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SCMP Reporter

Exhibitions
Seeing Beauty
Eight limited-edition photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold.   Today, 9.30am-7pm,  Numero 135, G/F, 135-137 Wong Nai Chung Rd, Happy Valley. Inquiries: 2890 1332. Ends today
Damn
Twenty-three multimedia Works by HK Art School students majoring in digital video and cinema, animation and multimedia art. Works feature playful expressions and explorations of the infinity of art.  Today, 10am-10pm,  White @rcade, HK Art School Learning Centre, 17/F, Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen's Rd East, Wan Chai. Ends today
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Photographs and oil and ink paintings of post-colonial Hong Kong by 17 artists from Hong Kong, the mainland and Taiwan such as Chow Chun-fai,  Lam Tung-pang,  Wucius Wong  and Zheng Guogu.   Today, 10am-6.30pm,  Hanart TZ Gallery, 202 Henley Building, 5 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2526 9019. Ends today
Season's Greetings from Vietnam
Vietnamese painter Pham Luan's  pictures reflect his upbeat character and general sense of contentment with his life in Hanoi.  Today, 10am-6.30pm, Arch Angel Art, 58 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2851 6882. Ends today
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Forty oil paintings of happy-looking  dogs by Beijinger Bob Yan.  Today, 10am-6pm,  Yan Gallery, 1/F Oriental Crystal Commercial Building, 46 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central. Inquiries: 2139 2345. Ends today
Flux
Gerard Bookle's  paintings depict the universe in a state of constant change.  Opening reception Dec 5 today, 6pm-9pm, Sin Sin Annex.  Today, 10.30am-7.30pm,  Sin Sin Fine Art, G/F, 1 Prince's Terrace, Mid-Levels; Sin Sin Annex, 53 Sai St, Central. Inquiries: 2858 5072. Ends today
New Artists {bull} New Works
Group exhibition featuring large,  multi-panelled landscapes of ruins by Japanese-Brazilian painter Oscar Oiwa  along with works by Chinese artists including Jia Juanli,  Liu Yingzhao  and Zhang Dazhong.  Today, 10.30am-7pm,  Connoisseur Art Gallery and Connoisseur Contemporary, G3 and G4 Chinachem Hollywood Centre, 1 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2868 5358.  Ends today
Ginger Coke
Ten Guangzhou and local painters including Lau Wai, Tse Chin and Zhou Ying  reflect on the contemporary, largely urban environment and their lives.   Today, noon-8pm, Artist Commune, Unit 12, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan. Inquiries: 9558 9394. Ends today
Performing Arts
HK Marching Band Contest 2008
Annual competition organised by the HK Marching Band and Drum Corps Association.   Today, 3pm, HK$40 Urbtix. Both days: Queen Elizabeth Stadium,  18 Oi Kwan Rd, Wan Chai.  Inquiries:   2775 3838
Opera HK Chorus Concert
Concertmaster Jimmy Chan leads the Opera HK Chorus and Constance Lee conducts the Opera HK Children Chorus in singing works by Leonard Bernstein, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Richard Rodgers, Frederick Loewe and others.  Today, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free with ticket. Inquiries: 2234 0303
My Life as a TV
Rerun of Pip Theatre's one-man comedy show featuring Jim Chim poking fun at Hong Kong's entertainment industry and society as a whole. In Cantonese. Today-tomorrow,  Sat, 8pm,  Thu, Sat-Jan 4, 2.30pm, HK$160-HK$420 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2511 0139
Pop n Art
The Sregnis Singers' contemporary  a-capella performances of works such  as Cinema Paradiso, Overture to the Marriage of Figaro and Clair de Lune. Today,  8 pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$100, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9267 0178
Golden Classics and Soundtracks
The Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra and violinist Joyce Chen play Hollywood movie soundtracks including John Williams' Star Wars and John Barry's Out of Africa and works by composers such as Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Brahms and Bizet. Yip Wai-hong and Fan Tao conduct. Tomorrow,  3pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall,  3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun; Fri,  8pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd; Jan 4, 3pm, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan; HK$60-HK$100 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 2268 7321
American Buffalo
Lo's Productions' adaptation of David Mamet's comedic tragedy about four people who are conspiring to steal a wealthy man's coin collection. Lo Chun-ho and Freddy Wong direct. In Cantonese with English surtitles.  Tomorrow-Jan 4, Jan 6-8, 8pm, also tomorrow, Sat-Jan 4  , 4pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$250 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 5133 3767
Crazy for Her
Connie Chan Po-chu stars in Emperor Stage and OMI International's drama about the life of a 1970s HK TV star.  Kam Kwok-leung writes and directs. In Cantonese.  Tomorrow-Jan 4, Jan 6-11, Jan 13-18, Jan 20-24, 8pm, also Jan 4, Jan 11, Jan 18, Jan 24-25, 2.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$800 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2835 3986
Madama Butterfly
Lo King-man produces and directs Musica Viva's production of Giacomo Puccini's opera about a Japanese geisha who attracts an American naval officer. With music by the HK Virtuoisi chamber orchestra and the Chorus of the Opera Society of HK. In Italian with Chinese and English surtitles. Fri-Jan 4, 7.30pm, also Jan 4, 2.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$600 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
My Circus Will
Ming Ri Institute for Arts Education's  Fantasy shadow puppet version of German children's book writer  Gudrun Meb's story about a girl whose dream of having her own circus comes true. In Cantonese.  Fri-Sat  , 7.30pm, Jan 4, 2.30pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$120;  Jan 9-10, 7.30pm, Jan 11, 2.30pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Peking Opera Classics
Peking Opera virtuosi such as Li Yufu, Li Changchun and Ye Jinyuan and the Mei Lanfang Company of the Peking Opera Theatre of Beijing perform excerpts from five Chinese operas including The Hanjin Crossing and Flying Tiger Mountain, Fri;  The Lady General Mu Guiying Leads Her Army to War, Sat;  and excerpts from five other Chinese opera works including Beating the Dragon Robe and Crossing the Ravine from The Lady Generals of the Yang Family, Jan 4. In Putonghua with Chinese and English surtitles. All performances: 7.30 pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-HK$350 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
Extra-curricular
New Year Countdown Carnival
Fireworks,  music, dance, acrobatic performances and a sculpture exhibition to usher in 2009.  Today, 8.30pm-12.30am, Sha Tin Park, Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza and City Art Square, Sha Tin, free. Inquiries: www.lcsd.gov.hk
Cinema
Golden Scene 10th Anniversary Retrospective
An international  programme of more than 30  films, including the following two. Until Jan 10. The Grand Cinema, 2/F Elements, 1 Austin Rd, West Kowloon, HK$60. Inquiries: 2265 9999 or goldenscene.com/popup.html
Durian Durian
Drama about a mainland  prostitute   who develops a  friendship with a young  neighbour.   In Putonghua, Cantonese and Hindi with Chinese and English subtitles.  Today, 7.30pm, Jan 12, 7.30pm
After this Our Exile
Drama about a boy from a broken home    who turns to theft  to support his gambling-addict father.   Mainly in Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Fri, 7.20pm



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