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.
• Thursday, 7pm: Singer/songwriter session;
• Fridays, 6pm: Open Irish session with Tatter Jack.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Tomorrow, 9pm: Blues night, with Three Dollar Easy and guests. Free.
• Sunday, 4pm: Fraser Ross.
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.
• Commercial Tavern, Green Island.
• Saturday, 8pm: Sidewalk Sally.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Friday, 9pm: The Plasterers album release with support from Nick Graham.
• Saturday, 9pm: Scurvy Dogs EP release with support from Honeybone.
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.
• Mondays, 8.30pm: Open-mike night.
• Tuesdays, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
• Wednesday: Ruby Frost's Odyssey Tour, from 9pm. Free.
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.
Silverstream Steakhouse, 2 Saunders Rd, North Taieri.
• Saturday, 8pm: Melissa Partridge and the Hillbilly Blues Band.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade.
• Every Saturday, 2.30pm-5.30pm: Live jazz from Trevor Coleman, Tod Gibson-Cornish and Nick Cornish.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
• Fridays,10.30am: Storytime, free.
• Until Saturday: Colouring competition, design and decorate an Easter egg and add it to the library basket. The best wins a giant Easter egg.
• Until Saturday: Easter puzzles, match the pictures with the words, complete our special Easter word-search, or finish the Easter crossword.
Cromwell Public Library.
• Today: Holiday Programme 5-10 years, 2pm-3pm. "Weaving with Grandma." Enrolments essential. Phone (03) 445-0213
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle & Rhyme, active movement for early learning.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: Storytime.
• Until Saturday: Colouring competition, design and decorate an Easter egg and add it to the library basket. The best wins a giant Easter egg.
• Until Saturday: Easter puzzles, match the pictures with the words, complete our special Easter word-search, or finish the Easter crossword.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am: Storytime.
• Until Saturday: Colouring competition, design and decorate an Easter egg and add it to the library basket. The best wins a giant Easter egg.
• Until Saturday: Easter puzzles, match pictures with words, complete our Easter word-search, or finish the Easter crossword.
• Today, 11am: Design your own fashion outfits for cut-out dolls.
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.
• Mountaineer's Montage - Every Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm, atrium level 1: Discover the technologies that have helped climbers conquer Earth's extreme peaks. Free.
• Today, 2.30pm: Freaky Science - "Bombastic Bubbles". Explore the weird chemistry of bubble science, creating amazing soapy creations.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: Freaky Science - "Rambunctious Reactions". Strap on your goggles and get set for the exciting world of chemical reactions.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: Storytime.
• Until Saturday: Colouring competition, design and decorate an Easter egg. The best wins a giant Easter egg.
• Until Saturday: Easter puzzles, match the pictures with the words, complete our special Easter word-search, or finish the Easter crossword.
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
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Sunday, 2pm: Liszt & Wagner Commemorative Recital and Lecture.
• Wednesday, 1pm: NZ Trio featuring Kenji Robert Craigie on drums.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Lunchtime music, Saturday: 1pm in the atrium, saxophonist Heather Grant.
Talks and films
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tomorrow, 5.30pm: Dr Paul Tankard presents "Eros: A New Discovery About C.S. Lewis".
Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm: Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Doulos . France, 1962.
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".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for April, 2pm: Thursdays, "Mammalian aliens"; Fridays, "Otago's giant skinks"; Saturdays, "Cook Island staff gods"; Sundays, "Southern whaling"; Mondays, "Legend of Osiris"; Tuesdays, "New Zealand bats"; Wednesdays, "Rakiriri - The Dunedin volcano".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until May 7: "Soil" by Sharon Singer.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until June 6: "Range", by Susanna Izard, and "Capriccios", by Nigel Buxton.
The Anteroom, 29 Wickliffe Tce, Port Chalmers.
• "The Wreath Series - Like Autumn Leaves We're in For a Change", by Anet Neutze.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• New works by Susan Webb, Brian Strong and J.K. Reed.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Winter hours: Wednesday to Sunday, noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until May 28: "Indigo Blues", by Ana Terry and Don Hunter; "Boy Love - Dummy Heart", by Angela Lyon, and "Nervous System", by Ben Pearce.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• "The Heat of Winter", by Michael Harrison.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until May 8: "Drift", by Anna Smythe.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
• Until June 17: "Forging A Magical Landscape: The Works of Robert Graves, Poet".
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until June 12, Reed Gallery, third floor: "Guts, God & Gold: Dunedin in the 1860s".
Dunedin International Airport.
• Until June 14: Maria Kemp, "Recent Works".
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Ongoing: "Beloved": Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• 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: "A la Mode: Early 19th-century fashion plates from the collection".
• Until July 10: "Te Putahitanga o Rehua", by Reuben Paterson.
• Until July 17: "Seat Assignment", by Nina Katchadourian. Dunedin School of Art, behind O Block (ceramics block).
• Col Fay, "(sur)face"; Don Myers, "Feathers Wheels & Things".
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
• Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• From tomorrow until April 28: "Remembrance", new works by Janet de Wagt.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until April 30: "Southern Scenes", by Ron Esplin.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until April 30: "Honey in the Rock", by Joanna Langford.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until May 14: "Iron" by Eric Schusser.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Selected works. Open Thurs-Sat noon-2pm and by appointment.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• April 30-May 25: "Hen's Teeth" by Joanna Braithwaite and "Deluge" by Lorraine Rastorfer.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until May 4: "Gems", works by painters Nigel Brown, Garry Currin, Robert Ellis, Ralph Hotere, Karl Maughan and Gary Waldrom, glass artist Ann Robinson and sculptor Neil Dawson.
• Until June 1: "The Royal Queenstown Easter Show".
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• From tomorrow until June 10: "Fabrication" by Sandra Thomson, Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Ends tomorrow: "Breathe", by Tony Lane.
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 April 30: "Coast to Coast", by Debbie Lambert and Sue Simpson.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander": mementos given by Lady Hillary.
• "Finely Furnished". "Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition".
Special Exhibitions Gallery, Level 1: "Your Face Here". Merge your face into famous portraits and even become part of the exhibition.
• "Otago's Ocean". Explore the stories of Otago's ocean life from tidal zones to the deep sea.
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.
• Maritime and local history.
Rice and Beans, Level 2, 127 Lower Stuart St, Dunedin.
• Laura Shepard and Tao Wells: "6% Forced Unemployment, Stops Wages Rising. Fakes Job Competition".
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Until June 24: Works by Lindsay Crooks, Ollie Crooks, Janet Weir, Peter Keane and Lorane Marlow. Open Friday-Sunday, 1pm-5pm.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until May 2: Landscape photography by Murray Crawford.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• "As it is on Earth", by Peter Nicholls.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• Festival of Colour - oil paintings of Central Otago landscapes.
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