Think Tart: The University of Otago English department annual Dalziel Lecture will be held at 5.10pm in Archway 3. Prof Lydia Wevers, will speak on "Jam Tarts for the Mind," an exploration of the webs of intersection between 19th-century New Zealand rural readers and popular fiction 100 years ago. All are welcome.
Rising voices: Friends of the Opera present young local singers Kerah Bruce, Mitchell Fulton, Ben Kydd, Tamara Mayo, Kathryn Redpath, Toni Shanks and Alexander Wilson at St Peter's Church Hall, Hillside Rd, Dunedin. Sunday, 2pm.
• Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
B Bar & Bistro, Dowling St.
Sunday, 7.30pm: Marcus Turner.
Bath St.
Tonight, 10pm: Electro House with DJ O.D.
Friday, 10pm: Tim Sargeant's last Dunedin gig before he heads to Melbourne. With support from Haszari, Jash and O. D.
Saturday, 10pm: Upbeats.
With Future Sound Of Dunedin, Syrus and Endo, and MC Beau.
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Fridays, 5.30pm: Philtre Jazz Trio.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
Thursdays, 5pm: open mike night.
Dux de Lux, Queenstown.
Tonight, 9pm: The Bilge Rats.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Wednesday, 8pm: I Jazz.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8pm.
Every Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.
Saturday, 9pm: Terry Ebeling.
The Penguin Club, Oamaru.
Saturday, 8pm: Delgirl and Sunley.
Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21 the Octagon.
Tonight, 9.30pm: Sea Beast.
Tomorrow, 9.30pm: Jimmy Higgs Band.
Saturday, 11pm: DJ James.
Refuel, Otago University.
Friday, 9pm: The Bilge Rats.
Tuesdays, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket.
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.
Saturday, 9pm: Left or Right album release. With support from Biff Merchants, Soulseller, Made In China, The Old Psychiatrists Club, Knives At Noon, Irie Eyes, Booof & Mannick.
Tonic, 138 Princes St.
Wednesday, 8pm: Graeme Tongue.
• Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Pre-school story time, every Friday, 10.30am. Excludes school holidays. Free.
Grant's Braes School, Belford St, Waverley, Sunday, September 20, 11am until 2pm: fair and garage sale, Bouncy castle, chocolate wheel, plants, hot food and entertainment for the whole family.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Friday, 1.30pm-2.30pm: Pre-school music for children 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library,
Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel. Pre-school story time, every Tuesday, 11am.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Explorer backpacks for 7-12-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.
Every Saturday and Sunday during September, 12pm and 3.30pm, Atrium Level 1: Interactive Trolley: Tea. Discover the difference between tea varieties, its history and some of the tools and crockery associated with tea.
Saturday and Sunday during September, 2.30pm, Search Centre: "Snap Happy to Snap Savvy" - learn what all those settings on your camera are really for and how they affect the image.
Sunday, Kakapo room, ground floor: West African Art Workshop Series: "Djembe Drumming". hands-on introduction to djembe drumming led by David Grace of Songbong. No experience required; drums provided. Children's session: 2pm-2.30pm. Adults session: 2.30pm-3.30pm.
Port Chalmers Library.
Pre-school story time, every Wednesday, 10.30am.
Today, 1pm-4pm: "Portal to the Orokonui Ecosanctuary". Meet Sue, one of the people developing the Orokonui Ecosanctuary.
Also: Ecosanctuary display until September 20.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the Visitor Centre.
• Music and performance
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Wednesday, 8pm: Octagon Collective poetry night. Compere, Martha Morseth; poet, Claire Beynon.
First Church, Moray Pl.
Tomorrow, 12.10pm: Lunchtime concert, Vocal recital in conjunction with the University of Otago Music Department.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Today, 12.15pm: Lunchtime recital, National Organ Month - featuring Alan Edwards, Nick Haslam, Karen Knudson and Peter Stockwell.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Otago Symphonic Band present "Stars of the Future", featuring solos from young musicians and concert band numbers.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians September recital meeting.
Marama Hall, Otago University.
Sunday, 3pm: Schemata: Concert of music by NZ composers.
Lunchtime concert, Wednesday, 1pm: A Recital of British Art Songs: "Settings of Housman".
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon.
This week: Friday, Emma Gomez; Saturday, Tim Davis.
Sunday, 1.30pm, Atrium Level 1: Polymorphic Ensemble.
Ranfurly Town Hall,
today 1pm & 7pm: Maniototo Area School Presents A Night to Remember. St Peter's Church Hall, Hillside Rd.
Sunday, 2pm: Friends of the Opera present young local singers Kerah Bruce, Mitchell Fulton, Ben Kydd, Tamara Mayo, Kathryn Redpath, Toni Shanks and Alexander Wilson.
• Plays
Allen Hall Theatre, corner Union and Leith Sts,
today and tomorrow, 1pm: Lunchtime Theatre: Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, directed by Lisa Warrington.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Tuesdays 6.30pm, Wednesdays to Saturdays, 8.30pm, Sundays 4pm, until October 10: Glorious by Richard Huber, directed by Patrick Davies. Talks and films Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St.
Wednesday, 7.30pm: Three Charlie Chaplin comedies: Tillie's Punctured Romance, The Tramp and The Adventurer.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Sunday, 3pm: Ian Wedde, current Writer-in-residence at the Michael King Writers' Centre and author of Bill Culbert: Making Light Work, will speak on Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere collaborations.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm.
Topics in September: Monday, "New Zealand Lizards"; Tuesday, "The Wreck of the Penguin"; Wednesday, "The Extinct New Zealand Huia"; Thursday, "The Rocks of Otago"; Friday, "Sheep Farming in Southern New Zealand"; Saturday, "The Prehistoric Plesiosaur"; Sunday, "The Three Bears of Otago Museum".
Daily at 4.30pm: Special Exhibition Gallery talk: "West African Cultures".
University of Otago, St David Seminar room 6.
Today, 4pm: English department seminar, Dr Paul Tankard will speak on Boswell, George Steevens and the Johnsonian biography Wars.
• Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until October 11: Jane Zusters' "Wall Talking" and Terrence Johnston's "Mystery".
Anchorage Gallery, 19 George St, Port Chalmers.
Until September 27: "The Westland", a collaboration with Lynn Taylor (Dunedin) and Joanne B. Karr (Scotland).
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
New works by Neil Driver.
Aurum Wines Cellar Door, 140 State Highway 6 (1km north of Cromwell).
Until the end of September: Tribal Eastern rug exhibition.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
Until September 20: "Matters of the Heart", etchings and monoprint by Pauline Bellamy.
Open Wednesday to Sunday, noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
"Unstable Institutional Memory: 10 Years at the Blue Oyster".
Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
Ends today: Laurence Aberhart.
Until October: "Sleep Depraved", by Jason Greig.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Open 10am-4pm.
Until September 24: "Our Wider World", photographs by Gilbert van Reenen, matched to poetry by Brian Turner.
Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St.
From Saturday until September 27: The Otago Leathercraft Guild and Joy Morton - Bonsai.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor.
Until November 1: "Samuel Johnson 1709-2009: Life & Afterlife".
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until November 8: Joanna Langford, "The Landless". Joanna Langford is known for creating magical worlds in which architectural structures are formed from ephemeral materials.
Until September 20: Russian Art in New Zealand.
Until October 25: "Frances Hodgkins: femme du monde" and "Frances Hodgkins: family and friends".
Ongoing: "Poseur". Portraits from the gallery's collection.
Until December 6: "Kind of Blue: new acquisitions and loans".
Until February 2010: Bill Culbert and Ralph Hotere: "P. R. O. P".
Forrester Gallery, 9 Thames St, Oamaru.
Until September 27: "Kurow... Looking Up", by Waikouaiti artist Gill Hammond.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by six peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
Ends tomorrow: "The Shape of Things to Come", new work by Janet de Wagt.
From Saturday until September 30: Unique floral works by Ben Webb.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
From tomorrow until October 9: "Head On" new work by Bing Dawe and Peter Cleverley.
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 October 8: "Charles Brasch - In the Company of Artists".
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until October 26: "Speaking of Change - Memories of the Wakatipu 1900-1980".
Luminous Gallery, George St, Port Chalmers, Until September 30: "Works of Light", art by Karijn Molema.
Maritime Museum, Beach St, Port Chalmers.
Until late September: "Capturing Port: D. A. De Maus and his photos of early Port Chalmers".
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
From Saturday until October 14: Niki Hastings-McFall: "Have a little faith". Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
Until September 23: "Seeking the Light" by Luke Jacomb.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Until October 16: Ans Westra, Fiona Pardington & Peter Peryer.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Until October 1: "Potions Emporium in the Time Ma-Shed".
Opoho Church, cnr Farquharson St & Signal Hill Rd.
From Monday until September 26, 4.30-6.30pm and by appointment: "Recycled Art Exhibition": artwork from recycled materials.
Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, 1st floor,
open daily 10am-4pm.
From Saturday until October 4: Spring Exhibition.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until May 16, 2010: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, level 3, free.
Until October 4: "Charles Brasch - A Great Good Man", People of the World Gallery. Free.
Special exhibitions gallery: "West Africa: Rhythm + Spirit". Free.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Until October 11: "Paint-box Pioneers: Visions of the Past", from the museum art collection.
Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", Otago immigration in the age of sail.
Until June 2010: "Willkommen to Dunedin: A History of German-speaking People in Otago".
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
Weekends, 1pm-5pm.
Until September 19: "By the Sea", recent paintings by Janet Weir.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until September 19: Louise Thompson Parker and Jo Howard.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until September 29: "Acrylics on Canvas" by Mosgiel artist Marie Reid.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane Queenstown.
Until September 23: Jane Gray and Annie Smits Sandano.
