A look at what's happening around Dunedin this week.
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St. Friday, 6pm: Open Irish session; Tuesday, 7pm: first birthday party featuring the Blarney boys and friends; Wednesday, 7pm: Folk night.
The Bog Irish Bar, George St. Friday, 10pm: Livewire featuring Amanda Goodwin.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers. Tomorrow: The Ocean Floor, Paper Ghost, Carpet Floor. Saturday: Brains with Idiot Prayer, QTPI, Mr Biscuits.
The Church, 50 Dundas St. Every Friday: Viernes Latin music fiesta from 8.30pm. Free beginners' lesson from 7.30pm. Every Sunday: Ukulele class. Ukes supplied if you don't have your own. 6pm-7pm. Sunday, 7.30pm: The New Edinburgh Folk Club presents Lauren Thomson/Tami Neilson.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St. Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, 5.30pm onwards.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St. Saturday: Black Rock Coffin Makers, Helter Skelter
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St. Every Thursday: open mike night.
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl. Saturday, 8pm: Minuit, Ladi 6, DJ Rekha (US), Metals (Aus), Kween G And Bad Ezzy (Aus).
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Mou Very, 357 George St. Tuesday, 7pm: Fuchsia Gash (Bell). Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St. Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St. Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night. Gear provided.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St. Tonight, 10pm: TC (UK Drum 'n' Bass) with local support from Titts Mcgee, B2B Chachi, Syrus B2B DVS and Woosh. Saturday, 10pm: Aotearoa Dubstep Allstarz Album Release Party with Truth & Optimus Gryme.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade. Every Saturday, 3.30pm-6.30pm: Live jazz from Trevor Coleman, Paul Young and Dell McLeod.
Tonic, 138 Princes St. Friday, 9pm: Julian Temple.
University Union Hall, Otago University. Friday, 8pm: Kora with Koile and Left or Right.
Urban Factory, Great King St. Saturday, 8pm: Salmonella Dub.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library. Fridays,10.30am: Storytime, free.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Every Tuesday until April 12, 10.30am: Wriggle & Rhyme: Active Movement for Early Learning. Aimed at children from 0-2. Wednesdays, 10.30am: Storytime.
Knox Church, 449 George St. Fridays, 1.30pm-2.30pm: Preschool music for children aged 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel. Tuesdays, 11am: Storytime.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Explorer backpacks for children aged 7 to 12, free. Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk. Every Saturday and Sunday during February, 3.30pm, atrium level 1: "Survival of the Fittest". Find out what makes the stoat an efficient killer and what anti-predator adaptations rabbits possess. Sunday, noon, Nature Galleries: Fishy Tales from Under the Sea with Captain Jackson Barry. Sunday, 2.30pm: Freaky Science, "Oh My Ocean Show" - learn all about the ocean. Sunday, all day, atrium level 2: Hook, Line and Sinker - Try your hand at catching fish in our magnet fishing activity then trade it in for a chocolate one. Sunday, all day, atrium level 2: Under-the-Sea Bracelets - create jewellery using materials from the sea. Sunday, all day: Fish and Ships Trail - Search the Otago Museum for clues guided by fishy facts and nautical tales, to lead Squirt the sea turtle to safety. Sunday, all day, atrium level 2: Wet and Wild face painting.
Port Chalmers Library. Wednesdays, 11am: Storytime.
Rural Art Deco Festival, Ranfurly. Saturday, from 12pm: Street party in the main street featuring music, stalls, art, food and entertainers.
Roxburgh Baptist Church. Every Tuesday: Music and Movement coffee and playgroup, 10am-11.30am. Contact: Gemma on 446-8221.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon. Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.
Music and performance
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Wednesday, 12.30pm: Poetry reading by Alan Riach.
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl. Friday, 7.30pm: Last Night of the Proms.
Oamaru Opera House. Saturday, 7pm: Last Night of the Proms.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Lunchtime music, Saturday, 1pm: Husband and wife team Liz and Jono Conway, keyboard and guitar.
The Shed, Northburn Station, Cromwell. Tomorrow, 8pm: Tami Neilson and Lauren Thomson, alt-country and folk. Tickets from Northburn or the Cromwell i-Site.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St. Until March 12: The Wonder of Sex, by Patrick Barlow, directed by Lisa Warrington.
Fortune Studio, Stuart St. February 28-March 5: Hush - A verbatim play speaking about family violence.
Talks and films
Dunedin Film Society, The Church Cinema, Dundas St. Tuesday, 7.30pm: Let the Right One In, directed by Tomas Alfredson.
Dunedin School of Art, Corner Albany and Riego streets. Today, 12.15pm: Seminar: Qassim Saad, "Travelling to Postwar Iraq in 2010-2011: Histories and Designs in Context".
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Sundays, 1.30pm, and Wednesdays, 12.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery". Sunday, 3pm: Curator Aaron Kreisler will give a floor talk in the exhibition "Pretty Vacant".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm. For February: Mondays, "The Wahine disaster". Tuesdays, "Amazing Polynesian voyagers". Wednesdays, "Kereru". Thursdays, "The blue duck". Fridays: "Maori cloaks". Saturdays, "Marquesas hair garments". Sundays, "The legend of Troy".
Exhibition gallery talk, daily, 4pm: "Your Face Here". Sunday, 12.30pm: Film Screening: Te Whetu Rere - On the Otago coast the world's rarest sea lion species has begun a comeback to the mainland. Sunday, 1pm, Friends Room, talk: "Helping the Hector's Dolphins" with Jenn Turek, Sunday, 2pm, Friends Room, talk: "A Supermarket In The Sea" with Neville Peat. Sunday, 3pm: NHNZ Film Screening: Shark Nicole.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until February 27: Lynne Kerr, "Blue" and Hannah Kidd, "Beastly Delights".
Allison Art Gallery, 22 Wilson St, Geraldine. Until March 15: Photography by Mari Hill Harpur.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Works by Manu Berry, Pauline Bellamy, Max Bellamy. Open daily noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl. Until March 5: "Interfaces", by Molly Samsell, "4:00am Tondo Rondo" by Catherine Hodson and Antoinette Wood, and "Anisotropy", by Alexandra Kennedy. Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. From tomorrow: "Shunga", Erotic Japanese prints.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Until March 30: "Birdseye View" by Janet de Wagt. Dunedin International Airport. Until March 25: "Presence" by Rob Piggott.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until April 17: Simon Morris, "Black Watercolour". Until April 2011: Frances Hodgkins' portraits. Until March 7: "Pretty Vacant" - includes collection favourites by Saskia Leek, Peter Peryer, Ronnie van Hout and Mark Braunias. Until February 27: Eugene Hansen and Andy Thomson, "Fieldwork". Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery". Until July 10: "A la Mode: Early 19th century fashion plates from the collection". Until May 8: "Hauaga (Arrivals)" featuring works by Nuiean artist John Pule. Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore. Until April 10: "Bohemians of the Brush", Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens. Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St. From tomorrow until March 10: "A-Z of Saints" by Frank Gordon.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati. Every Thursday and Friday: Karan Snow will be working on her puppets and dolls and new creations at the gallery, 10.30am-4pm.
Green Island Gallery, 94a Main South Rd, Green Island. Until March 17: Landscape artwork of Dave Johnston.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St. Until March 5: "Bringing it Home: Pathways from Home Science to Applied Science at the University of Otago 1911-2011".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct. Bannockburn-based Gail de Jong.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St. Selected works. Open Thurs-Sat noon-2pm and by appointment.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. Until April 18: Lindsay Kennett, Master Milliner: "A Life in Art and Fashion".
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until March 2: Mark Blake, "Status Update". Until March 2: "Large Works".
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St. Until March 9: Callum Arnolds, "Sojourn". Until March 9: The Earl Street Journal.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave. Until April 10: "Doppelganger" by Nicola Jackson.
Mou Very, 357 George St. Tuesday, from 3pm-close: An exhibition of limited-edition prints by Deano Shirriffs.
Mountfort Gallery, 7 Earl St, Queenstown. Until February 25: Jonathan R. White, "Heart in the Wilderness".
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown. Until March 11: "The Perfect Mirror", by Max Gimblett. North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru. Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Old Presbyterian Church, 24 Inniscort St, Old Cromwell. Deidre Copeland.
Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, first floor. From tomorrow until March 27: Summer Exhibition, featuring Streetscapes awards.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander": mementos given by Lady Hillary for Otago and New Zealand to share. "Finely Furnished": focusing on the specialised skills of expert furniture-makers. "Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition". "Mo Tatou", presenting the journey of Ngai Tahu Whanui. Added to the exhibition for the Otago Museum showing, "Aukaha kia kaha - Strengthen the bindings" is dedicated to the local runaka: Waihao, Moeraki, Puketeraki, Otakou and Hokonui. Special Exhibitions Gallery, Level 1: "Your Face Here". Come face to face with creatures from the natural world, merge your face into famous portraits and even become part of the exhibition.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. Until February 27: "Primal Threads", a combined exhibition of works on paper by Gordon Thompson and textiles by Janine Thompson. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton. Until March 28: "Exploration of the Deep" by J. K. Weir; "Delve into Ollyness" by O. E. Crooks; "Rambrandt returns" by P. Keane. Open 1pm-5pm weekends or by appointment.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until February 27: Lisa Simpson and Louise Thompson Parker. February 28-March 13: Judy Ringland Stewart and Rosemary McQueen.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until March 1: Art by the Green Island Art Group. Until April 4: Works by the Amana Art Group.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. "The Rose Papered Room", by Diana Smillie.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown. From Friday until March 23: "Everybody knows this is nowhere" by Sam Foley and Greg Lewis.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick Street. Curvilinear bronze sculptures by Trevor Askin
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