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, 2 Mount St, Port Chalmers.
• Erin Morton, Drew Englehutt and Lisa Tui. Doors at 8pm, music at 8.30. $10
Circadian Rhythm, St Andrew St.
• Fridays, 5.30pm-8.30pm: live jazz with Philtre Trio.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
• Saturday, doors open 8.30pm: Public gig - Edison's Hoax, Justin van der Water and Creamery. Members $3: public $5.
Forsyth Barr Stadium, 130 Anzac Ave.
• Tonight: 6pm-8.30pm: Light Party, bands Reo, Falconets, Soul Deep, as well as bouncy castles, face-painting, crafts, active games, children's entertainers and a noddy train. Gold coin donation.
Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
• Wednesday, 7pm: Robyn Johnston Just What I Need CD release and show with the Oxo Cubans.
Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin.
• Thursday nights: 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.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
• Saturday, from 8.30pm: Halloween Variety show (R18) followed by the Willy Wonky dance party at 10pm.
Family fun
Cromwell Library, 43 The Mall.
• Wednesdays, 2-3pm: preschool story and craft session.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Wednesdays (excluding school holidays), 10.30am: preschool story time.
Dunedin Prison Tours
• Tuesdays and Saturdays in November at 10.30am. Book on www.dunedinprisontrust.co.nz.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
• Today, 11am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Tuesdays, 11am (excluding school holidays): preschool story time.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday and Sunday, 3.30pm: ''Arachni-mania''. Investigation Station: Sort the facts from fiction about our native spiders.
• Daily, 10.30am: ''First-flight butterfly release''. Tropical Forest. Free with your Discovery World Tropical Forest admission.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
• Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am (excludes school holidays): preschool storytime.
Rudolf Steiner School and Kindergarten, 1 Fern Rd, Maia.
• Sunday, 11am-4pm: Pony rides, storytelling and other family fun activities.
Sammy's, 65 Crawford St.
• Saturday, 4pm: an Alice and Wonderland show for families and children.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays 9pm: Salsa music and dancing.
James Cumming Wing, Gore.
• Tomorrow, 8pm: The Nairobi Trio in concert.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd, Waitati.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: ''In Imitation of Birds'', a fundraising concert by the Rare Byrds Early Music Consort. Bookings: 482-1755 or email info@orokonui.org.nz.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Tuesdays, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays Handel's Musick for the Royal Fireworks.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Tomorrow and Saturday, 7.30pm: Touring Court Theatre production of one-woman play Bombshells, starring Ali Harper.
Playhouse Theatre, 31 Albany St.
• Wednesday-November 9, 7.30pm and November 10, 1.30pm: Stageworks Theatre Society presents the popular play, Little Women.
Talks and films
A Drop of Red, SH6 Cromwell.
• Today-Monday: Cromwell Film Society - Song For Marion.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
• Thursdays, 4.30pm: tours of the Theomin art collection, bookings essential.
• Saturday, 2-4pm: Edwardian Cuisine Tour - The Edwardian kitchen was the heart of the Theomin home. Learn about the workings of the kitchen, preparing menus and taste for yourself some of the food served during the era. Adults $25 and children $10, bookings essential.
• Daily tours at 9.30am, 10.45am, noon, 1.30pm, 2.45pm and 4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Today, 6pm: ''The Supernatural'' - illustrated talk - master the mystery and history of Samhain, Beltane and Halloween this All Hallows' Eve, with the University of Denver's Dr Kim Axline Morgan. Hutton Theatre, free.
• Daily talks October and November: Today: Gold rush - the discovery that shaped Dunedin. Tomorrow: Tuhawaiki Kai Tahu chief. Saturday: Sri Lankan demon mask. Sunday: The Upland moa - extinct bird of the South.
• Daily during October, 4pm: special exhibition talk - ''China's Cultural Minorities: Silk to Silver: Collections from the Shanghai Museum''. Meet at the information desk. Free.
• Daily until November 10, 2.15pm: Otago Museum H.D. Skinner annex tour. Free.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
• Sunday, 10am-noon: Walk: ''Dunnies, Drains, Derrieres 'n' Dames'' - Kaitrin McMullan takes a walking tour of Dunedin's wackiest water closets, from the Queens Gardens to the Market Reserve. Bring comfortable shoes and a stout sense of humour! Meet at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum Josephine Foyer. Free, booking required: toituosm@dcc.govt.nz or (03) 477-5052.
Exhibitions
Acorn Gallery, 72 Albany St.
• Ongoing: Angela Burns paintings. Open weekdays 8am-5pm or weekends by appointment.
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.
• Until Sunday South Canterbury Art Society 61st annual exhibition.
Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Works by Inge Doesburg, Llew Summers and Zuna Wright.
Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Basement, 24b Moray Pl.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• Rob McHaffie ''Farang Mak''.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until November 14: ''Spotlight on design'' with Lynne Wilson and Joan Neil.
• Until December 5: ''CODAT Art Gold Awards'' exhibition. Creative Arts Centre, Balclutha.
• Opens Wednesday until November 10: Art South Otago Annual Exhibition and TrustPower Awards 2013. Open daily 10am-4.30pm.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until November 17: Meet You at the Gardens.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until Sunday: ''Among the Machines''.
• Until January 26: ''Gregory Crewdson: In a Lonely Place''.
• Until March 9: ''Hotere Culbert''.
• Ongoing: ''Rear Window'' Jack Hadley, Frances Hodgkins' Umbrella.
• Ongoing: ''Specular Reflection'', paintings by Frances Hodgkins
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until November 12: ''Yet Another Side to Gordon Evans''. Local artists also have a display of work. Open Monday-Saturday, 11am-6pm.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
• Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Hocken Collections, University of Otago.
• Until February 7, 2014: ''Place Makers'' - Artistic and iconic landscapes.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• October: Liz Rowe with her exhibition entitled ''30 pounds of clay''.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Opens tomorrow until November 16: new work ''nine oil paintings of pots with flowers'' by Marie Strauss
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• Until November 7: Rudie Verhoef's unique hand-crafted outdoor furniture made from locally milled redwood.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
• Opens Saturday until February 23: ''Sign of the Times'', memorabilia and objects signed by famous people.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until November 20: Neil Dawson ''Silver Linings'' and Mervyn Williams ''Coloured-In''. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 11am-3pm.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until November 13: Darryn George, ''Notes on Isaiah''.
• Until November 13: Spring Catalogue.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• ''New Identity'', by Dunedin visual artist Ross Davidson.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5.30pm and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
• Opens tomorrow: ''JZR+AN+RW= Very nice art'' with John Z Robinson, Annie Nevin and Robert West.
Nectar Cafe, 286 Princes St
• Until November 30: Paintings by Kate Williamson.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''.
OCTA Gallery and Workshop, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Ongoing: ''Habit'', an exhibition of street art and graffiti by Francis Lind.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander. Stairwell display.
• Until November 10: ''Heritage Lost And Found: Our Changing Cityscape'', Otago Museum H.D. Skinner annex, Museum Reserve.
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.
Quadrant Gallery, Bracken Court, 480 Moray Pl.
• Tuesday-Friday, noon-5.30pm, Saturday 11am-2pm.
South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Open 1pm-5pm Friday-Sunday or by appointment.
Speargrass Inn Gallery, 1300 Fruitlands-Roxburgh Rd (SH8), Alexandra.
• Until November 30: Ron Esplin.
Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Open Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturdays, 9am-3pm.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until Tuesday: Landscapes by local photographer Robert Evans.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, 29 Rees St, Queenstown.
• Aaron Kereopa. Rongomaiaia Te Whaiti ''Te Whare Wananga - The House of Learning and Knowledge''.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Open Tuesday-Friday, 11am-5.30pm, Saturday, 11am-2pm.
Waikouaiti Library, Main Road, Waikouaiti.
• Until November 10: Portrait exhibition - See through the eyes of a new generation, self-portraits by local children.
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.
The Wallpaper House Gallery, Studio. 29 Lees St.
• Open Saturday, 11am-4pm. Sunday, 11am-4pm.
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