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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions  
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Richard Winkworth's  oil, acrylic and encaustic paint works  are influenced  by Southeast Asian imagery.  Today, 11am-7pm, Karin Weber Gallery, G/F, 20 Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries:  2544 5004. Ends today  
Slow
Photographs by anothermountainman (Stanley Wong), Vincent Yu, John Fun and Kith Tsang that capture slow  moments in Hong Kong. Today-Sat, noon-10pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 7251. Ends Sat  
The Great British Show
Works on print and canvas by Damien Hirst,  Francis Bacon, Gilbert and George, and Banksy. Tue-Sat, noon-7pm, Fabrik Contemporary Art Gallery, 412, 4/F Yip Fung Building, 2-18 D'Aguilar St, Central. Inquiries: 2525 4911. Ends Mar 25 
Root
Group show of sculptures by local artists  that reveal the strong vitality of roots.  Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, YY9 Gallery, G/F 83-85 Sing Woo Rd, Happy Valley. Inquiries:  2574 3370. Ends Mar 30 
Moving Sideways 
Map Office (artist-architects Laurent Gutierrez  and Valerie Portefaix)'s  cross-disciplinary project  shows the difficulty of moving from one point to another using unplanned paths.  Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Tang Contemporary Art, B/F Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2544 9918. Ends Apr 2   
Building the True Hong Kong
Bamboo installations by designer Akin Vong Wai-kin and paintings by Lam Tung-pang  of dreamlike encounters between wild animals and the city landscape. Opens today. Daily, 10am-10pm, Open Piazza and 2/F Lobby, Times Square, 1 Matheson St, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 2118 8900. Ends Apr 6   
Kan Tai-keung  
Glyphic ink paintings  by the Chinese artist.  Opens today. Daily, 11am-9pm, Gallery by the Harbour, Shop 207, L2, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, TST. Inquiries: 2118 8697. Ends Apr 7  
Hong Kong Fifties
Dutchman Michael Rogge's  photographs of Hong Kong in the 1950s.  Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm, 2pm-7pm, Sat, 2pm-6pm, Tao Evolution, 13 Circular Pathway, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2805 1112. Ends May 15    
The Artistry of Yixing Pottery 
More than 100 pieces of purple clay art, some of which date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm, closed Tue, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, free. Inquiries: 2869 0690. Ends May 17
Performing Arts  
Happy Hour@City Hall
Pianist Colleen Lee and violinist James Cuddeford play works by Ravel, Debussy and Bartok/Szigeti. Today, 7.15pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100, includes one drink. Inquiries: 2836 3336 
The Crucible 
Faust International Youth Theatre's presentation of Arthur Miller's allegorical drama about the Salem, Massachusetts, Witch Trials  of 1692. In English. Today-Sat, 7.30pm, also Sat, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2547 9114
On the Waterfront 
Steven Berkoff directs and stars in Nottingham Playhouse and Richard Wakely's stage adaptation of Budd Schulberg's  drama about a  longshoreman who takes on his corrupt union bosses. In English with Chinese surtitles. A HK Arts Festival programme. Today-Sat, 8pm, also Sat, 3pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150-HK$480 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Philharmonia Orchestra
Italian Fabio  Luisi conducts violinist Benjamin  Schmid  (today only), viola player Maxim  Rysanov (today only) and the British orchestra  playing works by Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert, today, 8pm; and Mendelssohn, Brahms and Schumann, tomorrow, 8pm. A HK Arts Festival programme. Both concerts: HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd,  TST, HK$280-HK$780 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Painted Face 
The HK Dance Company's Chinese opera-inspired drama about a murdered courtesan (Xie Yin)  whose ghost haunts men for 100 years.  Tomorrow-Sat, 7.45pm, also Mar 20 Sat-Mar 21, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd,  Kwai Chung, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 3103 1806 
Far-out Physical Fun 
The Tweaksters'  show involves activities such as artistic juggling.  Tomorrow, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, HK$100-HK$140; Sat, 8pm, North District Town Hall, 2 Lung Wan St, Sheung Shui, HK$100, HK$140; and Mar 21, 8pm,  Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd,  Tai Po, HK$100, HK$140 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2268 7323
Nunsense 
Theatre Space stages a musical comedy about five nuns  who stage a variety show to raise funds for the burials of 52 members of their community who  have been accidentally poisoned by their soup. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, Mar 21, 3pm, Youth Square - Y Theatre, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325  
Sounds Great!!! 5
Jason Lai presents and conducts the HK Sinfonietta  performing works such as Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.  Tomorrow, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 
The Truth About Lying 
Actor  Lee Chun-chow  and playwright Wong Wing-sze  direct Wong's play about a new legal employee who gets too involved in all aspects of her bosses' lives.  A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Tomorrow-Mar 22, 24-28, 8pm, also Mar 21, 27, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$300 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Five Days in March 
Toshiki Okada  directs  chelfitsch Theatre's production of his play about the disorientation of Japan's 'no job, no income' Generation N.  A HK Arts Festival programme. In Japanese with Chinese and English surtitles. Tomorrow-Mar 21, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Apricot Blossoms  Against a Blue Sky
The HK Chinese Orchestra Ensemble plays works such as Liu Xing's Between Heaven and Earth and Hu Dengtiao's Leaping Dragon and Imagination on Wings.  Sat, 4.30pm, also 7.30pm, Xiang Hai Xuan Multi-purpose Hall, Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill, HK$150. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Don Quixote
The Mariinsky Ballet  performs choreographer Alexander  Gorsky's  dance version of an episode from  Miguel de Cervantes' novel about  an idealistic man and his world-weary companion. A HK Arts Festival programme. Sat-Mar 24, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$680 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430
Communicating Doors 
Roy Szeto Wai-cheuk  directs the HK Repertory Theatre's version of Alan Ayckbourn's  comic thriller about three women trapped in three different eras who band together to thwart a  murderer. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Sat, Mar 23-27, 30, Apr 1-3, 7.45pm, also Mar 21, 27-28, Apr 3-4,  HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries:  3103 5900  
International WoW  Magic on Earth II
Seven Magic Tech conjurers (including Japan's Kenji Minenrura and Australians Tim Ellis and Sue Anne Webster) perform magic tricks. Sat, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd; and Mar 21, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$170 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
When Jing Meets Perry 
Perry So Pak-hin  conducts cellist Zhao  Jing  and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra  performing works by Kodaly,  Saint-Saens and Brahms. Sat, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town  Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan; and Mar 21, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place,  Central, HK$100-HK$240 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2721 2030 
Cinderella & the Fairy Godfather
Chunky Onion Productions' interactive children's musical drama about a music-loving girl who wants to sing at a talent show. In English. Mar 21, 1pm, 3pm, Discovery Bay Community Hall, 99 Siena Avenue, Discovery Bay, HK$95 (advance), HK$125 (door). Inquiries: 2110 0014 
RTHK Quartet
Violinists Ayako Ichimaru and Le Hoai-nam,  viola player Elvis Chan  and cellist Laurent Perrin  play works by Chopin, Mar 21, 2.30pm, Studio One, RTHK, 30 Broadcast Drive, Kowloon. They also play works by Mozart, Beethoven and David Gwilt, Mar 24, 7.30pm, Ben C. M. Wong Lecture Theatre, Lingnan University,  Tuen Mun; and Mozart, Beethoven and Doming Lam, Mar 25, 8pm, Studio One, RTHK, 30 Broadcast Drive, Kowloon.  All concerts: free with ticket.  Inquiries: 2339 6425 
Cosi Fan Tutte 
Nancy Yuen directs the HK Academy for Performing Arts's production of Mozart's comic opera about a manipulative philosopher  who bets with two men that their sweethearts will prove unfaithful if put to the test. In Italian and English with Chinese and English surtitles. Mar 23, 25, 27, 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, Gloucester Rd, HK$90, HK$140 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8500 
Midnight Angel
Chiang Chia-chien directs the HK Repertory Theatre and HK Academy for Performing Arts' Contemporary Japanese Theatre of the Absurd production of Yoichi Kobiyama's  fable about  a masked hero. In Cantonese. Mar 23-28, 7.45pm, also Mar 27-28, 2.45pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Soul Sister 2
Kassia Women's Choir  performs gospel and spiritual songs such as Bridge Over Troubled Water and The Storm Is Passing Over.  Mar 23, 8pm, St. Mary's Church, 2A Tai Hang Rd, Causeway Bay; and Mar 24, 8pm, St John's Cathedral, 4-8 Garden Rd, Central, HK$200. Inquiries: 2575 3931 
5 is Such a Lonely Number 
Loft Stage's romantic drama about how love changes five youngsters'  lives. In Cantonese. March 24-28, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan; and Apr 8-10, 8pm, Apr 11, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$150-HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5216 
The Tempest 
Sam Mendes directs  William Shakespeare's tragicomedy  about shipwrecks and sorcery, and loves lost and found.  A HK Arts Festival programme. In English with Chinese surtitles. Mar 25-28, 7.30pm, also Mar 27-28, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$280-HK$780 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Flee By Night 
Danny Yung directs, writes and stage designs the Danny Yung Experimental Theatre's operatic theatre experiment using a kun opera about outlaws  to question the notion of 'political correctness' in the arts. A HK Arts Festival programme. In  dialect with Chinese and English surtitles. Mar 25-27, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$240 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2824 2430  
The Pianist
Russian-born pianist Mikhail  Rudy directs and performs in  this concert-play based on pianist W{lstrok}adys{lstrok}aw Szpilman's  memoir about living in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Also starring Peter Guinness. A HK Arts Festival programme. Mar 25-26,  8.30pm, ArtisTree, 1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay, HK$400 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Britten's The Turn of the Screw 
David McVicar  directs the Mariinsky Opera  performing  Benjamin Britten's adaptation of Henry James'  novella about a former governess' account of  ghosts that seemed to entice her two charges into danger. A HK Arts Festival programme. In English with English and Chinese surtitles. Mar 26, 7.30pm, Mar 27, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$880 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430   
A Taste of Russian Concert 
Pianist Jimmy Chiang and Yip Wai-hong  conduct soprano Britta Stroher and the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra  performing works by Rachmaninov,  Gliere  and Tchaikovsky.  Mar 26, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun; and Mar 27, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$80-HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321   
Something We All Have
Harmonic Theatre's  period drama set in  a herbal tea stall about the changes that Hong Kong has undergone since the 1970s. In Cantonese. Mar 26-27, 8pm, also Mar 27-28, 3pm, North District Town Hall, 2 Lung Wan St, Sheung Shui, HK$60, HK$78 Urbtix. Inquiries: 8101 3200 
The Evolution of Ballet 
The HK Ballet performs excerpts from ballets such as Giselle  and Swan Lake  and works choreographed by Isadora Duncan  and Martha Graham.  With Cantonese and English narrations.  Mar 26-28, 8pm, also Mar 27-28, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin,  HK$120-HK$500 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2105 9724 
Unreachable Distance
Taiwanese dancer-choreographer Ku Ming-shen and DanceArt HK's dance theatre presentation about human relationships involving partners, friends or family. Mar 26-27, 8pm, Mar 28, 5pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd,  Kwai Chung, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 
Extra-curricular 
Hong Kong Flower Show 
Fairy Tales of Flowers-themed horticultural showcase featuring potted plants, floral arrangements and landscape displays, floral-art demonstrations and plant-maintenance workshops. Today-Mar 28, 9am-9pm, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, HK$14. Inquiries: 2601 8260 
The Global Aftermath of the Financial Crisis
MFS Investment Management chairman Bob Pozen  talks about the global forces behind the recent financial crisis and suggest ways to prevent another one. In English.  Today, 1.15pm (lunch, 12.45pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members), includes lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511 
Meet Morris
Morris Gleitzman reads from and discusses Grace,  his book about a girl born into a Christian cult. A Man HK International Literary Festival event. In English. Today, 5pm, Kids' Gallery, 21/F Coda Plaza, 51 Garden Rd, Central, HK$60. Inquiries: 2877 9770
The World's Second-Oldest Profession: Travel Writing
Garry Marchant discusses his more  than 30 years of experience as a  travel journalist and shares some  stories from the road. In English. Today, 5.45pm (reception, 5pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$110, HK$80 (members), booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511 
Terrifyingly Alien,  Magnificent and Merciless
Helicopter pilot Jennifer Murray  presents a slide-show of her journey around the world with Colin  Bodill via both poles, and author Robert Ryan discusses Robert Falcon Scott's  doomed Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica  a century  ago. A Man HK International Literary Festival event. In English. Today, 7pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$80. Inquiries: 2877 9770 
Eccentric Characters
Novelists Mo Zhihong and Alexis Wright  discuss writing quirky and memorable characters with Chinese University of HK professor David Parker.  A Man HK International Literary Festival event.  In English. Today, 7.30pm, English  Zone, Rm 322 Fung King Hey Building, Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin,  free, registration required.  Inquiries: 2877 9770 
Later Chinese Jades in the British Museum and the  Woolf Collection, London
British Museum curator Carol Michaelson  lectures on Ming and Qing dynasty jades and the problems  with dating such objects. In English. Tomorrow, 6.30pm, Rm 201, Main Building, University of HK, Pok Fu Lam, HK$100, reservation required. Free for Oriental Ceramic Society of HK members.  Inquiries: 2527 0696
Visible Difference: The Fashion Dress of Expatriate Western Women in Hong Kong
Fashion professional Valerie Wilson Trower gives an anthropological talk on the fashions expatriate Western women wore between 1960 and 1997, contextualising their experience in a rapidly changing Hong Kong. In English. Tomorrow, 7pm, HK Museum of  History, 100 Chatham Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 9746 9537
The Final Chapter
Man HK International Literary Festival staff, writers and other bibliophiles share their highlights of this year and hear the beginnings of the line-up for 2011. A Man HK International Literary Festival event. In English. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, Kee Club, 6/F, 32 Wellington St, free with registration. Inquiries: 2877 9770 
The Frontier Closed Area, Northern New Territories
Geographer  Raynor Shaw and HK Police Chief Superintendent Blake Hancock lead a field trip through a section of the Frontier Closed Area that includes historical sites such as Ta Kwo Ling, Lin Ma Hang Village and Lin Ma Hang Lead Mine.  In English. Sat, 9.30am meet, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$300, HK$250 (Royal Geographical Society members), registration required. Inquiries: 2583 9700 
OFTEN2010
Organic, fair trade, environmental friendly fair and music show featuring activities such as organic soap-making and natural plant dye workshops, nutrition talks and music by local indie acts including innisfallen  and Modern  Children. Sat, 10am-10pm, The Podium, 4/F, Cyber Port, HK$40, includes one drink. Inquiries: 3421 1455
Sophie Paine 
The author launches two titles: Sweet Words, a book for mothers; and Oliver the Quiet Firefighter,  a book about shyness. In English. Sat, 4pm, Metrobooks, Shop 2001, L2 Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, free, registration required. She also attends a Meet-the-Author session. In English. Mar 21, noon, Commercial Press, Shop 115, 1/F Olympian City 1,  11 Hoi Fai Rd, West Kowloon,  free, registration required.  Inquiries: 3106 4010
My Life Before and After Suzie Wong
Actress Nancy Kwan  discusses growing up in Hong Kong and what happened to her after she starred in The World of Suzie Wong.  In English. Sat, 7.45pm (reception, 6.30pm; dinner, 7pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$250, HK$175 (members), includes dinner, booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511



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