THE PLANNER

Published: 12:00am, 16 Jul 2002

Night Scene

Oyster Fun

Purchase a platter of half a dozen oysters and receive two glasses of Veuve Cliquot for free at Scottish pub Caledonia on Tuesdays until the end of the month. Caledonia, G/F Hutchison House, 10 Harcourt Road, Central. Tel: 2524 1314

The Brown Jazzboat

Happy Valley establishment Brown takes its live-music club to the waters for the first of a new monthly jazz cruise party. The dinner buffet entertainment will be provided by Latin music outfit Azucar Latina. Space limited to 60 persons. Presale tickets ($400) available at Brown (18a Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley, tel: 2891 8558). In the event of the hoisting of typhoon signals 3 to 8 or a black rainstorm warning, Jazzboat will be rescheduled. No refunds are given, but ticket sales may be used towards future Jazzboat parties.

Culture

Orkester Norden

Almost 100 of the most promising young musicians from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are selected to form the Orkester Norden. They are joined by the Swedish pianist Per Tengstrand for tonight's performance of John Persen's Or Nor, Wilheim Stenhammar's Piano Concert No 2 In D Minor and Dmitri Shostakovitch's Symphony No 5 In D Minor. Conductor Susanna Malkki is another young talent who has quickly established herself as one of the most promising conductors of her generation. Tomorrow they play Jean Sibelius' Symphony No 5 In E Flat in the place of the Shostakovitch. $100-$400 Ticketek. Today, 8pm. Lyric Theatre, APA, Wan Chai

Go Figure

Melbourne-based Australian artist Cany Stevens, the painter of Yung Shue Wan's Welcome To Lamma mural in 1997, is exhibiting her latest work in Hong Kong. The oil paintings and sculpture she has produced since her return to Australia in 2000 have been highly expressive works, 'using symbols and metaphors to create a personalised visual language'. Her newest series entitled Go Figure comprises free-flowing, spontaneous oil paintings. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-8pm. 5 OPT Studio/Gallery, G/F, 5 Prince's Terrace, Central. Tel: 2536 9818. Ends July 28

Face To Face Back To Back

This is the third exhibition of a group of young, local designers' works. They presented cloud rice at the Arts Centre in May and SIZE cloud rice at the Fringe Club last October - experimenting with two-dimensional mediums of their design styles in a three-dimensional space. From now until January they continue their artistic process at Para/Site Central - the alternative exhibition space sponsored by the Hanart TZ Gallery. This month Mary Cheung exhibits animation. Open Monday-Friday 10am-6.30pm; Saturday 10am-6pm. Hanart TZ Gallery, 2/F Henley Building, 5 Queen's Road, Central. Tel: 2526 9019. Ends July 31

Chinese Artists Series 2002

Having dedicated its first year of business to the works of European artists, Wan Chai's Muse Gallery this month concentrates on local talent with the sculptures of Mok Yat-sun, paintings by Alannala Lau and photography by Luke Ching. All three exhibitors are graduates of the fine-arts department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong who have gone on to pursue careers as artists in the SAR. Open Tuesday-Saturday 2pm-7pm. Muse Gallery, G/F, 40 Ship Street, Wan Chai. Tel: 2866 0106/ 3100 4618.

Deng Xiaohong

Recent paintings by the Inner Mongolian artist Deng Xiaohong come to the Chouinard Gallery. The painter, who is influenced by surrealism, has his Road To Heaven exhibition as a feature of the China National Art Museum's permanent collection. Open Tuesday-Sunday 11am-8pm. Chouinard Gallery,

1 Prince's Terrace, Mid-Levels.

Tel: 2858 5072. Ends July 28

Summer Bliss

Landscapes dominate this exhibition by contemporary Chinese artists. Wu Tao paints vibrant forests, Song Yu-ming brings energy to the tradition of Chinese ink-and-wash paintings in the portrayal of village life with bold colours, Wu Sheng paints the lotus and Sun Mei uses 'mineral-colour' (the process of grinding rocks and minerals and applying the powder to the surface of the canvas with glue) to paint flowers. Connoisseur Art Gallery, Shop G3, Chinachem Hollywood Centre, Central. Tel: 2868 5358. Ends July 30

Eight Eccentrics Of Yangzhou

The 'Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou' were a group of prodigious painters who worked during a prosperous period in the middle of the 18th century, when salt industries in the surrounding provinces brought wealth to Yangzhou. The city's liberal atmosphere attracted the painters and allowed them to express their own emotions and personalities and deviate from the orthodox school. As a result their art was considered 'eccentric'. This exhibition features 42 paintings from the Museum of Art and those on loan from the Bei Shan Tang Collection of the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the private treasures of Chong Yizhai, Xin Anju and Yu Mozhai. Open 10am-6pm, closed Thursday. $10 ($5), free on Wednesday. Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Information: 2721 0116 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/hkma/

Festivals

International Arts Carnival:

A six-week-long summer carnival for families is back with shows, performances and hands-on workshops from local and international performers. The carnival, which also includes a celebration of family films, is aimed at providing children of all ages with cultural, educational and entertainment programmes. Until August 25, various venues. Go to www.iachk.org for booking details, times and venues

Urbtix: 2734 9009

Urbtix/CityLine credit-card booking: 2111 5999

Fringe: 2521 7251

CityLine: 2317 6666

TicketNet: 2312 9998

Ticketek: 3128 8288

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