Hope and Glory

Experiential exhibition featuring a series of interlinked multi-media installations by Simon Birch's The Birch Foundation. Today, 10am-10pm, 1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, 979 King's Road, Quarry Bay. Inquiries: 2810 0065. Ends today

I Am

Forty self-portraits by painter Hansel Li Chun-chung. Today, 10am-8pm, White Tube, 10/F, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 6445 0777. Ends today

Beyond Form II

Pictorial installations by Spaniard Alberto Reguera. Today, 10am-8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central. Inquiries: 2921 2840. Ends today

Mischmasch Affordable Art Fair

Group exhibition-art fair featuring works in a variety of media by 25 artists from Hong Kong and elsewhere. Today, 11am-7pm, Mischmasch Gallery, Unit A, 18/F Shing Hing Commercial Building, 21-27 Wing Kut St, Central. Inquiries: 3165 8017. Ends today

Angel with a Mission

Sculptural works by Qu Guangci that comment on the absurdity of society, politics, history and art. Today, 10am-8pm, Pao Galleries, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0200. Ends today

Art HK 10

HK international art fair featuring exhibitions of works from over 150 galleries. Today, noon-5pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$200 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2918 8793. Ends today

Sotheby's London's Impressionist & Modern Art and Contemporary Art Sales

More than 20 works by artists such as Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet and Andy Warhol to be auctioned in June. Preview: Today, 11am-7pm, Grand Hyatt HK, 1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2822 8140. Ends today

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, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2724 9042. Ends Jun 14

Performing Arts

Cinderella & the Fairy Godfather

Chunky Onion Productions' interactive children's musical drama about a music-loving girl forced to hide her talent by her wicked stepmother and stepsister until she is visited by her fairy godfather. May 30, 11.30am, 2pm, Grappa's Cellar, B/F Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central, HK$150 (advance), HK$180 (door). Inquiries: 2110 0014

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 side-titles. May 29-30, Jun 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, 2pm, also May 30, Jun 6, 13, 20, 7pm, Jun 1-5, 8-12, 15-19, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$895 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299

The Faust Festival 2010

Faust International Youth Theatre performs plays for the family including: Backstage, May 30, 2pm; The Bremen Town Musicians, May 30, 5pm; Kip Marlowe and the Heart of Diamonds, May 30, 8pm; Peter and the Wolf, Jun 1, 10.30am, Jun 10, 10.30am, Jun 19, 5pm, Jun 20, 11am; The Baker Street Irregulars, Jun 1, 6pm, Jun 3, 8pm; The Jungle Book, Jun 1, 8pm; The Ugly Duckling, Jun 2, 6pm, Jun 5, 5pm; Epic Fail, Jun 2, 8pm; Oliver Twist, Jun 3, 15, 10.30am, Jun 12, 5pm, Jun 20, 2pm; Have You Ever Seen a Very Hungry Caterpillar?, Jun 3-4, 6pm; So You Think You Can Act?, Jun 4-5, 8pm; and Aladdin, Jun 5, 2pm, Jun 6, 5pm; In English. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$90 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2547 9114

Tom Lee Music Carnival

Channon Liu facilitates a drum circle, May 30, 2pm-3.30pm; a 'hip hop extravaganza' follows, 3.30pm-6pm, Piazza Area A/B; and 10 local bands (including Halcyon and Ancient Spirit) perform, May 30, 2.30pm-6pm, Piazza Area C, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: tomleemusic.com.hk

MicroSex Office (Season 2)

PIP Theatre's comedy about gender relations in the workplace. In Cantonese. May 29-30, Jun 5-6, 12-13, 2.30pm, also May 27-30, Jun 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 7.30pm, 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. Until May 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

The Falling House

Quattro Station presents a multicultural dialogue on living elsewhere and here. In Cantonese and English. May 30, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9209 5005

The Greatest Wedding on Earth

The Spring-Time Group's stage version of Eileen Chang's comedy about love bringing together two families with rival businesses. In Cantonese and Putonghua with Chinese surtitles, May 30, 3pm, also May 31, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100-HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123

The Life of Galileo

Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's drama about Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. In Cantonese. May 30, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$110,HK$160, Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123

Asphalte

Pierre Rigal choreographs and Compagnie Derniere Minute perform a blend of hip hop, contemporary dance and physical theatre. A Le French May programme. Until May 30, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$160-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com

Bach Flute Sonatas with Emmanuel Pahud (Flute), Trevor Pinnock (Harpsichord) & Jonathan Manson (Cello)

The musical trio play works by J.S. Bach, Handel and Telemann. A Le French May programme. May 30, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$300 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3752 9981

Bach Mass in B Minor

Jerome Hoberman conducts soprano Sylvia Schwartz, mezzo-soprano Phyllis Pancella, tenor Christoph Genz, baritone Stephan Loges and the HK Bach Choir performing J.S. Bach's missa tota. May 30, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9223 0989

Trey Lee & The Avanti! Chamber Orchestra

Dmitri Slobodeniouk conducts the local cellist and Finnish orchestra in playing works by Lindberg, Rautavaara, Sibelius, Lintinen, and Wang Liping and Tung Chao-ming. May 30, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321

Mayday World Tour (2010 Unlimited Edition)

The Taiwanese alternative rock band in concert. Until May 31, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$680 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2715 3850

The Wiggles Live in Concert

A Day in Spring

The Cecilian Singers perform a selection of songs following a spring day from dawn to dusk; proceeds go to the Child Welfare Scheme in Nepal. Jun 1, 8pm, Union Church, 22A Kennedy Rd., Mid-Levels, HK$120. Inquiries: 2570 3783

Back to Broadway

Kassia Men's Choir performs songs from Broadway musicals including Tonight (from West Side Story) and a medley from Monty Python's Spamalot. Jun 1, 8pm, Rock School, 2/F, 21-25 Luard Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100. Inquiries: 2575 3931

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The American Community Theatre performs William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical comedy in which six quirky adolescents compete in a spelling contest run by three eccentric adults. In English. Jun 1-5, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$220, HK$180 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251

Roar!

Children's entertainers Scotty and Lulu star in a musical in which they attempt to help Thor the dinosaur get his roar back. In English. Jun 4-6, 4.30pm, also Jun 5-6, 10am, 2pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$128-HK$388 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2987 7370

Guangdong Chiu Chow Opera Theatre Number Two Troupe and HK Sun Hon Kwong Chiu Chow Opera Troupe

The two opera troupes perform: Wreaking Havoc in Kaifeng, Wandering in the Garden, The Incident at the Temple of Three Gods and A Misunderstanding Caused by a Hairpin (excerpts), Jun 4, 7.30pm; A Fairy Who Gets Hit by a Coin (excerpt) and Filing Four Petitions, Jun 5, 7.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan; and A Brother and Sister's Tearful Parting, A Heartbreaking Reunion, The Righteous Lan Jizi and Executing Chen Shimei (excerpts), Jun 6, 7.30pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan. In Chiuchow dialect with Chinese and English surtitles. HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325

The Legacy of Cheng Yanqiu - A Peking Opera Stylistic Study

The Peking Opera Theatre of Beijing performs: Weng Ouhong's The Purse of the Auspicious Unicorn about two women married on the same day who end up experiencing vastly differing fortunes (performance preceded by a screening of short film The Life of Cheng Yangqin), Jun 4, 7.30pm; excerpts from Castigation from a Former Empress, Testing His Wife at Wujiapo and A Spring Dream in the Boudoir, Jun 5, 2.30pm; The Trial (from The Incarceration of Su San) and Tears on the Desolate Mountain, Jun 5, 7.30pm; and excerpts Looking at the Betrothal Gifts (from Zhu Yingtai Refuses to Be Married), Snow in Summer and Paying Respects to Wang Zhaojun on the Way Home (from Cai Wenji Returning to Han Land), Jun 6, 7.30pm. In Beijing dialect with Chinese and English surtitles. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325

Mozart and Shostakovich

Alexander Lazarev conducts basset clarinet player Andrew Simon and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra playing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Shostakovich's Symphony No 11 The Year 1905. Jun 4-5, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030

Tuesdays with Morrie

Chung Ying Theatre's stage version of Mitch Albom's book about the 14 Tuesdays he spends with his dying professor Morrie Schwartz. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Jun 4-5, 8-12, 8pm, also Jun 6, 13, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$160-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9800

Le French May Musical Showdown 2010

French synthpop band the Teenagers, pop-folk duo Cocoon and trip-hop music producer Wax Tailor in concert; local indie bands Noughts and Exes and Chochukmo support. A Le French May programme. Jun 5, 6pm-11.30pm, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, 18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com

Mosaique Musicale

The HK Wind Kamerata performs works by Grabut, Garnier, Debussy, Clarence Mak and Francaix. A Le French May programme. Jun 5, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com

Extra-curricular

Backyard Bazaar

Indie arts and crafts market with more than 50 vendors of hand-made jewellery, stationery, illustrations and organic goods. May 30, 10am-5pm, DB Plaza, Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, free entry. Inquiries: 3651 2345

Chef Liu's Kitchen

Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees executive chef Liu Chi-ming teaches how to cook mini bread and butter pudding. In Cantonese and English. May 30, 2.30pm-4pm, Harbour Plaza 8 Degrees, 199 Kowloon City Rd, To Kwa Wan, HK$250, booking required. Inquiries: 2126 1960

Heaven and Man as One

Chinese opera performer Tang Yuen-ha and actor-director Geng Tianyuan discuss much-quoted sayings in Chinese culture and literature, with particular reference to Chinese opera. In Cantonese and Putonghua. May 30, 3pm, AC2, L4, Administration Building, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325

How to Improve China's Soft Power - and America's?

New York University law professor Jerome Cohen discusses how China and the US can better compete in the 'soft power' arena. In English. Jun 1, 12.30pm (lunch, 12.45pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$150 (members), includes lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511

In Conversation With Bez & Oho at The Repulse Bay

China-US Relations: Partners or Rivals

Sydney University professor James Fallows and Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman discuss the future of China-US relations. In English. Jun 2, 1.10pm (reception, noon; lunch, 12.15pm), Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, HK$490, HK$390 (Asia Society members), includes lunch, registration required. Inquiries: 2103 9508

The Biggest NGO in the Chinese World: the Tzu Chi Foundation

Journalist Mark O'Neill tells the story of how the daughter of a middle class family in central Taiwan ran away from home, became a nun and set up her own foundation. In English. Jun 2, 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

Cinema

HK Japanese Film Showcase

Panasia Films, The Grand Cinema and GH Mong Kok present a programme of seven Japanese films, including the following three. Until Jun 6. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65 thegrandcinema.com.hk; and GH Mong Kok, G/F Grand Century Place, 193 Prince Edward Rd West, Mong Kok, HK$65 goldenharvest.com. Inquiries: 2195 8170 (The Grand Cinema) or 2628 9864 (GH Mong Kok)

About Her Brother

Drama about a Tokyo resident and her ne'er-do-well younger brother who likes to spend his time watching the entertainers of Osaka. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. May 30, 4pm, GH Mong Kok.

Always - Sunset on Third Street 1

Takashi Yamazaki's period drama about the residents of Tokyo's Third Street. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. May 30, 4.50pm, The Grand Cinema.

Always - Sunset on Third Street 2

Sequel to Always - Sunset on Third Street 1 that delves further into the lives of the people of Third Street. In Japanese with Chinese subtitles. May 30, 7.30pm, The Grand Cinema.

Pearl River Delta

Children's Day Concert My World of Fairy Tales

Francis Kan conducts the Macau Orchestra performing works by Smetana, Ravel and H. Blake. May 30, 5pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Ave Xian Xing Hai, Macau, 30 patacas. Inquiries: (853) 2853 2000

Ekin Cheng Friends for Life Macau 2010

The Canto-pop singer in concert. Jun 5, 8pm, Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao, Cotai Strip, Macau, HK$250-HK$600 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: (853) 2882 8818

Gary Graffman's Left-hand Legend

The pianist plays works by de Falla and Ravel. Jun 5, 8pm, Xinghai Concert Hall, 33 Qing Bo Lu, Er Sha Island, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, 80-200 yuan. Inquiries: en.piao.com.cn/guangzhou