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. Carey's Bay Hotel, 7 Macandrew Rd, Carey's Bay.
Today: "The Rusty Strings Sessions" featuring John Egenes, Hana Fahy and Erica, Julian Temple, Rob and Tahu.
From 8pm-11pm.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tonight, 9pm: House on Haunted Hill and Delaney Davidson.
Friday, 9pm: Bill Direen and the Bilders.
Saturday, 8pm: Lawrence Arabia and the Prime Ministers.
Sunday, 7pm: Monopoly Child, Star Searchers and Dolphins into the Future.
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.
Inch Bar, 8 Bank St.
Sunday, 5pm: Inch Bar Massive, featuring Too Tone, Jungle Fari and Doctor Dave.
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: "Sonic Werewolf Conference" - Wolf Party Album Release featuring: House On Haunted Hill, Esoteric Surf Trash, Double Ya D, The Man Witch, Delaney Davidson, Ramblin Dead Country and Bad Evil.
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.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm: "Christmas follies".
Using the gallery's foils and other materials, make your own Christmas decorations. Free.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Fridays, 1.30pm-2.30pm: preschool music for children aged 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Fridays 3.45pm-4.45pm in the Downes Room: Book Club for Kids.
Today, 11am: Professional storyteller, Kaitrin McMullan presents Christmas stories.
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.
Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm: "Survival of the Fittest" - Find out what makes the stoat such an efficient killing machine and what anti-predator adaptations rabbits possess to aid their survival.
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 Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday, 1pm: Gospel choir Sunny Side Up. Knox Church, 449 George St.
Sunday, 2.30pm: The Melrose Singers present a Christmas concert.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
Saturday, 7pm: Chopin Schumann Bicentennial Student Concert. Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Today, 2pm: Taiko drumming performance.
Sunday, 1pm: Baba Yaga. Plays Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
Until December 11, 7.30pm: The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, directed by Lynne Keen.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Until December 11: Red Riding Hood - The Christmas Pantomime by Roger Hall, directed by David Lawrence.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Tonight, 7pm: DPAG Society Christmas social function featuring speakers Rodney Hamel and Ross Grimmett.
Sundays, 1.30pm, and Wednesdays, 12.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Saturday, 3pm: DVD screening: The Big Picture with Hamish Keith, parts 1 and 2.
Sunday, 3pm: DVD screening: The Big Picture with Hamish Keith, parts 3 and 4. Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm.
For December: Mondays, "Goldrush Days"; Tuesdays, "The Plesiosaur"; Wednesdays, "Intriguing Greek Vases"; Thursdays, "Rapa Nui"; Fridays, "Akan Goldweights"; Saturdays, "The Monowai"; Sundays, "Aboriginal Bark Art".
School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St.
Today, 12.15pm: Art seminar with senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, department of sociology David Craig.
Exhibitions
4 Rogers St, Cromwell.
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm: Rogers St Consortium Sue Lind, Debbie Turpin and invited artist Jenny Hill are holding an open studio.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until February 27: Lynne Kerr, "Blue".
Until February 27: Hannah Kidd, "Beastly Delights". ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art, 105 Main St, Gore.
From tomorrow: New art from Liz Bristow, Graham Brinsley, Ron Esplin, Julie Greig, Wallace Keown, Gerald Stodart, Nigel Wilson and Emma Wright.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
"Two's Company", by Julie Greig and John Toomer.
Bannockburn Cafe and Store, Bannockburn.
During December: Bannockburn artists Jenny Barker, Anna Clark, Gail de Jong, Amber McGrath, Maurice Middleditch, Odelle Morshuis and Alan Waters each display one piece of their work.
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.
Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Until December 24: "Museum of Obsessions".
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
Until December 16: Jason Greig, "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Until January 30: "Images", photography by Sue Noble Adams and Barry Wills.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
Ends tomorrow: "Pulp Fiction".
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor.
Until February 20: "Let There Be Light", Celebrating the Bible in English.
Dunedin International Airport.
Ends tomorrow: "Pohutukawa", Kerry Fenton-Johns.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until April 17: Simon Morris, "Black Watercolour".
Until April 2011: Frances Hodgkins' portraits.
Until January 30: "Don Driver: '71-'75".
Until January 23: Cut Collective, "Illegal Tender".
Until February 20: John Ward Knox: a wall carving activated by shifting natural light levels.
Until March 7: "Pretty Vacant" - 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".
Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Fix Cafe, Frederick St.
During December: "Hereweka/Harbour Cone Seven years", by Tudor Caradoc-Davies.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St. "Christmas Exhibition", including works by Kelvin Mann, Weston Frizzell, Janet de Wagt, Ivan Hill, Phillip Edwards and more.
"A Round Christmas": round works by more than 40 artists.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
Every Thursday and Friday: Karan Snow will be working on her puppets and dolls and new creations at the gallery, 10.30am-4pm.
The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
"Later Ron", new works by Ron Esplin.
Jewellery by Bob Wyber, James Stewart (village chair-maker).
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 December 18: "Fond Familiarity" by Lynne Wilson.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until December 24: New work by Kathryn Madill.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until February 6: Graham Brinsley, "30 Years of Painting, Retrospective and New Works".
Macandrew Intermediate School, 213 Macandrew Rd.
Ends tomorrow: "Snail Mail: Art Postcards For Sale ", group exhibition.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until December 18: Tony Bishop: "The Green Green Grass of Home".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
Until February 8: "The Earl Street Journal", a group show.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Until December 4: "Necessary Reflections: A Response to Colin McCahon" by Russell Moses.
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 December 11: Sister Mary Horn, Sharon Murcott, Terry Low.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Ongoing: "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander".
Ongoing: "Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition".
Ongoing: "Mo Tatou", presenting the journey of Ngai Tahu Whanui.
Added to the exhibition for the Otago Museum showing, "Aukaha kia kaha - Strengthen the bindings" is dedicated to the local runaka: Waihao, Moeraki, Puketeraki, Otakou and Hokonui.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
December 11-February 27: "Primal Threads",a combined exhibition of works on paper by Gordon Thompson and textiles by Janine Thompson.
Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Until December 11: Logan Park Art Department exhibition: work from graduating students and their teachers.
Open 10am-6pm weekdays, 11am-3pm Saturday.
Scapes Gallery, 324 South Rd, Caversham.
Ceramics by Riki Julin, until December 24.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin.
Ends tomorrow: Lynette Taylor "A Place at the Beach".
Shanley's Ceramic Studio, Port Chalmers.
Work by Kate Springford.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until January 26: Oils by local artist Deidre Bruce.
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.
Until January 20: "Are we there yet...", group show.
Tell us Promote your event by giving details to the Otago Daily Times. Information must arrive by 3pm on Tuesday for Thursday's paper. Email playlist@odt.co.nz
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. Carey's Bay Hotel, 7 Macandrew Rd, Carey's Bay.
Today: "The Rusty Strings Sessions" featuring John Egenes, Hana Fahy and Erica, Julian Temple, Rob and Tahu.
From 8pm-11pm.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
Tonight, 9pm: House on Haunted Hill and Delaney Davidson.
Friday, 9pm: Bill Direen and the Bilders.
Saturday, 8pm: Lawrence Arabia and the Prime Ministers.
Sunday, 7pm: Monopoly Child, Star Searchers and Dolphins into the Future.
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.
Inch Bar, 8 Bank St.
Sunday, 5pm: Inch Bar Massive, featuring Too Tone, Jungle Fari and Doctor Dave.
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: "Sonic Werewolf Conference" - Wolf Party Album Release featuring: House On Haunted Hill, Esoteric Surf Trash, Double Ya D, The Man Witch, Delaney Davidson, Ramblin Dead Country and Bad Evil.
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.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm: "Christmas follies".
Using the gallery's foils and other materials, make your own Christmas decorations. Free.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
Fridays, 1.30pm-2.30pm: preschool music for children aged 0-5 and carers.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
Fridays 3.45pm-4.45pm in the Downes Room: Book Club for Kids.
Today, 11am: Professional storyteller, Kaitrin McMullan presents Christmas stories.
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.
Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm: "Survival of the Fittest" - Find out what makes the stoat such an efficient killing machine and what anti-predator adaptations rabbits possess to aid their survival.
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 Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday, 1pm: Gospel choir Sunny Side Up. Knox Church, 449 George St.
Sunday, 2.30pm: The Melrose Singers present a Christmas concert.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
Saturday, 7pm: Chopin Schumann Bicentennial Student Concert. Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Today, 2pm: Taiko drumming performance.
Sunday, 1pm: Baba Yaga. Plays Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
Until December 11, 7.30pm: The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, directed by Lynne Keen.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
Until December 11: Red Riding Hood - The Christmas Pantomime by Roger Hall, directed by David Lawrence.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Tonight, 7pm: DPAG Society Christmas social function featuring speakers Rodney Hamel and Ross Grimmett.
Sundays, 1.30pm, and Wednesdays, 12.30pm: free guided tours of "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Saturday, 3pm: DVD screening: The Big Picture with Hamish Keith, parts 1 and 2.
Sunday, 3pm: DVD screening: The Big Picture with Hamish Keith, parts 3 and 4. Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Free daily talks, 2pm.
For December: Mondays, "Goldrush Days"; Tuesdays, "The Plesiosaur"; Wednesdays, "Intriguing Greek Vases"; Thursdays, "Rapa Nui"; Fridays, "Akan Goldweights"; Saturdays, "The Monowai"; Sundays, "Aboriginal Bark Art".
School of Art, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St.
Today, 12.15pm: Art seminar with senior lecturer at the University of Auckland, department of sociology David Craig.
Exhibitions
4 Rogers St, Cromwell.
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm: Rogers St Consortium Sue Lind, Debbie Turpin and invited artist Jenny Hill are holding an open studio.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
Until February 27: Lynne Kerr, "Blue".
Until February 27: Hannah Kidd, "Beastly Delights". ArtSouth Gallery of Fine Art, 105 Main St, Gore.
From tomorrow: New art from Liz Bristow, Graham Brinsley, Ron Esplin, Julie Greig, Wallace Keown, Gerald Stodart, Nigel Wilson and Emma Wright.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
"Two's Company", by Julie Greig and John Toomer.
Bannockburn Cafe and Store, Bannockburn.
During December: Bannockburn artists Jenny Barker, Anna Clark, Gail de Jong, Amber McGrath, Maurice Middleditch, Odelle Morshuis and Alan Waters each display one piece of their work.
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.
Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Until December 24: "Museum of Obsessions".
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
Until December 16: Jason Greig, "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Until January 30: "Images", photography by Sue Noble Adams and Barry Wills.
De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, 1st floor, Central University Library.
Ends tomorrow: "Pulp Fiction".
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl, Reed Gallery, third floor.
Until February 20: "Let There Be Light", Celebrating the Bible in English.
Dunedin International Airport.
Ends tomorrow: "Pohutukawa", Kerry Fenton-Johns.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Until April 17: Simon Morris, "Black Watercolour".
Until April 2011: Frances Hodgkins' portraits.
Until January 30: "Don Driver: '71-'75".
Until January 23: Cut Collective, "Illegal Tender".
Until February 20: John Ward Knox: a wall carving activated by shifting natural light levels.
Until March 7: "Pretty Vacant" - 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".
Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
Fix Cafe, Frederick St.
During December: "Hereweka/Harbour Cone Seven years", by Tudor Caradoc-Davies.
Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens.
Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St. "Christmas Exhibition", including works by Kelvin Mann, Weston Frizzell, Janet de Wagt, Ivan Hill, Phillip Edwards and more.
"A Round Christmas": round works by more than 40 artists.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
Every Thursday and Friday: Karan Snow will be working on her puppets and dolls and new creations at the gallery, 10.30am-4pm.
The Gateway Gallery, 27 Ross Pl, Lawrence.
"Later Ron", new works by Ron Esplin.
Jewellery by Bob Wyber, James Stewart (village chair-maker).
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 December 18: "Fond Familiarity" by Lynne Wilson.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until December 24: New work by Kathryn Madill.
Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
Until February 6: Graham Brinsley, "30 Years of Painting, Retrospective and New Works".
Macandrew Intermediate School, 213 Macandrew Rd.
Ends tomorrow: "Snail Mail: Art Postcards For Sale ", group exhibition.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Until December 18: Tony Bishop: "The Green Green Grass of Home".
Milford Galleries, Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
Until February 8: "The Earl Street Journal", a group show.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
Until December 4: "Necessary Reflections: A Response to Colin McCahon" by Russell Moses.
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 December 11: Sister Mary Horn, Sharon Murcott, Terry Low.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Ongoing: "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander".
Ongoing: "Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition".
Ongoing: "Mo Tatou", presenting the journey of Ngai Tahu Whanui.
Added to the exhibition for the Otago Museum showing, "Aukaha kia kaha - Strengthen the bindings" is dedicated to the local runaka: Waihao, Moeraki, Puketeraki, Otakou and Hokonui.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
December 11-February 27: "Primal Threads",a combined exhibition of works on paper by Gordon Thompson and textiles by Janine Thompson.
Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
Weekends: 10am-4pm.
Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Until December 11: Logan Park Art Department exhibition: work from graduating students and their teachers.
Open 10am-6pm weekdays, 11am-3pm Saturday.
Scapes Gallery, 324 South Rd, Caversham.
Ceramics by Riki Julin, until December 24.
School of Art Gallery, Otago Polytechnic, Riego St, Dunedin.
Ends tomorrow: Lynette Taylor "A Place at the Beach".
Shanley's Ceramic Studio, Port Chalmers.
Work by Kate Springford.
Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
Until January 26: Oils by local artist Deidre Bruce.
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.
Until January 20: "Are we there yet...", group show.
Tell us Promote your event by giving details to the Otago Daily Times. Information must arrive by 3pm on Tuesday for Thursday's paper. Email playlist@odt.co.nz
