Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
Carousel Bar, 141 Stuart St.
• Fridays 8.30pm-10.30pm: Bill Martin jazz trio.
Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Tomorrow: Adam McGrath, lead singer and main songwriter for Lyttelton string band The Eastern, makes a rare solo appearance.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Saturday from 9pm: Aaron Downbeat, support from The Vamps.
Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Thursdays from 8.30pm: Jam night. Fridays from 9pm: Oxo Cubans.
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.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Thursday, July 25, 2pm: ''Freddo's Family Story Time''. Hop to the library with your family for a story session. Meet Freddo Frog and enjoy a chocolate treat. Free.
Cromwell Library, 43 The Mall.
• Wednesdays, 2pm-3pm: Preschool story and craft session. Preschoolers must be accompanied by a caregiver or adult.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, North Dunedin.
• Until July 26, 11am-12.30pm: Workshops for children: Collect and create a collage. Head into the garden, collect bits and pieces, and make a collage. Meet at the Dunedin Botanic Garden Information Centre. Bookings essential.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Monday, July 22, 10am, noon, 2pm and 4pm: ''Choc-Art of Creativity Classes - Painting''. Use smooth milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate to make your own masterpiece. Children under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult. Fourth floor. $5 per person. Bookings essential, phone 0800 4 2462 8687.
• Tuesday, July 23, 10am, noon, 2pm and 4pm: ''Choc-Art of Creativity Classes - Design''. Imagination and creativity is the key to decorating your own chocolate box to house your individually wrapped creations. Children under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult. Fourth floor. $5 per person. Bookings essential, phone 0800 4 2462 8687.
• Wednesday, July 24, Thursday, July 25, 10am, noon, 2pm and 4pm: ''Choc-Art of Creativity Classes - Decorating''. Learn the skills required for making your very own chocolate decorations! Children under 14 years must be accompanied by an adult. Fourth floor. $5 per person. Bookings essential, phone 0800 4 2462 8687.
• Wednesday and Friday, 10.30am: ''Freddo's Family Story Time''. Hop to the library with your family for a story session. Meet Freddo Frog and enjoy a chocolate treat. Ground floor. Free.
• Thursday, July 25, 12.30pm: ''Lunchtime Bites: Altar Boyz''. Sample the latest play from the Fortune Theatre over a hot cuppa, and go into the draw to win tickets to the show. Ground floor. Free.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until July 31, 10am-4.30pm: ''Pioneer Paradise''. Using the materials provided, take part in creating a fantasy city tucked away in the hills of the South Island where time has no meaning.
• Finishes tomorrow, 10am-4.30pm: School Holiday Best In Show.
• Draw your pet(s) using the materials on the activities table in the foyer and be in to win a prize. Two categories - 6 years and under and 7 years and over. Saskia Leek will judge the entries.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
• Today, 2pm: Crafty Kids: Bingo. Match the numbers on your card. Suitable for school-aged children. Free. Limited numbers. Bookings essential, phone 474-3690.
• Tuesday, July 23, 11am: ''Freddo's Family Story Time''. Hop to the library with your family for a story session. Meet Freddo Frog and enjoy a chocolate treat. Free.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Daily during the school holidays: Choc-quistador Quest. Search the galleries to discover the ultimate hot chocolate recipe and receive a chocolate prize. Collect your trail pack from the Search Centre Desk, atrium level 1. Free.
• Weekends during July, 3.30pm: Hot to Chop! Explore how different cultures use chopsticks, then take part in a chopsticks challenge. Atrium level 1. Free.
• Daily during the school holidays, 11am and 3pm: ''Explosive science''. From ferocious fireballs of hydrogen and oxygen to the colours of fireworks, discover how explosions take place and witness some booming good science. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• Sunday July 21, Thursday July 25, 2.30pm: The Glow Show.
• Explore all things luminous. Barclay Theatre. Free.
• Today, Tuesday and Sunday, 2.30pm: Flavour Savour.
• Experiment with your sense of taste, and learn how to fool your taste buds. Atrium level 1. Free.
• Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Witness the first flight of a butterfly. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays until July 28, 2pm: ''Tropic Exotic''. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• This weekend, 11am and 3pm: ''Absolute Zero'', Discovery World Science Show. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• 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, 20 Beach St.
• Thursday, July 25, 10am: ''Freddo's Family Story Time''. Hop to the library with your family for a story session. Meet Freddo Frog and enjoy a chocolate treat. Free.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Waikouaiti Library, 192 Main Rd.
• Monday, July 22, 2pm: ''Freddo's Family Story Time''. Hop to the library with your family for a story session. Meet Freddo Frog and enjoy a chocolate treat. Free.
Music and performance
Circadian Rhythm Cafe, St Andrew St.
• Wednesday, July 24, 8pm: Poetry readings. The Octagon Collective presents guest poets Jillian Sullivan, Kerrin P. Sharpe. MC: Sue Wootton. Open mike, free entry, all welcome.
King's and Queen's Performing Arts Centre, Bay View Rd, South Dunedin.
• Saturday, 5pm, and Sunday, 3pm: ''Mellow Cello - Bach, Haydn and Mozart''. Conductor Hamish McKeich and cellist Ashley Brown perform Bach's Orchestra Suite No. 4, Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 and Mozart's Symphony No. 41, Jupiter.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Wednesday, July 24, 1pm: Visiting Italian piano duo Marco Perciaccante and Sara Dominici perform ''Works for Two Pianos''. Adults $5, students $2.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Tuesdays, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays toccatas for organ. Free entry, donations welcome.
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays 9pm: Salsa music and dancing.
Plays
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, cnr Union and Leith Sts.
• Today and tomorrow, 1pm and 7pm: John Wayne little duck, by Kirk Torrance, directed by Sara Georgie Tunoka.
• Thursday, July 25, 1pm and 7pm, and Friday, July 27, 1pm: Dr Glam's Spooky Show hosted by Dr Glam's dark alter ego and mortal enemy Thaddius Grime. Directed by Martin Roberts.
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Daily July 20-21, 23-28, 11am and 1pm: Why Are My Parents So Boring?, by Dan Bain.
• Fortune Theatre Studio. All tickets $8. Bookings, phone 477-8323.
The Globe Theatre, London St.
• Until July 21: Little Rockin' Robin Hood. 11am and 2pm daily. Saturday 13 and both Sundays, 2pm only.
Playhouse Theatre, Albany St.
• Until July 21: The Princess and the Pea. Today to Saturday, July 20, shows at 11am and 2pm. Saturday, July 21, 2pm only.
Talks and films
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Finishes today: Spotlight on design - Jane Whittaker, of Naseby, showcases her landscapes.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Sundays throughout July at 2pm: Sundays@2. Free guided tours of the downstairs exhibitions, including ''Frances Hodgkins: Colour and Lights'', ''The Pleasure Principle'' and ''Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the Billiard Room of Horton House''.
• Saturday until July 26, 10.30am-4.30pm: Cadbury Fantastically Foiled and Crossword. Celebrate Dunedin's Botanic Garden's 150th birthday by making a flower from Cadbury's foil to display in the giant gallery flower arrangement. Complete the Cadbury Chocol-art Crossword by answering questions about works of art. All participants receive a Cadbury chocolate reward. Free.
• Saturday, July 27, 2pm-4pm: Small collage workshop with Saskia Leek. Create a small collage with Saskia Leek. Some materials will be supplied, but you may have special items you wish to include. $15 (no Eftpos). Bookings 474-3249.
• Saturday, July 27, 3pm: Iwi connections in a digital age. Prof Paul Tapsell will speak on maintaining kin-identity from a distance via social networking sites, and how such innovations have flourished in our world of digital machines. Free.
• Sunday, July 28, 3pm: ''Among The Machines'' guided tour. A wheelchair tour of the ''Among the Machines'' exhibition. All welcome. Access by arrangement. 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.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Today, 5.30pm: 10x10 Lecture Series: ''Epidemics and pandemics - a numbers game?''. Mathematical models are often used to understand the dynamics of infectious diseases and determine how an infection may be controlled or eliminated. Models help us to understand an infection's epidemiology and guide public health interventions. Hear New Zealand mathematician Mick Roberts talk about his work and how it is helping to find solutions to today's problems. Hutton Theatre. These lectures are free and open to the public. However, to ensure a seat, please obtain a ticket at www.royalsociety.org.nz. Inquiries, (04) 470-5770 or lectures@royalsociety.org.nz
• Daily talks at 2pm through July. Today: Woollen bathing suit. Tomorrow: Whio - New Zealand blue duck. Saturday: Stephen Island wren. Sunday: Operation Pedestal. Monday: Akan gold weights. Tuesday: Queen Liliuokalani's feathered cape. Wednesday: Ta moko - Maori tattooing.
• Daily during July, 4pm: Special Exhibition talk - ''China's Cultural Minorities: Silk to Silver: Collections from the Shanghai Museum''. Please meet at the information desk. Free.
• Saturday and Sunday, 11am and 3pm, and daily at 1pm during the school holidays: ''Absolute Zero''. Discovery World science show. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
• Daily at 11am and 3pm during the school holidays: ''Kaboom!''. Discovery World science show. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
Saturdays and Sundays during July, daily during the school holidays, 3.30pm: ''Hot to Chop!''. Explore how different cultures use chopsticks. Atrium level 1. Free.
Roxburgh Entertainment Centre.
• Saturday, 7pm: Snitch (M) 152mins.
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.
• 1930s hand-coloured fishing prints by Sir William Jardine Bart.
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.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• ''Beauty and Desire in Edo Period Japan''.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• 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. Until August 25: ''Winter Images''. Photographs by Grahame Sydney, including rare Antarctic pieces. Russell Henderson Gallery.
Creative Arts Centre, Clyde St, Balclutha.
• Tuesday, July 23, 7pm: Creative Arts Centre Exhibition opening night, $5 entry fee (includes wine and nibbles).
• Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm: entry $2.
Dunedin Botanic Garden, Information centre.
• Until July 30, 10am-4pm: ''Delight In Detail'', Jenny Longstaff.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Monday, noon, until Thursday, 10am: ''Recyclia Trash to Art Exhibition''. Registrations essential. Ground floor. Free. Registration, phone 477-4000 or 474-3401.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Ongoing: Frances Hodgkins, ''Kaleidoscope''.
• Until Sunday: Frances Hodgkins, ''Colour and Light''.
• Until September 8: Saskia Leek, ''Desk Collection''.
• Until September 22: ''The Pleasure Principle - Collecting and Collectors''.
• Until September 22: ''Sir Frank Brangwyn: Captain Winterbottom and the Billiard Room of Horton House''.
• Until November 3: ''Among the machines''.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Until August 11: ''A la mode: Early 19th-Century Fashion Plates''. Open Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm, weekends and public holidays 1pm-4pm.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Fifteen paintings and 15 poems celebrating the pearl wedding anniversary of Ewan and Sarah McDougall.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until July 26: ''Captured Light'', Richard Adams.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• Until July 25: ''Ordinary Icons'', Frank Gordon.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until July 27: ''Winter show'', various artists. Guest exhibitor: Glyn Davies.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• July 20-August 1: ''Kurawaka''. New works by James York and Amber Bridgman.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 11am-3pm.
• Until July 31: ''Arcadia'', Karl Maughan.
• Until July 31: ''Theme'', Merilyn Wiseman.
• Until July 31: ''Editions'', Dick Frizzell, Stanley Palmer, Reuben Paterson, Karl Maughan, Richard Orjis and Christine Webster.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until July 24: Michael Hight recent paintings.
• Until July 24: ''The Review''.
• July 27-August 21: ''Sculpture'', by Martin Selman.
• July 27-August 21: Engaging in a Lawless Landscape, by Linda Holloway.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5.30pm and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
• ''Project Ridebo'', by Dunedin photographer Alex Lovell-Smith.
• Until July 25: ''Roam Around the World'', Lauren Bremner.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St.
• Until August 6: ''Elizabeth Thomson and The Crystal Chain Gang''
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''.
OCTA Gallery and Workshop, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Until July 30: ''Habit'', an exhibition of street art and graffiti by Francis Lind.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
• Until Sunday, 10am-4pm: printmakers' exhibition, etchings, woodcuts etc.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Until October 28: ''China's Cultural Minorities: Silk to Silver, Collections from the Shanghai Museum''. Special Exhibitions Gallery. Free.
• Until July 28: 2013 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
• Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander. Stairwell display.
• Until September 15: The Moriori of Rekohu, T'chakat Henu - People of the Land. People of the World Gallery, free.
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.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm. Various artists.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Monday-Friday noon-5.30pm, Saturday 10am-2pm.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 9am-3pm.
• Until July 20: Suzanne Emslie.
• July 22-August 3: Rosemary McQueen and Riki Julin.
• August 5-17: Lisa Simpson and Louise Thompson Parker.
• August 19-31: Lorna Isaac and Anne McLean.
• September 2-14: Jo Howard and Judy Ringland Stewart.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until August 5: Works by the Green Island Art Group.
The Fix, Frederick St.
• Until August 2: Graeme Geary, Anna Read, Sue Hatherley, Jane Hamilton and Jacob Feenstra.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
• Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Open 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.
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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