A look at what's happening around Dunedin this week.
• Gigs
12 Below, Moray Pl. Friday, 9pm: Mountaineater and Operation Rolling Thunder.
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede. Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers. Tomorrow: Three Dollars Easy & Both Sides of the Line (blues/folk). Saturday: Julia Deans and Lisa Crawley.
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St, Dunedin. Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, 5.30pm onwards.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St. Every Thursday: open mike night.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St. Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Ra Cafe and Bar, 21, the Octagon. Today and tomorrow: Antz & Flanders,9pm-midnight. Tomorrow: DJ Nick from midnight.
Refuel, Otago University. Friday, 9pm: Antagonist with Leeches and guests. Tuesdays, 8.30pm: 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. Tomorrow: GrindEr. Featuring: Ninjastep, Black Mesa, ODC (U*T*U*), Mirkachinist, Krank. Doors 9pm.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade. Every Saturday, 2.30pm-5.30pm: live jazz from Trevor Coleman and Nick Cornish.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon. Saturday: Livewire featuring Amanda Goodwin, from 10pm.
• Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library. Preschool story time, Fridays, 10.30am. Free.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Every Wednesday 10.30am, story time. Sunday, 2pm: Professional storyteller Kaitrin McMullan.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Today, 10am-4.30pm: Cranes for Peace. A Hiroshima Day remembrance activity. Instructions and materials provided. Suitable for all ages. Cranes will be posted to Hiroshima. Free. Wednesday August 11, 11.15am: Tours for Tots. A free baby-friendly half-hour tour n followed by a chat and a cup of tea on the mezzanine floor. Nappy-changing facilities.
Knox Church, 449 George St. Fridays, 1.30pm-2.30pm: preschool music for children 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel. Fridays 3.45pm-4.45pm in the Downes Room: Book Club for Kids. Tuesdays, 11am, excludes school holidays: story time, suitable for preschool children and their caregivers.
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.
Port Chalmers Library. Preschool story time, Wednesdays, 11am.
Visitor Information Centre, Octagon. Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.
• Music and performance
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl. Wednesday, August 11, 7.30pm: The Dunedin RSA Choir presents "Celtic Shenanigans", a variety concert.
Marama Hall, University of Otago. Lunchtime concert, Wednesday, 1pm: Subject2change. Sunday, August 8, 11am and 1pm: Otago/Southland secondary schools solo singing contest. NEWZATS Cleveland Encouragement Award 2010 (year 9-10) and NEWZATS Cleveland Award 2010 (year 11, 12, 13). Adjudicator: Flora Edwards (Wellington).
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Lunchtime music, 1pm. Sunday: Catgut and Steel, Atrium Level 2.
• Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St. Saturday, 3pm: The 53rd Victim, by Pip Hall. Part of the Read Out Loud series.
• Talks and films
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl. Tomorrow and Saturday, 2pm: "Sleepwalk", a 15.56-minute audiovisual.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Until October 17: "Toi te Kupu: Te Reo Maori in Print", tracing the journey of the written and spoken word in Maori since early European settlement.
Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St. Wednesday, 7.30pm: Her Name is Sabine (Elle s'appelle Sabine), directed by Sandrine Bonnaire, France, 2007.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Sundays, 1.30pm and Wednesdays, 12.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery". An overview of some of the favourite and most treasured works in the collection. Today, 5.30pm: Jemima Wyman will talk about her work. Her video work Whak'emall is screening in The Fish Bowl in the gallery's front window. Saturday August 7, 3pm: Christina Barton, director of the Adam Art Gallery and senior lecturer in art history at Victoria University, Wellington, will offer her thoughts on "Alicia Frankovich: Effigies". Sunday, 3pm: art documentary British Painting 1700-1850 (50min, G). This film shows how British painting developed through the 18th century, and explores the work of Hogarth, Reynolds and Gainsborough and other artists involved in the formation of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm. Daily gallery talks August: Thursdays: "New Zealand sea lion". Fridays: "The Mutiny of the Bounty". Saturdays: "The Weather Glass". Sundays: "The Moeraki Boulders". Mondays: "Te Paranihi - the waka". Tuesdays: "Lapita pottery". Wednesdays: "The Rocks of Otago". Sundays: "The Moeraki Boulders". Exhibition gallery talk, daily 4pm: "Long Live the Modern". Meet at the information desk, level 2
Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens. Today, 5.30pm: Fashion on Rations: Dress in the 1940s. Dress historian Dr Jane Malthus discusses how World War 2 affected the supply of goods to New Zealand.
Regent Theatre, the Octagon. Until August 8: International Film Festival.
• Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until August 8: John Kelman. The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St. Neil Driver and Craig Fletcher.
Bannockburn Cafe and Store, Bannockburn. "The Butler Scrapbooks", works by multimedia artist Jenny White.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Pauline Bellamy and Manu Berry.
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl. Until August 7: "Media Povera" by Brett Ian Balogh, Radio Cegeste, Ryan Cockburn, Edie Eves, Helga Fassonaki and Alexander MacKinnon. Until August 7: "Three Works" by Nigel Bunn. August 10-September 4: "Nature Morte" by Rodger Boyce and Marie-Claire Brehaut, "Bewildering Scheme", by Joe Worley and "a small metal pin, a piece of rubber, a section of metal pipe with securing nut", by Melissa Laing.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. "3 Large Paintings from 1981" by Jeffrey Harris. De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library. Until August 20: "All Aboard" - The Ernie Webber railway collection.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery". Until September 12: "Still Life: The Art of Anatomy". Dunedin-based film-maker Dr Paul Trotman brings together historical and contemporary items, such as Dr John Halliday Scott's elegant anatomical drawings and old master prints, porcelain and wax casts of aspects of the body and the latest interactive computer-generated 3-D anatomical models. Until August 29: "Frances Hodgkins and Morocco", curated by Dr Roger Collins. Until September 19: Alicia Frankovich: "Effigies". Until September 26: "Seraphine Pick". Survey exhibition bringing together 80 works made between 1994 and 2009, accompanied by an illustrated publication. Until August 8: Albrecht Dürer and 16th-century German printmaking. Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru. Until September 5: "Stone Flowers", by Manu Berry.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens. Contemporary works by six Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St. Ends tomorrow: "The Works 2010" - Gallery De Novo's fifth birthday exhibition.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati. August 8-21: "St Bathans", paintings by Helen Brook.
The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence. "Sweet As", prints by Jason Kelly, Rita Angus, Hamish Allan, Ron Esplin, Barry Ross Smith, Diana Adams. Chairs by James Stewart, ceramics by Marjorie Hay, Ro McQueen, Judy Ringland Stewart and others.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island. Works by local artists with a feature display of Patricia Collins sculptures.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St. Otago University. Until October 16: "100 Up: A snapshot of Dunedin life, 1910 and 2010".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct. "Snowflakes", a collection of white works created from recycled materials, by multimedia artist Andi Regan.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. Until October 8: "Speaking of Change 2 - Memories of the Wakatipu 1950-1990". Oral history, photographs and artefacts.
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until August 11: Charlotte Handy, "Heaphy's Garden" and Claudia Borella, "A New Zealand Perspective". Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St. August 7-September 1: "Central", works by Bruce Hunt, and "Top Dog", works by Hannah Kidd. Preview and artist talk on Friday, August 6, from 5.30pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown. August 6-27: "Islandsong", an exhibition of works by important New Zealand artists in celebration of the launch of classical music compilation album Islandsong.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru. Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, 1st floor, open 10am-4pm daily. Until August 26: Premier Art Awards.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Until October 10: Nature Galleries, level 3: Otago wildlife photography. Until September 12: People of the World Gallery, level 2: "Long Live the Modern: New Zealand's New Architecture 1904-1984.". Highlighting New Zealand's best modern architecture and featuring some fine Dunedin examples, from the public library to Unicol.
Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queen's Gardens. Ongoing: "Across the Ocean Waves", interactive exhibition about Otago immigration in the age of sail. Until August 29: "War Brides - Leap of Faith", by Bev Tosh, daughter of a World War 2 New Zealand pilot and his Canadian war bride. Until August 29: "Just Passing Through - Celebrity visitors to Dunedin". Remembering visits by The Beatles, Batman and James Bond, Antarctic explorers and famous writers including Mark Twain and Anthony Trollope. We also invite people to add their memories of other famous visitors who just passed through.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Until August 7: The NZ Art Guild presents "Pocket Rockets". Works less than 30cm in size.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton. Until October 3: "Southern Creatures" by Ollie Crooks.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin. Ends tomorrow: "Against the Grain", by Blue W Black, masters of fine arts final show.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until August 14 : Peter Gregory and Louise Thompson ParkerTaieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until September 7: Works by local artist Doug McArthur.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. "Mettler", by Miranda Parkes.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown. Sofia Minson, "Paintings and Prints".
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