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Janice Leung

Exhibitions

The Divided Minds V

Lam Wai-kit's photographs and  video installations examine people's relationships  with their  environments.  Today, 11am-7pm, tomorrow, 11am-6pm, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F, 6-10b Shin Hing St, Central. Inquiries: 2548 2286. Ends tomorrow

Hong Kong After Midnight

Fabien Verschaere's  paintings, ceramics and watercolours inspired by Hong Kong nightlife.  Today-tomorrow, 10.30am-7pm, Art Statements Gallery, 5 Mee Lun St, Central. Inquiries: 2122 9657.  Ends tomorrow

In Midair

Installation, new media, audio and video works explore sound in various venues, including Felix Hess's It's in the Air (cracklers), an installation of electronic machines that make patterns of crackling sounds generated by the  environment. Wed-Sun, 11am-6pm, Red House,  G/F, 2f-g, Lung Tsai Tsuen, Cheung  Chau.   Inquiries: 9040 3877 or www.soundworkshongkong.net

Ends Sun

Pull Senses Together

Media installations that play on the viewer's shadow. Tue-Sun, 1pm-8pm, Shanghai Street Artspace, G/F, 404 Shanghai St, Yau Ma Tei. Inquiries: 2770 2157. Ends  Sun

Burton Morris

Acrylic paintings by the  US pop artist, including his images created for the Academy Awards.  Daily, 10am-11pm, LG2, Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Sun

China Hong Kong - Our Ten Years

More than 60 press images of the past  10 years  .  Daily, Experimental Gallery (9am-6.30pm) and Jockey Club Gallery (8am-11pm), HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2582 0214.  Ends Jul 25

Chen Heng

Oil paintings depict the artist's sentiments towards an innocent past. Opening reception  today, 6.30pm-8pm. Mon-Fri, 10am-6.30pm, Sat, 10am-6pm, Hanart TZ Gallery, 202 Henley Bldg, 5 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2526 9019. Ends Jul 30

The Pride of China

Palace Museum's collection of Chinese paintings and calligraphic works of the Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties  .   Fri-Wed,  9am-9pm, HK Museum of Art,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$15-HK$30.  Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Aug 11

Performing Arts

The Punchline Comedy Club

With Alistair Barrie,  Gordon Southern  and Mick Ferry.  In English.  Today-tomorrow, 9pm, Viceroy, 2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre, 30 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$300, adults only. Inquiries: 2827 7777

Sakura Sayer

A comedy by Japan's theatre group Gumbo exposes the dark side of religion via music, dance, mime, clowning and Japanese sword play. In English.  Today, 8pm, tomorrow, 2.30pm, 8pm , Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200, HK$160 (members, concessions). Inquiries: 2521 7251

Taste of Life

Dancers  explore  emotions  through hip hop, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap and street dance. In Cantonese.  Today-tomorrow, 8pm, McAulay Studio, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$105 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9226 0247

Shanghai Shaoxing Opera Group

The group perform The Dream of the Red Mansion (today, 7.30pm), excerpts from Yue operas (tomorrow, 2.30pm), To Love and Love Not ( tomorrow, 7.30pm)  and Zhao's Orphan (Jul 15, 7.30pm). In Putonghua with Chinese and English  surtitles. HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323

International Arts Carnival

The Leisure and Cultural Services Department presents the annual festival featuring activities for children and families, including the following two events. Until Aug 12, various venues. Inquiries: 2370 1044 or www.hkiac.gov.hk

Harry Goh Goh's Mad House Party

Variety show with music, videos and circus  acts with magician Harry Wong.  Today-tomorrow, 7.30pm,  tomorrow-Jul 15, 3pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho; Jul 20, 7.30pm, Jul 21-22, 3pm, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin. HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix.

The Merchant of Venice

Academy for Performing Arts students present a Cantonese version of Shakespeare's play about a merchant who promises to sacrifice a pound  of flesh if he's unable to  to pay his debt to a moneylender. Jul 20-21, 7.30pm, Jul 21-22, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix.

HKCO Virtuosi - Wong Chi-ching

Yan Huichang  conducts the pipa player and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra in Chinese classics.  Tomorrow, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600

IDEA Performance Festival

More than 30 educational theatrical programmes from overseas and Hong Kong, ranging from children's musicals, disabled artist solos, traditional dances to multimedia performances, including the following two events.  Tomorrow-Jul 29, various venues. Inquiries: 2509 3430 or www.idea2007.hk

Face To Face

Set in 1970s Japan, the drama centres on a Hong Kong student's bitter-sweet love affairs and his love-hate relationship  with his father. In Cantonese. Jul 17-19, 8pm, Shouson Theatre, HK Arts Centre,  2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120,  HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6136 2091

Remapping Hong Kong 2: Victoria Harbour Times Six

Multimedia installations and experimental performances about  local culture. Also features the German Tanztheater Lysistrate's  Tide. Jul 19-22, 4pm-9.30pm, Central Lawn, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, free. Inquiries: www.remapping2.com

Know Your Favourite  Orchestral Tunes

Yip Wing-sie  conducts the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in the classical pieces that surround our daily lives, including Strauss' Thus Spake Zarathustra, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik  and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. Jul 19-20, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336

Extra-curricular

Gymnastics Extravaganza

An energetic show of skill and strength by 40 athletes  from the National Gymnastics Team and  the Hong Kong Gymnastics Team, including Cheng Fei and Zhang Nan.  Today, 8pm-10pm, tomorrow, 3pm- 5pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$25-HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: www.gahk.org.hk/gee

The Pride of China Lectures

Important Chinese Painting and Calligraphy of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in American public and  private collections by the Smithsonian Institution's Joseph Chang, in Putonghua.  Today, 7pm-8.30pm. And Singular Observation: Zhang Zeduan's Portrayal  of the Northern Song Capital by the University of London's Roderick  Whitfield, in English.  Tomorrow,  10.30am-noon. B/F HK Museum of  Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free, with  tickets distributed one hour before  the lecture. Inquiries: 2721 0116

A Decade of Hong Kong-Mainland Integration

Chinese University's Yeung Yue-man examines issues caused by integration such as the spread of disease, unwanted babies and growing social inequity.  In Cantonese. Tomorrow, 2.30pm,  HK Central Library, 66 Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay, free. Inquiries: 2921 0222

Cinema

Sorceress of the New Piano -  The Artistry of Margaret Leng Tan

Evans Chan Yiu-shing  traces the history of 20th-century keyboard music by focusing on New York-based Singaporean pianist Margaret Leng Tan, who performs pieces by American avant-garde composers such as Philip Glass.  In English with Chinese subtitles.   Tomorrow, Jul 22, 4pm,  Jul 20, 8pm. Agnes b. Cinema, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2582 0200

Election

Johnnie To examines the power play within triad society as two men  (Simon Yam Tat-wah  and Tony Leung  Ka-fai)  fight for control of their gang.  Also stars Nick Cheung  and Louis Koo.   In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Post-screening discussion  with film critic Long Tin.  Tomorrow,  7pm, HK Film Archive, 50 Lei King Rd,  Sai Wan Ho, free (ticket holders only). Inquiries: 2119 7391

Night Scene

Mike Monday

The London-based DJ/producer spins electro house. Tonight, 10pm, Volar, B/F, 39-44 D'Aguilar St, Central, free, e-mail  to sign up. Inquiries: 2810 1276

Ministry of Sound Sessions

Britain-based Dom Chung  spins electro house with support from Arun R.  and Steve Bruce.   Tonight, 11pm, Solas, G/F  the Centrium, 60 Wyndham St, Central, HK$200 (advance), HK$280 (door). Inquiries: 3162 3710

Avenue's Opening Party

New Yorker Vinyl Richie  plays hip hop with support from Nat King Soul  (tonight) and Daryll Griggs  ( tomorrow), 10pm, Avenue, 20/F, Century Square, 1-13 D'Aguilar St, Central, free, call to sign up. Inquiries: 3106 5579



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