A look at what's happening around Dunedin.
Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
Fridays from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog, George St, Dunedin.
Tomorrow and Saturday, from 10pm: Livewire featuring Katie Mason playing classic rock 'n pop hits.
Carousel Bar, 141 Stuart St.
Fridays 8.30pm-10.30pm: Bill Martin jazz trio.
Circadian Rhythm, St Andrew St.
Fridays, 5.30-8.30pm: live jazz with Philtre Trio.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St. Thursdays from 8.30pm: jam night. Fridays from 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St. Thursdays from 8.30pm: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St. Thursdays 9pm: open mike night.
Family fun
Cromwell Library, 43 The Mall. Wednesdays, 2pm-3pm: preschool story and craft session. Preschoolers must be accompanied by a caregiver or adult.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Tuesdays, until September 24, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme: Active movement for early learning, term three.
Wednesdays (excluding school holidays), 10.30am: preschool story time. Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
Tuesdays, 11am (excluding school holidays): preschool story time.
Thursdays, until September 26, 11am: Wriggle and Rhyme: Active movement for early learning, term three, free.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Witness the first flight of a butterfly. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
Every Saturday and Sunday until September 22, 3.30pm: ''Hot to chop!'' Investigation Station. Explore how different cultures use chopsticks, discover some fascinating facts behind the culinary creation, and then take part in our chopstick challenge. Atrium level 1, free.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am (excludes school holidays): preschool story time. Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
All Saints' Church, Cumberland St.
Tomorrow, 7pm: Heidelberg Youth Chamber Orchestra plays Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite op. 40, Anton Arensky: Variations on a theme by Tchaikovsky op. 35a, Pjotr I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings. Tickets $20, $15 concessions.
The Church, Dundas St.
Fridays 9pm: Salsa music and dancing.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Today, 6pm-7.30pm: Poetry with a Pulse II: Interval. The second of three live readings. Unwind, and lose yourself in the words of Selina Marsh and Rogelio Guedea.
First Church, Moray Pl.
Wednesday, 7.30pm: ''Bravo!'' Britten tour, New Zealand String Quartet.
Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
Sunday, 1pm: duo ''All at Sea'' performs a range of easy-listening music and original compositions.
St Clair Women's Club Hall, Albert Street, St Clair.
Tuesday, 7.30pm: free variety concert, Dunedin Entertainers/Orphans Club, various artists, public welcome to attend.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
Sunday, 2pm: ''The Beautiful World of Baroque Music'' - Thomas Hurnik and friends perform music from famous baroque composers: Handel, Purcell, Monteverdi, Geminiani and Frescobaldi et al.
Tuesdays, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ works by Louis Vierne, including the famous ''Final'' from Symphony No 1. PlaysAllen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, cnr Union and Leith Sts.
Today, 1pm and 7pm and tomorrow, 1pm: 4.48 Psychosis, written by Sarah Kane and directed by Jakub Green.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Today, 12.30pm: Lunchtime Bites: Gifted - Sample the latest play from the Fortune Theatre.
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
Until Saturday: The Unexpected Man, by Yasmina Reza.
Talks and films
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lower Garden Information Centre.
Tomorrow, noon: ''HortTalk: Biodomes amidst the oasis project'' - Graham Copson, director at BioDome NZ Ltd, spreads the good news about the mood of change in the air as people make healthier life choices. BioDome is an initiative promoting edible gardens in schools and elsewhere.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Today, 10am-8pm: Primeval Paradise: The Story of Ulva Island - 2000 years ago New Zealand looked very different from the rest of the world. Free from introduced predators, the island allows native species to survive in relative safety. (Duration one hour) Teen Space (repeat screenings).
Wednesday, noon: Shanghai-Dunedin Fashion Collaboration - Join Margo Barton, the academic leader for fashion at Otago Polytechnic, and learn about an exciting collaboration between Dunedin and Shanghai. Fourth floor, entry: $1.50. Members, $2 non-members.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Saturday, 3pm: Dr Paola Voci, senior lecturer, department of languages and culture, University of Otago will talk on ''il buon vivere'' (the good life) as it is embraced by the Movement of Cittaslow. This will be followed by a TED talk by Carl Honore in which he will share his thoughts on the Slowness Movement - food, children, work, technology, imagination, personal relationships and his inner tortoise.
Millers Flat Hall, Millers Flat.
Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Roxburgh and District Arts Society presents a Pecha Kucha night. A fascinating evening is in store as some familiar (and not so familiar) faces share their knowledge and experiences of subjects including farming, arts and travel. Entry $20 includes a complimentary drink and nibbles.
Mornington Comuunity Centre, 16 Maryhill Terrace.
Monday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Photographic Society: spring print exhibition print of the month and projected image of the month and annual meeting. All welcome.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
Thursdays, 4.30pm: tours of the Theomin art collection, bookings essential.
Daily tours at 9.30am, 10.45am, noon, 1.30pm, 2.45pm and 4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St. Sunday, 6pm: Fulbright Forum. Fulbright New Zealand 65th Anniversary - hear how a Fulbright scholarship influenced the futures of past fellows. Free in the Hutton Theatre.
Daily talks at 2pm through September - today: the Wahine disaster. Tomorrow: Japanese spider crab. Saturday: Kotare - New Zealand's kingfisher. Sunday: a history of glass. Monday: Mapoutahi Pa. Tuesday: Lapita pottery. Wednesday: New Zealand's sea lion.
Daily during September, 4pm: Special Exhibition talk - ''China's Cultural Minorities: Silk to Silver: Collections from the Shanghai Museum''. Please meet at the information desk. Free.
Daily until November 10, 2.15pm: Otago Museum H. D. Skinner annex tour - originally the Dunedin North post office, the newly refurbished Otago Museum H. D. Skinner annex has undergone numerous changes over the past century. Free.
Red Lecture Theatre, University of Otago's Scott Building, 260 Great King St.
Wednesday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Film Society screens the third of this year's classic Hollywood screwball comedies, Ernst Lubitsch's The Trouble With Paradise, in which two fake aristocrats squabble over the rich widow they hope to rob. Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
Thursday, 12.15pm: lunchtime talk - A Creative Edge - David Newstead, of ADInstruments, will be discussing the significance of the PowerLab instrument on display in the creative edge case and the success of this Dunedin-based company. Free.
Sunday, 1pm-4pm: introduction to hand sewing - learn the basics of hand sewing with a couple of projects, starting with your own pincushion. No previous sewing experience required. Suitable for ages 8 and up (with a parent). $15, all materials supplied. Bookings required.
Tuesday, 10am: Tuesday Club - the Caversham industrial school. This month's speaker is Keith Scott, historian and author, who will be discussing the origins of the Caversham industrial school and the stories of those who were sent there. OSA members gold coin, non-members $5.
Exhibitions
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
New photographs by Russ McLean.
Art-cut Gallery, 71 Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
Contemporary art and design, open 10am-4pm.
Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
Works by Inge Doesburg, Llew Summers and Zuna Wright.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
Until September 22: ''Bellamys at Five'', a collaborative poARTry exhibition.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. Joe L'Estrange.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Opens tomorrow until October 15: new works from Hallabaloo artists. Daily, 10am-4pm.
Community Gallery, 20 Princes St.
Until Sunday: ''Yet another side to Gordon Evans''. Open 11am-5pm.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Until November 17: Meet You at the Gardens: celebrating Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon. Until Sunday: Saskia Leek, ''Desk Collection''.
Until September 22: ''Nature-study: A Floral Tribute''.
Until September 22: ''The Pleasure Principle - Collecting and Collectors''.
Until September 22: ''Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the Billiard Room of Horton House''.
Until November 3: ''Among the machines''.
Ongoing: ''Rear Window'' Jack Hadley, Frances Hodgkins' Umbrella.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
Until October 6: Peter Nicholls ''As is on Earth'' and James Robinson ''Rainbow Serpent''.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
Until October 13: ''Connections from the Collection''.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
Opens tomorrow until September 15: Shane Hansen, ''Riangatoi Wairua''.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
Opens tomorrow until September 27: Louise Greig, ''The Cassandra Complex''.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
September: exhibition of Scott Drummond's watercolours.
Hocken Collections, Otago University.
Until February 7, 2014: ''Place Makers'' - Artistic and iconic landscapes.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
Until September 29: Juliet Novena-Sorrel, new works.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
September 6-October 27: ''Close to Home'', Grahame Sydney. Landscape and portrait photographs from Central Otago.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 11am-3pm.
Opens Saturday until September 25: Paul Dibble ''A Walk in the Park'' and Christine Webster ''Therapies''.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
Until September 18: Stanley Palmer's ''Paintings and Monoprints''.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
Gallery open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5.30pm and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
''Project Ridebo'', by Dunedin photographer Alex Lovell-Smith.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''. OCTA Gallery and Workshop, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct. Ongoing: ''Habit'', an exhibition of street art and graffiti by Francis Lind.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
Opens Saturday until September 22: Youth Art Awards: a great number of works from 5- to 13-year-old children and school art classes. Open daily 10am-4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander. Stairwell display.
Until September 15: The Moriori of Rekohu, T'chakat Henu - People of the Land. People of the World Gallery, free.
Until October 28: ''China's Cultural Minorities: Silk to Silver, Collections from the Shanghai Museum''. Special Exhibitions Gallery. Free.
Until November 10: ''Heritage Lost And Found: Our Changing Cityscape'', Otago Museum H. D. Skinner annex, Museum Reserve.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka. Until October 6: ''Focal Point: An exhibition celebrating 150 years of the Otago Daily Times. Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
New Zealand's Photographers' Gallery.
Portobello Gallery, cnr Highcliff and Portobello Rds, Otago Peninsula. Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm. Various artists.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
Monday-Friday noon-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-2pm.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
Until October 25: Collection of new works by Lorraine Marlow and J. K. Weir. Open 1-5pm Friday-Sunday or by appointment.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm.
Until September 14: Jo Howard and Judy Ringland Stewart.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl. Open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-2pm.
Waikouaiti Old Post Office Gallery, 152 Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
Open 1pm-5pm, Wednesday-Friday and Sunday. Paintings by Laura Gregory. Pottery and paintings by Peter Gregory.
The Wallpaper House Gallery, Studio.29 Lees St. Open Saturday, 11am-4pm.
