What’s on in Nelson

❚ Brent Forbes’ exhibition Coastal is at Red Gallery, Bridge St, Nelson until today.

❚ Chromatic Surfaces by Dunedin-based MFA (distinction) Jessica Ritchie and Low Hanging Fruit by local artists David Carson and Jim Mackay are being exhibited at the Refinery ArtSpace, Halifax St, Nelson until tomorrow.

❚ The Caroline Bellamy: Wild & Light exhibition, capturing New Zealand’s landscapes, is at the Parker Gallery, Achilles Ave, Nelson until December 11.

❚ James Robinson is holding an exhibition of works on paper that explore the darkness of the human psyche at the Quiet Dog Gallery, Wakatu Lane, Nelson until December 15.

❚ A retrospective exhibition examining the life and work of painter Helen Flora Victoria Scales (1887-1985) is at Nelson’s Suter Art Gallery until January 27.

❚ The Centre for Fine Woodworking opens its annual exhibition at the Refinery Artspace on December 13 at 5.30pm. The exhibition runs until January 12.

❚ Nelson City Brass is holding its Festive Brass concert directed by Nigel Weeks tomorrow at 6pm at Nelson’s Christ Church Cathedral; adults $20.

❚ The Nelson Male Voice Choir’s Summer Concert has a Christmas theme. Nelson Centre of Musical Arts, tomorrow at 2pm. Adults $25, children $5.

❚ NCMA’s Schola Orchestra will be performing at Golden Bay High School tomorrow at 7.30pm. Adults $10, children $5 (cash door sales only).

❚ Nelson Musical Theatre’s production of the Broadway hit Avenue Q is on at its base in Atawhai Drive, Nelson until tomorrow.

❚ Interested in film-making? Members of the Nelson branch of the Top of the South Island Film Society meet at Deville in New St, Nelson on the second Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm.