The Planner

Published: 12:00am, 3 Jul 2006

Exhibitions

Beauty and Light

Spanish artist Miriam Subirana paints abstract works with bright, illuminating colours. Today, 11am-9pm, Xinhua Exhibition Rm, 3/F, 1 Leighton Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 9758 7655. Ends today

China Rises! The Evolution!

Contemporary Chinese sculpture in glass. Today-Wed, 10am- 7pm, Galerie Vee, Shop 225, 2/F Prince's Bldg, Central. Inquiries: 2522 3166. Ends Wed

Chick with a Dick

Celene P. Loo's oils of nude females, couples in love, and flowers. Today-Thu, noon- 10pm, Economist Gallery, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2169 2851. Ends Thu

Thematic Exhibition on Hong Kong Literary Publishing and Literary Book Fair

The exhibition looks at the history of Hong Kong publishing. Daily, 10am-8pm, Exhibition Gallery, HK Central Library, 66 Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 3150 1234. Ends Jul 12

Engraving the World

The Chalcography of the Louvre Museum

Selection of 18th-century copper plates, more than 170 etchings and two engraved Coronelli globes. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong, 94 Bonham Rd, Pokfulam. Inquiries: www.hku.hk/hkumag. Ends Jul 16

Timeless

Martin Mok's photographs of Italy featuring images of Sienna and Venice. Daily, 2pm-9pm (closed Tue), Gallery Chocolate Jo, Flat A, 2/F Wing Lock House, 1-3 Lock Rd, TST. Inquiries: 2368 2816. Ends Jul 20

Performing Arts

Paulo Mattioli

The multi-percussionist gives a world percussion demonstration. Today, 6.30pm-7.30pm, Drum section, G/F Tom Lee Music, main showroom, Cameron Lane, TST, free. Inquiries: www.tomleemusic.com

Yu Ka-wai Cello Recital

The cellist and pianist Cheung Suet-may perform music by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann. Wed, 8pm, HK City Hall, Recital Hall, High Block, Edinburgh Place, Central, $80 Urbtix. Inquiries: [email protected]

4Play

Performance of Cantonese and English songs by a group of twentysomething Hongkongers - Felix, Glenn, James and Samson - going through a mid-life crisis. Fri, 10.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, $80, includes one drink. Inquiries: [email protected]

Heroes

Winner of the gold medal at the 19th Rome Golden Circus Festival, the Wuhan Acrobatic Troupe performs gravity-defying Chinese acrobatics, dance and music. Fri-Sat, 8pm (Sat-Sun also at 3pm), Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai, $100-$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto

Gianluigi Gelmetti, music director of the Rome Opera House and the Sydney Symphony, conducts the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and Macedonian pianist Simon Trpeeski in a repertoire of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No1 and Symphony No6 Pathetique. Fri-Sat, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, Concert Hall, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, $100-$400 Urbtix. Inquiries: www.hkpo.com

Pre-Austria Tour Concert

Victor Tam conducts the Hong Kong Youth Wind Philharmonia (all under the age of 25) playing works by James Barnes, Robert Smith, Philip Sparke and Bach. Sat, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, $120, $160 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3128 8288

Mozart and Schumann: Raymond Young and Friends

Pianist Raymond Young with pianist Grace Lau, soprano Jeffie Leung, tenor David Quah and the Apex String Quartet (cellist Laurent Perrin, violist William Teng and violinists Alan Lam Sun-chun and Aimee Sung) perform music by Mozart and Schumann. Jul 11, 8pm, HK City Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central, $90, $130 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321

Howard Shelley & the Hong Kong Sinfonietta

The multi-talented Howard Shelley conducts the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in Mendelssohn's The Hebrides, as well as playing the piano in works including Mozart's Piano Concerto No22 in E-flat, K 482. Jul 16, 8pm, HK City Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central, $100-$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336

Extra-curricular

The Philippines: Passion or Money?

Rex Aguado, John Batten and Armida Azada speak of the contemporary Filipino art scene in the talk, The Philippines: Passion or Money? The Key to a Thriving Art Scene. Today, 7.30pm, Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, $175 (members), $250, includes dinner. Inquiries: 2521 1511

Oxford Brookes University

The Times Good University Guide 2006's best new university holds enrolment interviews for foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Today-Fri, noon-6pm (by appointment only), Oxford Brookes University, HK Office, Unit 3302, Lippo Centre Tower 2, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, free (transcripts required). Inquiries: 2110 9374

FitRhythms Master Class and Introductory Workshop

Paulo Mattioli leads a fitness class that combines making music with instruments and aerobic exercises. In English. Tomorrow, 11am, 2pm, 4.30pm (two-hour classes), Aerobic Rm, Waterfall Gym, 2/F Olympian City One, West Kowloon, $100. Inquiries: www.hkpfa.org.hk

The Entrepreneurs Club

The club hosts a gathering with Winnie Ng, executive director of Kowloon Motor Bus Co, talking about 'intra-preneurship' - launching media sales from within KMB. Tomorrow, 7.15pm-9.15pm, Edge, G/F the Centrium, 60 Wyndham St, Central, free (members), $150. Inquiries: [email protected]

Film

Hubble Telescope

Outer space up close with images of a comet smashing into Jupiter, the birth and death of stars and remote galaxies. Daily, 2.40pm, 6.10pm (Sun and public holidays also at 11.10am), Omnimax Space Theatre, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, $24, $32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226

The Conformist (II Conformista)

Filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci's thriller about an intellectual who cannot conform to society, and is asked by his fascist group to assassinate a professor. Winner of the 1970 best director award at the Venice Film Festival. In Italian with English and Chinese subtitles. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, Jul 16, 2pm, HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, $50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900

Urbtix: 2734 9009

Urbtix/CityLine credit- card booking: 2111 5999

Fringe: 2521 7251

CityLine: 2317 6666

HK Ticketing: 3128 8288

Please e-mail performances and events to [email protected]

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