Gigs
Chick's Hotel, 2 Mount St, Port Chalmers.
•Thursday, 8pm: Lou Barlow. R18.
•Friday, 8pm: Two Cartoons. R18.
•Saturday, 8.30pm: Embedded Figures video release party.
Crown Hotel, 179 Rattray St.
•Friday, 9pm: Trans prisoners fundraising gig featuring OPC, Snoregazzm, Whiskey and the Wench, Yung Nats and Machina Rex.
Dog With Two Tails, 25 Moray Pl.
•Today, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
•Tomorrow, 8.30pm: Sideline, with Leo Ladell and Oscar.
•Saturday, 8pm: Nick Knox, supported by Lara and Max, and Tumbleweed.
•Wednesday, 8pm: Open mike night.
Gibbston Valley Winery, 1820 State Highway 6, Gibbston.
•Saturday, noon: Huey Lewis and the News, REO Speedwagon, and Melissa Etheridge.
Taieri Bowling Club, Wickliffe St, Mosgiel.
•Saturday, 8pm: Dance, with music by Breakthru.
Family Fun
Cromwell Heritage Precinct, Melmore Tce, Cromwell.
•Sunday, 9am-1pm: Cromwell Farmers and Craft Market.
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.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Until Sunday: ‘‘Shape Up'' activity. Create a collage of shapes using materials provided.
•Until Sunday, 10am-4.30pm daily: ‘‘Holiday Hunt'' gallery trail activity sheet.
Earnslaw Park, Beach St, Queenstown.
•Saturday, from 9am: Creative Queenstown arts and crafts market.
Mathias' Dam, Patearoa.
•Sunday: ‘‘Take a Kid Fishing'' day. Weigh in and BBQ 3pm. Access via Waipiata-Patearoa Rd.
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.
•Daily: The Perpetual Guardian Planetarium, several shows throughout the day. Bookings essential.
Pembroke Park, Wanaka.
•Sunday, from 10am: Wanaka Sunday craft market.
Pioneer Park, Kenmare St, Alexandra.
•Saturday, from 10am: Alexandra Summer Markets.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.
Music and Performance
St Paul's Cathedral, The Octagon.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ works by Cesar Franck.
Waikouaiti Library, 192 Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
•Tomorrow, 7pm: Poetry evening with David Howard and Helen Williford-Lower.
Film and Theatre
Alexandra Community Centre,Skird St, Alexandra.
•Tomorrow to January 29: Alexandra Musical Society presents Stars in their Eyes 2016.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Today and tomorrow, 2pm: ‘‘Awesome Animations'', children's film screenings. Today, Despicable Me 2; tomorrow, Minions.
•Sunday, 2.30pm: Two Cars, One Night and BOY, New Zealand film screenings.
Masonic Hall, Tarbert St, Alexandra.
•Saturday and Sunday, 2.30pm: Screening of historical footage of Central Otago.
Talks and Workshops
All Saints' Anglican Church, 786 Cumberland St, Dunedin.
•Saturday, 10am-noon: ‘‘The Reluctant Organist'', workshop for church organists with Dr Martin Setchell. Information and registration: georgechittenden@outlook.com
Dunedin Chinese Garden, cnr Rattray and Cumberland Sts.
•Sundays, 2pm: Chinese calligraphy classes with Chinese master calligrapher.
Dunedin Town Hall, 1 Harrop S.
•Saturday, 10am-11.30am: ‘‘Pulling out all the Stops'', introduction to organ for young musicians, led by Mr George Chittenden. Information and registration: georgechittenden@outlook.com
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 WWI'' exhibition talk.
•Daily, 2pm: ‘‘Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-Iti Rd, Timaru.
•Until February 21: ‘‘I Am/We Are'', Nigel Brown.
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.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
•Until February 14: ‘‘Southern Waters'', oil paintings by Pauline Bellamy.
Carrick Winery, 247 Cairnmuir Rd.
•Until March 1: ‘‘Sculpture at Carrick'', various artists.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Until February 29: ‘‘A Roundup of Central Otago Artists''. Open 10am-4pm daily.
Dunedin Botanic Garden Information Centre, Lower Garden.
•Until February 28: ‘‘Botanical Expressions'', by members of the Otago Embroiderers' Guild. Open daily 10pm-4pm.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon.
•Until January 31: ‘‘The Sargood Gift: A Tribute to the Sargood Family''.
•Until January 31: ‘‘36 Views of Mt Fuji'', prints by Katsushika Hokusai.
•Until February 21: ‘‘Stranger In Strange Land'', by Jae Hoon Lee.
•Until February 28: ‘‘Archives: Te Wahi Pounamu'', Areta Wilkinson and Mark Adams.
•Until March 20: ‘‘Renaissance Days'', Jeffrey Harris.
•Until April 3: ‘‘The Future is a Do-Over'', curated by Ane Tonga.
•Until April 10: ‘‘Sitting for Frances'', portraits by Frances Hodgkins.
•Ongoing: ‘‘Belonging'', works from the gallery's collection.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until February 7: Paintings by Euan Macleod.
•Until February 28: ‘‘Wicked Stitch'', mixed media works by Val Griffith Jones.
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.
Hocken Library, 90 Anzac Ave.
•Until February 13: ‘‘We Drove Here'', Hocken and Otago Motor Club Trust Exhibition.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
•Until January 30: ‘‘ Equus - Portrait of a Horse'', raku-fired ceramic works by Jillian Porteous.
Inge Doesburg Studio And Gallery, 6 Castle St.
•Until January 31: Summer show.
•Gallery open Thursday-Saturday, noon-2pm.
Lakes District Museum And Gallery, Arrowtown.
•Until February 14: ‘‘Ambi-Dexterous'', paintings by Esther Dexter.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
•Until February 10: ‘‘Small & Key'' and ‘‘Aurora: Part One'', various artists.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
•Until February 3: ‘‘The Earl Street Journal'', group show.
Mt Difficulty Winery, 73 Felton Rd, Bannockburn.
•Works by Odelle Morshuis.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•‘‘Te Raumati'' (Summer) exhibition.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until March: ‘‘Movable Type'', collection of printers and printing-related objects.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Until January 31: ‘‘Who Cared? Otago Nurses In WWI'', in the 1877 Gallery.
•Until May 8: ‘‘Hakui: Women Of Kai Tahu''. Ongoing: ‘‘Surviving Chunuk Bair: H.D. Skinner at Gallipoli''.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
•‘‘Recycled Relics'', sculpture by Chris Meder.
Stuart St Potters Co-Operative, 14 lower Stuart St.
•Until Sunday: Works by Loris Ives and Josephine Waring.
•Monday to February 7: Works by Lisa Simpson and Kate Springford.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
•Until February 28: ‘‘Life On The Edge: Otago Harbour Communities''.
