The Guide: What's on this week

This week's Highlight: In storage: From 10am-2pm on Saturday, you can get a free behind-the-scenes look at the Otago Settlers Museum's new custom-built storage facility. Museum staff and members of the Otago Settlers Association will be on hand to welcome you.

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Romance beckons:

Pianist and violinist Sandra Crawshaw will be accompanied by cellist David Murray and violinists Charlotte Frances and Alex Vaatstra in the final Southern Sinfonia chamber music concert for the year, featuring works by Dvorak, Mendelssohn and Raff. "Romantic Indulgences" is on at 4.30pm on Sunday in the Southern Sinfonia Rooms, first floor of the Carnegie Centre. Tickets $15.

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• Gigs

Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.

Careys Bay Hotel.
Sunday, 3-6pm: Summer Jazz in the Courtyard with the Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet

Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tonight, 9.30pm: Julian Temple Band tour launch with Baraka and the Finish Hims.
Friday, 9pm: Andrew Keoghan.

Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Fridays, 5.30pm: Philtre Jazz Trio.

Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
Thursdays, 5pm: open mike night.

Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Wednesday, 8pm: I Jazz.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8pm.
Every Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.

Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.

Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon.
Tonight, 9.30pm: Seabeast.
Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Terry Ebeling; 10.30pm: DJ Dalboy.
Saturday, 11pm: DJ James.
Wednesday, 7pm: Bshed.

Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.

Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel.
Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night. Gear provided.

Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
Saturday, 9pm: Skuldubbery (live) with DJs Two Tone Tony, Laafta, Jungle Fari, Rainmain, Jah Redbeard, and MC Winston Smith.

• Family fun

Blueskin Bay Library.
Preschool story time, every Friday, 10.30am. Excludes school holidays. Free.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Ends tomorrow, 10am-4.30pm: using the materials provided, create your own tartan, which will be added to the fun Definitive Tartan Design Book. Knox Church, 449 George St.
Friday, 1.30-2.30pm: preschool music for children 0-5 and carers.

Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Preschool story time, every Tuesday, 11am.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for 7- to 12-year-olds (free).
Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk.
Weekends, 10.30am and 2pm, atrium level 1: children's creative activities.
Weekends during November and December, noon and 3.30pm, atrium level 1: Interactive Trolley - The Earth's Riches.
Weekends during November and December, 2.30pm, search centre: Origami: The Art of Folding Paper.

Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Until November 30: "Scots Wha'Hae: Scottish Week at the Settlers Museum" Saturday, 10am-2pm: Otago Settlers Museum open day. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the museum's custom-built storage facility. Museum staff and members of the Otago Settlers Association will be on hand to welcome you. Free.
Saturday, 1pm-3pm: Christmas Decoration Making with Sara Sinclair. Hands-on workshop packed with simple and delightful decorations based on traditional European designs. Suitable for all ages. $3 individual, $10 for a family.

Port Chalmers Library.
Preschool story time, every Wednesday, 11am.

Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.

• Music and performance

Knox Church, 449 George St.
Today, 12.15pm: "Organ Music for Christ the King", Organists: Rhys Thorn, Karen Knudson and Peter Stockwell

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon. Friday: Kathryn Roy; Saturday: Yuri Sim.
Sunday, 1.30pm: Beyondsemble.

St John's Church, 373 Highgate.
Sunday, 3pm: Concert for Samaritan's Purse "Clean Water for Cambodia Appeal". Rare Byrds early music group with Sue Court (lute, guitar) and Sarah Court (mezzo-soprano) perform music of John Dowland and from medieval Europe.

• Plays

Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
December 3-12 at 7.30pm, no show December 7, matinee December 6 at 2pm. New comedy "A cup of tea and a biscuit". Tickets $10-$15.

Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Until December 12: Roger Hall's Four Flat Whites in Italy.

Mayfair Theatre, King Edward St.
Until November 28, 7.30pm; A Christmas Carol.

• Talks and films

Department of preventive and social medicine, Adams Building, Frederick St.
Saturday, 11am: Vijay Narayanan speaks on "Sahaj Marg meditation: a way of exploring reality".

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Sunday, 1.30pm: Aaron Kreisler, curator at Dunedin Public Art Gallery, will give a floor talk in the Kreisler exhibition.
Sunday, 3pm: French film La Danse et Degas (52 mins PG.) Edgar Degas' beautiful ballet paintings express a fascination with backstage life at the Paris Opera. The film is based on research undertaken for a major American exhibition.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm. November daily talks: Monday: "Karetao - a Maori puppet"; Tuesday: "Piopio"; Wednesday: "The Lawrence Lions"; Thursday: "Kaka"; Friday: "New Zealand ferns"; Saturday: "Otago skinks"; Sunday: "The dynamic Otago Harbour".
Special Exhibition Gallery talk, daily at 4.30pm, free: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking".

Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens:
Friday, 5.30pm: "A History of the Bagpipes": Aelred Edmunds delivers an illustrated talk on the history of the pipes, including demonstrations.

• Exhibitions

Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until February 24: "Geo-morph", by Andrew Craig.

Archives New Zealand, 556 George St, Dunedin,
until January 22, 2010, "Built to Last: Five Otago Engineering Feats", archives relating to engineering sites and structures which have been milestones in New Zealand's engineering history. 9.30am-5pm.

ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art, 105 Main St, Gore.
From Saturday: "2009 Celebration Collection", featuring Peter Belton, Graham Brinsley, Liz Bristow, Julie Greig and Wallace Keown.

Art Upstairs, corner Ardmore and Helwick Sts, Wanaka.
New paintings by Bill Burke, John Thom, Nigel Wilson, Graham Brinsley, and new images on zincalume by Susan Mason.

The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
"Familiars", by Olav Nielsen, and Leila Ataya.

Bannockburn Cafe and Store.
Until November 30: works by Alexandra photographer Olwynne Oliver. Hours: 9am -5pm.

Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
December 1-24: Elise O'Neill and Aroha Novak "Expensive Rubbish" and Elspeth Fougere "Here, There and Everywhere (We are a Community of Cells)". The exhibition will run until 24 December. Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
"Modern Semaphore", by Kushana Bush.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Open 10am-4pm.
Until December 16: "50 Years of Collecting Art" - Permanent art collection of Alexandra District Museum.
Until January 16: "People at Work and Play" photographic competition on display.

Creative Art Centre, Clyde St, Balclutha.
Until November 29: annual exhibition and TrustPower Awards, 10am-5pm daily.

De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
Until January 29, 2010: "Heresy, Sedition, Obscenity: The Book Challenged".

Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St.
Until December 2: Otago Potters Group annual exhibition and sale.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, in the Reed Gallery, Third floor,
until February 8: "Rogues Gallery: the Villains of Charles Dickens". Meet the unsavoury characters that are part of the Dickensian charm. Free.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until February 28: Cho Duck Hyun, "Dark Water: the Antipodes Project". An installation produced by South Korean artist Cho Duck Hyun in Auckland this year, this work continues this artist's long interest in social and cultural history.
Ongoing: "Poseur". Portraits from the gallery's collection.
Until December 6: "Kind of Blue: new acquisitions and loans".
Until February: Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere: "P. R. O. P".
Until February: "Tom Kreisler" - works spanning a 30-year period.
Until January: David Clegg: "Rerecordings 2006-2009." Showcases recordings the artist made in Dunedin this year alongside previous recordings, assembled here for the first time, which were made in Chile in 2006.
Until January: "Miguel Angel Rios". Works by New York and Mexico City-based artist Miguel Angel Rios.

Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
Until January 24: Russell Beck, "Forces of Land".

Forrester Gallery, Oamaru.
Until December 6: "Steampunk: tomorrow as it used to be". Objects by New Zealand's finest artists, including the entire collection of Weta Workshop's Dr Grordbort portraits.
Until November 29: "From Here to Kakanui", recent works by Watts Davies.

Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by six peninsula artists.

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
Until December 3: "Poured from Blue Skies", works by Jo St Baker.

The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
Arty Collection: group show. Open Thursday-Monday.

Harris Smith Art, 86-88 Bond St.
Paintings by Jeffrey Harris, sculptures by Nicole Page-Smith.
Open Monday-Saturday, 1pm-2pm, or by appointment.

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Until December 6: "Silent Landscapes Under A Clouded Fate", new works by Liz Kempthorne.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until December 5: New paintings by Kathryn Madill.

Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until November 29: "Gateway to Light", photographs by Queenstown photographer Darren Turner.

Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until December 14: "Celebrating the Recession", by Ann Robinson.

Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
Until December 21: Glass 09 and Rebecca Harris: "The Night Before".

Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
Until December 4: Work by James Kerr.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Until December 4: "The Vault", by Neil Pardington.

North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Until May 2010: "Sweat and Starch": a selection of textiles from the museum's collections.

Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, 1st floor, open daily 10am-4pm.
Until November 29: 2009 City of Dunedin Art Awards.
From December 1: "Captured Moments", works by Russell Barnett.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until May 16, 2010: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, level 3, free.
Special exhibitions gallery: "West Africa: Rhythm + Spirit". Free.
Until November 29: Otago wildlife photography exhibition. Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Until June 2010: "Willkommen to Dunedin: A History of German-speaking People in Otago".
Until February 28: "Square and Compasses: Freemasonry in New Zealand" shares the history and traditions of Freemasonry.
Until February 28: "Built to Last: Engineering in Otago".

Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
"Catlins Bound": watercolours by Fergus Sutherland .
Until Febuary 8: Rogues Gallery: the villains of Charles Dickens.

Renaissance Gallery and Sculpture Garden, corner Junction Rd and Matai St, Ravensbourne. November 28-February 24: "Summer Show". A group show of work by 20 artists. Open: Friday, Saturday, Sundays noon-5pm

Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St.
Until November 28: "Assemblage", group exhibition..

Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until November 29: Jo Howard and Riki Juklin.
From Monday until December 6: Paddy Carr and Marion Familton.

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until November 30: art by the Green Island group.

Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
"Every painting is a way of saying goodbye", works by women artists including Michaela Cox, Lynda Cullen, Sarah Dolby, Mary McFarlane, Mirana Parkes, Seraphine Pick, and Heather Straka.