The guide: What's on this week

Gigs
Cucina 1871, 1 Tees St, Oamaru.
 •Tomorrow, 8pm: Anna Coddington and Lips.

Gin and Raspberry, 155 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
 Sunday, 7.30pm: Anna Coddington and Lips.

Lake Hawea Hotel, 1 Capel Ave, Lake Hawea.
 Saturday, 7:30pm: The Warratahs.

New Edinburgh Folk Club, 50 Dundas St.
 Sunday, 7.30pm: Bill Morris, Hinterland album release, featuring the Hinterland band.

Re:Fuel Bar, 640 Cumberland St.
 Saturday, 12.30pm: Amped Music Project party. All ages.

The Sherwood, 554 Frankton Rd, Queenstown.
 Sunday, 8pm: The Warratahs.

Taste Merchants, 36 Stuart St.
 Saturday, 8pm: Anna Coddington and Lips.

Otago University Main Common Room, 640 Cumberland St.
 Saturday, 7pm: dunedinmusic.com 10th birthday party. R18.

 

Family fun
Forsyth Barr Stadium, Anzac Ave, Dunedin.
 Sunday, 11am-8pm: World Peace Day event; live entertainment, workshops, demonstrations, community stalls, food.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am and 3pm: ''The Best Science Show in the History of the World Ever!'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
 Daily 11am, also 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday: ''Butterflies' first flight'', Tropical Forest demonstration. Free with forest admission.

University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
 Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.

Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
 Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.

 

Music and performance
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
 Wednesday, 8pm: Octagon Poets Collective open mic night with guest poets Cilla McQueen, David Eggleton and Holly Painter. All welcome.

Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
 Sunday, 3pm: Saturday Morning Music Classes demonstration concert.

Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
 Monday, 7.30pm: Society of Women Musicians September recital meeting featuring Polo Nguyen (piano) and University of Otago performance students.

Kavanagh College auditorium, Tennyson St.
 Saturday, 6.30pm: Natyaloka School of Indian Dance presents Maathe, Indian dance theatre.

Marama Hall, University of Otago.
 Saturday, 5.30pm: Collegiate Orchestra concert with pianist Pascal Harris.
 Wednesday, 1pm: Music department lunchtime concert; masters flute performance students.

Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
 Today to Sunday: Dunedin Performing Arts and Competitions Society senior vocal competitions, concluding with the Dame Malvina Major Foundation Dunedin Aria Competition at 7pm on Sunday.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Saturday, 1pm: Creative Pasifika concert, featuring Kavanagh College, Tahuna Normal Intermediate, Dunedin North Intermediate and Sacred Heart School Polynesian performance groups.

Regent Theatre, the Octagon, Dunedin.
 Until September 26: Phantom of the Opera. St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
 Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ music from New Zealand.

 

Film and theatre
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, cnr Union and Leith Sts.
 Today 1pm and 7pm; tomorrow 1pm: Theatre Studies department presents A Good Idea at the Time.

Dunedin City Library, Moray Pl.
 Today, 12.30pm: ''Lunchtime Bites'', extract from the Fortune Theatre's next play Time Stands Still.

 

Talks and workshops
Dorothy Browns Cinema, Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 Today, 7pm: Short film screening and artist's talk in conjunction with the Kobi Bosshard exhibition opening at Nadene Milne Gallery.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
 Monday, noon: ''Police 10/7: Staying on the Right Side of the Law'', seminar presented by Community Law Otago.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 Saturday, 3pm: ''Contemporary European Jewellery'', talk by Jorunn Veiteberg.
 Sunday, 3pm: ''Dunedin 1865'', talk by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga area manager Jonathan Howard.

Marama Hall, University of Otago.
 Tuesday, 6pm: ''Comparative Clytemnestras'', talk on the figure of Clytemnestra in Greek tragedy by Prof Rush Rehm, with performance by actor Courtney Walsh.

Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
 Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Saturday, 1pm-4pm: Tivaivai (Polynesian quilt)-making demonstration by the Mangaia Cook Islands Group.
 Sunday, 2pm: Korowai (Maori cloak) weaving class with Robin Hill. Free, 2pm, Sunday 20 September, Atrium Level 1.
 Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.

 

Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
 Until October 11: ''Tonga `i Onopooni'', Tongan contemporary art; works by Hamish Mio.

Archives New Zealand Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St.
 Until October 16: ''Dunedin 1865: Public Works and Buildings''. Open 9.30am-5pm daily.

Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
 Works by various artists.

Artica, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
 Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.

Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
 Gallery open Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5pm.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
 ''Cohort'', Patrick Hartigan.

Brick Brothers Gallery, 14D Dowling St.
 Opens tomorrow, 6pm: ''In Spaces Beyond'', photographic works by Scotto Clarke.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
 Until October 4: ''Reflections'', commemorative exhibition for Alexandra artist Doug Ayson.

Dunedin International Airport.
 Until October 31: Exhibition at the Terminal, Lindsay Crooks.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 Until Sunday: ''Even a long human life adds up to only about 650,000 hours'', Gabrielle Amodeo.
 Until September 27: ''Parallel Play: Frances Hodgkins and her European Contemporaries''.
 Until September 27: ''Dunedin 1865: A City Rises'', Dunedin Heritage Festival exhibition.
 Until November 1: ''Wanderings'', works from the collection on the theme of travel.
 Until November 8: ''The Sargood Gift: A Tribute to the Sargood Family''.
 Until November 15: ''History in the Taking: 40 Years of Photoforum''.
 Until November 29: ''36 Views of Mt Fuji'', Katsushika Hokusai.
 Until November 29: ''Sublime Worlds'', Martin Thompson.
 Until February 21: ''Stranger in Strange Land'', by Jae Hoon Lee.
 Ongoing: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery's collection.

The Fix, Frederick St.
 Until October 2: ''Works on Paper'', artworks by Columba College senior visual arts students.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
 Until October 11: ''Burns Memorial Art Exhibition'', the 45th annual local school's art exhibition; ''Peaks'', works by Frank Auger.

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
 Closes today: ''Street Appeal'', new works by Nic Dempster.

Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
 ''New Works'', by Thomas Elliott.

Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and Main South Rd, Green Island.
 Displaying a variety of local artwork.

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
 Until October 4: ''Rolling Time and Shifting Spaces...'', oil paintings and mixed media works by Gail de Jong.

Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
 Until November 1: ''Sounds Like Us: 100 years of Radio New Zealand'', interactive exhibition.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
 Until Wednesday: ''Atmosphere: People of Moana'' by Andy Leleisi'uao; ''A Study of a Samoan Savage'' by Yuki Kihara.

Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
 Saturday to October 14: New works by Nigel Brown, Simon Clark, Neil Dawson, Bridie Henderson, Karl Maughan, John Parker and Katherine Smyth.
 Saturday to November 11: ''Spring Catalogue'', various artists.

Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
 Opens tomorrow, 5pm: ''Remnants of the Veil'', Sarah Freiburger.

Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
 Until September 24: ''People and Places'', acrylic paintings by Judy Smith.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 Opens today, 8pm: Works by master goldsmith Kobi Bosshard.

North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
 Saturday to November 22: ''Movable Type'', collection of printers and printing-related objects.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 Tomorrow to Monday: ''Creative Pasifika'', exhibition of tivaivai (Polynesian quilts) created by the Mangaia Cook Islands Group.
 Until September 27: 2015 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
 Ongoing: ''Surviving Chunuk Bair: H.D. Skinner at Gallipoli''.

Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
 Until October 11: ''Dunedin City of Literature: The First 100 Years''.

South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
 Until October 25: 15th birthday exhibition, ''Artist at Work'', by J.K. Weir. Gallery hours: Friday-Sunday, 1pm-5pm.

State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
 Until September 27: ''Concrete Dirt Parfait'', Zina Swanson.

Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
 ''Recycled Relics'', sculpture by Chris Meder.

Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
 Until September 26: Jo Howard and Rosemary McQueen.

Susan Badcock Studio, 47 Talbot St, Geraldine (back of old post office).
 Saturday to October 24: ''Memoirs'', portraits by John Badcock; ''Road Kill'', hand-coloured photographs by Susan Badcock.

Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
 Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.

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