Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Saturday, 9pm: Mokonui Launch Party featuring The Something Quartet, Louis Smith, The Great Jali, The Entire Alphabet and Blonde Hash.
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Tonight, 8.30pm: Settlers Band and The Falconets.
• Saturday, 8.30pm: The Scruffs Blues band.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: The New Edinburgh Folk Club presents "Graves, Ghosts and Ghouls".
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Commercial Tavern, Green Island.
• Saturday, 9pm: Sidewalk Sally.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm.
• Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Otago Pioneer Women's Hall, 362 Moray Pl.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: Nadia Reid with support from Happiness Stan and Charlotte Ivey. Penguin Club, Oamaru.
• Saturday, 9pm: Ash and the Matadors and Made in China.
Refuel, Otago University.
• Tonight, 9pm: Mountaineater and Anthesiac.
• Friday, 9pm: Manthyng album release.
Regent Theatre, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 7pm: Fly My Pretties IV.
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.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: storytime.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: storytime.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Monday, 11am: "Friendly Fiends and Giggly Ghosts", storytime with Kaitrin McMullan.
• 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 information desk.
Saturday and Sunday, 3pm: Interactive Trolley, "Seeing is Believing" - Learn the truth behind optical illusions and discover how your eyes and brain can mislead you during everyday life.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: storytime.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours.
Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Burns Hall, Moray Place.
• Saturday, 7pm: Halloween Hafla - dance and performance hosted by Khamzin Tribe and Red Mars Dance Project.
King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre, 270 Bay View Rd.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: St Kilda Brass and conductor Peter Adams present "Brass and Voices".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 1pm: Linda Munro.
Plays
Fortune Studio, Stuart St.
• Sunday, "Write Out Loud", play readings. 2pm: Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are!, by Brian Johnston, directed by Patrick Davies; 4pm: Democracy, by Richard Huber, directed By Karen Elliot.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until October 29: The Truth Game, by Simon Cunliffe, directed by Lara Macgregor.
Talks and films
Dunedin City Library , 230 Moray Pl.
• Today, 10.30am and 5.30pm: NHNZ Film Screening: The Most Extreme: Living Dead.
From killer shrews to zombie snakes and a creature that lives as the "undead" for more than 100 years, prepare to witness nature's terrifying glory. Free.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 3pm: Artist talk with Darryn George.
• Sunday, 3pm: "Putting a Face on a Skull".
• Louisa Baillie, postgraduate student from the anatomy department, School of Medical Sciences, University of Otago, will lead a 30-minute demonstration on how to build face tissue including muscles and skin on to a plaster cast skull.
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego streets.
• Today, 12.15pm: Johanna Zellmer and Andrew Last present a seminar entitiled "Contemporary Jewellery and Report on Wellington Showcase".
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.
• Saturday and Sunday, 3pm: NHNZ Film Screening: Raising Baby: Giant Panda.
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• "The Yallop and Smith Memorial Exhibition".
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until November 6: "South Canterbury Arts Society 59th Annual Exhibition".
Artsenta, 81 Crawford St.
• Until October 27: The Creative Arts Trust Collection.
Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
• "Down the Track", 25 years of Artsenta studios.
Balclutha Memorial Town hall, Clyde St.
• Today, 10am-3.30pm: South Otago Spinners and Weavers open day. Handwoven and knitted works, patchwork, embroidery.
Competition : Fleece to finished article. Have a go: weaving, spinning, carding, felting, knitting.
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.
• Until November 26: "The Cabinet of Curiosities", featuring work by Dan Roberts, Anne-Mieke Ytsma, Craig Freeborn and Mariya Semenova.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until November 12: "Frank", by Jenny Gillam.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• From tomorrow, "New Works", by Jim Cooper.
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).
• Until October 30: "2011 Annual Exhibition of the Otago Potters Group".
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.
• Ongoing: "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.
• Until November 3: "I See You" by Jo St Baker.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• "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.
• Until November 6: "ctrl+s or #+s on a mac", by Ted Whitaker.
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.
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.
• Until November 16: "Luminance" by Neal Palmer.
• Until November 16: "Red", non-white ceramics by John Parker.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• From Saturday: Nadene Milne's 10th anniversary exhibition.
Naseby Jubilee Museum, Leven St cnr Earne St.
• Until December 31: Maniototo Sporting Heroes' exhibition.
• Open Mon-Fri noon-4pm, weekends 10am-4pm.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
• From Tuesday until November 13: "Bakers Dozen", featuring work by Angela Dunn, Angela Laby, Cath Sheard, Cheryl Irwin, Claire McIntosh, Kerry McNeil, Kylie Law, Lorna Allan, Marimba Powley, Natalie McMurchie, Sharlene Schmidt, Sue Shore and Tanya Dann.
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.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin.
• Until November 4: "The Sixth Great Extinction", Max Bellamy.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• 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.
• From Friday until November 22: "Storms In Paradise", by Anneke Stewart.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Celebrating Spring", new works by Peter Hackett and oil paintings by Raquel Clarke.
