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SCMP Reporter

Exhibitions

Ju Ming Sculpture:

Tai Chi and Living World Series

The Taiwanese sculptor exhibits stone, bronze and steel works (worth an estimated HK$100 million) inspired by martial arts figures and tai chi. Today, 10am-10pm, Times Square Open Piazza and 2/F Lobby, Causeway Bay, free. Inquiries: 2118 8900. Ends  today

Serendipity

Finnish contemporary art exhibition by Erkka Nissinen, Joonas Kota, Liisa Lounila, Riiko Sakkinen, Sami Lukkarinen showing paintings on canvas and glass, mixed-media and videos. Tue-Sun, 2pm-8pm, 1a Space, Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artists Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 2529 0087. Ends Aug 20

POPcorn-er

Reflections on fast-paced contemporary urban living  by artists including Jai, Tran  Trong Vu, Li Tianyuan, Wu Shaoxiang, Zhang Hongtu and Zhu Wei. Mon-Sat, 10am-6.30pm, Plum Blossoms Gallery, G6 1 Hollywood Rd Central. Inquiries: 2521 2189. Ends Aug 22

Riding in the Wind:

The Jimi Hendrix Years

French artist Alain Dister's photographs of people, the party scene  and  Hendrix during the 1960s.  Mon-Sat, 11.30am-8pm, Agnes b. Librairie Galerie, 1/F,

18 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2869 5505. Ends Aug 26

Summer 2006

Selection of oils, acrylics, works  on paper, photographs, mixed media and sculpture by artists including ceramicist Caroline Cheng, photographers Lam Wai-kit and Patricio Reig, and painters Konstantin Bessmertny and Chiharu Nishizawa. Tue-Sat, 11.30am-6pm, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F 6-10 Shin Hing St (off Hollywood Rd), Central. Inquiries: 2548 2286.

Ends Aug 31

Artist of the Month

Vietnamese artist Nguyen Thanh Binh uses minimal colour to create a strong visual impact  with his paintings of school girls.

Daily, 10am-7pm, hkfineart.com Gallery, 15/F The Centrium,

60 Wyndham St, Central. Inquiries: 2537 7322. Ends

Aug 31

Art Saturdays

Featuring artists including Donald Damask, Terrell James and Rick Lewis from the US. Tue-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, 2pm-7pm, Sin Sin Fine Art, G/F, 1 Prince's Terrace, Mid-Levels. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends Sep 1

The World of the Etruscans

Showcases terracotta statuettes, pottery, stone sculptures,  bronze ware and jewellery from the ancient civilisation of the Etruscans,  in today's region of Tuscany. Sun-Fri, 10am-6pm,  Sat, 10am-8pm (closed Thu), Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$5, HK$10. Inquiries:  2721 0116. Ends Sep 10

Football

Exhibition of photographs and audio-visual programmes from the National Football Museum and the Hong Kong Football Association, tracing the history  of the sport that originated in China. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun and public holidays, 10am-7pm, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, HK$10, HK$20. Inquiries: 2724 9042.  Ends Sep 18

Performing Arts

Phantom of the Opera

Music Nation presents the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Today-Aug 20, 7.30pm (Sat-Sun also at 2.30pm, no show Mon),  HK Cultural Centre, Grand Theatre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$290-HK$890 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2734 9009

International Arts Carnival

Series of programmes and activities, featuring acrobatics, music, dance, drama, clowning, puppetry, physical theatre and film, including the following four performances.  Various venues and times, free to HK$250. Inquiries: www.hkiac.gov.hk. Ends Aug 13

The Sand Boy (Illusions and Tides)

Sand Boy - who is made of sand - lives happily in his sandcastle until one day a charming mermaid and an evil Lobster  King enter his life, changing it. Performed by Argentina's Omar Alvarez Titeres Puppetry Arts Company. Today-tomorrow, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin; Fri-Sat, 7.30pm (Sat-Sun  also at 3pm),  HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044

Kaleidoscope of Image Theatre

Czech Republic's Image Theatre delivers a magical black box of dazzling flying insects in weird shapes and colourful optical illusions. Fri-Sat, 7.30pm (Sat- Sun  also at 3pm), HK City  Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central,  HK$100-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries:

2370 1044

Pluckety Pluck

The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, the Hong Kong Plucked String Orchestra and the Spring-Time Parenthood Theatre perform Chinese plucked string music. Fri-Sat, 8pm (Sat also at 3pm), HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044

Hong Kong Youth Music

Camp Concerts

The finale of a summer music camp for 400 students (ages 10  to 25) taught by music maestros from the US, Canada and China, featuring Junior String Orchestra, Symphonic Band and Chinese Orchestra. Sun, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. HK$40-HK$60 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044

Director's Note

Blackout Theatre raises the question: Do guardian angels really exist? Or do they surround us and we don't notice them? In Cantonese. Fri-Sat, 7.45pm (Sat also at 2.45pm), Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$75 (members), HK$90 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251

The Song and Dance  Ensemble of Sichuan

Award-winning Chinese dance gala with dances including Burning Summer Nights (Yi group dance), The Teahouse Waitress (classical Chinese), Wishing You Abundance Year After Year (Chinese Han female), and The Love of Kangding (Tibetan group dance). Fri, 8pm, HK City Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central. Sat, 8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, NT. HK$80-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries:

2268 7323

Wilson Cheng

The pianist, Wilson Cheng, collaborates with his teacher  Lim Kek-han and the China Philharmonic Orchestra of Hong Kong in a repertoire including Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy and Beethoven's Eroica.  Sat, 8pm, HK City Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$70-HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321

Funk-a-Step

Japanese tap dance troupe Stripes fuses tap dance styles with hip-hop and African drumming. Aug 24-26, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; Aug 27, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, Cultural Activities  Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun. HK$90-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries:

2268 7323

September Strings 1

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Taiwanese violinist Robert Chen, concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, joins the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and conductor Yip Wing-sie for Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64. Sep 1, 8pm, HK City Hall, Concert Hall, Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 9009

Extra-curricular

Spanish Classical

Guitar Workshop

Madrid-based Rene Mora Domenici leads a workshop on Spanish and Latin American music for the classical guitar. Today, 7.30pm, the Music & Drama Institute, 16/F Dotcom House, 128 Wellington St, Central, HK$100 (children under 12  and seniors), HK$150 (adults). Inquiries: 2526 1499

Outloud

Open mic poetry reading  featuring Eddie Tay and Maggie Blue O-Hara. Tomorrow, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert  Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: poetryoutloud@gmail.com

Empower Yourself Meditation

and Channelling Group

Renee Claire and Rosina Maria Arquati conduct a weekly meditation and channelling session. Every Tue, Zama International, Garley Bldg,

G/F 50 Peel St, Central, HK$150.

Inquiries: 9303 8902

Tango Club

Open session for novice and experienced dancers. Thu,  8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free. Inquiries: www.tangotang.com

Film

Hubble Telescope

The film shows outer space up close with images of a comet smashing into Jupiter, the birth and death of stars and remote galaxies. Daily, 2.40pm, 6.10pm, (Sun and public holidays also  at 11.10am), Omnimax Space Theatre, HK Space Museum,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST. HK$24, HK$32 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 0226. Ends Nov 6

From a Minute to Eternity

Seventeen local and international shorts by 12 animators, lasting from one minute to half an hour. Featuring Upstairs, a love story about Yan, who live upstairs from Luke; Cubic Tragedy, a Golden Horse Film Festival winner for Best Taiwan Short about a girl who wants to be more beautiful; and The Banker, involving a man working at a sperm bank who shows his love for a nurse in a peculiar way. In various languages with partial English and Chinese subtitles. Thu, 9.40pm, Broadway Cinematheque, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55. Inquiries: www.cinema.com.hk

Animation by Dick Wong

In the 1970s, Dick Wong directed TV commercials with hand- drawn animation for Cathay Pacific, Tiger Beer and numerous government public service announcements, plus independent films.  In Cantonese. Sat, 5pm, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$30 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2734 2900

Urbtix: 2734 9009

Urbtix/CityLine credit- card booking: 2111 5999

Fringe: 2521 7251

CityLine: 2317 6666

HK Ticketing: 3128 8288

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