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Exhibitions 
From Rooftop Schools to Post-Millennium Schools: The Post-war Evolution of School Buildings in  Hong Kong
Exhibition tracing the building designs of primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong since 1945. Today, 10am-5pm, HK Museum of Education, Block D1, Podium Level, HK Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Rd, Tai Po. Ends today    
No Longer Human - A Dialogue in Space
Installation and new media works conceived as an open dialogue between Nadim Abbas, Erkka Nissinen and Magdalen Wong. Today, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends today  
Troglodyte See the Light
Adrian Wong's exhibition conceived as a structured means of exploring the boundaries and limitations of language features photographic portraits of friends. Today, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends today  
How to Set Up an Apartment  for Johnny
Lee Kit's installation work set up as a show flat that was originally conceived by the artist and curator David Chan for Art Basel 42. Today, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends today  
Vibrant Coastline
Watercolour paintings of their hometowns by artists from Shantou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, such as Ching Chi-kin.  Today, 1pm-6pm, tomorrow, 10am-7pm, Wan Fung Art Gallery, G/F Cityplaza III, 14 Taikoo Wan Rd, Taikoo Shing. Inquiries: 2736 9623. Ends tomorrow
 Fashion Visionaries
Exhibition showcasing the works of local designers, film art directors, fashion photographers and illustrators. 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   
Artistic Inclusion of the East and West: Apprentice to Master
Exhibition of 18th- and 19th-century Chinese export paintings that looks at the role Western art traditions play in their creation. 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 Apr 15 
Performing Arts
Awakening
Media Asia Entertainment presents Edward Lam Yick-wah, Wong Wing-sze, Yuri Ng Yue-lit and Harris Ho's drama whose story begins from the last chapter of The Dream of the Red Chamber, with Jia Baoyu revisiting his own fate. In Putonghua and Cantonese.  Today,  Feb 18-19, 2.30pm, also Feb 15-19, 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$480 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2905 8134 
Erhu Recital by Hou Shih-chieh
The Taiwanese erhu  player performs works including Lu Xiutang's Song of a Wayfarer and Liu Tianhua's Red Decorations in Candle Lights;  yangqin player Bryan Lai, zhongruan player Sebastien Lai and the ensemble of the HK Art of Huqin Organisation also feature.  Today, 2.30pm,  7.30pm, Xiang Hai Xuan Multipurpose Hall, Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321 
With Love, William Shakespeare
William Yip Shun-him directs Theatre Noir's comic musical  that reveals timeless parallels between Shakespeare's romantic world and modern trials of love. In Cantonese.  Today, 2.30pm, 5pm,  Feb 14, 8pm, HKRep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2904 7818
Journey to Home
 Santayana Li's play about a young woman who goes to Taiwan to look for her estranged mother  but comes to realise that what she truly seeks is a home. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese and Putonghua with English surtitles.  Today, 3pm,also today-Feb 13, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430  
The Wild Boar
Olivia Yan Wing-pui  directs performances - by a cast that includes Wong Tze-wah, Karena Lam Ka-yan and Abby Chan Man-yee  - of Candace Chong Mui-ngam's  play exploring how urbanites react when they are trapped like wild animals. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles.  Today, Feb 19, 3pm, also  today, Feb 14-19, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$280-HK$420 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430  
The Woman in Her Room
Cinematic Theatre's drama about the mysterious past a call girl shares with a client who asks her to quit prostitution. In Cantonese.  Today, Feb 18-19, 3pm, also  Feb 17-18, 8pm, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2567 5888
A Tribute to Laosheng Master  Ma Lianliang
The late grand master Ma (1901-1966)'s successors and stars from the Mei Lanfang Peking Opera Troupe perform 10 Veterans to Restore the Han. HK Arts Festival programme. In Beijing dialect with Chinese surtitles and English-scene synopses.  Today, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Suara Hong Kong Live 2012
The Japanese female singer  performs animation and computer game songs.  Today, 7.30pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$580 HK Ticketing. Inquiries:  3588 1731 
An Enchanted Evening with Kit Chan and Chiu Tsang-hei featuring the HK Citypops
Singaporean Mando-pop singer Chan  and Canto-pop musician-composer Chiu  in concert.  Today, 8.15pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$240-HK$580 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2838 8569 
China Folk Rock
Chinese folk rockers including blind singer Zhou Yunpeng  and members of the band  Wild Children perform. A HK Arts Festival programme.  Today, 8.15pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$280 HK Ticketing and Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Concert YY
Canto-pop concert series with different  guests such as Canto-pop singers Denise Ho Wan-sze  and Anthony Wong Yiu-ming  on different nights, singing songs with lyrics by  Wyman Wong Wai-man. Until Feb 14, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$150-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2835 6688 
The Peregrinations of Confucius
The Confucian Academy's Cantonese opera production on Confucius and his wanderings from one state to another in search of a worthy ruler and position. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Feb 13, 7.15pm, Feb 14, 1.30pm, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$90-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2735 5556  
Let's Rock: The Musical
Spring-Time Experimental Theatre's musical  based on Canto-pop group The Wynners about five  men who fulfil their dreams by starting a band. In Cantonese. Feb 13-15, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100-HK$190 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2793 1123  
3-D Museum in Motion
Unlock Dancing Plaza's  production combines dance with Hakka folk songs, buskers and a video presentation. Feb 15-17, 8pm, Feb 18, 7pm, 8.30pm, Sam Tung Uk Museum, 2 Kwu Uk Lane, Tsuen Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323  
Vanishing Chinese Musical Art: Blindman Nanyin Performance
Blindman Nanyin musician Tong Siu-yin  performs. Feb 15-16, 8pm, Culture Club, 15 Elgin St, SoHo, HK$200, includes one drink. Inquiries: 2127 7936 
Karita Mattila in Recital
The Finnish  soprano performs works by Brahms, Debussy and R. Strauss; pianist Ville Matvejeff  accompanies. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 16, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$650 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
Karl Jenkins Requiem
Composer Jenkins  conducts mezzo soprano Louise Kwong, boy soprano Jamie Crosbie Chen,  the Die Konzertisten choir and the City Chamber Orchestra of HK performing his Requiem. Feb 16, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2864 2156 
Show Flat
Poon Wai-sum  directs a production of his play about the allure and illusions of the local property market. A HK Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with English surtitles. Feb 16-19, Feb 21-28, 8pm, also Feb 18-19, Feb 26, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430  
The Horrors with special guests  Zulu Winter
 The English post-punk revival band in concert;  London-based indie guitar band Zulu Winter  support. Feb 16, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$450 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: www.untitled.asia  
Those Were the Days
Trinity Theatre's drama looking back at what it was like to grow up in the 1970s. In Cantonese. Feb 16-19, 8pm, also Feb 18-19, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180, HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2574 4968
The Bee 
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre puts on a  dark comedy  about the consequences of a powerless victim becoming a controlling aggressor.   A HK Arts Festival programme. In English with Chinese surtitles. Feb 17-18, 3pm, 8.15pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$200-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2824 2430  
TeZukA
Sadler's Wells, Bunkamura and Eastman Production's dance-theatre show choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and inspired by the works of Japanese animator-manga artist Osamu Tezuka.  A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 17-18, 7.30pm,  Feb 19, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$520 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
The Geisha of Gion
Six geishas and a nagauta master (master of songs and the shamisen) present entertainment and ballads unique to Gion.  A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 17, 7.30pm, 9.30pm, 55/F Two IFC, 8 Finance Street, Central, HK$430; and Feb 18-19, 2pm, 4pm, 7pm, Xiang Hai Xuan Multipurpose Hall, Nan Lian Garden, 60 Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill, HK$390 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
HK Epilogue (Here are the Years that Walk Between)
Soprano Yuki Ip Poh-ching and the HK New Music Ensemble perform in Aenon Loo Jie En's multimedia aria tracing a generation coming of age in the post-handover years. Feb 17, 7.45pm (opening reception 7pm), HK$400 (Asia Society members HK$300), Feb 18, 7.45pm, HK$300 (Asia Society members HK$200), Feb 19, 2pm, HK$150. All shows: Miller Theatre, Asia Society HK Centre, The HK Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, registration required. Inquiries: 2103 9508  
Dr John and The Lower 911
The American singer-songwriter-pianist-guitarist and his band perform  New Orleans 'voodoo' music. A HK Arts Festival programme. Feb 17-18, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$140-HK$600 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
The Perfect Strangers
Les Parfaits Inconnus' circus,  comedy and rock 'n' roll cross-over show. Feb 17, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$150, HK$190; Feb 18, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$170; and Feb 19, 4pm, Tai Po Civic Centre, 12 On Pong Rd, Tai Po, HK$130, HK$170 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323  
The Golden Age of Cantonese Opera
More than 20 Cantonese opera actors and actresses perform: Searching the Academy, a full-length opera based on a true story from the Qing dynasty, Feb 18, 7.30pm, Feb 19, 2.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central; and excerpts of selected Cantonese opera repertoires, Feb 20-21, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. A HK Arts Festival programme. All shows: in Cantonese with Chinese surtitles and English scene synopses. Inquiries: 2824 2430 
HKCO4U: Lu Yi and Law Hang-leung
Sheng and xun player Lu, suona player Law and other HK Chinese Orchestra musicians perform works such as Simon Kong Su-leong's Reverberations of Five Suonas and  Li Bo's Memories of Snow. Feb 18-19, 8pm, HKCO Rehearsal Hall, 7/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Richie Jen World Tour 2012 - Hong Kong
Taiwanese Mando-pop singer-actor Richie Jen Hsien-chi in concert. Feb 18-19, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2715 3850
Cinema  
100 Must-See Hong Kong Movies
The HK Film Archive presents a programme of 100 Hong Kong films from 1916 to 1999, including the following film. Until 2014. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 www.cinema.com.hk; and HK Film Archive,  50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900  
The Pregnant Maiden  
Chor Yuen's screwball comedy about two sisters, one of whom pretends to be pregnant to protect her secretly married and pregnant sister from their father's fury. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles.  Today, 2pm, Broadway Cinematheque
Classical in Cinema
Music Art & Film Culture Promotion Association of HK presents a high-definition programme of classical music concerts and opera films and transmissions including the following HD film. Ongoing. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 6336 3595 
Artur Rubinstein plays Brahms  and Beethoven
Film of a concert in which the late Polish-American pianist (1887-1982) and The Netherlands' Concertgebouw Orchestra played Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No 1 in D Minor and Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 3 in C Minor under  Bernard Haitink.  Today, 4pm, The Grand Cinema  
Gundam Movie Festival
Media Link Entertainment Limited presents a programme of Gundam-themed Japanese anime films, including the following film. Until Mar 10. MCL Telford Cinema, Telford Gardens, 33 Wai Yip St, Kowloon Bay, HK$60. Inquiries: mclcinema.com
Mobile Suit Z Gundam I:  Heirs to the Stars
The first film of the second Gundam anime trilogy, set eight years after the events of Mobile Suit Gundam (0079), that follows the Anti-Earth Union Group of rebels as they try to defeat  a ruthless  Earth Federation task force.   In Japanese with Chinese subtitles.  Today, 4pm, MCL Telford 
Around Town 
Chinese Folk Dance Fiesta
Mass dance carnival featuring performances by more than 300 dancers and a marathon performance of Chinese folk dance; a photography competition will also be held as part of the event.  Today, 2pm-5.30pm, HK Cultural Centre Piazza, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 3103 1889 
Social Media Week Hong Kong
International conference providing global perspectives on emerging trends in social and mobile media, with various partnering events. Feb 13-17, various times and venues, prices vary by individual event. Inquiries: socialmediaweek.org  
Native and Non-Native Speaker Teachers of English: Language Awareness  Same Same?
HK University of Science and Technology's Language Centre director Arthur McNeill  discusses the idea of employing native English speakers to work alongside local teachers and consequently bringing about  a visible and immediate change in the education system. In English. Feb 13, 6.45pm, Aston Education, Unit 7E, China Overseas Building, 130 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai, HK$90 (English-Speaking Union members HK$75). Inquiries: 2186 8449 (Mon-Fri mornings only) or esuhk@netvigator.com 
Where is the Love? Hong Kong's Search for a New Direction under the Next  Chief Executive
HK Baptist University professor Michael E. DeGolyer  talks about the HK Transition Project  that assesses what people in  Hong Kong hope and want to see happen politically in the future.  In English. Feb 14, 1.15pm (lunch, 12.45pm), Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180 (members HK$150), includes lunch, booking required. Inquiries: 2521 1511
Hong Kong and Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture 
International showcase of architectural, design and art works.  From Feb 15: Mon-Wed, Fri-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Thu, HK Heritage Discovery Centre and Kowloon Park, TST, free. Inquiries: 2805 7335. Ends Apr 23
Hike for Hospice
Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care's  fund-raising event involves a Feb 26 hike through Tai Lam Country Park. Registration deadline: Feb 17. Inquiries: 2868 1211 
Early Pioneers of Western Education in Colonial HK
Writer-historian Gillian Bickley  leads a heritage walk that  includes  areas  along Hollywood and Garden Roads. In English.  Feb 18, meet at 10am, at Mid-Levels Escalator walkway above Queen's Rd Central, HK$230 (English-Speaking Union members HK$180). Inquiries: 2186 8449 (Mon-Fri mornings only) or esuhk@netvigator.com



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