The Guide: What's on this week

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, 7pm: Open Irish session; Tuesday, 7pm: Irish singing session; Wednesday, 7pm: open folk night.

Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers. Tonight, Rocky Horror Show Party. Friday, 8pm: Plum Green and Hana Fahy and guests. Saturday, 8pm: Elegant Bachelor and guests. Sunday, 4pm: La Petite Manouche.

The Church, 50 Dundas St. Every Friday: Viernes Latin music fiesta from 8.30pm. Free impromptu beginners lesson from 7.30pm. Saturday: The New Edinburgh Folk Club: Habbadam. Scandinavian Scandinavian folk/jazz. 8pm. Every Sunday: Ukulele class. Ukes supplied if you don't have your own. 6pm-7pm. Sunday: The New Edinburgh Folk Club, 7.30pm. Performer: Raylee Bradfield.

Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St. Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, 5.30pm onwards.

Crown Hotel, Rattray St. Saturday, 9pm: Katharticus and Full Savory.

Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St. Every Thursday: open mike night.

Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St. Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.

New Edinburgh Folk Club, The Church, Dundas St. Saturday, 7pm: Habbadam.

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.

Swell, St Clair Esplanade. Every Saturday, 2.30pm-5.30pm: live jazz from Trevor Coleman, Paul Young and Dell McLeod.

Tonic, 138 Princes St. Friday, 9pm: Bill Morris.

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. Wriggle and Rhyme sessions are aimed at Children from 0-2 and guide parents through different movement activities that they can use at home. Wednesday, 10.30am: Storytime.

Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel. Tuesday, 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 such an efficient killing machine and what anti-predator adaptations rabbits possess to aid their survival. Saturday, 1pm: Creating Rock Art, Tamariki Programme. Sunday, 1pm: "A taste of Kai Tahu Kai". Sample some traditional Kai Tahu foods and find out how these foods were collected, processed and prepared in the past.

Port Chalmers Library. Wednesday, 11am: Storytime.

Roxburgh Baptist Church. Every Tuesday: Music and Movement coffee and playgroup 10am-11.30am. Contact: Gemma 446-8221. Visitor Information Centre, Octagon. Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.

Music and performance

Dunedin Bowls Centre, 190 Union St East. Tuesday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Harmony new members night, for women who love to sing in harmony.

Golden Gate Lodge, Cromwell. Saturday, 6pm: "Tre-Belle - Opera to Broadway".

Plays

Fire Station Theatre, 3 Cargill St, Mosgiel. February 16-19, 7pm: The Victoria Park Murder - The Parker Hulme Case.

Talks and films

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". Wednesday, 10.30am: DPAG Society Coffee Morning with speaker Anita de Soto on "Lost in Leipzig".

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". Today, 7pm: "Caring for the past into the future", panel discussion with Gerard O'Regan, Megan Ellison, Paora Tapsell and Matapura Ellison exploring the principles of kaitiakitaka - guardianship - especially as they relate to Maori heritage places. Saturday, 1pm: Gerard O'Regan presents: "Maori Rock Art, Treasures or Doodles?".

Exhibitions

Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until February 27: Lynne Kerr, "Blue". Until February 27: Hannah Kidd, "Beastly Delights".

Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Works by Manu Berry, Pauline Bellamy, Max Bellamy. Open every day noon-5pm.

Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl, Dunedin. 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: Martin Thompson, "Four New Works".

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Until March 30: "Birdseye View" by Janet de Wagt. Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Reed Gallery, third floor, until February 20: "Let There Be Light", celebrating the Bible in English.

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 February 20: John Ward Knox: A wall carving activated by shifting natural light levels. 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". From Saturday until July 10: "À la Mode: Early 19th century fashion plates from the collection".

Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens. Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.

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. Until February 20: 'New Depths", Andi Reagan.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St. Selected works. Open Thurs-Sat noon-2pm and by appointment.

Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. From Saturday until April 18: Lindsay Kennett, Master Milliner: "A Life in Art and Fashion".

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until March 4: Mark Blake, "Status Update". Until March 4: "Large Works".

Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St. From Saturday until March 9: Callum Arnolds, "Sojourn".

Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave. Until February 24: "Einstein's Pylons revisited", sculpture by Stuart Griffiths.

Mountfort Gallery, 7 Earl St, Queenstown. Until February 25: Jonathan R. White, "Heart in the Wilderness".

Mt Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre, Wanaka. Until February 20: "Karearea: the NZ Falcon", photography by Donna Falconer and Darryl Busbridge.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown. Fiona Pardington and Simon Kennedy.

None Gallery, 24 Stafford St. February 17-20: "on the edge of the alphabet", paintings by Emma Chalmers. Open 10am-4.30pm

North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru. Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".

Old Presbyterian Church, 24 Inniscort St, Old Cromwell. Deidre Copeland.

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": a variety of entries from this annual competition, a favourite among local amateur photographers. "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". Featuring a mix of collection items and hands-on exhibits, "Your Face Here" lets you 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 Saturday and Sunday or by appointment.

Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until February 13: Marion Familton and Paddy Carr. From Monday until February 27: Lisa Simpson and Louise Thompson Parker.

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until March 1: Art by the Green Island Art Group

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