Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog, cnr London and George Sts.
• Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm: Livewire featuring Katie Mason.
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd.
• Sunday, 3.30pm: Christmas Melancholia - the Broken Heartbreakers, Nadia Reid and Flora Knight (The Eastern), $10.
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.
• Friday 9pm: Ostrander Aardvark, Bad Sav, Scum Hammer, the Vamps.
• Saturday 9pm: Blistering Tongues, Gravemind, Pramcakes.
Mosgiel RSA, 6 Church St.
• Saturday, 8-11.30pm: Mosgiel RSA Dance. Music provided by Margaret Bates. Members, guests and affiliates welcome.
Mou Very, 357 George St.
• Saturday, 9pm: Katharticus.
Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin.
• Thursday nights: Oxo Cubans.
Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St.
• Thursdays 9pm: open mike night.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Saturday, noon: Christmas storytime with Kat Anna Fiddle.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Sunday, 11.30am: Christmas storytime with Kat Anna Fiddle.
Dunedin Prison Tours
• Every Saturday during December, 10.30am. Private bookings:
www.dunedinprisontrust.co.nz.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Daily until Tuesday: make your own Christmas decorations in new Playspace in the foyer. If you are able, please bring a can of food to put under the tree for the Christmas foodbank appeal. Daily until January 26: art gallery quiz. Young children must be accompanied by an adult. Free. Daily until January 26: string and things hairy monster-making - using the materials on the activities tables in Playspace. Free.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
• Thursdays 11am-11.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme sessions for children aged 0-2 and their parents.
• Tomorrow, 11am: Christmas storytime with Kat Anna Fiddle.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Until December 24: Santa's Grotto in the Animal Attic.
• Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• Daily , 3.30pm: ''Nest is Best'', investigation station, atrium level 1, free.
• Daily from Saturday : ''Cirque du Quirk'', school holiday trail. Collect trail from the Discovery desk. Free.
• Today and tomorrow, 1-2pm: create a hanging pine-cone creature for your tree. Free.
• Saturday and Sunday, 1-2pm: reindeer dippers.
• Make your own reindeer chocolate dippers to wrap up as a Christmas gift for someone special. Free.
• Monday and Tuesday, 1-2pm: ice-cap critters.
• Discover the difference between the North and South Pole, then decorate your own frosty penguin or polar bear bauble. Free.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
• Today, 10.30am: Christmas story time with Kat Anna Fiddle.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
• Every Friday and Saturday, 10.30am: story time in the children's room on the magic carpet.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Waikouaiti Library, Main Road, Waikouaiti.
• Saturday, 10.30am: Christmas story time with Kat Anna Fiddle.
Music and performance
Baptist Church, Gregg St, Alexandra.
• Sunday, 7pm: carols.
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays 9pm: salsa music and dancing.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Today, noon: Knox Church Kids Choir presents Christmas carols and other music. Free admission.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Saturday 12.15: ''Organ Fireworks'', Simon Mace and Richard Brown.
Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
• Saturday and Monday, 1pm: Linda Munro.
• Sunday, 1pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus.
• Tuesday, 1pm: Trevor Coleman, solo piano, improvisations and variations on Christmas classics.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols - Southern Consort of Voices with Helen Webby (harp) and the Southern Children's Choir. Door sales: $20 adult, $10 concession, $5 child.
• Tuesdays, 12.50-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ music for Christmas.
Talks and films
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays during December, 2pm: free guided tours of the ''Wonderwall'' exhibition on the first floor and the ''Hotere Culbert'' exhibition in the lower galleries.
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, 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.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until March 2: Mary Macpherson ''Old New World''.
Aramoana Hall, Moana St, Aramoana.
• December 29 and 30: Aramoana photo display, open 2.30-5.30pm.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
• Visit our new gallery space.
Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Diana Adams and Deidre Copeland.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
• Until January 25: ''Wildlife'', works by Pauline Bellamy and Manu Berry. Open daily, Wednesday Sunday, noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Basement, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until Saturday: ''Stud Flight'', by Mike Hewson. Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• ''The Hors Commerce'', by Jason Greig.
Brick Brothers Gallery, 14d Dowling St.
• Until December 30: ''Birds ...'' by Flynn Morris-Clarke.
Carrick Winery, 247 Caimmuir Rd.
• Until February 28: Jenny Hill exhibition.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Closes today: Spotlight on design - Esther Dexter.
• Until January 30: Christmas Showcase - local artists with an under-$200 section for Christmas gift shopping.
Corner SH6 and Sandflat Rd, Cromwell.
• Deidre Copland ''At the nose'' recent works.
Croydon Aviation Centre, Mandeville.
• Until February 24: ''4 Colour Lovers'' exhibition featuring Christine O'Connor, Jodie Marlow, Margaret Palmer-McKenzie, Liz Bristow. Open 9.30am-4.30pm weekdays and 11am-3pm weekends.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• 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.
The Fix, Frederick St.
• December and January: Anna Reid ''Titled'' - prints and paintings.
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 De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
• ''A Round Christmas'', group show featuring circular works.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Until December 27: Works by Tom Ellison ''Cla'r/eo-e're''. Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until December 31: ''X'' - collectable works by many fantastic artists.
Hocken Collections, University of Otago.
• Until February 7, 2014: ''Place Makers - Artists and Iconic Landscapes''.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Christmas exhibition.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until December 28: Christmas show - various.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
• Until February 23: ''Sign of the Times'', memorabilia and objects signed by famous people.
Level 2, Allbell Chambers, 127 Lower Stuart St.
• Open Saturday, 10am-4pm: ''Volpone'', by Neil Emmerson. For viewing by appointment today and tomorrow call 0210-243-5587.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until Saturday, reopening January 6: summer show.
• Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 11am-3pm.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until February 5: ''The Earl Street Journal'', open daily 10am-6pm, closed December 25 and 26.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• Until Tuesday: ''Perpetually Summer'', by Kate van der Drift. Gallery open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5.30pm, and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St.
• Christmas exhibition 2013.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
• Until February 2: ''Affordable Art'' exhibition. Open daily 10-4pm. 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''.
• Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until January 10: ''Cannibal Bay Kitchenalia'', 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.
• Open Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturdays, 9am-3pm.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until February 3: Photography on Canvas and Corrugated Iron by Murray Crawford.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Until Tuesday: The Green Man and new pieces.
• Open Tuesday-Friday, 11am-5.30pm, Saturday, 11am-2pm.
University of Otago de Beer Gallery, first floor, central library.
• From tomorrow: ''Rare Delights III. Recent Additions to Special Collections''.
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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