Cardboard Faces

Cardboard art made of recycled materials by local students. Today-Thu, 8am-9pm, 1/F Devon House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay. Inquiries: 2844 5094. Ends Thu

Memories and Superimposition

Wei Guangqing's paintings incorporate pop elements into traditional Chinese culture. Today-Sat, 10am-6pm, Kwai Fung Hin Art Gallery, G/F, 20 Ice House St, Centre. Inquiries: 2580 0058. Ends Sat

Early Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula

More than 70 photos collected by historian Cheng Po-hung show Kowloon's changes over the past century. Mon-Sat, 9am-6pm, Sun, 1.30pm-5.30pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Mar 16

On the Street

Local artists and groups celebrate street art in photography, painting and graphics. Opens today. Mon-Thu, 1.30pm-11pm, Fri-Sat, 1.30pm-12.30am, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, Central. Inquiries: 9103 5017. Ends Apr 5

Performing Arts

Anything Goes

Tony Penny directs the HK Singers in this musical farce written by Cole Porter. Today-tomorrow, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$250, HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2537 4180

Performance Circle Showcase

Youth performers from the theatre group perform monologues, comedy duets, ballads and dance numbers. In English. Today-tomorrow, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200, HK$160 (members), HK$100 (concessions). Inquiries: 2521 7251

Play-reading Events

Theatre group ACT presents Scott McPherson's comedy Marvin's Room. In English. Today, 7pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: 9430 5725; and Theatre Ensemble presents Sarah Kane's Cleansed. In Cantonese. Today-tomorrow, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free, booking required. Inquiries: 2511 8195

The 36th Hong Kong Arts Festival

Rigoletto

Teatro Regio di Parma from Italy stages the tragic opera by Verdi. In Italian with Chinese and English surtitles. Today-tomorrow, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$250-HK$1,280.

Eddie Palmieri Afro-Caribbean Jazz Sextet

The Puerto Rican-American pianist and his band fuse jazz with Latin beats. Thu-Fri, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$460.

Sheng It Up

A fusion of rock and Chinese music with instruments such as the sheng, zheng and sanxian. Fri, 8.15pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180.

Ode to Joy L.I.V.E.

Choreographer Marie Chouinard leads her troupe in an experimental dance inspired by Beethoven's Ode to Joy. Fri-Sat, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$380 (post-performance meet-the-artist session on Fri)

Hungarian Concerto

Hungarian State Folk Ensemble perform traditional folk dance set to music by Bela Bartok. Sat, 7.30pm, Mar 16, 3pm, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$350.

Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra

The young Russian conductor leads the orchestra in two concerts: with Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider in Turnage's Lullaby for Hans, a Brahms violin concerto and a Tchaikovsky symphony, Sat, 8pm; and with French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Turnage's Evening Songs, a Ravel piano concerto and a Prokofiev symphony, Mar 16, 8pm. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$720.

Te Vaka

The 11-piece group from New Zealand perform modern Polynesian music and dance. Thu, 8pm, 5/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$120, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323

HKPO. Ronald. Edmond Live

Henry Shek conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra to perform with Canto-pop singers Edmond Leung Hon-man and Ronald Cheng Chung-kei, and a band led by Joey Tang. Fri-Mar 16, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$120-HK$400 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030

Extra-curricular

Commonwealth Day Cocktail Reception

The Royal Over-Seas League and the Royal Commonwealth Society hold the celebration. Non-members welcome. Today, 6.30pm-8.30pm, China Club, 14/F Old Bank of China Building, Bank St, Central, HK$300, booking required. Inquiries: 9225 8947

Gardzienice - Practising the Humanities

The Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice's artistic director Wlodzimierz Staniewski talks about the company's experimental projects. In English. Today, 8pm-10pm, Recital Hall, 3/F HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, free, booking required. Inquiries: 2503 1630

The Man HK International Literary Festival

Cinema

The 13th ifva Festival

World Vision

Picks from Germany's Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Programme one includes German director Corinna Schnitt's Living a Beautiful Life and London-based dancer Miranda Pennell's directorial attempt Magnetic North: Thu, 7.30pm, Agnes b. Cinema. Programme two includes Indian director Amit Dutta's To Be Continued and Chinese animation Shock Of Time by Sun Xun: Fri, 9pm, Agnes b. Cinema. With English subtitles (without subtitles for those in English).