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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions 
Hong Kong Lyric
Ink paintings by architect-designer-painter Raymond Fung that combine traditional Chinese ink painting with  a Western approach to colour and composition. Today, 9.30am-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5502. Ends today 
Fax 
Faxes by nearly 100 artists  that conceive of the fax machine as a tool for thinking and drawing. Today, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends today 
Move on Asia 
Video art by artists from South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, the mainland, Australia and Southeast Asia  that consider the end of the medium. Today, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends today  
The Lost City
Surrealistic landscape paintings by  Russian painters of a ruined ancient city. Today, 11am-6.30pm, King's Gallery, Shop 215, 2/F The Galleria, 9 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2117 0731. Ends today  
Fine Arts Exhibition  Of Dong Xiyuan
The artist's paintings of Chinese landscapes, flowers and birds. Today, 10am-7pm, Wan Fung Art Gallery, G/F Cityplaza III, Taikoo Shing. Inquiries:  2736 9623. Ends today   
Flowers Fall
Chinese-Australian artist Lindy Lee's  paper and metal works contemplate  cosmic and elemental forces.  Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm, 10 Chancery Lane Gallery, G/F, 10 Chancery Lane, Central. Inquiries: 2810 0065. Ends Apr 10 
Hong Kong Ink 2010
More than 140 ink paintings by 22 local artists, including Au Yeung  Nai-chim, Dominic Lam Man-kit  and Yung  Shing-cho. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, Artexpace, G-1/F Hang Ngai Jewellery Centre, 4 Hok Yuen St East, Hung Hom. Inquiries:  2723 1928. Ends Apr 10   
Sing the Praises of Life
Ink paintings of horses and representations of life on the Tibetan plateau by New York-based Chinese artist Zeng Shanqing.  Opening reception today, 6pm-8.30pm. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, Plum Blossoms Gallery, G6, 1 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 2189.  Ends Apr 12 
Louis Koo Movie  Figures Exhibition
Exhibition from singer-actor Louis Koo Tin-lok's personal collection of  'life-sized' film figures  such as Darth Vader and Spider-Man. Opens today. Daily, 10am-10pm, 2/F Atrium and Centre Bridge, Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing. Inquiries: 2568 8665. Ends Apr 18   
Tai O Panorama
Fifty paintings by 10 veteran local artists (including Au Yeung Nai-chim  and Shen Ping)  of Tai O's cultural and natural landscape. Sales proceeds go to the HK Heritage Conservation Foundation. Daily, 9am-9pm, 1/F Lobby, Central Plaza,  18 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; and daily, 9am-9pm, OC Gallery, G/F Olympian City 1, 11 Hoi Fai Rd, West Kowloon. Inquiries: 2132 8811. Ends Apr 19   
Emotion on Canvas
Russian Gleb Goloubetski's  impressionist-style paintings of natural scenes and interesting objects in countries he  has visited such as Greece, Italy, Egypt and Thailand. Opens today. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, State-of-the-Arts Gallery, 36 Pottinger St, Central. Inquiries: 2526 1133. Ends Apr 30   
April Rules
Collective and independent works by Amsterdam-based graffiti artists Daniel Jiminez van Wageningen, The London Police,  Morcky Troubles  and Wayne Horse. Opening reception today, 7pm-10pm. Mon-Sat, noon-7pm, No Borders, 39 Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries: 2517 6003. Ends May 3   
Unbearable Beauty
Chinese fashion photographer Chen Man's interpretations of feminine beauty and power. Tue-Fri, 3pm-7pm, Sat, noon-6pm, Ooi Botos Gallery, 5 Gresson St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2527 9733.  Ends May 22   
The Power of the  Chinese Brush Stroke
J.D. Chou's Chinese ink paintings on rice paper  contain Taoist messages about nature, simplicity and the balance of yin and yang. Wed-Sat, noon-8pm, Sun, noon-6pm, Tao Painting Gallery, 1F,  61 Wellington St, Central. Inquiries:  6904 4308. Ends Jun 16 
Splendour of Cantonese Opera: Masters Tong Tik-sang  and  Yam Kim-fai
Exhibition (featuring librettos, postbills, film stills and clips, records, stage costumes and Tong and Yam's personal memorabilia) celebrating Cantonese Opera's  inclusion on Unesco's Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list.  Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Sept 27  
Performing Arts 
Into the Woods 
The Thespians perform Stephen Sondheim  and James Lapine's  musical  about the consequences of wishes and quests of characters from fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk,  Rapunzel and Cinderella. In English. Today-Sat, 7.30pm, Fringe Club,  2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180,  HK$150 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
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. Today-Sat, 7.45pm, also  Sat-Apr 4, 2.45pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd,  Wan Chai, HK$140, HK$240 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 3103 5900 
The Sound of Music
Spring-Time Stage Production's adaptation of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's musical about a young woman sent  to work as the governess of an aristocratic widower's children. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Today, 7.45pm, tomorrow-Sat, 2pm, also 4.30pm, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, HK$130-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123 
The Adventures of Peter  Rabbit Live on Stage
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises present a musical adventure featuring the characters from Beatrix Potter's children's books. In English. Tomorrow, 11.30am, also tomorrow-Apr 5, 2.30pm, Sat-Apr 5, 5pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$195-HK$495 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: www.lunchbox-productions.com
Old Master Q
Chung Ying Theatre Company's  musical about cartoon characters Old Master Q and his buddy, Big Potato, embarking on a holy  mission. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm, Apr 4-6, 5pm, also Apr 4-7, 7.45pm, Jockey Club Auditorium,  HK Polytechnic University, Hung  Hom, HK$100-HK$150 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2793 1123 
Peter and the Wolf
Perry So Pak-hin  conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and the Magic Circle Mime Co performing Supp?'s Light Cavalry: Overture  and Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, Sat, 4pm, also 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Copenhagen
Hardy Tsoi directs the HK Repertory Theatre  and TNT Theatre's  adaptation of Michael Frayn's drama  about physicist Walter Heisenberg's visit to his former professor and employer, Niels Bohr, in Copenhagen. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Sat, Apr 5-8, 7.45pm, also Sat, Apr 5, 2.45pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Letter's End 
Wolfe Bowart and Spoon Tree Productions'  multi-media show about the treasures that are to be found in letters, parcels and memories. Tomorrow, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$140, HK$180; Sat, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$90-HK$160; Apr 4, 8pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 111 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140, HK$180; and Apr 5, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$140, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323 
Virtuoso Santur Recital 
Santur  player Qmars Piraglu performs works by Faramarz Payvar,  Abol-Hasan Saba  and Qolam Hosein Darvis. Sat, 2.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh  Place, Central, HK$150 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2736 6983  
HK Wind Philharmonic  Annual Concert 2010 
Jerry F. Junkin conducts soprano Jovita Leung,  tenor David Quah, baritone Sylvester Che, the Yip's Children's Choir,  the HK Wind Philharmonia Carmina Burana Mass Choir  and the orchestra performing Rossini's Overture to William Tell,  Christopher Coleman's The Snake-Oil Peddler  and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Sat, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2468 4597 
Shooting Star: The Musical 
Springtime Experimental Theatre and Lo's Production's musical drama about three talented but melancholic youths with problems  who also have  great aspirations. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Apr 4-6, 10-11, 17-18, 2pm, 8, 8.15pm, 9-10, 7.30pm, 9.45pm, Apr 10, 17, 4.30pm Apr 11, 5pm, 7.45pm, Jockey Club Auditorium, HK Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Fingers and Strings - A Chinese Plucked-string Concert 
The HK Chinese Orchestra's  plucked-string section and the Vivace Guitar Ensemble  play works such as Liu Xing's Fancy Free  and Tuesday We Meet.  Apr 6, 4.30pm, HK Chinese Orchestra Rehearsal Hall, 7/F Sheung Wan Municipal  Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600 
A Vision of Heaven
Choi Ho-man  conducts Korean soprano Kim In-hye  and the Pro Arte Orchestra of HK   performing works by Handel, Richard Srauss, Verdi and Mahler. Apr 6, 8pm,  HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2143 3671
Opera HK Chorus  Members Concert 
Jimmy Chan conducts pianist Alex Chau  and the chorus performing works such  as Rachmaninoff's Vocalise (from Fourteen Songs), Arthur Sullivan's Poor Wand'ring One (from The Pirates  of Penzance) and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Some Enchanted Evening  (from South Pacific). Apr 7, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd  Central, Sheung Wan, HK$60 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2234 0303  
International Dance Extravaganza
Belly dancer Suhaila Salimpour  and other dancers perform flamenco, Indian, hip hop, aerial hoop, fusion, belly and Latin dances. Apr 7, 8.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$200-HK$350 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9439 2692 
5 is Such a Lonely Number 
Loft Stage's romantic drama about how love changes five youngsters'  lives. In Cantonese. 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 
HK Oratorio Society  Easter Concert 2010
Chan Wing-wah conducts the orchestra performing Handel's  Messiah.  The HK Welsh Male Voice Choir  and the SKH Lam Woo Memorial Secondary School's  choir also feature. Apr 8, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$90-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: HKOS1956@gmail.com
Far Away
Vee Leong directs On & On Theatre Workshop's production of Caryl Churchill's dramatic fable about four inhabitants of a world in which everything in nature is at war with each other. In Cantonese with English surtitles, Apr 8, 10; in Cantonese, Apr 9, 11, 8pm, Cattle Depot Theatre, Unit 7, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2503 1630
Remembering the Sixties
Golden Voice Entertainment presents a tribute show featuring songs made famous by artists such as the Beatles, Petula Clark, Tom Jones and Dionne Warwick. In English. Apr 8- 10, 8.30pm, also Apr 10, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6050 0529
2010 A Cappella in Town
American group Noteworthy, Japan's V.I.P., the HK  Melody Makers, Hongkonger RX,  local vocal ensemble Music Shake and the HK Children's Choir Chamber Youth  sing a cappella. Apr 9, 8pm, Y-Theatre, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$100, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3755 7070
Black Storm
Song Nan and Li Cheng perform an experimental dance exercise about human body expressions. Apr 9-10, 8pm, Apr 11, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9837 3716
Eternity is ...?
Choerographers Flora Hon and Kelvin Lam perform dances that ponder the meaning of love;  Wong Sze-ling and Rick Cheung also feature. Apr 9-10, 8pm, Apr 11, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$160 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2268 7323
Happily N'ever After
The City Contemporary Dance Company's double bill dance show of works choreographed by Dominic Wong and Noel Pong give new twists to classic stories and fairy tales. Apr 9-10, 8pm,  Apr 11, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2329 7803  
Mozart & Haydn
Gerard Korsten  conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra  playing Mozart's Symphony No 25, Tippett's Fantasia Concertante  on a Theme of Corelli and Haydn's Symphony No 104, London. Apr 9-10, 8pm HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030 
Waiting for the Match
Cinematic Theatre and The Nonsense Makers' drama about how a matchmaking agency helps men solve their relationship woes. In Cantonese. Apr 9-14, 8pm, also Apr 10-11, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central,  HK$170, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries:  3746 5219 or 2567 5888 
4th Annual Wakayagi Ryu Konokai Japanese Dance Performance
Chika Wakayagi's Konokai Culture Company  presents a traditional Japanese dance performance. Apr 10, 2.30pm,  HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100, HK$150 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 6760 8477  
Melodious Piano Moments Concert
Yip Wai-hong and Gabriel Leung conduct pianist Angela Cheng and the HK Children's Symphony Orchestra  performing Wagner's Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg,  Prokofiev's Symphony No 1 in D,  Classical and Saint-Sa?ns' Piano Concerto No 2 in G Minor.  Apr 10, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$80-HK$140; and Apr 11, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
The Battle of Chibi
Yan Huichang  conducts the HK Chinese Orchestra  performing works by Chen Ning-chi such as Tales of the Walled City  (selections), Eight-Sound Tunes and The Battle of Chibi.  Apr 10, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600  
Extra-curricular 
Techno(sexual) Bodies X Dorkbot-HK
Arrse Elektronika head Johannes Grenzfurthner, media artist-video game designer Heather Kelley (aka Moboid), dorkbot-sf founder Karen Marcelo and artist-cultural theorist Bonni Rambatan  discuss their projects about sex, technology, post-humanism and cyberspace. In English. Today, 6pm, Osage Soho, G/F, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo,  free. Inquiries: 2573 1869
Easter Family Excursion at HK Wetland Park
Family-oriented nature education activities including puppet shows, drama performances, interactive workshops, guided tours, and a McDull-themed exhibition and mini-film show. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Apr 6, 10am-5pm, HK Wetland Park, Wetland Park Rd,  Tin Shui Wai.  
Filming on the Margins
Seminar on independent Chinese cinema and its association with  those living on the margins of society, featuring panel discussions and presentations by  Chinese filmmaker Zhao Liang,  Les Cahiers du Cinema deputy chief director Jean-Philippe Tesse  and University of HK professor Esther C. M. Yau.  In English and Putonghua with simultaneous intepretation. Tomorrow, after 12.30pm screening of Zhao Liang's Petition, Sat, after 12.30pm screening of Lou Ye's Spring Fever, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East, free. Inquiries: www.hkiff.org.hk
HK Blind Union Art  Appreciation Workshop
Abstract artist Furrah Syed  teaches blind people how to explore textures and movement when creating art. In English. Tomorrow, 2pm, Henry G. Leong Yaumatei Community Centre, 60  Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, free, booking required. Inquiries: sandralee@hkbu.org.hk
Film Restoration Symposium
German film restorer Martin Koerber, Japanese National Film Centre curator Akira Tochigi  and HK Film Archive conservators Edward Tse Kin-fai and Koven Lo Kai-ming  discuss the art of film restoration (with Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Fei Mu's Confucius  and Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon  as case-studies), Sat, 2pm-3.30pm; and Koerber, Tochigi, HK Film Archive programmer Sam Ho and films scholar Wong Ain-ling discuss the cultural and aesthetic value of film preservation, Sat, 4pm-5.30pm. In English. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei  King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, free.  Inquiries: 2739 2139 
Workshops by Hong Kong Sound Artists
Edwin Lo gives an introduction to field recording, Sat, 7pm; Wong Chung-fai  (aka Sin:Ned) teaches unorthodox sound-making, Apr 4, 4pm; and Paul Yip conducts a workshop on creating sound sculptures by using synthesisers and effects, Apr 4, 7pm. In English. Osage Soho, LG/F, Shop 1, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo, HK$150 (per workshop), HK$400  (all three workshops), reservations recommended. Inquiries: 2537 0688 
Bill Plympton's Surrealistic Animation
American animator Bill Plympton  discusses his indie film-animation work. In English. Apr 4, 10.30am, LT-2, 4/F Academic Building, City U of HK, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, free, registration required. Inquiries: 3442 9035



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