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.
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.
• Saturday, 8pm: Freddy Fudd Pucker and Danny Cisco.
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.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Friday, 8pm: Jay B. James, singer-songwriter.
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: live jazz with Trevor Coleman, Nick Cornish and Paul Young.
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.
The Octagon, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 5.30pm: Dunedin Midwinter Carnival, featuring lanterns, fireworks, stalls and music.
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.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.
Music and performance
All Saints Church, 786 Cumberland St, Dunedin
• Saturday, 8pm: Christophorus Kantorei youth choir from Altensteig, Germany, performs choral music by Bach and others.
Coronation Hall, 97 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• From Friday until July 2, 7.30pm (except matinee, June 26, 2.30pm): My Fair Lady, directed by Denise Henderson.
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
• Friday, 1pm: "Norma's Last Gasp" - the last chance to hear the Town Hall organ solo for 18 months. Played by city organist David Burchell.
• Monday, 7.30pm: Royal Dunedin Male Choir 125th anniversary concert.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 6.30pm: "Toi Ora", dance performance and lecture.
• Saturday, 1pm: James Yoo plays a selection of jazz, classical and cafe tunes on piano.
Plays Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until June 25: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, by Alan Ball, directed by Lara Macgregor.
Talks and films
• Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Wednesday, 12.15pm: "Biodiversity Banter", talk with Roger Browne on preserving and enhancing the environment.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays, 1.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Saturday, 3pm: Art Documentary: The Saatchi Gallery.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: "Jane Austen and Early 19th-Century Fashion": Jane Austen expert Emeritus Prof Jocelyn Harris and drama teacher and actor Terry MacTavish will read a selection from the works of Jane Austen followed by the BBC documentary, Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen.
Dunedin School of Art, corner Albany and Riego streets.
• Tuesday, 12.15pm, art seminar: Douglas Lloyd-Jenkins, "Learning Life Lessons from Fashion History".
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".
• Saturday and Sunday, 3pm: NHNZ film screening: Colossal Squid.
Exhibitions
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.
• 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.
• From Saturday: "Eye of the Ancestor", paintings by Steev Peyroux and sculpture by Nick Dryden.
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".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until July 3: "Scope", works from emerging artists, featuring Jon Thom and Chloe Hishon.
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.
• Until October 2: Sculpture and photography by Sarah Lucas.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Until July 24: "Southland 2010", photographs by Andrew Ross.
• Until July 24: "Drawing the Waitakere Coast", by Don Binney.
Endemic Gallery, Old Post Office, Roxburgh.
• Until June 30: "Kokako", works by Rebecca Gilmore.
• Hours: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Ends tomorrow: " Harmonic Roundels", by Michael Smither.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Ends today: "Smother", work by Victoria McIntosh, Jason Greig and Maryrose Crook.
Glenfalloch Gardens Potters' Cottage.
• Ends today: "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 Saturday: "Ore Struck: The use of gold in contemporary art and photography".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until Saturday: "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.
• From Wednesday until September 14: "Anne Frank: A History for Today" - world touring exhibition.
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.
Metalworks Gallery, 54 Ballantyne Rd, Wanaka
• "Unfolding Landscape", works by Ernie Maluschnig, sculptor in metal.
Open weekdays or weekends by appointment.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• From Saturday until July 20: "Mitre", by Nigel Brown.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• "Dream Swimmers", by Paul Martinson.
• "Florescentia", by Sue Hawker.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Preoccupied, part 1", by Ross Gray.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• June 24-July 15: Group show featuring Richard Killeen, Grahame Sydney, Stephen Bambury and Paul Dibble.
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.
• "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.
• Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
• Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Rice and Beans, Level 2, 127 Lower Stuart St, Dunedin.
• "Slap Happy Stick", by Claire Mahoney.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St.
• Ends tomorrow: "Artists At Rocda" - exhibition of selected works by senior art pupils from Otago Girls' High School.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Ends tomorrow: 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 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.
Tony Williams Gallery, 30 Moray Pl.
• From Saturday until July 8: Exhibition of antique watches and paintings by Bruce Hodgson.
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.
