Cello choir on Sunday
Soprano Emma Fraser and bassoonist Joe Donnelly will feature in the Cellists of Otago cello choir in the Southern Sinfonia rooms on Sunday.
The programme includes works by Faure, Arnone and Casals, and starts at 3pm.
Exhibition focuses on birds
Waikato realist Jane Crisp and Auckland artist Gary Roberts have focused on birds for their joint exhibition at The Artist's Room this weekend.
"Feathered Fables" opens at noon on Saturday at The Artist's Room and runs until June 6.
Southern Consort of Voices to perform
The Southern Consort of Voices performs its first concert for the year this weekend. "In the Moment", starts at 7.30pm on Saturday at the St Hildas chapel.
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, 7pm-11pm: Mbryo, lounge jazz.
Bath St Tonight, 9pm, Electro with Contra, OD & more.
Tomorrow, 10pm, Organikismness with support from Loki & ODC (U*T*U) & Tsublimnal.
Saturday, 10pm, Blackplanet featuring MC Beau with support from Undertow & Nightshade.
The Bog, corner of George and London Sts. Sundays, 7.30pm: Open mike night.
Clarendon Hotel, 28 Maclaggan St. Sunday, 7.30pm: Delgirl.
Wednesday: Grada.
Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers. Sunday, 2pm: Volunteer Otago, Youthline and the Youth Action Committee presents an all ages party featuring Skybus, Sewage, TFF, Fun Time, Nadia Reid, Fran, Echoroom and the Tomato Plants.
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St. Fridays, 5.30pm: Philtre Jazz Trio.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St. Thursdays, 5pm: Open mike night.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St. Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, 8.30pm.
Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans party night. Wednesday, 8pm: I-Jazz.
Pequeno, the Savoy. Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon. Tonight, 10pm: DJs Jordan Higham & Ali Romanos.
Friday, 10pm: DJ Dal.
Saturday 11pm: DJs Jordan Higham & Ali Romanos.
Wednesday, 7pm: B Shed.
Refuel, Otago University. Tomorrow: Cobra Khan Helgorhithms Tour with Soulseller & Incarnate, 9pm.
Saturday: Dunedin MC Battles, 9pm.
Tuesday: Jazz in the Pocket, 8pm.
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: Popsicles.
Tonic, 138 Princes St. Saturday, 9pm: Hana Fahy.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon. Friday and Saturday nights: Livewire.
Family fun
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Sunday, 2pm, Children's library: "Kat Anna Fiddle", music, marionettes and magical tales for children of all ages.
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. Today, 2pm: Room 5 from St Mary's School sing a selection of songs learnt at school.
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, free.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the Visitor Centre.
Music and performance
Alexandra Community CentreSunday, 3pm: Tasman String Quartet.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl Tomorrow, 12.30pm, 1st floor: Robin Sharma. Tomorrow, 4pm, Teen Space: Scurvy Dogs.
Saturday, 1.30pm, 1st floor: Hana Fahy & Amos Mann.
Sunday, 1.30pm, 1st floor: Gilly Darbey & Alastair Burns.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Sunday, 7pm: "Song, Dance and Art", song, dance and art projection. Mosgiel LibraryToday, 10.30am: Rob McLennan.
Marama Hall, Otago University. Lunchtime concert, 1pm Wednesday: Marama Chamber Orchestra performs string works of Mendelssohn and Purcell. Directed by Tessa Petersen.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon, this week: Kathryn Roy & Tim Davis.
Sale-Black House Lecture Room Corner St David and Leith Sts.
Sunday, 2pm: Wagner in Paris - Exploring Wagner's periods of crisis and ultimate inspiration in that city.
Southern Sinfonia rooms, Carnegie Centre, 110 Moray Pl. Sunday, 3pm: Cellists of Otago cello choir.
St Hilda's Collegiate Chapel 2 Cobden St. Saturday, 7.30pm: "In the Moment", Southern Consort of Voices. Musical director, Daniel Kelly.
Plays
Allen Hall Theatre , corner Union and Leith Sts. Today & tomorrow, 1pm: Lunch Time Theatre: Quantum, written and directed by Richard Huber.
Fine Thyme Theatre Company, Cromwell. May 27-June 2: Grease
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany Street. May 23-30: Dunedin Repertory Society's 75th Jubilee Production: "When We Are Married".
Talks and films
Archives New Zealand, Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St. May 27, 12.15pm: Exhibition floor talk, "City of Letters".
Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St. Wednesday 7.30pm: Darwin's Nightmare, a scathing exposé of ecological disaster in Tanzania's Lake Victoria, where an introduced species of Nile perch has devastated all other forms of aquatic life.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Dunedin. Today, 12.30pm: Saucy reading, Don Juan in Soho. Mature audiences only.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Saturday, 3pm: The New Zealand Wars.
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 Cargill's 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.
Today, 5.30pm: Otago University's Gary Wilson presents "Drilling back to the Future: Global Change and Antarctica" Part of the International Polar Year Lecture Series.
Sunday, 2pm, 1877 Gallery: Exhibition Floortalk: "100+ Southern Architecture then, now and next".
Saturday & Sunday, Barclay Theatre: NHNZ Film Screening: Single on Ice.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Friday 5.30pm: "Preparing the Artworks", Conservator Jenny Sherman discusses the preparations for the museum's exhibition: Paint-box Pioneers: Visions of the Past.
Exhibitions
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. Ends tomorrow: Dalene Meiring, "Moment in Time".
From Saturday: "Feathered Fables" by Gary Roberts and Jane Crisp.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Until May 23: "Wildflowers", by Pauline Bellamy.
From Sunday: "Double Vision" by Manu Berry and "Images from the Studio" by Roy Almond.
Open Wed-Fri 11am-5pm, Sat-Sun noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl. Until June 13: "Aural Hysteric", by Emma Morgan and "Onward!", by Kate Boocock.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. 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 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 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. 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".
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. From Saturday until July 19: "Looking Down the Barrel", The Face of New Zealand Wine". Portraits of wine industry pioneers.
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until June 3: "New Works" by Gary Waldrom.
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St. 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.
North Otago Museum , 60 Thames St, Oamaru. Until October: "Potions Emporium in the Time Ma-Shed".
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".
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Neil Emmerson, "The Glass Closet".
Sew Hoy Gallery , 29 Stafford St. "In the Dragons' Footsteps" - Chinese artefacts.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton. Until May 31: "Shades of Autumn". Weekends, 1pm-5pm.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. Until May 29: James Dignan, "The Unguarded Moment".
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown. 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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