Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog, cnr of London and George Sts.
• Friday and Saturday nights 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, 5.30pm-8.30pm: live jazz with Philtre Trio.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Saturday: Black Rock Coffin Makers and Bottle, $2 entry.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
• Saturday, 7pm: ''Tora! Tora! Tora!'' - The Tommy Gunners, Shakes and the Swell Guys, Ded Sparrows, E-Jets, King Weasels Army, Simple Thieves, Katharticus and Edisons Hoax. $10 entry.
Golden Gate Lodge, Cromwell.
• Saturday, 9pm: Serpent.
Manny's Bar, St Andrew St, Dunedin.
• Friday, 6-8pm: Both Sides of the Line, rockabilly band. Free.
Mosgiel RSA, 6 Church St.
• Saturday, 8-11.30pm: Mosgiel RSA Dance. music provided by Rodney Clayton. Members, guests and affiliates welcome.
Northburn Station, 45 Northburn Station Rd, Northburn.
• Sunday, 12.30-1.30pm: Vanessa Kelly and Les Richardson playing for lunch.
Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin.
• Thursday nights: Oxo Cubans.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 1pm: The Foxy Tones! As well as classic and current pop music, let this local trio take you back to the beats of the '30s and '40s.
Queens, 1 Queens Gardens.
• Thursday, 9pm: Chris Butchard and Hana Fahy, free.
• Friday, 9pm: Reed Street Posse, Yemenite, Bad Juju, free.
• Saturday, 9pm: Fuyuko's Fables + Groeni + Pales, $5.
• Wednesday, 8pm: Tahu's Talent, free.
Pioneer Women's Hall, 362 Moray Pl.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: New Edinburgh Folk Club presents singer/songwriter Vic McDonald.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St.
• Thursdays 9pm: open mike night.
Family fun
Cromwell Library, 43 The Mall.
• Wednesdays, 2-3pm: preschool story and craft session.
Dunedin Botanic Garden.
• Tuesday,10.30-11.15am: storyteller Ann Rennie for a series of nature-themed interactive stories suitable for children of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free at the Botanic Garden Information Centre.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am-11am, until December 10: wriggle and rhyme sessions for children aged under 2 and their parents.
• Wednesdays (excluding school holidays), 10.30am: preschool story time.
Dunedin Prison Tours
• Saturday, 10.30am: book on www.dunedinprisontrust.co.nz.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
• Tuesdays, 11am (excluding school holidays): preschool story time.
• Wriggle and rhyme sessions for children aged 0-2 and their parents.
• Thursdays 11am-11.30am, until December 12: wriggle and rhyme sessions for children aged 0-2 and their parents.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm: ''Arachni-mania''. Investigation Station: sort the facts from fiction about our native spiders.
• Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, Pleasant Point.
• Sunday, 12.30-4pm: Santa Train from Pleasant Point Station. Adults $10, children $5.
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
Alexandra Memorial Hall, Skird St.
• Saturday, 2pm: Central Singers present ''A Christmas Surprise'' with special guest artists. Admission $10, tickets available from Community House and door sales available.
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays 9pm: salsa music and dancing.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 12.30pm: The Melrose Singers continue their tradition of bringing Christmas cheer, with a selection of songs to be sung in the gallery foyer.
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
• Tuesday, 7.30pm: City Choir Dunedin presents Handel's Messiah, conducted by David Burchell, with the Southern Sinfonia and soloists Lois Johnston (soprano), Amanda Cole (mezzo), David Hamilton (tenor), and Jonathan Lemalu (bass).
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Today, 12.15pm: Lunchtime Concert - organ recital by Simon Mace. Gold coin donation.
Mornington Community Centre, 16 Maryhill Tce
• Wednesday, 7.45pm: Distinctively Soundz, along with guests Alto Egos and Uni Ukes, presents a Christmas concert. Entry: gold coin per person, and non perishables for the Combined Foodbank.
Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
• Saturday, 1pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus - ''jingling all the way'' as they perform classic Christmas tunes with festive flair.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Tuesdays, 12.50-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays Marian organ music, to include works by Peeters and Tournemire et al.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until December 14: Boeing Boeing, written by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross, directed by Lara Macgregor.
Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
• Opens today until December 14: The Middlemarch Singles Ball II, by Ella West, directed by Ellie Swann.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sunday, 1.30-3.30pm: curatorial intern Henry Davidson and University of Otago design historian Michael Findlay discuss the art of Derek Ball and Dunedin architecture. Beginning at the gallery, Ball exhibition ''High-Tech Fantasy''.
• Sundays during December, 2pm: free guided tours of the delightful collection exhibition ''Wonderwall'' on the first floor and the stunning exhibition ''Hotere Culbert'' in the lower galleries.
• Wednesday, 11.15am: Tour for Tots - Parents and caregivers: take part in a free baby-friendly half-hour tour of an exhibition at the gallery followed by a chat and a cup of tea in Playspace.
• Wednesday, 7pm: a special Friends of the Gallery tour of the exhibition ''Hotere Culbert'' with Justin Paton. Free to Friends of the Gallery and $10 to members of the public.
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.
• Daily talks December: Today: Autahi the Leopard seal. Tomorrow: extinct birds of the South Island. Saturday: Rapa Nui - culture of Easter Island. Sunday: Greek vases - pottery of the ancient world. Monday: Piltdown man - the phoney ''missing link''. Tuesday: Ranginui and Papatuanuku - a Maori creation story. Wednesday: the three bears of Otago Museum.
• Daily during November, 4pm: special exhibition talk - REVolution: 100 Years of Motorcycles. Free.
Exhibitions
Acorn Gallery, 72 Albany St.
• Ongoing: Angela Burns paintings. Open weekdays 8am-5pm or weekends by appointment.
Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Diana Adams and Deidre Copeland, new works.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
• Opens Sunday until January 25: ''Wildlife'' and features works by Pauline Bellamy and Manu Berry at Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay. Open daily, Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Basement, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until December 21: ''Stud Flight'', by Mike Hewson.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St. Closes today: Don Driver, ''Old Tricks''.
• Opens Friday, 5.30pm: ''The Hors Commerce'', by Jason Greig.
Carrick Winery, 247 Caimmuir Rd.
• December 11-February 28: Jenny Hill exhibition.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Closes today: ''CODAT Art Gold Awards'' exhibition.
Community Gallery, 20 Princes St, Dunedin.
• Until Monday: the Otago Bonsai Society bonsai exhibition. Entry by gold coin.
Corner SH6 and Sandflat Rd, Cromwell.
• Deidre Copland ''At the nose'' recent works.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Opens tomorrow until March 2: ''A Distinct New Zealand Flavour: McNab's Gift to Dunedin.''
• Celebrating 100 years of the McNab Collection.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until January 26: ''Derek Ball: High-Tech Fantasy''.
• Until January 26: ''Gregory Crewdson: In a Lonely Place''.
• Until March 9: ''Hotere Culbert''.
• Until April 20: Seung Yul Oh, ''Moamoa: A Decade''.
• Ongoing: ''Wonderwall,'' 50 paintings from the permanent collection.
• Ongoing: ''Rear Window'' Fallen Picture with Harpoon by Nick Austin.
• Ongoing: ''Specular Reflection'', paintings by Frances Hodgkins.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until January 5: Parallel Threads, Oamaru textile artist Sue McLean collaborates with her husband, weaver Rod McLean.
• Until February: Drawings by Alan Pearson.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
• Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until December 31: ''X'' - Collectable works by many fantastic artists.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until December 12: Darren Tautari, ''Lost at Sea''. Gallery open Monday-Saturday, 11am-6pm.
Hocken Collections, University of Otago.
• Until February 7, 2014: ''Place Makers - Artists and Iconic Landscapes''.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Until Saturday: carved birds by Luke Anthony.
• Opens Sunday: Christmas exhibition.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until Saturday: Kirsten Ferguson, ''New Work''.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• Until Saturday: ''Nga Mahi toi o Waitati.''
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
• Until February 23: ''Sign of the Times'', memorabilia and objects signed by famous people.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until December 18: ''Vanitas,'' by Lorraine Rastorfer and ''Mountain Pass,'' by Simon Edwards.
• Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 11am-3pm.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until Wednesday: Hannah Kidd ''Under Dog'' and Christine Cathie ''Contour''.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• Until December 24: ''Perpetually Summer'', by Kate van der Drift.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5.30pm, and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St.
• Closes tomorrow: Fiona Pardington - Works from the Colin McCahon residency.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''. Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
• Until February 2: Affordable Art Xmas Exhibition at Otago Art Society. Open daily 10-4pm. Note: closed December 20, 25, and 28, January 1, 4 and 5.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Until February 16: ''REVolution: 100 Years of Motorcycles'' - get up close to more than 100 motorcycles, discover innovations in their design and technology, and kick-start your summer with a ride on the wild side.
• Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until Sunday: ''Cannibal Bay Kitchenalia'', ceramics by Esther Sinclair.
The Picture Lounge, 31 Dunmore St, Wanaka.
• New Zealand's Photographers' Gallery.
Portobello Gallery, cnr Highcliff and Portobello Rds, Otago Peninsula.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Tuesday-Friday, noon-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-2pm.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho O Te Taniwha, Queens Park, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
• Until January 12: ''Julius Caesar - Military Genius and Mighty Machines''.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Open 1pm-5pm Friday-Sunday or by appointment.
Speargrass Inn Gallery, 1300 Fruitlands-Roxburgh Rd (SH8), Alexandra.
• Until January 29: ''Essence of Central Otago'', photographs by Gilbert van Reenen.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
• ''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until Saturday: Lorna Isaac and Lisa Simpson.
• Open Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturdays, 9am-3pm.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, 29 Rees St, Queenstown.
• Until December 17: Albert McCarthy, with guests Steve Gwaliasi, Dan Dick and Johnny Penisula.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Until December 24: The Green Man and other new pieces.
• 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. Sunday, 11am-4pm.
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