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Exhibitions

South Veteran documentary photographer Wong Kan-tai's shots taken in developing cities in southern China including Dongguan, Xinhui, Nanhai, Zhuhai and Zhongshan. Today, 11am-7pm, Lumenvisum, L2-10 Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: 3177 9159. Ends today

Mind as the Moon About 80 works (including paintings in both Chinese and western media as well as Chinese calligraphy) by Nancy Koh, many of which are inspired by Buddhist literature. Today, 1pm-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5500. Ends today

Project Red Photographs by Maeva Aubert from France, German Gerd Conradt and Hongkongers Winnie Fu, Franky Lung, Hiyuki Ogata, Jupiter Wong and Magdalen Wong trace the path from the colour red to infinity. Today, 11am-8pm, A-Link Plus, CC Wu Building, 302-308 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 6085 0161. Ends today

Crossway Installation artist Liu Liyun draws inspiration from ancient Chinese landscape paintings, while Miao Xiaochun reinterprets Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights to resemble Chinese ink paintings. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends Mar 1

The French Revolutions France's 18th- and 19th-century revolutions depicted through some 180 objects. Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, HK$20, HK$10 (Wed). Inquiries: 2724 9042. Ends Mar 16

That Moment Now Celia Ko's paintings and wearable mixed-media artworks are inspired by childhood memories of listening to her grandmother's stories. Opens today. Mon-Fri, 8.30am-10pm, Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-5.30pm, 1/F Library, Lingnan University, Tuen Mun. Inquiries: 2616 8586. Ends Mar 31

The Perseverant Spirit: The Art of Lee Yue-hong Paintings of natural landscapes, birds and flowers by a student of master artist Chao Shao-an showcase the artistic inheritance and innovations of the Lingnan School. Daily, 10am-6pm, (Sun until 7pm), closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Sept 14

Performing Arts

Black Swan Victor Pang directs Yat Yau's version of Swan Lake set in Hong Kong, about a pop singer who must escape the evils of corporate greed to compose love songs. In Cantonese with English surtitles. A HK Arts Festival event. Today, 3pm, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$240 Urbtix; Mar 7, 8pm, Mar 8, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$80-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Rach 3 Edo de Waart conducts pianist Joyce Yang and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 3 and Symphony No 2. Today, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030

Metamorphosis Lyric Hammersmith artistic director David Farr and Vesturport actor-director G?sli ?rn Gardarsson adapt Franz Kafka's tale about a man who is transformed into a gigantic insect. In English with Chinese surtitles. A HK Arts Festival event. Today, 5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$420 Urbtix and HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2824 2430

The Emperor Jones Elizabeth LeCompte directs the Wooster Group's adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play about a black American railway porter and a prison convict-turned-West Indies island monarch who is haunted by his past. In English with Chinese surtitles. A HK Arts Festival event. Today, 5pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$150-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Primary Shapes The indie duo of singer-composer Tang Chi-wai and Yuen Cheuk-wa team up with a string quartet, designers and artists to perform An Eternal Golden Braid, a theatrical music concert. A HK Arts Festival event. Today, 8.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$220 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Nicolette Wong Solo piano recital of works by Schumann, Mozart, Berg, Brahms, Liszt and others. Tomorrow, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321

Alcina Kristina Wuss directs and Andris Veismanis conducts soprano Emma Bell, counter-tenor Christopher Ainslie and the Latvian National Opera in Handel's opera seria about a beautiful sorceress who can seduce anyone she desires, and then turns them into stones. In Italian with Chinese and English surtitles. A HK Arts Festival event. Tue-Wed, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$300-HK$980 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

The Lieutenant of Inishmore Eric Ng directs the HK Players' production of Martin McDonagh's black comedy that revolves around a fierce Irishman who hurries home upon hearing that his beloved cat is ill. In English. Wed-Sat, 8pm, Mar 1, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9852 2668

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir The a cappella group sings: religious works by Part and Mendelssohn, Thu, 8pm, St John's Cathedral, 4-8 Garden Rd, Central, HK$380; and choral music by Part, Sibelius, Tormis and Eric Whitacre. Fri, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, 8pm, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. A HK Arts Festival event. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Asia Pacific Dance Platform Six choreographer-dancers (New Zealander Raewyn Hill, Japan's Yukio Suzuki, Korean Kim Nam-jin, Hongkonger Dick Wong, China's Wen Hui and Indonesian Jecko Siompo) present six contemporary dance pieces. A HK Arts Festival event. Fri, 3pm, Sat, 6pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk The Latvian National Opera performs Shostakovich's opera about a lonely Russian woman who falls in love with one of her husband's workers and is driven to murder. In Russian with Chinese and English surtitles. A HK Arts Festival event. Fri-Sat, 7.30pm, Mar 1, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$980 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

The Table Karbido's four-man team create music using a table. A HK Arts Festival event. Fri-Sat, 7.45pm, also Sat, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$280; and Mar 1, 3pm, 7.45pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$80-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

The White Body French-Vietnamese Ea Sola directs and choreographs the Company Ea Sola's reflection on Asia in its quest for globalisation, through a fusion of dance, theatre and live music. A HK Arts Festival event. Fri-Sat, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120-HK$380 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Extra-curricular

Top Gear Live Hong Kong Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and Marchy Lee star in the live version of the car performance show. In English. Today, 1.30pm, 4pm, 6.30pm. (Includes an exhibition of car-related products, today, noon-9pm.) HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$288-HK$988 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: www.topgear.com/live

Former Central School Envisioning Days Open day featuring an exhibition about the history of the site, a Hollywood Rd ART Quarters art exhibition involving more than 30 artists, art galleries and art groups, and guided tours (in Cantonese). Today, Sat and Mar 1, 10am-5pm, Former Hollywood Rd Police Married Quarters, 35 Aberdeen St, Central, free. Inquiries: 9572 1124

Sergio Tiempo Piano Masterclass The pianist teaches a masterclass. In English. A HK Arts Festival programme. Today, 4pm-6pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, free, booking recommended. Inquiries: 2824 2430

Alcina Backstage Guided Tour Alcina's costume designer Kristine Pasternaka and production manager Dace Bula lead a backstage tour during which they talk about Baroque costumes and wigs used in the opera. A HK Arts Festival programme. Tomorrow, 6pm-7pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, booking recommended. Inquiries: 2824 2430

A Mountaineer's Odyssey Paul Pritchard talks about his most famous climbs and reflects on the lessons he has learned from mountaineering. In English. Tomorrow, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), HK Football Club, 2/F Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, So Kong Po, Causeway Bay, HK$150, HK$100 (members), booking recommended. Inquiries: 2583 9700

The Global Financial Crisis, Oil Prices and Asia's Energy Security Mikkal Herberg of the National Bureau of Asian Research (in Washington, DC) discusses Asia's concerns over meeting its future oil needs and whether it is responding effectively to its long-term energy security dilemma. In English. Tue, 1.15pm (reception, 12.15pm, lunch, 12.30pm), Kennedy Room, Level 7, Conrad HK, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, HK$490, HK$390 (Asia Society members), registration required. Inquiries: 2103 9508

Play-Reading Evening Reading and discussion of Agatha Christie's Rats, a one-act play about people lured into a flat and caught like 'rats in a trap'. Tue, 7pm-9pm, Rm 602, The Boys' & Girls' Clubs Association of HK, 3 Lockhart Rd, Wan Chai, HK$75-HK$90, HK$75, registration required. Inquiries: 2186 8449 (mornings only) or [email protected]
Gallery Tour Ooi Botos Gallery owner Joanne Ooi leads a tour and talks about the artworks of Chen Zhuo and Huang Keyi that feature in the Chinese Carnival exhibition. Wed, 11am, Ooi Botos Gallery, 5 Gresson St, Wan Chai, HK$150, HK$120 (Friends of The Art Museum, Chinese University of HK members), booking recommended. Inquiries: [email protected]

Pecha Kucha Night Ten professionals from fields including architecture, graphic design, illustration, animation, web design and product design give short presentations of their work. In English. Wed, 8pm-10pm, Priv?, 60 Wyndham St, Central, free. Inquiries: 2739 6889

Cinema

e-wave: The TV Films of Ann Hui and Yim Ho Eighteen made-for-television films (13 by Hong Kong New Wave director Ann Hui On-wah and five by Yim Ho) that focus on working-class people and the life of the young generation, including the following double bill. Until Mar 8. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30. Inquiries: 2734 2900

ICAC: A Man & ICAC: Homeward Bound Ann Hui double bill comprising two episodes from the Independent Commission Against Corruption promotional series: the first centres on a new police officer who experiences corruption first hand while stationed at a fishing village on an outlying island; the second is about an ICAC investigation of a civil servant into whose web two wives and a mistress become entangled. In Cantonese. Today, 2.30pm, Sat, 5pm, HK Film Archive.

German Film Forum The Goethe-Institut HK presents a programme of five films by Turkish-German director Fatih Akin, including the following one. Until Mar 20. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088

In July After Hamburg physics teacher Daniel (Moritz Bleibtreu) falls for beautiful Melek, she tells him she's leaving for Istanbul. He spontaneously decides to embark on a journey from his home city to Istanbul with his street-vendor friend July. Also starring Christiane Paul. In German with English subtitles. Fri, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive.

Pearl River Delta

China Dream The Macau Chinese Orchestra plays Tibetan songs and Songfei's Erhu Concerto No 2, China Dream. Today, 8pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Ave Xian Xing Hai, Macau, 40, 80 patacas. Inquiries: (853) 8399 6699

Feast of the God Tou Tei Religious event in honour of the Chinese Earth God is celebrated with traditional Cantonese Opera performances and a lion dance. Tue, 7.30pm, Wed-Sat, 2pm, 7.30pm, Pagode Fok Tac Chi, near Mercado da Horta da Mitra, Macau, free. Inquiries: www.macautourism.gov.mo
Procession of the Passion of Our Lord Religious event during which an image of Jesus Christ is carried from St Augustine's Church to Macau Cathedral for an overnight vigil. The statue is returned to its church of origin the following day. Sat, 7pm, from St Augustine's Church, St Augustine's Square, Macau; and Mar 1, 4pm, from Macau Cathedral, Largo da S?, Macau, free. Inquiries: www.macautourism.gov.mo
Sentimental Russia Concert The Macau Orchestra plays works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Gubaidulina and other Russian composers. Sat, 8pm, Dom Pedro V Theatre, St Augustine's Square, Macau, 30 patacas. Inquiries: (853) 8399 6699 or www.icm.gov.mo

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