Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Sunday, 3.30pm: Monkey Killer Records 3rd Birthday featuring Mountaineater, Idiot Prayer, Conray and Kilmog.
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog, George St.
• Friday and Saturday, 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Friday, 8pm: Eric Copeland with support from Empirical and Eye.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Tonight. 8.30pm Torgo Shuffle.
• Sunday, 6pm: Julian Temple.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
• Saturday, 8pm: Disasteradio album release with support from Manthyng and Killmore Girls.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm.
• Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Refuel, Otago University.
• Saturday, 8.30pm: Tommy Ill, Birdbath single release tour.
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.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: live jazz featuring Trevor Coleman and Ben Stegmann.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: storytime.
• Until October 23: Registration for the Sunflower Growing Competition.
Clyde Historic Precinct
• Sunday, 11am-3pm: Step into Spring: Food, stalls and family activities.
Cromwell Public Library.
• School holiday programme: Preschool sessions October 19, from 2-3pm. 5-10 years session on October 13, 18 and 20 from 2-3pm. Enrolment essential.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: storytime.
• Until October 23: Registration for the sunflower growing competition.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until October 23,10am-4pm: School Holidays Activity: "Fun in Black", using the black paper and other materials on the activities table, be inspired by the exhibition "Back in Black" to draw your ideas of New Zealand, a map, a landscape and words.
• Today and tomorrow, 2pm-4pm: School holidays activity: Casting workshop with sculptor Aroha Novak. Bookings essential.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: Freaky Science - Bouncing Balls.
• Today and Tuesday, 2.30pm: Freaky Science - Plastic Fantastic.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am: storytime.
• Until October 23: Registration for the Sunflower Growing Competition.
• Tuesday, 2pm: Make a dancing monster out of paper and cardboard and then decorate.
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 information desk.
• Daily during the school holidays, 3.30pm: Interactive Trolley: Seeing is Believing - discover how your eyes and brain can mislead you during everyday life.
• Daily during the school holidays: Go Black Trail. We all know of the Black Sticks, Tall Blacks, Black Sox, Black Ferns and of course the All Blacks. Follow this trail to discover the meanings and mysteries of black.
• Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the school holidays: Robot Idol workshops. Create your own Robo-popstar. Bookings essential. $12.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: storytime.
• Until October 23: Registration for the Sunflower Growing Competition.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
The Anteroom, Port Chalmers.
• Saturday and Sunday, 1-7pm: "Qubit" - a weekend of performance art.
The Church, Dundas St.
• Friday, 8.30pm: Salsa Tango Night.
• Saturday, 8pm: The Hootchy Kootchy Girls Amateur Burlesque Night.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
• Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians October recital meeting, featuring a programme on the musical history of Otago entitled "Migrant Music - Otago's Hidden Heritage". Presented by Dr Dorothy Page, Bruce McMillan and Vivienne McLean.
Maori Hill Presbyterian Church Hall, Highgate.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm: Scottish Carols and Organ from St Columba to the Present, featuring music and a talk by Dr Raymond White.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday, 1pm: The Bedfords.
Regent Theatre, the Octagon, Dunedin.
• Monday: John Rowles, Now is the Hour. Tickets at theatre or from www.ticketdirect.co.nz.
Te Tarata , 58 Royal Terrace.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: "Well-behaved women seldom make history", music by women composers featuring Sandra Crawshaw on piano.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until October 29: The Truth Game, by Simon Cunliffe, directed by Lara Macgregor.
• Until October 22, 11am and 1pm, Mon-Sat: The Little Jester.
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany St.
• Until October 16, 11am-2pm: Peter Pan.
• Sunday 2pm only.
Talks and films
Arts Building (Burns 7) , University of Otago.
• Today, 7.30pm: Prof Robert Hannah presents "The Antikythera Mechanism: Insights into Ancient Greek Science".
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Today and tomorrow, 8.30pm: Mothra Film Festival.
Dunedin Film Society, The Church Cinema, 50 Dundas St.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm: Bong Joon-ho's Memories Of Murder.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sunday, 3pm: Artist's talk: Jane Venis will talk about her exhibition "Gymnauseum".
• Wednesday, 10.30am: Friends monthly coffee morning featuring Linda Tyler speaking on "John Buchanan: 19th-century Dunedin Renaissance man".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for October: Thursdays: "New Zealand's introduced pests"; Fridays: "Maori tattooing"; Saturdays: "Yellow-eyed penguin"; Sundays: "Rabbits"; Mondays: "Capybara"; Tuesdays: "Rocks of Otago"; Wednesdays: "Northern royal albatross".
• Free Special Exhibition Gallery talk, daily, during October, 4pm: "Hard on the Heels", about New Zealand rugby history. Meet at information desk.
• Daily during the school holidays, 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm: Scinema 2011 - Festival of Science Films.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until October 16: Trudy Mulligan, "100 Steps".
• Until October 16: "The Making of The Word Witch - The Poetic and Illustrative Magic of Margaret Mahy and David Elliot".
Artsenta, 81 Crawford St.
• October 19-27: The Creative Arts Trust Collection.
ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art, 105 Main St, Gore.
• Until October 22: "60-Year Retrospective", by Wallace T. Keown.
Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
• From October 19: "Off The Rails" 25 years of Artsenta studios.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Until October 15: "Fragmentum", by Geoff Williams.
• Until October 15: "Haka 2011" by David Teata.
• Until October 22: "Homeward", works by Jule Greig.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Until October 18: "Portobello Road", work by Manu Berry, Pauline Bellamy and Max Bellamy.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
• Until November 12: "The Rituals of Control", by Emma Febvre-Richards; "Geodesic Sound Helmets", by Cara-Ann Simpson.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until November 12: "Frank", by Jenny Gillam.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• From tomorrow: "Exercising The Black Dog" by Barry Cleavin.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until October 27: Central Otago Art Awards.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until October 23: "Morning Has Broken", the Farjeon Family Collection.
Dunedin International Airport.
• Until November 4: "Grahame Sydney's Central Otago", photographs by Grahame Sydney.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Until October 30: "Jeena Shin: Fractus".
• Until November 20: Pathway to the Sea - Aramoana, by Ralph Hotere and Bill Culbert.
• Until January 2012, "Back in Black", featuring work by Len Lye, Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere and Lisa Reihana.
• Until January 2012: "The Pressure of Sunlight Falling", by Fiona Pardington.
• Until April 15, 2012: "The French Connection", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• From Saturday until December 11: "Gymnauseum" by Jane Venis.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• From Saturday: An exhibition of Steampunk.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Oil paintings by Charles Barrington, mirrors by Phil Jopson.
Open Wednesday-Friday 1pm-4pm, weekends 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Until October 21: "Red", a collection of new mixed media works by Kylie Duncan.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until October 27: "Flock", featuring work by Don Binney, Bing Dawe, Paul Dibble, Ben Reid, Jonathan Campbell and Lukeke.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• "It could have been beautiful", a contemporary jewellery installation by Jessica Kitto.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• "The Mountains to the Sea" by Norman Sinclair.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until February 18, 2012: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".
Hocken Library foyer, until November 26: "Ruck It!: How Otago shaped rugby history".
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• From tomorrow until November 5: New work by Kikkawa Motoko.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• Work by local artists.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until October 30: "'Colourific", presented by the Association of New Zealand Embroiderers' Guilds.
Lake Wanaka Centre, Ardmore St, Wanaka.
• October 20-23: Wanaka Art Society Labour Weekend Exhibition.
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs, Old Post Office Building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
• New landscapes by John Badcock, photography by Susan Badcock, mixed media by James Robinson, portraits by 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 November 9: "Oroua Valley" by Karl Maughan.
• From Saturday until November 9: "Never Before Shades" by Toni Mackinnon
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until October 19: "Spring Catalogue", various artists.
• Until October 19: "New Works" by Peata Larkin, Andy Leleisi'uao and Reuben Paterson.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• Until October 23: "When in Rome", sculpture by Bryn M. Jones.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
• Until October 22: "A Rugged Paradise", photography by John Caswell.
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 December 4: "Champions", photography by Jessie Casson.
• Open Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
• Weekends: 10am-4pm.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Photography by Gilbert van Reenen, Mike Langford, Jackie Ranken, Christopher Thompson, Craig Potton, Paul Gummer, Chris McLennan, Adam Buckle and Helmut Hirler.
Richardson Building, seminar room 5, law faculty, Otago University.
• Until November 17: "Art in Law VI", work by students and graduates of Otago School of Art.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until October 22: Jo Howard and Riki Julin.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until October 18: Photography by Janine Ferreira-Thomson.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• "Grieving Over a Dead Fish; Secret Men's Business", by Hannah Joynt.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
• Until October 19: "Group Show" featuring work by Israel Birch, Star Gossage, Robert Jahnke, Hemi Macgregor, James Ormsby, Ngatai Taepa, Todd Couper, John Bevan Ford, Robyn Kahukiwa, Aaron Kereopa, Rangi Kipa, Para Mitchett, Tracey Tawhiao and Roi Toia.
Wakari Union Church Hall, 9 Centennial Ave.
• Tomorrow and Saturday, 10am-4pm: Wakari Art Group Exhibition.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Celebrating Spring", new works by Peter Hackett and oil paintings by Raquel Clarke.
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