, cnr London and George Sts.
 Saturday, 9pm: Soul Deep, nine-piece funk and R&B.

The Fork and Tap, 51 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 Wednesday: Praguematique.

Inch Bar, 8 Bank St.
 Saturday, 8pm: Both Sides of the Line, with The Bergs.

Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
 Saturday, 7pm: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, with The Chills.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
 Saturday: Brandon Wyatt 2pm; Both Sides of the Line 2.30pm; Bill Martin 3pm.

 

Family fun
Carisbrook School Hall, 217 South Rd, Caversham.
 Saturday, 1pm: ''Cavy Move Me'', treasure hunt within the Caversham community, followed by prizegiving and entertainment back at the school hall.

Central Otago Riding for the Disabled, SH8, Golf Club Rd, Alexandra.
 Saturday, 12.30pm-4pm: Open day and car boot sale. Pony rides, raffles, food, market stalls.

Cromwell Heritage Precinct, Melmore Tce, Cromwell.
 Sunday, 9am-1pm: Cromwell Farmers and Craft Market.

Cromwell Primary School, cnr Molyneux Ave and Monaghan St.
 Saturday, 10.30am-2.30pm: Cromwell Primary School fair.

Dunedin Botanic Garden.
 Tuesday-Thursday 10.30am-3.30pm; weekends 10.30am-4pm: Ten-minute tractor-train rides around the lower Botanic Garden. Weather dependent.

Forsyth Barr Stadium, Anzac Ave, Dunedin.
 Saturday, noon-7pm: Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am and 3pm: ''The Greatest Science Show in the History of the World Ever!'', free with Discovery World admission. Daily 11am, also 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday: ''Butterflies' first flight'', Tropical Forest demonstration. Free with forest admission.

Roxburgh Sports Ground, Roxburgh.
 Saturday, 8pm: Roxburgh Volunteer Fire Brigade Guy Fawkes night.

Station Park Reserve, Caversham.
 Saturday, 4pm-7pm: Caversham Night Market. Food, market stalls, etc.

University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
 Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.

 

Music and performance
All Saints Church, 786 Cumberland St North.
 Sunday, 2pm: ''Northern Lights'' Southern Consort of Voices concert.

Cromwell Memorial Hall, Melmore Tce.
 Sunday, 3pm: Central Otago Regional Orchestra presents Roxburgh Pioneer Generation Brass with Jieying Liew.

Knox Church, 449 George St.
 Sunday, 7pm: ''Remember O Thou Man'', music and poetry for Remembrance Day, featuring St Kilda Brass, Knox Church Choir, RSA Choir and Otago Boys' and Girls' high schools' Barock choir.

Marama Hall, University of Otago.
 Sunday, 3pm: 2015 Sunshine Concert, Simon Gibson memorial concert.

Moorings Restaurant and Conference Centre, Perriam Pl, Pisa Moorings.
 Sunday, 8.30pm: Laugh Club Cromwell stand-up comedy featuring Cohen Holloway, Tarun Mohanbhai and Nick Rado. Tickets: 445-4211.

Oamaru Opera House, 94 Thames St.
 Tomorrow, 7.30pm: The Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Regent Theatre, the Octagon, Dunedin.
 Saturday, 7.30pm: The Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Roxburgh Town Hall and Entertainment Centre, 132 Scotland St, Roxburgh.
 Saturday, 7pm: ''Music on the Clutha'', Central Otago Regional Orchestra with Roxburgh Pioneer Generation Brass Band.

St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
 Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays Italian organ works, to include music by Merulo and Zipoli et al.

Thistle Cafe and Bar, 23 The Octagon.
 Monday, 7pm: New Zealand Society of Authors writers' salon, featuring readings by Maxine Alterio, Diane Brown, Vincent O'Sullivan and Gay Buckingham.

 

Film and theatre
Dunedin City Library, Moray Pl.
 Today, 12.30pm: ''Lunchtime Bites'', preview of the Fortune Theatre's upcoming production Flagons and Foxtrots.

Fortune Theatre Studio, Stuart St.
 Until Saturday: Talking House presents Be|Longing, a verbatim play about migrants. Talks and workshopsDunedin Botanic Garden, lower garden information centre.
 Tomorrow, noon: ''Top tree tips - from seed to significant'', HortTalk by arboriculture lecturers Alvar Del Castillo and Ben Fentimen.

Dunedin Chinese Garden, cnr Rattray and Cumberland Sts.
 Sundays, 2pm: Chinese calligraphy classes with a Chinese master calligrapher. Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
 Today, 6pm: New Zealand Society of Authors professional development seminar on legal issues for writers, with speaker Sally Peart, intellectual property lawyer. Bookings: 474-3690.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon. 
 •Saturday, 2pm-4pm: ''Public Art'', panel discussion and public forum.
 Sunday, 3pm: ''Earthly Delights'', conservator Jenny Sherman talks about materials used in landscape art.
 Wednesday, 11.15am: ''Tour for Tots'', baby-friendly half-hour tour of an exhibition.

Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
 Wednesday, 4.30pm: ''Antibiotic resistance in the genomic era: combating a major threat to global health'', the McAuley Oration, presented by Prof Sharon Peacock.

Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
 Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Daily, 1pm: ''Who Cared? Otago Nurses in WW1'' exhibition talk.
 Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
 Sunday, 2pm: ''Global Dunedin'', talk by journalist and historian Ron Palenski on the history of sport in Otago.

 

Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
 Today to November 22: ''Polychrome'', Aoraki Polytechnic exhibition.

Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
 Works by various artists.

Art Bay Gallery, 13 Marine Pde, Queenstown.
 ''Selected Works'', Craig S. Primrose, Rachael Errington and Grant Hanna.

Artica, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
 Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.

The Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
 Until Sunday: ''Jewels'', personal responses by Notus Textile Artists.

The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
 Works by Steev Peyroux.

Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay. 
 Gallery open Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5pm.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
 Opens tomorrow, 5.30pm: ''Busts'', Rob McHaffie.

Carisbrook Stadium site, Caversham.
 Saturday, 1pm-3pm: ''The Brook Project'', art installation and performance.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
 Until November 29: Art Gold Awards 2015 exhibition.

Dunedin Botanic Garden Information Centre, lower garden.
 Until January 16: ''Valley Artists: Out and About'', various artists.

Dunedin Airport.
 Until January 15: J.K. Weir.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 Until Sunday: ''The Sargood Gift: A Tribute to the Sargood Family''.
 Until November 15: ''History in the Taking: 40 Years of Photoforum''. 
 Until November 29: ''36 Views of Mt Fuji'', Katsushika Hokusai. 
 Until November 29: ''Sublime Worlds'', Martin Thompson.
 Until February 21: ''Stranger in Strange Land'', by Jae Hoon Lee.
 Ongoing: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery's collection.

Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
 Saturday, noon-6pm: ''Muka Youth Print Exhibition'', original contemporary art exclusively for children ages five-18.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
 Until December 6: ''The Canterbury Plains Florilegium Exhibition'', presented by the Botanical Art Society of New Zealand.

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
 Until November 13: ''Solo'', cast-glass works by Di Tocker.

Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka. 
 ''New Works'', by Thomas Elliott.

Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and Main South Rd, Green Island.
 Displaying a variety of local art.

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct. 
 Until November 15: ''Cross Culture'', Lynne Wilson and Rachel Hirabayashi.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
 Until Saturday: ''New Drawings'', Kim Pieters. 
 Gallery open Thursday-Saturday, noon-2pm.

Kiki Beware, 344 George St.
 Until November 27: ''...And Other Fables'', prints and art by Emma Francesca.

Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown. 
 Tomorrow to December 6: ''Out on a Limb'', fibre art by the COOTS collective.

Lot 3 cafe and art space, 2 Dunmore St, Wanaka.
 Tuesday to November 29: ''Southern Light'', Jeremy Town.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. 
 Until November 18: ''The Geometric Figure'', Paul Dibble; ''Ardour'', Lorraine Rastorfer.

Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
 Until Wednesday: ''New Paintings'', Michael Hight; ''Spring Catalogue'', various artists.

Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
 ''Reset The Moon'', Daniel Anngow.

Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
 Until November 26: ''Pick Up Six'', multimedia exhibition by Annie Nevin, John Z Robinson and Robert P. West.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 ''Kermadec Islands, New Blueland'', Elizabeth Thomson.

North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
 Until November 22: ''Movable Type'', collection of printers and printing-related objects.

Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
 Until Sunday: ''Viewpoints'', Doug Hart, Jenny Longstaff and Raimo Kuparinen. Open 10am-4pm daily.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Until January 31: ''Who Cared? Otago Nurses in WW1'', in the 1877 gallery.
 Ongoing: ''Surviving Chunuk Bair: H.D. Skinner at Gallipoli''.

State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
 Until Saturday: ''Sportsmeat'', Justin Spiers and Craig Freeborn.
 Gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 11am-4pm.

Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
 ''Recycled Relics'', sculpture by Chris Meder.

Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
 Until Sunday: Lisa Simpson and Kate Springford.
 Monday to November 15: Loris Ives and Lorna Isaac.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
 Until February 28: ''Life on the Edge: Otago Harbour Communities''.

Vortex Gallery, 104 Bond St, Dunedin.
 Until November 14: ''New Light'', Robert Piggott.

Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
 Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.

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