A look at what's happening in Dunedin this week.
• Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St. Every Tuesday, 7pm: Irish sing-along.
Carey's Bay Hotel, 7 Macandrew Rd, Careys Bay. Friday, 8pm: Beyondsemble. Sunday, 4pm: Megan Corson and the Coleman Quartet.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers. Saturday: The Coolies
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St. 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.
Pier 24 Restaurant and Bar, 24 Esplanade, St Clair Beach. Saturday, 2.30pm: Megan Corson and The Coleman Quartet.
Refuel, Otago University. Tuesdays, 8.30pm: Jazz in the Pocket. Wednesday, 9pm: Scurvy Dogs, Honeybone, Kitten Surprise.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St. Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St. Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night. Gear provided.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St. Saturday, 10pm: Optimus Gryme performs a five-hour set, with support from Woosh & Syrus.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade. Every Saturday, 2.30pm-5.30pm: live jazz from Trevor Coleman and Nick Cornish.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon. Saturday, 10pm Livewire featuring Amanda Goodwin. Urban Factory, Great King St. Tonight, 9pm: Katharticus and Brain Leak.
• Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library. Preschool story time, Fridays, 10.30am. Free.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Mondays, 9.45am, SBS meeting room: Under 5s Creative Dance: fabulous, fun and funky.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Every Wednesday 10.30am, story time. Every Tuesday until November 30, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme - Active movement for early learning. For children from 0-1 to stimulate the development of the brain and body, building the foundations for learning.
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.
Oamaru Opera House, 90 Thames Street. Sunday, 3.30pm: Gerry and the Crocodettes.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Explorer backpacks for ages 7 to 12, free. Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk. Every Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm: Making it Count - Explore mathematical methods used by different cultures through the ages to count and represent numbers.
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
Apollo Theatre, 50 Dundas St. Every Wednesday, 8pm: Improsaurus - live improv comedy theatre, presented by the Anti-Social Tap comedians.
The Bog, cnr George and London Sts. Every Tuesday, 8pm: open mike comedy.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum, Cumberland St. Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians October recital meeting featuring Liz Conway of Blue Line Music Studio and friends.
St Peter's Church Hall, Hillside Rd. Sunday, 2.30pm: Friends of the Opera present young prize-winning singers from the recent Dunedin Competitions, following by a short annual meeting.
• Plays
Globe Theatre, 104 London St. Until October 17, Tuesday-Saturday, 7.30pm; Sundays, 2pm. Shall We Gather at the River.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St. Until October 23: The Pitmen Painters. Show times, Sunday, 4pm; Tuesday, 6pm; Wednesday-Saturday, 7.30pm.
• Talks and films
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Today, 10.30am and 5.30pm: NHNZ Film Screening, Megastructures: World's Tallest TV Tower.
Dunedin Film Society, Red Lecture Theatre, Great King St. Wednesday, 7.30pm: Return To The Dark Side: Contemporary New Zealand short films.
Dunedin School of Art, P152 Lecture Theatre, Riego St. Today, 12.15pm: Art Seminar: Mercedes Vicente presents a talk on Darcy Lange: "Study of an Artist at Work".
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". Wednesday, 10am: Coffee Morning for Friends and members of the public. The featured speaker will be Joanna Langford, the Frances Hodgkins Fellow for 2010. Today, 5.30pm: Amanda Game presents a talk, "Making Connections". Saturday, 3pm: Artists Talk: Eugene and Andy in conversation. Saturday, 7.30pm: Film - Malcolm Le Grice: The Image of Time. Sunday, 3pm: Exhibition Talk: John Hurrell on Don Driver.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm. For October: Mondays, "Greek Coins"; Tuesdays, "The Cheeky Kea"; Wednesdays, "The History Of Glass"; Thursdays, "The Sri Lankan Mask"; Fridays, "Wreck of the Penguin"; Saturdays, "Union Steam Ship Company"; Sunday, "The Crocodile Jaw".
• Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. October 16-31: Trust Aoraki Art Awards
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St. "Harbour" by Inge Doesburg and "Huia's Lament" by Jo Ogier.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Until October 25: "Reaches", new work by Pauline Bellamy, Manu Berry and Max Bellamy.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl, Dunedin. Until October 30: "Drawing (For the Given Value of Drawing)", by Gabrielle Amodeo, Akiko Diegel, Matt Molloy, Ryuzo Nishida, Nell Nutsford, Rabdeep Singh, and Jill Sorenson. Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. Rob McHaffi, "Hope for the Dishevelled Seeker".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Open 9am-6pm. Until November 11: "Journey". A collection of works by fine-art photographer Vivian McLatchie.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library. Until December 10: "Special Collections' Pulp Fiction".
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor. Until October 17: "Toi te Kupu: Te Reo Maori in Print". Tracing the journey of the written and spoken word in Maori language since early European settlement.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery". Until February 20: "John Ward Knox". Knox has produced an elaborate wall carving which is sited so it will be activated by shifting natural light levels. Until April 2011: Frances Hodgkins, "Portraits". Until January 30: "Don Driver: '71-'75". Until January 23: Cut Collective, "Ilegal Tender". Until March 7: "Pretty Vacant"Until January 30: "Pieces of Eight". From Saturday until February 27: Eugene Hansen and Andy Thomson, "Fieldwork".
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens. Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St. Until October 21: Ewan McDougall, "Man Murdering Bear".
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati. "Latest creations", by Rosie and Peter Laszlo, and "2010 Spring Show", new work by Nigel Wilson, Rachel Hirabayashi, Jacob Feenstra, Patricia Payne, Jack Monaghan, doll-maker Karan Snow and more.
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. Until October 31: "Surfscapes", featuring works by surf artists including Steev Peyroux, Nick Reeves, Ollie Crooks and Darren Tautari.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St. Until January 21: "100 Up: A snapshot of Dunedin life, 1910 and 2010".
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St. New works by Kathryn Madill, Kirsten Ferguson, Margaret Silverwood, Jo Ogier, Peter Cleverley. From Saturday until November 7: "Don't be blue, this one's for you", new works by Nico.
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until November 3: Gary Waldrom, "Catch Us If You Can" and Marc Blake and Tim Thatcher, "Introducing".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St. Until October 27: Mike Petre, "New Works" and "Bloom".
Modaks Cafe, 339 George St. Until October 24: "Turangawaewae : A Place to Stand". A group exhibition by Deano Shirriffs, Jimi Bellaney and Lars Preisser.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St. Until October 23: James Kerr and John Z. Robinson, "notes from grey city".
Nectar Espresso Bar + Café, 286 Princes StUntil November 8: "Street Views", a photographic exhibition by Steve Ting.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru. Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, first floor. Open 10am-4pm daily. Until October 17: Spring Exhibition.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Until November 7: "Contemporary Traditions: Dunedin and Otaru celebrate 30 years". "Finely Furnished", Otago Museum pieces of fine funiture.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. Until December 5: "In Retrospect - What have you been doing for the last twenty years?", exhibition by Sue Lind.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl. From Monday until October 30: "Endangered", new ceramics by Liz Fea.
Renaissance Gallery and Sculpture Garden, corner Junction Rd and Matai St, Ravensbourne. Until October 31: "Inscapes" by Jude Ansbacher.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Until October 16: "Plenty", works exploring jugs, vessels and bodies; "Women on Form": Comins, Dellow, French, Familton, Howard, Halverson, Kikkawa, Marshall, Rose, Taylor, Whitefield, Wenborn, Wassenaar.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until October 17: Lisa Simpson and Rosemary McQueen.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until November 2: Oils by Sylvia Carter and watercolours by Annie Pepers.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. Marie Strauss, "Theatre Works".
Twizel Events Centre, 61 McKenzie Dr. October 18-22: Biodiversity Art Exhibition.
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