Holiday diary
TODAY
DUNEDIN
Dee’s Cafe and Bar, 403 Princes St.
7.30pm: ‘‘Dee’s Downstairs Comedy’’, standup comedy night.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Daily: ‘‘Wonder Worlds’’, activity booklet. Collect booklet from reception desk or Playspace.
Daily: ‘‘Pencil + Paper’’, school holiday drawing experiments in Playspace.
Dunedin Public Libraries, all locations.
‘‘City of Readers’’, children’s summer reading programme. Collect programme booklet and register at your local library.
Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
7pm: Live music by Ground Bass.
The Octagon.
9.30am3.30pm: The Octagon Market.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
11am and 1.30pm: ‘‘First Flight’’ butterfly release demonstration. Free with tropical forest admission. 2.30pm: ‘‘No Rain, No Rainforest’’, tropical forest demonstration. Free with tropical forest admission.
Daily: ‘‘The Best of the Rest’’, gallery trail activity sheet. Collect sheet from the information desk.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens. Daily: ‘‘Eye Spy’’, gallery trail activity sheet. Collect sheet at the front desk.
SOUTH OTAGO
Earthlore gardens, 129 Hinahina Rd.
6pm: ‘‘Biodiversity in your garden’’, garden tour with Gordon and Janine Thompson. Contact: Gordon and Janine (03) 4158455, 0273853182, earthlore3@gmail.com
TOMORROW
DUNEDIN
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
Daily: ‘‘Wonder Worlds’’, activity booklet. Collect booklet from reception desk or Playspace.
Daily: ‘‘Pencil + Paper’’, school holiday drawing experiments in Playspace.
Dunedin Public Libraries, all locations. ‘‘City of Readers’’, children’s summer reading programme. Collect programme booklet and register at your local library.
Dunedin Railway Station car park, Anzac Ave. 8.30am12.30pm: Otago Farmers’ Market.
Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave.
11am: Floor talk by curator Anna Petersen for the exhibition ‘‘Hand in Hand: photographers and painters alike’’.
Iona Church, Port Chalmers.
2.30pm: ‘‘Back to Bach’’, organ concert by David Burchell.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
11am and 1.30pm: ‘‘First Flight’’ butterfly release demonstration. Free with tropical forest admission.
2.30pm: ‘‘No Rain, No Rainforest’’, tropical forest demonstration. Free with tropical forest admission.
Daily: ‘‘The Best of the Rest’’, gallery trail activity sheet. Collect sheet from the information desk.
Toitu Otago Settlers Museum, Queens Gardens. Daily: ‘‘Eye Spy’’, gallery trail activity sheet. Collect sheet at the front desk.
CENTRAL OTAGO
Edgewater Hotel, Sargood Dr, Wanaka.
6pm: Paul Ubana Jones concert.
Highlands Motorsport Park, cnr SH6 and Sandflat Rd, Cromwell.
From 9am: Speed Works Motorsport NZ Championship.
Queenstown Bay Beachfront, Corner Earl St and Marine Pde.
8am: Queenstown Parkrun. Register at www.parkrun.co.nz/queenstown
SOUTH OTAGO
Kaka Point foreshore.
9am2pm: Kaka Point Beach Market Day. Information: Pauline (03) 4128783, info@nuggetlodge.co.nz
Owaka Community Centre, 9 Ovenden St. 7.30pm: ‘‘The Invading Sea’’, talk by Neville Peat. Contact: Jim (03) 4158532, 027 4409529, janejimyoung@slingshot.co.nz