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. Tuesdays, 7pm: Irish Sing-along. Wednesdays, 7pm: Folk Night. Fridays, 6pm: Open Irish Session.

The Bog Irish Bar, George St. Saturday, 10pm: Livewire featuring Amanda Goodwin.

Carey's Bay Hotel, 7 Macandrew Rd, Careys Bay. Sunday, 7.30pm: Michelle Nadia.

Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers. Friday, 9pm: Patrik Fitzgerald, Bob Scott and Stephen Stedman. Saturday, 9pm: Andrew Keoghan with Grand Rapids. Wednesday, 8pm: Chris Hurn Too Busy Dreaming album release.

The Church, 50 Dundas St. Every Friday: Viernes Latin music fiesta from 8.30pm. Free beginners' lesson from 7.30pm. Every Sunday: Ukulele class. 6pm-7pm.

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.

Refuel, Otago University. Tuesdays, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket. Wednesday, 9pm: Idiot Prayer with John White and Thundercub.

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: Bassnectar (US), with Olie Bassweight, K+Lab, Ingredients, Funkdamunk and Tsubliminal. Friday, 10pm: Tikidub and SBK In The World of Light album release tour. Support from Nightshade Live ft MC Beau, Sarah Callander and Dell McLeod, Woosh, Soundclash, Espionage and Truth. Saturday, from noon until midnight: Christchurch Earthquake Benefit Gig featuring MountainEater, Anthesiac, Idiot Prayer, Made in China, Cult Disney, Fuschia Gash, Funtime, The Sleeping Patterns, Jo Little, Marcus Tuwairua and Sarah Gallagher, Osmium, Julian Temple Band and As Chaos Falls. Wednesday, 10pm: Digital Mystikz. Tonic, 138 Princes St. Friday, 9pm: The Scruffs blues trio.

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 March, atrium level 1: Interactive Trolley - Find out what makes the stoat such an efficient killing machine and what anti-predator adaptations rabbits have. Sunday, 11am-5pm, Museum Reserve: The Big Get Together 2011. Music, performance, activities, food stalls, experiments, face-painting, storytelling and more.

Port Chalmers Library. Wednesdays, 11am: Storytime.

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

Knox Church, 449 George St. Sunday, 3pm: Baroque Splendour/Pergolesi, "Stabat Mater", and "Arias" by Handel. Performed by the Otago Girls' High School Choir and the Women of Knox; featuring mezzo Claire Barton and soprano Rae Shurbutt. Sunday, 7pm: Music for male voices by Faure, Schubert & David Childs. Performed by the Otago Boys' High School Choir with the Knox Church Choir. Also featuring David Burchell/organ and Karen Knudson/conductor.

Marama Hall, University of Otago. Lunchtime concert, Wednesday, 1pm: Preludes for Piano, featuring music by Anthony Ritchie and others. John Van Buskirk, piano.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Lunchtime music, Saturday, 1pm in the atrium: Margot Frei.

Sammy's, Crawford St. Today, 8pm: Australian cabaret group Bird Wizdom present "Master's Curious Delirium".

United Service Clubrooms, 1 Prince Albert Rd. Tuesday, 1.30pm-4pm: RSA Social Day featuring live music for dancing and housie.

Plays

Fortune Studio, Stuart St. From Wednesday until April 17, Tuesday-Saturday, 7.30pm; Sunday, 4pm: The Second Test, written and performed by Jonathan Brugh.

Mayfair Theatre, King Edward St. Wednesday, 7.30pm: Party Girls, directed by Ben McDonald, starring Geraldine Brophy, Pinky Agnew and Lyndee-Jane Rutherford.

Talks and films

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Today, 10.30am and 5.30pm: NHNZ film screening: China Circus 1.

Dunedin Film Society, The Church Cinema, Dundas St. Wednesday, 7.30pm: Roberto Rossellini's Journey In Italy.

Dunedin School of Art, corner Albany and Riego Sts. Today, 12.15pm: Art Seminar: Max Oettli, "An Analysis of Jorge Luis Borges' The Garden of Forking Paths".

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: Artist's talk with Nina Katchadourian.

Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati. Sunday, 4pm: Floor talk by artist Jenny Longstaff.

Golden Gate Lodge, Barry Ave, Cromwell. Sunday 11am: Literary brunch featuring authors Tania Roxborogh and Richard Till.

Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel. Friday, 4pm: "Cooking Without Looking". Join "that blind woman", Julie Woods as she guides you through making truffles blindfolded.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm. For March: Mondays, "Chinese snuff bottles"; Tuesdays, "The sneaky stoat"; Wednesdays, "Slavery in Ancient Greece"; Thursdays, "Ferns of New Zealand"; Fridays, "The Secrets of the Adzebill"; Saturdays, "The Clyde Dam"; Sundays, "Sepik Men's Houses". Exhibition gallery talk, daily, 4pm: "Your Face Here". Saturday and Sunday, 3pm: NHNZ film screening: Dark Days in Monkey City. Sunday, 1pm: Tour of the Mo Tatou exhibition with Dr Jim Williams.

Exhibitions

A Gallery, 393 Princes St. Phillip James Frost, "Paper Work".

Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until April 10: Rachael Polson, "Now & Always". Until April 10: Marian Maguire, "The Labours of Herakles".

The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St. "Repertoire", by Stephen-Martyn Welch.

Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Until April 11: "Deeply Bitten Ground", by Pauline Bellamy, Manu Berry, Max Bellamy, Jodie Austin. Open daily noon-5pm.

Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl. Until April 16: "Arytipidal", by Andy Leleisi'uao. Until April 16: "The Fullness of Empty Pockets", by Colleen Altagracia, and "At once we are rootless and harbouring, floating on an inland sea (I am from here)", by Clare Fleming.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Downing St. From tomorrow: "An Alternative History", by Ben Cauchi.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Until March 30: "Bird's Eye View" by Janet de Wagt.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Until June 12, Reed Gallery, third floor: "Guts, God & Gold: Dunedin in the 1860s".

Dunedin International Airport. Ends tomorrow: "Presence" by Rob Piggott.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until April 17: Simon Morris, "Black Watercolour". Until April 3: Frances Hodgkins' portraits. 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 Niuean artist John Pule. Until June 5: "The First City in History", by Fiona Amundsen. Until July 10: `Te Putahitanga o Rehua", by Reuben Paterson. From Saturday until July 17: "Seat Assignment", by Nina Katchadourian.

Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore. Until April 10: "Bohemians of the Brush", Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru. Until April 10: "8 Years, 8 Works", by Marcus Wainwright. Until April 10: "Still Lives", by Sue Marshall.

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

Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati. Until March 27: "Pattern & Paradox", by Jenny Longstaff.

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct. Until April 2: "Vanitas", a series of small still-life paintings by Liz Kempthorne.

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".

Lure, 130 Stuart St Dunedin, 1st floor. Until April 6: "Goldfinger", featuring work by Andrea Daly, Ang Jewiss, Ann Culy, Barry Clark, Brian Adam, Elfi Spiewack, Frances Stachl, Jane Dodd, John Z Robinson, Lynn Kelly, Neke Moa, Octavia Cook, Pauline Bern, Penelope Barnhill, Rainer Beneke, Renee Bevan, Sharon Fitness and Victoria McIntosh.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until March 30: Christine Thacker, "On Location". Until March 30: Garry Currin "Various Distances Apart". Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St. Until April 6: Elizabeth Rees, "A Short Walk From My Brother's Bach". Until April 6: Emily Siddell, "Drift".

Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave. Until April 10: "Doppelganger", by Nicola Jackson.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown. Until April 8: Gretchen Albrecht, Stephen Bambury, Dick Frizzell, Heather Straka, Max Gimblett, Elizabeth Thomson, Rohan Wealleans, Fiona Pardington.

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

Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, first floor. Until March 27: Summer Exhibition, featuring Streetscapes awards.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander": mementos given by Lady Hillary. "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 showing, "Aukaha kia kaha - Strengthen the bindings" is dedicated to 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. "Otago's Ocean", Explore the stories of Otago's ocean life.

Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. Until June 19: "It's All About Me": colourful, playful works by Sharon Gilchrist. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.

Port Chalmers Museum, 19 Beach St, Port Chalmers. "Layers of Gold" exhibition, gold dredge display.

Rice and Beans, Level 2, 127 Lower Stuart St, Dunedin Violet Faigan's "Venn Diagram With Tears and Onion".

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; "Rembrandt returns", by P. Keane. Open 1pm-5pm weekends or by appointment.

Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until March 27: Farewell to departing members Marion Familton and Nicole Kolig. From Monday until April 10: Peter Gregory and Jo Howard.

Tangente Cafe, Moray Pl. Until March 31: New Paintings by Bernard Mullane. Until April 24: "From the Mountains to the Sea", by Cheryl and Deano Shirriffs.

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until April 4: Works by the Amana Art Group.

Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. "As it is on Earth", by Peter Nicholls.

Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St. Work by John Crump, Ben Ho, Nigel Wilson and Ivan Clarke.

Waikouaiti District Museum , State Highway 1. Until April 3: "Gold: Past and Present".

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