The Planner

Published: 12:00am, 25 Oct 2005

Exhibitions

The Robot Zoo

Exhibition of eight robots and 13 interactive exhibits, with giant robot animals showing the biomechanics of how real creatures move. Today, 1pm-9pm, HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East, $10, $20. Inquiries: 2732 3232. Ends today

The Floating World

Sovereign Contemporary Asia Art Award 2004 winner Jeffrey du Vallier d'Aragon Aranita's scenes of Hong Kong and China. Daily, 8am-9pm, 1/F Devon House, Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay. Inquiries: 2844 5094. Ends Fri

Sketches of Stanley

Lorette Roberts' lively watercolours and illustrations of Stanley. Tue-Sat, 11am-6pm, Picture This Gallery, Suite 603B, 6/F Office Tower, 9 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2525 2820. Ends Sat

French Vision of China

Historical works including lithographs and engravings that illustrate the cultural exchange between France and China. Daily, 10am-6pm (closed Thu), HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, $10, $5. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Sun

Art of Giving

Showcases donations of contemporary Chinese art, including Xu Bing's massive installation A Book from the Sky. and Ren Jian's Primeval Chaos. Daily, 10am-6pm (closed Thu), HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, $5, $10. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Sun

Natural Light:

Glass from the Pacific

Exhibition by New Zealand glass artists Emma Camden and David Murray, whose works include cast glass in sharp angles. By appointment only, Koru-hk.com Contemporary Art Gallery, 10/F Unit 1012, Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Rd, Aberdeen. Ends Nov 15

Performing Arts

Zildjian Drum Clinic 2005 by Simon Phillips

One of the world's leading drummers who has performed with Mick Jagger, The Who and Peter Gabriel, plays a mix of rock, fusion and jazz. Today, 8pm, Theatre, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 2-3/F Ngau Chi Wan Municipal Services Bldg, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, $80 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2737 7638

Musicarama 2005

A new annual music festival organised by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild highlighting an overview of different music genres. Performers include vocalists David Quah and Jovital Leung with secondary and primary schools (today) and HK Pure Strings (tomorrow). Shows at 8pm, HK City Hall, Concert Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central, $$80-$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2722 1650

New York Attitude

Five short performances of New York playwrights' works: C. Durang's Blind Date, Rob Marcato's Lunchtime, Jon Jory's Scruples, Deborah Lynn Frockt's Hard Boiled and Jeffrey Hatcher's Downtown. Tomorrow, 8pm, Post 97, 9 Lan Kwai Fong, $300, includes dinner. Inquiries: 2186 1816

Varshavsky Shapira Piano Duo

Israeli pianists Diana Shapira and Stanislava Varshavsky have performed in Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and Israel. Programme includes sonatas for two pianos by Mozart and Poulenc. Tomorrow, 7.45pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, Concert Hall, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, free (first-come first-served 30 minutes before the show). Inquiries: 2821 7512

Vocal Recital by Nancy Li

The Aurora Vocal Society presents soprano Nancy Li who performs Chinese, Italian, Latin American and French songs as well as operatic arias. Thu, 8pm, HK City Hall, Theatre, Edinburgh Place, Central, $80, $100. Inquiries: [email protected]

Havana-Mania Carnival! Vocal Sampling X Chet Lam

Cuba's a cappella singing group Vocal Sampling jams with Hong Kong's singer-songwriter Chet Lam and Edward Chan's band. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Queen Elizabeth Stadium Area, 18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai, $120-$320. Inquiries: www.latinfestival.gov.hk

Madama Butterfly

Hong Kong Ballet's production of Madama Butterfly - a story of betrayal, sacrifice and memories centred around a son who never really knew his mother and misunderstood his father. Fri-Sun, 7.30pm, Sat-Sun, 2.30pm, Grand Theatre, HK Cultural Centre, $100-$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2105 9724

The Postman

Chung Ying Theatre Company presents the story of Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda, a poet from Chile, who flees the persecution of a right-wing government to an island. Adapted from Antonio Skameta's play Burning Patience. Starring Luther Fung, Edmond Lo and Brenda Chan. In Cantonese. Fri-Oct 31, 8pm (Sat-Sun also at 3pm), HK Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, $120, $180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2521 6628

Extra-curricular

Art Making as a Cross-cultural Experience

Artist Ralph Kiggell, who has a master's degree in contemporary woodblock printing from Tokyo, gives a talk on working and studying as an artist in Asia. In English. Today, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Rm 1907A, 19/F Hopewell Centre, The Art School of HK Arts Centre, Wan Chai, free. Inquiries: 9868 0901

From Collector to Curator, and the Journey In-Between

Judith Rutherford, co-curator of Art Gallery of New South Wales' 2004 exhibition Celestial Silks: Chinese Religious and Court Textiles, discusses the different phases of her textile journey. Tomorrow, The Helena May, 35 Garden Rd, Central. Inquiries: [email protected]

La Fiesta Espanola 3

Spanish Chamber of Commerce hosts a fiesta with Spanish flamenco group Albaicin and DJ Rafa spinning latin house and salsa beats. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, Viceroy, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, $290, Includes wine and tapas. Inquiries: 2763 6236

Charity Bazaar

The American Women's Association of Hong Kong hosts its annual charity sale with jewellery, home decor, clothing and toys for sale. Thu, 10am-6pm, The Excelsior hotel, 281 Gloucester Rd, Causeway Bay, free. Inquiries: 9683 6887

Film

Crash Test Dummies

A Romanian couple's plan to transport a stolen car hits problems when they get stuck in Vienna with no money. In German with Chinese and English subtitles. Today, 7.30pm, Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei. Sat, 5pm, Agnes b. Cinema, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, $50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2802 0088

Smoking Room

Office politics turn into all-out war when a no-smoking ordinance goes into effect. In Spanish with English subtitles. Today, 6.45pm, City University of HK, Screening Rm, School of Creative Media, 2/F Red Zone, Kowloon Tong, free (registration recommended). Inquiries: eufilm [email protected]

Urbtix: 2734 9009

Urbtix/CityLine credit- card booking: 2111 5999

Fringe: 2521 7251

CityLine: 2317 6666

HK Ticketing: 3128 8288

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