Woolly goings-on
The Owaka Museum will open "The Winter Woolly Show" in the Community Gallery on Saturday.
The Year of the Natural Fibre celebration will feature "anti-winter" creations, including clothing, tea cosies and hot water bottle covers. Until August 2.
Striking Gould
Former Dunedin artist Barry Cleavin describes his latest exhibition, "Glenn Gould - Themes and Variations", as "a series of indoor winter reactions to music".
From tomorrow until May 28 at the Brett McDowell Gallery.
Point of view
Dunedin environmental scientist Brian Stewart opens his first exhibition, "A Different View", at the Otago Art Society at the Dunedin Railway Station tomorrow.
The oil works were inspired by the artist's interest in colour and perspective. Until May 31.
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, 7pm-11pm: Mbryo, lounge jazz.
Bath St Tonight: Kelevra (Germany) with support from James Ashwin (AK) Trash Disko, Abstrack, Haszari, Jash & Fishy G.
Tomorrow: Wigsgiw, O. D, Cauze, Undertow.
Saturday: Dick Johnson, support from NZ House Arrest (Abstrack & Matty P), Ryan Houston & Tim Sargeant.
The Bog, corner of George and London Sts. Sundays, 7.30pm: Open mike night.
Clarendon Hotel, 28 Maclaggan St. Sunday, 7.30pm: The Chaps.
Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers. Saturday, 8pm: Grand Prix with The Alpha State.
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St. Fridays, 5.30pm: Philtre Jazz Trio.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St. Thursdays, 5pm: Open-mike night.
Saturday, 8.30pm: Vorpal Blade, Yeti Smasher, Conniption, Black Forest, Foe.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St. Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans, jam night, 8.30pm.
Friday, 8.30pm: Oxo Cubans.
The Penguin Club, Oamaru, tonight, Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters.
Pequeno, the Savoy. Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon. Tonight, 10pm: Jordan Higham & Ali Romanos.
Tomorrow, 6pm: Terry Ebeling; 10pm: DJ Dal.
Saturday, 11pm: Jordan Higham & Ali Romanos.
Refuel, Otago University. Friday, 9pm: Yule with Dear Times Waste.
Saturday: Jhoosh - Queer Disco.
Tuesday: Jazz in the Pocket.
Revolver, Queenstown, Saturday, Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St. Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel. Thursdays, 9pm: Open mike night. Gear provided.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St. Thursday, 8pm: Open mike night. This week's host: Kakiroa.
Friday, 8pm: Don McGlashan and the Seven Sisters - Marvellous Year Tour, with special guest Reb Fountain.
Tonic, 138 Princes St. Sunday, 9pm: Julian Temple.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon. Friday and Saturday nights: Livewire.
Family fun
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Croque-o-dile Cafe, "Mind The Brain", 9am-10am, for parents and babies.
Speaker Associate professor Claire Freeman, of the University of Otago, on Dunedin's playgrounds and "children's lives". All welcome.
Knox Church, 449 George St. Friday, 1.30pm-2.30pm: Preschool music for children 0-5 and carers. Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Preschool story time, every Tuesday, 11am, free.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Explorer backpacks for 7-to-12-year-olds (free).
Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk.
Weekends, 10.30am and 2pm, Atrium level 1: Children's creative activities.
Weekends during May, 2.30pm: "Nature's Bounty", learn about hunter-gathering and wild food safety. Search centre, free.
Every Saturday and Sunday during May, Nature Galleries, 12.30pm and 3.30pm: Interactive Trolley: Treasures of the Sea.
Port Chalmers Library, preschool story time, every Wednesday, 10.30am, excludes school holidays, free.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon. Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the Visitor Centre.
Music and performance
Central Stories Museum & Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Friday, 12.15pm: Gordon Ramage with guests.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Tomorrow, 12.30pm, 1st floor: Michael Cathro. Tomorrow, 4pm, teen space: Early Reflections, acoustic music.
Saturday, 1.30pm, 1st floor: Amanda Goodwin and Joe Setefano.
Sunday, 12.30pm, 1st floor: Sunny Side Up.
Sunday, 1.30pm, teen space: Kaikorai Valley College Orchestra.
Knox Church, 449 George St. Today, 12.15pm: Organ Recital - "Baroque Splendour" Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians May recital meeting featuring songs performed by Bruce McMillan accompanied by Vivienne McLean; readings by author Kath Beattie and the first movement of Beethoven's Eroica symphony performed by The Collegiate Orchestra conducted by Dean Hollebon.
Mosgiel Library Today, 10.30am: Rob Mclennan.
Tomorrow, 1.30pm: Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Otepoti.
Marama Hall, Otago University. Wednesday, 1pm: Department of music lunchtime concert: "A Haydn Tribute" Haydn: Feldpartita for Wind Quintet and Brahms: Variations on a theme of Haydn for Two Pianos.
Port Chalmers Library Today, 7pm: Leo LaDell and friends.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Lunchtime music, Fridays and Saturdays.
This week: Annemieke Harmonie/Gail Quayle and Kevin McLoughlin.
Friday, 7pm, Museum Foyer: Poetry Unplugged - Celebrating Charles Brasch. Featuring several well-known and emerging Dunedin poets and an open-mike section.
Sunday, 1.30pm, Atrium Level 1: Footspa.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens. Saturday, 7.30pm: "Wild Band Echoes". The Otago Symphonic Band presents an evening of light classical and swing music.
Plays
Allen Hall Theatre , corner Union and Leith Sts. Today and tomorrow, 1pm: Shared Agendas, co-ordinated by Ali East and Martyn Roberts.
Fortune Theatre, corner Moray Pl and Stuart St. Until May 17, 8pm: Fiona Scott-Norman's The Needle and The Damage Done. A top 10 of the worst records ever released.
Capping Show: Ghostbusters, until May 16 and May 18-23 at the University of Otago College of Education auditorium, 7.30pm.
Talks and films
Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St. Wednesday, 7.30pm: Larissa Shepitko's Golden Bear-winning film The Ascent.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Guided tours: 12.30pm Wednesday and 1.30pm Sunday throughout May: Frances Hodgkins: femme du monde. Free.
Wednesday, 10.30am: Coffee morning: Rodney Hamel will speak about Cargills Monument. Free.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm.
Topics in May: Mondays: "Queen Liliuokalani". Learn about the last queen of Hawaii and her cape.
Tuesdays: "Totem Pole". Wednesdays: "The Clyde Dam".
Thursdays: "The Rat King". The origins of Otago Museum's rat king.
Fridays: "The Wedding Gown". Throughout history, women have tried to make their wedding dress special to suit the occasion.
Saturdays: "Earnscleugh Cave". This archive of prehistoric Otago wildlife is in Conroy's Gully near Alexandra.
Sundays: "Haast's Eagle". The extinct Haast eagle was the largest bird of prey the world has seen.
Special exhibition gallery talks, daily during May, 4.30pm: Andris Apse.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until May 17: Dennis de Visser: "The Waste Land" and aXs: "The Miners and the Sheiks".
Anchorage Gallery, 19 George St, Port Chalmers. "Connections", new works by Elizabeth Marshall and Kirsten Wenborn.
Archives New Zealand, Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St. Until May 29: "City of Letters". Exhibition of personal letters and archives.
The Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station. "A Different View", works by Brian Stewart. Open daily 10am-5.30pm.
The Artist's Room, Dowling St. Dalene Meiring, "Moment in Time". Until May 22.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Until May 23: "Wildflowers", by Pauline Bellamy. Open Wed-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat-Sun noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl. Until May 16: "Instructional Models", a collective exhibition featuring artists from Melbourne and Dunedin.
From Tuesday until June 13: "Aural Hysteric", by Emma Morgan and "Onward!", by Kate Boocock.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. From tomorrow: Barry Cleavin, "Glenn Gould - Themes and Variations".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Until May 31: "Toiling In Oils" by Alastair Begg.
Open 10am-4pm. Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St.
Until May 16: Dunedin Photographic Society, Members Autumn Print Exhibition.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, 3rd floor. Until July 26: "O for a Thousand Tongues": Hymns from the Colin Gibson Collection.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until June 21: Michael Morley: "You Say You Don't Love Me".
Until May 24: "Catharine Hodson: Touching the Unthinkable". Catharine Hodson's successful treatment for breast cancer three years ago was the starting point for this installation.
Until May 17: Di ffrench: "Activating Ideas".
Until June 17: "Te Huringa/Turning Points": includes work by Francis Dillon Bell, Shane Cotton, Augustus Earle, Robert Ellis, Charles Goldie, Michael Hight, Robyn Kahukiwa, Colin McCahon, Selwyn Muru, Buck Nin, Peter Robinson, and Gordon Walters.
Ongoing: "Hail Falls Noisily on Bamboo Leaves": Japanese Prints from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection.
Ongoing: "The Grand Tour": Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery Collection.
Until July 19: Ben Buchanan: "Sleeping".
Until July 26: Francis Hodgkins: "femme du monde".
Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames St, Oamaru. Until June 7: "Brigid", Robin White. Works from the gallery collection.
Until June 14: "45 Minutes on the Somme", Michael Shepherd. Drawings created in 1986 relating to an attack on September 15, 1916.
Until June 7: "Been There (still here!) Done That": works from the collection selected by former and current staff to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Forrester.
Until June 7: "Only Make Believe", eight new works by Peter Cleverley.
Until June 7: "Gaza Suit", by John Mitchell.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin. From Friday until May 30: "Print Fair", works by various leading New Zealand artists.
Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence. Perpetual Collective: Ron Esplin, Bob Wyber (jewellery), James Stewart (chair-maker), Pamela Brown, Gay Webb (masks and torsos), Ray Ansin (glass), Ben Woollcombe, Margaret Palmer-McKenzie, Blue Hall (wood), Murray Ayson, Gilbert van Reenen, and others. Open Thursday-Monday.
Harris Smith Art, 86-88 Bond St. Paintings by Jeffrey Harris, sculptures by Nicole Page-Smith.
Open Monday-Saturday, 1pm-2pm, or by appointment.
Hocken Gallery, corner Anzac Ave and Parry St. Until May 23: Heather Straka, "The Sleeping Room".
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St. Open Thu-Sat, noon-2pm and by appointment.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. Until May 17: Arrowtown Autumn Festival Art Exhibition.
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until June 3: new works by Gary Waldrom.
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St. Ends today: "Zeigen", Lorraine Rastorfer. From Saturday until June 3: Rex Turnbull: "Tane O Te Whenua, Men Of The Land".
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St. Until May 23: "We're All Dancing on the Same Floor", works by Eion Shanks.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, level 3, free. Until October 4: "Charles Brasch - A Great Good Man", People of the World Gallery, Free.
Until June 21: "Focus on a Frozen Land", photographer Andris Apse explores the Antarctic.
Until June 1: 100+ Southern Architecture: Then, now and next.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens. Until October 11: "Paint-box Pioneers: Visions of the Past", from the Otago Settlers Museum Art Collection.
Until June: "Chinese Treasures", the history and interests of the Chinese community of Dunedin.
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Until May 24: "We Will Remember Them".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. From Saturday until August 2: "Winter Woolly Show: Eat, Drink, Knit". Renaissance Gallery and Sculpture Garden, corner Junction Rd and Matai St, Ravensbourne.
Until May 18: "Take 5", paintings by Jacqueline, Anya and Bella Sinclair, and Rachel Elder, haiku by Cameron Sinclair.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Neil Emmerson, "The Glass Closet".
Sew Hoy Gallery , 29 Stafford St. "In the Dragons' Footsteps". Chinese artifacts.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton. Until May 31: "Shades of Autumn". Weekends, 1pm-5pm.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. From Friday until May 29: James Dignan, "The Unguarded Moment".
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown. From Saturday until June 6: Sue Wademan, "Blessings on the Wind".
University of Otago, De Beer Gallery, first floor, central library. Until July 3: "Beetles, Barnacles, Orchids and the Origin of Species: Charles Darwin and his legacy". Mon-Fri, 8.30am-5pm.
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