A look at what's happening around Dunedin.
Gigs
3 Taylor Place, Alexandra.
Saturday, 2.30pm: "Duo Jackson". $25.
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog Irish Bar, George St.
Saturday, from 10pm: Livewire, featuring Jaimee Evans.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
Wednesdays, 7.30pm: live acoustic jam session.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.
Commercial Tavern, Green Island.
Satuday: Sidewalk Sally.
Copa, George St.
Friday night: Olie Bassweight NZ Music Month Tour.
Craft Bar, the Octagon.
Thursday, from 9pm: Cold Shot - blues and rock.
Friday night, from 10pm: Livewire featuring Jaimee Evans.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
Tonight, 9.30pm: the Forty Winks with Peter Gutteridge and the Drapes.
Dunedin Public Library, Moray Pl.
Tonight, 5.30-7pm: Gig night, some of Dunedin's brightest and best musicians.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Thursday: jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Re:Fuel, Otago University.
Friday, 8pm: OUSA Battle of the Bands, heat two.
Saturday, 9pm: Dissolution (Chch), Awakened Inferno (Chch), Mirikachinist and War Saw.
Monday, 8.30pm: Open Mike Night. Budding and experienced musicians and songwriters wanted.
Dunedin's original open mike night.
Tuesday, 8.30pm: Jazz in the Pocket. Dunedin's premiere jazz jam night.
Wednesday, 9pm: The Social at Refuel presents: Manthyng, King Leo, and guests.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
Thursdays, 8.30pm: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St.
Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Fridays,10.30am: story time.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Tuesdays, 11am: story time.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for children aged 7-12, free.
Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at information desk.
Every Saturday and Sunday, 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, $4 lesson then try out your dancing skills, or just enjoy the atmosphere.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Friday, 12.30-1.30pm: Matt Langley. Alt folk, blues, country, rock, singer-songwriter.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Sunday, 6pm: A classical concert in "Angels and Aristocrats". Door sales only.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
Wednesday, May 16, 1pm: A Schubertiade Matinée - Sonatensatz for Piano Trio in B flat, D.28, Rondo in D for Piano Duet, D.608, Songs from "Die schöne Müllerin"/The Beautiful Maid of the Mill.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Friday, 2pm: NZ Music Month Performance - Beverley Kay. Keyboard player.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Saturday, 1pm: Liz and Jono Conway for covers and originals.
Sunday, 1pm: Khamzin Tribal Bellydancers.
Plays
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, Alexandra.
Tonight, 6.30: Russell Clark Museum Theatre with Dunstan High School drama group. Door sales $5.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
Today, 12.30pm: A sneaek preview of the Fortune Theatre's "Saucy Reading: Two Fish 'n a Scoop".
Talks and films
Barnett Lecture Theatre, Great King St, Dunedin.
Wednesday, 6.30pm: MSGA presents Dr Sujit Brahmochary, founder of Institute for Indian Mother and Child, public lecture: "Are you interested in volunteering in India?"
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Good for Nothing (R13, 92mins)
Sunday, 7.30pm: Footnote (M, 106mins).
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Every Saturday, 2pm, free: "A New Zealand Artists Tour".
Sundays at 2pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Saturday, 1pm: "Popes and Powerbrokers: Renaissance Art Patrons" by Phyllis Mossman, art history department, Victoria University.
Sunday, 3pm: Charlotte Huddleston, director of St Paul Street Gallery, AUT, Auckland, will talk on Clemens von Wedemeyer's exhibition "The Fourth Wall".
Wednesday May 16, 10.30am: Marcus Wainwright speaking on "Stonemasons, Religion and Art" at Friends' Monthly Coffee Morning. DPAG Friends and members of the public warmly welcome.
Dunedin School of Art, cnr Albany and Riego Sts.
Today, 12.30-1.30pm: Karen Love, A Shiksa's Communications Adventure in Israel - Conflicting Cultures and Visual Dialogue Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Tuesday May 14, 10.45am and 3.45pm: "Raising Baby Giant Panda".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks for May, each weekday at 2pm.
Thursday: The Upland Moa. Friday: Queen Liliuokalani. Saturday: The Yellow-Eyed Penguin.
Sunday: The Union Steamship Company. Monday: The Wreck Of The Penguin. Tuesday: Tuatara.
Wednesday: Aboriginal Bark Art.
Daily at 4pm: Talk on the exhibition "Focal Point: 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".
Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St.
May 23, 7.30pm: Vittoria De Sica's "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis".
Exhibitions
A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
May 12-June 3: New Voids - Interventions with Found Objects.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until May 20: "Louise Greig From the Shadows".
Archives New Zealand Dunedin office, 556 George St.
Until June 1: "Evidence of Scandal: Belle Bock and the shady Super" (Archives New Zealand); "The Haunt of Infamy: Dunedin's Vauxhall Gardens" (Otago Settlers Museum); "Scandalous Acts of Neglect ... when the enemies of paper are let loose" (Presbyterian Archives).
The Anteroom, Port Chalmers.
"Park", by Anna Perry.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
"I went out walking", by Craig Freeborn and Anya Sinclair.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
Until May 23: Manu Berry "large woodcuts".
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
Until Saturday, Upper and Darkside Galleries: "Silk and Lace: 13th Anniversary Gifts".
Until Saturday, Lower Gallery: "After All", Desi Liversage.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
Opening tomorrow, 5.30pm: "51 Stray Shoe Heels".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Until May 28: Russell Clark, "The City Hotel Goldrush Panels".
Civic Centre Plaza, the Octagon.
Until June 1: "Wild Scenes in the Council Chamber: scandals from Dunedin's Local Government" (Dunedin City Council Archives).
Community Gallery, Princes St
Until Saturday: "A New Beginning", by Brian Alexander.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, first floor, Central University Library.
Until June 15: "Ray Guns and Rocket Ships", the Fred Fastier science fiction collection.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until July 28: "Angels and Aristocrats - Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections".
Until August 12: Clemens von Wedemeyer "The Fourth Wall".
Ongoing: "Te wai pounamu: the burial of our people", Jacqueline Fraser.
Ongoing: "Boys from the Black Stuff", work from the gallery's permanent and long-term loan collections.
Ongoing: "Kabuki: The Art of Transformation".
Ongoing: Frances Hodgkins "Kaleidoscope" Ongoing: "Fruit and small sculpture", Fiona Connor.
Dunedin School of Art Gallery, Riego St.
Until May 18: "Rainbow Serpent (Psychic Skins): An Experimental Mural", by James Robinson.
Performance night tomorrow from 7pm.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
Until June 10: "Smoke and Mirrors - painting, isolation and tradition".
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
Gallery open Wednesday to Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
Until May 24: "Steel Bronze Paint", recent works by Paul and Fran Dibble.
Glue Gallery, 26 Stafford St.
Until June 3: "Necronomicon" by Brendan Jon Phillip.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
Mini-exhibition of new works by Nic Reeves, with exhibits by R. Willocks, Leonie Clent and local artists.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Until Saturday: Kaye Todd with a photographic exhibition.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until June 2: "Grandiflora", various artists. Open, Thursday-Saturday, noon-2pm or by appointment.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
Various artists.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until May 20: "28th Locations Realty Autumn Festival Art Exhibition".
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs at old post office building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
Until May 30: Susan Wilson Exhibition.
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 May 23: Gary Waldrom's "Dangerous Curves".
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
Until May 30: "The Royal Queenstown Easter Show".
Opening Friday, 5pm, artist talk 6pm: Nigel Brown's "Dusky Doubtful".
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
Until tomorrow: Lars Preisser, "Visions in Colour".
Naseby Jubilee Museum, Leven St, cnr Earne St.
"Maniototo Sporting Heroes". Open Monday-Friday noon-4pm, weekends 10am-4pm.
Contact: Jane Greer (03) 444-9393.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
Until June 3: Hope and Sons biennial arts awards.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until June 17, Special Exhibitions Gallery: "Focal Point: 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".
Until May 27: "The Crescent Moon: The Asian Face of Islam in New Zealand".
"2012 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
Until July 1: "Around-n-about: Art South Otago".
Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Packing Shed Gallery and Cafe, Boulton Rd, Earnscleugh, Alexandra.
Open Tuesday to Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Parkside Posh, 7 Mailer St, Mornington.
"Sunday Morning", by Danni Roberts.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
New Zealand's Photographers Gallery: A continuously updated exhibition; works of New Zealand photographers.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
Until May 31: "The Blind Idealist's Black Dog", by Jo Torr.
Until June 17: "Off the Wall: World of Wearable art upclose".
Ongoing: "Southland 150".
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until Saturday: Paddy Carr and Lisa Simpson.
May 14-26: Lorna Isaac and Judy Ringland Stewart.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until June 1: oils by local artist Alena Simonova.
Teviot District Museum, Abbotsford St, Roxburgh.
Sundays, 2pm-4pm, or by request.
Contact Robin (03) 446-8130 or Joan (03) 446-8671.
Wall Street, Princes St, Dunedin.
Until May 20: "The Corner Dairy, number 1", a rolling-ball kinetic sculpture by Paul Cardno.
The Wallpapered House, 29 Lees St.
Sunday, 11am-5pm: Pamela Brown 'Open Studio'.
