Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
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.
• Saturday, Kylie Price plays solo. Free.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
• Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Roaring Meg Bar, Cromwell.
• Saturday, 9pm: Little Green Men.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St.
• Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: story time.
Clyde Historic Precinct, Clyde.
• Sunday, 11am-3pm: Fruit Festival.
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 Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until January 29, 10am-5pm: "Detail Detective", bring your detective skills to "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery" and find the details from the paintings, prints or sculptures on the activity sheet. There will be clues to help you. Free, bookings not required and suitable for all ages.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am: story time.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Freaky Science Shows: "Superbly Stupendous Sun", 2.30pm on Sunday and next Thursday.
"Incredible Ice!", 2.30pm today and Tuesday.
• Explorer backpacks for children aged 7 to 12, free. Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at information desk.
• Until Friday: "Colossal Creatures!" adventure tour, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 3.30pm, "Southern Land, Southern People".
• 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.
• Daily: "OM-azing Race Trail: An Amazing Adventure", race around the world on an amazing adventure trail.
• Daily 3.30pm, Atrium Level 1: "Maritime Marvels, Investigation Station". Explore all things maritime, from launching a vessel to Morse code.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: story time.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
• Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
The Church, Dundas St.
• Tuesdays, 7pm: Salsa lessons.
• Every Friday 8.30pm: Salsa Tango Night, free lesson, Then try out your dancing skills or just come and enjoy the atmosphere Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday: Alexey Medvedev performs a range of styles on acoustic guitar from jazz classics to pop and rock, 1pm.
Talks and films
Dunedin City Library , 230 Moray Pl.
• Wednesday, January 25: "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow", celebrating Robert Burns' birthday and the Robert Burns Fellowship. Join Fiona Farrell as she talks about her year as the 2011 Burns Fellow, and hear the winning poems from the 2012 Robert Burns Poetry Competition. Ground floor, 12.30-1.30pm.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Every Saturday, 2pm, free: "A New Zealand Artists Tour". Free guided tours.
• Saturday, 3pm: Exhibition Floor Talk, "Ladies and Gentlemen: At a Glance".
• Sunday, 3pm: art documentary: Hotere (2001, 80min) .
• Monday, January 23 to Friday, January 27, 3pm, A Wonderful Week of Anime Greats: Monday, Ponyo (G 1hr 40min); Tuesday, Spirited Away (PG 2hr 05min); Wednesday, Tales from Earthsea (M 1hr 55min); Thursday, My Neighbour Totoro (G 1hr 25min); Friday, Howl's Moving Castle ( PG 1hr 55min).
• Friday, January 27, 5.30-8pm: Summer Series No 1. Enjoy good company and the invited speaker, Elizabeth Caldwell, DPAG director.
Friends ($5) and public ($10); all warmly welcome.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Today, 5.30pm: Join ODT editor Murray Kirkness and chief photographer Stephen Jaquiery to learn how to take front-page-worthy shots, in the Barclay Theatre.
• Free daily talks for January, on each weekday at 2pm.
• Monday, "The Blue Duck"; Tuesday, "Chinese Snuff Bottles"; Wednesday, "Blaschka Glass Models"; Thursday, "Kereru"; Friday, "Native American Peace Pipes"; Saturday, "Rangi and Papa"; Sunday, "Mutiny on the Bounty".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• Until February: "Transformed", an exhibition of new sculpture by Benjamin King.
Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
• "The HeArt of Giving". Open daily, 10am-4pm.
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.
The Bank Cafe, Clyde.
• Until January 31: Liz Kempthorne paints the familiar environment with a personal vision.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Until January 29: "Summer Selection".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until February 19: Central Otago Art Society exhibition.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until Sunday, in the Reed Gallery: "Signs and Symbols: Decoding Medieval and Renaissance Iconography".
Dunedin Community Gallery, 20 Princes St.
• Until Friday: "Summerland"; Rob Piggott presents two series, "Wanaka Paintings" and "Daybreak".
• January 23-28: "Sock It To `Em", a national travelling suitcase collection of socks.
Alongside this display will be information on sock-knitting during the First and Second World Wars. Demonstrations. Open 10am-4pm.
Dunedin International Airport.
• Until February 28: Fiona Stirling: a selection of works.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until February 2012: "The Pressure of Sunlight Falling", by Fiona Pardington.
• Until Sunday: "Ladies and Gentlemen - At a Glance". Portraits from the collection.
• Until March: "Back in Black" incorporates a selection of works by some of New Zealand's most recognised artists.
• 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.
• Ongoing: "Boys from the Black Stuff", work from the gallery's permanent and long-term loan collections.
• Ongoing: "Kabuki: The Art of Transformation".
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Until January 29: "Woollaston 101", works by Toss Woollaston.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until May 6: "The Garden as Muse", an anthology of works that explores the meaning of gardens.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• 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.
• January: During January our walls will be changing weekly as we exhibit selected favourite works.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until February 20, 2012: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until January 29: "Otago Colours", new works by Christine Hill and Jenny Mehrtens.
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs at old post office building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
• From Saturday until April 10: John Badcock's "Stations of the Cross".
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".
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until March 7: "The Earl Street Journal".
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Extended Moment", solargraphy by Chris Reid.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
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".
• "The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until March 11: "Enchanted Garden", by Sue McPhee.
• Open Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
• Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Packing Shed Gallery and Cafe, Boulton Rd, Earnscleugh, Alexandra.
• Until January 31: "Edge of Light". Central Otago and Southern landscapes.
• Open Tuesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm.
Southland Museum & Art Gallery, 108 Gala Street, Invercargill.
• Until Sunday: "Anne Frank, a history for today".
• Until January 29: "Borrowed Time", Max Bellamy.
• Until January 29: "Three to the fore II", Jim, Bec and Josh Gilmore.
• Until April 1: "Malu Minar".
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 lower Stuart St.
• Until January 21: Rosemary McQueen and Riki Julin.
From Sunday until February 5: Jo Howard and Peter Gregory.
• Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• 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.
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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