Exhibitions Transforming Minds: Buddhism in Art Exhibition showing examples of cultural adaptations and collective responses to Buddhism in ancient and modern times, and responses to Buddhism in contemporary art. Today, 11am-5pm, Asia Society Gallery, Asia Society HK Centre, HK Jockey Club Former Explosives Magazine, 9 Justice Drive, Admiralty, HK$30 (members HK$15). Inquiries: 2103 9511. Ends today Chinese Jades - The Dr S.Y. Kwan Collection More than 100 pieces of Chinese jade collected over 30 years by the centenarian surgeon. Today, 10am-5pm, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, Chinese University, of HK, Sha Tin, free. Inquiries: 3943 7416. Ends today The Art Orchestra Music- and robot-themed sculptures by South Korean artist Kim Taik-gi. Today, 8am-10pm, Open Piazza, Times Square, 1 Matheson St, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 2118 8900. Ends today Roots Spain-based Cuban immigrant Jorge Mayet's sculptures and paintings, largely influenced by his experience of loss, hope, recovery and guilt. Today, 10am-8pm, 4/F & 5/F Pao Galleries, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0200. Ends today Art HK 12 International art fair featuring displays of works from 266 galleries from 39 territories. Today, noon-5pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$250 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3127 5529. Ends today Paramjit Singh Works by the Indian artist known for his panoramic views of mystical landscapes. Today, 11am-7pm, HK Visual Arts Centre, 7A Kennedy Rd, Central. Inquiries: 9179 0203. Ends today HK Contemporary HK Auctions' art fair featuring an exhibition entitled Passionate Dynamics and another of works by Korean visual artist Ha Jung-woo. Exhibition: Today, noon-8pm. Auction: today, 2.30pm-4pm. Park Lane Hotel, 310 Gloucester Rd, Causeway Bay, HK$50. Inquiries: 2915 2066. Ends today Spoon Art Fair HK 2012 More than 2,000 works by emerging artists on display in hotel rooms. Today, noon-8pm, Grand Hyatt HK, 1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: spoonartfair.com. Ends today Ages of Model-calligraphy School Classical Chinese works by master calligraphers from different eras including Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322) and Wen Zhengming (1470-1559). 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 Jun 30 Performing Arts Art of Cantonese Opera Association 5th Anniversary Showcase Danny Li Chi-kei directs performances by Wan Fei-yin, Law Kar-ying and other Cantonese Opera players in: Sisterly Love Amidst Turmoil, May 20, 1.30pm; and Guan Yu, May 20, 7.30pm. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2388 3850 Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo The all-male company performs male and female roles from excerpts of classical ballets. May 20, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$950 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299 Love Wanted The Radiant Theatre's drama about the stories and secret shared between a young hairstylist and an elderly man. In Cantonese. May 20, 3pm, also 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9238 3158 So Long, Farewell! HK Metro-Holik Studio's drama about two people in a relationship who were both involved in teacher-student relationships years earlier. In Cantonese. May 20, 3pm, also 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9258 2019 A Bowlful of Kindness Anthony Chan Kam-kuen directs the HK Repertory Theatre's production of his play telling the story of Hong Kong people's struggles and social change through ordinary objects such as radios and rice cookers. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. May 20, 22-26, 7.45pm, also May 26-27, 2.45pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$130-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 I Love You, Hong Kong - Chen Sisi Beautiful Road Concert in HK The People's Liberation Army Art Troupe singer performs patriotic songs. May 20, 8pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, free with ticket. Inquiries: 3154 9872 Musical Waves Jean Thorel conducts ondes martenot player Thomas Bloch, pianist Mary Wu Mei-loc, Nicole Corti's Choeur Britten chamber choir, and the City Chamber Orchestra of HK performing Jacques Ibert's Capriccio, Jacques Charpentier's Concertino for ondes martenot, alla Francese, and Olivier Messiaen's Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine. A Le French May programme. May 22, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2864 2156 Singing Hands Percussionist Arai Soichiro performs. May 22-23, 8.15pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2214 9399 David Choi Forever and Ever Asia Pacific Tour - Live in Hong Kong The Korean-American pop-rock singer and his band in concert. May 23, 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$268-HK$498 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: soulmannalive.com Les Pas Perdus - Grand Central, Adieu Emilie Guillot directs the HK Theatre Association production of Denise Bonal's play set in a big city railway station where a variety of farewells occur. In French with English simplified surtitles. May 23-26, 8pm, also May 26, 2.30pm, HK Rep Black Box, 8/F Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2851 0091 Claude Debussy Portrait Percussions Claviers de Lyon performs works by Debussy and two contemporary French composers. A Le French May programme. May 24, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$380 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3752 9104 Know Your Cello Concertos Yip Wing-sie conducts cellist Pieter Wispelwey and the HK Sinfonietta performing excerpts from concertos by Haydn, Shostakovich and Dvor?k. Yip and Wispelwey also present. Mainly in English. May 24, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 Giselle The HK Ballet stages a production of the romantic tale of a young peasant woman who dies and then protects her lover from a group of evil spirits. May 25-27, 7.30pm, also May 26-27, 2.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$50-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2105 9724 Gongs and Drums The HK Academy for Performing Arts performs Cantonese Opera works: Obstructing the Horse, Fengyi Pavilion (from Lu Bu and Diaochan), Ghost's Lament (from Red Plum Bower), Bestows the Gift of a Sword at Baihua Pavilion, and Eight Great Mallets (from Twin Lance Lu Wenlong), May 25, 7.30pm; and new Cantonese Opera work Mothers and Sons, May 26, 7.30pm. Both shows: In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$55, HK$85 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2584 8500 Brautigam Plays Mendelssohn Paul McCreesh conducts Dutch pianist Ronald Brautigam and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra playing works by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Beethoven. May 25-26, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030 Endgame Andrew Chan Hang-fai directs Alice Theatre Laboratory's production of Samuel Beckett's one-act play about four people trapped in someone's home after some sort of apocalyptic disaster. In Cantonese. May 25-27, 8pm, also May 26-27, 3pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 New Writing Theatre Festival 2012 - Who Killed the Elephant On & On Theatre Workshop stages Vee Leong's play about an Orwellian world getting ever noisier, yet not much is being heard. In Cantonese. May 25-27, 8pm, also May 26, 3pm, Cattle Depot Theatre, Unit 7, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2503 1630 The Gnostic Eden Pleroma Theatre Production's multimedia dance theatre adaption of three Nag Hammadi texts based on the gnostic interpretation of the biblical myths. In Cantonese and Putonghua. May 25-27, 8pm, Y-Theatre, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$120-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9238 3158 The One Club en Rose's drama about relationships and the shooting of a porn film at a hotel named The One. In Cantonese. May 25-27, 8pm, May 27, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquires: 9271 1282 Urban Ballet Compagnie R?volution performs a mixture of ballet and street dance choreographed by Anthony Egea to music by Vivaldi and Ravel. A Le French May programme. May 25-26, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, HK$180-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: frenchmay.com AMeiZING World Tour Live 2012 - HK Taiwanese singer A-Mei performs Mando-pop and alternative music with Taiwanese aboriginal characteristics. May 25-26, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$200-HK$580 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134 Hamlet HK Theatre Works performs a modern-day version of William Shakespeare's tragic play about a Danish prince who seeks revenge against his uncle for killing his father, taking the throne and marrying his mother. In Cantonese. May 26-27, 2.30pm, also May 26, 7.30pm, North District Town Hall, 2 Lung Wan St, Sheung Shui, HK$100, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3173 3660 The Elephant Man Chung King-fai and Ko Tin-lung direct Chung Ying Theatre Company's production of Bernard Pomerance's play relating the true story of a deformed man who was abandoned by his family and exhibited in a circus as a monster. In Cantonese. May 26-27, Jun 2-3, 2.30pm, also May 26, 31-Jun 2, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803 Hey! Say! Jump Asia First Tour 2012 in Hong Kong The nine member Japanese boy band in concert. May 26-27, 3pm, also 8pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$580, HK$880 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: info@puffinent.net Cantonese Operatic Songs Concert Chan Kim-sing, Chan Wing-yee, Ng Chin- fung, Li Lung, Wong Chiu-kwan and Nam Fung sing Cantonese Opera songs such as Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute and Rendezvous at River Luo in a Dream. May 26, 7.30pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 Three Tales Percussions Claviers de Lyon recreates Charles Perrault's stories in a video format featuring storytelling images and Maurice Ravel's music. A Le French May programme. May 26, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$380 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3752 9104 Cinema Cities in Cinema: Paris - Hong Kong The Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau, and Broadway Cinematheque present a programme of films set in Paris and Hong Kong, including the following four films. Until May 30. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$70; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$85 www.cinema.com.hk . Inquiries: bc.cinema.com.hk Before Sunset Richard Linklater's sequel to Before Sunrise has Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) meeting by chance in Paris nine years after a fateful meeting in Vienna. In English and French with Chinese and English subtitles. May 20, 1.40pm, Palace IFC. 2 Days in Paris Julie Delpy directs and stars in a romantic comedy revolving around a Parisian woman and her New Yorker boyfriend who decide to spend a weekend in the French capital. Also starring Adam Goldberg. In English and French with Chinese subtitles. May 20, 3.15pm, Palace IFC. 7th Heaven Frank Borzage's 1927 romantic drama centring on a proverbial prostitute-with- a-heart-of-gold (Janet Gaynor) and a labourer (Charles Farrell) who works in the sewers but lives on top of the world at the crest of a seven-story building. Silent film with English intertitles. May 20, 8pm, May 29, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque. The Seventh Heaven A film blending social realism and comedy about two young men who live amid poor conditions on the roof of a seven-story building. Starring Patrick Tse Yin, Nam Hung and Ng Wui (who also directs). In Cantonese with English subtitles. May 20, 9.50pm, May 24, 7.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque. Critics' Choice 2012 - The Films in Their Times The Film Programmes Office presents six films chosen by members of the HK Film Critics Society, including the following film. Until Oct 28. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho; and HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East, HK$55 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900 Network Sidney Lumet's 1976 drama about a television network that exploits a deranged ex-television anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for profit. Starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall. In English with Chinese and English subtitles. May 20, 2.30pm, HK Film Archive. Ecstatic Truth - The Documentary Films of Werner Herzog HK Arts Centre and Goethe-Institut HK present 10 films by and about the German filmmaker, including the following three. Ends May 20. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2582 0273 The White Diamond Documentary depicting the struggles and the enthusiasm of Graham Dorrington, an aeronautical engineer who built a small airship to explore the flora and fauna of the forest canopy. In English and German with English subtitles. May 20, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre. The Wild Blue Yonder Documentary-style science fiction saga of an alien who tells about his home planet where the atmosphere is composed of liquid helium and the sky frozen. In English with English subtitles. May 20, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre. Land of Silence and Darkness Documentary about a deaf and blind elderly woman, Fini Straubinger, who has dedicated her life to helping others suffering from the same physical afflictions as her. In German with English subtitles. May 20, 7.30pm, HK Arts Centre. HK Salento International Film Festival The Salento International Film Festival presents a selection of five films, including the following one. Ends May 20. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd West, Kowloon, HK$75 thegrandcinema.com.hk. Inquiries: 2196 8170 The Duck Hunter Drama set in northern Italy, 1942, about four friends and the dreams they seek to realise. In Italian with English subtitles. May 20, 4pm, The Grand Cinema. The Met: Live in HD in Hong Kong Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia presents a programme of high-definition film captures of 11 operas performed by the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including the following one. Until Jul 8. AMC Pacific Place, L1 Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty; HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central; and UA Cityplaza, 5/F Cityplaza, 18 Taikoo Shing Rd, Taikoo Shing, HK$180, HK$220 Urbtix (for HK Arts Centre) and respective cinemas. Inquiries: 2579 5566 G?tterd?mmerung Film capture of the Metropolitan Opera of New York's production of the concluding section of Richard Wagner's opera cycle. Starring Deborah Voigt and Gary Lehman. In German with English subtitles. May 20, also Jun 17, 5.50pm, AMC Pacific Place. Restored Treasures The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents a continuing series of movies that have undergone restoration work, including the following film. HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$40 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2901 A Star is Born George Cukor's 1954 remake of a 1937 film with the same title about a Hollywood movie star (James Mason) who helps a young singer-actress (Judy Garland) find fame, even as age and alcoholism affect his career. In English with Spanish subtitles. May 20, 7.30pm, HK Film Archive. Around Town How China Revised its Criminal Procedure Code China University of Political Science and Law professor Chen Guangzhong discusses amendments to the code approved by the National People's Congress on March 14. In English. May 21, 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 Play-Reading Mike Ingham facilitates a reading of Michael Frayn's Noises Off. In English. May 21, 7.15pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: 2186 8449 (Mon-Fri mornings only) or esuhk@netvigator.com Wild Encounters Around the Globe Photographer Paul Mckenzie talks about his adventures while taking of photos in locations such as Midway Atoll, the Great Rift Valley and the seas around French Polynesia. In English. May 22, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), Olympic House, 1 Stadium Path, So Kon Po, Causeway Bay, HK$150 (Royal Geographical Society members HK$100), booking required. Inquiries: 2583 9700 Beat Him, Take Everything Away Human Rights Watch's China director Sophie Richardson talks about abuses by China's City Urban Management Law Enforcement Bureau, a para-police agency tasked with enforcing non-criminal urban administrative regulations. In English. May 23, 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 Lean On Me HK Women's Choir's charity dinner concert featuring performances of songs such as Lean On Me and Don't Stop Believin'; proceeds to the Children's Cancer Foundation. May 23, 7.30pm (cocktails, 7pm), Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, HK$990, includes dinner, booking required. Inquiries: 9261 7153 When China Rules the World Historian Martin Jacques lectures on the shift in power between China and the West, and the beginning of the 'Chinese World Order'. In English. May 23 (book signing, 6.30pm), Duke of Windsor Building, 15 Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai, HK$200 (Royal Geographical Society members HK$150). Inquiries: 2583 9700 Christie's HK Spring Auctions 2012 Auctions of: wines, May 26, 10.30am; Asian art, May 26, 7pm, May 27, 10am, 3pm; Chinese paintings, May 28, 2.30pm, May 29, 10am, 2.30pm, 3pm; jewels, May 29, 1.30pm; watches, May 30, 9.30am, 2pm; and Chinese ceramics and works of art, May 30, 10.30am, 11.15am, 2.30pm. Previews: May 24-29, 10.30am-6.30pm. HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Harbour Drive, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2521 5396 Seventh Asia International Arts and Antiques Fair Showcase and trading platform for antiques, ceramics, rare books and more. May 25-26, 11.30am-7pm, May 27, 11.30am-5pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$50. Inquiries: 2763 9011 HK Writers Circle Open House Selected HK Writers Circle members read from the group's annual anthologies, and Alan Brown and Edmund Price read from their new novels. In English. May 26, 5.30pm, Dymocks Central Building, Central Building, 1-3 Pedder St, Central, free. Inquiries: hello@hkwriterscircle.com