Your guide to events happening in Dunedin this week
Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Tomorrow, 10pm: Black Boy Peaches with guests.
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog, George St.
• Friday and Saturday, from 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Tomorrow, 9pm: The Boxcar Rattle. $5.
• Saturday, 9pm: La Petit Manouche. $5.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Wednesday, 8pm: Grandad's Wedding.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Friday, 9pm: Black Rock Coffin-Makers, Helter Skelter and Bottle.
• Saturday, 9pm: Kilmog, Ed Gains and the Human Remains.
The Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• Friday, from 5.30pm: The Blueness.
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: Sammy's Christmas Gig, featuring Made In China, Idiot Prayer, Alizarin Lizard and Ash and the Matadors. Also featuring Whiskey and the Wench, Jo Little, Joe Bishop and Nick Knox.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library Fridays,10.30am: story time.
• Saturday, noon: "Once upon a Christmas", storytime with Kaitrin McMullan.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: story time.
• Until January 29: Summer Reading Programme - sign up and receive a booklet full of supportive ideas and activities, book lists and a diary to record and rate your summer reading progress. Free. Every child who reaches their reading target is rewarded at the end of the summer.
Dunedin North Intermediate Front Lawn,
• Friday, 3.30 until 6pm: Northeast Valley Mad Hatter Christmas Tea Party. Organised by The Project.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• From Saturday until December 24: "TREEmendous Christmas Decorations", Using the materials provided, decorate our Christmas tree, or take your newly made decorations home.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am: story time.
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.
• From Tuesday until December 23, 8.30am-12.30pm: Christmas Discovery Squad.
• From Friday until February 27, daily: "Focal Point Photo Challenge", Take a creative photo with a quirky twist in the museum and be in with a chance to win a prize from the Otago Daily Times.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: story time.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Waikouaiti Library.
• Saturday, 10.30am: "Once upon a Christmas", storytime with Kaitrin McMullan.
Music and performance
Centennial Park, Thompson St, Alexandra.
• Sunday, 7pm: Carols in the Park.
Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Today, 12.30pm: "Romancing the Violin", Mark Wilson with Cathy Irons.
Dunedin Ice Stadium, 101 Victoria Rd.
• Saturday, 4.30pm; Sunday, 1pm and 5pm: "Peter Pan on Ice".
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Friday, 8pm: Concert and Album Launch: Lee Noyes.
• Saturday, 12.30pm: The Cantores Choir sings Christmas carols.
• Sunday, 1pm: The Melrose Singers.
Glue Gallery Hall, 26 Stafford St.
• Saturday, 5.30pm: Shells, The distinction between child discipline and abuse is often poorly defined. Some professionals claim cultural norms that sanction physical punishment are one of the causes of child abuse, and have undertaken campaigns to redefine such norms. This performance requires participation. Part of the summer performance series.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Today, 12.15pm: "Music For Christmas - Young Musicians in Recital", organists and pianists present music by Grieg, Rutter, Langlais, Pachelbel and others. Sunday, 7pm: "Nine Lessons and Carols", The Knox Church Choir.
Lady Thorn Rhododendron Dell, Church St, Port Chalmers.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: Port Chalmers Lions Christmas Carols. Featuring the Dunedin Salvation Army Band and the Dunedin Harmony Chorus.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday, 1pm: Kathryn Gale.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Tomorrow, 6.30pm: "When Christmas Becomes Something Else", playback theatre examining domestic violence.
Plays
Fortune Studio, Stuart St.
• Saturday, 3pm: Joyful and Triumphant, A special Christmas reading of the modern New Zealand classic.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until December 17: A Short Cut To Happiness, by Roger Hall.
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
• Until December 17, 7.30pm, Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward.
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 ofaward-winning exhibition "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Sunday, 1pm: Art Documentary: Colin McCahon: I Am.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
• Saturday, 11.30am: Talk by Nick Duval-Smith.
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".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until January: "No Exit Through The Gift Shop" featuring jewellery from Underground Sundae (Annemieke Ytsma), Jess Kitto and Sharon Singer, and more. Hours, noon-6pm Friday and Saturday.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• "Tiefschwarz", Sam Foley; "New Works", Ben Ho; "(Un)common Ground", featuring work by Peter Cleverley, Claire Beynon, Sam Bennett and Olav Nielsen.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Until January 29: "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.
• "The Phaedra Chain", works by Jason Greig.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until January 2: The Hoffman Collection in association with the Alexandra Patchwork Group.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, first floor, Central University Library.
• Ends tomorrow: "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 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: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Until April 1, 2012: "The French Connection", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• Ongoing: "Myriad Worlds", by Ruth Watson.
• From Saturday, ongoing: "Boys from the Black Stuff", work from the gallery's permanent and long-term loan collections.
From Saturday: "Kabuki: The Art of Transformation".
• From Saturday until January 22: "Ladies and Gentlemen - At a Glance".
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until January 15: Selected works of Rita Angus: 40 works.
• Until May 6: "The Garden as Muse", an anthology of works that explores the meaning of gardens.
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.
• "A Round Christmas", featuring works by Brian Dahlberg, Simon Kaan, Frank Gordon, Graham Tait, Andy McCready, Nic Dempster, Suzy Platt, Maria Kemp, Angela Burns, Ewan McDougall, Marilynn Webb and others.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until December 22: "Rural Landscapes", featuring work by Don Binney, J.S. Parker and Louise McRae.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• Tomorrow until December 24: "Anti Christmas Craft Party". Open noon-6pm.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until December 24: Darren Tautari's recent work.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until February 20, 2012: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• From Saturday until December 24: "Come and see what we've been making", new work by Liz Abbott and Rudie Verhoef.
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 February 1: "Summer Show".
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• Until December 31: "Dunedin by Numbers", by Richard Munro; "Building Something Real", by Murray Eskdale.
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Extended Moment", solargraphy by Chris Reid.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• From tomorrow: "Not Far From Home", by Gretchen Albrecht and ElizabethThomson.
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 January 6: Christmas Exhibition.
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".
• From Saturday: "The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face Of Islam In New Zealand".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• From tomorrow until March 11: "Enchanted Garden", by Sue McPhee. 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.
• "Christmas at the Co-op".
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until February 1: Mosgiel and Central Otago landscapes by photographer Murray Crawford.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• Until January 10: "A Christmas Cracker ... paintings and other treats".
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.
• "Summer Hits"' featuring oil paintings by Peter Hackett and Raquel Clarke and sculpture by Trevor Askin.
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