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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions 
Unimpeded
Lei Ling's black ink drawings. Today, 11.30am-7.30pm, Art Beatus  Gallery, G/F, 35-39 Graham St, Central. Inquiries: 2522-1138. Ends today 
Seasons
Works by Murano master glassmaker Simone Cenedese.  Today-tomorrow, 11am-5pm, KORU2, Koru Contemporary Art, Unit 1604, 16/F Hing Wai Centre,  7 Tin Wan Praya Rd, Aberdeen.  Inquiries: 9120 4264. Ends tomorrow  
Moving Moments
Vietnamese Nguyen Minh Phuoc's  paintings are inspired by Buddhist  culture and beliefs. Today-tomorrow, 10am-6.30pm, Arch Angel Art,  58 Hollywood Rd, Central.  Inquiries: 2851 6882. Ends tomorrow 
Kulay, Kultura, Kalawili
The Philippine Arts and Culture Society and Haraya Visual and Media Arts Society's Colour, Culture, Harmony showcases the work of 15 local Filipino visual artists and photographers.  Today-Sat, 9am-5pm, Exhibition Gallery, 4/F Administration Bldg, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. Inquiries: 3118 2902. Ends Sat   
Light and Shade: Life Passe  in Old Estates
Photo and video exhibition about life in Shek Kip Mei Estate, So Uk Estate and Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate - three historical public rental housing estates which are soon to be demolished.  Today-Sat, 10am-8pm, Aug 30, 10am-6pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun. Inquiries: 2761 7182. Ends Aug 30   
The Cloud and Mist Weaver
Singer-actress turned painter Carrie Koo Mei's realist landscapes rendered in ink. Mon-Sat, 9.30am-6pm, Sun, 1pm-6pm, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Inquiries: 2241 5513. Ends Sept 13 
Traditional Festivals in Hong Kong
Exhibition exploring Hong Kong's observance of special holidays such as the Lunar New Year,  Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Museum of History, 100 Chatham  Rd South, TST, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2724 9042. Ends Sept 28 
Being ... at Home
Thai installation artist Nipan Oranniwesna's  exploration of nationalism and the fragile state of societies in the age of globalisation.  Daily, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Bldg, 73-75 Hung To Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Oct 4  
Our Beloved 'Happy Fruit'  Lydia Sum
Exhibition that revisits the career of the late actress-comedienne Lydia 'Fei Fei' Sum Tin-ha.  Daily, 10am-6pm (Sun until 7pm), closed Tue,  HK Heritage Museum,  1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10, free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188. Ends Feb 22
Performing Arts
Amadeus
Live Theatre's drama about what  would happen if it was discovered  that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had  been murdered. In Cantonese. Today- Sat, 7.30pm, also Sat, 2.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$180, HK$145 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Clapper Opera of Shanxi
The Chinese opera troupe performs excerpts from:  Puzhou clapper opera Hiding in the Kiln, Zhonglu clapper opera Warming by the Fire, Shangdang clapper opera The Killing of Yan Xijiao and Beilu clapper opera Wu Zixu's Defection,  today; and Beilu clapper opera Yang Silang Visits His Mother, Puzhou clapper opera Chuncao Barging into the Court Room, Shangdang clapper opera Deploying Kou Zhun and Zhonglu clapper opera Phoenix Terrace Pass, tomorrow. In various Chinese dialects with Chinese and English surtitles.  Both concerts: 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
The Unexpected Guest
Dominic Cheung Ho-kin directs Theatre Space's adaptation of Agatha Christie's  mystery about a man who finds the murdered body of a former big-game hunter, and the dead man's wife standing near the body with a gun in her hand.  In Cantonese. Today-Sat, 7.45pm,  Sat-Aug 30, 2.45pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2540 1011
As Time Goes By
Huang Jianqiang, You Chudan, Sun Xiaoli, Eileen Lee, Joey Ho, Lin Chao-yung, Wu Kam-ming,  Tsang Kam-sing  and Lau Pik-ki choreograph a large-scale dance poem revolving around memories of Hong Kong performed by Wu Kam-ming, He Chaoya,  Bruce Li, the HK Chinese Martial Arts Dragon and Lion Dance Association and others. Today, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall,  1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$90-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2904 2709
I Ought to Be in Pictures
Lee Kwok-wai  directs a version of Neil Simon's   comedy about a screenwriter whose estranged daughter  reappears in his life and demands that he jump start   her acting career. Starring Gillian Chung Yan-tung.  In Cantonese. Today-Aug 30, 8pm, Sat-Aug 30, 3pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$190-HK$390 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2835 6688 
Murder in San Jose 
Lee Chun-chow  directs Chong Mui-ngam's  psychological thriller about an unexpected visit unleashing strong emotions in a family. Starring Alice Lau,  Desmond Tang  and Kearen Pang.   In Cantonese with English surtitles.  Today-Aug 31, Sept 2-6, 8pm, Sept 5-6, 3pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts,  1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$200, HK$295 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2824 2430 or www.murderinsanjose.hk
The Magic Flute  Finale Performance
Oliver Lo  directs and Apollo Wong  conducts over 60 students of the Opera HK Summer Opera School in Mozart's opera about the love between Prince Tamino and Princess Pamina, and bird catcher Papageno and Papagena, and the quartet's struggle against the Queen of the Night. In English and Cantonese. Today-tomorrow, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2234 0303
Hong Kong Dance Expo
The HK Dance Federation presents a joint performance by 41 dance organisations of ballet, Chinese dance, jazz, modern dance and Western folk dance. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$60-HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2904 2709  
Pipe Organ Concert
Organist Ng Siu-wai plays J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Trio  Sonata No 5 in C Major and Passacaglia  in C Minor. Sat, 5pm, HK Cultural  Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, free. Inquiries: 2734 2820
China's Exotic West
Chan Chui-yin  and Alfred Wong  conduct sheng player Loo Sze-wang  and the HK YWCA Chinese Orchestra in performing works including Yi Yongren's   Mountain Village, Lin Weihua and Hu Tianquan's  The Joyful Song of Axi,  Qian Zhaoxi's Tianshan Mountain Rhapsody,  Loo  Leung-fai's Wine Song of Yi Tribe  and  Zhu Zhou, Yu Shu  and Gao Weijie's  Banquet at the Sichuan Court.  Aug 30, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321 
The Lost Dreamachine
Local experimental physical theatre group WOT makes use of radio plays, live video projections, animation and puppetry to trace the surreal journey  of a dreamer through multi-faceted realities. In English. Sept 3-5, 8pm,  Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$150, HK$120 (members) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251
Chibi Maruko Musical
Film Mall Limited presents a musical based on a 1970s anime TV series about a Japanese child living in the suburbs. Japanese group Hikosen  perform; and Charlene Choi Cheuk-yin,  Eric Tsang Chi-wai  and Wong Cho-lam provide the voices. In Cantonese with Chinese and Japanese subtitles. Sept 4, 4.30pm, also Sept 4-6, 8pm, Sept 5-6, 11am, 3.30pm, Hitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$160-HK$480 HK Ticketing.  Inquiries: 2730 5711
Original Tango: Tribute  to Piazzolla
 Pianist Pablo Zinger, clarinetist Jose Franch-Ballester  and  cellist Young Song  play tango  works by Astor Piazzolla at the Spring Project 15th anniversary charity concert. Sept 4, 7.30pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2849 6525
Angel Grandma
Ray Kwok directs his musical about a teenager who expresses his passion and discontentment through hip-hop dancing until his grandmother intervenes. Proceeds go to the SKH Holy Spirit Church building fund. Sept 4-6, 7.45pm, also Sept 5, 2.45pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan,  HK$80-HK$200 Diocese of Eastern Kowloon or Holy Spirit Church office. Inquiries: 2699 9655
Eagle Companions
The HK Dance Company's dance drama adaption of Jin Yong's martial arts novel series in which characters have emotional struggles between love and hate. Leung Kwok-shing directs and choreographs. Sept 4-6, 7.45pm, also Sept 5-6, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre,  10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 1806
Killing Game
Drama Addict's  play about a billionaire who holds a banquet for his lovers, enemies and business partners, which turns deadly. Sept 4-6, 7.45pm,  HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd,  TST, HK$125, HK$150 Urbtix.  Inquiries: 9263 5701
The Metropolitan Diva -  Deborah Voigt 
Edo de Waart  conducts the American soprano and the HK Philharmonic Orchestra in performing Wagner's Lohengrin:  Act 1: Prelude, Tannh?user: Dich, teure Halle, Die Meistersinger von N?rnberg:  Prelude and Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod,  and R. Strauss'  Don Juan   and Salome:  Closing scene. Sept 4-5, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$180-HK$520 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2721 2030
My Grandmother's Funeral  (Yu Lan Run)
Princess' Black Box and the HK Repertory Theatre co-present a drama in which Wong Wing-Sze explores the mystery of life and death. In Cantonese. Sept 4-6, 8-13, 8.15pm, also Sept 5-6, 12-13, 3.15pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9032 2913
Boundless Movement
Anthony Chan Kam-kuen  directs the  HK Repertory Theatre's production of Raymond To Kwok-wai's   drama about the bravery and struggles of heroes of the Chinese Revolution of 1911. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Sept 5-6, 8-12, 7.45pm, also Sept 6, 12-13, 2.45pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$140-HK$300 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5930  Extra-curricular
Audition Announcement
The HK Bach Choir is holding new member auditions; singers needed for the group's first half of the 2009-2010 concert season. Today, also Sept 1, 7pm-10pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST. Inquiries: 6111 7821  Philosophy Cafe
The Happy Friday Branch of the HK Philosophy Cafe discusses self reliance.  In English. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, Just Vogue Cafe, 4/F, 118 Queen's Rd Central, free, booking required. Inquiries: 9179 0283
Photography Workshops
HK Society of Digital Photographers (HKSDP) representatives teach: night scene photography, tomorrow, 6.30pm-8.30pm, and digital infrared photography, Sat, 3pm-5pm.  In Cantonese. Mag, L8-07, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre L8-07, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$250 (HK$120 for HKSDP members). Inquiries: 2815 4284
Story Reading Sessions
Children's books writers read from their works. In English. Jo Rattigan  (and illustrator Samantha Wong), Sat, 12.30pm; Sarah Brennan,  1.15pm; and Theodora Whittington,  2pm, Bookazine, Shop 309, Prince's Building, 10 Chater Rd, Central, free, registration required. Inquiries: 2525 0218 or enquiries@bookazine.com.hk 
HK 2009 East Asian Games 100-day Countdown-cum-Torch Relay
Prelude to the large-scale multi-sport international event includes special celebrations including a torch relay involving 65 torch bearers running along a route beginning in Kowloon Park, TST, and ending at the Golden Bauhinia Square, Wan Chai. Sat, 3pm, various parts of TST, Victoria Harbour and Wan Chai, free to watch. Inquiries: 2158 6496 
Springtime in a Small Town Seminar
HK Film Archive researcher Wong Ai-ling and filmmaker-film scholar Shu Kei  compare and contrast Fei Mui's  1948 drama and Tian Zhaungzhuang's  2002 remake. In Cantonese. Sat, 6pm,  HK Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd, TST East, free. Inquiries: 2970 3300 
Fine Art Auction
Auction of approximately 300 lots of items from American and European private homes including signed lithographs by Dali,  Degas  and Matisse,  Betty Boop, Felix the Cat and the Pink Panther serigraph cels, and celebrity and sports memorabilia. Inspection, Aug 30, 11am; auction, Aug 30, 1pm, Holiday Inn Golden Mile, 50 Nathan Rd, TST, free to view. Inquiries: 2915 2155
Complaint! Complaint! Complaint! - The (Im)Possibilities of Complaints
Cultural critic Tang Siua, V-Artivist  artistic director Li Wai-yi, visual artist Lam Tung-pang  and HK Art Discovery Channel representatives discuss various complaints pertaining to art and  cultural development in Hong Kong.  In Cantonese. Aug 30, 3pm-5pm,  1a space, Unit 14, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan, free. Inquiries: 2529 0087



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