Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Tonight, 8pm: Jack Spade and The Dusty Souls.
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St.
• Tonight, 7pm: Singer/songwriter open-mike night; Friday, 7pm: Irish sing session with the Blarney Boys; Saturday, 7.30pm: Dave Colecough, Aroha and Christine; Tuesday, 7pm: Irish session with the Blarney Army.
The Bog, George St.
• Saturday, 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Tomorrow: Skulldubbery and Ecophonic, from 9pm.
• Saturday: Idiot Prayer and the Kilmore Girls Costume Party, from 9pm.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Today, 7.30pm: Alasdair Fraser (Scottish fiddle), Chris Norman (flute, whistle, smallpipes) and Natalie Haas (cello)
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Tonight and tomorrow, 9pm: Gardens Pharmacy Methadone Coffee Club supported by Dave Merritt, Peter Gutteridge and Chris Heazlewood.
Saturday, 9pm: Heka.
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.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: live jazz featuring Trevor Coleman, Ben Stegmann and Joan Cot Ros.
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 2pm-3pm. 5-10 years session on October 13, 18 and 20 from 2pm-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.
• Today, 2pm: Freaky Science - Bouncing Balls.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: Freaky Science - Plastic Fantastic.
• Friday and Saturday, 3.30pm: Animal Antics in the Animal Attic.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Today, 2pm: Kids' Bingo - Match all the numbers on your card to the ones you hear and be the first to shout "Bingo!".
• Tuesdays, 11am: storytime.
• Until October 23: Registration for the sunflower growing competition.
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
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
• Tuesday, 7.30pm: Ensemble Liaison with violinist Wilma Smith.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday, 1pm: Margot Frei; Sunday, 1pm: Wind of the Andes.
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.
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
• Until October 22, 11am and 2pm daily: Bedends and Broomsticks, a pantomime.
Talks and films
Dunedin Film Society, The Church Cinema, 50 Dundas St.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm Eric Bednarski's The Strangest Dream.
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego streets.
• Today, P109 Jewellery Studio Room, 11am-noon: Victoria McIntosh: "Not all spoons are created equal".
• Today, 12.15pm: Campbell Walker seminar: "Spoiling your whole week: 15 years in the margins of a non-existent film culture".
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
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• "The Yallop and Smith Memorial Exhibition".
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• From Saturday until November 6: "South Canterbury Arts Society 59th Annual Exhibition".
Artsenta, 81 Crawford St.
• Until October 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.
• "Down the Track", 25 years of Artsenta studios.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Until October 22: "Homeward", works by Jule Greig.
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.
• "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 Community Gallery, 300 Moray Pl (opposite Otago Community House).
• From Saturday until October 30: "2011 Annual Exhibition of the Otago Potters Group".
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.
• Until December 11: "Gymnauseum" by Jane Venis.
• From Saturday: "Myriad worlds" by Ruth Watson.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until November 27: "Steampunk: tomorrow as it used to be".
• Until November 27: "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", monoprints by Jason Greig.
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.
• Ends tomorrow: "Red", mixed media works by Kylie Duncan.
• From tomorrow until November 3: "I See You" by Jo St Baker.
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.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Paintings by Paul Cardno, Charles Barrington, Nigel Wilson; mirrors by Phil Jopson; pots by Peter Gregory.
• Open Wednesday-Friday 1pm-4pm, weekends 10.30am-4pm.
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".
• Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until October 30: "Under Sky", by Rachel Hirabashi.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• 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.
• Until October 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.
• Until November 9: "Oroua Valley" by Karl Maughan.
• Until November 9: "Never Before Shades" by Toni Mackinnon.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• From Saturday until November 16: "Luminance" by Neal Palmer.
• From Saturday until November 16: "Red", non-white ceramics by John Parker.
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.
• From Monday until November 6: Louise Thompson Parker and Paddy Carr.
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.
• "Haka Back in Black", by David Teata.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Celebrating Spring", new works by Peter Hackett and oil paintings by Raquel Clarke.
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