Gigs
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
•Today, 9pm: '80s music with DJ Myster E.
•Saturday, 9pm: Wolfskull, Second Hour, William Henry Meung.
Embers, 2 Manor Pl.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: New Edinburgh Folk Club presents Kim and Dusty.
Gin and Raspberry, 155 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
•Saturday: Kathryn Jones and Steve Passfield.
Grainstore Gallery, 9 Harbour St, Oamaru.
•Saturday, 8pm: The Ezza Rose Band, with The Limestones.
Re:Fuel Bar, 640 Cumberland St.
•Tomorrow, 9pm: Horrorforms with Tsunami, Goats Az, Abstract Survival and Ignite The Helix.
•Saturday, 9pm: Cheap Thrills with The Killer Seas, Mansweat and Killergrams.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
•Today, 8pm: Little Smith, Bottle and Killergrams.
Taieri Bowling Club, Wickliffe St, Mosgiel.
•Saturday, 8pm-11pm: Music by Rodney Clayton.
Taste Merchants, 36 Stuart St.
•Saturday, 8.30pm: Humboldt County and Both Sides of the Line.
Family fun
Alpha St Playground, Cromwell.
•Sunday, 2pm-5pm: Cromwell Plunket Teddy Bears' Picnic; sausage sizzle, children's activities, teddy bear competition, etc.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lower Garden Information Centre.
•Tuesday to Sunday, 11.30am-3pm: Tractor-train rides depart near duck pond.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
•Sunday, 2pm: ''Once Upon a Sunday: Eggs `n' Legs'', storytelling with Kaitrin McMullan and friends.
Dunedin Town Belt, Central Dunedin.
•Sunday: ''Town Belt Traverse''. Follow a walking route through the town belt, with fun/educational stops along the way. Begin walk from the Southern Cemetery car park from 10am-10.30am.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
•Daily, 11am: Takahe feeding.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily, 11am; also 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday: ''Butterflies' first flight'', Tropical Forest demonstration. Free with Tropical Forest admission.
•Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am and 3pm: ''Jurassic Bugs'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
Otago Polytechnic Cromwell Campus, Blyth St, Cromwell.
•Tomorrow, 10am-2pm: Autumn Plant and Food Fair.
The Terrace School, Marslin St, Alexandra.
•Saturday, 10am-1pm: ''Good as Gold'' gala; chocolate wheel, raffles, children's activities, etc.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
•Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: story time.
Music and performance
Cromwell Memorial Hall, Melmore Tce.
•Sunday, 2.30pm: Chamber music performance by Andrew Beer and Sarah Watkins.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
•Saturday, 7.30pm: City Choir Dunedin sings Schubert's Stabat Mater and Mozart's Requiem.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
•Wednesday, 1pm: Music department lunchtime concert.
Otago Museum, Cumberland St.
•Saturday, 1pm: Jonny Dyas plays contemporary and classical hits on grand piano.
•Sunday, 1pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus sings a cappella feel-good tunes.
St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ music for Holy Week, to include works by Bach et al.
Film and theatre
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, cnr Union and Leith Sts.
•Today and tomorrow, 1pm: Lunchtime Theatre, Tales of the Tabletop: Liches and Foes.
Athenaeum Theatre, the Octagon.
•Tomorrow: The Globe Theatre presents The Vagina Monologues.
Dunedin City Library, Moray Pl.
•Today, 12.30pm: Sample the Globe Theatre's upcoming production The Vagina Monologues.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
•Saturday to April 18: The War Play. Tuesday 6pm, Wednesday-Saturday 7.30pm, Sunday 4pm.
Port Chalmers Town Hall, Grey St, Port Chalmers.
•Today, 6pm: ''Our Big Blue Backyard'' episode 5: Open Bay Islands, NHNZ film screening.
Ranfurly Town Hall, 1 Northland St, Ranfurly.
•Saturday, 2pm: The Globe Theatre presents The Vagina Monologues.
Red Lecture Theatre, University of Otago's Scott Building, 260 Great King St.
•Wednesday, 7.30pm: Dunedin Film Society presents Purple Noon. Memberships or three-film passes can be purchased on the night. No casual admission this week.
South Otago Theatrical Society, 4 George St, Balclutha.
•Today-Sunday, 7.30pm and 2pm: Connection Failed, youth production.
Talks and workshops
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Sunday, 3pm: ''Stand Up!'', Dr Gregory Minissale will talk about the Turner Prize and the ''Private Utopia'' exhibition.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
•Saturday, 2.30pm-4.30pm: ''Housekeeper's tour''. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.
•Daily, 1pm: ''Bugs: the Mega World of Minibeasts'' exhibition talk. Daily, 11.30am: ''Intersections'', Ralph Hotere exhibition gallery talk. Meet at information desk.
Exhibitions
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
•Bronze native bird sculptures by Mike Norris.
Artica, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
•Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
•Sunday to April 19: ''Headlands'', by Manu Berry and Pauline Bellamy. Open Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
•''Local Supercluster'', Michael Harrison.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
•Until Tuesday: ''Their war: Our Story - Gallipoli & ANZAC'', WW100 commemorative exhibition.
Tuesday to June 1: ''Gallipoli: Then & Now'' school art competition showcase.
•Until April 24: Native bird sculptures by Luke Anthony.
Cloakroom Gallery, cnr Ballarat and Stanley Sts, Queenstown.
•Until April 8: ''Symbiosis'', photography by Mike Langford and Jackie Ranken.
Community Gallery, Princes St, Dunedin.
•Saturday to April 7: Dunedin Photographic Society 125th anniversary exhibition. Historic and current images.
Custom House Gallery, Tyne St, Oamaru.
•Until April 4: ''Queen of Other Worlds'', paintings by Dylan Prujean, Debbie Price-Ewen, Donna Demente and Julia Sutherland.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Until Tuesday: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery.
•Until April 5: ''The town wrist watch'', Nick Austin.
•Until April 12: ''Parallel Play'', works by Frances Hodgkins and her European contemporaries.
•Until April 26: ''Dodge'', Evan Woodruffe (rear window project).
•Until May 17: ''Room Temperature'', Mary McFarlane.
Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
•Until April 19: ''Selected Works from the Bosshard Browne Collection'' and ''Four Decades: Selected Drawings 1970-2003'', both by Jeffrey Harris.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until Sunday: ''Look Again'', works from the permanent collection selected by local school pupils.
•Until April 6: ''Tonga `I Onopooni'', contemporary Tongan artists
•Until April 30: ''Memorial Oaks''.
Front Room Gallery, 10 Memorial St, Queenstown.
•Carved and painted surfboards by Aaron Kereopa, curated by Toi o Tahuna gallery.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
•Until April 9: ''Land Fall'', various artists.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
•Pottery by Danny Moorwood.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
•Until Sunday: ''A road less travelled'', photographs by Eric Schusser.
•Gallery open 10am-4pm daily.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
•Opens tomorrow, until April 11: ''Shift Work'', monoprints and linocuts by Marion Wassenaar.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
•Until April 8: ''Still'' by Eliot Coates, John Parker and Christine Webster; ''The Social Fabric'' by Michael Shepherd.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
•Until Wednesday: ''Queens Down'', Emily Valentine; ''Dog & Pony Show'', Joanna Braithwaite.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
•Until April 2: ''Mid March Mix'', various artists.
•Opening April 3: Scott Flanagan and Anet Neutze joint exhibition.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
•Until tomorrow: ''From Karitane to Ngapara'', paintings by Joanna Tokona.
•Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-4.30pm; Saturday, 11am-2pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•''Paradise Valley'', Max Gimblett.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until April 30: ''From Little Towns in a Far Land'', World War 1 centennial exhibition.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
•Until April 12: Otago Art Society Summer exhibition. Open 10am-4pm daily.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Until May 10: ''Bugs: The Mega World of Minibeasts'', in the Special Exhibitions gallery.
•Until September 6: ''Intersections: Ceramics from Ralph Hotere's Personal Collection''.
•Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum Community Gallery, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
•Until May 3: ''The Summer Show'', works by Bob Wyber, Jane Downes and Bob Steiner.
Pottery on Tyne, 44 Tyne St, Oamaru.
•Until Monday, 10am-3pm: ''Pots of Colour''.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
•Until June 14: ''By the Author of Waverley'', exhibition featuring Sir Walter Scott.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
•Until April 30: ''South Coast Exhibition'', works by Lindsay Crooks, J.K. Weir and Fienze C.
•Open 1pm-5pm, Friday-Sunday.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
•''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
•Until April 9: Works by Jo Howard and Rosemary McQueen.
Studio Red Gallery, 12 Miners Tce, Bannockburn.
•New works by Sarah Anderson, Lizzie Carruthers, Megan Huffadine, Kim Logue, Rebecca Stewart and Jim Wheeler.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
•Ongoing: ''Dunedin's Great War 1914-1918'', World War 1 commemorative exhibition.
•Victory Medal, a sculpture by Helen Pollock.
University of Otago de Beer Gallery, first floor, central library.
•Until Sunday: ''Aliens, Androids & Unicorns: the Hal Salive Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection''
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
