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Exhibitions
Gallery Artists Group ExhibitionWorks by Chinese photographers Jiang Pengyi, Cui Xiuwen, Maleonn and Miao Xiaochun.  Today, 11am-7pm, Blindspot Gallery, 24-26A, Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries:  2517 6238. Ends today  
Footnote- Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) Graduation Exhibition 2011
Works by 43 graduates of the fine arts programme co-presented by HK Art School with the RMIT University. Today, 10am-8pm, Pao Galleries, 4/F and 5/F, HK Arts Centre,  2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; and today, 10am-6pm, Experimental Gallery, 3/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 9805 6758. Ends today   
XII: SCM Graduates' Showcase 2011
Works in various media by 60 School of Creative Media, City University of HK graduates. Grand opening today, 6.30pm-8pm. Daily, 11am-8pm, Unit 502, Wah Wai Industrial Centre, 38-40 Au Pui Wan St, Fo Tan. Inquiries: 9602 9905. Ends Aug 24
Imagined Geographies
Pencil drawings by Filipino conceptual artist Roberto Chabet. Opens today. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, noon-5pm, Osage Soho, LG/F Shop 1, 45 Caine Rd, SoHo. Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends Sept 11  
A Venerable Scholar's Legacy: In Memory of Professor Ma Kiam 
Exhibition of more than 200 epigraphic rubbings of stone stelae  ranging from the Han to Qing periods and other works gifted by the Ma family in memory of the late professor (1883-1959). Opens today. Daily, 10am-5pm, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin. Inquiries: 2609 7416. Ends Dec 30  
Performing Arts
Zhong Nuis' Antidote
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's drama about how five single women each deal with growing older. In Cantonese. 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
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 13-14, 20-21, 2.30pm, also Aug 13, 18-20, 7.30pm, 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, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$140-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803 
Lady la Tiger
PIP Theatre's comedy show about the status, role and identity of contemporary women.  In Cantonese. Aug 13-14, 2.30pm, also 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$170-HK$430 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2421 6176 
A Decade of Innovation- MJ Relived
The Academy for Performing Arts' Excel 2011 Summer Musical School presents a musical tribute to Michael Jackson. Aug 13-14, 3pm, also Aug 14, 8pm, HK 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 about a woman who has an autistic younger sister and decides to become a social worker caring for autistic children. In Cantonese. Aug 13-14, 3pm, also 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9236 0498 
Les Ames NocturnesLe Shlemil Th??tre's show  about a couple who toss and turn in bed, caught up in a strange series of dreams, that incorporates elements of mime, dance and circus arts.  With limited English dialogue. Aug 13-14, 3pm, also Aug 13, 7.30pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$140-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044 
My Beautiful Life
Trinity Theatre presents a drama about  a man  who decides he wants to rehearse for his own funeral. In Cantonese. Aug 13-14, 3pm, also Aug 13, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
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. Until Aug 14, 7.30pm, also Apr 14, 2pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2388 3850
June Bride
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's musical  centring on a woman about to marry who suddenly realises that she has a greater choice of men to take as her possible groom. In Putonghua. Aug 13, 7.30pm, 9.45pm, Aug 14, 8.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120-HK$230 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240
Stars of Tomorrow 2011 
Students of the Jean M. Wong School of Ballet perform  La Fille Mar Gardee (The Wayward Daughter). Aug 13-14, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$160-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2886 3992 
My Little Green Planet
HK Dance Company Children's Troupe and Youth Troupe perform an environmentally themed grand dance poem. Aug 13, 7.45pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$90, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries:  3103 1806 
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 after German musician Johann Kuhnau's death. In Cantonese. Aug 13, 18-20, 8pm, Aug 14, 21, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$240, HK$290, Urbtix. Inquiries:  3746 5216 
Guzheng Recital (VII) by Tsui Nang-keung
Guzheng player Tsui and the HK Zheng Artist Association ensemble play works including Love Affairs Beyond the Frontier and The Butterfly Lovers. Aug 13, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2588 1828
Duet Sing it up World Tour 2011
Andrew and Peter Cheung perform Canto-pop. Until Aug 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 seven feature films. Until Aug 23. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East; HK 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 
Carmen Comes Home
Keisuke Kinoshita's comedy about a woman (Hideko Takamine)  working as a stripper in Tokyo who returns to her home village for a holiday. In Japanese with English subtitles. Aug 13, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
The Whistleblower
Rachel Weisz  stars in this political thriller centring on a United Nations peacekeeping contractor in post-war Bosnia who is thrust into an international scandal involving human trafficking and sex slavery. In English with Chinese subtitles. Aug 13, 5pm, The  Grand Cinema, Aug 15, 9.30pm, UA  Langham Place. 
Parade
Drama about four 20-somethings sharing a cramped Tokyo apartment  whose  lives change after  a mysterious new  flatmate moves in. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 13, 5.15pm, HK Arts Centre, Aug 14, 9.40pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 22, 7.30pm, HK Science Museum. 
Bitter Reunion
Claude Chabrol's  character-driven drama about the conflicts that arise when a young urbanite returns to his hometown in the countryside. In French with English subtitles. Aug 13, 7.30pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 20, 9.30pm, UA Langham Place.
Wig
Comedy about an office worker with a rapidly receding hairline who is given a new lease on life after he meets a peculiar shopkeeper  that offers to sell him a  lovely new toupee. Renpei Tsukamoto  directs. In Japanese with  English subtitles. Aug 13, 7.30pm, HK  Arts Centre.    
Sankaku
Romantic comedy revolving around a young man who becomes attracted to his drama queen of a girlfriend's sister. In Japanese with Chinese and English subtititles. Aug 13, 9.30pm, Aug 16, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
The Good Time Girls
Claude Chabrol's  drama about four young women who try to find fulfilment and love in their banal lives. In French with English subtitles. Aug 13, 9.30pm, HK Space Museum, Aug 21, 9.30pm, UA Langham Place. 
Four Characters: A Tribute to Lee Hong-kum, Helena Law Lan, Lui Ming and  Wang Lai
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a programme of 16 films showcasing four character actors, including the following film. Until Sept 13. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 
Her Tender Heart
Melodrama about a woman (Wang Lai) who abandoned her husband (Wang Yin) and daughter (Lucilla You Min) but returns years later to try to re-establish ties with the girl, albeit in the guise of her aunt. In Mandarin. Aug 13, 7pm, Sept 13, 2pm, HK  Film Archive.



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