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SCMP Reporter

Exhibitions  
Academy of Visual Arts Graduation Exhibition
More than 60 graduate works in various media, including western and Chinese painting, sculpture, installation, ceramics, glass, photography, mixed-media, comics and design.  Daily, 10am-6pm, Academy of Visual Arts, Kai Tak Campus, HK Baptist University, 51 Kwun Tong Rd, Kowloon. Inquiries: 2353 5627. Ends Jun 29   
Taken 
Australian Beulah van Rensburg's  photographs of  everyday objects.  Mon-Sat, noon-10pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 7251. Ends Jun 29  
Remains of a Travelling  Battered Wing
Exhibition of Hong Kong-based Filipino artist Arnel S. Agawin's  drawings, paintings, video and installation art works. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun (and public holidays), noon-5pm,  Osage Soho, LG/F, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends Jul 12  
Body Language 
Nude oil paintings by more than 50 artists including Frenchman Armand Laroche,  Austrians Eduard Buechler and Alfred Pirkhert,  Pole Leszek Pictrowksi and Chinese painters Yang Keshan  and Wei Qimei.  Daily, 10am-7pm, Baoqu Tang Gallery of Art, G/F Heng Ngai Jewellery Centre, 4 Hok Yuen St East, Hung Hom. Inquiries: 2723 1928. Ends Jul 12 
Modern Metropolis: Material Culture of Shanghai  and Hong Kong
Exhibition showing how the two cities pioneered China's modernisation.  Daily, 10am-6pm, (Sun, 10am-7pm), closed Tue, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2724 9042. Ends Aug 17  
Performing Arts
Academy Concerto Concert
Alan Cumberland conducts the HK Academy for Performing Arts' Academy Symphony in playing works by Li Minxiong,  Julius Reitz,  Steve Hui  Ngo-shan, York Bowen,  Max Bruch,  Reinecke  and Gershwin. Today, 7.30pm, HK Academy of Performing Arts,  1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50  HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8500 
He is Kong Girl She is Kong Boy 
Jim Chim Sui-man  stars in PIP Theatre's comedy on  gender relations. Edward Lam Yik-wah  directs. In Cantonese.  Today-Jun 28, 7.30pm, also  Sat-Jun 28, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$170-HK$420 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2511 0139
Classical Settings
Chamber Music HK presents performances by area chamber musicians of works by Dvorak, Rossini and Mozart, and Beethoven. Today, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
She Came From Beijing
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's  musical about an ambitious young woman from Beijing who hopes to become a superstar in Hong Kong.  In  Today, 8.15pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, 
Sheung Wan, HK$150-HK$250 Urbtix, Inquiries: 6377 7240
Moulin Rouge District  Quartier Pigalle HK Theatre Association's comedy about an eclectic community that includes French Cancan dancers, drug addicts, homeless women and angry men. In French with English surtitles. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$160, HK$130 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251 
20th Century Settings
Chamber Music HK presents performances by area chamber musicians of Richard Strauss' Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Poulenc's Brass Trio, Prokofiev's Clarinet Quartet and Terry Riley's In C. Tomorrow, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Living Music
Concerto da Camera presents a  chamber music concert featuring  works by Francois Devienne,  Sofia Gubaidulina,  Mikhail Glinka, Clarence Mak  and Astor Piazzolla, as well as performance of Argentine tango. Tomorrow, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9731 3388
Musica Espanola
Pianists Ernest So,  Frederic Koon,  Grace Cheng,  Cheri Chung,  Judy Lam,  Lawrenza Lau  and Ada Wong  play works by Albeniz, Blancafort, Falla, Granados and others. Tomorrow, 8pm, HK Arts Centre,  2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9727 2182  
The Miser 
Chung Ying Theatre Company's  adaptation of Moliere's comedy about  a  moneylender whose daughters  long to escape  his frugal household.   In Cantonese.  Tomorrow, Fri-Sat, 8pm, also  Sat-Jun 28, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140- HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803
Chet Lam 
The indie singer-songwriter performs. Tomorrow-Sat, 8.15pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$249, HK$299 Urbtix. Inquiries: www.chetlam.com  
Chamber Music Festival
Cellists Trey Lee and Tomas Djupsjobacka, violinists Claudia Ajmone-Marsan, Pekka Kuusito and Yang Tianwa, pianists Tanya Bannister, Chen Jie, Ingrid Filter  and Jarkko Riihimaki,  clarinettist Anton Dressler, viola player Atte Kilpelainen  play: works by Schumann, Beethoven and Brahms, Thu, 8pm, HK$200-HK$600; works by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky and Dvorak, Fri, 7pm, HK$180-HK$360; tangos from Finland and Argentina and other world music, Fri, 10pm, HK$160-HK$300; works by Turina,  Poulenc and Faure, Sat, 7pm, HK$180-HK$360; JS Bach's the Goldberg Variations, Sat, 10pm, HK$160-HK$300; and works by Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Mendelssohn, Jun 28, 8pm, HK$180-HK$360 Urbtix. All concerts at HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central. Inquiries: 3518 7290. The musicians also play a selection of the festival repertoire, Jun 28, 2pm, 3.30pm, Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum, 7 Castle Rd, Mid-Levels, tickets free but HK$10 entry fee for museum is required. Inquiries: 2541 9390 
Vincy Chan 
The Canto-pop singer in concert.   Thu, 8.15pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive,  Wan Chai, HK$150, HK$320 HK Ticketing.  Inquiries: 2835 6688 
Masters and Masterworks
Yan Huichang  conducts banhu player Shen Cheng, erhu player Yan Jiemin,   erhu and zhonghu player Liu Yang  and the HK Chinese Orchestra in playing contemporary huqin music. Fri-Sat,  8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury  Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Mozart VC4 by Isabelle Faust 
Nicholas McGegan  conducts German violinist Isabelle Faust  and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in performing Haydn's Symphony No 59 Fire and Symphony No 85 La Reine, Mozart's Violin Concerto No 4 and Lutoslawski's Partita. Fri-Sat, 8pm, HK City Hall,  5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030  
Extra-curricular
Floating Book Fair
The MV Doulos returns to Hong Kong laden with more than 6,000 books on subjects including sports, cookery and education.  Today-Sat, Jul 2-3, 10am-9pm,  Jun 28, 2pm-9pm, Jul 4, 10am-6pm, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, TST, HK$10 (to board the ship). Inquiries: 6694 7140  
Graham Webb
The British entrepreneur gives a motivational talk on how he, a physically disabled person, built a multi-million-dollar enterprise. In English. Today, 12.30pm-2pm, HK$120, HK$100 (Community Business members), includes lunch, registration required. Inquiries: 2152 1889. He also takes part in a session with Ferguson International Freight Forwarders president Stephen Ho on how to identify creative skills in students and inspire teachers  to evaluate students beyond academic results. In English. Today, 6pm-7pm,  free, booking required. Inquiries: RSVP@britishcouncil.org.hk.  Both events: 3/F British Council,  3 Supreme Court Rd, Admiralty.
An Archaeological Review of the Jingdezhen Transitional Ceramics Industry:  Kiln Site Discoveries
Jingdezhen Institute professor May Huang lectures about ceramic developments in 17th-century Jingdezhen.  In English. Today, 7pm (reception, 6.30pm; dinner, 8.15pm), Hong Kong Club, 1 Jackson Rd, Central,  HK$100, HK$450-HK$500 (includes dinner), reservations required. Inquiries: 2527 0696 
Stand-up Comedy Open Mic
Cantonese (Mon) and English-language (today) sessions, free to perform five to seven minutes, HK$50 to watch, 8pm. Take Out Comedy Club, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 6220 4436 
Cinema 
Italian Film Festival
The Italian consulate general and Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau present a programme of six Italian films, including the following one. Ends today. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements,  1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$60 www.thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2196 8170 
Italian Dream
Black comedy about a hotel front-desk clerk who is given a chance to live out  his  dream in exchange for killing  another man. Sandro Baldoni  directs.  In Italian with English subtitles. Today, 7.45pm, The Grand Cinema.
Refugee Film Festival
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and Crossroads Foundation present a programme of six films about refugees, including the following one. Until Fri. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55. Inquiries: 2388 3278
The Devil Came on Horseback
Documentary which uses photographs and the first-hand testimony of former US Marines captain Brian Steidle  who witnessed Sudan's Arab-run government executing a plan to rid Darfur of its black citizens. Ricki Stern  and Annie Sundberg  direct. In English and Arabic with English subtitles. Today, 8pm, Broadway Cinematheque.



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