Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd.
• Sunday, 3pm-5pm: Jazz Noir and Honky Tonk with Will Martin (piano) and Karin Reid (vocals). Free.
Carousel Bar, 141 Stuart St.
• Fridays 8.30pm-10.30pm: Bill Martin jazz trio.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Thursdays from 8.30pm: Jam night. Fridays from 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
Ombrellos, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin.
• Today, 5.30pm-7.30pm: Erin Morton and Dave James (bass).
Queens, 1 Queens Gardens.
• Today, 8.30pm: Eye with Sewage and Unspecified, $5.
• Tomorrow, 7pm: Glorybox presents Queens of the Exchange (visual art, dancing and music)
• Saturday: Dudley Benson with Hopey One/Trick Mammoth and Murderbike.
• Wednesday, 8pm: Queens Got Talent. Free.
Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St. Thursdays from 8.30pm: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet.
• Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St. Thursdays 9pm: Open mike night.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 9pm: The Nudge with Alizarin Lizard and Geysers. Presales ($10) available from Cosmic Corner instore and online, $15 on the door.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Fridays,10.30am: story time.
Cromwell Library, 43 The Mall.
• Wednesdays, 2-3pm: Preschool story and craft session. Preschoolers must be accompanied by a caregiver or adult.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until June 30: Wish Upon a Star. Make a wish for Matariki, the Maori New Year. Write it on a star and hang it in your local library to share with others. Free.
• Tuesdays, 10.30-11am: Wriggle and Rhyme: Active movement for early learning, term two. Fourth floor, free.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am (excludes school holidays): Preschool story time, story pit.
Kaikorai Valley College, 500 Kaikorai Valley Rd.
• Sunday, 2pm-3.30pm: Life Education Trust Otago zumba party for Harold fundraiser. Attendance by donation (minimum $5 or $15 per family).
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am (excluding school holidays): preschool story time.
• Thursdays, 11am: Wriggle and Rhyme: Active movement for early learning, term two, free.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
• Saturday and July 6, 4.30pm: Orokonui Star Tour with Kane Holmes. A twilight stroll among Orokonui's wild kaka, then, after dark, a southern interpretation of the night sky. Cost: $20 adults, $10 children. Bookings essential, phone (03) 482-1755.
• Sunday and July 7, 11am: Orokonui ''Plant a star and story time''. Collect the seeds of native plants and plant them in a special named pot. Orokonui will look after the seedling and children can return next year to plant it in a special place inside the sanctuary. Cost $7 (bookings are essential, phone (03) 482-1755).
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sunday, 11am, 1pm and 3pm: ''Southern Stargazing''. Discover legends based on the southern stars Puaka Matariki. Tangata Whenua Gallery. Suitable for ages 5-plus. Free. Bookings essential.
• Daily, 10.30am: ''First flight butterfly release''. Witness the first flight of a butterfly. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• Daily during June: ''Karetao Creations'' children's workshop. Make your own paper karetao puppet to tell stories and put on shows. Atrium level 1, free. Today and July 4, 3.30pm: ''Mega Matter'', Discovery Club. $12 per child per session, ages 8-12. Bookings essential. Phone 474-7474.
• This weekend, 11am and 3pm: ''Absolute Zero'', Discovery World Science Show. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• This weekend, 3.30pm: ''Dem Bones'' Investigation Station. Atrium level 1, free. Discover some freaky facts about your super skeleton.
• Guided museum tours. Daily, 11.30am: Highlights of the Museum: $12 per person or free for Otago residents bringing non-Otago visitors.
• Daily, 3.30pm: Southern Land, Southern People. Cost as above.
• Daily, 1.30pm: Tropical Forest. $26 per person (includes Tropical Forest admission).
• For bookings, phone 474-7474 or book online at www.otagomuseum.govt.nz.
Port Chalmers Library.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am (excludes school holidays): preschool story time.
Puketeraki Marae, Apes Rd, Karitane
• July 5 and 6, 7pm: Matariki At The Marae: A celebration of Matariki. Adults $15, children $5. Contact Suzi Flack (021) 257-6048.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
• Tomorrow, 7pm-8pm: Freaky Friday: Join Danny on an exciting adventure after dark in the museum. Suitable for ages 7-12, $10 per person or $25 family pass. Booking required.
• This weekend, 10am-4pm: Crafty kids: Make a starry night sky to celebrate Puaka Matariki.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Catholic Church, Alexandra.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: Central Otago Regional Orchestra ''A Winter Concert'', conducted by Aart Brusse. Works by Smetana, Cimarosa, Bach, Purcell, Britten, Phyllis Tate and John Williams. Tickets $20 from Budges Pharmacy, door sales, school pupils free.
Dunedin Community Gallery, 20 Princes St.
• July 2-7, 10am-5pm: Follow the Party of the Whale. Artists Iain Frengley and Shannon Te Ao present a video installation work that retraces and reinterprets a commemorative hikoi held in 1985 by local iwi. The hikoi remembered the 19th-century Maori prisoners brought to Dunedin during the conflicts between early settlers and followers of Parihaka leaders Te Whiti O Rongomai and Tohu Kakahi.
Coronation Hall, Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Ends Saturday: Taieri Musical Society presents Les Miserables. Tickets $45 (adults), $42 (seniors/students), $35 (children). Available from TicketDirect and the Regent.
Cromwell Presbyterian Church, Elspeth St.
• Saturday, 2.30pm: Central Otago Regional Orchestra is performing The Moldau River, a symphonic poem by Frederick Smetana. Tickets $20 on the door or at Paper Plus. School pupils free.
Dunedin Town Hall.
• Today, 6.30pm: The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra presents Verdi's Requiem, featuring NZSO music director Pietari Inkinen (conductor), Lisa Harper-Brown, Margaret Medlyn, Rosario La Spina, Jud Arthur and City Choir Dunedin.
Memorial Hall, Melmore Tce, Cromwell.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: Central Otago chamber music series featuring pianist Jason Bae. Tickets $15 (adult), $10 (Gold Card) and $5 (student/child) available from the Cromwell i-Site.
Regent Theatre, the Octagon.
• Tomorrow, Saturday, 8pm: K Rd Strip - A Place to Stand, by the Okareka Dance Company (R18). A whirlwind of drag, haka, dance, waiata, pole, poi, theatre and Kiwi music. Book at the Regent or online via TicketDirect.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Tuesdays, 12.50pm-1.10pm: Donald Cullington plays organ music by Johann Sebastian Bach. Free entry/donations welcome.
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays 9pm: Salsa music and dancing.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, 31 Queens Gardens.
• Today, 6.30pm-7.30pm: Jo Little and Jared Smith are an alt-folk/soul-blues duo from Dunedin. Gold coin entry.
Waitati Community Hall, Harvey St.
• Saturday, 7pm: Skulldubbery and Taha and the Takahes, $10 on the door.
Plays
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago.
• Until June 30, 7.30pm: Piccolo Cor, devised by Anna and Miriam Noonan. Tickets ($15 waged, $10, unwaged) available at the door or from www.dashtickets.co.nz
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until July 13: Tribes, by Nina Raine. About a young deaf man's place in his family.
Talks and films
Coronation Hall, Portobello.
• Saturday July 6, 7.30pm: Author Peter Hayden and photographer Rod Morris present an illustrated talk on An Extraordinary Land. This is a fundraiser for the Caselberg Trust Artists Residence in Broad Bay.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until June 30: Spotlight on design. Jane Whittaker, from Naseby, showcases her landscapes.
Centre for Sustainability, seminar room, 530 Castle St.
• Today, 4pm: Vicent Gasso (Aarhus University, Denmark) presents ''Measuring sustainability: Where to place the bar? (The case of the New Zealand vineyards)''.
Dunedin Botanic Garden.
• July 5, noon: ''Making history - and looking to the future'', by Alan Matchett, team leader/curator of Dunedin Botanic Garden. Botanic Garden Centre, upper Lovelock Ave.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Thursday, July 4, 10am-8pm: America's National Parks: Yellowstone. Duration: 1 hour, screenings on the hour. Teen space. Free.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 2pm-4pm: Watercolour Workshop II.
• Join tutor Pauline Ballamy to learn the basics or build on skills you already have. $25 (no eftpos) includes materials. For bookings phone 474-3249. Maximum 15.
• Sunday, 3pm: Maori Language Week. Karyn Paringatai, lecturer in Te Tumu University of Otago on the theme for Maori Language Week, Nga Ingoa Maori (Maori names). All welcome. Free.
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.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Bay Rd, Waitati.
• Tomorrow, 7pm: Bond Street Bridge presents The Explorers Club: Antarctica with a talk from Neville Peat. Tickets: $20. Contact Orokonui Ecosanctuary (03) 482-1755 or secretary@orokonui.org.nzSaturday, 6pm: Pecha Kucha Night Matariki Special. Adult $8, children free. Phone (03) 477-3350.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday and Sunday, 3pm: Abalone Wars Episode Two. Follow the men and women who risk their lives in one of the world's most dangerous jobs - diving for abalone. Barclay Theatre. Entry by gold coin.
• Daily talks at 2pm through June. Today: Plesiosaur - New Zealand's largest fossil. Tomorrow: The Egyptian mummy. Saturday: Southern whaling - a lost industry. Sunday: Te Paranihi - a waka of three parts. Monday: The three bears of the Otago Museum. Tuesday: The fin whale skeleton. Wednesday: Tuatara - ancient reptile.
• Daily during June, 4pm: Special Exhibition talk - The Moriori of Rekohu, T'chakat henu - People of the Land. Please meet at the information desk. Free.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until July 31: ''Thirty Three''. Las Vegas-based artist Matt Couper presents a glimpse of each year of his life through updated 16th-century Spanish retablo paintings.
• Until August 4: ''Towards the Stranding of the Faerie Queen''. Aoraki Polytechnic tutor Michael Armstrong presents recent drawings, paintings and a sculpture on the theme of disasters.
Anneloes Douglas Studio+Gallery, 91 Lower Stuart St.
• Open Monday-Friday noon-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-2pm.
Arrowtown Gallery, 8 Berkshire St.
• New works by Ping Wang.
Art-cut Gallery, 71 Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Contemporary art and design, open 10am-4pm.
The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• ''The Muses'', Donna Demente.
Blue Oyster Gallery, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
• Until July 13: ''Put Up Your Dukes!'', by Jill Sorensen and Gabrielle Amodeo.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• ''Beauty and Desire in Edo Period Japan''.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• June: ''Spotlight on Design'', Jane Whittaker.
• Daily, 10am-4pm: ''Behind The Name''. An exhibition exploring the lives and stories of our namesakes (William Bodkin, Russell Henderson, John McCraw and Elizabeth Heafey). Gold coin entry.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Information centre.
• Until June 30, 10am-4pm: ''Botanical Artists Acclaimed in New Zealand and Abroad''. Showcasing the work of Pat Brooke, Audrey Eagle, Sue Wickison and John Noakes.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until June 30: ''Caxton Press: The Art of Ordered Plainness''. Meet the creative risk-takers of New Zealand's printing industry.
Dunedin International Airport.
• May-June: Kylie Duncan.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Ongoing: Saskia Leek, ''Desk Collection''.
• Until July 21: Frances Hodgkins, ''Colour and Light''.
• Ongoing: Marco Fusinato, ''Reproduction of Double Infinitive 2''.
• Ongoing: ''The Pleasure Principle - Collecting and Collectors''.
• Ongoing: ''Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the Billiard Room of Horton House''.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Fifteen paintings and 15 poems celebrating the pearl wedding anniversary of Ewan and Sarah McDougall.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
• Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Until July 11: ''Winter Group Show'', featuring paintings from Nic Dempster, Suzy Platt, Philip James Frost, Flynn Morris-Clarke, Simon Kaan, Philip Maxwell, John Badcock, Maria Kemp, Brad Novak, Philip Beadle, Shane Hansen and Phillip Beadle.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery 33, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Ends tomorrow: Louise McRae, ''Top of the Lake'' and Jane Mitchell, ''Postscapes''.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until July 14: ''In The Steps Of My Father'', by Ron Esplin. Gallery open Monday-Friday 11am-6pm and Saturday 11am-5pm.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Until July 12: ''Sea Change'', oil paintings by Nigel Wilson.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until July 6: Various artists.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery Arrowtown.
• Until July 14: Embroidered art by members of the Queenstown Embroiderers' Guild.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday 11am-3pm.
• Until July 3: Lorene Taurerewa, ''Tafelspiele''.
• Until July 3: ''Small Works''.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• June 29-July 24: Michael Hight recent paintings.
• Until July 24: ''The Review''.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• ''Project Ridebo'', by Dunedin photographer Alex Lovell-Smith.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Until July 2: ''Violet Dusk'', by Gretchen Albrecht.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''.
Otago Art Society. Dunedin Railway Station gallery, open 10am-4pm daily.
• Until Sunday: ''2013 Annual Exhibition'' including paintings, ceramics and jewellery. All works for sale.
OCTA Gallery and Workshop, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Until July 30: ''Habit'', an exhibition of street art and graffiti by Francis Lind.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Until July 28: 2013 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
• Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until August 4: ''Paint the Town'', by Unn West. Ongoing: ''Mementos of the South''.
Art South Otago.
• Open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm. Weekends: 10am-4pm.
The Picture Lounge, 48 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• New Zealand's Photographers' Gallery.
Portobello Gallery, cnr Highcliff and Portobello Rds, Otago Peninsula.
• Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm. Various artists.
Queens, 1 Queens Gardens.
• Tomorrow, 7pm: GloryBox (women's art collective). Maggie Covell (painter), Kira Hundleby (singer/songwriter, dancer), Jo Little (painter, singer/songwriter), Cassandra Lynne (photographer), Laura Jane Archer (photographer), Kate Brown (painter), Verity Kerr. Also appearing, Hana Fahey (musician) and Nannystate (band).
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Monday-Friday noon-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-2pm.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
• Until Sunday: ''Built Small: Miniature Models''. A look at the history of model-making.
• Until Sunday: ''Times of our lives, 150 years of The Southland Times''.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Until Sunday, 1pm-5pm: ''The Body Worked Art Exhibition''. Pay 'n' go art by artists including Jemima Pedro, Lindsay Crooks and Janet Weir.
St Martin's Hall, Northumberland St, North East Valley.
• Until Saturday, 11am-4pm: The Arts Bazaar (run by Northern Artery).
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until July 2: Works by Kaori Jackson.
Taste Merchants, 36 Stuart St.
• Ends tomorrow, 8am-4pm: ''Welcome to the Jungle'', paintings by Craig Freeborn.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Tuesday-Friday 11am-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-2pm.
The Winehouse Gallery, 5592 Ettrick-Raes Junction Rd.
• Featuring works by Johanne Flanagan, James Russell, Sally Jory, Gail Kemp. Open 11am-8pm.
Underground market, George St (opposite Farmers).
• Ends tomorrow: ''And now the news'', by Daniel Roberts.
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.
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