Gigs
The Bog Irish Bar, George St.
•Saturday: Soul Deep.
Circadian Rhythm, St Andrew St.
•Fridays, 5.30pm: Duo jazz: Phil Lyons and Trevor Coleman.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
•Tomorrow, 8pm: Avarin, Earthshield, Fallen Order. Sports Central Brewhouse, Oamaru.
•Thursdays, 7.30pm: JBE Karaoke.
•Sundays, 2pm: JBE open mike/jam session.
Taste Merchants, 36 Stuart St.
•Tomorrow: Nicole Andrews, Ciaran McMeekan, Lara Rose.
Family fun
Cromwell College, Barry Ave.
•Tomorrow, 9.30am-2.55pm: Science Roadshow.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lower Garden Information Centre.
•Saturdays and Sundays, 11am-2.45pm: 15min tractor rides around the lower Botanic Garden (weather dependent).
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Saturday and Sunday, 11am and 3pm: ''Cracking Chaos'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
•Saturday and Sunday, 1pm: ''Science vs Fantasy'' Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
•Daily: Discovery backpacks. Pick up from Discovery desk. Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
Pembroke Park, Wanaka
•Sunday, from 10am: Wanaka Sunday Craft Market.
Pleasant Point Museum and Railway, Pleasant Point.
•Sunday and Monday, from 10.30am: ''Steam and Crafts''. Last train 4pm.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
•Today, 10am: preschool story time.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: story time.
The Village Green, Ranfurly Railway Station.
•Saturday, 10am-1pm: Maniototo Market Day. Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
•Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Edgewater Hotel, Sargood Dr, Wanaka.
•Sunday, 6.30pm: the Koru Quintet.
Oamaru Opera House foyer, 190 Thames St.
•Tomorrow, 12.15pm: lunchtime recital by Allen Hogan (flute) and June Cameron (accompanist).
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
•Tomorrow and Saturday, 6.30pm: ''Le Cirque des Voleurs'', musicians, artists, poets, aerial silks, fire dancers, night market.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm: George Chittenden plays Swedish organ music, to include works by Ostlund and Rendahl. Talks and filmsBarclay Theatre, Otago Museum.
•Saturday and Sunday, 3pm: The Most Extreme: Battle of the Sexes, NHNZ film screening.
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Today, 5.30pm: clinical psychologist Chris Skellett talks about his new book The Power of the Second Question: Finding Simple Truths for Complex Lives.
•Tomorrow, 5pm: Rainforest Warrior, NHNZ film screening.
Cromwell College Auditorium, Barry Ave.
• Today, 7pm: ''On the Same Wavelength: Continuing our conversation about alcohol'', talk by blogger and author Lotta Dann.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Tuesday, 6pm: Dunedin-Edinburgh Sister City Society presents a talk by Dame Elizabeth Hanan.
Fletcher House, 727 Portobello Rd, Broad Bay.
•Open daily 11am-4pm: guided tours.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily talks, 2pm: Today: flamingos. Tomorrow: HMS Victory. Saturday: Ancient Egyptian life. Sunday: Karetao. Monday: Queen Lili'uokalani's feather cape. Tuesday: Maori cloaks. Wednesday: Mutiny on the Bounty.
•Daily, 2.30pm: ''Gifts and Legacies'' talk in the H.D. Skinner Annex, Museum Reserve.
•Daily, 4pm: ''Gifts and Legacies'', Special Exhibitions Gallery talk.
•Daily, 1pm: ''Otago Museum H.D. Skinner Annex Tour'', guided historical tour of the H.D. Skinner Annex.
Exhibitions
Acorn Gallery, 72 Albany St.
•Ongoing: Angela Burns paintings. Open weekdays 8am-5pm or weekends by appointment.
Archives New Zealand Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St.
•Until December 24: ''Readiness and Sacrifice'', an exhibition of World War 1 archives.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
•Works by various artists.
The Art Station, Dunedin Railway Station.
•Until November 9: Otago Art Society spring exhibition. Open 10am-4pm daily.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
•Until Saturday: ''Door to the Ocean'', by Olav Nielsen and Steev Peyroux.
•Opens Saturday: ''Important and Unseen'', by Colin Wheeler.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
•Until November 12: ''Swell'', by Pauline Bellamy, Max Bellamy, John Bellamy, Manu Berry, Emma Chalmers.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
•Until October 30: works by Nichola Shanley.
Brick Brothers Gallery, 14D Dowling St.
•Until November 1: ''Nice Background'', photographs by Mark Bolland.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Until November 18: Spotlight on Design - Lee Sinclair, mixed media artist.
•Opens tomorrow, until November 30: artworks by Elizabeth Kempthorne.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Saturday, 8pm: ''Imaginary Communications'', sonic art performances by Jeremy Mayall.
•From Saturday, until April 12: ''Parallel Play'', works by Frances Hodgkins and her European contemporaries.
•Until November 9: ''Jim McMurtry'', by Michael Parekowhai.
•Until November 16: ''Sleight of Hand'', curated by Lauren Gutsell.
•Until November 30: ''One Pot Wonder'', Paul Maseyk.
•Ongoing: ''His Own Steam'', ceramics by Barry Brickell.
•Ongoing: ''Wild Life'', various artists.
•Ongoing: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery.
The Fix, Frederick St.
•Until October 31: works by Anna Reid, Jacob Feenstra and Graham Geary. Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until November 16: ''Koreo Ko, Koreo Au'', by Moana Tipa.
•Until November 30: ''Titokowaru's Dilemma'', by Marian Maguire.
Fresh n Fruity gallery, Level 3, 140 George St.
•Opens tomorrow, 5.30pm: ''Romantic images of village life'', by Kimmi Rindel. Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
•Closes today: new works by Simon Kaan and Jasmine Middlebrook.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
•Paintings by Liz Abbott and furniture by Rudi Verhoef.
•Open Friday to Sunday.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
•Until tomorrow: ''6 x 2'', works by Michel Tuffery and Flox, Simon Kaan, Nicky Foreman, Kiya Nancarrow, Louise Greig, and Madeleine Child and Philip Jarvis.
Hocken Collections,University of Otago.
•Until Saturday: ''Art Between the Covers: Artists and the Book''.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
•Until Saturday: ''Casting Shadows'', by Andi Regan.
•From Sunday, until November 15: ''Creation'', photography by Annemarie Hope-Cross.
Koru Gallery, 2 Castle St.
•Until October 30: clocks by Mark Lloyd, applique by Rhonda Beck, paintings by Laura Gregory, porcelain by Peter Gregory.
Lure Jewellery, 1st floor, 130 Stuart St.
•Closes today: ''Camouflet'', by Octavia Cook.
McAtamney Gallery, upstairs, Old Post Office building, 47-49 Talbot St, Geraldine.
•Until November 30: ''The Three Wise Men of Kurow'', by Bob Kerr.
Margaret Freeman Gallery, 83 Moray Pl.
•Until November 10: ''I'm an artist'', by Tanya Faiva.
•Gallery open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9am-4pm.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
•From Saturday, until November 19: ''Earth & Sky'', glass by Ann Robinson; ''Round-up'', paintings by Mervyn Williams.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St
•Until November 12: ''Centre Stage'', Elizabeth Rees; ''Spring Catalogue'', various artists.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
•Closes today: ''Post Implosion'', by Jessica Crothall.
•Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 10am-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-4pm.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
•Until October 31: ''The Male Nude'', drawings by John Z Robinson.
•Open Monday-Friday 10am-4.30pm and Saturday 11am-2pm.
National Mortgage Agency Building top floor, 49 Water St.
•Until October 31: Three-dimensional fabric artworks by Motoko Watanabe.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Until November 23: ''Gifts and Legacies'', honours people who have contributed to the museum.
•Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum Community Gallery, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
•Until November 2: ''Sheep Shearing and Scenery'', photographs by Joanne McLeary.
•Until February 15, 2015: contemporary jewellery by Bob Wyber.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
•Until Saturday: ''Participate'', works by New Zealand glass artists.
•Gallery open Tuesday-Friday noon-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-2pm.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
•From tomorrow, until January 11: ''European Treasure'', letters in French and Italian from the Reed Autograph Letters Collection.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
•''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
•Until Saturday: works by Loris Ives and Louise Thompson Parker.
•Opens Monday, until November 8: works by Anne McLean and Jo Howard.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
•Until November 4: a selection of works from the Taieri Art Group.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, 29 Rees St, Queenstown.
•''The Remarkables'', by Simon Lardelli and Drew Hill.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
•Ongoing: ''Dunedin's Great War 1914-1918'', World War 1 commemorative exhibition.
Tony Williams Goldsmith Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, 110 Moray Pl.
•Until December 24: spring exhibition.
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.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
