Gigs
Chick's Hotel, 2 Mount St, Port Chalmers.
• Saturday, 8.30pm: Anika Moa, Queen At The Table tour.
Crown Hotel, 179 Rattray St.
• Friday, 9pm: Viral, Abstract Survival.
• Saturday, 9pm: Ratface, God Awful and Turbulent Juice.
Dunedin Musicians Club, 12 Manse St.
• Tomorrow, 7.30pm: ''Reverberation'', featuring King Weasel's Army, The Tommy Gunners, Bulletproof Convertible, Violet Ohs, Doll Drums and Ejets. Grainstore Gallery, 9 Harbour St, Oamaru.
• Sunday, 5pm: Anika Moa, Queen At The Table tour.
New Edinburgh Folk Club, 50 Dundas St.
• Sunday, 7.30pm: Jean Barkman.
The Sherwood, 554 Frankton Rd, Queenstown.
• Today, 9pm: Anika Moa, Queen At The Table tour.
• Tomorrow, 8.30pm: Graeme James, Alive single release.
Family fun
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Saturday, 11.45am: Nick Duval Smith tells Roald Dahl tales on the author's 99th birthday.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Sunday, 2pm: Nick Duval Smith tells Roald Dahl tales on the author's 99th birthday.
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 forest admission.
Port Chalmers Library, 20 Beach St.
• Saturday, 1.15pm: Nick Duval-Smith tells Roald Dahl tales on the author's 99th birthday.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St.
• Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.
Visitor Information Centre, 26 Princes St.
• Daily, 10am: Walk Dunedin, inner city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.
Waikouaiti Library, Main Rd, Waikouaiti.
• Saturday, 10.15am: Nick Duval Smith tells Roald Dahl tales on the author's 99th birthday.
Music and performance
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
• Wednesday, 6.30pm: ''A Little Bit of Hoopla'', poetry readings and anecdotes from Dunedin poet Carolyn McCurdie's Hoopla 2015 tour.
Eastern Southland Gallery, 14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
• Sunday, 5.30pm: ''String Wizardry'', harpist Helen Webby and Davy Stuart.
Glenroy Auditorium, 1 Harrop St.
• Wednesday, 7.30pm: Chamber Music New Zealand presents ''Inspired by Bach'', concert by Michael Houstoun.
Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Saturday, 1.15-3.30pm: Organ concert to celebrate Knox Choir's 150th anniversary.
Marama Hall, University of Otago.
• Saturday, 3pm: Lilburn centenary commemoration concert presented by Philip Norman.
• Sunday, 3pm: New Zealand Piano Music Retrospective, presented by Gillian Bibby with Terence Dennis (piano).
• Wednesday, 1pm: Music department lunchtime concert; senior performance students in recital.
St Andrew's Church Hall, Blyth St, Cromwell.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: ''String Wizardry'', concert by harpist Helen Webby and Davy Stuart. St Joseph's Cathedral Chapel, entry via Tennyson St.
• Sunday, 2pm: ''Northern Lights: Songs from Scandinavia'', Southern Consort of Voices concert, with folk fiddle player Anna Bowen.
St Paul's Cathedral, the Octagon.
• Tuesday, 12.50pm 1.10pm: George Chittenden plays organ music from Scotland. Includes works by Leighton and Macmillan.
Thistle Cafe and Bar, 23 The Octagon.
• Monday, 7pm: New Zealand Society of Authors writers salon, featuring readings by Kath Beattie, Genevieve Scanlan and Jane Woodham.
Film and theatre
Allen Hall Theatre, University of Otago, cnr Union and Leith Sts.
• Today and tomorrow, 1pm: Lunchtime Theatre; Riding in Cars With (Mostly Straight) Boys.
Athenaeum Hall, 33 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• Until Saturday: Remarkable Theatre presents Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced, 7.30pm and 2pm Saturday.
Cromwell Memorial Hall, Melmore Tce, Cromwell.
• Today, 7.30pm: Fortune Theatre presents The Hound of the Baskervilles. Tickets from Central Otago visitor centres.
Lake Wanaka Centre, 89 Ardmore St, Wanaka.
• Tomorrow, 7.30pm: Fortune Theatre presents The Hound of the Baskervilles. Queenstown Memorial Centre, 1 Memorial St, Queenstown.
• Saturday, 7.30pm: Fortune Theatre presents The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Talks and workshops
Cromwell Library, 43 The Mall, Cromwell.
• Tomorrow, 10.30am: Author Kaye Moore talks about writing and self publishing her debut novel, D Time. RSVP to: libraries@codc.govt.nz
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Today, 6pm-8pm: ''Tried, true, and new ways to effectively market your book'', New Zealand Society of Authors professional development seminar. Bookings: 474 3690 or library@dcc.govt.nz.
• Monday, noon: ''Flatting 101'', seminar presented by Community Law Otago.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 3pm: Talk by curator Lucy Hammonds about the ''Wanderings'' exhibition.
• Sunday, 3pm: Talk by PhotoForum member Gary Blackman on the ''History in the Taking'' exhibition.
• Wednesday, 10.30am: ''Dunedin Street Art - The Next Stage'', talk by Dr Glen Hazelton to Friends of the Gallery.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
• Thursdays, 4.30pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Daily, 2pm: ''Highlights of the Museum'' guided tour. Meet at information desk.
Exhibitions
Aigantighe Art Gallery, 49 Waiiti Rd, Timaru.
• Until October 11: ''Tonga 'i Onopooni'', Tongan contemporary art; works by Hamish Mio.
Archives New Zealand Dunedin Regional Office, 556 George St.
• Until October 16: ''Dunedin 1865: Public Works and Buildings''. Open open 9.30am 5pm daily.
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.
• Gallery open Wednesday Sunday, noon 5pm.
Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• ''Cohort'', Patrick Hartigan.
Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• Until October 4: ''Reflections'', commemorative exhibition for Alexandra artist Doug Ayson.
City College, 911 Cumberland St.
• Today, 5pm-6pm: City College student art show.
Community Gallery, 20 Princes St, Dunedin.
• Until Saturday: Otago Potters' Group annual exhibition and sale.
Dunedin International Airport.
• Until October 31: Exhibition at the Terminal - Lindsay Crooks.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday to November 29: ''Sublime Worlds'', Martin Thompson.
• Until September 20: ''Even a long human life adds up to only about 650,000 hours'', Gabrielle Amodeo.
• Until September 27: ''Parallel Play: Frances Hodgkins and her European Contemporaries''.
• Until September 27: ''Dunedin 1865: A City Rises'', Dunedin Heritage Festival exhibition.
• Until November 1: ''Wanderings'', works from the collection on the theme of travel.
• Until November 8: ''The Sargood Gift: A Tribute to the Sargood Family''.
• Until November 15: ''History in the Taking: 40 Years of Photoforum''.
• Until November 29: ''36 Views of Mt Fuji'', Katsushika Hokusai.
• Until February 21: ''Stranger in Strange Land'', by Jae Hoon Lee.
• Ongoing: ''Belonging'', works from the gallery's collection.
The Fix, Frederick St.
• Until October 2: ''Works on Paper'', artworks by Columba College senior visual arts students.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin.
• Until September 17: ''Street Appeal'', new works by Nic Dempster.
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.
• Sunday to October 4: ''Rolling Time and Shifting Spaces...'', oil paintings and mixed media works by Gail de Jong.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Until Saturday: ''The Monkey in the Machine'', drawings by Philip Madill.
• Gallery open Thursday Saturday, noon 2pm.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery, Arrowtown.
• Today to November 1: ''Sounds Like Us: 100 years of Radio New Zealand'', interactive exhibition.
Meridian Mall, George St.
• Today to Sunday: Green Island Art Group exhibition.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until September 23: ''Atmosphere: People of Moana'' by Andy Leleisi'uao; ''A Study of a Samoan Savage'' by Yuki Kihara.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St.
• Until Wednesday: ''Signal'' by Graham Bennett; ''The Catchments'' by Wayne Barrar.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• ''Spring Mix'', various artists.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
• Until September 24: ''People and Places'', acrylic paintings by Judy Smith.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
• ''Earthrise'', paintings by Russell Moses.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Until September 27: 2015 Otago Wildlife Photography Exhibition.
• Ongoing: ''Surviving Chunuk Bair: H.D. Skinner at Gallipoli''.
Reed Gallery, Dunedin City Library.
• Until October 11: ''Dunedin City of Literature: The First 100 Years''. South Seas Gallery, 1088 Brighton Rd, Brighton.
• Until October 25: 15th birthday exhibition, ''Artist at Work'', by J.K. Weir. Gallery hours: Friday Sunday, 1pm 5pm. State of Princes, 393 Princes St, Dunedin.
• Until September 27: ''Concrete Dirt Parfait'', Zina Swanson.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru.
• ''Recycled Relics'', sculpture by Chris Meder.
Stuart St Potters Co operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• Until Saturday: Lorna Isaac and Riki Julin.
• Monday to September 26: Jo Howard and Rosemary McQueen.
Warbirds and Wheels, Wanaka Airport.
• Ongoing: ''Come Up and See My Etchings'', Grahame Sydney.
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