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Exhibitions

Commemorating 1911-2011 Part 2

Works in various media by artists from Hong Kong, the mainland, Taiwan and the Philippines. Today, 11am-7pm, Neuberg ArtSpace, L1-03, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: 2891 8482. Ends today

Quotidian Architecture Venice Biennale Response Exhibition

Exhibition of collaborative designs and ideas that look at how design can make a meaningful difference in the daily life of the city. Today-Fri, 10am-6pm, former Central Police Station compound, 10 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2805 7302. Ends Fri

Borders and Landscapes

American artist Richard Jordan's largely abstract paintings express sublime joy, personal suffering and his overall psychological state. Daily, 10.30am-7pm, The Peak Suite Gallery, G/F, 22 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2530 2900. Ends Jun 26

Will It Still Rain Tomorrow?

Nostalgia-imbued oil paintings by Alex Shou that often feature rainy-day scenes. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-7.30pm, Art Beatus Gallery, G/F, 50 Peel St, Central. Inquiries: 2526 0818. Ends Jun 28

Aura of Disappearance

Ten ash paintings and two ash army sculptures by Chinese artist Zhang Huan. Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm, Edouard Malingue Gallery, 1/F, 8 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2810 0317. Ends Jun 30

I Gusti Ngurah Buda

The Indonesian painter's abstract series juxtaposes urban and ritual life. Tue-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, 2pm-7pm, Sin Sin Fine Art, G/F, 1 Prince's Terrace, Mid-Levels. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends Jul 15

The Ultimate South China Travel Guide - Canton II (The Last Episode)

Exhibition of oil paintings, watercolours, sketches and prints with accompanying commentary in the style of a travel guidebook for southern China during the 19th century. Mon-Wed, Fri, Sun, 10am-6pm, Sat, 10am-8pm, closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Aug 21

Cultural Relics of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the 1851 Jintian uprising. Mon-Wed, Fri-Sun 10am-5pm, closed Thu, Museum of Coastal Defence, 175 Tung Hei Rd, Shau Kei Wan, free today and on Wed, HK$10 on other days. Inquiries: 2569 1500. Ends Nov 16

Performing Arts

Good Music This Lunch

HK Sinfonietta members including clarinettist Johnny Fong Hiu-kai play works by Beethoven and Mozart. Jun 22, 1pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 2836 3336

Bang Bang

Not So Loud Theatre Company's drama about two journalists on board the USS Delaware during the 2003 Iraq war. In English. Until Jun 25, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$190 (HK$150 for members). Inquiries: 2521 7251

Boundless Movement

HK Repertory Theatre puts on a historical drama about the 72 martyrs of Huanghuagang. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Jun 22-25, 27-28, 7.45pm, also Jun 25, 2.45pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140-HK$340 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900

Cinematique

Compagnie Adrien's multi-arts show in which classical dancer Satchie Noro and autodidactic juggler Adrien Mondot journey through a virtual landscape transformed by hi-tech computer programming and digital arts elements. A Le French May programme. Jun 22-23, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$160-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com

Joint-University Charity Concert: 'Music Heals Japan'

Sean Li and Sharen Lau conduct soprano Yuki Ip and the HK Joint-University Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir performing works including Japanese traditional song Sakura Sakura, Barber's Adagio for Strings and Rutter's Requiem. Jun 22, 8pm, Loke Yew Hall, University of HK, Main Campus, Pok Fu Lam, HK$100-HK$500 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 6056 4507

Plum Blossom Award Winning Showcase

Jingkun Theatre and Peking Opera Theatre of Hebei perform: The Story of the Actor Xiang Jiuxiao, Jun 23; The Great Heroine (The Iron Bow), Jun 24; and opera excerpts Revealing the True Identity (from The Captive General Visits his Mother), The Pulley, The Marriage Proposal (from Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream) and Wu Song Beating the Tiger Barehanded, Jun 25. All shows: In regional dialect with Chinese and English surtitles, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325

Chan Ho-fung East Wing West Wing Concert

The Canto-pop singer performs. June 23-24, 8pm, Y-Theatre, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2566 9696

HK Mas Vueltas Flamencas

Dancer Clara Ramona headlines a flamenco showcase. Jun 23, 8pm, Dance Culture Association, 20/F, Richmond Plaza, 496 Jaffe Rd, Causeway Bay, HK$150. Inquiries: 6255 1493

Sylvia

Kearen Pang Production's adaptation of American playwright A.R. Gurney's play about a middle-aged man who adopts a stray dog despite fierce opposition from his wife. In Cantonese. Jun 23-26, 28-30, Jul 1-3, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240, HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6438 2557

Classical Music for Babies with Peter Moore

Peter Moore presents (in English) and conducts the HK Sinfonietta performing works including Handel's Royal Fireworks Music and Grieg's Peer Gynt. Jun 24, 7.30pm, Jun 25-26, 2.30pm, 5pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180, HK$280 (HK$50 for children aged under 3 years) Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336

A Hollow Room

Roy Szeto Wai-cheuk and Karrie Tan Hui-lei direct the HK Repertory Theatre's production of Tan's suspense drama about a troubled man who enters a room in his office nobody dares to visit because terrible things have occurred there in the past. In Cantonese. Jun 24-25, 28-30, Jul 1-2, 8-10, 8pm, also Jun 25-26, Jul 2-3, 3pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 8/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900

One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Alice Theatre Laboratory's drama inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel about the lives of several generations of the same family living in an old house as viewed by the lingering soul of a woman in it. In Cantonese. Jun 24-25, 8pm, also Jun 25-26, 3pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2784 7938

Midori's Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Edo de Waart conducts violinist Midori and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto and Symphony No 5. Jun 24-25, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$500 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030

The HK Virtuosi

Lio Kuok-man plays the piano and conducts violinist Vera Tsu and the orchestra playing works by Mendelssohn, Piazzolla and Mozart. Jun 24, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9042 4090

Jolin Tsai Myself World Tour Live in Hong Kong

Mando-pop singer Jolin Tsai Yi-lin in concert. Jun 24-25, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$680 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2541 6778

Clair de Lune

Thomas Chan directs and scripts a musical show incorporating tango and other elements featuring pianist Joanne Wong, guitarist Spencer Chao, pipa player Mavis Lam and vocalist Gabriel Kwok. Jun 24, 8.30pm, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, SoHo, HK$180, includes one drink. Inquiries: 2127 7936

HK Chamber Orchestra and Wong Ka-lap

Zun Hin-woo conducts cellist Wong and the orchestra playing works by Stamitz, Haydn and Mozart. Jun 25, 8pm, Multimedia Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, 135 Junction Rd, Kowloon, HK$200-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2728 7906

HKPW x Jazz

Steve Kwan Tsz-lai and Szeto Chun-yeung conduct the HK Performers Winds performing works such as Jobim, Gilber and de Moraes' The Girl from Ipanema and Shostakovich's Jazz Suite No 2. Jun 25, 8pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$80-HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3488 1550

Cinema

Refugee Film Festival

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) presents a programme of five films about refugees, including the following two. Ends Jun 23. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2388 0002

As We Forgive

Laura Waters Hinson's documentary about two Rwandan women who meet the men who murdered their families during the 1994 genocide in their country and are asked whether they can forgive them. Mia Farrow narrates. In English with Chinese subtitles. Jun 23, 8.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque.

Reporter

Erid Daniel Metzgar's documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for The New York Times, who almost single-handedly brought the crisis in Darfur to the world's attention. In English with Chinese subtitles. Jun 23, 9.40pm, Broadway Cinematheque.

InDBear International Film Festival 2

InD Blue presents a programme of 15 independent feature films, including the following one. Until Jun 26. MCL Kornhill, 4/F, Kornhill Plaza South, 2 Kornhill Road, Quarry Bay, HK$55; and MCL Telford, Telford Gardens, 33 Wai Yip St, Kowloon Bay, HK$60 mclcinema.com. Inquiries: 2572 7202

The Family Complete

Tragicomedy about a family infected with a virus that makes them all look the same age. In Japanese with English subtitles. Jun 23, 9.30pm, MCL Telford.

Noir: A Film Noir Retrospective Bridging France and Hong Kong

The consulate general of France in Hong Kong and Macau presents a Le French May programme of 27 French and Hong Kong film noir works, including the following film. Until Jun 28. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60 cinema.com.hk; Broadway Mong Kok, 6-12 Sai Yeung Choi St, Mong Kok, HK$55 cinema.com.hk; and Palace IFC, Podium L1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: bc.cinema.com.hk

City on Fire

Chow Yun-fat stars in Ringo Lam Ling-tung's crime drama exploration of an ethical struggle an undercover policeman undergoes when he gets too close to his prey. Also starring Danny Lee Sau-yin. In Cantonese with English subtitles. Jun 22, 9.50pm, Palace IFC.

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