Talks and workshops
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Tomorrow, 5.30pm: ‘‘Going Local Dunedin’’, New Zealand Music Month event. Meet people working in the music industry and ask about anything music related.
Tuesday, 6pm: ‘‘Dunedin — Visions from the
past’’, talk by Heritage New Zealand Otago Southland Manager Jonathan Howard. Bookings: (03) 4743690 or library@dcc.govt.nz
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon. Wednesday, 10.30am: New Zealand Music Month performance by Robert Scott, and talk by Hocken librarians Amanda Mills and Katherine Milburn.
Wednesday, 7.30pm: ‘‘The Violin in Art and Craft’’, Otago Decorative and Fine Arts Society lecture.
Dunedin School of Art room P152, Riego St. Today, noon: ‘‘CLINKProject: Collaboration — Intervention — Exhibition’’, seminar by
Johanna Zellmer and Andrew Last.
Wednesday, 5.30pm: ‘‘The Story of American Ceramics’’, talk by US studio potter Ben Carter.
Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave.
Today, 1pm: ‘‘From Beethoven to Bolan . . . and beyond!’’, four New Zealand Music Month talks by University of Otago doctoral students.
Saturday, 11am: ‘‘The Order of Things’’ exhibition floor talk by curator Andrea Bell.
Wednesday, 11am and 2pm: ‘‘Behind the scenes’’ tours of the Hocken archives, stacks and picture storeroom. Limit 10 people per tour.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Tomorrow, 4pm: ‘‘Looking South to the Future: A Dark Sky Vision for Otago’’, talk by International DarkSky Association Director of Conservation Dr John Barentine.
Sunday, 1pm: ‘‘Go Girl’’, Kanoa Lloyd leads a panel discussion with author Barbara Else, illustrator Phoebe Morris and marine biologist Ingrid Visser. Tickets from University Book Shop or at www.unibooks.co.nz
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin.
Sundays, 3pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Daily, 11am and 2pm: ‘‘Treasures of the Museum’’, guided tour. Paid admission.
Daily, 1pm and 3pm: ‘‘Stories of the South’’, guided tour. Paid admission.
South Dunedin Popup Library, 199 Hillside Rd. Tuesday, 1pm3pm: ‘‘Bags for Good’’,
community sewing bee for bag library trial. Registration: bagsforgood@gmail.com