The guide
Gigs and dances
50Dundas, 50 Dundas St.
Today, 7.30pm: Dunedin Folk Club open mike night.
Saturday, 8pm: Reb Fountain, Hopeful And Hopeless tour.
The Attic, 140 George St.
Tomorrow, 9pm: Koizilla, Doomsurfsurfdoom EP release.
Crown Hotel, 179 Rattray St.
Friday, 9pm: US jazzblues guitarist
Todd Clouser.
Saturday, 9pm: Techno with Snappy.
Dog With Two Tails, 25 Moray Pl.
Tomorrow, 8pm: Nick Knox, Sobriquet Nation, Bethany Robertson.
The Galley, 36 George St, Port Chalmers. Tomorrow, 7pm: Shakes and The Swell Guys.
Lake Roxburgh Village Hall, Tamblyn Dr. Saturday: ‘‘Winter Warm Up’’ dance and supper. Live music. Tickets from Pinder Motors.
Family fun
Barclay Theatre, Otago Museum. Until tomorrow, 10am5pm: ‘‘Far from Frozen’’, Antarctica interactive showcase, in conjunction with the New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Sunday, 2pm: ‘‘Once Upon a Sunday: Nga purakau o te Rangi’’, Matariki storytime with Kaitrin McMullan.
Earnslaw Park, Beach St, Queenstown. Saturday, 9.30am3.30pm: Creative Queenstown arts and craft market.
Naseby Ice Rink, Channel Rd, Naseby.
Sunday, 3pm7pm: Naseby Ice Festival. Games and ice sports.
Orokonui Ecosanctuary, 600 Blueskin Rd,
Waitati.
Daily, 11am: Takahe feeding.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Saturday and Sunday, 11.30am and 3pm: ‘‘The Greatest Science Show in the History of the World, Ever!’’. Free with Discovery World admission.
Daily 11am and 1.30pm: ‘‘Butterflies’ first flight’’, tropical forest demonstration. Free with forest admission.
Daily: The Perpetual Guardian Planetarium, several shows throughout the day.
University Book Shop, 378 Great King St. Fridays, Saturdays, 10.30am: Story time.
Music and performance
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl. Monday, 12.30pm: Moreton Bay Symphony Orchestra lunchtime concert.
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum.
Sunday, 2pm: ‘‘It’s DeLovely’’, 1930s concert by Dunedin Star Singers and guests. Information: Jennifer 4543432.
Oamaru Opera House Ink Box theatre , 94
Thames St.
Tomorrow, 12.15pm1pm: Lunchtime recital, Waitaki Girls’ and Boys’ High Schools.
St Paul’s Cathedral, The Octagon.
Saturday, 7.30pm: ‘‘Lux’’, Southern Consort of Voices midwinter concert.
Talks and workshops
Blueskin Bay Library, 26 Harvey St, Waitati.
Today, 2pm5pm: ‘‘150 years young’’, Blueskin Bay anniversary digital workshop. Bring your mementos and memories of life in Blueskin to add to this community project. All welcome.
Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
Monday, noon1pm: ‘‘Law for Lunch: Liquor Ban Areas’’, public talk presented by Community Law Otago.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, The Octagon. Today, 12.30pm: ‘‘Muslims ‘belonging’ to Muslims ‘becoming’’’, public talk by
Dr Yassir Morsi.
Olveston, 42 Royal Tce, Dunedin. Sundays, 3pm: Theomin art collection tours. Bookings essential.
Film and theatre
Alexandra Community House, Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
Tomorrow, 6.30pm: Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Science, film screening. Bookings: (03) 4486115.
Maurice Joel Theatre, Otago Boys’ High School, 2 Arthur St.
Until Sunday: Otago Girls’ and Otago Boys’ High Schools present High School Musical, on stage!. Tickets from both school offices.
Musical Theatre Dunedin, cnr Sullivan Ave and Glasgow St.
Wednesday to July 15: ’Allo ’Allo dinner theatre show. Booking: (03) 4544721.
Exhibitions
Artica, 26b George St, Port Chalmers. Ongoing: Decorative artworks by
Kirsten Andreae, paintings by James Cordery.
The Artist’s Room, 2 Dowling St.
‘‘Soliloquy’’, Inge Doesburg.
Bellamys Gallery, 495 Portobello Rd, Macandrew Bay.
Opens Sunday 3pm, until July 30: ‘‘Bathers/ Bodies’’, Manu Berry and Pauline Bellamy.
Blue Oyster Art Project Space,
16 Dowling St. Relatives’’,Until Saturday: Ammon ‘‘A Ngakuru.Shelter for Amnesic
OpensBrett McDowell tomorrow, Gallery, 5.30pm: 5 ‘‘Weeds Dowling and St. State Houses’’, Central Joe Stories L’Estrange. Museum and Art Gallery,
21 Until Centennial Sunday: Ave, Display Alexandra.of 2017 WoolOn Creative Fashion Dunedin Event Public winners.Art Gallery, The Octagon. Armstrong.Until July 9: ‘‘Growing Demand’’, Eve
Until July 16: ‘‘Soften’’, New Zealand photography from the collection.
Until October 1: ‘‘Call Sick’’,
Campbell Patterson.
Ongoing: ‘‘The Expanded Gallery’’, Shannon Novak.
Eastern Southland Gallery,
14 Hokonui Dr, Gore.
Until July 23: ‘‘Just Playing’’, Mike O’Kane; ‘‘Lost & Found/Flotsam & Jetsam’’, Blue Black.
The Fix, Frederick St.
Until July 31: ‘‘Scenes from the sky’’, drone photography by Josh Finnie.
Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
Until Sunday: ‘‘Jersey Caramel’’, drawings by Jane McEntyre.
Until July 23: ‘‘Mirror World: Fantasies in Mixed Media’’, Trish Shirley; ‘‘Colin Wheeler: Nothing more exciting than an empty street in Oamaru’’.
Until July 30: ‘‘Chinese Textiles: from our collection’’.
Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St, Dunedin. Closes today: ‘‘On Reflection, new works by Angela Burns.
Green Island Gallery, cnr Church St and
Main South Rd, Green Island.
Displaying a variety of local art.
Hocken Library, 90 Anzac Ave.
Until Saturday: ‘‘Freefall’’, word associated art, images, text and objets de vertu.
Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce,
Old Cromwell Historic Precinct.
Until July 15: ‘‘Coastlines’’, mixed media work by Nigel Wilson.
Open 10am4pm daily.
Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery,
6 Castle St
Until July 13: Works by Justin Spiers and Kim Pieters.
Hours: Saturdays noon2pm.
Lakes District Museum and Gallery,
Arrowtown.
Saturday to September 3: ‘‘Taoka Tuku Eiho — Family Treasures’’, treasures of the Wakatipu as seen through the eyes of its children.
Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St. Until July 12: ‘‘Ripekanga/Intersections’’,
Zena Elliott; ‘‘Fine Lines’’, various artists.
Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9a Earl St. Until Wednesday: ‘‘Cool Change’’, Neil Frazer. Until August 2: ‘‘Te Waipounamu’’.
Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
Opens tomorrow, 5pm: ‘‘The Trial’’,
Philip Madill.
Moray Gallery, 55 Princes St.
Closes today: ‘‘A Closer Look. . .’’, watercolour drawings by Marion Mertens.
Saturday to July 27: ‘‘Green Fusion’’,
Kate Williamson, the Real World series.
Nadene Milne Gallery, 16 Buckingham St, Arrowtown.
‘‘The Lovers’’, Kim Pieters.
Otago Art Society, Dunedin Railway Station. Until July 9: 141st annual exhibition.
Hours: 10am4pm daily.
Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
Until Sunday: ‘‘Data Days + Studio Antarctica’’, Antarcticainspired sculptures and imagery by Gabby O’Connor.
Until Sunday: ‘‘Current’’, works inspired by the museum’s textile collection, various artists.
Tuesday to July 16: ‘‘Art and Genetics’’, collaborations by artists from the Dunedin School of Art and University of Otago scientists.
Until July 23: 2017 Otago wildlife photography exhibition.
Robert Piggott Art Gallery, 8 Jetty St,
Dunedin.
Until Tuesday: ‘‘Kohae — New Light’’, Puaka Matariki exhibition featuring Claire Beynon, Sarah Flourish, Kylie Miri Darragh,
Robert Piggott.
Speargrass Inn, 1300 FruitlandsRoxburgh Rd
(SH8), Alexandra.
Ongoing: Paintings by Paul Samson.
Steampunk HQ, 1 Itchen St, Oamaru. ‘‘Recycled Relics’’, sculpture by Chris Meder.
Stuart St Potters Coop, 14 Lower Stuart St. Until Saturday: Judy Ringland Stewart and Jo Howard.
Monday to July 15: Anne McLean and
Lisa Simpson.
The Studio, 1728 Highcliff Rd, Portobello. Open weekends 10am5pm: Handmade silver art jewellery by Brittany Sue Mason.
Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel. Work by local artists and photographers.