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Exhibitions
Small Potatoes
Graphics, product designs, animations, photos and installations by graduates of HK Art School.  Daily, 10am-8pm, The Pao Galleries, 5/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 9754 9537. Ends Mar 25
Bottlemania
Charity show featuring Eileen Chan's paintings on recycled bottles. Donations go to Friends of the Earth. Opening reception  today, 5.30pm. Tue-Sun, noon-8pm, Artist Commune, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 6173 0488. Ends Mar 27
Creative Figure Studio
Paintings and sculptures by 34 local artists including Chu Tat-shing, John McArthur and William Tsang. Opening reception  today, 6pm-8pm. Daily, 10am-8pm (Mar 30 until 5pm), 7/F HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central. Inquiries: 9332 0424. Ends Mar 30
Sacred Legacy
Ethnographer Edward S. Curtis' photos of Native Americans and their everyday lives in the early 20th century.  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 Mar 30
Beyond the Surface
The HK International Poster Triennial showcases more than 400 works from 46 countries.  Daily, 10am-6pm (Sun and public holidays until 7pm), closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10,  Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends May 19
Performing Arts
Let's Face the Music and Dance
A tribute to song and dance duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, with Michael Krajewski conducting  the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in songs from 1930s Hollywood musicals. Today-tomorrow, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Zingaro
An equestrian circus theatre from France, with  riders, acrobats, gypsy musicians and 36 horses.  Today, 8pm,  tomorrow and Mar 23, 6pm, Hung Hom Ferry Pier Lawn, HK$200-HK$600 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2877 1330
What is Man?
Edward Lam Yik-wah's theatre about modern manhood, infusing Chinese novel Water Margin with elements of role-playing games and pop culture. In Putonghua with Chinese surtitles. Today-Mar 23, 7.30pm, Mar 24, 2.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2893 8732 (post-performance discussion on Mar 24)
The World of Music through Purple's Eyes
Vocalist Purple Lee joins the HK YWCA Chinese Orchestra in children's music from around the world. Tomorrow, 3pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun; Mar 24, 3pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po; Mar 30, 8pm, 5/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$80 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
Music Office Annual Gala
A celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department's Music Office, featuring classical and Chinese music by Brahms, Dvorak, Mozart, Joseph Koo and more. Mar 23, 3pm, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$40, HK$60 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2796 1003
Extra-curricular
Nirmala Devi, Freedom and Liberation
Carolin Dassel's biographical documentary about the Sahaja Yoga founder's life and vision is screened with a meditation session. In English.  Today, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, free. Inquiries: 6123 9974
Hong Kong Flower Show
A showcase of flowers, potted plants, floral arrangements and landscape displays, with gerbera as this year's theme flower. Also includes floral art demonstrations, plant maintenance workshops, and stalls selling horticultural products.  Today-Mar 24, 9am-9pm, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, HK$14, HK$7 (children), free for seniors. Inquiries: 2697 8030
Cinema
Touch the Sound
Thomas Riedelsheimer's documentary follows deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In English. Part of Goethe-Institut's German Film Forum series. Today, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088
The 32nd HK International Film Festival
The city's biggest film event with more than 300 features, documentaries, animations and shorts from Hong Kong and abroad, including the following three films. Various times and venues, free-HK$60 Urbtix and HK Ticketing. Inquiries: www.hkiff.org.hk. End Apr 6
Crude Oil
Wang Bing's 14-hour documentary records the hardship of the oil workers in Mongolia's Gobi desert. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Part one,  today and Mar 23, 11am-6pm; Part two, tomorrow and Mar 24, 11am-6pm, TV Studio, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, free.
Alexandra
A side depiction of war by Russian director Alexander Sokurov, in which an old woman (Galina Vishnevskaya) leaves for Chechnya to visit her officer grandson (Vasily Shevtsov), where she makes friends with the occupied locals. Also stars Raisa Gichaeva. In Russian with English subtitles.  Today, 12.30pm, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST; Apr 2, 7.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST.
Night and Day
To avoid a drug arrest, Seoul painter Sung-nam (Kim Young-ho) flees to Paris and falls in love with a Korean woman, without knowing his wife (Hwang Su-jung) is pregnant. Directed by Hong Sang-soo. Also stars Park Eun-hye. In Korean with English subtitles.  Today, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; Mar 30, 6pm, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST.
Night Scene
Five Against One
Californian Nintendocore  outfit HORSE are joined by local metal groups King Ly Chee, Ignite the Hope, Hermetic Silence and Mensheng.  Tonight, 7.30pm, Pier Pressure, Lamma Island Ferry Pier No 4, Central, HK$130 (advance), HK$150 (door). Inquiries: 9343 3457
TC1 and SpectraSoul
The British acts are supported by Magnetic Soul residents Cookie, Teem,  Saiyan and Fat Demon.  Tonight, 10pm, Club Magazine, 3/F Cosmos Building, 8-11 Lan Kwai Fong, HK$200, includes one drink. Inquiries: 9099 1930
Listen Up!
Alternative rock bands Born to Hula, Very Ape and Bone Table.  Tonight, 10.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$90, free for members, includes one drink. Inquiries: 2521 7251



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