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.
• Today, 7pm: Jae Bedford;
• Fridays, 6pm: Open Irish session with Tatter Jack.
The Bog Irish Bar, George St.
• Friday, 10pm: Livewire featuring Amanda Goodwin.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Friday, 8pm: Delaney Davidson and Marlon Williams.
• Saturday, 8pm: Michael Morley, of Gate and The Dead C, presents "Saturday Night Fever".
• 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.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
• Every Thursday: open-mike night.
Dunedin Public Library, Moray Pl
• Today, 5.30pm-7pm, Teen Space: Julian Temple, John Egenes. Tomorrow, 12.30pm-1.30pm: Matt Langley.
The Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St.
• Saturday, 8pm: David Kilgour and the Heavy 8s album launch.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Mou Very, 357 George St.
• Saturday, 9pm: Katharticus.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Today, 7pm: Deirdre Newall and Elise Allen.
Refuel, Otago University.
• Mondays, 8.30pm: Open-mike night.
• Tuesdays, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
• Saturday, 9pm: Ash and the Matadors, The Julian Temple Band and Danelectro.
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
Blueskin Bay Library.
• Fridays,10.30am: Storytime, free.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle & Rhyme, active movement for early learning.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: Storytime.
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.
• 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.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: Storytime.
Roxburgh Baptist Church
• Every Tuesday: Music and Movement coffee and play group, 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.
• Today, 12.15pm: The Otago Boys' High School Choir, music from Schubert to Michael Jackson. Conductor: Karen Knudson.
King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre, 270 Bay View Rd.
• Saturday, 5.30pm and Sunday, 3pm: Southern Sinfonia presents Vivaldi's Four Seasons featuring soloist Lara St John (violin).
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Wednesday, 1pm: Schumann: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, Ravel: Boléro: composer's version for two pianos. Piano performance students, with Terence Dennis.
Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: The Dunedin Opera Company presents The Perils of Strong Women.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Lunchtime music, Saturday, 1pm in the atrium: Merryn Gill.
Plays Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
• Saturday, 7.30pm, and Sunday, 2pm: The Legend Returns with Helen Moulder and Rose Beauchamp.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until May 21: God of Carnage.
Talks and films
Dunedin School of Art, corner Albany and Riego Sts.
• Today, 12.15pm: Seminar: Michel Tuffery, A Contemporary Take.
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".
• Saturday, 3pm: Artist talk: Jeena Shin.
• Sunday, 3pm: Art documentary screening: Sense and Sensation.
• Sunday, 1.30pm: New Zealand Sign Language Week tour of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for May, 2pm: Thursdays, "Orangutan"; Fridays, "Rangi and Papa"; Saturdays, "The Southern sky"; Sundays, "Southern whaling"; Mondays, "Capybara"; Tuesdays, "Early Egyptian stone vases"; Wednesday, "Duck hunting".
• Every Thursday during May, 6.30pm, Barclay Theatre, free: Celebrate the International Year of Chemistry 2011 with the experts, as scientists from the University of Otago share their insights. This week: "A Trip Though the Timeline of Chemistry". From black magic and alchemy to atomic theory and radioactivity with the University of Otago's Assoc Prof Allan Blackma
Roxburgh Area School
• Saturday: Media workshop, 10am-4pm, for those interested in learning to use a video camera, interviewing skills and editing film. No fees.
Bring lunch. Enquiries: (03) 446-8611
Exhibitions
199 and 206 King Edward St, South Dunedin.
• Tomorrow, 4pm-7pm: "Re-Imaging the City", an exhibition of new drawings by first year students from The Dunedin School of Art.
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.
Archives New Zealand Dunedin office, 556 George St.
• Until June 10: "Feeding A Nation: Our Provincial Pantry". Part of Records and Archives Week 2011.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• New works by Susan Webb, Brian Strong and J.K. Reed.
• From Saturday: "Paperworks 27".
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.
• Until April 15, 2012: "The French Connection", celebrating Frances Hodgkins' special relationship with Impressionism.
From Saturday until October 30: "Jeena Shin: Fractus".
Dunedin School of Art, behind O Block (ceramics block).
• Col Fay, "(sur)face"; Don Myers, "Feathers Wheels & Things".
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Until May 31: "Our Animals and Us", by Jane McLeod
Eat, 2 Dowling St.
• Until Sunday: "Noir Photography", by Neil Satori
The Fix, 15 Frederick St.
• Until May 31: "Palm-Leaf Art", by Gae Wilson, etchings on palm leaves as practised in Laos.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
• Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• From Friday until May 19: "Draictia, Spooks, Alley Cats", by Ivan Hill.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Until May 13: New Work by Jack Monaghan. 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.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until May 29: Autumn Festival Art Exhibition.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until May 25: "Hen's Teeth" by Joanna Braithwaite and "Deluge" by Lorraine Rastorfer.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until June 1: "The Royal Queenstown Easter Show". Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• Until June 10: "Fabrication" by Sandra Thomson.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
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.
• Opens tomorrow: "Pate Canapé", work by Zhonghau Chen, Oscar Enberg, Gaby Montejo and Sebastian Warne.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Until June 24: Works by Lindsay Crooks, Ollie Crooks, Janet Weir, Peter Keane and Lorraine Marlow. Open Friday-Sunday, 1pm-5pm.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until May 7: Welcome to new members: Lorna Isaac & Kevin BlackMay 9-21 : Paddy Carr and Lisa Simpson
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until June 1: Works by local artist Amanda Clow-Hewer.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• "As it is on Earth", by Peter Nicholls.
Teviot District Museum, Abbotsford St, Roxburgh.
• Sundays, 2pm to 4pm, or by request. Contact Robin (03) 446-8130 or Joan (03) 446-8671.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• Paintings, sketches and sculpture by New Zealand artists.
