A Return to Silence

Patrick Lee's spiritual images of everyday objects visualise his emotions. Today-Fri, 10.30am-7pm, or by appointments, Art Statements Gallery, 5 Mee Lun St, Central. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Fri

CrosscurrentsMainland artists Qui Zhijie and Jin Jiangbo's interactive works explore history, ideology, consumerism and globalisation; while Kingsley Ng's installation about Kwun Tong combines sound, light and engineering. Tue-Sun, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Mar 9

Made in Hong Kong

Chow Chun-fai, Chu Hing-wah, Kevin Fung, 'Frog King' Kwok Mang-ho, Kum Chi-keung, Wan Qingli and Vincent Yu display works that represent the city's culture. Daily, 10am-6pm (Sat until 8pm), closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Apr 6

Performing Arts

The 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival

Trio Mediaeval

Oslo-based sopranos Linn Andrea Fuglseth, Torunn Ostrem Ossum and Anna Maria Friman sing medieval polyphonic music, traditional Norwegian ballads and modern works. Today-tomorrow, 8pm, St John's Cathedral, 4-8 Garden Rd, Central, HK$200.

Music about China 2

Yan Huichang conducts the HK Chinese Orchestra in works by contemporary composers Wang Ning, Yang Wing, Zhang Haofu, Tang Lok-yin and South Africa's Bongani Ndodana-Breen. Tomorrow, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$300.

Piano Trio

Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff teams up with violinist wife Yuuko Shiokawa and cellist Miklos Perenyi for Beethoven's piano trios. Thu, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$380 (master class with Perenyi today, 4.30pm-6.30pm, Room CR1, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, booking required. Inquiries: 9042 4090)

Ornette Coleman

The 77-year-old American free jazz innovator and saxophonist performs. Thu-Fri, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$500.

Tears of Barren Hill

Danny Yung's experimental multimedia theatre inspired by the life of late Beijing opera performer Cheng Yangqiu. With Chinese and English text. Fri, 8.15pm, Sat, 3pm, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$80-HK$180.

Vollmond

A watery episodic dance theatre by Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal. Fri, Sat and Mar 3, 7.30pm, Mar 2, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$650.

Trance

Chan Ming-fung's experimental theatre tells a surreal love triangle between a struggling writer, a psychiatrist and a drag artist. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.45pm , Mar 2, 3pm, 7.45pm, McAulay Studio, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9661 7573

The Killing of Sister George

Wordybird Theatre Company presents Frank Marcus' black comedy about human relationships. In English. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$145 (members and concessions). Inquiries: 2521 7251

Bjork - the Volta Tour

The Icelandic singer-songwriter blends a mix of pop, alternative rock and electronica. Thu, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau, HK$480, HK$780 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3128 8288

The Rite of Spring

Edo de Waart conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and the symphony orchestra from the Academy for Performing Arts in Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Mendelssohn's Octet for Strings and a Mozart symphony. Sat, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix.

Inquiries: 2721 2030

Feng Shui Xing

HK Dance Company presents a contemporary Chinese ritual folk dance choreographed by Chen Lei and Xie Yin . Sat, 2.30pm, 7.30pm, Mar 2, 2.30pm, 8/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$60. Inquiries: 3103 1809

Placido Domingo

The Spanish operatic tenor performs with British mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins and a symphony orchestra conducted by Eugene Kohn. Sat, 8pm, AsiaWorld-Expo, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau, HK$580-HK$3,880 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2882 1689

Extra-curricular

Stars, Stripes and Fukienese Food

Local artist Jaffa Lam speaks of her cultural exchange project in North America last year. In English. Today, 6.30pm-8pm, Asia Art Archive, 11/F Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Rd. Sheung Wan, free, booking required. Inquiries: 2815 1112

Drum Jam

Kumi Masunaga leads the event with more than 70 percussion instruments. Today, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: 9750 4212

Buteyko Breathing Technique

Cinema

The Blues Brothers

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Karel Reisz captures the lower class of 1950s Britain by focusing on a factory worker (Albert Finney) who impregnates his colleague's wife while having a relationship with another woman. In English. Thu, 7.30pm, Agnes b. Cinema, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2805 6222