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Exhibitions
Zeng Fanzhi 
The Chinese painter's depictions of the human figure charged with an underlying psychological tension. Today, 11am-7pm, Gagosian Gallery, 7/F Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central. Inquiries: 2151 0555. Ends today  
Floating Forest
Works by abstract painter Tim Summerton  inspired by Australian landscapes. Today, 11am-7pm, Cat Street Gallery, 222 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2291 0006. Ends today  
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival 2011: Main Exhibition
New media artworks by Etoy Corporation, Lighthouse, Robotlab, Swiss Ail, Time's Up and UCLA Art/Sci Centre. Opens today. Daily, noon-8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central. Inquiries: info@microwavefest.net. Ends Nov 13  
Chinese Sentiment
Shen Wei's  photographic series looking at the  private lives of Chinese people. Opening reception today, 6pm-8pm. Tue-Sun, 11am-7pm, Lumenvisum, L2-10, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: 3177 9159. Ends Dec 18  
Fashion Visionaries
Exhibition showcasing the works of iconic HK designers, film art directors, fashion photographers, illustrators and young fashion designers. Opens today. Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Mar 12, 2012 
Performing Arts
Picnic in the Park
Music and dance festival featuring 10 hours of music and other entertainment on two stages; proceeds go to Hong Chi Association and HK Student Aid Society.  Nov 5, 11am-9.30pm, Siena Park, Discovery Bay,  free entry. Inquiries: 9037 2983
Moments in Time
The HK Ballet performs works by choreographers Peter Quanz, Kinsun Chan and Fei Bo. Nov 5-6, 2.30pm, also Nov 5, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2105 9724
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. Nov 5-6, 2.30pm, also Nov 5, 8pm, Nov 6, 7pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$950 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299 
A Month in the Country 
HK Academy for Performing Arts  stage a drama about how a lively 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. Nov 5, 2.45pm, also 7.45pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$90 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8580 
Shed Skin 
HK Repertory Theatre  puts on a comedy about 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. Nov 5-6, 2.45pm, also Nov 5, 7.45pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$130-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
Invincible Truth 
Performer Studio's show  on the fundamental  right to love. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Nov 5-6, 3pm, also 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3172 1780
Let's Rock
Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's musical loosely based on Canto-pop band  The Wynners. In Cantonese. Nov 5, 3pm, also 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123
Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe
The Vietnamese puppet troupe stages outdoor performances of tales of traditional Vietnamese life. Limited dialogue and singing in Vietnamese. Nov 5, 3pm, Piazza C, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
The Goodbye Girl
Whole Theatre  stages a  rom-com  about an  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 5-6, 12-13, 3pm, also Nov 5, 7, 9-13, 8pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$300, HK$330  Urbtix. Inquiries: 3188 8110
The Heydays
HK Repertory Theatre's  drama about two people exploring life's possibilities in Beijing. In Cantonese and Putonghua. Nov 5, 3pm, also Nov 5-6, 9-10, 8pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 
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  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 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
Music Across the Centuries
Yip Wai-hong and Law Po-kwan conduct pianist Zhang Yue and the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra performing works by Liszt, Mahler and Shostakovich. Nov 5, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan; Nov 6, 3pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po; and Nov 12, 8pm, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$100, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2268 7321
Musicarama 2011
Sound director-pianist Johannes S. Sistermanns, cellist Friedrich Gauwerky, bass clarinettist Leung Chi-shing and pianist Christopher Keyes perform works by Sistermanns, Keyes and Joseph Wong, Nov 5, 8pm; and Hamish McKeich conducts New Zealand music ensemble Stroma playing works by Christopher Hung, Chan Ming-chi, Jeroen Speak, Michael Norris, Dylan Lardelli, Iannis Xenakis and Luciano Berio, Nov 7, 8pm; HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central,  HK$100, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2722 1630
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 experiences, and reflections on art and the soul. Nov 5, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$130-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044  
ViViD Live In Hong Kong 2011
The Japanese rock and visual-kei rock band in concert. Nov 5, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$590 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8100 0138
HKPO x Hins Cheung
Gerard Salonga conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra and Canto-pop singer Hins Cheung King-hin's musical collaboration. Until Nov 6, 8.15pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$280, HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2721 2030
Just the Two of Us
Austrian jazz trumpeter Michaela Rabitsch and her partner, composer-guitarist Robert Pawlik,  perform. Nov 4, 8.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180 (members HK$130) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui and Sandy Lam San-san
Actor-director-DJ Cheng and DJ Lam perform stand-up comedy and sing. In Cantonese. Nov 5, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134
Late Night with Susanne Hou Yi-jia
Violinist Hou  gives a recital of works by Paganini, Kreisler, Elgar, J.S. Bach, Ysa
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 seven 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
The Inspired Island: The Man Behind the Book
Lin Jing-Jie's documentary looking at Taiwanese novelist Wang Wen-xing that also brings Wang's works to life through theatrical performances and animation. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Nov 5, 1.10pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
The Inspired Island: Home In Two Cities
Documentary about Lin Hai-yin, the  doyenne of Taiwanese literature who was looked upon as a selfless mother figure who nurtured a generation of the island's writers. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Nov 5, 3.10pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
The Inspired Island: The Untrammeled Traveller
Documentary on the homecoming journey of Yu Kuang-chung, a writer known for his prose and poetry about longing for the homeland. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Nov 5, 4.25pm, Broadway Cinematheque.
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's drama about a group of men who set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes. Starring Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan and Taner Birsel.  In Turkish with English subtitles. Nov 5, 4.45pm, Nov 9, 9.30pm, Palace IFC, Nov 8, 9.30pm, Broadway The One. 
Spring Fever
Lou Ye's drama  about three men and two women linked together by a sexually charged and poetically melancholic love affair. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Nov 5, 5.35pm, Broadway The One.
11 Flowers
Wang Xiaoshuai's drama, set in the waning days of the Cultural Revolution, centring on an 11-year-old who encounters a runaway murderer in the woods and agrees to keep the fugitive's whereabouts a secret. In Putonghua with English subtitles. Nov 5, 7.30pm, Palace IFC.  
The King of Pigs
Animated drama revolving around a bankrupt businessman-murderer and a struggling writer, who look back to their past for answers to why their lives have turned out the way they have,  only to return to the present with more questions than before. Yeon Sang-ho directs. In Korean with English subtitles. Nov 5, 9.50pm, Broadway The One, Nov 6, 5.30pm, Palace IFC. 
Chinese Film Panorama 2011
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department and South China Film Industry Workers Union present a programme of nine Chinese films, including the following two films. Until Nov 13. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; and HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 
My Spectacular Theatre
Lu Yang's drama about an unemployed young man who gets involved with the running of a cinema for the blind founded by an Alzheimer's sufferer. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 5, 2pm,  HK Film Archive, Nov 13, 4.30pm, HK  Space Museum.
72 Martyrs
Chiu Sung-kee's historical drama recounts the tale of the 72 southern Chinese revolutionaries who gave their lives to the cause in the 1911 Huanghuagang Uprising in Guangzhou. Starring Tse Kwan-ho, Liu Kai-chi and Zhao Bingrui. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 5, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive.  
Classical in Cinema
Music Art & Film Culture Promotion Association of HK presents a HD programme of classical music concerts and operas including the following HD film. Until January 2012. AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; Broadway The One, 6-11/F The One, 100 Nathan Rd, TST; Grand Ocean, Ocean Centre, 3 Canton Rd, TST; Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central; and The Podium, L4, Cyberport 2, 100 Cyberport Rd, Cyberport. HK$75-HK$190 HK Ticketing (for The Podium) and respective cinemas. Inquiries: 6336 3595 
Aida
Film of the production of Giuseppe Verdi's opera about an Ethiopian princess bought into slavery in Egypt who becomes torn between her family and an Egyptian general she loves that was performed against the backdrop of Switzerland's Lake Constance at the Bregenz Festival. In Italian with Chinese and English subtitles. Nov 5, 7pm, The Podium, Cyberport 2.



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