What's On
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rail:lines spoke 'n' word tour
rail:lines will be a poem tour along the Central Otago Rail Trail, and also a shortcreative documentary film. Poets Liz Breslin, Laura Williamson and AnnabelWilson will e-bike the length of the Rail Trail, with shows... Read more…19 - 25 November 2020
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Thank You Thursday
We don’t subscribe to the - relatively new in New Zealand - Black Friday sales day (following America’s Thanksgiving Day) but we do think giving thanks is a great thing, and we’d like to thank... Read more…26 November 2020
5:00pm
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Spring Interlude Screening
Q&A with Director Martin Sagadin and select cast to follow.SPRING INTERLUDE is Martin Sagadin’s first feature drama film. After the New Zealand International Film Festival and a small self-distributed run around New Zealand, Blue Oyster... Read more…26 November 2020
7:15pm
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Otago English & Linguistics Seminar: John Newton
Otago English & Linguistics Seminar John Newton(Robert Burns Fellow, 2020) Long Poems, Tall Stories; or, Who’s Afraid of the Verse Novel?27 November 2020
4:00pm
We sometimes forget that story-telling has a longer history in verse than in prose. These days a novel... Read more… -
CANCELLED Author Talk: The Air that We Breathe
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Kara Douglas' book is an account of ordinary people living through the catastrophic consequences of one of Australia’s worst industrial disasters, inspired by her birth father’s story of living in Wittenoom,... Read more…28 November 2020
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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National Maori Theatre Hui
Puketeraki Marae are hosting the National Maori Theatre Hui and the organisers are very keen that locals / mana whenua (especially rakatahi) have the opportunity to know about the hui and either register to join... Read more…26 - 29 November 2020
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150th anniversary of the Athenaeum Building
Birthday Cake & BubblesCelebrating the 150th anniversary of the Athenaeum Building with a series of Lightning Talks and birthday cake and bubbly.Seats are limited so please RSVP to: librarian@dunedinathenaeum.org.nzFollowed by a Celebration DinnerDrinks from 5.30pm... Read more…29 November 2020
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Robert Burns Poetry Competition: "Here's a Health to them that's Awa"
Write a poem in English or Scots on the theme of ‘freedom’ inspired by Burns’ poem Here’s a Health to them that’s Awa.Cash prizes to the winners of the first prize, generously sponsored by the... Read more…1 September - 30 November 2020
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Catch-Up Book Club: Little Women
The Catch-Up Book Club is an informal group we run in partnership with the Department of English and Linguistics. A University of Otago lecturer, or other uniquely qualified person, talks about a classic you’ve heard... Read more…1 December 2020
5:30pm
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2020 Hocken Lecture - Hocken, Health & History: Archival and Digital Traces
You are warmly invited to the 2020 Hocken Lecture.Changes in the way historians can access physical records and online resources has opened new opportunities for research. This lecture will explore what we can learn about... Read more…1 December 2020
5:30pm — 7:30pm
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Curators' Tour: HOTERE exhibition - FREE
CURATORS’ WALK-THROUGH OF RALPH HOTERE: ĀTETE (to resist)3 December 2020
5:30pm — 7:30pm
Join curators Lucy Hammonds and Lauren Gutsell for an evening tour of the current Ralph Hotere exhibition Ātete. All welcome.
above: Marti Friedlander Ralph Hotere Photograph. Courtesy the Gerrard and Marti Friedlander Charitable Trust Read more… -
Author Talk: Shooting the breeze… a Landmarks Conversation
Grahame Sydney artist | Brian Turner poet | Owen Marshall writerMC’d by UBS Otago’s Phillippa Duffy reader Through their own marks about the land and its people, be it in ink or paint, Landmarks offers a... Read more…4 December 2020
5:00pm — 7:00pm