TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

Antonella’s Italian Classes, Opoho. Tuesdays: Beginners Italian. Inquiries, antonella.vecchiato@gmail.com

Archway 4 Lecture Theatre, Union St East, Dunedin.

Today, 5.30pm: ‘‘Poetry and breath: Resuscitating literature, reimagining the world’’, Prof Jacob Edmond.

DCC, The Future of Us workshops. Saturday, 8.30am: Otago Farmers Market, Dunedin Railway car park.

Sunday, 8.30am: Community Market, George St, Port Chalmers.

Dunedin Botanic Garden, Lovelock Ave.

Saturday, 11am: ‘‘The Commons’’, Kate Fitzharris, artist talk.

Dunedin Gasworks Museum,

20 Braemar St, South Dunedin.

Wednesday, 10am: Social Spinning, Spinners & Weavers Guild.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery,

The Octagon.

Tomorrow, 2pm: ‘‘The Back of the Painting’’, Jenny Sherman, Linda Waters.

Saturday, 11am: ‘‘Suite 20/21: Part Two’’, Ed Ritchie, Octavia Cook,

Alex Kennedy, Justin Spiers, artist talk.

Wednesday, 10.30am: ‘‘Towards the Art of Sustainable Local Filmmaking’’, Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader.

G309, Otago Polytechnic,

144 Union St East.

Wednesday, 7pm: Meditation refresh, all levels.

Hocken Collections, 90 Anzac Ave. Today, 11am: Behind the Scenes Tour. Saturday, 2pm: Colin McCahon talk, Dr Peter Simpson.

Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum. Today, 5.30pm: ‘‘AF8 earthquake impacts’’, Assoc Prof Caroline Orchiston, Dr Simon Cox.

Mosgiel Methodist Church Hall, Wickliffe St.

Saturday, 2pm: Mosgiel Genealogy meeting, discuss your heirloom piece.

Oamaru Public Library, 62 Thames St.