Chamber music contest
The 2009 New Zealand Community Trust Chamber Music Contest Dunedin district finals take place at Marama Hall this weekend.
Musicians will compete for selection in the national final in Christchurch on August 1.
The finals start at 6.30pm tomorrow and at 9.30am, 11.30am and 2.30pm on Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets are $5 and available at the door.
Speaking her art
Blue Oyster Gallery director Jaenine Parkinson will talk about the art space at a Dunedin Public Art Gallery Society coffee morning at 10.30am on Wednesday, June 17, at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
After the talk there will be a tour of the underground Blue Oyster. Free, all welcome.
80 years of Operatic
Dunedin Operatic is celebrating 80 dramatic years this weekend with an anniversary lunch at the Savoy Restaurant.
For more information, contact convener Gloria Reid on (03) 489-2523 or email googs@ihug.co.nz
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, 7pm-11pm: Mbryo, lounge jazz.
Bath St. Tonight, 9pm: local Djs. Friday, 10pm: Breaks/Electro with O. D, BC and Mohanz.
Saturday, 10pm: Future Roots Mash with Booof, Endo, Woosh and Syrus.
Wednesday, 9pm: local DJs.
The Bog, corner of George and London Sts. Sundays, 7.30pm: open mike night.
Clarendon Hotel, 28 Maclaggan St. Sunday, 7.30pm: top American finger-picking guitarist Richard Gilewitz.
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.
Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.
Saturday, 9pm: Terry Ebeling.
Pequeno, the Savoy. Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon. Tonight, 7pm: Jo and Amanda.
Tomorrow, 10pm: DJ Dal.
Saturday, 4pm: Terry Ebeling; 11pm: DJs Jordan Higham and Ali Romanos.
Sunday, 11am: Ben Wood.
Refuel, Otago University. Tuesday, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
Tonight, 10pm: hip-hop with DJ Endo.
Friday, 9pm: Mountaineater and guests.
Tuesday, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
Wednesday, 9pm: Osmium.
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. Friday, 9pm: Hikoikoi debut album release with support from Raz Bin Sam.
Tonic, 138 Princes St. Wednesday 8pm: Hana Fahy.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon. Friday and Saturday nights: Livewire.
Family fun
Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St, the Octagon. Saturday and Sunday, 10.30am, Tuesday and Wednesday, 4pm: lantern-making workshops for the coming Midwinter Carnival.
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.
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.
Noon and 3.30pm, every Saturday and Sunday during June: interactive trolley - Treasures of the Sea.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens. Sunday 2pm: Whalers, Jailers, Poets and More. By visiting various locations throughout the city centre, this tour introduces you to a fascinating range of characters who helped shape Dunedin's history.
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 Knox Church, 449 George St.
Today, 12.15pm: chamber music: Baroque to The Present. Played by pupils from Dunedin secondary schools.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon, this week: Trevor Coleman, Gail Quayle and Kevin Mcloughlin.
Sunday, atrium level 1, 1.30pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus.
St Andrew Street Church of Christ, Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians' June recital meeting featuring a cappella works performed by the Southern Consort of Voices, conducted by Daniel Kelly, and "An American in Paris", a programme of piano music performed by Sandra Crawshaw.
Plays
Alexandra Hall, Skird St. Sunday, 7.30pm: The Lady Bunch.
Bannockburn Hall, Sunday 1.30pm: The Lady Bunch.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St. Until June 20: Don Juan in Soho.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. 12.30pm Wednesdays and 1.30pm Sundays until July 26: "Frances Hodgkins: femme du monde" guided tours.
Sundays, 3pm, Until July 5: "A Season of New Wave Iranian Cinema". Free.
This week: Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm. Topics in June: Mondays: "Goldrush Days"; Tuesdays: "Fin Whale"; Wednesdays: "El Nino"; Thursdays: "The Guatemalan Quetzal"; Fridays: "The Japanese Spider Crab"; Saturdays: "Matariki - the Pleiades"; Sundays: "The Little Blue Penguin".
Tonight, 5.30pm, Barclay Theatre, level 1: Greg Bodeker talks on "Ozone and Greenhouse Gas Contribution to Climate Change in Antarctica".
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens. Friday, 5.30pm: "The Worst Day in NZ History" - curator Seán Brosnahan and historian Bill Dacker present information and family experiences on the battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
Exhibitions
Anchorage Gallery, 19 George St, Port Chalmers. Until June 26: group show from the adult painting course, Kings High School.
The Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station. "A Different View", works by Brian Stewart. Open daily 10am-5.30pm.
Until June 28: Otago Art Society's 133rd annual exhibition.
The Artist's Room, Dowling St. "Feathered Fables", by Gary Roberts and Jane Crisp. Also works from Sam Bennett, Donna Demente, Geoff Williams, Thomas Elliott, Sam Foley, Judith Lane-Ewing, Olav Nielsen and others.
From Saturday: Ten works on paper by Ralph Hotere.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Open Wednesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday noon-5pm.
Until June 14: "Double Vision": Manu Berry. Images from the Studio: Roy Almond.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl. Until June 13: "Aural Hysteric", by Emma Morgan, and "Onward!", by Kate Boocock.
From Tuesday: "Future Girl and Tales from the Interior" by Anya Sinclair and Alan Ibell and "Islands - You and Me: A Second and a Lifetime", by Markus Hofko.
Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Until June 30: "Unique Central" photographic competition. Open 10am-4pm.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor. Until July 26: "O for a Thousand Tongues": hymns from the Colin Gibson Collection.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until August 16: "Ey! Iran: Contemporary Iranian photography", depicts a surprisingly familiar culture with narratives of family life, suburban sprawl and poignant observations.
Until August 16: "I was Russia". Curated by Marcus Williams (New Zealand) and Konstantin Skotnikov (Russia), this exhibition brings together works by some of the most influential figures in Russian art today.
Until June 21: Michael Morley, "You Say You Don't Love Me".This big wall work is a key into Morley's long standing in the experimental noise/sound scene.
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 14: "45 Minutes on the Somme", Michael Shepherd. Drawings created in 1986 relating to an attack on September 15, 1916.
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 July 25: "At Home: The Interior World of Patricia France".
Until July 26: "A Private Eye: Guy Morris' photographs of Dunedin".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct. Open 10am to 4pm.
Until June 21: "Home and Away", drawings and ceramics by Liz Rowe.
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. From Saturday until July 1: Nigel Brown, "All Our Days".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St. Until July 1: Neil Dawson, "Deck"; Mike Petre, "Field Study", landscapes by Callum Arnold.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St. Until June 27: Vivian Keenan: "Interwoven".
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.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens. Until October 11: "Paint-box Pioneers: Visions of the Past", from the Otago Settlers Museum art collection.
Until July 5: "Passchendaele: The Belgians Have Not Forgotten".
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. Until August 2: "Winter Woolly Show: Eat, Drink, Knit".
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl. Until June 13: "More Than One" - a celebratory exhibition.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Neil Emmerson, "The Glass Closet".
Sew Hoy Gallery , 29 Stafford St. "In the Dragons' Footsteps" - Chinese artefacts.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin. From tomorrow until June 20: fourth-year painting exhibition.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until June 20: Riki Julin and Dawn Palmer.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until June 30: works by the Taieri Art Group.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. Until June 17: "Sacred Monster", paintings by Diana Smillie.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown. Until June 30: "Winter Stock Show".
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". Monday-Friday, 8.30am-5pm.
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