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.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers
• Today: Rocky Horror Show (games and film), 11pm.
• Tomorrow: 3 Dollars Easy, 9pm.
• Saturday: 13: She's So Rad with John White and The Shifting Sands, 9pm.
• Sunday: Adam Mcgrath, solo Eastern Tour, 8.30pm.
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.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: The New Edinburgh Folk Club presents: Steve King.
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.
• Friday, 8pm: The Laon with Lupus Lunar and the Plans.
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.
The Shed, Northburn Station, Cromwell.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm: Hot Club Sandwich.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: live jazz featuring Nick Cornish, saxes and flute; Jesse Kokaua, guitar; Ben Stegmann, flute and sax.
Starters Bar, 157 Frederick Street.
• Saturday, 7pm: Onslaught 7 featuring: Death Throes, Scabies, Suicide Bombers, Generic Hole, Tsarcoma, Bazooka, Infinite Justice, FOE and Conniption.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: Storytime.
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.
• Saturdays and Sundays, 3.30pm: Interactive Trolley: Starry Nights. Learn tips used for navigating by the stars.
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
Alexandra Community Hall, Skird St.
• Tonight, 7.30pm: Hot Club Sandwich.
Coronation Hall, 97 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Monday, 11am: Operatunity presents The Magnificence of the Music Hall.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sunday, 3pm: Poetry readings with Bill Manhire, Cilla McQueen, Ian Wedde and David Eggleton.
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
• Saturday, 8pm: Demidenko plays Rachmaninov Celebrity Concert, conducted by Werner Andreas Albert, with Nikolai Demidenko (piano).
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Today, 12.15pm: Lunchtime recital featuring Choirs of Otago Girls' and Otago Boys' High Schools.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: Organ concert with David Burchell, Simon Mace, Alan Edwards and Peter Stockwell. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Otago and Southland Organists Association.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Lunchtime recital, Wednesday, 1pm: Puspawarna Gamelan Ensemble.
Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
• Saturday, 7pm: Oxo Cubans - Big Night In.
Otago Boys' High School .
• Monday, 6.30pm: NZSO Soloists: "Back to Bach".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 1pm: Andy Parsons.
St Peter's Church Hall, Hillside Rd.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: The Melrose Singers, with musical director Rosemary Tarbotton and accompanist Linda Hodge, present "Music for a Winter"s Afternoon".
Plays
Dunstan High School Hall, Alexandra.
• Tonight and tomorrow, 7.30pm: Dunstan High School year 13 drama class presents When Sun and Moon Collide.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• Today, 12.30pm: Saucy Reading: Avenue Q.
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany St.
• Until August 13, 8pm: The My?terious Mr Love, directed by Graham Wilson and Liz Nisbet.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays, 1.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Saturday, 3pm: Midwinter Goethe-Institut Film Season: Comrades in Dreams.
• Today, 5.30pm: Annual William Mathew Hodgkins Memorial Lecture - Dr Peter Stupples: "Kikerino: Russian Art Nouveau Architectural Ceramics".
• Sunday, 1pm-2.30pm: Meet the University of Otago Arts Fellows: Fiona Farrell, Chris Adams, Kushana Bush, Kyle Mewburn, Lyne Pringle.
The Fellows will discuss their experiences and answer questions.
• Wednesday, 10.30am: Monthly coffee morning featuring Marcus Wainwright, stonemason and sculptor.
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego streets.
• Today, 12.15pm, art seminar: Leon Narbey, "On Art and Film".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for August, 2pm: Thursdays, "Sheep Farming in the South"; Fridays, "The Sri Lankan Mask"; Saturdays, "The KT Extinction"; Sundays, "Rapa Nui"; Mondays, "The Mouse Deer"; Tuesdays, "New Zealand Frogs"; Wednesdays, "Goldrush Days".
• Until October 31, 4pm: "Hard on the Heels". Learn more about New Zealand rugby history from the sidelines. Free.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until August 14: "Braided", by Bronwyn Shimmin.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• "New Works", works by Helen Back, Laila Ataya and Anna Majboroda.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until August 20: Dunedin School of Art graduate exhibition.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• "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. De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
• Until September 23: "Experimental Philosophy: Old and New". Combining classics from the past and cutting-edge works of the present day.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until October 23: "Morning Has Broken", The Farjeon Family Collection.
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 August 21: "Nollywood", by Pieter Hugo.
• Until August 28: "Radiant Matter Part II", Dane Mitchell.
• Until October 2: sculpture and photography by Sarah Lucas.
• Until October 30: "Jeena Shin: Fractus".
• Until November 20: "Pathway to the Sea - Aramoana", by Ralph Hotere and Bill Culbert.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until August 21: North Otago Art Society Awards.
• August 13-September 25: "Aqua Vitae", Claire Earlie Maxwell.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
• Until August 31: "Philatelic Philanderings", mini-exhibition by Catriona Holgate. Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Until August 18: "A Week at Betty's - and other paintings", by Nic Dempster.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• August 12-26: "Wilful Damage Part 1": paintings by street artist Levi Hawkin
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until August 30: "Max Well's Art", featuring works by Heather Maxwell and Stuart Maxwell.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until October 1: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".
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.
• Portraits by Helen Badcock, Susan Wilson, John Badcock; photography by Susan Badcock; James Robinson, mixed media.
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 17: "Parallel", various artists.
• Until August 17: "Works on Paper".
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until August 24: "The Review", various artists.
• Until August 24: "Selected Paintings 1981-2009", by Dick Frizzell.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• Until September 4: "Preoccupied", 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.
• Until August 28: 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.
• "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander".
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.
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: "We Are Here", drawings by Juliet Novena Sorrel.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until September 1, works by local artist Dawn Mason.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• Until August 30: "Picture Gallery", by Max Oettli.
• From Saturday until September 3: "Resisting Africa", by Victoria Bell.
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.
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