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Exhibitions
Mars and Venus
London-based Paul Lemmon's paintings of  vintage cars on city streets or women in evening wear. Today-Wed, 11am-7pm, State-of-the-Arts Gallery, G/F, 36 Pottinger St, Central. Inquiries: 2526 1132. Ends Wed  
Home, Heart, Hong Kong
Fujian-born Yeung Tong-lung's paintings of daily life in his adopted city. Mon-Sat, 11am-7pm, DeeM, 252 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2540 2011. Ends Sat  
HK Jockey Club H.A.D. Walk Project - Sham Shui Po Creativity and Arts for All
Exhibition promoting Sham Shui Po's culture and heritage, community art and design. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun, 10am-7pm, Central Courtyard, and L0 and L1 galleries, Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre, 30 Pak Tin St, Shek Kip Mei. Inquiries: 2780 2283. Ends Sept 25   
The Flavours of Everyday Life in China: Memories from the Past Half Century
Images and everyday objects used by people in China between the 1950s and 1990s that illustrate the material changes that have taken place since the implementation of economic reforms in the late 1970s. 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 26   
NY 10048: Photographs of the World Trade Centre in Early 1990s
Hongkonger Gretchen So Sau-yi's black-and-white photographs of New York's Twin Towers depict them as omnipresent witnesses of city life in the early 1990s. Daily, 10am-noon, 3pm-5.30pm, Foreign Correspondents' Club, 2 Lower Albert Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2521 1511. Ends Sept 29   
Of Other Space
Arthur Chan's installations and sculptures present a new perception of space via the deconstruction of  cityscape architecture. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, YY9 Gallery, G/F,  83-85 Sing Woo Rd, Happy Valley. Ends  Oct 7   
The Best of Galerie La Vong 2011
Group show of works by Tibetan and Vietnamese painters such as Bama Zhaxi and Do Quang Em.  Opens today. Mon-Sat, 10.30am-6.30pm, Galerie La Vong, 13/F One Lan Kwai Fong, Central. Inquiries: 2869 6863. Ends Oct 15  
Ars Memorativa
 Robert Polidori's  moody large-scale colour photographs of interiors and people altered by the passage of time. Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, Sun, 11am-7pm, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, 57-59 Hollywood Rd, Central. Inquiries: 2581 9678. Ends Oct 16    
Through the Eyes of Lim Khim Katy 
The Vietnamese artist's oil paintings present her views about life and things happening around her. Daily, 10.30am-6.30pm, Asia Fine Art Gallery, 99-101 Queen's Rd East, Wan Chai. Inquiries: 2522 0405. Ends Oct 16    
A Decade of Documents Collection Campaigns of the Hong Kong Central Library: Review and Prospect
Exhibition of manuscripts (including those by Eileen Chang), 1930s handbills from the Tai Ping Theatre, an anthology of Chinese calligraphic works from the Northern Song dynasty and other documents. Mon-Tue, Thu-Sun, 10am-7pm, Wed, 1pm-7pm, HK Central Library, 66 Causeway Rd, Causeway Bay. Inquiries: 3150 1234. Ends Nov 30   
Performing Arts
Chet Lam One Magic Day Live 
Indie singer-songwriter Chet Lam Yat-fung  in concert. Until Sept 20, 8.15pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$250, HK$350 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: info@chetlam.com  
Beyond the Horizon 2
FM Theatre Power's musical theatre work inspired by Wong Ka-kui  about a village school whose principal stands up against the injustice of being forced to close  due to 'urban development' and the hegemony of property developers. In Cantonese. Sept 21, 8pm, Multimedia Theatre, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, 135 Junction Rd, Kowloon, HK$200. Inquiries: 3599 9755 
Mad
Drama Society, HK University Students' Union, presents a play about mental patients as told in the form of doctor-patient conversations. In Cantonese. Sept 21-23, 8pm, HK Arts Centre, 2 Harbour Rd, Wan Chai, HK$100 Urbtix. Inquiries: 6123 9694
Good Music This Lunch
HK Sinfonietta clarinettist Johnny Fong Hiu-kai, cellist Eric Yip Chun-hei and pianist Jacqueline Li play Brahms' Clarinet Trio in A Minor, and clarinettist Chen Chiu-yuan, cellist Chang Pei-chieh and pianist So Wun-kan play Glinka's Trio Pathetique in D Minor. Sept 22, 12.45pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, free. Inquiries: 2836 3336
Piano Duo Recital
Pianists Poon Kiu-tung and Misha Kim play works by Schubert, Bizet and Poulenc. Sept 22, 8pm, Lee Hysan Concert Hall, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College, Chinese University of HK, Sha Tin, free. Inquiries:  3943 6716 
The Carmen Project
English Schools Foundation and Scottish Opera present an opera based upon the music and story of  Bizet's Carmen, about a beautiful woman with a fiery temper.  In English. Sept 23, 3.30pm, also 7.30pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$150 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 3762 2645
Coppelia
The HK Ballet performs a comedic ballet based on E.T.A. Hoffman's Der Sandmann  about an inventor who fools his neighbours with his creation of a beautiful mechanical doll. Sept 23-25, 8pm, also Sept 24-25, 3pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$120-HK$500 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2105 9724 
Michael Collins Plays Copland  and Finzi
British clarinettist Collins plays and conducts the HK Sinfonietta playing works by Ravel, Finzi, Elgar and Copland. Sept 23, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336 
Punch and Judy
The Nonsensemakers  present a drama about two women - one just divorced from her rich husband, the other a writer who  is having an affair with a married man - getting together to write a novel. In Cantonese. Sept 23-24, 8pm, Sept 24-25, 3pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$200, HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3746 5219  
Sounds from a Musical Shangri-la 
Yan Huichang conducts The Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe of Rongjiang and the HK Chinese Orchestra performing works including Zhao Yongshan's Rafting and Dong song and dance music works such as Song of the Cicada and Two Hearts in Love. Sept 23, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$150-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Talk to Him
City Contemporary Dance Company performs works about fading memories of Hong Kong choreographed by Chan Yi-jng, Lam Po, Luo Fan and Yang Hao. Sept 23-24, 8pm, also Sept 24-25, 3pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$160, HK$220 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2329 7803
The God of Love
Live Theatre  stages a play  about a man who, after he gets killed in an accident, becomes a heavenly matchmaker whose first mission is to find the woman he loves a new boyfriend. In Cantonese. Sept 23-25, 8pm, also Sept 24-25, 3pm, Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Sheung Wan Municipal Services Building, 345 Queen's Rd Central, Sheung Wan, HK$150, HK$180 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2776 4433
Without Blood
Juan Carlos Zagal  directs and stars in Chilean arts group Compania Teatrocinema's multimedia production  that tells  a story of revenge centring on a woman whose father and brother were murdered one  evening when she was  a little girl. In Spanish with Chinese and English surtitles. Sept 23-24, 8pm, Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre, 111 Shau Kei Wan Rd, Sai Wan Ho, HK$180, HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7323
Remembrance of Karaoke Past 
Zuni Icosahedron and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre's variety show about the joys and pains of love and life presented in the form of a talk show, featuring karaoke music. In Cantonese. Sept 23-24, 8.15pm, Sept 25, 5pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$120-HK$280 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2893 8704
Sandy Lam Concert MMXI
Canto-pop singer-actress Sandy Lam Yik-lin performs. Sept 23-25, 8.15pm, HK Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$180-HK$580 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2323 2811
Kam Yuk Tong Cantonese Opera Troupe
Lau Wai-ming and Cheng Wing-mui star in the Cantonese opera troupe's productions of: The Legend of the White Snake, Sept 24, 7.30pm, Yuen Long Theatre, 9 Yuen Long Tai Yuk Rd, Yuen Long, HK$100-HK$240; and A Couple in Love Contending for Supremacy, Sept 27, 7.30pm, Ko Shan Theatre, 77 Ko Shan Rd, Hung Hom, HK$100-HK$260 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2268 7325
A Life
Jacob Yu directs Theatre Space's adaptation of Hugh Leonard's drama about a day in the life of a self-important man who has driven away all his friends with his acerbic tongue. In Cantonese. Sept 24, 8pm, Sept 25, 3pm, Tsuen Wan Town Hall, 72 Tai Ho Rd, Tsuen Wan, HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2540 1011
Julienne Taylor and The Celtic Connection
The Scottish singer-songwriter and her band perform romantic folk and pop songs infused with Celtic sounds. Sept 24, 8pm, HK Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester Rd, Wan Chai, HK$180-HK$380 HK Ticketing. Inquiries: 2791 9103
The Butterfly Lovers
Yip Wing-sie conducts violinist Huang Mengla and the HK Sinfonietta playing works by Glinka, He Zhanhao and Chen Gang, Kodaly and Sarasate. Sept 24, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$120-HK$480 Urbtix. Inquiries: 2836 3336
The Nightingale from the East - Wu Bixia and HKCO
Yan Huichang conducts vocalist Wu and the HK Chinese Orchestra performing works including Wang Liping's The Dream of the Red Mansions Suite (Excerpts) and Bai Chengren's Morning on Miao Mountains. Sept 24, 8pm, HK Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, TST, HK$150-HK$380 Urbtix. Inquiries: 3185 1600
Tribute to Youth
Yip Wai-hong and Jimmy Chiang conduct soprano Anna Baxter, violinist Agnes Tse  and the Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra performing works by Tchaikovsky, Yip Wai-hong, Weber, Puccini and Johann Strauss II. Sept 24, 8pm, Tuen Mun Town Hall, 3 Tuen Hi Rd, Tuen Mun, HK$80-HK$140; and Sept 30, 8pm, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Rd, Sha Tin, HK$110-HK$160 Urbtix. Inquiries:  2268 7321
Cinema
InDPanda International Short Film Festival
InD Blue presents six additional screenings of programmes of independent short films, including the following one. Sept 19-30. Broadway Cinematheque, Prosperous Garden, 3 Public Square St, Yau Ma Tei, HK$55 www.cinema.com.hk. Inquiries:  2572 7202
Royston Tan - Short is Life
Ten short films by Singaporean filmmaker Tan, including Sons, about a father-and-son relationship; and Monkey Love, centring on a man in a monkey suit searching for a lost love in Hokkaido in winter. Various languages (including Mandarin and English), partially with English subtitles. Sept 19, 9.50pm, Broadway Cinematheque.



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