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Exhibitions
Para/Site Art Space Fundraising Auction 2011 Preview
Preview exhibition of donated works including pieces by Ai Weiwei, Frog King and Damien Hirst. Opens today. Exhibition: today-Nov 6, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Auction: Nov 9, 8.30pm, by invitation only. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends Nov 6  
Machine in the Body
Li Xinping's paintings range in subject from manifestations of Western scientific motifs to traditional myths and folklore grounded within the contemporary culture of China. Daily, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Nov 9   
Japan
Works from landscape photographer Michael Kenna's  Japan series. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, Plum Blossoms Gallery, G6, 1 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 2189. Ends Nov 10   
Turn Around
Mok Wai-hong's  painted installations are intended to get  viewers questioning whether everything we see in the news media is real and how reality should be defined.  Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Schoeni Main Gallery, 21-31 Old Bailey St, Central. Inquiries: 2869-8802. Ends Nov 14  
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, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2569 1500. Ends Nov 16   
New Media Arts Showcase
Works by British artist group D-Fuse (featuring additional sound effects by musician Matthias Kispert), French artist group *LLND and local LED artist Teddy Lo. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, I/O (Input/Output), G/F, 28 Tai Ping Shan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 3105 1127. Ends Nov 19   
A Tranquil Heart in Art
Sixty-one landscape and bird-and-flower paintings by Johnson Chow Su-sing. 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 Dec 4  
Performing Arts
The 3rd Hong Kong International Piano Competition  
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts pianists Cristina Ortiz, Tigran Alikhanov, Peter Frankl and Gary Graffman and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra playing concertos by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Liszt and Ravel. Nov 2, 7pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2868 3325 
The Young Academy Cantonese  Opera Troupe
Hong Hai, Wang Zhiliang and other members of the troupe perform Cantonese opera excerpts including Wu Song Slays His Sister-in-law and The Monkey King Borrows the Magic Fan. In Cantonese. Nov 2, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Nov 12, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po; and Nov 18, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon. All shows: 7.30pm, HK$90-HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
A Month in the Country
HK Academy for Performing Arts' production of Ivan Turgenev's drama about how a young man's arrival in a Russian country estate one summer unsettles the lives and relationships of many of the estate's denizens. In Cantonese. Until Nov 5, 7.45pm, also Nov 5, 2.45pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$90 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8580   
Shed Skin 
HK Repertory Theatre's adaptation Norihiko Tsukada's comedy centring on a man who finds his father's  peeled skin in the bathroom one morning and subsequently witnesses his father becoming more youthful with each passing day. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Until Nov 5, 7.45pm, also Nov 4-5, 2.45pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$130-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Stomp 11 
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises, Glynis Henderson Productions and Stomp Productions present the 2011 edition of the percussion-theatre-dance-comedy show. Until Nov 5, 8pm, also Nov 5-6, 2.30pm, Nov 6, 7pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$950 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299 
The Heydays
Fung Wai-hang directs the HK Repertory Theatre's production of Yan Yu's drama about two people exploring life's possibilities in Beijing. Stars Wang Wei, Sun Limin and Yau Ting-fai. In Cantonese and Putonghua. Until Nov 6, 9-10, 8pm, also Nov 5, 3pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Tomas Luis da Victoria - Missa  Pro Defunctis
Michael Ryan  directs organist David Francis Urrows  and the Die Konzertisten choir  performing Luis da Victoria's  requiem. Nov 2, 8pm, St John's Cathedral, 4-8 Garden Rd, Central, HK$120. Inquiries: 6093 9854   
A Handful of Snow
Yuen Siu-fai  directs and scripts a Cantonese opera production set in the Ming dynasty about constancy, integrity and sacrifice involving a prized goblet made of white jade. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Nov 3-4, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$320; and Nov 26, 7.30pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325   
Invincible Truth  
Performer Studio's show exploring the fundamental principle of the right to love. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Nov 3-6, 8pm, also Nov 5-6, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3172 1780
Just the Two of Us
Austrian jazz trumpeter Michaela Rabitsch and her partner, composer-guitarist Robert Pawlik,  perform. Nov 3-4, 8.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180 (members HK$130) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Susanne Hou Yi-Jia Plays Bruch 
Yip Wing-sie  conducts violinist Hou and the HK Sinfonietta playing works by Rossini, Kodaly and Bruch. Nov 4, 7pm, ArtisTree, 1/F Cornwall House, TaiKoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay, free. Inquiries: 2836 3336
Moments in Time
The HK Ballet performs works by choreographers Peter Quanz, Kinsun Chan and Fei Bo. Nov 4-5, 7.30pm, also Nov 5-6, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2105 9724  
The Four Infinities + Movement B
Double bill comprising: a music theatre show in which guzheng player Chin King, erhu player Rupert Woo Pak-tuen, sheng player Leung Yan-chiu and pipa player Mavis Lam Tsan-tong collaborate with electronic artist Steve Hui (aka Nerve), experimental filmmaker-media artist Ip Yuk-yiu and media art group XEXGRP  to explore how to apply the musical language to video art; and a dance show that includes a 3-D projection presented by media artist Ulf Langheinrich and dancer Ng Sze-wan. Nov 4-5, 7.30pm, L1 Multimedia Theatre, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, City University of HK, 18 Tat Hong Avenue, Kowloon Tong, free with ticket, booking recommended. Inquiries: 3442 6553
Let's Rock
Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's musical loosely based on Canto-pop band  The Wynners. In Cantonese. Nov 4-5, 8pm, also Nov 5, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Metropolitan Trio
Pianist Cheng Wai and erhu players Xin Xiaohong and Xin Xiaoling perform at a charity concert; proceeds go to the Central Conservatory of Music (HK) Foundation. Nov 4, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2391 5201
Song of Pensive Beholding
Legend Lin Dance Theatre of Taiwan performs a work choreographed by  Lin Lee-chen whose elements are distilled from her own life experience and reflections on art and the soul. Nov 4-5, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$130-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
The Goodbye Girl
Whole Theatre's  romantic comedy about an egoistical actor who discovers that the apartment he has sublet from a friend is still occupied by the friend's ex-girlfriend and her precocious daughter. In Cantonese. Nov 4-5, Nov 7, Nov 9-13, 8pm, also Nov 5-6, Nov 12-13, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$300, HK$330  Urbtix. Inquiries: 3188 8110
The Manganiyar Seduction
Roysten Abel directs a Manganiyar music theatre show featuring sound, vocals and flashing visual effects. Nov 4-5, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$130-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
HKPO x Hins Cheung
Gerard Salonga conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and Canto-pop singer Hins Cheung King- hin's musical collaboration. Nov 4-6, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$280, HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Cinema
HK Asian Film Festival 2011
The HK Asian Film Festival presents a programme of more than 70 films from various parts of Asia, including the following three films. Until Nov 18. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$60; Broadway The One, 6-11/F The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST, HK$65; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$75 www.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries: www.hkaff.asia
Late Autumn 
Kim Tae-yong's set-in-Seattle drama about a prison inmate granted a three-day parole to attend her mother's funeral who meets and bonds with a caddish man on the run. In English, Putonghua and Korean with English subtitles. Nov 2, 7.40pm, Palace IFC.
Green Days
Ahn Jae-hoon and Han Hye-jin's nostalgic animated film relates the coming-of-age story of an insecure schoolgirl who a fellow student helps to dream and find her way. In Korean with English subtitles. Nov 2, 7.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Nov 6, 4pm, Broadway The One. 
Aarakshan
Amitabh Bachchan stars in Prakash Jha's  socio-political drama revolving around four people whose love and friendships are put to the test by the controversial caste-based reservation system. In Hindi with English subtitles. Nov 2, 9.30pm, Broadway The One.



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