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Exhibitions
What's Next 30x30
Works by designer/artist  Stanley Wong Ping-pui (aka anothermountainman) and 30 of his friends that were specially created or selected in response to discussions they had on the future of creativity. Today, 11am-9pm, ArtisTree, 1/F Cornwall House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay. Inquiries:  2887 1321. Ends today   
Taste Matters
Ryan Matthew Smith's  photographs of contemporary cuisine, emphasising the freshness of summer ingredients. Daily, 10am-10pm, Chater Bridge and East Bridge, Central. Inquiries: 2801 5311. Ends Aug 14 
New Day Street + Treasure Hill: Selected Works 2008 - 2011 by Yeh Wei-li
Selected works from two community projects by the Taipei-born photography-based artist that explore the concepts of art or trash. Mon-Fri, 10am-6.30pm, Sat, 10am-6pm, Hanart Square, 2/F, Mai On Building, 19 Kung Yip St, Kwai Chung. Inquiries: 2526 9019. Ends Aug 20   
Richard Prince
Works by the US painter-photographer exploring how visual definitions of gender form in popular culture through repetition and reiteration. Tue-Sat, 11am-7pm, Gagosian Gallery, 7/F Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central. Inquiries: 2151 0555. Ends Aug 27   
Legacy and Creations
Exhibition of ink art and cross-media works, with one section providing examples of the ink painting tradition in Hong Kong and another showing the impact of global culture on contemporary local art. 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 28   
Tuen Ng Special Exhibition
Exhibition about the traditional aspects of the Tuen Ng festival and the modern sport of dragon boating. Tue-Sun, 10am-6pm, HK Maritime Museum, G/F Murray House, Stanley Plaza, Stanley, HK$20. Ends Aug 31   
Summer Exhibition 2011
Rolling programme of works by 10 artists including Liu Ling and Christine Vidart. Daily, 10.30am-6.30pm, Asia Fine Art Gallery, 14 Sik On St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2522 0405. Ends Aug 31  
Performing Arts
Lady la Tiger
Jim Chim Sui-man stars in PIP Theatre's comedy show about the status, role and identity of contemporary women. In Cantonese. Aug 9-14, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 2.30pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$170-HK$430 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2421 6176 
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hong Kong 
The American rock band in concert; The Mars Volta guest. Aug 9, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo - AsiaWorld Arena, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$380-HK$880 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2853 7643  
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Harmony Tree's adaptation of writer Roald Dahl's fantasy story about a boy who goes along with four other Golden Ticket winners to meet Willy Wonka and tour his world famous chocolate factory. In English. Aug 10-12, 7.30pm, also Aug 12, 11am, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3102 8312 
De Ling and Empress Dowager Ci Xi
Art of Cantonese Opera's Cantonese opera adaptation of He Jiping's play about how the powerful, elderly Qing empress is touched by a young woman's pure heart and love for her country. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Aug 10-14, 7.30pm, also Apr 14, 2pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$480  HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2388 3850
A Decade of Innovation - MJ Relived
The Academy for Performing Arts' Excel 2011 Summer Musical School presents an eight-scene song and dance musical tribute to Michael Jackson. Aug 11-14, 8pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$170-HK$340 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8721 
A Kid's Story
Theatre Lab's drama centring on a woman, with an autistic younger sister, who decides to become a social worker caring for autistic children. In Cantonese. Aug 11-14, 8pm, Aug 13-14, 3pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquires: 9236 0498
Bach at Leipzig
Loft Stage's adaptation of Itamar Moses' comedy about six musicians competing for the position of cantor of the Thomaskirche  (St Thomas Church) in Leipzig. In Cantonese. Aug 11-13, 18-20, 8pm, Aug 14, 21, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240, HK$290, Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5216
Suede Live in Hong Kong
The Britpop band in concert. Aug 11, 8pm, AsiaWorld Expo, HK International Airport, Lantau, HK$580, HK$780 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2877 8260
Zhong Nuis' Antidote
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's drama about how five single women  each deal with growing older. In Cantonese. Aug 11-12, 8.15pm, Aug 13, 2.15pm, 4.30pm, Aug 14, 2.30pm, 5pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$130, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240  
Dracula
Peter Jordan directs the Chung Ying Theatre's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel about a vampiric count who lives in a castle in the wilds of Transylvania. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 18-20, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 20-21, 2.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$160-HK$280; and Aug 27, 7.30pm, Aug 28, 2.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$140-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803 
Les Ames Nocturnes
Le Shlemil Theatre's show centring on a quarrelsome couple who toss and turn in bed, caught up in a strange series of fleeting dreams, that incorporates elements of mime, dance, circus arts and object theatre. With limited English dialogue. Aug 12-13, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2370 1044 
My Beautiful Life
Trinity Theatre performs scriptwriter-director Allen Ma's drama about an ordinary man hitherto living an average life who decides he wants to rehearse for his own funeral. In Cantonese. Aug 12-13, 7.30pm, also Aug 13-14, 3pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Duet Sing it up World Tour 2011
Singer brothers Andrew and Peter Cheung perform Canto-pop. Aug 12-14, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$150-HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2307 2034
Cinema
HK Summer International Film Festival
The HK International Film Festival Society presents a programme of 23 feature films and five short films, including the following film. Aug 9-23. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon; and and UA Langham Place, 8/F-11/F Langham Place, 8 Argyle St, Mong Kok, HK$65 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2970 3300 
You Are the Apple of My Eye
Giddens Ko Ching-teng's semi-autobiographical romantic comedy revolving around a high school bad boy and the campus belle.  In Mandarin with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 9, 7.15pm, also 9.45pm, The Grand Cinema. 
International Children's Film Carnival
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a programme of 10 feature films and 15 short films from different parts of the world, including the following feature film. Until Aug 14. Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; and Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900
Fuchsia the Mini-Witch
Family film about a wizard who finds an egg in the Witches' Wood and the mini-witch who hatches out of the egg. In Dutch with English subtitles and live Cantonese interpretation. Aug 9, 7.30pm, Science Museum.  
The New World 
Terrence Malick's historical drama about explorer John Smith (Colin Farrell) and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century. Also starring Christian Bale. In English with Chinese subtitles. Aug 9, 9.40pm, The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$65. Inquiries: 2196 8170



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