Gigs
Chick's Hotel, 2 Mount St, Port Chalmers.
•Tomorrow, 9pm: Dictaphone Blues with Kane Strang.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
•Tomorrow, 9pm: Machina Rex, Apache Revolver, Slitzkrieg, Kryos, Rot.
•Saturday, 9pm: Scurvy Dogs, Mince On Toast.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
•Tomorrow, 8pm: King Leo, Carcosa, DeathCall, Innominatus, Ronnie Stash.
Robbies Bar and Bistro, cnr King Edward St and Macandrew Rd.
•Sunday, 7.30pm: New Edinburgh Folk Club presents The Mentalist Collective.
Family fun
Goldfields Primary School, 23 Gilling Pl, Cromwell.
•Tomorrow: Bingo night: raffles, refreshments. Tickets from school office, (03) 445-0326. Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
•Daily, 11am: Takahe feeding.
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
Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
•Wednesday, 8pm: Octagon Poetry Collective open mike night, with guest poets Jenny Powell and Jocelind Dunford.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Tuesday, noon: Matariki celebration performance by the Balmacewen Intermediate School Kapa Haka Ropu. Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Saturday, 1pm: Jack Pivac plays jazz and blues standards on grand piano.
St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
•Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: Alan Edwards plays English organ music of the 18th century.
Film and Theatre
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon
•Sunday, 3pm: Gary Hume documentary film screening. Roxburgh Entertainment Centre, 132 Scotland St, Roxburgh.
•Tomorrow, 7pm: Woman in Gold film screening.
Talks and workshops
Dorothy Browns Cinema, Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•Tomorrow, 7pm: ''What is Contemporary Art?'', talk by Christina Barton, in association with Kim Pieters' new exhibition at Nadine Milne Gallery.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Saturday, 2pm: ''Matariki at Vogel St''. Tracey Tawhiao talks about her project in the Vogel St arts precinct, followed by a walk to view her installation.
Fresh And Fruity Gallery, Level 3, 140 George St.
•Tomorrow, 6pm: Opening of ''The Waiting Room'', performances and installations by Severine Costa. Gallery hours for show: Saturday, noon-4pm.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Sunday, 1pm: Pottery demonstration by Kate Fitzharris and Marion Familton.
•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.
Remarkable Theatre Rehearsal Rooms, 4 Isle St, Queenstown.
•Saturday: Drama workshops with John Goudge: focus on theatre skills and auditioning. Registration: remarkabletheatrenz@gmail.com, 027 948-0708.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
•Until June 28: ''Korero Koe, Korero Au'', Moana Tipa.
•Until August 2: ''Stations of the Cross'', John Badcock.
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 Tuesday: Wood carvings by Murray Sheppard.
•Until August 9: ''Food For Thought'', photographic exhibition.
Dead Souls Bookshop, 401B Princes St, Dunedin.
•Until Monday: ''Disorder'', new paintings by Robert Scott.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
•Until Sunday: ''The hand of the artist is present'', Alice Alva (rear window project).
•Until Sunday: ''Parallel Play'', works by Frances Hodgkins and her European contemporaries.
•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''.
•Until August 30: ''For Luck'', Zina Swanson.
•Ongoing: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery's collection.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
•Until June 30: ''Memorial Oaks'', tribute to fallen memorial oak trees; ''Look Again'', works by Colin Wheeler from the gallery's collection.
•Until July 11: ''What is Art For #2: War Art'', artwork made during 1914-18 from the gallery's permanent collection.
•Until July 12: ''Erewhon: the book of the machines'', by Gavin Hipkins.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
•Tomorrow to June 25: paintings by John Badcock. Dunedin scenes, botanicals, portraits and garden views.
Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and Main South Rd, Green Island.
•Displaying a variety of local artwork.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
•Until June 21: ''Mapping the Terrain'', ceramics by Sue Rutherford.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
•Until June 18: Selected works.
Koru Gallery, 2 Castle St.
•Until June 27: Puaka Matariki celebration exhibition, featuring works by local artists.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
•Until July 19: ''The Night Wind Spins in the Sky and Sings'', by Liz Kempthorne.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
•Until July 1: ''Escapist'', by Neil Frazer; ''Studio 18D'', by Toss Woollaston, Pat Hanly, Ann Robinson, Chris Charteris, Chris Heaphy, Ian Scott, Dick Frizzell, Yuki Kihara and Paul Dibble.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
•Until 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: ''Strangely Familiar'', photographs by Ryan McCauley.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
•Opens tomorrow, 8pm: ''Meditations on New Zealand History'', paintings by Kim Pieters.
Old Creamery Gallery, 230 Harington Point Rd, Lower Portobello.
•Oil and acrylic landscapes by Douglas Williams, Henry Lowen-Smith and Geoff Williams.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
•Until Sunday: ''Escape Prism'', Anya Sinclair.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
•Until September 6: ''Intersections: Ceramics from Ralph Hotere's Personal Collection''.
•Until September 27: 2015 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
•Until Sunday: ''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.
•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 20: Lorna Isaac and Riki Julin.
Susan Badcock Studio, 47 Talbot St, Geraldine (back of old post office).
•Opens tomorrow, until July 18: ''Botanical Series'', hand-coloured photographs by Susan Badcock; ''Narcissistic'', works by John Badcock.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
•Until September 6: ''Cats 'n' Dogs: An Illustrated History''.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
•Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
