Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog Irish Bar, George St.
• Friday, from 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
The Empire Hotel 396 Princes St.
• Blarney Bar: Friday 7pm, Irish session with Blarney Boys, Saturday 8pm, Both Sides of the Line and Humbolt County Experience, Sunday 3pm, Sweet Papa John and the Revelators, Tuesday 7pm, Irish sing-along with Blarney Army.
Gibbston Valley Winery, Queenstown.
• Saturday, noon: The Gibbston Valley Winery Summer Concert.
Golden Gate Lodge, Cromwell.
• Saturday, from 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Every Thursday: Jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Logan Park, corner of Union St and Logan Park Dr.
• Sunday, Classic Hits Winery Tour: 6pm Avalanche City, 7.15pm The Mutton Birds, 8.30pm Gin Wigmore.
Peregrine Winery, Queenstown.
• Today, 5pm-10pm: The More FM Summer Vineyard Tour.
Rhubarb Cafe, Highgate.
• Today, 4.30pm: "Taxi Jazz Cafe" special, featuring tracks from the collection of Harry Johnston.
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.
Tonic, 138 Princes St.
• Friday 9pm: Bill Morris solo.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: story time.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: story time.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Wednesday, 11.15am: tour for tots, baby-friendly 30-min tour.
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.
• Until February 19, 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.
• Every Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm, Atrium Level 1: "Maritime Marvels, Investigation Station". Explore all things maritime, from launching a vessel to Morse code.
• Monday 3.30pm: Colossal Creatures! Adventure Tour.
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, $4 lesson then try out your dancing skills, or just come and enjoy the atmosphere.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday, 1pm: Saxophonist Stevie Rice.
• Sunday, 1pm: Alexey Medvedev on acoustic guitar.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
• Tuesdays, 12.50pm: "101" organ music. This week is music from Denmark.
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 tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Friday, 5.30-8pm: Michael Findlay: What we did while we were away ... New Expatriate Architects 1900-1940. $5 friends and $10 public.
• Saturday, 3pm: Dickens Readings followed by Dickens (2002, 60min).
• Sunday 3pm: The Big Picture (90min) by Hamish Keith, parts 1 and 2.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for February, each weekday at 2pm. Monday, "The Blue Duck"; Tuesday, "Chinese Snuff Bottles"; Wednesday, "The Plesiosaur"; Thursday, "Weather Glass"; Friday, "Buddhism"; Saturday, "The Moeraki Boulders"; Sunday, "The Mummy".
Daily at 4pm: "Focal Point, 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• From Saturday until March 3: new embroidered work by Jay Hutchinson.
Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
• "Summer Exhibition". 10am-4pm until February 26.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Starts Saturday: "All Along the Clock Tower", by Manu Berry and Jared Hunter Mason Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
• Until March 3: "867 Hours Underground", by Scott Flanagan.
• Until March 3: "Emetic Aesthetic", by Tjalling de Vries.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• Opening Friday: `Five new works, Five old works' by Martin Thompson.
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 May 6: `Chapter One. I Am Born': 200 Years of Charles Dickens.
Dunedin Community Gallery, 20 Princes St.
• Until February 29: Rob Piggott "Loop Series", works 1999-2012.
Dunedin International Airport.
• Until February 28: Fiona Stirling: a selection of works.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until February 19: Fiona Pardington: "The Pressure of Sunlight Falling".
• Until March 4: "Kabuki: The Art of Transformation".
• Until April 1: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Until April 1: "The French Connection", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• Until May 6: "Haunts of Dickens", celebrates the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth.
• Ongoing: "Myriad Worlds", by Ruth Watson.
• Ongoing: "Boys from the Black Stuff", work from the gallery's permanent and long-term loan collections.
Dunedin School of Art, Riego St.
• Until Saturday: SITE 144/404-Elizabeth Vullings.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until May 6: "The Garden as Muse", an anthology exploring the meaning of gardens.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Exhibition of paintings by New Zealand artist Clare Reilly.
• Open Wednesday-Friday, 1pm-4pm, weekends 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Group show: New work by Frank Gordon, Philip Maxwell, Suzy Platt, Anna Church and others. On now until 23 February.
• Adorned: An exhibition of portraits, including pencil drawings and oil paintings by Lee Byford, February 25 until March 8.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until February 23: Anna Muirhead: "Trans-plant" and Katie Thomas: "A place for birds".
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
• Opens Friday, 5.30-7pm: "Monster Manual" by Scrap Princess and "Magic Spells" a group show.
Live music by Glee Cartel.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Works by established and emerging artists.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Finishes on Monday: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until Saturday: New paintings by Jillian Porteous, open daily 10am-4pm.
• Opening Sunday: "Nevis" by photographer Eric Schusser.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• Various artists.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until February 26: Queenstown Quilters and Patchworkers, 25th Anniversary Exhibition.
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs at old post office building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
• 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.
• "The Surreal, 2012".
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until March 7: "The Earl Street Journal".
• From Saturday: "Chosen", an exhibition of paintings, glass and sculpture.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• From Friday until March 1: "Debut: Photography by Anneloes Douglas".
Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Extended Moment", solargraphy by Chris Reid.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
• Until February 25: "Small Summer Paintings", by Angela Burns.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Ends tomorrow: Russell Moses, "Night Fishing".
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
• Saturday, 10am-4pm: 20 artists will demonstrate in various disciplines and mediums.
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.
• Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• New Zealand's Photographers Gallery: A continuously revolving exhibition of some of New Zealand's most luminary photographers.
Southland Museum & Art Gallery, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
• Until February 26: CS Art, Borderlines: A place for everyone.
• Until March 4: Rita Angus, selected works.
• Until April 1: "Malu Minar".
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until February 19: Louise Thompson Parker and Paddy Carr.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until February 29: works by local artist Carl Graham.
Teviot District Museum, Abbotsford St, Roxburgh.
• Sundays, 2pm to 4pm, or by request. Contact Robin on (03) 446-8130 or Joan on (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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