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.
Carey's Bay Hotel, 7 Macandrew Rd, Careys Bay.
• Tonight, 8pm: Rust Strings Session featuring King Leo, Swampy, Deidre and Elise and The Ocean.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Today: Expansion Bay and Gate. Tomorrow: Martha Hill and the Mineshafts. Saturday: Sami Sisters and Shifting Sands.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Wednesdays, from 8pm: open-mike night.
• Thursdays: l jazz music, from 7.30pm. Fridays: Viernes Latin music fiesta from 8.30pm. 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.
The Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• Friday, 9pm: Lil Paisly Records album release with Mental Heath Triangle, Density Star and Axe Handle + Blade.
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.
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.
• Saturdays, 2.30pm: live jazz with Trevor Coleman and Nick Cornish.
Family fun.
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.
• Today, 2pm: "Bean Bag Faces" . Create fabric beanbags and decorate with funny faces. Play catch, juggle or make up a game.
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.
• Saturdays and Sundays, 3.30pm: Interactive Trolley: Starry Nights. Learn tips used for navigating by the stars.
• Today, 2.30pm: "The Man On The Moon". Take part in some space themed science experiments.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: Freaky Science: Krazy Kitchen Concoctions! Join our molecular gastronomist and find out what experiments can tell you about the things you put in your mouth.
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
Fortune Theatre Studio, 231 Stuart St.
• Friday, 10.30pm: Late Night Improv ft Improsaurus.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Lunchtime recital, Wednesday, 1pm: Organ Matinée: Works by Byrd, Gibbons, Froberger Buxtehude and J.S.Bach. David Burchell and Simon Mace, organists.
Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
• Tuesday 7.30pm: "Vegas - A Tribute to The Golden Years of Vegas Entertainment", starring Tim Beveridge with The Diamond Showgirls and The Neophonic Orchestra.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 1pm: Stevie Rice.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until July 30, 7.30pm: The Tutor by Dave Armstrong, directed by Patrick Davies.
Talks and films
Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St.
• Tuesday 7.30pm: Vadim Jendreyko's documentary The Woman With The Five Elephants.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays, 1.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Saturday, 3pm: DVD Screening: The Saatchi Gallery 100.
• Sunday, 3pm: Talk with Greg Dawes: "Science and the Decline of Magic".
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego streets.
• Today, 12.15pm, art seminar: David Milton Browne, "Cultural Nomad: Photographic Practice as Cultural Critique".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for July, 2pm: Thursdays, "Egyptian Amulets"; Fridays, "The Pataka Whakairo"; Saturdays, "The Fin Whale"; Sundays, "The New Zealand Falcon", Mondays, "The Lawrence Lions"; Tuesdays, "Watom Island"; Wednesdays, "Southern Lifeways".
• Until July 31, 4pm: "Autahi the Leopard Seal".
• August 1-October 31, 4pm: "Hard on the Heels".
Learn more about New Zealand rugby history from the sidelines. Free.
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until August 4: "Glory Days", by Dyana Gray.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until August 10: "Eau Revoir", by Claire Earlie.
• Until August 14: "Braided" by Bronwyn Shimmin.
Art Zones Strip Gallery, 57 Hanover St.
• Ends today: "Window on Dunedin", paintings of Dunedin by Ron Esplin.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• "New Works", works by Helen Back, Laila Ataya and Anna Majboroda.
Attic Studio, 140 George St.
• July 29-August 4: "A Winter's Exhibition" by Manu Berry, Peter Gregory and Pauline Bellamy.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until August 20: Dunedin School of Art graduate exhibition.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• From Saturday: "271 People (mostly alive): vintage prints 1967-75", by Max Oettli.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until September 2: "Karearea: The Eastern Falcon", photography by Donna Falconer and Darryl Busbridge.
Creative Arts Centre, 142 Clyde St, Balclutha.
• Until July 31: Cathy Hurst, patchwork and quilting; Corale Willocks, patchwork with machine embroidery; Tamsin Cooper, handmade accessories and Esther Sinclair, pottery.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
• Until September 23: "Experimental Philosophy: Old and New". Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Until April 15, 2012: "The French Connection", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• Until October 30: "Jeena Shin: Fractus".
• Until August 21: "Nollywood", by Pieter Hugo.
• Until August 28: "Radiant Matter Part II", Dane Mitchell.
• Until October 2: sculpture and photography by Sarah Lucas.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until August 7: "Painting the View", Constable, Turner and British Landscape Watercolourists, 1760-1860.
• Until August 14: North Otago Art Society Awards.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Until August 4: "Winter and Birthday Exhibition".
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St
• On now: "The Wreath Series", by Anet Neutze.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until July 30: "Trains, Boats and Plains". Recent watercolours by Scott Drummond.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until October 1: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell.
• Until August 2: " 'Five", midwinter group show.
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 James Robinson, John Badcock, Helen Badcock, Susan Badcock, Susan Wilson.
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 August 15: "Parallel", various artists.
• Until August 15: "Works on Paper".
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until August 24: "The Review", various artists.
• From Saturday until August 24: "Selected Paintings 1981-2009", by Dick Frizzell.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Preoccupied, part 1", by Ross Gray.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Until August 12: "Then and Now" by Stephen Bambury.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
• August 1-28: Edinburgh Realty Premier Art Awards. Open daily 10am-4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• "Translation", works in glass by Luke Jacomb.
• "Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition".
• "Hard On The Heels: Capturing the All Blacks", photography by Peter Bush.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until August 14: "Young at Art", Catlins Area School art show, years 3-10.
• Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
• Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Until July 30: New ceramic works, by Liz Fea, Blue Black and Robert Rapson.
Rice and Beans, Level 2, 127 Lower Stuart St.
• Until August 6: Oliver van der Lugt.
Richardson Building, Seminar Room 5, Law Faculty, Otago University.
• Until November 17: "Art in Law 4", work by students and graduates of the Otago School of Art.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin.
• Ends tomorrow: "Painted By A Number", work by 2nd-year painting students.
• August 3-12: "We Are Here", drawings by Juliet Novena Sorrel.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until July 30: Paddy Carr and Lorna Isaac.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until August 1: Selected works by Dunedin artist Margaret Calder. Open 9.30am-5pm.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• July 29-August 6: "Tikkun Olam" featuring work by Allie Eagle, Joanna Margaret Paul, Stefan Roberts, Esther Hansen, Andrew Panhono, Helen Dent and Sacha Lachlan.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Paintings by Bruce Hodgson.
• 11am-2pm Saturday,
• 11am-5.30pm Tuesday-Friday.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• Fine art and sculpture by New Zealand artists.
Wilson Gallery, 45 Beach St, Queenstown.
• Ends tomorrow: "The Art of Dr Seuss".
