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Exhibitions 
Richard Prince
Works by the US painter-photographer exploring how visual definitions of gender form in popular culture through repetition and reiteration. Today, 11am-7pm, Gagosian Gallery, 7/F Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central. Inquiries: 2151 0555. Ends today   
Sculptural Dimension
Works on the theme of freedom  by sculptors Kacey Wong, Rosanna Li, Fiona Wong, Ho  Siu-kee, Danny Lee, Kevin Fung and Kum  Chi-keung. Today, 11am-7pm, Grotto Fine Art, 2/F, 31C-D Wyndham St, Central. Inquiries:  2121 2270. Ends today  
Summer Show 2011
Works by nine artists including Chen Hang, Lam Tung-pang and Shen Xiaotong. Today, 10am-6.30pm, Hanart TZ Gallery, 407 Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St, Central. Inquiries:  2526 9019. Ends today   
The Art of Architecture
Exhibition of the architectural achievements of Norman Foster's Foster + Partners. Opens today. Daily, 10am-8pm, Pao Galleries, 4 & 5/F HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai. Inquiries: press@fosterandpartners.com. Ends Sept 22   
Performing Arts
Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival
Mickey Mouse and friends serve up hip hop, pop, swing, reggae, rock and country music. In English with Chinese surtitles. Aug 27-28, 11am, 3pm, 7pm, Kitec, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$100-HK$500 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2525 7406  
Concert in the Dark 2011
People Mountain People Sea's Anthony Wong Yiu-ming and other singers and musicians  perform in complete darkness. Proceeds go to Dialogue in the Dark (HK) Foundation.  Aug 27-28, noon, 3.30pm, 7.30pm, Kitec,  1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, HK$480-HK$1,500 (from HMV outlets). Inquiries:  6824 3613
Sleeping Beauty
Golden Voice Entertainment's  musical production  about a beautiful princess  put to sleep for 100 years by a wicked witch. In English. Aug 27-28, noon, 2.30pm, HK$175, includes one drink and food, also Aug 27, 8pm, HK$200, includes one drink, Grappa's Cellar, Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central. Inquiries: 6050 0529 
Cricket in My Life
Prospects Theatre's drama about a family's ups and downs as viewed  by a cricket that  lives  in their home. In Cantonese. Aug 27-28, 3pm, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325 
Dracula
Chung Ying Theatre's adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel about a vampiric count who lives in a castle in the wilds of Transylvania. In Cantonese. Aug 27, 7.30pm, Aug 28, 2.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$140-HK$240 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3961 9803  
Know Your Ballet Music 
Yip Wing-sie presents (with dance choreographer Yuri Ng Yue-lit) and conducts the HK Sinfonietta performing excerpts from works such as Tchaikovsky's The Swan Lake. HK Ballet dancers Justyne Li Sze-yeung, Li Ming and Yo Takahira also perform. Mainly  in Cantonese. Aug 27, 7.30pm, Aug 28, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$100-HK$250 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336  
Dark Side
Busy Bee's drama about a woman put in a mental hospital after being convicted of murdering her brother but continues to maintain her innocence. In Cantonese. Aug  27-28, 3pm, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$120 Urbtix. Inquiries:  9492 9541 
Broken Dreams Club
On and On Theatre Workshop's drama inspired by Virginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography. In Cantonese. Until Aug 28, 8pm, On & On Cattle Depot Theatre, Unit 7, Cattle Depot Artist Village, 63 Ma Tau Kok Rd, To Kwa Wan, HK$110 onandon.org.hk. Inquiries: 2503 1630
Colours of the Night
Pianists Hsu Je-cheng and Phoebus Chan and soprano Manting Chan perform songs from operas and musicals. Aug 27, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$980 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2836 7634  
Standup Comedy
Seven TakeOut Comedy Club comedians perform. In Cantonese. Aug 27, 8pm, Fringe Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central, HK$200 (members HK$160) HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2521 7251  
15 Khalil Fong Live in Hong Kong 2011 
The soul/Mando-pop singer-songwriter  in concert. Until Aug 27, 8.15pm, HK Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai, HK$280-HK$550 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: warnermusic.com.hk  
Summer Pop - Live In Hong Kong 2011
Canto-pop singer-actor Andy Hui Chi-on in concert. Aug 27, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum,  9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2905 8134  
Cinema
 A Lean Night 2011 - Fresh!
The HK Arts Centre presents a continuing programme of films made in the first decade of this century, including the following three films. Until Aug 28. HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$50 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2582 0273
The Death of Mr Lazarescu
Cristi Puiu's drama depicting society's indifference to a retired engineer living alone who complains of having had a headache for four days, only to be dismissed as a drunk and turned away by more than one hospital. In Romanian with English subtitles. Aug 27, 2.30pm, HK Arts Centre. 
A Single Man
Colin Firth stars in Tom Ford's drama about an academic pondering death after his lover's demise. In English and Spanish with Chinese subtitles. Aug 27, 6.15pm, HK Arts Centre. 
Distant
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's drama about a young villager who goes to Istanbul to look for a  job and a photographer cousin with whom he stays there. In Turkish with English subtitles. Aug 27, 8.30pm, Aug 28, 5.30pm, HK Arts Centre.
Jumping Frames Dance Video Festival
City Contemporary Dance Company presents an international dance video showcase including the following film. Aug 27-Sept 5. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei; HK Space Museum, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST; and Palace IFC, Podium Level 1, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central, HK$60 Urbtix (for HK Space Museum screenings) and HK$75-HK$120 cinema.com.hk (for other screenings). Inquiries: 2329 7803
Pina
Wim Wenders' 3-D dance documentary about the late German choreographer Pina Bausch (1940-2009) and her work. Mainly in German and English with Chinese and English subtitles. Aug 27, 7.50pm, Palace IFC, Aug  28-29, 7.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque.



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