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Kevin Kwong

Exhibitions
Unlocked
Stone sculptures by New Zealander Chris Charteris. 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 
Stiffen Water
Video work by Howard Cheng Chi-lai that manipulate the kinetics and  sound of water. Today-tomorrow, 10am-6.30pm, Para/Site Central, Hanart TZ Gallery, 2/F, 5 Queen's Rd Central. Inquiries: 2517 4620. Ends tomorrow 
Jazz Photo Exhibition
Jazz-themed photographs by Briton William Ellis and local jazz singer-photographer Elaine Liu. A HK International Jazz Festival programme. Today-tomorrow, 2.30pm-1.30am, Dada Bar + Lounge, 2/F The Luxe Manor, 39 Kimberly Rd, TST. Inquiries: 3763 8778. Ends tomorrow 
Chickens Marching through Visual Poems
Paintings of animals by Nimchi Yuen. An October Contemporary exhibition. Today-tomorrow, noon-10pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 7251. Ends tomorrow 
The Mother of All Journeys
Exhibition of visual artist Dinu Li's photographs and family snapshots from his mother's collection juxtaposed with her oral histories about her family life in Kaiping, Hong Kong and England. Today-tomorrow, 11am-7pm, Sat, 11am-6pm, and by appointment, Amelia Johnson Contemporary, G/F, 6-10 Shin Hin St, Central. Inquiries: 2548 2286. Ends Sat   
Para/Site Fundraising Auction 09
Preview of works (including those by Nadim Abbas, Cao Fei, Wing Shya  and Adrian Wong) up for auction on Nov 4. Opening reception today, 7pm-9pm. Tomorrow-Nov 2, noon-7pm, Nov 3, noon-3pm, Para/Site Art Space, G/F, 4 Po Yan St, Sheung Wan. Ends Nov 3  
Niubi Project Kaisei
Young artists born in the 80s including Su Jia-shou, Zhou Jin-hua and Meng  Bai-shen showcase their work as part of environmental awareness group Project Kaisei. Mon-Sat, 10.30am, 6.30pm, Schoeni Branch Gallery, 27 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2869 8802. Ends Nov 5 
Meditation
Works in various media by Alannala Lau, Chris Lo, Tsang Chui-mei and Man Fung-yi that capture the feeling of tranquility. An October Contemporary exhibition. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, YY9 Gallery, G/F, 83-85 Sing Woo Rd, Happy Valley. Inquiries: 2574 3370. Ends Nov 13  
12 Days
Twelve paintings by South Korean Kim San-young representing dreams she had over 12 nights. Opens today. Mon-Fri, 10am-7pm, Sat-Sun, noon-6pm, CAIS Gallery, UG/F, 54 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2527 7798. Ends Nov 21  
(Last)intervention
Multi-media works by Kingsley Ng Siu-king and Samson Young that seek to redefine intervention. An October Contemporary exhibition. Daily, 10am-7pm, Osage Kwun Tong, 5/F Kian Dai Industrial Building, 73-75 Hung To  Rd, Kwun Tong. Inquiries: 2793 4817. Ends Nov 29      
The Artistry of Yixing Pottery 
More than 100 pieces of purple clay art, some of which date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Mon, Wed-Sun, 10am-5pm, closed Tue, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central, free. Inquiries: 2869 0690. Ends May 17  
Performing Arts
A Musical Portrait of Darwin - And Music Perhaps ...
British trio Muse (narrator Andrew Bannerman, tenor Richard Frewer and pianist Lauren Hibberd) perform works by Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Chopin with lyrics that tell the story of Charles Darwin. In English. Today, 7.30pm, Loke Yew Hall, University of HK (main campus), Pok Fu Lam, free, registration required. Inquiries: 2913 5100 or science@britishcouncil.org.hk
Samson
Artist Mission's drama about the biblical character and his eventual downfall at the hands of Delilah. In Cantonese. Today-Sat, 7.30pm, also Sat, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$80-HK$-160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9709 0266
The School & I
Ko Tin-lung directs Chung Ying Theatre Company's production of his drama about the final academic year of a primary school with just one student. In Cantonese. Today-tomorrow, 7.30pm, also tomorrow-Nov 1, 2.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9800
Alice in Bed
Dominic Cheung Ho-kin directs Theatre Space and the HK Repertory Theatre's version of Susan Sontag's drama about 19th-century writer Henry James' sister, Alice the diarist. In Cantonese. Today-Sat, Nov 3-7, 9, 7.45pm, also Sat-Nov 1, 7-8, 2.45pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
Bun in the Cave
Paul Poon Wai-sum directs the  HK Repertory Theatre's production of his comic fantasy-thriller about Dunhuang treasures. A Silk Road Arts Festival programme. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. Today-Sat, Nov 3-7, 7.45pm, also Sat-Nov 1, 8, 2.45pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$140, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3103 5900
Georgian National Dance Company Sukhishvili 
The Georgian group performs dances that contain elements of classical ballet, modern dance, European and Asian folk and ethnic traditions, and acrobatics. A Silk Road Arts Festival programme. Today-tomorrow, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$120-HK$320; and Sat, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$100-HK$280 Urbtix. All shows: 8pm. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Love 2009
Whole Theatre's romantic comedy about an angry king who condemns women he sleeps with to death but decides to spare one after he falls for her. In Cantonese. Today-Sat, Nov 2, 4-7, 8pm, also Sat, Nov 7-8, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$185, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 8201 2989
Mirage
All Theatre Art Association's Hoi Chiu creates sand paintings and Aborigine Music Workshop performs music in a show that combines physical theatre with  storytelling. Today-Sat, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$120, HK$95 (members). Inquiries: 2521 7251
Those Were the Days
Trinity Theatre's nostalgia-themed drama using popular music to express emotions. In Cantonese. Today-Sat, 8pm, also Nov 1, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$160-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2574 4968
Cantonese Operatic Songs Gala 
Concert by Cantonese Opera Masters from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Performances of Cantonese opera music including: The Flower Genie (from The Rescue of My Beauty) and Love in the Snow (from Princess Wencheng), tomorrow; and The Seventh Evening of the Seventh Lunar Month in the Palace of Longevity, and Consoling His Wife (from Why Don't You Return), Sat. Both shows: 7.30pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$390 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
He is Kong Girl She is Kong Boy: Planet of the Lang Mo
Jim Chim Sui-man co-directs and stars in PIP Theatre's comedy on gender relations. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Nov 1, 7.30pm, also Sat-Nov 1, 2.30pm,  HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$170-HK$420 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2511 0139
The Country Boy
Irish theatre group CYMS Players Kilorglin's drama revolving around two brothers: one who immigrated to America and the other who stayed in Ireland. In English. Tomorrow-Sat, 7.30pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200, HK$160 (members). Inquiries: 2521 7251
Anniversaries of Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn  
Concert Yip Wai-hong hosts and Law Po-kwan conducts violinist Agnes Tse, trumpet player Chan Kin-sing and the PanAsia Symphony Orchestra in playing two works each by Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn. Tomorrow, 8pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$100, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321  
Lost in TV/ Bewitched
Low Job Bomb's theatrical double bill consists of: a comedy about a man who wins the chance to be on television for two minutes in a lucky draw; and a comedy about how a letter leads to a couple having a row. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Sat, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$120 Urbtix Inquiries: 6077 0924
The Passage Beyond
Actors Family's musical about a father who returns home with various spirits in tow after disappearing in the woods. In Cantonese. Tomorrow-Nov 1, 8pm,  also Sat-Nov 1, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9050 1941
Man In the Fridge - Sigmund Freud
Kadi's play about tension and the human sub-conscious. In Cantonese. Sat-Nov 1, 8pm, also Nov 1, 3pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9090 0181
Marco Polo's Travel to China
Greece's En Chordais Ensemble and guest artists (Italian flute a bec player Marco Rosa Salva, Iranian setar player and vocalist Kiya Tabassian, Israeli hand percussionist-singer Zohar Fresco, Turkish saz player-singer Ozlem Ozdil and Tajikistani/Uzbek singer-dutor player Nadira Pirmatova)  give a multi-media performance. A Silk Road Arts Festival programme. Sat, 8pm, HK City Hall,  5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Mendelssohn Bicentennial Concert
Cellists Chang Hsin-hsin and Letty Poon, violinists Nicholas Leung, Winty Wan, Anthony Wong and Gilbert Sak, viola players Mike Chau and Damara Lomdaridze play works by Mendelssohn. Nov 1, 3pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$100, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9750 0939
Something Old, Something New
The HK Welsh Male Voice Choir and students from the HK Academy for Performing Arts, including pianist Rachel Cheung, perform Welsh hymns and show tunes. Nov 1, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180, HK$250 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9360 0891 
John Williams
The Australian guitarist plays works by Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Albeniz, Morricone  and originals. Nov 3, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$420 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321
The Dumb Waiter & Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You
American Community Theatre's double bill comprising: Harold Pinter's black comedy about two hit-men in a basement, waiting for instructions, whose only means of communication with the outside world is the speaking tube of a dumbwaiter;  and Christopher Durang's  comedy about a nun explaining the basic tenets of Catholicism with the help of a seven-year-old boy. In English. Nov 4-7, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$220, HK$180 (members). Inquiries: 2521 7251
Princess And The City 2
Champion Arts Association's dramatic play focusing on issues concerning middle-aged women. In Cantonese. Nov 4-8, 8pm, also Nov 7, 3pm, Black Box Theatre, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, HK$95, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6121 4241
The Magic Flute
Paul Curran directs Opera HK, the mainland's National Centre for the Performing Arts and Norway's Den Norske Operae & Ballett's production of Mozart's opera about a prince who, with the help of a magic flute, goes on a quest to rescue the Queen of the Night's daughter. Jari Hamalainen conducts the HK Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Opera HK Chorus also feature. In German with Chinese and English surtitles. Nov 5-9, 7.30pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$150-HK$900 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7321  
Beyond Boundaries
E-Side Dance Company presents performances by six Asian dancer-choreographers (the mainland's Fan Xinghua  and Long Yunna, Taiwan's Wang Ru-ping, Malaysian Steve Goh Chen Fui, Hong Kong's Li Yong-jing and Korean Mikey Le Wong-suk). Nov 6-7, 8pm, also Nov 7-8, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2325 1970 
Buddhist Music Treasures from the Silk Road
The Ensemble of Gansu Gannan Labrang Monastery, Ensemble of Yunnan Xishuangbanna Main Buddhist Temple and Buddhist Music Ensemble of Shanxi Wutai Mountain perform three different styles (Tibetan, Pali and Han) of Buddhist music. A Silk Road Arts Festival programme. Nov 6-8, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Diary VI: Applause ...
Mui Cheuk-yin choreographs and performs a dance piece about her life.  Nov 6-7, 8pm, Nov 8. 5pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Matthew Trusler Plays Mendelssohn
Yip Wing-sie conducts British violinist Trusler and the HK Sinfonietta in playing George Lam Tsz-kwan's The Queen's Gramophone, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor and Beethoven's Symphony No 8 in F. Nov 6, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336
Re- (I, II, III)
The American Shen Wei Dance Arts group performs choreographer Shen Wei's dance trilogy expressing his impressions of his visits to Tibet, Angkor Wat and the Silk Road. A Silk Road Arts Festival programme. Nov 6-7, 8pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$120-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044
Happy Shaolin
Clifton Ko Chi-sum directs Raymond To Kwok-wai's kung fu musical featuring performances by monks from the Shaolin Temple, with music performed by the China Philharmonic Orchestra. In Cantonese. Nov 6-7, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$120-HK$680 Urbtic. Inquiries: 2916 8820 
Extra-curricular
From Gaza to Tibet
Dr Francoise Mathieu talks about her humanitarian work over the years for Medicins Sans Frontieres in war-torn territories including Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Nicaragua, Bosnia, Somalia and Tibet. Today, 7.30pm (reception, 6.30pm), British Council, 3 Supreme Court Rd, Admiralty, HK$150, HK$100 (Roal Geographical Society members). Inquiries: 2583 9700
Arabic Nadwah
Literary salon featuring discussions on Arabic literature and related topics.  In English. Today, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, free.  Inquiries: 9030 8167

Pop Attack!
Charity auction of illustrator-graphic designer Lun Wong  (aka 1KStyles)  pop culture works. Proceeds go to the  HK Cancer Fund. Today, 8pm, M1NT,
 108 Hollywood Rd, Central, free entry. Inquiries: 6488 9741 

Study on Creative Clusters  (2004-2009 Hong Kong): A Report
Artist and art critic Leung Po-shan  talks about her findings and observations following her five-year study of whether art practitioners have been benefiting from the West Kowloon Cultural District initiative and artists' studios as spaces of production. An October Contemporary event. In Cantonese. Tomorrow, 3pm, L7-19 Function Room, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei, free. Inquiries: 2778 0765
Nightmare on Avenue of Stars
The harbour front avenue becomes possessed by all manner of ghosts, goblins and demons for Halloween. Tomorrow-Sat, 6.30pm-9.30pm, Avenue of Stars, TST, free. Inquiries: 3118 3000 
What Function Does Retirement Fulfil in the Well-Lived Life?
The Happy Friday branch of the HK Philosophy Cafe meets to discuss retirement, with reference to Sherwin B. Nuland's The Art of Ageing. In English. Tomorrow, 7.30pm, Just Vogue Cafe, 4/F, 118 Queen's Rd Central, free, booking recommended. Inquiries: 9179 0283
Band Competition Contestants Wanted
Contestants sought for the SoundBase Festival 2009, an acoustic band competition for up-and-coming local composers and musicians. Preliminary rounds: Nov 12-13;  final: Dec 15, 7.30pm. Deadline for entries: Sat. Inquiries: 2737 7603 or www.tomleemusic.com
D Deck Halloween 'Spooktastic' Carnival
Festive event with child-friendly play areas and trick-or-treat booths to surprise kids with various treats. Sat, 5pm-10pm, D Deck, Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, free. Inquiries: 3651 2345 
City Planning and the Cultural Landscape
Choi Yan-chi moderates and Chan Koon-chung, Bono Lee, Chan Yuen-han, Wallace Chang and Long Tin speak at a roundtable forum on city planning and cultural landscape development in Hong Kong. An October Contemporary event. In Cantonese. Sat, 6pm, Cattle Depot Theatre, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan, free. Inquiries: 2529 0087
Deadly Halloween Night in 1898 - Our Halloween Special
Dinner theatre show revolving around a gathering of murder suspects at the Cooked Goose Tavern. Sat, 7.30pm, Function Room 3/F The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Rd, TST, HK$888, includes a five-course dinner, booking required. Inquiries: 2407 9090



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