The guide: What's on this week

Gigs and Dances
50Dundas, 50 Dundas St.
 •Sunday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Folk Club presents John Egenes.

Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
 •Sunday, 3pm: Reid, Coleman & Cornish, jazz trio.

Criterion Hotel, 198 Queen St, Waimate.
 •Sunday, 1pm and 6pm: Jesse Morris.

Crown Hotel, 179 Rattray St.
 •Friday, 9pm: Leather Pikelet, Ignite the Helix, Goats Az, Vile, Conniption

Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
 •Tomorrow, 8pm: Public gig featuring Stash and Killing Floor 2.

Gallery on Blueskin, Harvey St, Waitati.
 •Tomorrow, 5.30pm: Richard. C. Wallis, acoustic classical guitar.
 •Sunday, 1pm: Mike Corballis, Richard. C. Wallis, open mic.

Gin and Raspberry, 155 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
 •Today, 8pm: Jesse Morris and Julian Temple.

Mosgiel RSA, 6 Church St.
 •Saturday, 7.30pm: Wayne and the Good Old Boys.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 •Sunday, 1pm: Holly McPhee.

Scott's Brewing Co, 1 Wansbeck St, Oamaru.
 •Saturday, 9pm: Jesse Morris and Julian Temple.

Starfish, St Clair Esplanade.
 •Tomorrow, 8pm: Jesse Morris and Julian Temple.

The Village Green, Queenstown.
 •Saturday, 5pm: Little Massive (DJ).
 •Sunday, 5pm: Milly Bea, Kayne.
 •Monday, 5pm: Ribera (DJ).
 •Tuesday, 5pm: Alias (DJ).
 •Wednesday, 5pm: Shay and Pearly.

 

Family Fun
Clyde Historic Precinct, Sunderland St, Clyde.
 •Sunday, 10am-2pm: Clyde markets. Food, music, stalls.

Earnslaw Park, Beach St, Queenstown.
 •Tomorrow, 5.30pm: Queenstown Winter Festival opening party and fireworks.
 •Saturday, 9am-3pm: Creative Queenstown arts and craft market.
 •Wednesday, noon: Queenstown Winter Festival Downtown Day, featuring Hospitality Race and Drag Race.

Oamaru Baptist Church, 14 Sandringham St, Oamaru.
 •Thursdays, 10am: ‘‘Mainly Music'', music and movement for preschoolers, their parents, grandparents and caregivers.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
 •Daily, 11am: takahe feeding.

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.

Queenstown Bay, waterfront, Queenstown.
 •Sunday, noon: Queenstown Winter Festival Day on the Bay. Birdman competition, races, children's activities, sausage sizzle.

Queenstown CBD, Queenstown.
 •Saturday, noon: Queenstown Winter Festival street parade.

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

 

Music and Performance
Dunedin Entertainers' Club, 47 Albert St, St Clair.
 •Tuesday, 7.30pm: Variety concert.

Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
 •Sunday, 5pm: Rotary Dunedin presents ‘‘Fanfare'', a celebration of Dunedin music.

Queenstown Events Centre, Joe O'Connell Dr, Frankton.
 •Saturday, 8pm: Queenstown Winter Festival comedy debate, featuring Harley Breen, Jason Hoyte, Justine Smith, Jeremy Corbett, Nazeem Hussain, Nick Cody, Paul Ego And The Fan Brigade.

Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial St.
 •Sunday, 4pm: Recital by Suyeon Kang (violin) and Stephen De Pledge (piano).
 •Tuesday, 8pm: Queenstown Winter Festival comedy night, featuring Ben Hurley, Brendhan Lovegrove, Paul Ego, Pax Assadi and The Fan Brigade.

Skycity Queenstown Casino, 16-24 Beach St.
 •Wednesday, 10pm: Queenstown Winter Festival ‘‘Wednesday Lates'' comedy show featuring Ben Hurley, Brendhan Lovegrove and The Fan BrigadeSt Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
 •Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: Catherine Daly-Reeve and Donald Cullington perform music by Johann Sebastian Bach for voice and organ.

St Peter's Church Hall, Hillside Rd.
 •Sunday, 2pm: Friends of the Opera presents vocal scholarship winners from the Green Island Performing Arts Competitions.

Winter Wonderland Ice Rink, Village Green, Queenstown.
 •Tuesday, 12.30pm: ‘‘Stars on Ice'' ice skating competition and performances.
 •Wednesday, 6pm: ‘‘Stars on Ice'' ice skating competition final.

 

Film and Theatre
Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum.
 •Sunday, 9am-1pm: ‘‘Wild Nature Mini Film Festival'', short nature films by graduate students from the Centre for Science Communication.

Central Cinema, Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
 •Wednesday, 7.30pm: Leonardo Da Vinci: The Genius in Milan, art film screening.

Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
 •Until July 9: Over the River & Through the Woods.

Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
 •Today, 7pm: ‘‘Nga Taonga: A Glimpse of the Archives'', a selection of early film from New Zealand's moving image and sound archive. RSVP: library@dcc.govt.nz or (03) 474-3690. Talks and workshopsBurns 1 lecture theatre, University of Otago Arts Building.
 •Wednesday, 7.30pm: ‘‘Imperial Patronage: the art collection of Catherine the Great'', lecture by Theodora Clarke, presented by the Otago Decorative and Fine Arts Society. Booking essential for non-members: Julie Jopp 021-540-744 or otagodfas@gmail.com

Dorothy Browns Cinema, Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 •Today, 6.30pm: Artist talk by Heather Straka for the opening of her exhibition of paintings at Nadine Milne Gallery. Bookings: (03)442-1964.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
 •Wednesday, 6pm: ‘‘Introduction to nutrition'', first in a series of nutrition awareness talks by nutritional biologist Janet Taylor.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 •Sunday, 3pm: ‘‘Insightful'' interactive tour of the ‘‘Obliteration Room'' exhibition for the blind and visually impaired. Guide dogs welcome.

Gibbston Valley Winery, 1820 Gibbston Highway.
 •Wednesday, 5.30pm: Vino Da Vinci painting and wine class with Spike Wademan. Tickets via: www.winterfestival.co.nz

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

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 •Daily, 11am and 2pm: ‘‘Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.

Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial St, Queenstown.
 •Wednesday, 7pm: ‘‘Know Before you Go'' avalanche awareness evening. Learn about avalanches and how to stay safe in the mountains.

 

Exhibitions
Art Bay Gallery, 13 Marine Parade, 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 Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
 •Twelfth Birthday Invitational group exhibition.

Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
 •Until July 3: ‘‘The Hereweka Project'', Becky Cameron.
 •Winter hours: Thursday-Sunday, noon-4pm.

Blue Oyster Art Project Space, 16 Dowling St.
 •Until July 2: ‘‘You Can Eat Everything But The Rocks'', Ngahuia Harrison.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
 •‘‘Frolics: Imaginary Music'', Cilla McQueen.
 •From Saturday: ‘‘Three Naive Painters'': Teuane Tibbo, Dick Lyne, Ivan Hill.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
 •Until July 27: paintings by Euan Macleod.

Croydon Aviation Heritage Centre, Mandeville.
 •Until July 16: ‘‘The Return of Sergeant Dan'', the history of Fleming's Creamoata mascot.

De Beer Gallery, University of Otago central library.
 •Until August 26: ‘‘Scholarly Favourites: Researching in Special Collections''.

Dunedin Airport.
 •June: photographs by Simone Jackson.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 •Saturday to September 18: ‘‘Frances Hodgkins and the St Ives Connection''.
 •Until August 7: ‘‘The Obliteration Room'', interactive installation by Yayoi Kusama.
 •Until August 14: ‘‘Light switch and conduit'', works from the Jim Barr and Mary Barr collection.
 •Until August 14: ‘‘The analysis of Billy Apple's genome'', by Billy Apple and Dr Craig Hilton.
 •Until August 21: ‘‘Bodywork'', works from the gallery's collection, with a focus on the body.
 •Until December 31: ‘‘Exploded Worlds'', works from the gallery's collection.
 •Ongoing: ‘‘Belonging'', from the gallery collection.

Fe29 Gallery, 30 Sandringham St, St Clair.
 •Saturday to July 20: ‘‘Marion Beaupére - Rose Me Tender''.
 •Gallery open 11am-5pm Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm Saturday-Sunday.

The Fix, Frederick St.
 •Until June 30: ‘‘Flat White'', by Jarvis Jarvis.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
 •Ongoing: ‘‘What is Art For #4: the self-portrait'', works from the gallery's collection.

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
 •Until tomorrow: Ivan Hill 83rd birthday exhibition, ‘‘Alice in North Dunedin''.

Gallery on Blueskin, Harvey St, Waitati.
 •Works by Anita DeSoto, Rachel Hirabayashi, Malcolm Beaumont, Chandima Daskon and Marina Kazantseva.

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

Glenfalloch Woodland Garden, 430 Portobello Rd.
 •Until Sunday: ‘‘In the Strawberry Patch'', ceramic sculpture by Suzanne Emslie.

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 Saturday: ‘‘Downsizing'', paintings by Ro Bradshaw.
 •Sunday to July 16: ‘‘Tinker Tailor'', Kay Turner.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
 •Until Saturday: Works on paper by Zuna Wright.
 •Gallery open Saturdays only, noon-2pm.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
 •Until Tuesday: ‘‘Ubiquitous People of Erodipolis'', by Andy Leleisi'uao; ‘‘Cosmogony'', by Hannah Beehre.

Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
 •Saturday to July 20: Selected works by Dick Frizzell.
 •Saturday to August 17: ‘‘Staging Post''.

Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
 •Closes today: Works by the DADA and Antarctic Riviera collectives.

Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
 •Until June 30: ‘‘Rangi & Papa: Earth & Sky'', paint and clay artworks by Fiona Stirling and Marion Familton.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 •Opens today, 7.30pm: ‘‘X Marks the Spot'', paintings by Heather Straka.

Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
 •Until July 11: ‘‘A4 Anonymous'' exhibition, 300 A4-sized works to celebrate OAS 140th anniversary. Open daily 10am-4pm.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 •Until October 16: 2016 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
 •Ongoing: ‘‘Surviving Chunuk Bair: H.D. Skinner at Gallipoli''.

Speargrass Inn, 1300 Fruitlands-Roxburgh Rd (SH8), Alexandra.
 •Ongoing: paintings by Paul Samson.

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

Stuart St Potters Co-op, 14 Lower Stuart St.
 •Until July 2: works by Anne McLean and Rosemary McQueen.

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
 •Featuring work by local artists and photographers.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
 •‘‘Slice of Life - The World Famous Dunedin Study''.

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