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Exhibitions 
Silence 
Works by Koon Wai-bong, Tsang Chui-mei, Hanison Lau and Wang Yanru that portray a sense of stillness and calm.  Thu-Sun, 2pm-6pm, Blue Lotus Gallery, Unit 24, 5/F Block A, Wah Luen Industrial Building, 15-21 Wong Chuk Yeung St, Fo Tan. Inquiries:  2526 6716. Ends Jul 11   
Echo (China) - HK  Sculpture Biennial 2010
Group exhibition of sculptures by Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts  faculty and students. Daily, 10am-5pm, Hui Gallery and open space of New Asia College, Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin. Inquiries: 2609 7615. Ends Jul 11  
Mario Viva
New media works featuring video game icon Super Mario by Ben Fry, Keith Lam Yan-Kit, Eric Siu and Stephane Shibatsuji-Perrin.  Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm, Kapok Gallery, 3 Sun St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 6177 2408. Ends Jul 13   
Dreamy Wonderland 
Paintings by Zhang Weimin of birds, flowers and lyrical scenes. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, Sun, 1pm-6pm, Wan Fung Art Gallery, G/F, Cityplaza III, Taikoo Shing. Inquiries: 2736 9623. Ends Jul 17   
Design to Empower - Learning  to Design thru Monster
Monster-themed works by local secondary school students involved in the HK Design Centre's programme that is intended to help them overcome their creative blocks and fears. Opens today. Daily, 9am-6pm, Chamber 2, Innocentre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong. Inquiries: 3793 8406. Ends Jul 26   
Revolve
Works on light-sensitive paper by British couple Rob and Nick Carter.  Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Cat Street Gallery, 222 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan. Inquiries: 2291 0006.  Ends Jul 31  
When Silence Speaks
Paintings by Viet Dung  of landscapes and life in  Vietnam.  Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Galerie La Vong, 13/F One Lan Kwai Fong, Central. Inquiries: 2869 6863. Ends Jul 31  
Yoshitaka Amano 
Paintings on aluminium by the Japanese illustrator-printmaker-painter-sculptor. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, Art Statements Gallery, G/F, 192A Hollywood Rd, Central; and Mon-Fri, by appointment, Sat, 11am-7pm, Art Statements Gallery, Unit 6-7, 17/F, Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Rd, Aberdeen. Inquiries: 2122 9657. Ends Jul 31   
Essence of Life
Sketches and paintings of the female form  by Vietnamese artist Tran Luu Hau.  Mon-Sat, 10am-6.30pm, Sun, 10.30am-6pm, Arch Angel Art, 58 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2851 6882. Ends Jul 31   
Daydreaming
Works by photographer Au Ka-yiu, installation artist Joe Chan, painter Silvia Chan, collage photographer-sculptor Tang Kwok-hin and sculptor Wong Tin-yan  that reveal their muses and fantasies. Opening reception today, 7pm-9pm. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, YY9 Gallery, G/F 83-85 Sing Woo Rd, Happy Valley. Inquiries: 2574 3370. Ends Aug 7 
In Details
Works by Choi Yan-chi, Ivy Ma  and Lam Wai-kit  that scrutinise details of human relationships.  Mon-Sat, 11.30am-8pm, Agnes B.'s Librairie Galerie, 1/F, 3-11 Wing Fung St, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2869 5505. Ends Aug 28 
Candida Hofer 
The German's photographs of rooms in public places regarded as pivotal centres of cultural life (such as libraries, museums, theatres, universities, historic houses and palaces). Mon-Fri, 11am-7pm, Sat, 1pm-6pm, Ben Brown Fine Arts, 301 Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central. Inquiries: 2522 9600. Ends Aug 31  
 The Evergreen Classic -  Transformation of the Qipao
Exhibition of some 270 qipao that explores the Chinese dress' forms, origins and transformation between the 1920s and 1960s. 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 13   
A Class Act!
Exhibition about Lloyd's Register, the society founded in England 250 years ago that was the world's first-ever specifically ship classification organisation. Tue-Sun, 10am-6pm, HK Maritime Museum, G/F Murray House, Stanley Plaza, Stanley, HK$20. Inquiries: 2813 2322. Ends Nov 7   
City Flaneur: Social  Documentary Photography
Photographs of urban scenes and landscapes by 35 local photographers including Chan Chik, Yau Leung, Dustin Shum Wan-yat and Vincent Yu Wai-kin. Mon, Wed-Sat, 10am-6pm, Sun, 10am-7pm, closed Tue, HK Heritage Museum, 1 Man Lam Rd, Sha Tin, HK$10,  free on Wed. Inquiries: 2180 8188.  Ends Jan 3, 2011  
Performing Arts  
Benjamin Schmid Violin Recital
The Austrian violinist and Croatian-born, naturalised Austrian pianist Dejan Lazic play works by Mozart, Beethoven, Frank Bridge and Gershwin/Heifetz. Jul 8, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 
Octave
W Theatre and East Asia Entertainment's musical about a group of  people who are inspired to  stage  a musical  after  bumping into their old high school music teacher. Starring Ivana Wong Yuen-chi, Hins Cheung King-hin and Joey Leung Cho-yiu. In Cantonese.  Jul 6-11, 13-15, 16-18, 8pm, also Jul 10-11, 17-18, 3pm, Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$250-HK$420, HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 9267 2678 
HK International Chamber Music Festival 2010 - Free Community Concerts
The New Helsinki Quartet play string quartets and quintets from the classical and romantic periods, Jul 9, 1.10pm, T.T. Tsui Gallery, University Museum and Art Gallery, University of HK, 94 Bonham Rd, Pok Fu Lam. Chew Hee Chiat conducts the HK Chinese Orchestra playing works such as Xu Jianqiang's Xiao-Ban and Wusimanjiang and Yu Lichun's Spring in Tianshan and the New Helskinki Quartet play Sibelius' String Quartet in D Minor, Voces Intimae, Jul 10, 3pm, Xiang Hai Xuan Exhibition Hall, Nan Lian Gardens, 60, Fung Tak Rd, Diamond Hill. Both concerts: free with ticket (tel: 2722 1650). In addition, the New Helsinki Quartet, clarinettist Chen Halevi, pianist Peter Jablonski, violinist Grzegorz Kotow and cellist Trey Lee play works by Mozart and Shostakovich, Jul 11, 1.30pm; and cellist Lee, pianist Colleen Lee, violinist Kotow, viola player Ilari Angervo and double bassist Zhang Daxun play music by Schubert, Jul 11, 3.30pm, Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum, 7 Castle Rd, Mid Levels, free (with ticket and HK$10 museum admission). Inquiries: 3518 7290  
Peter Pan
David Nixon directs Britain's Northern Ballet Theatre's dance-theatre version of J. M. Barrie's tale about the magical adventures of a  boy who can fly and  refuses to grow up. Jul 9-10, 7.30pm, also Jul 10-11, 3.30pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044  
Big City Little Store
Edmond Kok Wai-ho directs and stars in Professional Clowns' Club's  play based on a true story  about the Tai Shing Convenience Store.  In Cantonese. Jul 9-10, 8pm, also Jul 10-11, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$140 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9032 2913 
East Meets West: Music  of Finland and China
Violinists Dan Zhu and Grzegorz Kotow, cellist Trey Lee and pianist Colleen Lee play Sibelius' Piano Quartet in C Minor; the New Helsinki Quartet play works Sallinen's String Quartet No 3, Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March and Sibelius' String Quartet in D Minor, Voces Intimae; and the HK Chinese Orchestra Ensemble perform works such as Yu Chunli's Spring in Tianshan and J. Q. Xu 's Xiao-Ban. Jul 9, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3518 7290  
The Golden Cangue
Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre's presentation of Eileen Chang's drama  about a woman wed to the bedridden son of a wealthy family who falls for her brother-in-law. In Cantonese with Chinese surtitles. Jul 9-10, 8pm, Jul 11, 3pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$120-HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6377 7240  
72A
Class 7A Drama Group's drama about a suicidal bus driver who, on his last planned journey, becomes interested in the life stories of seven passengers on the bus. In Cantonese. Jul 10-11, 7.30pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre,  11 Clear Water Bay Rd, Kowloon, HK$65 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6102 7660 
A Night at the Carnival
The New Helsinki Quartet and double-bassist Zhang Daxun play Boccherini's Quintet in A Major; clarinettist Chen Halevi, violinist Dan Zhu and pianist Rebecca Barham play Bart?k's Contrasts; pianists Rebecca Barham and Peter Jablonski play Lutoslawski's Paganini Variations for Two Pianos; and flautist Matthew Wu, clarinettist Chen Halevi, violinist Dan Zhu, violinist Grzegorz Kotow, viola player Andrew Ling, cellist Trey Lee, double bassist Zhang Daxun, percussionist Mark Lung and pianists Peter Jablonski and Colleen Lee play Saint-Sa?' Carnival of the Animals. Jul 10, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3518 7290  
 Benjamin Schmid Plays Beethoven 
Ariel Zuckermann conducts the Austrian violinist and the HK Sinfonietta playing works including Rossini's William Tell Overture, Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D and Shostakovich's Symphony No 9 in E-Flat. Jul 10, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336  
 The HK International Chamber Music Festival 2010: Closing Concert
Clarinettist Chen Halevi and the New Helsinki Quartet play Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major; violinist Grzegorz Kotow, cellist Trey Lee and pianist Peter Jablonski play Shostakovich's Piano Trio No 2 in E Minor; violinist Grzegorz Kotow, viola player Ilari Angervo, cellist Trey Lee, double bassist Zhang Daxun and pianist Colleen Lee play Schubert's Piano Quintet in A Major, Trout Quintet. Jul 11, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$180-HK$360 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3518 7290 
The Innomine Chorale's  34th Annual Concert
Dorothy Cheung conducts the musical ensemble, sopranos Josephine Li and Cristal Lim, baritone Edmund Kwan, organist Poon Tak, pianist Emily Ng and the Kowloon City Baptist Church Orchestra performing works such as Rutter's  Psalm 150, Hayes' Te Deum and Elgar's Give Unto the Lord.  Jul 11, 8pm, City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2789 9368   
Sylvia
Kearen Pang Production's drama about a middle-aged man who takes a stray dog named Sylvia into his home despite the vehement protests of his wife. Starring Lee Chun-chow and Kearen Pang. In Cantonese. Jul 15-18, 8pm, also 17-18, 3pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180, HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Restaurant tu Three
Spain's ??extr?'s physical comedy show about a clumsy manager, a crackpot chef, and a waiter with an amazing knack for stacking up chairs. Jul 16-17, 7.30pm, also Jul 17, 3pm, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre, 11 Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, HK$140, HK$200; Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$90-HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2370 1044  
Eternal Lament at the Palace of Eternal Life
Hon Fung Cantonese Opera Institute performs a Cantonese opera that relates the love story between Emperor Ming of the Tang dynasty and his favourite concubine, Lady Yang, and the tale of the  creative process behind Qing dynasty poet-dramatist Hong Sheng's The Palace of Eternal Life that tells the story of that Tang dynasty love. In Cantonese with Chinese and English surtitles. Jul 16-18, 7.30pm, Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$320 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Kaleidoscope of European Dancing
The HK Dance Federation presents European folk dance performances by various groups including the Czech Republic's Jaro Dance Group  and local groups  including those from the HK City Arts Centre (Jul 16 only), Sacred Heart Cannossian College (Jul 16-17) and Legacy European Folk Dance Troupe (Jul 17 only). Jul 16-17, 7.45pm, Y-Theatre Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, HK$120 Urbtix. Associated outdoor performance Jul 17, 3-4pm, Y-Platform, Youth Square, 238 Chai Wan Rd, Chai Wan, free. Inquiries: 2904 2709  
Red State Blue Grass
Ai Shang Chu Theatre performs American Josh Tobiessen's  drama about five people who try to establish a utopian community free of class divisions or monetary concerns in the Kentucky woods, only to find trouble in paradise before too long. In Cantonese. Jul 16-18, 7.45pm, also Jul 18, 2.45pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Road, Tsuen Wan, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries: 5199 3801
Tunes of South China
Hu Bingxu conducts gaohu players Yu Qiwei and Qi Keng, yangqin player Pan Weiwen, dizi player Wu Guozhong, yehu player Xu Dandan, qinqin player Sha Jingshan and the HK Chinese Orchestra performing works such as Fang Xiaomin's The Girl from Lai Village.  Jul 17, 8pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600 
HK Amateur Orchestra Afternoon Recital When Mozart and Hisaishi Meet
Kevin Wong and Moon So conduct the music ensemble performing works by Mozart, Hisaishi and Moon So.  Jul 18, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9863 3068 
Allegro Singers 46th Annual Concert: A Tribute to Madam Barbara Fei 
Yan Liang-kun, Cao Ding and Barbara Fei Ming-yee conduct tenor Gu Ping, the Ruan Music group, percussionist Ronald Chin and the Allegro Singers performing works by composers such as Haydn, Mozart, Borodin and Mendelssohn. Jul 18, 7.30pm, Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$100-200 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9429 0437 
Three Stars in Peking Opera
Jingkun Theatre and Peking Opera Theatre of Hebei perform: The Incarceration of Xiongxin, White Water Beach, The Belt That Leads to Disaster and Cleaving the Mountain to Save His Mother, Jul 20, 7.30pm; and The Gift of a Pearl on Rainbow Bridge, Chisang Town and The Showdown at Cuiping Mountain, Jul 21, 7.30pm. In regional dialect with Chinese and English surtitles. Kwai Tsing Theatre, 12 Hing Ning Rd, Kwai Chung, HK$100-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Harvard University A Cappella  'with a Twist'
Twelve-man a cappella group the Harvard Din & Tonics sing classic jazz, doo-wop and other  genres.  In English and Putonghua. Jul 20, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd,  Wan Chai, HK$200 Urbtix. Inquiries: dins@dins.com



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