A look at what's happening around Dunedin this week.
Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl.
Saturday, 8pm: Sora Shima (Hamilton) with Idiot Prayer and Kahu.
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tomorrow: Coasting and the Tweaks
Saturday, 8pm: Her Make Believe Band and The Bads.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
Friday: Latin evening.Salsa and Tango dancing from 8.30pm.
Sunday: The Eastern. Live music - The New Edinburgh Folk Club, 7.30pm.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, 5.30pm onwards. 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.
The Riverhouse, Wanaka.
Friday, 8pm: Her Make Believe Band and The Bads.
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 and Nick Cornish.
Family fun
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4.30pm: Make a red and gold paper-chain-link good-luck dragon to welcome in the Year of the Rabbit. All materials supplied on the activities table.
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.
Port Chalmers Library.
Preschool story time, Wednesdays, 11am.
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 Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Today, 4.30pm: The Lion Dance will be performed to celebrate Chinese New Year.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Sunday, 1pm: Wind of the Andes: Duo Miguel and Sophia perform on traditional South American instruments including the quena, charango, tarkas, ron roco and zamponas.
Talks and films
Evolve Art Award,Savoy Building, cnr Moray Pl and Princes St.
February 3, 7pm: "Esoteric Psychology", an introduction by Sandra Paul, free.
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, DVD screening: Early Renaissance Painting,1250 -1450.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm. For February: Mondays, "SS Port Chalmers".
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".
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 "Anistropy", by Alexandra Kennedy.
Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
From Friday 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".
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
Today and tomorrow: Lowell Nesbitt, "Made in the USA".
Evolve Art Award, cnr Moray Pl and Princes St.
Today and tomorrow: "Art and Spirituality in 2011, main exhibition"; Evolve Art Award, Carnegie Cottage, 197 Stuart St, today and tomorrow: Art and Spirituality in 2011, Salon des Refuses".
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 February 9: Green Island Art Group.
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".
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Selected works. Open Thurs-Sat noon-2pm and by appointment.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until Sunday: Graham Brinsley, "30 Years of Painting, Retrospective and New Works".
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
From Saturday until March 4: Mark Blake, "Status Update".
Until March 4: "Large Works".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
Until Tuesday: "The Earl Street Journal", a group show.
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.
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.
Rice and beans, 127 Lower Stuart St.
"LUX LUX LUX" by Gabriella Arturo, second floor, Albell Chambers.
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.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until March 1: Art by the Green Island Art Group.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
Today and tomorrow: new works by Aaron Kereopa and Sofia Minson.
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