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;
• Thursdays, 7pm: Singer/songwriter night;
• Fridays, 7pm: Irish session with Tatterjack.
• Sunday, 3pm: Live blues with Papa John.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Tomorrow: The Original Ending Tour featuring Janina and Stevie Starr
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Wednesdays, from 8pm: open-mike night.
• Thursdays: live bands and jazz music, from 7.30pm.
• Fridays: Viernes Latin music fiesta from 8.30pm. Free beginners' lesson from 7.30pm.
• Sundays: 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.
Mou Very, 357 George St.
• Tonight: Two Cartoons with support from Dead Sparrows, free, from 9pm.
Refuel, Otago University.
• Mondays, 8.30pm: open-mike night.
• Tuesdays, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
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.
• Saturday, 2.30pm-5.30pm: live jazz featuring Trevor Coleman and Ben Stegmann.
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.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 11am-4pm: Medieval Midwinter Festival.
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 June, 3.30pm: Interactive Trolley: Starry Nights.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: storytime.
Various venues.
• Lantern-making workshops, June 18-19.
Information and registration at www.midwintercarnival.co.nz.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.
Music and performance
Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Tomorrow, 12.30pm: Mark Wilson, pianist.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Tomorrow, 7.30pm: "The Triumph of Mars" - early music, dance and poetry of war performed by Rare Byrds, Southern Consort of Voices and Playford Dancers. Free fire performance in Octagon from 6.45pm
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
• Tonight, 7.30pm: NZ Choral Federation presents "The Big Sing - Gala Concert".
King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre, 270 Bay View Rd.
• Saturday, 5pm and Sunday 3pm: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, conducted by Brett Kelly. Door sales (Saturday only).
Oamaru Opera House Foyer.
Tomorrow, 12.15pm: Lunchtime Recital, Waitaki Girls' and Boys' high schools present items by instrumental chamber groups and choir.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Monday, 7.30pm, atrium: Society of Women Musicians June recital meeting featuring the Collegiate Orchestra conducted by Dean Hollebon, playing Beethoven's 7th Symphony.
Saturday, 1pm: Singer Margot Frei; Sunday, 1pm: Catgut and Steel.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until June 25: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, by Alan Ball, directed by Lara Macgregor.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays, 1.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Sunday, 3pm: Exhibition talk, Dr Sam Heenan, Food Sciences, University of Otago will discuss the anatomy of the human olfactory system (sense of smell) and the way experience, memory, and vision influence our identification of familiar smells.
Dunedin School of Art, corner Albany and Riego streets.
• Today, 12.15pm, art seminar: Richard Mountain, "Life-changing Processes in Ceramic Arts".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for June, 2pm: Thursdays, "Black Stilt"; Fridays, "Hooker's Sea Lions", Saturdays, "The Three Bears of the Otago Museum"; Sundays, "Yellow-eyed Penguin"; Mondays, "Capybara"; Tuesdays, "The Moa"; Wednesdays, "Extinct Birds of the South Island".
• Today, museum cafe, 5.30pm-7pm: "Cafe Scientifique" - New Zealand's Energy Future: How will we meet our future energy needs? Discussion with representatives from the National Energy Research Institute.
• Saturday, 1pm: Floor talk with glass artist Luke Jacomb.
Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
• Sunday, 2pm-3pm: Michael Findlay discusses Art Deco design, 1930-1950.
Exhibitions
206 and 199 King Edward Street, South Dunedin (beside and opposite Nanking Palace).
• Today, noon-7pm; tomorrow, 10am-noon: Dunedin School of Art students presents "The Lazy 8", Senior Sculpture Exhibition.
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until July 8: "Black Holes Versus Baby Universes", by Rachel Taylor.
Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
• Until June 30: Annual Exhibition: "Quotes and Quips".
ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art, 105 Main St, Gore.
• From tomorrow until July 2: Landscapes by Doris Lusk, McKenzie Thorpe, C.N. Worsley, Graham Brinsley, Nigel Wilson, Tim Wilson, Wallace Keown, Julie Greig, Ashley Shaw and more.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• "Paperworks 7", featuring work by Jenny Dolezel, Inge Doesburg, Jane Crisp, Steev Peyroux, Robyn Kahukiwa, Nico Madill, Crispin Korschen, Michel Tuffery and more.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Winter hours: Wed-Sun, noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until July 9: "Please God, let my children grow and live happily ever after", by Ro Bradshaw; "Storage Systems", by Margaret Feeney; "Castleland", by Justin Spiers.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• "John Patrick McKenzie is Culture Humbug Sexy".
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
• Ends tomorrow: "Forging A Magical Landscape: The Works of Robert Graves, Poet".
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• 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", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• Until October 30: "Jeena Shin: Fractus".
• Until August 28: "Radiant Matter Part II", by Dane Mitchell.
• Until August 21: "Nollywood", by Pieter Hugo.
Endemic Gallery, Old Post Office, Roxburgh.
• Until June 30: "Kokako", works by Rebecca Gilmore.
• Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until June 23: "Smother", work by Victoria McIntosh, Jason Greig and Maryrose Crook.
Glenfalloch Gardens Potters' Cottage.
• Until June 23: "Shadow and Shine".
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until the end of June: "Choice", Featuring works by a variety of Dunedin artists.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until June 25: "Ore Struck: The use of gold in contemporary art and photography".
• Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until June 25: "Willow", new paintings by Jillian Porteous.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until July 7: Winter Show - selected works.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until June 19: "Art 2 Wear" - costumes from the recent Autumn Festival Show.
McAtamney Gallery, Upstairs, Old Post Office Building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
• Work by John Badcock, James Robinson, Susan Badcock, Susan Wilson and Helen Badcock.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until June 22: "Encoded Whare (2011)", by Peata Larkin.
• Until June 22: "The World of Erodipolis", by Andy Leleisiuao.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• "Dream Swimmers", by Paul Martinson.
• "Florescentia", by Sue Hawker.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• From tomorrow: "Preoccupied, part 1", by Ross Gray.
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 June 26: Annual Exhibition, incorporating Gaye Rowcroft Awards.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• From Saturday: "Translation": New Works in Glass by Luke Jacomb.
• "Sir Edmund Hillary: "New Zealander": mementos given by Lady Hillary.
• "Finely Furnished".
• 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.
Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until Sunday: "It's All About Me", by Sharon Gilchrist.
Rice and Beans, Level 2, 127 Lower Stuart St, Dunedin.
• From Friday, "Slap Happy Stick" by Claire Mahoney.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St.
• June 20-June 24: "Artists At Rocda" - exhibition of selected works by senior art pupils from Otago Girls' High School.
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 Saturday: Rosemary McQueen and Peter Gregory.
June 18-July 2: Jo Howard and Riki Julin.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until July 4: a selection of works by artists from the Taieri Art Group.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• Until June 28: "Nightgarden", by Michaela Cox.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
• Ends tomorrow: "Tipitipi Haere", by Kim Lowe and Jennifer Rendall.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Last Lament of Summer", works on paper and canvas by Murray Ayson, Rosemary Parcell and Geoff Williams, showing with "Solstice sculptures" by Trevor Askin.
