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Exhibition of the early works of 40 Hong Kong designers including Benny Au Tak-shing and Michael Miller Yu. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm, HK Design Centre Library, 2/F InnoCentre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong. Inquiries: 2522 8688. Ends May 30

Hardly Entered, Already Gone

Ivy Ma's experimental figure drawings of bodies without heads or with incomplete parts. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, YY9 Gallery, G/F, 83-85 Sing Woo Rd, Happy Valley. Inquiries: 2574 3370. Ends May 31

Whatever

Works by Chinese ink painter Qin Chong that explore linear rhythm on paper. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, Galerie du Monde, 108 Ruttonjee Centre, 11 Duddell St, Central. Inquiries: 2525 0529. Ends Jun 5

SteppeBySteppe

Photographs by Yank Wong Yan-kwai taken since 2004 in Hong Kong, France, the steppes of Inner Mongolia and elsewhere. Tue-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sin Sin Annex, 53-54 Sai St, Central. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends Jun 10

Memories We Share: Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s

Photographs and video footage showing different facets of local life during the 1960s and 70s. Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun (and public holidays), 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, HK$10, free on Wed and May 15-16. Inquiries: 2724 9042. Ends Jun 14

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Nine works by Sau Paolo-based artist Sit pay homage to his lucky goldfish charm. Opening reception today, 6pm-9pm. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, ufoArtgallery,G/F 39 Graham St, Central. Inquiries: 2151 3772. Ends Jun 19

A Departure from Reality

Digitally manipulated photographs and video works in panoramic formats by Miao Xiaochun and Enoch Cheung. Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm, Blindspot Gallery, 24-26A Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries: 2873 3819. Ends Jul 6

Performing Arts

Academy Cantonese Opera Excerpts

The HK Academy for Performing Arts presents excerpts from Cantonese operas including Beauty's Misfortune (from Princess Changping), Mu Gui-ying's Marriage and Mishap in Birthday Banquet Hall (from Yang Family Female Warriors). In Cantonese. May 20, 22, 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$55, HK$85 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8500

Man, I Feel Like A Woman!

The HK Women's Choir's Nova and Grace Notes ensembles perform songs including My Guy, Kiss The Girl and Stand By Your Man; proceeds go to Room to Read and Missionaries of Charity. May 20, 7.30pm (reception, 7pm; dinner, 8.30pm), HK Football Club, 3 Sports Rd, Happy Valley, HK$500, HK$700; and May 27, 7.30pm (reception, 7pm), HK Jockey Club, Happy Valley Clubhouse, Shan Kwong Rd, Happy Valley, HK$1,000, HK$1,500. Inquiries: 9674 9181

We All Are Cosmic Dancers

Cosmic Dance group students and other dancers perform a combination of Bharatanatyam Indian classical dance and popular modern fusion-style dance. In English. May 20, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$100 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251

Destiny + The End?

Joy With Theatre's double bill consisting of: a drama about two blood relations who reunite for two weeks after 15 years apart; and a play about the friendship between two cancer patients. In Cantonese. May 20-22, 7.45pm, May 21-23, 2.45pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$80, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9651 4023

Chicago - The Musical

Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises, John Frost, and Barry and Fran Weissler present John Kander and Fred Ebb's musical about an ambitious nightclub dancer turned murderess who convinces her husband to come up with the money to hire Chicago's top lawyer to defend her. In English with Chinese surtitles. May 20-22, 25-29, Jun 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 8pm, also May 22-23, 29-30, Jun 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 2pm, May 23, 30, Jun 6, 13, 20, 7pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$895 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299

De Waart's Beethoven 9

Edo de Waart conducts soprano Susan Bullock, tenor Simon O'Neill, mezzo-soprano Ning Liang, bass Eike Wilm Schulte, the Shanghai Opera House Chorus and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing Beethoven's Symphony No 1 and Symphony No 9 Choral. May 19-20, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2332

Singlology

Performer Studio's Tony Wong's solo show about the joys of being single. In Cantonese. May 20-23, 8pm, also May 21-23, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3172 1780

Theatre Sans Animaux

The Nonsensemakers' version of Jean-Michel Ribes' comedy combines linear storytelling with a smattering of farce. A Le French May programme. In Cantonese. Until May 22, 8pm, also May 15-16, 22-23, 3pm, HK Repertory Theatre Black Box Theatre, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2111 5999

Tri Theatre - In Love with War!

Perilous Mouths and Not So Loud Theatre presents three war-themed plays: Brecht's Arturo Ui, a dramatic allegory of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, May 19-20, 22, 8pm, also May 21, 3pm, May 23, 11am; Adrian Tilley's Responsibility, a drama about Japan's Christmas 1941 invasion of Hong Kong, May 21, 11am, May 22, 3pm, May 23, 8pm; and a reimagining of Shakespeare's Othello that recasts the titular character as a UN army general defending Taiwan against a mainland armada, May 21, 8pm, May 22, 11am, May 23, 3pm. In English. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6571 0962

Uncle Ball and Auntie Fatty

Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's drama about veteran Chinese opera performers Leung Sing-por and Tam Lan-hing's attempts to save their declining careers. In Cantonese. May 20-22, 8pm, May 21, 3pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun,HK$100, HK$140, HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123

Brilliant Steps

San Francisco Ballet's Tan Yuan Yuan and Damian Smith, Ballet du Capitole, Toulouse's Ga?lle Riou and Kazbek Akhmedyarov, and the HK Ballet perform dances by choreographers such as George Balanchine, William Forsythe and Christopher Wheeldon. A Le French May programme. May 21-22, 7.30pm, also May 22-23, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2105 9724

Curtains Up

Graduates of the Beijing Dance Academy Chinese Dance Graded Examination training course organised by the HK Dance Conpany's Outreach and Education Department perform Chinese ethnic dances, including those associated with the Miao, Yi, Mongolian and Xinjiang ethnic groups. May 21, 7.45pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$100, HK$130 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1880

Gao Manhua, Zhang Jianyi & HKCO

Yan Huichang conducts soprano Gao, tenor Zhang and the HK Chinese Orchestra performing works including Meili Qige's The Sun Never Sets on the Grassland, Luo Zongxian and Ge Yan's The Horse Bells Ring as the Green Birds Sing, and opera excerpts by composers such as Rossini, Puccini and Verdi. May 21-22, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600

Flute Recital by Andras Adorjan

The Budapest-born flautist plays works by Mozart, Farkas, Bartok, Doppler, Popp and Mercadante; the HK Flute Quartet, HK Flute Centre Flute Orchestra and flautists Jacqueline Leung, Ringo Chan and Weng Sibei accompany. May 22, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$160-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3520 2628

Symphony in 'E'

Lio Kuok-man conducts violinist Kim Hye-jin and the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra performing Sibelius' Violin Concerto in D Minor and Yip Wai-hong's Symphony in 'E'. May 22, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$110-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321

Cellistra Annual Concert

Cellists Ray Wang, Letty Poon, Karey Ho, Xiong Yin, William Tsui, Shen Bin, Juanita Wong, Alfred Tang, Tan Cong, Zhu Lin, Ye Hui and Laurent Perrin play works by J.S. Bach-Varga, Francaix, Lam Fung, de Falla and Klengel. May 23, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9042 4090

Entertaining! Yeah! Terrific!

Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's theatrical recreation of popular 1960s TV entertainment programme EYT. In Cantonese. May 23-25, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100-HK$190, Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123

Annual Gala Concert 2010

Johnny M. Poon conducts violinist Yao Jue, musicians from the mainland's Central Conservatory of Music and the HK Baptist University Symphony Orchestra performing works by Johan Strauss II, Beethoven, Chen and He, and Tchaikovsky. May 25, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3411 7096

Les Ombres de Nos Emotions (Shadows of Our Own Emotions)

The HK Theatre Association's dramatic examination of human emotions and intertwined relationships. In English and French. May 26-29, 7.45pm, also May 29, 2.45pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$160 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251

Sound Palette and Vivacity

Local percussionist Louis Siu Chun-kit, flautist Annie Tseng, cellist Chang Pei-cheih, pianist Cynthia Chan and viola player Jonathan Kim play works such as Charles Boone's The Watts Tower and Chen Yi's Qi. May 26, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$130, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6209 0838

MicroSex Office (Season 2)

PIP Theatre's comedy about gender relations in the workplace. In Cantonese. May 27-30, Jun 3-6, 10-13, 7.30pm, May 29-30, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$190, HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2511 0139

Dancing Emotions

The HK Dance Company performs works by dancer-choreographers Liu Yinghong, Chen Rong and Mi Tao. May 28-29, 7.45pm, also May 29-30, 3pm, HK Dance Company's 8/F Platform, 8/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1806

Tales of Two Cities - Hong Kong ? Shanghai ? Eileen Chang

City Contemporary Dance Company performs choreographer Helen Lai Hoi-ling's dance theatre reconstruction of writer Eileen Chang's life and times in Hong Kong and Shanghai. May 28-29, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$140-HK$500 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2329 7803

Extra-curricular

Birthday Of Lord Buddha Festival

Special celebration activities include: Buddha Bathing Ritual, until May 23, 9.30am-4.30pm, Hall of Great Hero, Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping, Lantau; and cultural performances (featuring face-changing displays, acrobatic shows and Shaolin martial arts demonstrations), until May 23, noon-12.45pm, 2pm-3pm, Plaza of Hall of Great Hero, Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping, Lantau, free entry. Inquiries: 2985 5248

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Festival to commemorate the Taoist God Pak Tai, with activities including: ritual and Chinese acrobatic performances, May 20, 8pm, Pak Tai Temple Plaza, Cheung Chau; bun festival parade, May 21, 2pm-4pm, circular route beginning and ending at Pak Tai Temple Plaza; bun scrambling competition, May 21, midnight, soccer pitch of Pak Tai Temple Playground; distribution of buns, May 22, 9am, Pak Tai Temple Plaza; and ceremony to send the deities on Cheung Chau back to their temples, May 22, 2pm, Pak Tai Temple Plaza, free to watch. Inquiries: discoverhongkong.com/festivehk2010

Birthday of Tam Kung

Festive activities include: a Piu Sik (Floating Colours) Parade on the Water, May 20, 7pm-9pm, Aldrich Bay Promenade (from Sai Wan Ho's Grand Promenade to Shau Kei Wan's Tam Kung Temple); and Tam Kung festival ceremony and procession featuring performances such as lion, dragon and unicorn dances, May 21, 9.30am, from Kam Wa St East to Tam Kung Temple (via Shau Kei Wan Main St East), Shau Kei Wan, free to watch. Inquiries: discoverhongkong.com/festivehk2010

Wine 101 Workshop

Vinoculture Concepts representatives conduct a workshop on how to taste wine and identify the main structural components of the tipple (acidity, alcohol, tannins) with a single sip. In English. May 20, 7pm, Otto Lounge, 4/F Grand Progress Building, 15-16 Lan Kwai Fong, HK$388, advance payment required. Inquiries: 5131 9062

Happy Valley Cemetery Tour

Sham Shui Po Cultural Tour and Stories of Shek Kip Mei Factory

Area residents and others lead guided tours of Sham Shui Po and Shek Kip Mei and re-enact scenes that took place at the Shek Kip Mei Factory (whose building is now occupied by the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre). In Cantonese (but English tours can be arranged on advance request). May 22-23, 29, 3pm-5.30pm, assembly point by Maxim's Cakes, near Sham Shui Po MTR Station's Exit A, HK$80, reservation required. Inquiries: 2891 8482