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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The Guide: What's on this week

Gigs

12 Below, Moray Pl.
• Saturday, 10pm: The Fiddy Club presents: Ash and The Matadors, Rusty Pilot, The Threads and Strang and The Strange.

Alibi, the Octagon.
• Fridays, from 10.30pm: Hemi and Bede.

Blarney Bar, Empire Hotel, 396 Princes St.
• Tonight, 7pm: Dave Coleclough.
• Friday, 7pm: Irish Session with the Blarney Boys.
• Saturday, 7pm: Andrew Inge, Both Sides of the Line, The Scruffs.
• Sunday, 3pm: Sweetpapa John and Revelators.
• Tuesday, 7pm: Irish Singalong with Blarney Army.

Chick's Hotel, Port Chalmers.
• Saturday, from 9pm: The Golden Awesome and Heka.
• Sunday, from 7.30pm: Stanier Black Five and Malcolm Riddoch and Gate.

The Church, 50 Dundas St.
• Tonight, 8pm: Humboldt County and Bill Morris.

Circadian Rhythm, 72 St Andrew St.
• Every Friday: Philtre jazz trio, from 5.30pm.

The Empire Hotel 396 Princes St.
• Saturday, 8.30pm: The Empire Sessions featuring Inge Andrew, Both Sides of the Line and The Scruffs.

Isis Lounge, 68 Princes St.
• Every Thursday: Jam night, from 8.30pm. Every Friday, 9pm: Oxo Cubans.

None Gallery, 24 Stafford St.
• Saturday, 10pm: Malcolm Riddoch and Stanier Black-Five.
• Tuesday, 9pm: Guitar Wolf (Japan) with the Transistors.

Robbie Burns Pub, 374 George St.
• Thursdays: Calder Prescott Jazz Quartet, 8.30pm.

Rosie's Bar, Victoria Hotel, 137 St Andrew St.
• Thursdays, 9pm: open mike night.

Family fun

Blueskin Bay Library
• Fridays,10.30am: story time.
• Saturday, noon: Once Upon a Christmas, story time with Kaitrin McMullan.

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Tuesdays, 10.30am: Wriggle and Rhyme.
• Wednesdays, 10.30am: story time.
• From Saturday until January 29: Summer Reading Programme - sign up for free and receive a booklet full of supportive ideas and activities, book lists and a diary to record and rate your summer reading progress. Every child who reaches their reading target is rewarded at the end of the summer.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Wednesday, 11.15am: "Tours for Tots", a baby-friendly half-hour tour of an exhibition at the gallery followed by a chat and a cup of tea on the mezzanine floor.

Mosgiel Library, Hartstonge Ave, Mosgiel.
• Tuesdays, 11am: story time.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Explorer backpacks for children aged 7 to 12, free. Guided tours daily at 11.30am and 3.30pm. Meet at information desk.
• Saturdays and Sundays during December, 3.30pm: Seeing is Believing: Learn the truth behind optical illusions and discover how your eyes and brain can mislead you during everyday life.

Port Chalmers Library.
• Wednesdays, 11am: story time. Visitor Information Centre, Octagon.
Daily, 11am: Walk Dunedin, inner-city walking tours. Meet at visitor centre.

Waikouaiti Library.
• Saturday, 10.30pm: Once Upon a Christmas, story time with Kaitrin McMullan.

Music and performance

Coronation Hall, 97 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Sunday, 2pm: Dunedin RSA Choir.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Saturday, 1pm: Sunny Side Up, a cappella gospel choir.
• Sunday, 12.30pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus.

Knox Church, 449 George St.
• Today, 12.15pm: Organ Music for Advent.
Organists include Richard Brown and Matthew Gordon.

Mayfair Theatre, 100 King Edward St.
• Tomorrow: Toni Childs.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Saturday, 1pm: Dunedin Harmony Chorus.
• Sunday, 1pm: The Bedfords, country, rock and blues.

Regent Theatre, the Octagon, Dunedin.
• Tuesday, December 13, 7.30pm: Handel's Messiah with Anna Leese, Southern Sinfonia and City of Dunedin Choir.

Plays

Fortune Theatre, Stuart St.
• Until December 17: A Short Cut To Happiness, by Roger Hall.

Globe Theatre, 104 London St.
• December 8, 9, 11-17, 7.30pm, December 10, 2pm. Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward.

Talks and films

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Every Saturday, 2pm, free: "A New Zealand Artists Tour". Free guided tours.
• Sundays at 2pm: Free guided tour of award-winning exhibition "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Sunday, 3pm, Art documentary: Flip and Two Twisters, a film by Shirley Horrocks.

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• Free daily talks for December, on each weekday at 2pm. Mondays: "Akan gold weights".
• Tuesdays: "Aboriginal bark art".
• Wednesdays: "El Nino".
• Thursdays: "Karetao - the Maori puppet".
• Fridays: "The Asmat".
• Saturdays: "The cheeky kea".
• Sundays: "Haast's Eagle".

Otago Settlers Museum, Queen's Gardens.
• Sunday, 1pm-3pm: "Dunedin Revealed", guided walking tour.

Exhibitions

A Gallery, 393 Princes St.
• From Saturday: "No Exit Through The Gift Shop" featuring latest-season jewellery from Underground Sundae (Annemieke Ytsma), Jess Kitto and Sharon Singer, and more. Hours noon-6pm Friday and Saturday.

The Artist's Room, 2 Dowling St.
• "Tiefschwarz", Sam Foley; "New Works", Ben Ho; "(Un)common Ground", featuring work by Peter Cleverley, Claire Beynon, Sam Bennett and Olav Nielsen.

Bellamys Gallery, Macandrew Bay.
• Until January 29: "Summer Selection".

Blue Oyster Gallery, basement, Moray Chambers, 30 Moray Pl.
• Until December 23: "Walk", by Kate Fitzharris; "A Collection of Still Life", paintings by Nicola Hansby; "Memory and Fabric", by Rose McLeod.

Brett McDowell Gallery, 5 Dowling St.
• Opens tomorrow, 5.40pm: "The Phaedra Chain", works by Jason Greig.

Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Centennial Ave, Alexandra.
• From Sunday until January 2: The Hoffman Collection in association with the Alexandra Patchwork Group.

De Beer Gallery, Special Collections, first floor, Central University Library.
• Until December 16: "In Search of Scotland".

Dunedin City Library, 230 Moray Pl.
• Until January 22, in the Reed Gallery: "Signs and Symbols: Decoding Medieval and Renaissance Iconography".

Dunedin International Airport.
• Until January 9: Artists in the Terminal - Watercolourists Pauline Bellamy, Tony Shields, Sharon Murcott, Ron Esplin.

Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon.
• Until December 11: "Gymnauseum", by Jane Venis.
• Until January 2012, "Back in Black", featuring work by Len Lye, Colin McCahon, Ralph Hotere and Lisa Reihana.
• Until January 2012: "The Pressure of Sunlight Falling", by Fiona Pardington.
• Until April 1, 2012: "Beloved: Works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery".
• Until April 1, 2012: "The French Connection", Frances Hodgkins and Impressionism.
• Ongoing: "Myriad Worlds", by Ruth Watson.
• From Saturday, ongoing: "Boys from the Black Stuff", work from the gallery's permanent and long-term loan collections.

Forrester Gallery, Thames St, Oamaru.
• Until January 15: Selected works of Rita Angus: 40 works.
• Until January 15: "The Garden as Muse", an anthology of works that explores the meaning of gardens.

Gallery on Blueskin, 1 Harvey St, Waitati.
• New pots by Peter Gregory. Paintings by Jacob Feenstra, Nigel Wilson, Charles Barrington. Art mirrors by Phil Jopson, sculpture by David Donnelly.
Open Wednesday-Friday 1pm-4pm, weekends 10.30am-4pm.

Gallery De Novo, 101 Stuart St.
• From tomorrow: "A Round Christmas", featuring works by Brian Dahlberg, Simon Kaan, Frank Gordon, Graham Tait, Andy McCready, Nic Dempster, Suzy Platt, Maria Kemp, Angela Burns, Ewan McDougall, Marilynn Webb and others.

Gallery Thirty Three, 33 Helwick St, Wanaka.
• Until December 22: "Rural Landscapes", featuring work by Don Binney, J.S Parker and Louise McRae.

Green Island Gallery, 194 Main South Rd, Green Island.
• Ends tomorrow: Photographs by Amy Moffat and Nic Reeves; art by Stuart Maxwell, Ron Esplin, Pat Hunter, Scott Drummond and Genny Hanning.
December 10-24: Exhibition of Darren Tautari's recent work.

Hocken Gallery, cnr Anzac Ave and Parry St.
• Until February 18, 2012: "Ralph Hotere: Zero to Infinity".

Hullabaloo Art Space, Melmore Tce, Old Cromwell historic precinct.
• Until December 10: Luke Anthony, carved wooden bird sculptures.

Inge Doesburg Studio and Gallery, 6 Castle St.
• Ends tomorrow: "Side Seam". Works of sewing and embroidery by Inge Doesburg, Lynn Kelly, Kathryn Madill, Mary McFarlane, Victoria McIntosh, Marion Mewburn, Jenna Packer and Elfi Spiewack.

Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown.
• Until December 12: "The Match, Portraits of New Zealand Rugby Players", by David Matches.

Macandrew Bay Hall, Macandrew Bay
• December 8-11, 10am-5.30pm: "Christmas Art Exhibition". works by Otago Peninsula artists.

Metalworks Gallery, 54 Ballantyne Rd, Wanaka.
• "Unfolding Landscape", works by Ernie Maluschnig, sculptor in metal. Open weekdays or weekends by appointment.

Milford Galleries Dunedin, 18 Dowling St.
• Until December 10: "Traverse", exhibition of New Zealand glass.

Milford Galleries Queenstown, 9A Earl St.
• Until December 14: Evelyn Dunstan: "Pathways". Works in glass.
• Until December 14: Nicolas Dillon: "Birds - from Central to the Coast". Paintings.

Mint Gallery, 32 Moray Pl.
• From tomorrow until December 31: "Dunedin by Numbers", by Richard Munro; "Building Something Real", by Murray Eskdale.

Modaks Cafe, George St.
• From tomorrow until Sunday: Marrow, Modaks and Deano present $100 and Under Art Exhibition.

Monumental, 7 Anzac Ave.
• "Extended Moment", solargraphy by Chris Reid.

Naseby Jubilee Museum, Leven St, cnr Earne St.
• Until December 31: "Maniototo Sporting Heroes" exhibition.
• Open Mon-Fri noon-4pm, weekends 10am-4pm.

North Otago Museum, 60 Thames St, Oamaru.
• Permanent exhibition: "Waitaki Landscapes".

Otago Art Society, OAS gallery, Dunedin Railway Station, first floor.
Open daily 10am-4pm.
• Until December 11: "2011 City Of Dunedin Art Awards".

Otago Museum, 419 Great King St.
• "Translation", works in glass by Luke Jacomb.
Until June 17, 2012, Special Exhibitions Gallery: "Focal Point: 150 Years of the Otago Daily Times".

Owaka Museum, 10 Campbell St, Owaka.
• Open Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm, 1.30pm-4.30pm.
Weekends: 10am-4pm.

Speargrass Inn Gallery, 1300 Fruitlands-Roxburgh road (SH8), Alexandra.
• Until December 31: Works by Nigel Wilson.

Stuart Street Potters Co-operative, 14 Lower Stuart St.
• "Christmas at the Co-op".

Taieri Gallery, 123 Gordon Rd, Mosgiel.
• Until February 1: Mosgiel and Central Otago landscapes by photographer Murray Crawford.

Temple Gallery, 29 Moray Pl, Dunedin.
• From Saturday until January 10: "A Christmas Cracker ... paintings and other treats".

Teviot District Museum, Abbotsford St, Roxburgh.
• Sundays, 2pm to 4pm, or by request. Contact Robin (03) 446-8130 or Joan (03) 446-8671.

Toi O Tahuna Fine Art Gallery, Church Lane, Queenstown.
• Until January: Group Spring Show.

Wanaka Fine Art Gallery, 4 Helwick St.
• "Summer Hits"' featuring oil paintings by Peter Hackett and Raquel Clarke and sculpture by Trevor Askin.

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