Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Saturday, 9pm: Left or Right with Cult Disney.
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St.
• Tonight, 7pm: Dave Colecough and friends.
• Friday, 7pm: Crackerjack.
• Saturday, 7pm: Blarney Boys Christmas Concert.
• Sunday, 3pm: Sweet Papajohn and The Revalators.
• Tuesday, 7pm: Irish Session with the Blarney Army.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Saturday, 8pm: The Chaps.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Friday, 9pm: Alizarin Lizard, Idiot Prayer, Opposite Sex and Bad Sav.
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.
• Saturday, 9pm: Dub-Duel: Jungle Fari and Kindred Soundsystem.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: storytime.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Sunday, 2pm: "Once Upon a Christmas" with storyteller Kaitrin McMullan.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: storytime.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am: storytime.
• Wednesday, 11am: "Once Upon a Christmas" with storyteller Kaitrin McMullan.
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 December, 3.30pm: 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.
• Friday, 11am: "Once Upon a Christmas" with storyteller Kaitrin McMullan.
• Quarantine Island December 3: Island Open Day to celebrate the completion of exteriorrestoration of the original married quarters quarantine building. Bus departs Dunedin Railway Station at 10am, back by 4pm.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago.
• Tonight, 7.30pm: Performance Art from Warwick Broadhead: "The Hunting of the Snark" and Cat Ruka: "New Treaty Militia".
Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Friday, 12.30pm: Mark Wilson and his fiancee Emma: "Music and Laughter".
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Today, 12.15pm: "Organ Music for Advent", featuring organists Peter Stockwell, Rhys Thorn and Karen Knudson.
Lake Wanaka Centre
• Tuesday, 7.30pm: NZSO, "Christmas Pops".
Lion Foundation Arena, Edgar Centre, Portsmouth Dr.
• Monday, 7.30pm: Royal Dunedin Male Choir Christmas Concert.
Memorial Hall, Balclutha.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: NZSO, "Christmas Pops".
Memorial Theatre, Alexandra.
• Monday, 7.30pm: NZSO, "Christmas Pops".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Friday, 1pm: Trevor Coleman plays the Alexander Piano.
• Saturday, 1pm: Alexey Medvedev performs a wide range of styles on acoustic guitar.
• Sunday, 1pm: Kate Grace and Les Belles Vilaines showcase traditional French and European dance.
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany St.
• Saturday, 8pm: Ad Hoc Cabaret: Blackboard sessions.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Friday, 12.15pm: "Sing Christmas", The Southern Consort's Christmas recital.
Terrace School Hall, Marslin St, Alexandra.
• Sunday, 2pm: Central Otago Regional Choir and Regional Orchestra present "We Wish You Christmas".
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until December 17: A Short Cut To Happiness, by Roger Hall.
Talks and films
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: Free guided tour for blind and partially sighted of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for December, on each weekday at 2pm: Mondays: "Akan gold weights".
• Tuesdays: "Aboriginal bark art". Wednesdays: "El Nino". Thursdays: "Karetao - the Maori puppet". Fridays: "The Asmat". Saturdays: "The cheeky kea". Sundays: "Haast's Eagle".
Barclay Theatre
• Sunday, 1pm, film screening: Rienzi, the third of the early operas of Richard Wagner.
Saturday, 3.30pm: Talk: "Anatomy of the Alexander Piano".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until December 3: "Sector 8", by Gary McMillan. Open Saturdays 10am-4pm or by appointment.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• "Tiefschwarz",Sam Foley; "New Works", Ben Ho; "Uncommon Ground", featuring work by Peter Cleverley, Claire Beynon, Sam Bennett and Olav Nielson.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Until January 2: "Summer Selection".
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
• 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.
• "Laurence Aberhart".
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
• Until December 16: "In Search of Scotland".
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 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.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• New pots by Peter Gregory. Paintings by Jacob Feenstra, Nigel Wilson, Charles Barrington.
• Art mirrors by Phil Jopson, sculpture by David Donnelly.
• Open Wednesday-Friday 1pm-4pm, weekends 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Ends today: Jill Perrott: "Landscape of the Heart" and Jasmine Middlebrook: "Never Without".
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• From tomorrow until December 22: "Rural Landscapes", featuring work by Don Binney, J.S Parker and Louise McRae.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St. Open noon-6pm.
• Until December 5: Logan Park High School graduate exhibition.
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".
• Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until December 10: Luke Anthony, carved wooden bird sculptures.
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.
• Until December 3: "Ash and Lithium", by Bronwyn.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until December 12: "The Match, Portraits of New Zealand Rugby Players", by David Matches.
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 December 7: "Time and Tide", works by Neil Frazer.
• Until December 13: "Traverse", exhibition of New Zealand glass.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until December 14: Evelyn Dunstan: "Pathways". Works in glass.
• Until December 14: Nicolas Dillon: "Birds - from Central to the Coast". Paintings.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• From tomorrow: "Extended Moment", solagraphy by Chris Reid.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Ends tomorrow: Nadene Milne's 10th anniversary exhibition, featuring Shane Cotton, John Pule and Michael Parekowhai.
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.
• Open daily 10am-4pm.
• Until 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".
• Until 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.
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.
Speargrass Inn Gallery, 1300 Fruitlands-Roxburgh road, State Highway 8, Alexandra.
• Until December 31: Works by Nigel Wilson.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until December 4: Jo Howard and Riki Julin.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Ends today: Works by Green Island Art Group.
• Until February 1: Mosgiel and Central Otago landscapes by photographer Murray Crawford.
Teviot District Museum, Abbotsford St, Roxburgh.
• Sundays, 2pm to 4pm, or by request. Contact Robin (03) 446-8130 or Joan (03) 446-8671.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
• Until January: Group Spring Show.
Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Celebrating Spring", new works by Peter Hackett and oil paintings by Raquel Clarke.
