Gigs
5B Buller St, Industrial area, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 9pm: Queer Dance Party featuring Manthyng and My, Oh.
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 Bog Irish Bar, George St.
• Saturday 10pm-2am: Roadblock
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Tomorrow: Locean and friends
• Saturday: Amoeba and friends
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.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Friday, 9pm: Black Lick with Foe and Infinite Justice.
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.
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 and Nick Cornish.
Tonic, 138 Princes St.
• Saturday, 9pm: Julian Temple solo.
Urban Factory, Great King St.
• Friday: Glenn Shorrock and Jason Kerrison.
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.
• Sunday, 2pm: African stories with Kaitrin McMullan.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesday, 11am: Tamariki storytime. Stories and songs in English and in Maori, to celebrate Maori Language Week.
• Tuesday, 2.15pm: Kapa Haka performance from East Taieri School to celebrate Maori Language Week.
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.
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
12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Friday, 7.30pm: "Cheers! Club Comedy!", comedy night hosted by Hannah Port. Includes an open-mike session.
Coronation Hall, 97 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until July 2, 7.30pm: My Fair Lady, directed by Denise Henderson.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 1pm: The Bedfords. St Joseph's Cathedral Chapel, Tennyson St.
• Sunday, 2pm: The Southern Consort of Voices presents "Something Olde, Something New".
Plays
Fortune Studio, Stuart St.
• Saturday, 3pm: play-reading: The Wife Who Spoke Japanese in Her Sleep, by Vivienne Plumb.
Talks and films
Dunedin City Library , 230 Moray Pl.
Monday 5.30pm: Authors Bill O'Brien, Vanda Symon and Lee Wood discuss the pros, cons and practicalities of working with a literary agent.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, botanic garden centre, upper Lovelock Ave.
• Friday, noon: Philippa Jamieson presents "Organic Roots - the development of organic gardening in NZ".
• Saturday, 10am-3pm: "Conifers - more than just forestry and Christmas trees", talk and tour.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays, 1.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Sunday, 3pm: film screening: Bright Star, directed by Jane Campion.
• Saturday, 3pm: art documentary: The Saatchi Gallery.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for July, 2pm: Thursdays, "Black Stilts"; Fridays, "The Pataka Whakairo"; Saturdays, "The Fin Whale"; Sundays, "The New Zealand Falcon", Mondays, "Papua New Guinea"; Tuesdays, "Polynesian Religions"; Wednesdays, "Extinct Birds of the South Island". Daily, 4pm: Museum icon talk: "Autahi the Leopard Seal".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until July 8: "Black Holes Versus Baby Universes", by Rachel Taylor.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• From Saturday until August 10: "Eau Revoir", by Claire Earlie.
The Anteroom, 29 Wickliffe Tce, Port Chalmers.
• From Saturday: "De-Frag", textile exhibition by Matthew Siwerski. Opening Saturday, 6pm, Sunday noon-4pm, Tuesday and Wednesday 2pm-6pm.
Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
• Ends today: annual exhibition: "Quotes and Quips".
ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art, 105 Main St, Gore.
• Until Saturday: 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.
• "Eye of the Ancestor", paintings by Steev Peyroux and sculpture by Nick Dryden.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Winter hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 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.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
• Until September 23: "Experimental Philosophy: Old and New".
Dowling St Studios, 20a Dowling St.
• Until Saturday: "Without Hope. Without Fear", a group exhibition featuring work by James Ballaney, Danny Brisbane, Craig Freeborn, Philip Frost, Jay Hutchinson, Alan Ibell, Philip Madill, Sam Ovens, Dan Roberts, Jo Robertson and Diana Smillie.
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.
• Ends today: "Kokako", works by Rebecca Gilmore.
• Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 11am-3pm.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until July 16: Burns Memorial Schools Exhibition.
• Until August 7: "Painting the View", Constable, Turner and British Landscape Watercolourists, 1760-1860.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Ends today: "Choice", featuring works by a variety of Dunedin artists.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until July 7: winter show - selected works.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• 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.
• Until July 20: "Mitre", by Nigel Brown.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• From Saturday: "the silence collector's notebook", by Megan Huffadine.
• From Saturday: "The Review", various artists.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Preoccupied, part 1", by Ross Gray.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Until 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 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.
• Until August 14: "Young at Art", The Catlins Area School art show, years 3-10.
• 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.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until Saturday: Jo Howard and Riki Julin.
• From Monday until July 16: Kevin Black and Lisa Simpson.
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.
• From tomorrow: sculpture, paintings and drawings by Martin Sullivan.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Until July 8: exhibition of antique watches and paintings by Bruce Hodgson.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Celebrating Solstice", selected fine art and sculpture by New Zealand artists.
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