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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions
Without Boundaries
Denis Murrell uses pigments, tea, coffee and paper tissues to create abstract paintings on canvas and fabrics.   Today, 11am-9pm, Gallery by the Harbour, Level 2, Ocean Centre, Harbour City, TST. Inquiries: 2118 6995. Ends today
Asia Art Knots
Warren Leung Chi-wo's  photos and research of independent art spaces and institutions in Asia. Today-tomorrow, noon-7pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2517 4620.  Ends tomorrow
From Pottery to Ceramics
More than 30 students from the Pottery Workshop showcase works of different styles.  Today-Sat, 11am-7pm, Pottery Workshop Gallery, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2525 7949. Ends Sat
What is Your Dream Museum?
About 500 works from an Asia Art Archive project that invited artists, students and the local community to describe their ideal museums on 10,000 cards.  Today-Sat, 10am-6pm, Shop G10, G/F Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2815 1112. Ends Sat
Chronicles of Pain Coloured
Filipino artists Arnel Agawin, Bobit Segismundo, Charlie Co and Justo Cascante III's symbolic expressionist paintings on the theme of pain. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, Sun, noon-5pm,  Osage Gallery, 45 Caine Rd, Central.  Inquiries: 2537 0688. Ends Jun 24
Thoughts on What Has Been Lost
Yao Yuan's paintings of natural scenery depict her feelings towards different moments in life. Mon-Fri, 10am-6.30pm, Sat until 6pm, Hanart T Z Gallery,  202 Henley Building, 5 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2526 9019. Ends Jun 27
Disenos Latinos
Barnaby Bruce's  photos capture the hidden patterns and details observed on his travels through Cuba, Yucatan, Chiapas and Guatemala. Daily,  8am-9pm, Linkbridge, Lincoln House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay. Inquiries: 2844 5094. Ends Jun 27
Movements of Vivaldi
Peng Jih-E's photos visualise Vivaldi's composition Four Seasons. Mon-Thu, 1.30pm-11pm, Fri-Sat until 12.30am, Culture Club Gallery, 15 Lower Elgin St, SoHo. Inquiries: 2127 7936. Ends Jun 28
Naked Eyes
Pauline Chan So-yee's  plastic fabric sculptures explore themes of privacy and mental scars. Mon-Sat, 11.30am-7.30pm,  Art Beatus Gallery, G/F, 35-39 Graham St, Central. Inquiries: 2522 1138. Ends Jun 28
Seeing is Believing
Eight thousand dot-paintings by local students to raise funds for the visually impaired, with proceeds going to Standard Chartered's Seeing is Believing campaign. Daily, 10.30am-8.30pm, Atrium, 2/F Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing. Inquiries: 2877 2625. Ends Jun 29
This Brutal House
Simon Birch's installation incorporates performance, video, painting and Wing Shya's photography, encapsulating the problems of modern living.  Thu-Sun, noon-5pm, or by appointment,   10 Chancery Lane Gallery Annex and  Art Projects, 6/F Chai Wan  Industrial City Phase 1, 60 Wing Tai Rd, Chai Wan. Inquiries: 2810 0161.  Ends Jun 30
Take Five
Five contemporary Filipino artists' paintings focus on art's therapeutic effects. Part of the Third Philippine Arts Festival. Opening reception  today, 5.30pm-8.30pm. Daily, 10.30am-6.30pm, Asia Fine Art, 99 Queen's Rd East, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2522 0405. Ends Jul 3
PA/IN/HK
Parisian photographer PA Gillet  captures trivial details in everyday life. Mon-Fri, 10am-8pm, Sat-Sun, 1pm-7.30pm, Kapok Gallery, G/F 9 Dragon Rd, Tin Hau. Inquiries: 2549 9254. Ends Jul 7
Dream in a Moment
Korean artist Kim Ji-eh's paintings investigate the concepts of eternity and time. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7.30pm, or by appointment, Shin Hwa Gallery,  G/F, 32 Aberdeen St, Central. Inquiries: 2803 7960. Ends Jul 8
Postcapitalism Kidnapping
French photographer Frank Perrin  and painter ZEVS  challenge consumerism through images of fashion shows and brands. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-7pm, or by appointment, Art Statements Gallery, G/F, 5 Mee Lun St, Central.  Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Jul 12
Recurrences
Ye Henggui's  black and white paintings of chaotic scenes draw attention to urban problems. Opening reception  today, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Mon-Sat, 10.30am- 6.30pm, Schoeni Main Gallery, 21-31 Old Bailey St, Central. Inquiries: 2869 8802. Ends Jul 17
Digit@logue
Artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland, including Henry Chu, Hung Keung and Kingsley Ng, present digital media works created over the past two decades. Daily, 10am-6pm (Sat until 8pm), closed Thu, HK Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2721 0116. Ends Jul 20
The Vollard Suite
Picasso's 100 intaglio prints on diverse themes.  Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5512. Ends Jul 20   Performing Arts
What's Cookin'
HK Players and Theatre de R&D present an improvisational show directed by  P. Adam Walsh. In English.  Today-Sat, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd,  Central, HK$70-HK$120  HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 6197 8076
TakeOut Comedy Club
Paul Ogata  from San Francisco headlines the shows with local stand-up comedians also performing. In English.  Today-Sat, B/F, 34 Elgin St, SoHo, HK$200  (today), HK$250  (tomorrow-Sat). Inquiries: www.takeoutcomedy.com
We Will Rock You
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions presents this musical  by Queen and Ben Elton.  In English with Chinese subtitles. Today-tomorrow, 8pm, Sat, 2pm, 8pm,  Jun 22, 1pm, 7pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$350-HK$895 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 8203 0299
The Faust Festival
Feast of dramatic art featuring about 30 pieces by youth performers from the Faust International Youth Theatre. Adult storyteller Andrea Darvill also performs. In English.  Today-Jun 22, various times, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$80, HK$180 (students, HK$70, HK$110) Urbtix. Inquiries: 2547 9114
A Czech Hero and an  Italian Journey
Jiri Belohlavek, chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, leads violist Alexander Besa and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in Smetana's Ma Vlast: The Moldau, Janacek's Taras Bulba  and Berlioz's Harold in Italy.  Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd,  TST, HK$120-HK$300 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2721 2030
Ticket to Ride
Singers from the SoHo Collective present this tribute concert to the Beatles.  Tomorrow-Sat, 8.15pm, Fringe Club,  2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200, HK$160 (members). Inquiries: 2521 7251
Love Baby
Pip Theatre's comedy centres on the emptiness of life for five teen Internet addicts. In Cantonese.  Tomorrow-Jun 22, Jun 27-29, 7.30pm, Shouson Theatre,  HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd,  Wan Chai, HK$165, HK$195 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2511 0139
Murder Mystery
An interactive theatre with four-course dinner served.  Sat, 7.30pm, Grand Hyatt HK, 1 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai; Jun 28, 7.30pm, InterContinental Grand Stanford, 70 Mody Rd, TST. HK$888-HK$1,388. Inquiries: 2407 9090
Fund-raising Concert for  Sichuan Earthquake Relief
HK Youth Choir hosts the concert, with  11 choirs and seven vocalists performing popular hits and excerpts from Mozart and Faure's Requiems, Mendelssohn's I Waited for the Lord and more.  Sat and Jun 22, 4pm-5.30pm, St John's Cathedral,  4-8 Garden Rd, Central, HK$150,  proceeds go to Sowers Action.  Inquiries: vocedacielo@gmail.com
De Ling and Empress  Dowager Ci Xi
HK Repertory Theatre stages He Jiping's drama that centres on the friendship and conflicts between Empress Dowager Ci Xi and her westernised courtier De Ling.  Directed by Daniel Yang. Stars Lisa Lu Yan, Fredric Mao Chun-fai and Kenneth Tsang Kong. In Putonghua with Chinese and English subtitles. Jun 22-24, 7.45pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900 (charity show on  Sat, 7.45pm,  HK Cultural Centre, HK$250-HK$1,200, proceeds go to Sowers Action's Sichuan earthquake relief. Inquiries: 2975 5885)
Academy's Best Pianists
Featuring 28 award-winning pianists from the HK Academy for Performing Arts, including Eric Fung, Rachel Cheung and Colleen Lee.  Sat, 8pm, Jun 22, 2.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$1,000 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2584 8517
Romantically Reverent and Reverently Romantic
HK Oratorio Society presents a programme of sacred music, featuring soprano Yuki Ip, mezzo-soprano Chen Pei-chi, tenor Oliver Lo and bass Liau Chong-boon, in Rossini's Stabat Mater and Bruckner's Te Deum. Jun 22, 8pm,  HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd,  TST, HK$60-HK$180 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 9463 5217
The Harvard Krokodiloes
Harvard University's a cappella group perform from jazz to classic rock. Jun 23, 6.30pm, Lobby Lounge, Kowloon  Shangri-La, 64 Mody Rd, TST, free for customers. Inquiries: 2721 2111
The First Five Years
Kassia Women's Choir celebrate their fifth anniversary with a repertoire of swing and country music, featuring from Chattanooga Choo Choo to All That Jazz. Jun 24, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre, 5/F Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd, Sheung Wan, HK$220, HK$180 (concessions) Urbtix. Inquiries: 2853 2689
The Pillowman (rerun)
Looking Glass Productions presents Martin McDonagh's  black comedy, in which a writer's stories of child murders are enacted in reality. In English. Jun 24-28, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$220, HK$200 (concessions) Urbtix. Inquiries: 2582 0200
Charity Performances for  Sichuan Earthquake Relief
The HK Chamber Music Society is joined by soloists and vocalists to play Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms and more. Jun 25, 7.30pm (reception, 7pm), Harcourt Suite, HK Club, 1 Jackson Rd, Central, HK$250, HK$150 (students), HK$280 (includes dinner at 9pm), proceeds go to Red Cross China Relief Fund. Inquiries: chambermus@yahoo.com; HK Dance Company presents excerpts from their repertoire including Mulan and Qingming Riverside. Jun 25, 7.45pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$150-HK$1,000. Inquiries: 3103 1806
Medi C
Choreographer Daniel Yeung's  visual dance theatre applies traditional Chinese body culture to contemporary Chinese dance. Jun 27-28, 8pm, HK City Hall,  5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$140, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Out of the Box
City Contemporary Dance Company presents Xing Liang's choreography inspired by Kandinsky's abstract paintings, deconstructing body movements into basic elements. Jun 27-28, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$140-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2329 7803
Midori Plays Brahms
David Atherton  conducts the Japanese violinist and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in Brahms' Violin Concerto, Stravinsky's Les cinq doigts, eight instrumental miniatures and symphony in three movements. Jun 27-28, 8pm,  HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place,  Central, HK$160-HK$580 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2721 2030
Extra-curricular
10 Years Younger
Nicky Hambleton-Jones, stylist from Channel 4 show 10 Years Younger, suggests ways to maintain a youthful appearance. In English.  Today, 6.30pm-9.30pm, Central (venue on request), HK$380, booking required. Inquiries: 3101 7903
Is it Blackcurrant or Plum?
Chinese University's Lydia Siu Kit-wah  discusses the development of the wine industry and wine tasting in Hong Kong. In English. Today, 7pm, Lecture Hall, G/F HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham Rd South, TST, free. Inquiries: 9746 9537
Reinventing with Design
HK Design Centre holds a series of seminars, workshops, forums and a conference, with local and foreign speakers on topics of service design, hospitality and experience design, and user-centred innovation and management. In English. Today-Sat, various times, venues and prices,  booking required. Inquiries: www.hkdesigncentre.com/ activities/red08
Wot is Good Inglish Really?
Local and overseas academics talk about English as a widely-used language and Hong Kong's language policy.  In English.  Tomorrow, 6pm, 3/F British Council,  3 Supreme Court Rd, Admiralty, free, booking required. Inquiries: 2913 5100
City Speak Session III
Local and overseas architects, urban planners and campaigners, including Christine Loh  of Civic Exchange and Paul Zimmerman of Designing HK, discuss the future use of the Central waterfront. In English.  Sat, 10am-12.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free, booking required. Inquiries: 2525 4416
Open University Visit Day
Meet professors and attend presentations on a range of learning programmes.  Sat, 2pm-6pm, Open University of HK, 30 Good Shepherd St, Ho Man Tin, free. Inquiries: 2711 2100
Charity Book Fair and 'Panda Bank' Drawing Workshops
Harbour City's event with  proceeds going to World Vision HK for earthquake victims in Sichuan.   Sat-Jun 22, Jun 28-29, 2pm-6pm, KidX, G/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City,  3-27 Canton Rd, TST, free.  Inquiries: 2118 8666



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