Contemporary Hong Kong Chinese Painting Exhibition

Includes Wucius Wong, Ha Bik-chuen, Chu Hing-wah and Leung Kui-ting. Today, 2pm-5pm, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2104 3322. Ends today

Return, Via New Paths

John Young pays homage to modernist Shanghai artist Ni Yide with figurative paintings and abstract digital prints of landscapes and figures. Today-tomorrow, 11am-7pm, Sat, 11.30am-6pm, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, 10 Chancery Lane, Central. Inquiries: 2810 0065. Ends Sat

The Divided Minds V

Lam Wai-kit's photographs and video installations examining people's relationships with their environments. Today-tomorrow, 11am-7pm, Sat, 11am-6pm, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F, 6-10b Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2548 2286. Ends Sat

Hong Kong After Midnight

Fabien Verschaere's paintings, ceramics and watercolours inspired by Hong Kong nightlife. Today-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, Art Statements Gallery, 5 Mee Lun St, Central. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Sat

Things That Change, Things That Don't

Guo Jin's oil portraits of children. Today-Sat, 10am-6pm, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, 20 Ice House St, Central. Inquiries: 2580 0058. Ends Sat

In Midair

Angels and Demons

Paintings by Charlie Co of immorality, war, famine and death; with Li Xinping's decorative works. Tue-Sun, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Bldg, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Jul 15

Burton Morris

Acrylic paintings by the US pop artist, including his images created for the Academy Awards. Daily, 10am-11pm, LG2, Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Jul 15

Pull Senses Together

Media installations that play on the viewer's shadow. Tue-Sun, 1pm-8pm, Shanghai Street Artspace, G/F, 404 Shanghai St, Yau Ma Tei. Inquiries: 2770 2157. Ends Jul 15

China Hong Kong - Our Ten Years

More than 60 images of the past 10 years taken by press photographers. Daily, Experimental Gallery (9am-6.30pm) and Jockey Club Gallery (8am-11pm), HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0214. Ends Jul 25

Abdelkader Benchamma

The French artist draws surreal images and repetitive patterns with pens. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-8pm, Agnes b.'s Librairie Galerie, 1/F, 18 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2869 5505. Ends Jul 28

Talkover/Handover: Dialogues on Hong Kong Art 10 Years after 1997

Twenty-three local artists, including Kurt Chan Yuk-keung, Phoebe Man Ching-ying, Kum Chi-keung and Luke Ching Chin-wai, interview one another about the handover and present the results in video, photography and installations. Tue-Sun, noon-8pm, 1a space, Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2529 0087. Ends Jul 29

Light and Form

Irene Lau Kwai-ying, Fung Wai-king, Simone Boon and Fanny Chong Wai-fan explore light in ceramics, painting and photography. Tue-Sun, 2pm-8pm, YY9 Gallery, G/F, 6 Kwai Fong St, Happy Valley. Inquiries: 2574 3370. Ends Jul 31

Transformation of Matter

So Hing-keung's photos of everyday materials. Mon-Sat, 1pm-8pm, Sun, 1pm-7pm (by appointment), Too Art, 2/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2834 0123. Ends Jul 31

Huang Yongyu

Retrospective featuring paintings, sculptures, woodcarvings and calligraphic works. Daily, 10am-10pm, Open Piazza and 2/F, Times Square, 1 Matheson St, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 2118 8900. Ends Aug 1

Splendour and Mystery of Ancient Shu

Over 120 archaeological relics including bronze, gold and jade ornaments and pottery from the Shu Kingdom of 3,000 years ago. Daily, 10am-6pm, Sun until 7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum,

1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$20, HK$10 on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Sep 9

Chinese Ceramics and the Maritime Trade Pre-1700

Features more than 100 pieces of ceramic ware dating from the Tang (618-907) to the early Qing dynasties. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Oct 7

Performing Arts

Dying Young

Musical based on 40 hits by late Canto-pop singers Danny Chan Pak-keung and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing. In Cantonese. Today, 7.30pm, Shouson Theatre, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123

Popcorn

Comedy-drama about a horror movie filmmaker who is hijacked by two real killers on his Oscar-winning night. In Cantonese. Stars Simon Lo Man-kit, Leila Tong Ning and Jo Ngai Yee-shan. Today, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9735 0233

The Punchline Comedy Club

With Alistair Barrie, Gordon Southern and Mick Ferry. In English. Today-Sat, 9pm, Viceroy, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$300, adults only. Inquiries: 2827 7777

Taste of Life

Dancers explore emotions with hip hop, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap and street dance. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, McAulay Studio, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$105 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9226 0247

Shanghai Shaoxing Opera Group

The group perform The Dream of the Red Mansion (Tomorrow, 7.30pm), excerpts from Yue operas (Sat, 2.30pm), To Love and Love Not (Sat, 7.30pm) and Zhao's Orphan (Jul 15, 7.30pm). In Putonghua with Chinese and English surtitles. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323

Standup Comedy Shows

International Arts Carnival

Harry Goh Goh's Mad House Party

Variety show with music, videos and circus acts with magician Harry Wong. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm, Sat-Jul 15, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Jul 20, 7.30pm, Jul 21-22, 3pm, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin. HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix.

The Merchant of Venice

Academy for Performing Arts students present a Cantonese version of Shakespeare's play about a merchant who promises to sacrifice a pound of flesh after not being able to pay his

debt to a moneylender. Jul 20-21, 7.30pm, Jul 21-22, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix.

Little Donkey

The puppet musical tells the story of the troubled Little Donkey, who loses a sock that belongs to a giant. In Cantonese (except Jul 21, 3pm, in English) with Chinese and English subtitles. Jul 20, 7.30pm, Jul 21-22, 3pm, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$200 Urbtix.

Al Simmons

The Canadian comedian plays his homemade instruments to explain sound principles such as resonance and pitch. Jul 26-27, 7.30pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Jul 28, 7.30pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po; Jul 29, 3pm, 7.30pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan. HK$100-HK$160 Urbtix.

HKCO Virtuosi - Wong Chi-ching

Yan Huichang conducts the pipa player and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in Chinese classics. Sat, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600

IDEA Performance Festival

Face To Face

Set in 1970s Japan, the drama centres on a Hong Kong student's bitter-sweet love affairs and his love-hate relationship with his father. In Cantonese. Jul 17-19, 8pm, Shouson Theatre, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6136 2091

Remapping Hong Kong 2: Victoria Harbour Times Six

Crossing

A multicultural triple-bill performance about how young people tackle changes. Features Beyond the Horizon (Hong Kong), the Young IDEA International Exchange Showcase (multinational) and Crossing (France and India). An International Arts Carnival event. Jul 20-22, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$80-HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044

Know Your Favourite Orchestral Tunes

Yip Wing-sie conducts the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in the classical pieces that surround our daily lives, including Strauss' Thus Spake Zarathustra, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Jul 19-20, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336

Peter and the Wolf

Magic Circle Mime Company and the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra perform Prokofiev's classic. Jul 20, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; Jul 22, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$180-HK$320 Urbtix. Proceeds will go to The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of HK. Inquiries: 2521 7673

Qingming Riverside

Hong Kong Dance Company transforms the Song dynasty scroll depicting a panoramic scene during the Qingming Festival into a dance. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. Jul 20, 7.30pm, free to donors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia). Inquiries: 2189 5588. Jul 21-22, 2.45pm, 7.30pm (post-performance meet-the-artists session, Jul 21, 7.30pm), HK$150-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1806

Extra-curricular

Huang Yongyu Symposium

With the participation of the artists, writers and researchers Chip Tsao, Li Hui and Chen Lusheng. In Cantonese and Putonghua. Today, 3pm-4pm, Agnes b. Cinema, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2118 8900

Talk on Ayurveda

Health consultant Vinod Sharma introduces the healing science of Ayurveda, an ancient system of natural medicine originating in India. Today, 7pm-8.15pm, Mysteries, 1/F, 2 Shelley St, Central, free. Inquiries: 3102 9389

IDEA 2007 Pre-Congress Master Workshops

International educators talk about theatre theory and practice. Today-Sat, 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai; The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong, 3 Lockhart Rd, Wan Chai, HK$2,000 per workshop, bookings are required. Inquiries: 2509 3430

Gymnastics Extravaganza

The Pride of China Lectures

Important Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in American Public and Private Collections by the Smithsonian Institution's Joseph Chang, in Putonghua. Tomorrow, 7pm-8.30pm. And Singular Observation: Zhang Zeduan's Portrayal of the Northern Song Capital by the University of London's Roderick Whitfield, in English. Sat, 10.30am- noon. B/F HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, with tickets distributed one hour before the lecture. Inquiries: 2721 0116

Design for Asia Award - Call for Entries

Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme IV