The guide: What's on this week

Gigs
Bullock Bar, 71 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
 •Today, 8pm: The Feelers.

Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd, Port Chalmers.
 •Sunday, 3.30pm: ''Sunday Best and Jazz High Tea''. Bookings essential.

Dog With Two Tails, 25 Moray Pl.
 •Today, 8.30pm: Swinging Jazz.
 •Saturday, 8pm: Nick Knox and Lara Rose.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
 •Today, 5.30pm: Albion Pl, Anderson, Anna Bowen and Mike Moroney.
 •Friday, 5.30pm: Arcee, Lara Rose Robertson, Martin Phillipps.
 •Saturday, 1pm: Giovanni Lelievre.

Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
 •Saturday, 7.30pm: Six60.

Embers, 2 Manor Pl.
 •Sunday, 10.30pm: New Edinburgh Folk Club presents The Mentalist Collective.

Loco, 49 Shotover St, Queenstown.
 •Tomorrow, 8pm: The Feelers.

Re:Fuel Bar, 640 Cumberland St.
 •Tomorrow, 7.30pm: ''Mayhem in the South'' featuring Precursor, The Rising Tide, Briarcliff and Innominatus.
 •Tuesday, 8.30pm: Open mike/open decks night.

Waikouaiti Library, 192 Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
 •Saturday, 11am: Sideline (members of Both Sides of the Line).

Family fun
Cromwell Bowling Club, Alpha St, Cromwell.
 •Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm: Cromwell Rotary book sale.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 •Daily until Sunday, 3.30pm-4.30pm: ''Play the Banana Piano'', New Zealand Music Month activity.

Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
 •Daily, 11am: Takahe feeding.
 •Sunday, 2pm: Walk for Nepal fundraiser and concert, featuring Leo and Oscar LaDell, Heleen du Plessis, Ana Good and Kristen Andreae, Caroline and James Burchell.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 •Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am and 3pm: ''The Best Science Show in the History of the World Ever!'', Discovery World science show. Free with Discovery World admission.
 •Daily 11am, also 1.30pm Saturday and Sunday: ''Butterflies' first flight'', Tropical Forest demonstration. Free with Tropical Forest admission.

University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
 •Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: story time.

Music and performance
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
 •Sunday, 3pm: Collegiate Orchestra Concert with guitarist David Suggate.

Oamaru Opera House Ink Box theatre, 90 Thames St.
 •Tomorrow, 12.15pm: Lunchtime recital featuring Wendy Eckhardt (soprano), Richard Bowering (bass) and June Cameron (accompanist).

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 •Sunday, 1pm: Pascal Harris performs classical music on grand piano.

Portobello Gallery, 1730 Highcliff Rd, Portobello.
 •Sunday, 7pm: Caselberg Trust fundraising concert featuring poet Brian Turner and singer-songwriter Matt Langley.

St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
 •Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays Trinity-inspired organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Film and Theatre
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, cnr Union and Leith Sts.
 •Today and tomorrow, 1pm: Lunchtime Theatre: Voyager XV.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 •Sunday, 3pm: Tracey Emin documentary screening.

Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
 •Today-Saturday, 8pm: A Boy Wonder, one-man comedy performed by Ryan Richards.

Roxburgh Entertainment Centre, 132 Scotland St, Roxburgh.
 •Tomorrow, 7pm: Theory of Everything film screening.

Talks and workshops
Cromwell Polytechnic Campus, Bannockburn Rd.
 •Today, 3pm-6pm: ''Introducing the wine industry'' seminar. To register: info@cowa.org.nz.

Cromwell Polytechnic Kitchen, cnr Erris St and Molyneux Ave.
 •Saturday: ''Hands on in Cromwell'', series of two-hour craft workshops. Registrations 445-3520.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
 •Today, 10am-3pm: Drop-in career clinic; seek expert career advice from Otago Polytechnic career guides and Library Information Services staff.
 •Today, 5.30pm: ''How Do You Do ...?: Beekeeping'', talk by David Milne of Blueskin Bay Honey. Bookings essential.
 •Tomorrow, noon: ''Putting Your Best Foot Forward'', Otago Careers Festival CV clinic.

Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
 •Sunday, 3pm: Artists' talk by Marilynn Webb and Juliet Novena Sorrel.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
 •Tomorrow, 5.30pm: Talk by Gavin Hipkins about his new exhibition ''Erewhon: the book of the machines''.

Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
 •Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
 •Monday, 2pm: Live demonstration and workshop on using the NatureWatchNZ website and mobile app, with co-founder and ecology lecturer Jon Sullivan. Bookings essential. Bring your own mobile device.
 •Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.
 •Daily, 11.30am: ''Intersections'', Ralph Hotere exhibition gallery talk. Meet at information desk.

Exhibitions
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
 •Works by various artists.

Artica, 26B George St, Port Chalmers.
 •Ongoing: decorative artworks by Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.

Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
 •Until June 28: ''Winter stories'', Manu Berry and Pauline Bellamy; ''Collage'', Emma Chalmers.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
 •''What Happens'', Cilla McQueen.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
 •Until Sunday: ''Their War: Our Story - Gallipoli and Anzac''. Until Monday: ''Gallipoli: Then & Now'' school art competition showcase.
 •Until June 16: Wood carvings by Murray Sheppard.

Cloakroom Gallery, cnr Ballarat and Stanley Sts, Queenstown.
 •Until June 9: ''Impressions'', pottery exhibition.

Dead Souls Bookshop, 401B Princes St, Dunedin.
 •Until June 15: ''Disorder'', new paintings by Robert Scott.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
 •Until Sunday: ''Belonging'', works from the DPAG.
 •Until June 14: ''The hand of the artist is present'', Alice Alva (rear window project).
 •Until August 9: ''Private Utopia'', contemporary art from the British Council Collection.
 •Until August 16: ''Lace Collars and Calico: Textiles and Dress in the work of Frances Hodgkins''.

Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
 •Until June 7: ''We Are Here'', Juliet Novena Sorrel.

First Church Grounds, 415 Moray Pl.
 •Until Sunday: Contemporary sculpture by various artists.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
 •Until Sunday: New paintings by Jackie Margaret.
 •Until June 30: ''Memorial Oaks'', tribute to fallen memorial oak trees; ''Look Again'', works by Colin Wheeler, from the gallery's collection.
 •Tomorrow to July 12: ''Erewhon: the book of the machines'' by Gavin Hipkins.

Front Room Gallery, 10 Memorial St, Queenstown.
 •Until June 10: Paintings and digital prints by Shaun Burdon.

Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and Main South Rd, Green Island.
 •Displaying a variety of local artwork.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
 •Until June 18: Selected works.

Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
 •Until Sunday: ''Where History Meets Nature'', Quilt Challenge exhibition.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
 •Until Wednesday: ''Finnis Road'' by Karl Maughan; ''Tipping Point'', by Hannah Kidd.

Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
 •Saturday to June 24: ''Plain song: three part lyric suite'' by J.S. Parker; ''Growing in the 1960s and other stories ...'' by Terry Stringer.

Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
 •Closes today: ''Coast'', Anna Reid.
 •Opens tomorrow 5pm, until June 11: ''Strangely Familiar'', photographs by Ryan McCauley.

Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
 •Until Saturday: ''Matchbox'', various artists. Fundraising exhibition for the Caselberg Trust.
 •Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-4.30pm; Saturday 11am-2pm.

Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
 •''Swimming Into Darkness'', Gretchen Albrecht.

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 September 6: ''Intersections: Ceramics from Ralph Hotere's Personal Collection''.
 •Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.

Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
 •Until June 14: ''By the Author of Waverley'', exhibition featuring Sir Walter Scott.

St Paul's Cathedral, Octagon.
 •Until June 30: ''A Tent for the Sun'' and ''The Dawn Watch'' by Wallace Crossman.
 •Hours: 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday, noon-4pm Sunday.

State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
 •Opens tomorrow 6pm, until June 28: ''One'', by James Cousins, Saskia Leek and John Ward Knox. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sat, 11am-4pm.

Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
 •''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.

Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
 •Until June 6: Loris Ives and Kate Springfield.

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
 •Tomorrow to September 6: ''Cats 'n' Dogs: An Illustrated History''.

University of Otago de Beer Gallery, first floor, central library.
 •Until tomorrow: ''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.

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