The Guide: What's on this week

A look at what's happening around Dunedin this week.

Gigs

Alibi, the Octagon. Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.

Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St. Tuesdays, 7pm: Irish Sing-along. Wednesdays, 7pm: Folk Night. Fridays, 6pm: Open Irish Session.

The Bog Irish Bar, George St. Friday, 10pm: Livewire featuring Amanda Goodwin.

Carey's Bay Hotel, 7 Macandrew Rd, Careys Bay. Tonight, 8pm: Amanda Goodwin and the Mighty Mightys, Matt Langley, Jo Little and Bill Morris. Friday, 8pm: Australian jazz singer Megan Corsen & the Trevor Colman Quartet. Saturday, 8pm: Bob McNeill: Folk singer-songwriter from Scotland. Sunday, 4pm: Delgirl.

Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers. Friday, 9pm: Tim Guy. Saturday, 9pm: Anna Coddington.

The Church, 50 Dundas St. Every Friday: Viernes Latin music fiesta from 8.30pm. Free beginners' lesson from 7.30pm. Every Sunday: Ukulele class. Ukes supplied if you don't have your own. 6pm-7pm. Sunday, 7.30pm: Dr Glam.

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.

Mou Very, 357 George St. Saturday, 9pm: Katharticus.

Plato, 2 Birch Street. Friday, 8.30pm: Julian Temple, Matt Langley and Ash Officer. Saturday, 8.30pm: Megan Corson & the Coleman Quartet.

Refuel, Otago University. Friday, 8pm: Disco Trishaw: A night of JPop, KPop and CPop. Saturday, 8pm: SIX60 with special guests. Monday, 8.30pm: open-mike night. Tuesday, 8pm: Jazz in the Pocket. Wednesday, 8pm: Black Boy Peaches with TLA.

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: Katnip, Lucid, Rhanamism, Nightowl and Hypnotoad. Saturday, 9pm: Left or Right, Mountaineater and Alizarin Lizard.

Tonic, 138 Princes St. Friday, 9pm: Toyhouse.

Victoria Arms Hotel, Old Cromwell Town. Friday, 7.30pm: Denny Stanway and the Jimmies.

Family fun

Blueskin Bay Library. Fridays,10.30am: Storytime, free.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Every Tuesday until April 12, 10.30am: Wriggle & Rhyme: Active Movement for Early Learning. Aimed at children from 0-2. Wednesdays, 10.30am: Storytime.

Hayes Engineering Works, Ida Valley Rd, Oturehua,Sunday: Hayes Engineering Operational Day, 10am-5pm (tours approx on the hour). Contact: (03) 444-5817 or (03) 444-5801

Knox Church, 449 George St. Fridays, 1.30pm-2.30pm: Preschool music for children aged 0-5 and carers.

Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.

Tuesdays, 11am: Storytime.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Explorer backpacks for children aged 7 to 12, free. Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at the information desk. Every Saturday and Sunday during March, atrium level 1: Interactive Trolley - 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. Wednesdays, 11am: Storytime.

Roxburgh Baptist Church: Every Tuesday: Music and Movement coffee and play group, 10am-11.30am. Contact: Gemma on 446-8221.

Visitor Information Centre, Octagon. Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at the visitor centre.

Music and performance

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Friday, 6.30pm: A night of poetry with three local poets: Sue Wootton, Jenny Powell and Burns Fellow Fiona Farrell.

Marama Hall, University of Otago. Lunchtime concert, Wednesday, 1pm: Pascal Harris, piano. A recital of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes and Schubert's Impromptus.

Mayfair Theatre. Saturday, 8pm: Oxo Cubans' Big Night In.

Port Chalmers Library. Friday, 6.30pm: Poetry night featuring Sue Wootton, Martha Morseth, and Burns Fellow Fiona Farrell.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Lunchtime music, Saturday, 1pm in the atrium: Dunedin Harmony Chorus.

Plays

Fortune Theatre, Stuart St. Until March 12: The Wonder of Sex, by Patrick Barlow, directed by Lisa Warrington.

Fortune Studio, Stuart St. Saturday, 3pm: Stage South presents Up North by Pip Hall. In rural 1950s New Zealand, a childless couple help out a pregnant teenager. Part of Read Out Loud play-reading series. $5 door sales only.

Talks and films

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Today, 5pm: NZ Book Month Teen Debate: Are Graphic Novels Art or Literature? What do you think? Have your say.

Dunedin Film Society, The Church Cinema, Dundas St. Wednesday, 7.30pm: Claude Chabrol's The Story Of Women.

Dunedin School of Art, Corner Albany and Riego streets. Today, 12.15pm: Adrian Hall performance: Histories and Practices.

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, 10.30am: Coffee morning featuring Dr Jane Malthus on "Pure taste and modest elegance: fashions of the early 19th century". Saturday, 3pm: In Conversation: Fiona Amundsen and Aaron Kreisler. Sunday, 3pm: Artist's floor talk with John Pule. Tuesday, 7.30pm: Gonzalo Ortega, Mexican curator and director of MUCA Roma (National University of Mexico), will talk about projects that he has been involved in.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Free daily talks, 2pm. For March: Mondays, "Chinese snuff bottles"; Tuesdays, "The sneaky stoat"; Wednesdays, "Slavery in Ancient Greece"; Thursdays, "Ferns of New Zealand"; Fridays, "The Secrets of the Adzebill"; Saturdays, "The Clyde Dam"; Sundays, "Sepik Men's Houses". Exhibition gallery talk, daily, 4pm: "Your Face Here".

Otago University, Richardson Building, room 6N4. Tonight, 5pm: Ron Sakolsky Seminar: "Mutual Acquiescence".

OUSA Clubs and Societies Building, Albany St. Friday, 7pm: Ron Sakolsky Seminar: "As The World Burns: Direct Action For Climate Justice".

Wanaka Library, Dunmore St. Today, 7pm: Sarah-Kate Lynch talks about her new novel Dolci di Love.

Exhibitions

A Gallery, 393 Princes St. From today: Phillip James Frost, "Paper Work".

Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru. Until April 10: Rachael Polson, "Now & Always". Until April 10: Marian Maguire, "The Labours of Herakles".

Allison Art Gallery, 22 Wilson St, Geraldine. Until March 15: Photography by Mari Hill Harpur. Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.

Works by Manu Berry, Pauline Bellamy, Max Bellamy. Open daily noon-5pm.

Blue Oyster Project Art Space, 24b Moray Pl. Until April 16: "Arytipidal", by Andy Leleisi'uao. Until April 16: "The Fullness of Empty Pockets", by Colleen Altagracia, and "At once we are rootless and harbouring, floating on an inland sea (I am from here)", by Clare Fleming.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. "Shunga, Japanese Erotic Prints".

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra. Until March 30: "Bird's Eye View" by Janet de Wagt.

Dunedin International Airport. Until March 25: "Presence" by Rob Piggott.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until April 17: Simon Morris, "Black Watercolour". Until April 3: Frances Hodgkins' portraits. Ongoing: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery". Until July 10: "A la Mode: Early 19th-century fashion plates from the collection". Until May 8: "Hauaga (Arrivals)" featuring works by Niuean artist John Pule. Until June 5: "The First City in History", by Fiona Amundsen. Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore. Until April 10: "Bohemians of the Brush", Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru. Until April 10: "8 Years, 8 Works", by Marcus Wainwright. Until April 10: "Still Lives", by Sue Marshall.

Gallery at Glenfalloch, Glenfalloch Gardens. Contemporary works by Otago Peninsula artists.

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St. Ends today: "A-Z of Saints", by Frank Gordon.

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.

Green Island Gallery, 94a Main South Rd, Green Island. Until March 17: Landscape artwork of Dave Johnston.

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct. From Sunday until April 2: "Vanitas", a series of small, still-life paintings by Liz Kempthorne.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St. Selected works. Open Thurs-Sat noon-2pm and by appointment.

Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown. Until April 18: Lindsay Kennett, Master Milliner: "A Life in Art and Fashion".

Manu Berry's Studio, top floor, 140 George St. Until March 16: Prints and Ceramics by Manu Berry and Peter Gregory.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. March 12-30: Christine Thacker, "On Location". March 12-30: Garry Currin "Various Distances Apart". Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St. March 12-April 6: Elizabeth Rees, "A Short Walk From My Brother's Bach". March 12-April 6: Emily Siddell, "Drift".

Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave. Until April 10: "Doppelganger", by Nicola Jackson.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown. Ends tomorrow: "The Perfect Mirror", by Max Gimblett.

None Gallery, 24 Stafford St. March 12-18: "The Glean", contemporary jewellery and  more from Richard Scowen, Kelly O'Shea and Ben Smith, North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru. Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".

Old Presbyterian Church, 24 Inniscort St, Old Cromwell. Deidre Copeland.

Otago Art Society, in the OAS gallery at Dunedin Railway Station, first floor. Until March 27: Summer Exhibition, featuring Streetscapes awards.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. "Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander": mementos given by Lady Hillary for Otago and New Zealand to share. "Finely Furnished": focusing on the specialised skills of expert furniture-makers. "Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition". "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. Special Exhibitions Gallery, Level 1: "Your Face Here". Come face to face with creatures from the natural world, merge your face into famous portraits and even become part of the exhibition.

Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. Until June 19: "It's All About Me": colourful, playful works by Sharon Gilchrist. Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.

Rocda Gallery, 73 Princes St. Open 10am-6pm weekdays, 11am-3pm Saturday. Until Saturday: New work from the Otago Polytechnic School of Art painting class of 2005.

South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton. Until March 28: "Exploration of the Deep", by J. K. Weir; "Delve into Ollyness", by O. E. Crooks; "Rembrandt returns", by P. Keane. Open 1pm-5pm weekends or by appointment.

Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until March 13: Judy Ringland Stewart and Rosemary McQueen.

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Until April 4: Works by the Amana Art Group.

Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin. "The Rose Papered Room", by Diana Smillie.

Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown. Until March 23: "Everybody knows this is nowhere", by Sam Foley and Greg Lewis.

Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St. Work by Geoff Williams, Craig Primrose, Ben Ho, Peter Hackett and Trevor Askin.

 

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