Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St.
• Today, 7pm: Chrissy Hundleby and Dave Colecough.
• Friday, 7pm: Irish singalong with The Blarney Boys.
• Sunday, 3pm: blues with Sweet Papa John and The Revelators.
• Tuesday, 7pm: Irish jam with The Blarney Army.
The Bog, George St.
• Friday night, from 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Every Thursday: 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.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
• Tomorrow: HDU. Saturday: Ghost Club with Shayne P Carter.
• Wednesday: The Clean.
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.
• Saturday, November 19, 1pm-1.45pm: Celebrate the start of Scottish Week with the Queen O'the Heather and festivities from Dunedin's Scottish Clubs and Societies.
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 information desk.
Saturdays and Sundays during November, 3.30pm: Investigation station, Atrium, level 1, "Seeing is Believing" - Discover how your eyes and brain can mislead you.
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
Alexandra Community Hall, Skird St.
• Tuesday November 22, 7.30pm: Voices of Our Ancestors: Ariana Tikao, Christine White and Mahina-Ina Kaui Alexandra. Book at Alexandra Information Centre.
Cromwell Memorial Hall, Melmore Terrace.
• Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Neary Plane Rahman Trio. Tickets from Cromwell iSite, door sales.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Friday, November 18, 8pm: Keith Rowe in concert, supported by Omit (Blenheim electronic musician Clinton Williams).
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
• Monday, November 21, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians November recital meeting.
"Young at Heart", a choral tribute to the late Dulcie Gunn, featuring choirs of all ages. All welcome.
Mountfort Gallery, Queenstown
• Sunday, November 20, 5pm: Voices of Our Ancestors, with Ariana Tikao, Christine White and Mahina-Ina Kaui. Book at the gallery.
Otago Boys' High School.
• Wednesday, November 2, 6.30pm: NZSO Soloists Tour No. 4. Directed by Vesa-Matti Leppanen. Ilya Kaler (Guest soloist violin); Hiroshi Ikematsu (NZSO principal double bass). Rossini Sonata No. 6; Bottesini Grand Duo Concertant; Paganini I Palpiti: Variations on a Theme by Rossini; Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday, 1pm, atrium: Liz and Jono Conway.
• Saturday, 3pm, Animal Attic: A reading of Collapsing Creation by Arthur Meek: science, faith and family collide in the life and work of Charles Darwin. Book at information desk, phone (03) 474-7474.
• Sunday, 2pm, foyer: Adrian Mann and friends play the world's longest piano. Adrian will share the story of the piano's four-year build.
River House, Wanaka
• Saturday, November 19: Voices of Our Ancestors, with Ariana Tikao, Christine White and Mahina-Ina Kaui.
St Peter's Church Hall, Hillside Rd.
• Sunday, November 20, 2.30pm:
Friends of the Opera presents "The Art of the Accompanist", a tribute to the skills and dedication of the accompanist.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• November 18-December 17: A Short Cut To Happiness, by Roger Hall.
Talks and films
Dunedin City Library , 230 Moray Pl.
• Monday, November 21, 5.30pm on the fourth floor: Author Talk: "The Lowland Clearances and the Scottish Exodus to New Zealand".
Join Scottish historian Prof Thomas Devine OBE (University of Edinburgh), as he reveals the true scale of the "Silent Clearances", and how they resonate in Scottish settlement today. Free. Bookings: (03) 474-3690 or library@dcc.govt.nz
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Every Saturday, 2pm, free: "A New Zealand Artists Tour". Free guided tours.
• Sundays at 2pm: Free guided tour of award-winning exhibition "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Sunday, 3pm: "Service after Death: The art of Maori leadership". Prof Paul Tapsell, chair of Maori studies and Dean of Te Tumu, University of Otago, will give a summary of his publication Service after Death: The art of Maori leadership. In association with the exhibition "Fiona Pardington: The Pressure of Sunlight Falling". All welcome.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for November, on each weekday at 2pm: Mondays: "Greek coins"; Tuesdays: "Southern whaling"; Wednesdays: "Pounamu"; Thursdays: "Peripatus, the living fossil"; Fridays: "Pre-dynastic Egyptian stone vases"; Saturdays: "Auckland Island teal"; Sundays: "The dynamic Otago Harbour".
• Wednesdays, 4pm: "Focal Point: 150 Years of the ODT". Free.
Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
• Tomorrow, 5.30pm: Launch of the book Dear Dot, I Must Tell You, by Keith Scott.
• Saturday, 4pm in the auditorium: The Death and Reinvention of Scotland, by Prof Tom Devine.
• Sunday, 1pm-4pm: "Beginner Stitches". Create your own embroidered brooch.
Tickets to these events are free. Email osmmail@dcc.govt.nz or phone (03) 474-2728 to book.
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until December 3: "Sector 8", by Gary McMillan. Open Saturdays 10am-4pm or by appointment.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until November 27: "Polychrome".
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Opens Saturday: Sam Foley, "Tiefschwarz" featuring works from Berlin, and Ben Ho, new works.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
• Until November 26: "The Cabinet of Curiosities", featuring work by Dan Roberts, Anne-Mieke Ytsma, Craig Freeborn and Mariya Semenova.
• Until December 23: "Walk", by Kate Fitzharris; "A Collection of Still Life", paintings by Nicola Hansby; '"Memory and Fabric", by Rose McLeod.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• Opens 5.30pm tomorrow: "Laurence Aberhart".
Courthouse Cafe, 8 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until November 30: "Lacock Botanicals", by Anne-Marie Cross.
Creative Arts Centre, 142 Clyde St, Balclutha.
• Until November 20, 10am-5pm daily: Art South Otago 2011 Annual Exhibition and Art Awards.
Guest artist, speaker and judge: Ron Esplin. Guest exhibitors: art by Karen Davis, pottery by Katie Gold and Neil Hey, Liq'rish Kidz dolls by Allison Rohan, jewellery by Susan Broad and metalwork by Bill and Elisha Clarke.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until January 22, in the Reed Gallery: "Signs and Symbols: Decoding Medieval and Renaissance Iconography".
Dunedin International Airport.
• Until January 9: Artists in the Terminal - Watercolourists Pauline Bellamy, Tony Shields, Sharon Murcott, Ron Esplin.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until April 1, 2012: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Until November 20: Pathway to the Sea - Aramoana, by Ralph Hotere and Bill Culbert.
• Until December 11: "Gymnauseum", by Jane Venis.
• 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 1, 2012: "The French Connection", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• Ongoing: "Myriad worlds", by Ruth Watson.
Dunedin School of Art, Riego St.
• November 19-24: "Site 11". Works by final-year art students in ceramics, electronic arts, jewellery & metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and textiles.
Sculpture dept (mezzanine floor): "Gravity and Levity in Ceramic Art", by John Paxie.
The Fix, 15 Frederick St.
• Until November 25: Paintings and drawings by Jane Hamilton.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until November 27: "Steampunk: tomorrow as it used to be". and "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", monoprints by Jason Greig.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Sculpture by David Donnelly; 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.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• November 18-December 1: Jill Perrott: "Landscape of the Heart" and Jasmine Middlebrook: "Never Without".
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until November 24: "Where Angels Dare to Tread", by Jane Mitchell.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• Until November 20: "Lucy Fulford: For the Love of Waste", Glue Hall. Open noon-6pm.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until December 9: Photographs by Amy Moffat and Nic Reeves. Art by Stuart Maxwell, Ron Esplin, Pat Hunter, Scott Drummond and Genny Hanning.
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 November 19: "Jazz at the Dinner Table", by Kay Todd.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until December 9: "Side Seam". Works of sewing and embroidery by Inge Doesburg, Lynn Kelly, Kathryn Madill, Mary McFarlane, Victoria Mcintosh, Marion Mewburn, Jenna Packer and Elfi Spiewack.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• Work by local artists.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until December 12: "The Match, Portraits of New Zealand Rugby Players", by David Matches.
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs, Old Post Office Building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
• Until November 25: "Lecture Series", by John Badcock.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until December 7: "Time and Tide", works by Neil Frazer.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• November 19-December 14: Evelyn Dunstan: "Pathways". Works in glass.
• November 19-December 14: Nicolas Dillon: "Birds - from Central to the Coast". Paintings.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• Until November 30: "Collecting Dust", photographs by Auckland artist Ken Downey. Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
• Until November 19: "dot it down", by Annie Nevin, John Z. Robinson and Robert West.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• 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.
None Gallery, 24 Stafford St.
• November 18, 5.30pm-9pm: "Facebook Nuns exhibition". Also live music from Wtem (Aus), Not Even Owls, Opposite Sex, QTPI, Scattered Brains Of The Lovely Union.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
• Open daily 10am-4pm.
• November 19-December 11: "2011 City Of Dunedin Art Awards".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• "Translation", works in glass by Luke Jacomb.
• Until June 17, 2012, Special Exhibitions Gallery: "Focal Point: 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".
• November 18-December 5, foyer:"The Alexander Piano: The World's Longest Piano". See the world's longest piano, built by Adrian Mann in a tractor shed in South Canterbury.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
• In the NZR Foyer, until November 27: "Golden Stitches", celebrating 50 years of the Otago Embroiderers Guild.
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.
Pioneer Women's Hall, lower Moray Pl
• November 22-25, 10am-4pm: Kings High School Fine and Visual Arts exhibition.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Until November 26: "Celebr4te", cast and blown glass by Katie Brown, Gem Chapman, Craig Columb, Matt Hall, Isaac Katzoff, Annabel Menzies-Joyce and Lou Pendergrast.
Speargrass Inn Gallery, 1300 Fruitlands-Roxburgh Rd, State Highway 8, Alexandra.
• Until December 31: Works by Nigel Wilson.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until November 20: Lorna Isaac and Judy Ringland Stewart.
• November 21-27: Ro McQueen and Peter Gregory.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until December 1: Works by Green Island Art Group.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
• 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.
