Gigs
Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.
The Bog, cnr of London and George Sts.
• Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm: Livewire featuring Katie Mason playing classic rock 'n' pop hits.
Carey's Bay Historic Hotel, 17 Macandrew Rd.
• Sunday, 3-5pm: Sultry swing and jazz noir with Karin Reid and Bill Martin. Free.
Carousel Bar, 141 Stuart St.
• Fridays 8.30pm-10.30pm: Bill Martin jazz trio.
Circadian Rhythm, St Andrew St.
• Fridays, 5.30pm-8.30pm: live jazz with Philtre Trio.
Cromwell Town and Country Club, Melmore Tce.
• Sunday, 2pm: Blackboard afternoon. Inquiries to Mike Hedges (03) 445-4070.
Crown Hotel, Rattray St.
• Saturday, 9pm: Two Wolves, Scum Hammer and God Awful.
Manny's Bar, St Andrew St, Dunedin.
• Every Friday, noon-3pm: live lunchtime music with Amanda Goodwin and James Davy.
Mosgiel RSA, 6 Church St.
• Saturday, 8-11.30pm: Mosgiel RSA dance, music by Margaret Bates. Members, guests and affiliates welcome.
Nellys Bar, Mosgiel
• Tomorrow, 8pm-late: Amanda Goodwin and James Davy.
Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar, 10 Clarendon St, Dunedin.
• Thursday nights: Oxo Cubans.
Purple Rain Retro Bar and Cafe, 403 Princes St, Dunedin.
• Saturday, 8.30pm-midnight: Katharticus Metro Angel album release party.
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.
Terrace Bar, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 10pm till late: Tempo, Dance band.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
• Tonight, 5.30-6.30pm: Inge Andrew live. Gold coin entry. Family funCromwell Library, 43 The Mall. Wednesdays, 2-3pm: preschool story and craft session.
Dunedin Botanic Garden.
• Tuesday, 10.30am: Storytelling at the Dunedin Botanic Garden, nature-themed interactive stories for children of all ages (caregiver required).
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Today, 3pm-6pm: Come Write In Project, join a group of writers challenged with writing 50,000 words of a novel during the month.
• Sunday, 2pm: Once Upon a Christmas - storyteller Kaitrin McMullan and friends spin magical tales celebrating Christmas.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am-11am, until December 10: Wriggle and rhyme sessions for children aged under 2 and their parents.
• Wednesdays (excluding school holidays), 10.30am: preschool story time.
Dunedin Prison Tours
• Saturday, 10.30am: Book on www.dunedinprisontrust.co.nz.
Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave.
• Tuesdays, 11am (excluding school holidays): preschool story time.
• Wriggle & Rhyme sessions for children aged 0-2 and their parents.
• Thursdays 11am-11.30am, until December 12: Wriggle & Rhyme sessions for children aged 0-2 and their parents.
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 story time.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Music and performance
Alexandra Memorial Theatre, Skird St.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: Tutus on Tour. Tickets available Budge's Pharmacy, adults $35, tertiary $20, child $15.
The Church, Dundas St.
• Fridays 9pm: salsa music and dancing.
Dunedin Town Hall, Moray Pl.
• Monday, 7.30pm: Royal Dunedin Male Choir - Christmas concert.
Holy Cross Church Hall, Ajax St, St Kilda.
• Saturday, 5pm: a programme of duets, songs and arias presented by soprano Jenny Whitaker, mezzo Jan Harrington-Versteeg and pianist Alison Paterson. Tickets $10/$5 with light refreshments to follow.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: Bayfield Kindergarten presents 'Romantica', an evening of songs and arias, with soprano Rae Shurbutt and pianist John Van Buskirk. Door sales available.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Sunday, 2pm: The final opportunity to recognise Richard Wagner's 200th anniversary year at a concert featuring Prof Terence Dennis, Christie Cook (winner of the 2013 Otago Aria and Wellington Aria contests) and selected piano students. Admission $20, Wagner Society members/students $10.
St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Alexandra.
• Sunday, 2.30pm: Central Otago Regional Choir presents Not such a Silent Night. Carols and songs for the Christmas season with guest artists. Adults $20, school pupils free.
St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
• Sunday, 7pm: The Advent Procession with Carols - A traditional service of carols and motets sung by the Cathedral Choir, alongside readings for Advent.
• Tuesday, 12.50pm-1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ music for Advent, to include Bach's settings of Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland.
Plays
Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until December 14: Boeing Boeing, written by Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross, directed by Lara Macgregor.
Talks and films
Burns 2 Lecture Theatre, Burns Building, Albany St, Dunedin.
• Today, 5.15pm: Public lecture - Prof Will Storrar, Centre of Theological Inquiry, Prinston, will talk on ''The Scottish Referendum: A Question of Consience''. All welcome.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 3pm: John Neumegen, LEOTC teacher (Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom) offers a family-friendly talk on the Hotere Culbert exhibition and the Seung Yul Oh exhibition. Everyone is welcome.
• Sunday, 3pm: ''Introducing Elizabeth Bennet''. Emeritus Prof Jocelyn Harris celebrates the 200th birthday of Pride and Prejudice by arguing that Jane Austen based Elizabeth Bennet on Dorothy Jordan, a famous actress and mistress of the Duke of Clarence. All welcome.
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.
• Daily talks November and December: Today: The mutiny on the Bounty. Tomorrow: Tuhawaiki Kai Tahu chief. Saturday: Sri Lankan demon mask. Sunday: Greek vases - pottery of the ancient world. Daily during November, 4pm: Special exhibition talk - REVolution: 100 Years of Motorcycles. Free.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho O Te Taniwha, Queens Park, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
• Monday, 6-7pm: Friends of the Southland Museum and Art Gallery invited guest speaker Dimitri Anson, honorary fellow in the anthropology and archaeology department of the University of Otago, and previous head of humanities curator at the Otago Museum in Dunedin, will be speaking on Roman lamps and artificial lighting through history. Gold coin donation.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens.
• Sunday, 1pm: Walk - Behind the Seen. Join our staff in a tour through the Collection Store and find out what else there is to see. Free, limited numbers, bookings essential toituosm@dcc.govt.nz or 474-2185.
Exhibitions
20a Dowling St, Dunedin.
• Opens tomorrow, 5.30pm until Sunday: Salon des femmes presents ''Hellcats''. Artists: Nicki Gilmore, Anna Smythe, Susan Videler, Claire Peters, Kiri Mitchell, Marion Wassenaar, Kirsty Warman, Becs Cameron.
Acorn Gallery, 72 Albany St.
• Ongoing: Angela Burns paintings. Open weekdays 8am-5pm or weekends by appointment.
Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• Diana Adams and Deidre Copeland, new works.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
• Open daily, Wednesday-Sunday, noon-5pm.
Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Basement, 24b Moray Pl.
• Until December 21: ''Stud Flight'', by Mike Hewson.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm, Saturday noon-3pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• Until December 5: Don Driver, ''Old Tricks''.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until December 5: ''CODAT Art Gold Awards'' exhibition.
Community Gallery, 20 Princes St, Dunedin.
• Until Saturday: Otago Potters Group and Otago/Southland members of the New Zealand Potters Association annual exhibition and fundraising sale.
• Opens Tuesday until December 9: The Otago Bonsai Society bonsai exhibition. Entry by gold coin.
Corner SH6 and Sandflat Rd, Cromwell.
• Deidre Copland ''At the nose'' recent works.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until December 10: ''International Elimination of Violence Against Women'', display of 56 pairs of shoes highlighting statistics on deaths of women and children in New Zealand as a result of domestic violence.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until January 26: ''Derek Ball: High-Tech Fantasy''.
• Until January 26: ''Gregory Crewdson: In a Lonely Place''.
• Until March 9: ''Hotere Culbert''.
• Until April 20: Seung Yul Oh, ''Moamoa: A Decade''.
• Ongoing: ''Wonderwall,'' 50 paintings from the permanent collection.
• Ongoing: ''Rear Window'' Fallen Picture with Harpoon by Nick Austin.
• Ongoing: ''Specular Reflection'', paintings by Frances Hodgkins.
Dunedin School of Art, Riego St.
• Closes today, 10am-4pm: ''Site 2013'', work by graduating students.
Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
• Until Saturday: Speed and Colour: British linocuts from the 1930s.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until January 5: Parallel Threads, Oamaru textile artist Sue McLean collaborates with her husband, weaver Rod McLean.
• Until February: Drawings by Alan Pearson.
The Gallery, Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens.
• Open daily 10.30am-4pm.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Open Wednesday-Sunday, 10.30am-4.30pm.
Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Opens tomorrow until December 31: ''X'' - Collectable works by many fantastic artists.
Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Until December 12: Darren Tautari, ''Lost at Sea''. Gallery open Monday-Saturday, 11am-6pm.
Hocken Collections, University of Otago.
• Until February 7, 2014: ''Place Makers - Artists and Iconic Landscapes''.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Until December 7: Carved birds by Luke Anthony.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until December 7: Kirsten Ferguson, ''New Work''.
Koru Gallery, 4 Castle St.
• Until Saturday: Quilt Art, by Jeanette Hawker and Una Landreth.
• Opens Saturday until December 7: ''Nga Mahi toi o Waitati.''
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
• Until February 23: ''Sign of the Times'', memorabilia and objects signed by famous people.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until December 18: ''Vanitas,'' by Lorraine Rastorfer and ''Mountain Pass,'' by Simon Edwards.
• Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday, 11am-3pm.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until December 11: Hannah Kidd ''Under Dog'' and Christine Cathie ''Contour''.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• Closes today: ''Dissimilitude'', a joint show by Dylan Peat and George Fraser.
• Gallery open Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5.30pm, and Saturday, 10am-4pm.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St.
• Until December 6: Fiona Pardington - Works from the Colin McCahon residency.
Nectar Cafe, 286 Princes St
• Until Saturday: paintings by Kate Williamson.
North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: ''Waitaki Landscapes''.
OCTA Gallery and Workshop, Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
• Until Sunday: Exhibition by the Wednesday Group.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station.
• Until Sunday: International Exhibition at Otago Art Society - OAS members who have made New Zealand home have submitted paintings, etc representing their homeland or heritage. All works for sale. Open daily 10am-4pm.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Until February 16: REVolution: 100 Years of Motorcycles - Get up close to more than 100 motorcycles, discover innovations in their design and technology, and kick-start your summer with a ride on the wild side.
• Ongoing: ''Sir Edmund Hillary: New Zealander''. Stairwell display.
Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Until December 8: ''Cannibal Bay Kitchenalia'', ceramics by Esther Sinclair.
The Picture Lounge, 31 Dunmore 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.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery Niho O Te Taniwha, Queens Park, 108 Gala St, Invercargill.
• Until January 12: ''Julius Caesar - Military Genius and Mighty Machines''.
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 Saturday: Ron Esplin.
• Until January 29: ''Essence of Central Otago'', photographs by Gilbert van Reenen.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
• Opens tomorrow: ''Mythos'', works by Donald Paterson and Kano.
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: works by the Taieri Art Group.
Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, 29 Rees St, Queenstown.
• Until December 17: Albert McCarthy, with guests Steve Gwaliasi, Dan Dick and Johnny Penisula.
Tony Williams Workshop and Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Moray Pl.
• Opens Tuesday until December 24: ''The Green Man'' and other new pieces.
• Open Tuesday-Friday, 11am-5.30pm, Saturday, 11am-2pm.
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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