A look at what's happening around Dunedin.
• Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St.
Every Tuesday, 7pm: Irish sing-along.
Every Wednesday, 7pm: Folk night.
Every Friday, 6pm: Traditional Irish music.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tomorrow: Three Dollars Easy, 9pm.
Saturday: Julia Deans with Hannah Harding, 9pm.
The Church, 50 Dundas St.
Sunday from 7pm: Live Dinner Music.
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.
Dux de Lux, Queenstown.
Saturday, 9pm: Ash and the Matadors with Jo Little.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
Every Thursday: Oxo Cubans jam night, from 8.30pm.
Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
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.
Friday, 10pm: The Dirty, featuring Filthy Tomo (Open Records, Estuary Records), Churburgers, Fattronix, Kattnip, Sega Megan Drive, RAW Wench, Lucid, Rhananism, Nightowl and Loom.
Swell, St Clair Esplanade.
Every Saturday, 2.30pm-5.30pm: live jazz from Trevor Coleman and Nick Cornish.
• Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library.
Preschool story time, Fridays, 10.30am. Free.
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.
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.
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, Atrium Level 1: "Making it Count", explore mathematical methods used by different cultures through the ages.
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
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, 72 St Andrew St.
Wednesday, 8pm: Poetry Evening featuring Diane Brown.
Glenroy Auditorium, Harrop St.
Friday, 7.30pm: Whirimako Black.
Oamaru Opera House.
Tonight, 7.30pm: Whirimako Black.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Sunday, 1pm: The Melrose Singers.
St Paul's Cathedral, Octagon.
Saturday, 7.30pm: The City of Dunedin Choir, Southern Sinfonia and tenor David Hamilton, conducted by David Burchell, present Britten's St Nicolas.
• Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Until December 11: Red Riding Hood - The Christmas Pantomime.
By Roger Hall, directed by David Lawrence.
• Talks and films
Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, 24b Moray Pl:
Today: Steve Lovett, artist and senior lecturer at Manukau School of Visual Arts, will speak about his work and his interest in the digital/hand-made image.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Pecha Kucha night.
Artists Juliet Novena Sorrel, Jim Robbie, Luke Anthony, Tracy Osborne, Les Riddell, Kyle Mewburn and Deidre Copeland will give insights into their work. Free.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Wednesday, November 24, 2.30pm, 4th Floor.
Genealogy Workshop: Sources in Scotland for Exploring Scottish Migration.
Uncover family origins.
Prof Marjory Harper from the University of Aberdeen provides an insight into exploring Scottish ancestry. Ticketed free entry.
Bookings: 474 3690 or library@dcc.govt.nz.
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".
Friday, 4pm and 7.30pm: The NZ Film Archive presents a series of short films from the region, dating from 1912Saturday, 1pm: Roger Blackley, senior lecturer in art history at Victoria University of Wellington discusses his favourite works in "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Blueskin Rd.
Saturday, 10am-noon: "Lines of Flight" - a talk and workshop in drawing birds by Derek Onley, illustrator of The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Bookings required.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm.
For November: Mondays, "Goldrush Days"; Tuesdays, "The Plesiosaur"; Wednesdays, "New Caledonian Greenstone Axes"; Thursdays, "The Falkland Fox"; Fridays, "Upland Moa"; Saturdays, "New Zealand's Introduced Pests"; Sundays, "El Nino".
Tuesday, 6.30pm: Our Oceans Lecture Series: "The Mighty Tasman Sea" with Neville Peat.
Port Chalmers Library.
Tonight, 7pm: Author talk, Neville Peat.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St
Wednesday, November 24, 10.30am: Join the Friends of the Art Gallery for a tour of end of year exhibition.
Meet at entrance on Riego St (signposted). Free.
St David Lecture Theatre, Otago University.
Friday and Saturday, 7pm: Films from the 2010 Graduating Class of Science Communication at Otago University.
Tibetan Buddhist Centre, 22 Royal Tce on Thursday at 10am: Dr Sunita Maithreya (India) will give a talk, "The True Theosophist is a Philanthropist". Free.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
Tomorrow, 5.30pm: "Taking Stock" - floor talk by Jonathan Smart.
• Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until November 21: "Polychrome".
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
Jane Crisp and Allan Batt.
Bannockburn Cafe and Store, Bannockburn.
Until November 30: Sue Lind.
Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
Works by Manu Berry, Pauline Bellamy, Max Bellamy.
Open every day noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl, Dunedin.
Until November 27: Juan James Sydney Simon: "Papillon et Merci et au Revoir", Liz Rowe: "Never Too Careful" and Max Bellamy: "99 Ways to Solve Global Warming".
Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
Margery Blackman, "Woven Tapestries, 1976-2010".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Open 9am-6pm.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
Until December 10: "Special Collections Pulp Fiction".
Dowling St Project, 20a Dowling St.
Until Sunday: "Fruits Of The Loom", new works by Sam Foley, Alan Ibell, Jampa Stuart, Sally Shephard, Liz Rowe, Ro Bradshaw, Anya Sinclair, Desi Liversage, Craig Freeborn, Sam Cummings and Dan Roberts.
Dunedin International Airport.
Until December 10: "Pohutukawa", Kerry Fenton-Johns.
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 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, "Illegal Tender".
Until March 7: "Pretty Vacant" - a celebration of artists who dabble in shonky, disquieting and marginalised spaces and includes collection favourites by Saskia Leek, Peter Peryer, Ronnie van Hout and Mark Braunias.
Until January 30: "Pieces of Eight".
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.
Ends today: "Wind Shadows" by Angela Burns.
From tomorrow until December 2: "The Artist's Companion", by Nic Dempster.
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.
"Later Ron", new works by Ron Esplin.
Jewellery by Bob Wyber, James Stewart (village chairmaker).
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
On now: "Harmony in Art" by Beverley Kay.
Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
Until January 21: "100 Up: A snapshot of Dunedin life, 1910 and 2010".
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
Until November 27: Jillian Porteous: "Points of View", oil paintings.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until November 27: selected artists.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until November 28: "Square and Compasses - Freemasonry in New Zealand History", artefacts and photographs.
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until December 24: "New Prints and Paintings" by Stanley Palmer and "Provisioning" by Jenna Packer.
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
Until November 27: Michael Hight, "Wakatipu" and the gallery's spring catalogue.
Musselburgh Baptist Church, 131 Musselburgh Rise.
Ends tomorrow: "Visual Offerings".
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Until December 4: "Necessary Reflections: A Response to Colin McCahon" by Russell Moses.
North Otago Art Society, corner of Tyne & Wansbeck Sts, Oamaru.
Until December 4: 80th Anniversary Exhibition .
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".
Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
Until November 28: City of Dunedin Art Awards.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Ongoing: Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander.
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.
Portsifika Art Gallery, 3 George St, Port Chalmers.
Until November 26: "Spinneret" by Jane Davidson.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
Until November 27: "Ship of Fools: a third anniversary celebration".
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St.
Until November 20: Group exhibition.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin.
From Saturday until November 25: "Site 10", work from 2010 graduating class.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Until November 21: Peter Gregory and Jo Howard.
From Monday until December 5: Riki Julin & Nicole Kolig.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until December 1: Oils by Sylvia Carter and watercolours by Annie Pepers.
Te Huia Gallery, 38 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Featuring works by Grahame Sydney, Jeff Thomson, Paul Dibble and Dick Frizzell.
Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
"Stickier", new ceramic work by Madeleine Child and Philip Jarvis.
