To subscribe feeds for LCSD eMagazine Highights, please click RSS. To know more about RSS feeds, please click here.	2012 Bun Carnival Members of the public are welcome to partake in the 2012 Bun Carnival to be staged at the soccer pitch of Pak Tai Temple Playground, Cheung Chau, from April 8 to 29. The Bun Scrambling Competition, the finale of the event, will be held on the night of April 28. Applications for participation in the Competition are accepted between February 2 and March 2. The Climbing Carnival will be held on April 22 with a wide range of activities catering for all ages, including exhibition booths and game stalls, handicraft making, variety shows and climbing play-in, etc. Venue: Cheung Chau Pak Tai Temple Playground Soccer Pitch Date/Time: 8/4/2012 (Sun) ─ 29/4/2012 (Sun) Multimedia theatre production "The Blue Planet" ($420, $360, $280, $180)   Internet Booking Acclaimed directors Peter Greenaway and Saskia Boddeke will soon lead a strong production team to stage the Hong Kong debut of "The Blue Planet". This multimedia work blends the arts of acting, singing and live music with high-definition images that reproduce aspects of reality and illustrate a conversation between the God and Noah. The scenario will lead the audience to a virtual world. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Kwai Tsing Theatre Date/Time: 30/3/2012 (Fri) ─ 1/4/2012 (Sun) Concert by China Philharmonic Orchestra (Hong Kong) ($140, $110, $80)   Internet Booking Under the baton of music director Lim Kek-han, renowned soprano Sandy Lau will join with the China Philharmonic Orchestra (Hong Kong) to present a concert on February 26, featuring Strauss's "The Blue Danube", "Symphony No. 5" by Beethoven as well as Liu Chi's "My Motherland", etc. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Yuen Long Theatre Date/Time: 26/2/2012 (Sun); 20:00 The Wheel of Time: 100 Years of Light and Shadow The exhibition "The Wheel of Time: 100 Years of Light and Shadow" is now on display at Hong Kong Film Archive, taking visitors through a journey in 6 areas illuminated with sights and sounds of the geography, politics, social life and culture of the city during 1898 and 2010. Venue: Hong Kong Film Archive Date/Time: From now onward until March 4, 2012 (Sun) Fantastic Creatures from the British Museum Exhibition ($20) One hundred and seventy artefacts selected from the British Museum are on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Spanning from ancient times to the present day and across different cultures and civilisations, the exhibits help visitors explore how animals or mythical creatures address many fascinating questions and ideas, such as what lies beyond the horizon, how humans make sense of the world and explain its mysteries and dangers. Venue: Hong Kong Museum of Art Date/Time: From now onward until April 11, 2012 (Wed) "Tearless Honour" by the Hong Kong Movie & TV Theatrical Society ($180, $140, $100 )   Internet Booking Directed by acclaimed actor-director Lester Chan, "Tearless Honour" is a large-scale theatre epic to be staged in March by the Hong Kong Movie & TV Theatrical Society. The cast includes renowned artists like Shek Sau, May Tse, Lily Poon, Anderson Junior and more than 30 experienced and young artists. The production tells the story of a family migrating from Guangzhou to Hong Kong during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II, and dictated the development of post-war Hong Kong society up to now. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Yuen Long Theatre Date/Time: 10/3/2012 (Sat) ─ 11/3/2012 (Sun) Multi-arts production "Fool Lala" ($170)   Internet Booking Renowned sand painting artist Hoi Chiu will lead local arts group All Theatre Art Association in performing the multi-arts production "Fool Lala". A combination of sand painting, puppets, dance and music, the show is an innovative multimedia masterwork with cinematic overtones. With the aid of clowns, puppets and masks, the production is inspired by Zen concepts that peace is ultimately found within ourselves. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (Black Box Theatre) Date/Time: 23/2/2012 (Thu) ─ 26/2/2012 (Sun) New cycling facilities in Po Kong Village Road Park thrill cycling enthusiasts The Po Kong Village Road Park (Phase II) features advanced cycling facilities including the most challenging BMX area in Hong Kong, the territory’s first elevated one-kilometre-long cycling track, and a cycling area for beginners. Users have to pass an assessment test before they can use the designated bowls in the BMX area. Date/Time: From now onward Latest sky show "Hayabusa: Back to the Earth" (Front Stall: $24; Back Stall: $32)   Internet Booking The Hong Kong Space Museum’s latest sky show, "Hayabusa: Back to the Earth", is now on screen. The show will take audiences on an unforgettable space journey with the asteroid explorer Hayabusa, shouldering the mission of understanding the formation of the solar system, to the asteroid Itokawa which is 200 million kilometres away from Earth. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Venue: Hong Kong Space Museum (Stanley Ho Space Theatre) Date/Time: From now onward until June 30, 2012 (Sat) The Perfect Strangers   Internet Booking Canadian circus troupe Les Parfaits Inconnus will stage "The Perfect Strangers", a performance that promises to be unique in its originality and one in which circus arts, comedy and live music mingle together, in February. Armed with a bicycle, a table, a barrel, a ladder and some balls, seven eccentric characters will try to outdo one another in a contest of antics. It is an hour of sheer delight that will rock your soul. Ticketing Agent: URBTIX Date/Time: 17/2/2012 (Fri) ─ 19/2/2012 (Sun)
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