Getting jiggy with it: Irish dance company Rhythms of Ireland jigs into Dunedin next week with a production featuring Irish dance and music. The cast includes Lord of the Dance's Anthony Street and Riverdance performers David Moore and Sean Kelliher. Rhythms of Ireland performs at 8pm next Thursday, November 5, at the Regent Theatre.
Harlow bids adieu
Poet Michael Harlow bids farewell to Dunedin with a reading tomorrow. The 2009 University of Otago Burns Fellow will be joined by fellow poet (and Burns Fellow) Bernadette Hall. The readings start at 4pm tomorrow in the humanities common room, on the first floor of the University of Otago Burns Building.
• Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
B Bar & Bistro, Dowling St.
Sunday, 7.30pm: That Wild Sound.
Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Friday 8pm: Oh Mental Hospitals, Eye, The New Self.
Chicos, Queenstown.
Saturday, 8pm: Mbryo.
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 Wednesday, 8pm: I Jazz.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8pm.
Every Friday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans, party night.
Mouvery, 357 George St.
Tonight, 8.30pm: Katharticus.
Pequeno, the Savoy.
Thursdays: Mojaz, lounge music from 8pm.
Ranfurly Town Hall.
Friday, 7.30pm: Anika Moa with Julia Deans.
Red Rock Bar & Café, Wanaka.
Saturday, 7.30pm: Anika Moa with Julia Deans.
Refuel, Otago University.
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.
Friday, 8.30pm: The Black Seeds.
• Family Fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Pre-school story time, every Friday, 10.30am. Excludes school holidays. Free.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Saturday, 2pm: Halloween Tour - Meet at Gardens Corner main gate.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until October 31: The Big Draw - Get a free sketch diary from reception and aim to draw something every day in October.
Saturday, 1pm: The Big Draw: Show and Tell - Come and talk about your drawings and ideas from the Big Draw.
Saturday 2pm: Tattoo demonstration with Brendan from Dig A Tattoo.
Sunday, 2.30pm: Flamenco workshop with Margot Rodriguez-Childerstone and Jane Kerr. Limited numbers. Booking essential.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Friday, 1.30-2.30pm: Pre-school music for children 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Pre-school story time, every Tuesday, 11am.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
First Friday of the month, 3.45pm: Kids' Book Club.
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.
Every Saturday and Sunday during October, noon and 3.30pm: Interactive Trolley Tea.
Every Saturday and Sunday during October, 2.30pm: "Snap Happy to Snap Savvy". Come along and learn what all those settings on your camera are really for and how they affect the image.
Port Chalmers Library.
Pre-school story time, every Wednesday, 11am.
Until October 31: Kiwiana wordsearch and crossword.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the Visitor Centre.
• Music and performance
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Friday, 12.30pm: Cantores Choir sings popular opera choruses.
Sunday, 3pm: Flamenco demonstration.
Glenroy Auditorium, Harrop St.
Friday, 7.30pm: Barndance and ceilidh.
Sunday, 2pm: Davy Stuart and Helen Webby.
Sunday, 4pm: Bernadette Hall and Greg Waite.
Marama Hall, Otago University.
Sunday, 3pm: 2009 Sunshine Concert - The Simon Gibson Memorial Prize concert.
Regent Theatre, the Octagon.
November 5, 8pm: The Rhythms of Ireland.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Lunchtime music every Friday and Saturday, noon.
Friday: Welsh music duo Ned Clamp and Pat Smith; Saturday: Celtic piper Adam Guyton.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
Today, 7.30pm: Forbidden Joe.
• Talks and films
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Friday, noon: Bring along your lunch box and listen to excerpts from Barry Crump's A Good Keen Man.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Sunday, 2.30pm: Carmen Aliberch talks about passion, love and life in Spanish culture.
Glenroy Auditorium, Harrop St.
Tuesday, 5.30pm: Talk with author Diana Gabaldon.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm. Topics in October: Monday, "Kiwi"; Tuesday, "The Asmat", Wednesday, TSS Port Chalmers; Thursday, "Flamingo", Friday, "Tu-hawaiki"; Saturday, "Siebe-Gorman Diving Suit"; Sunday, "Itchy, Itchy Sandflies".
• Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until November 1: Trust Aoraki Art Awards.
Anchorage Gallery, 19 George St, Port Chalmers.
Until October 30: "The Sentient" by Tina Watt.
From Saturday until November 1: Trust Aoraki Art Awards.
Art Upstairs, corner Ardmore and Helwick Sts, Wanaka.
Sculpture by Minhal al Halabi.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
Room One: "Trilogy", new works by Patricia Murdoch, W. F. Moore and Brian Strong.
Room Two: Works including those of Donna Demente, Helen Back, Olav Nielsen, Matt Gauldie, Sam Foley, Greg Lewis, Sam Bennett, Geoff Williams and others.
Bannockburn Cafe and Store.
Until October 31: works by Freda Ryder.
Bellamys Gallery Macandrew Bay.
Open Wed-Sun, noon-5pm.
From Monday until November 15: "Celtic Imprints" - part of the Dunedin Celtic Arts Festival.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
Heather Straka, "Do Not Resuscitate" and Hannah Riley, "Still Occupants".
Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
Patrick Hartigan: From tomorrow: "The Dark Chamber", 5 new works by Ben Cauchi.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Open 10am-4pm.
Until November 13: "The Extraordinary Art of Alan Waters".
Until November 13: "Unique Central", photographs by John Douglas.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
From tomorrow until January 29: "Heresy, Sedition, Obscenity: The Book Challenged".
Dunedin Community Gallery, Princes St.
Until November 1: "Airbrush Expo", works by students from Aoraki Polytech.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor.
Until November 1: "Samuel Johnson 1709-2009: Life and Afterlife".
Until October 31: Kiwiana colouring competition.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until November 8: Joanna Langford, "The Landless".
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".
Until February 2010: "Tom Kreisler" - works spanning a 30-year period.
Until January 2010: David Clegg: "Rerecordings 2006-2009." Showcases recordings this artist made in Dunedin this year alongside previous recordings, assembled here for the first time, which were made in Chile in 2006.
Until January 2010: "Miguel Angel Rios". Works by New York and Mexico City-based artist Miguel Angel Rios.
Forrester Gallery, Oamaru.
Until December 6: "The Oamaru Male", photographs by Anthony McKee taken in 1993.
Until November 29: "Off The Page", a touring exhibition of New Zealand children's book illustrators from the Tai Tamariki Trust.
Until November 1: "Airbrush Expo", works on show in the Community Gallery by automotive airbrush students from Aoraki Polytech
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by six peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
From tomorrow until November 5: "An elemental life", an exhibition of mixed media works by Kylie Duncan.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
From Friday until November 13: "I Love You to Distraction", by Miranda Parkes and Alexandra Kennedy.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
Until October 31: Le Salon Karitane, featuring Burnard Mullane, Joanna Tokona and Helen Carter.
The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
Arty Collection: Robert Wyber, Ron Esplin, James Stewart, Marjorie Millhon Hay, Rosemary McQueen, Judy Ringland-Stewart, Ernest Papps, Gilbert van Reenen, Murray Ayson, Anne Smart, Gay Webb, Ray Ansin, Peta Dowle, Angela Meecham, Mags Meechang, Hilda Thomson, Ben Woollcombe, Margaret Palmer, Liz Abbot, Janet de Wagt, Blue Hall, Sally Jorys.
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.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Until November 14: "Blue Velvet", new ceramic works by Lynne Wilson.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until November 7: Ryoko Tabuchi, "Drawings". Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until November 11: Callum Arnold: "Simulations". Hannah Kidd: "Antarctica and Other Adventures".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
Until November 15: Megan Huffadine: "Alms for the Memory Keeper".
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
Until November 13: "Winter on Clutha" by Nigel Wilson.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Until November 1: Tony Lane: "Light and Shade". Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, 1st floor, open daily 10am-4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until May 16, 2010: "Charles Darwin: Evolutionary Thinking", Nature Galleries, level 3, free.
Special exhibitions gallery: "West Africa: Rhythm + Spirit". Free.
Until November 29: Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition. Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
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".
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
"Growing Home - Catlins Gardens: Photographs of then and now".
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
Until October 31: Annabel Menzies-Joyce: "The Great White South", an exhibition of cast glass.
Renaissance Gallery and Sculpture Garden, corner Junction Rd and Matai St, Ravensbourne.
From Saturday until November 8: "Homage" by Amy Prebble.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St.
Until October 31: "A Treasury of Stitches". Lamis Mawafi.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until October 31: Louise Thompson Parker celebrates Halloween.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until October 30: Oils by Justin Morshuis.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
Until November 6: Major Works from Private Collections.
