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Hit list: five things to do this week in Hong Kong (July 22 - 28)

A dream for readers, some eastern European delights, indie pop twins and a sculptor’s first paintings among this week’s picks

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Find your book and you’ll be gripped at the Hong Kong Book Fair in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre . Photo: K. Y. Cheng
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JOIN the crowds browsing local and international reads at the Hong Kong Book Fair, one of the largest of its kind in the world.
Cottage cheese pancakes from Dacha on Hollywood Road in SoHo, Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong.
Cottage cheese pancakes from Dacha on Hollywood Road in SoHo, Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong.
SAMPLE the flavours of eastern Europe at Dacha, where you can dine on “herring under a fur coat”, home-made kielbasa and cottage cheese pancakes.
Tegan and Sara’s Love You To Death album cover.
Tegan and Sara’s Love You To Death album cover.
HEAR Canadian twin sisters Tegan and Sara bring their indie pop sounds to Hong Kong when they play on July 28 in Kowloon Bay.
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Yoko Maki and Hiroshi Abe in After the Storm.
Yoko Maki and Hiroshi Abe in After the Storm.
WATCH After the Storm , the subtle companion piece to Hirokazu Koreeda’s 2008 humanist masterpiece Still Walking.
Photo: Courtesy of Thomas Houseago and Gagosian Gallery
Photo: Courtesy of Thomas Houseago and Gagosian Gallery
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SEE the elaborate, powerful painted portraits of Yorkshire-born, Los-Angeles based sculptor Thomas Houseago, featuring a blend of Futurism, cubism and modernism, at the Gagosian Gallery
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