A guide to what's happening throughout Otago.
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog Irish Bar, George St.
Saturday, from 10pm: Livewire, featuring Jaimee Evans.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Friday 9pm: Jed Town and Foetus Productions present Sawtooth.
Saturday 9pm: Kill Martha, Psycho King Dogs and Reed St Posse.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
Wednesdays, 7.30pm: live acoustic jam session.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Craft Bar, the Octagon. Thursday 9pm.
Kara Gordon band, blues rock, one time only.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
Thursday May 17, 9.30pm: The Forty Winks with Raygun and Psycho King Dog.
Saturday, 9pm: Dunedin PyratePunx presents No Rest For The Dead. Foe, The Vamps, Skeletor, Boltcutter, Conniption and Scum Hammer.
Dunedin Public Library, Moray Pl.
Today, 5.30-7pm: Gig night, some of Dunedin's brightest and best musicians.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Thursday: jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Re:Fuel, Otago University.
Thursday, 7.30pm: May Dan Brader's Comedy Den. $5 entry.
Friday, 8pm: OUSA Battle of the Bands. Heat Three.
Saturday, 9pm: Grandfather Alps and guests. Three-piece indie pop rock act takes you on a journey of mountainous proportions.
Monday, 8.30pm: open mike night. Budding and experienced musicians and songwriters wanted.
Tuesday, 8.30pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
Thursdays, 8.30pm: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St.
Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Fridays,10.30am: story time.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Tuesdays, 11am: story time.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for children aged 7-12, free.
Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at information desk.
Every Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm, Atrium level 1: "Maritime Marvels, Investigation Station". Explore all things maritime, from launching a vessel to Morse code. "Pacific Sounds, Investigation Station". Learn the customs and stories behind the music and have a go at playing traditional instruments yourself.
Port Chalmers Library.
Wednesdays, 11am: story time.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
Wednesday, May 23, 8pm: poetry reading - David Howard, Martha Morseth, David Eggleton.
The Church, Dundas St.
Tuesdays, 7pm: Salsa lessons.'
Every Friday, 8.30pm: salsa tango night, $4 lesson then try out your dancing skills, or just enjoy the atmosphere.
Sunday, 7.30pm: "The New Edinburgh Folk Club", Whiskey and the Wench.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Friday, 12.30-1.30pm: lunchtime acoustic session with James Dignan.
Glue Gallery Hall, 26 Stafford St.
Tomorrow, 8pm: "+ - = TOUCH" - a performance of contemporary dance and sound.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians' May recital meeting featuring a presentation by Donald Cullington and Fiona Pickering on the life and work of French composer Cecile Chaminade. All welcome. Guests $5.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Today, 12.15pm: lunchtime recital - choirs of Otago Girls' High, Otago Boys' High and the Combined Choir. Conductor Karen Knudson, pianist Sandra Crawshaw.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
Wednesday May 23, 1-2pm: recital by senior performance students.
Maurice Joel Theatre, Otago Boys' High School.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Tones of Autumn - Otago Symphonic Band. Guest conductor, Kathleen Mulligan.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Friday, 1.30pm: NZ Music Month Performance - Fairfield School. Forte Choir, Recorder Ensemble and Marimba Band.
Monday, 12.30pm: NZ Music Month performance - Silverstream Primary School. Kapa haka group.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Saturday, 1pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus - an afternoon of feel-good tunes.
Otago Boys High School, 2 Arthur St.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Otago Symphonic band plays Tones of Autumn.
Sacred Heart Hall, Northeast Valley.
Wednesday, May 23, 7.30pm: Distinctive Soundz choir, directed by Jan Parkinson, is holding a fundraising concert for the Neurological Foundation.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
Sunday May 27, 12.30pm: "Let's Raise the Roof" charity concert for Habitat for Humanity. Tickets available at Frames Footwear - adults $10, children $2.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
May 19-June 9: Two Fish 'n' a Scoop, by Carl Nixon.
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
From May 17-26: Lovepuke, by Duncan Sarkies. Performances 7.30pm, except Sunday 2pm. No show on May 21.
Talks and films
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Chinese Takeaway (R, 93min).
Sunday, 2pm: Good for Nothing (R13, 92min).
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday 3pm: Matthew O'Reilly, Framer of Paintings, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, talks about intriguing frames that enhance the paintings in the exhibition.
Sunday May 20 at 3pm: DVD Sense and Sensation explores arts in 18th-century London.
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego streets.
Today, 12.30-1.30pm: Hannah Joynt - "Painting on a Hunch".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks for May, each weekday at 2pm.
Thursday: The Upland Moa. Friday: Queen Liliuokalani. Saturday: The Yellow-Eyed Penguin.
Sunday: The Union Steamship Company. Monday: The Wreck Of The Penguin. Tuesday: Tuatara.
Wednesday: Aboriginal Bark Art.
Daily at 4pm: Talk on the exhibition "Focal Point: 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".
Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St.
Wednesday, May 23, 7.30pm: Vittoria De Sica's final masterpiece, The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis.
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
Until June 3: "New Voids - Interventions with Found Objects".
Archives New Zealand Dunedin office, 556 George St.
Until June 1: "Evidence of Scandal: Belle Bock and the shady Super" (Archives New Zealand); "The Haunt of Infamy: Dunedin's Vauxhall Gardens" (Otago Settlers Museum); "Scandalous Acts of Neglect ... when the enemies of paper are let loose" (Presbyterian Archives).
The Anteroom, Port Chalmers.
"Park", by Anna Perry.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
"Works on Paper".
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
Until May 23: Manu Berry, "Large Woodcuts".
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
Until June 19: Darkside Gallery, Simon Esling and Clara Chon, "Suicide Pavilions"; Lower Gallery, Shannon Williamson, "Back to You"; A/V Gallery, "Pick 'n Mix".
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
"51 Stray Shoe Heels".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Until May 28: Russell Clark, "The City Hotel Goldrush Panels".
Civic Centre Plaza, the Octagon.
Until June 1: "Wild Scenes in the Council Chamber: Scandals from Dunedin's Local Government" (Dunedin City Council Archives).
Community Gallery, Princes St.
Until May 26: "Portfolio" senior art exhibition, Otago Girls' High School.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, first floor, Central University Library.
Until June 15: "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships", the Fred Fastier science fiction collection.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until June 17: "Boys from the Black Stuff", work from the gallery's permanent and long-term loan collections.
Until June 17: "Kabuki: The Art of Transformation".
Until July 28: "Angels and Aristocrats - Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections".
Until August 12: Clemens von Wedemeyer, "The Fourth Wall".
Ongoing: "Te Wai Pounamu: The Burial of our People", Jacqueline Fraser.
Ongoing: Frances Hodgkins, "Kaleidoscope".
Ongoing: "Fruit and small sculpture", Fiona Connor.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
Until June 10: "Smoke and Mirrors - painting, isolation and tradition".
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
Gallery open Wednesday to Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
Opens Friday: "Wild Honey", by Ben WebbGallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
Until May 24: "Steel Bronze Paint", recent works by Paul and Fran Dibble.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
Until June 3: "Necronomicon", by Brendan Jon Phillip.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
Mini-exhibition of new works by Nic Reeves, with exhibits by R. Willocks, Leonie Clent and local artists.
Hotel St Clair, 24 Esplanade.
Opening tonight, 5.30pm: "Oceans of Inspiration", by Derek Morrison.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Until June 2: "Here and now (and then)", by Liz Rowe.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until June 2: "Grandiflora", various artists. Open Thursday-Saturday, noon-2pm or by appointment.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
Various artists.
King's High School, 270 Bay View Rd.
May 21-25: NZQA's annual Top Art touring exhibition featuring work by some of New Zealand's most talented secondary students.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until Sunday: "28th Locations Realty Autumn Festival Art Exhibition".
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs at old post office building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
Until May 30: Susan Wilson exhibition.
Metalworks Gallery, 54 Ballantyne Rd, Wanaka.
"Unfolding Landscape", works by Ernie Maluschnig, sculptor in metal. Open weekdays or weekends by appointment.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until May 23: Gary Waldrom's "Dangerous Curves".
Milford Galleries Queenstown,
9A Earl St. Until May 30: "The Royal Queenstown Easter Show".
Opening Friday, 5pm, artist talk 6pm: Nigel Brown's "Dusky Doubtful".
Naseby Jubilee Museum, Leven St, cnr Earne St.
"Maniototo Sporting Heroes". Open Monday-Friday noon-4pm, weekends 10am-4pm. Contact: Jane Greer (03) 444-9393.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
Until June 3: Hope and Sons biennial arts awards.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until June 17, Special Exhibitions Gallery: "Focal Point: 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".
Until May 27: "The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand".
"2012 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
Until July 1: "Around-n-about: Art South Otago". Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Packing Shed Gallery and Cafe, Boulton Rd, Earnscleugh, Alexandra.
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Parkside Posh, 7 Mailer St, Mornington.
"Sunday Morning", by Danni Roberts.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
New Zealand's Photographers Gallery: A continuously updated exhibition; works of New Zealand photographers. Southland Museum and Art Gallery, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
Until May 31: "The Blind Idealist's Black Dog", by Jo Torr.
Until June 17: "Off the Wall: World of Wearable art upclose".
Ongoing: "Southland 150".
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
May 14-26: Lorna Isaac and Judy Ringland Stewart.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until June 1: oils by local artist Alena Simonova.
Teviot District Museum, Abbotsford St, Roxburgh.
Sundays, 2pm-4pm, or by request. Contact Robin (03) 446-8130 or Joan (03) 446-8671.
Wall Street, Princes St, Dunedin.
Until Sunday: "The Corner Dairy, number 1", a rolling-ball kinetic sculpture by Paul Cardno.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
"Summer Hits" featuring oil paintings by Peter Hackett and Raquel Clarke and sculpture by Trevor Askin.
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