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Macau Daily Times | Edition 2668 | 21 Oct 2016 SOS BRAZIL initially was known only to cause flu-like symptoms in some ZIKA people. But a surge late last year in cases of babies born with small heads in northeast Brazil set off worldwide alarm about the virus. In Brazil, in places where Zika struck hardest, moms are crying for more help. X3

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DRIVE IN Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer

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‘T J ’ AP PHOTO studio comedy misfire

he modern studio comedy centric Hollywood than comedy. increasingly feels limp, suf- The freedom necessary for co- Tfocated by the financial impera- medy to thrive is mostly found tives of high-concept plots and on television; the action is with desperately in search of signs of “Broad City,” ‘’Atlanta,” ‘’Insi- life. ’s “Keeping de Amy Schumer” and others. Up With the Joneses” is, like Mottola, the director of “Adven- many before it, fine enough. But tureland” and “,” has it mostly goes down as another been at the center of comedy on collection of funny people stuck both the big screen and on TV in too narrowly clichéd roles in (“Arrested Development,” the an overly familiar story. underrated “Clear History”), but It’s now been more than 10 “Keeping Up With the Joneses,” years since “The 40 Year-Old written by Michael LeSieur Virgin” and five since “Brides- (“You, Me and Dupree”) doesn’t maids.” (Feel old yet?) There have much of the naturalism that have, undoubtedly, been good has distinguished his best. comedies since, namely things Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher with Melissa McCarthy in them, play Jeff and Karen Gaffney, a Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha” regular suburbanite couple ex- and anything Wes Anderson is periencing an empty nest for the putting out. But there has been first time with their kids away perhaps no greater casualty to at summer camp. An impossi- the constrictions of blockbuster- bly stylish and accomplished AP PHOTO

From left, , Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher and Gal Gadot in "Keeping Up With The Joneses"

couple moves in next door, the the Joneses” is a comedy about Mrs. Smith” and “The Ameri- 13 rating, the stock characters Joneses (Jon Hamm and Gal marital passion rekindled. cans.” When the bullets start or a thin script — the feeling Gadot, taking a break from her That the Joneses are putting up a flying, “Keeping Up With the never leaves that everyone here Wonder Woman duties). He’s a facade is evident from the start, Jones” has some moves of its could do better if they were travel writer who can blow his but the movie cleverly subverts own, thanks to the talents of really let loose. Alas, it’s going own glass; she writes a cooking the nature of their secret identi- Galifianakis (here playing a to take more than Wonder Wo- blog and wears cocktail dresses ties. They are elite government naive, aw-shucks character man to save the studio comedy. to neighborhood barbeques. spies of some sort, but not as that limits him) and the always But what makes the Joneses far removed from the normal game Fisher. Only Hamm ma- “Keeping Up With the Jo- most jealous of them is their squabbles and challenges of nages to create a three-dimen- neses,” a 20th Century Fox easy affection with one another. marriage as you might think. sional character: a James Bond release, is rated PG-13 by the Though its name is taken from The collision of international secretly yearning to be a regu- Motion Picture Association of the status-obsessed phrase first espionage thrills and quiet su- lar guy. America for “sexual content, made famous by a 1913 comic burban life has become fami- But whatever is cramping the action/violence and brief strong strip and coopted by the Kar- liar by now thanks to the likes style of “Keeping Up With Jo- language.” Running time: 101 Gal Gadot, left, and Jon Hamm dashians, this “Keeping Up With of “The Matador,” ‘’Mr. and neses” — whether it’s the PG- minutes.

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Readers will feel lost in 'The Norah Jones returns to her roots

Tourist' by Robert Dickinson ourteen years later, we're still a deeply Fpolarized nation. Those who loved No- rah Jones' breakout debut album, "Come AP PHOTO it's a sci-fi novel that explores Dickinson has created an in- Away With Me," will enjoy "Day Breaks." various ramifications of time teresting premise to build his It's music for the coffeehouse crowd that

AP PHOTO travel. somewhat vague future. Ele- prefers songs sung in an indoor voice. In a future that appears bleak, ments of the best sci-fi novels As for those who found Jones' early work people can take trips into the take time to explain how the too mellow, they're unlikely to applaud the past. These vacations are to future came to be, while also return to her roots. She's again serving up places such as a shopping mall making the reader feel immer- intimate ballads in a sultry alto with hints where tourists can mingle with sed in the minute details of the of jazz, and while the music is pretty, it's folks in the past while enjoying society. Not in this novel. Rea- also pretty polite. clear fresh air. ders will feel a bit lost because There's a disconnect when pulling down Every aspect of the excursion the author doesn't fully build from the cloud new music so grounded is known ahead of time. Every his world to make it unders- in the last century, especially the singer- detail of what everyone will ac- tandable. Dickinson explains songwriter heyday of the 1970s. "Flipsi- complish and do in their lifeti- little, creating a narrative that's de" echoes Joe Jackson, "It's a Wonderful Norah Jones, "Day Breaks" (Blue Note Records) me is established. both a struggle and somewhat Time for Love" borrows from Van Mor- Then a tour to the 21st century disjointed. rison and "Don't Be Denied" covers Neil comes back with one tourist Elements have to be familiar to Young. the energy level at times, as do horn arran- "The Tourist" (Redhook), by missing. The records say this establish the unfamiliar. "The On her original tunes Jones sings about gements on a few cuts, but Wayne Shor- Robert Dickinson woman didn't go missing, so Tourist" makes you feel a bit alcoholism ("Tragedy"), deceit ("Sleeping ter's squawky soprano sax seems jarring. this anomaly shouldn't exist. like a tourist on a bus with the Wild") and a relationship giving off the Jones' frequent piano solos, like her vo- obert Dickinson's latest If nothing is supposed to go guide speaking a foreign lan- wrong kind of heat ("Burn"), but she never cals, are lovely but restrained. Many lis- novel, "The Tourist," is bil- wrong, what happens when the guage. raises the temperature herself. Standout teners will likely find lovely to be plenty. Rled as a conspiracy thriller, but report and the facts are wrong? Jeff Ayers, AP drummer Brian Blade manages to boost Steven Wine, AP 21.10.2016 fri

NEWS OF THE WORLD Adriana Gomez Licon, AP, Recife

her five children live on the $250 her husband earns each month working at a warehouse. The health secretary for Recife state, Where Zika struck Jailson Correia, says the city has yet to receive funds from the state or fe- deral government for a special child development division. The plan is to hardest, Brazil moms create a group of pediatricians, child neurologists, social workers and physical, speech and occupational therapists who treat children with say more help needed congenital Zika syndrome. Correia says the city has offered epilepsy drugs on a case-by-case seholds earning less than $70 a mon- basis because they are not provided th. They also want the government through the public health plan, but

AP PHOTO to pay for medication for babies that help won’t last forever. with epilepsy, increasingly common “The city’s financial resources are in children whose mothers were in- already strained,” Correia told The fected with Zika during pregnancy. Associated Press. “We need the sta- “These are women in need of finan- te and federal levels to take a more cial aid, who are from remote towns active role.” and are finding new problems every Federal officials didn’t respond to day with their children,” said - at repeated requests for additional in- torney Viviane Guimaraes, who is formation about how they are res- helping several families enroll in a ponding to the crisis. program for the disabled. The Zika crisis comes as Latin Ame- State-run health care in Brazil is rica’s largest nation weathers a woefully underfunded, and patien- two-year recession that has pushed ts often wait months for treatment. inflation and unemployment to over People who can afford get care 10 percent. A proposal under con- through private health plans. sideration by Congress would cap Jusikelly da Silva says she is des- public spending, raising fears about perate to get a brain scan for her cuts for health and education. 10-month-old Luhandra, who was sitting up and eating solid foods be- fore a seizure several months ago reating children with -neu s the sun dyes the early vernment health plans don’t cover which was later linked to a birth de- left her virtually motionless. Silva rological problems is not morning sky a reddish hue, them. fect known as microcephaly. When has tried for three months to get the cheap. Researchers exploring Angelica Pereira carries her “We are always chasing something. the connection was made, then-Pre- radiology test and an appointment Tthe health burden for governmen- A1-year-old daughter out of the tiny We have to drop everything else, sident Dilma Rousseff promised that with a specialist. ts fighting Zika conclude that each white house sitting on a dirt road all our chores, our homes,” said the affected families would get the help “It’s horrible because I feel that the child with microcephaly in Brazil where piles of garbage float in - pu 21-year-old. “There are so many of they needed. longer I wait for these exams, the would cost about $95,000 in lifetime ddles. us with children with special needs. While the government has provided worse it can get, and I won’t be able medical expenses, a little more than The driver sent to fetch her and (The government) is forgetting therapy and some financial assistan- to take care of her,” said Silva. half the $180,000 it would cost in the other mothers with babies disabled about that.” ce, mothers such as Pereira say it United States. by the Zika virus is two hours late, doesn’t come close to meeting their Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo, a resear- which could mean less time with the overwhelming needs caring for chil- any mothers end up bor- cher at the Yale School of Public therapists who help her daughter ika initially was known only dren with severe development de- rowing money from re- Health, said the estimates are based move rigid limbs and a floppy back. to cause flu-like symptoms in lays. latives to pay for private on cases of mental disability, adding While battling these logistical some people. But a surge late Some families plan to sue the gover- Mhospitals and doctors for speciali- that microcephaly is a more severe Zlast year in cases of babies born with challenges, Pereira also struggles to nment to get more families with di- zed treatment. Silva says that isn’t condition. He said total costs, inclu- find and afford expensive drugs that small heads in northeast Brazil set sabled children the USD275 a month an option for her; just trying to buy ding special education and income families must pay for because go- off worldwide alarm about the virus, now currently provided to hou- baby formula is a struggle. She and loss, can add up to much more. Brazil has confirmed more than 2,000 cases of microcephaly so far,

AP PHOTO and Health Minister Ricardo Barros says almost all of these babies are enrolled in rehabilitation centers to stimulate development. More than half of the children are from poor households with a monthly income of less than $70. Ana Carla Maria Bernardo, 24, says she had to close her beauty salon when a test taken shortly after her daughter Carla Elisabethe was born showed the child had brain damage caused by a Zika infection while still in the womb. Carla’s father was re- cently fired from his job as a door- man, but Bernardo says the gover- nment won’t provide financial aid because his former salary was over minimum wage. Meanwhile, Bernardo says it takes her nearly two hours each way on buses to get from her Recife suburb to the rehabilitation center. “I wish the government would help us,” said Bernardo. “They have the mothers and friends hold their babies, born with microcephaly, one of many serious medical problems resources. It’s just a matter of them Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting Zika, that be caused by congenital Zika syndrome taking some interest in us.” X4 PÁTIO DO SAL salt

WORLD OF BACCHUS Jacky I.F. Cheong The Revolutionary Precursor

Without any national unity to speak of until its company with the lowest designation in the unification in 1861, Italy began to have its own pyramid of Italian wine classification. national wine legislation – modelled after the Albeit admirably bold and adventurous, Super French appellation system – only in the 1960s, Tuscan is not the first Italian appellation to Tenuta Cantagallo Tenuta Cantagallo with the establishment of the DOC (Denomina- embrace French varieties. The honour indispu- Chianti Montalbano Chianti Montalbano zione di Origine Controllata) and later DOCG tably belongs to the tiny Carmignano DOCG, 2014 Riserva 2011 (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Ga- with just over 100ha under vine. Exactly 300 rantita). Within years after Italy’s national wine years ago, in 1716, Grand Duke Cosimo III de’ A single-varietal Sangiovese. Dark A single-varietal Sangiovese. Dark legislation came into place, some ambitious Medici first delimited the Carmignano region garnet with carmine-purple rim, garnet with carmine-rosewood rim, producers, finding the official requirements at and oversaw the introduction of Cabernet Sau- the candid nose offers black cherry, the fragrant nose presents cranberry, best restrictive and at worst counter-productive, vignon and Cabernet Franc. Hailing from the mulberry, fresh herbs and spice box. red cherry, rosemary and spice box. began to challenge the age-old establishment prominent Medici family, major patrons of the With juicy acidity and bright tannins, With generous acidity and rich of Italian wine, namely Piemonte (“Piedmont” Italian Renaissance and which has produced the fleshy palate delivers blackberry, tannins, the aromatic palate supplies in English), Toscana (“Tuscany” in English) numerous Grand Dukes of Tuscany, Dukes cassis, bay leaf and cherry wood. boysenberry, raspberry, liquorice and Veneto, which boast amongst themselves of Florence and not least Popes, Grand Duke Medium-bodied at 13%, the fruit- and tobacco. Medium-full bodied at driven entry carries onto a lively 13.5%, the expressive entry continues such illustrious names as Barbaresco, Barolo, Cosimo III de’ Medici’s wife was Marguerite mid-palate, leading to a tasty finish. through a vivacious mid-palate, Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti, Vino Nobile Louise d’Orléans, daughter of Gaston de Fran- leading to a polished finish. di Montepulciano and Amarone della Valpo- ce, the third son of Henry IV of France and his licella. wife Marie de Medici. The result was the then revolutionary and now much sought-after Super Tuscan, which has The Cabernet brothers have taken root centu- been on a meteoric rise of since the 1970s. The ries ago in Carmignano, which currently allows term “Super Tuscan” generally refers to red for a particularly low proportion of Sangiovese. Tenuta le Farnete Tenuta Cantagallo wines from Toscana which include a signifi- In the early days, Carmignano wines were cant proportion of French varieties – notably often sold as Chianti Montalbano, but since it Carmignano Riserva Millarium Vin Santo Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc – in achieved the DOC status in 1975 and DOCG 2012 del Chiant Montalbano their blend, with Ornellaia and Sassicaia as the status 1990, Carmignano now proudly holds Riserva 2009 poster boy. Out went the traditional large Sla- its own as the precursor of the Super Tuscan A blend of 80% Sangiovese and 20% vonian oval barrels, in came compact French revolution. Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet with A blend of Trebbiano and Malvasia. barriques. By using grape varieties back then cardinal-carmine rim, the perfumed Bright tawny with copper-vermillion nose effuses blueberry, mulberry, not permissible under national wine legislation, To discover the well-kept secret of Carmig- reflex, the exuberant nose furnishes Super Tuscan was initially labelled as humble nano, contact Ms Ada Leung of Cottage eucalyptus, liquorice and sous bois. tangerine peel, mirabelle, walnut and Vino da Tavola (table wine). It was not until Vineyards; W: www.cottagevineyards.com; With bounteous acidity and ripe crème brûlée. With fruity acidity, the tannins, the lush palate emanates vibrant palate provides persimmon, 1992, when IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipi- E: [email protected]; T: +853 blackberry, cassis, black pepper, ume, marzipan and butterscotch. ca) was established, that Super Tuscan parted 6283 3238 coffee and graphite. Medium-full Adorably sweet and full-bodied at bodied at 13.5%, the herb-infused 15%, the plush entry persists through Jacky I.F. Cheong is a legal professional by day and columnist by night. Having spent his formative years in entry evolves into a spice mid-palate, Britain, France, and Germany, he regularly writes about wine, fine arts, classical music, and politics in several a chiselled mid-palate, leading to a languages leading to a lingering finish. long finish.

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FOOD & BEVERAGE Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Writer

Cooling tomatoes below 54 de- grees stops them from making AP PHOTO some of the substances that con- tribute to their taste, according to researchers who dug into the genetic roots of the problem. That robs the fruit of flavor, whether it happens in a home refrigerator or in cold storage before the produce reaches the grocery shelf, they said. With the new detailed knowled- ge of how that happens, "maybe we can breed tomatoes to change that," said researcher Denise Tieman of the University of Flo- rida in Gainesville. She and colleagues there, in China and at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, report their findings in a paper published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scien- ces. They showed that after seven days of storage at 39 degrees, to- matoes lost some of their supply of substances that produce their characteristic aroma, which is a key part of their flavor. Three days of sitting at room tempe- said. rature didn't remedy that, and a WHY TOMATOES LOSE FLAVOR IN Her lab is already looking into taste test by 76 people confirmed the possibility of breeding toma- the chilled tomatoes weren't as FRIDGE: THEIR GENES CHILL OUT toes that don't lose flavor in the good as fresh fruit. cold, she said. Tomatoes stored for just one or In the meantime, "Just leave three days didn't lose their aro- f you buy tomatoes from John refrigerator or in cold storage days of storage at 39 degrees, to- them out on the counter, or leave ma substances. Banscher at his farmstand in before the produce reaches the matoes lost some of their supply them in a shaded area, some- Further research showed that INew Jersey, he'll recommend grocery shelf, they said. of substances that produce their thing like that," said Banscher, the prolonged chilling reduced keeping them out of the fridge or With the new detailed knowled- characteristic aroma, which is whose farm is in Gloucester the activity of certain genes that they'll lose some of their taste. ge of how that happens, "maybe a key part of their flavor. Three County. "A tomato has a decent make those compounds, Tieman Now scientists have figured out we can breed tomatoes to change days of sitting at room tempe- shelf life." said. why: It's because some of their that," said researcher Denise rature didn't remedy that, and a Malcolm Ritter, AP Science Her lab is already looking into genes chill out, says a study that Tieman of the University of Flo- taste test by 76 people confirmed Writer the possibility of breeding toma- may help solve that problem. rida in Gainesville. the chilled tomatoes weren't as If you buy tomatoes from John toes that don't lose flavor in the Cooling tomatoes below 54 de- She and colleagues there, in good as fresh fruit. Banscher at his farmstand in cold, she said. grees stops them from making China and at Cornell University Tomatoes stored for just one or New Jersey, he'll recommend In the meantime, "Just leave some of the substances that con- in Ithaca, New York, report their three days didn't lose their aro- keeping them out of the fridge or them out on the counter, or leave tribute to their taste, according findings in a paper published ma substances. they'll lose some of their taste. them in a shaded area, some- to researchers who dug into the Monday by the Proceedings of Further research showed that Now scientists have figured out thing like that," said Banscher, genetic roots of the problem. the National Academy of Scien- the prolonged chilling reduced why: It's because some of their whose farm is in Gloucester That robs the fruit of flavor, ces. the activity of certain genes that genes chill out, says a study that County. "A tomato has a decent whether it happens in a home They showed that after seven make those compounds, Tieman may help solve that problem. shelf life."

IT’S A SAUSAGE US FAST FOOD CHAIN IN MALAYSIA TOLD TO CHANGE HOT DOG NAME

ot dogs, or at least the name, will The move is not surprising in mainly soon be off the menu for a U.S. fast Muslim Malaysia, where conservative Hfood chain selling the popular snack in attitudes have been on the rise. A wide AP PHOTO Malaysia. range of products have been certified The chain, Auntie Anne’s, has been told halal, from mineral water to a newly by Islamic authorities that its popular launched Internet browser and hou- Pretzel Dog, which contains no dog sehold products to appeal to Muslims, meat, has to be renamed as it is confu- who make up about 60 percent of the sing for Muslim consumers. country’s 30 million people. The Malaysian Islamic Development Auntie Anne’s said it will comply with Department has told the U.S. com- the request. Its halal executive, Farhatul pany to banish the word “dog” from its Kamilah, said on her Facebook page menu and suggested that the frankfurter that the chain has proposed several new wrapped in a pretzel be called Pretzel names and was waiting for the Islamic Sausage as part of conditions to obtain department’s approval. halal certification based on Islamic die- Other food outlets selling hot dogs face tary laws. Dogs are deemed unclean in similar rules. U.S. fast food chain A&W Islam. earlier obtained its halal certification in “It is more appropriate to use the name Malaysia. In return, its famous root beer Pretzel Sausage,” the department’s halal is simply called RB on its menu and hot director Sirajuddin Suhaimee told local dogs are coneys and franks, short for media. frankfurters. AP X6 PÁTIO DO SOL sun

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TODAY (OCT 21) FIMM: Roy Hargrove (U.S.A.)

It is not an exaggeratoin to hail Roy Hargrove as the crème de la crème of jazz trumpeters of the contemporary era. His exceptional talent has Time: 4pm Time: 10am-7pm (Mondays-Friday) made him conspicuous since high school when he Venue: Mount Fortress 3pm-7pm (Saturdays) caught the ear of the jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. Admission: MOP150 Date: October 18-30, 2016 Hargrove combined Hip Hop with his music ten Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Venue: Avenida da Praia Grande, nº 749, r/c, years ago and traversed Hard Bop, Blues, Hip Hop, Organizer: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau Macau R&B. All his approaches are superb. http://www.icm.gov.mo/fimm/30 Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2892 3288 Time: 8pm Organizer: Rui Cunha Foundation Venue: Mount Fortress http://fundacao-rc.org/galeriac.htm Admission: MOP150 Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Organizer: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau http://www.icm.gov.mo/fimm/30

FIMM: Reunion - Adriano Jordão SUNDAY (OCT 23) (Portugal) FIMM: The Russian Legends - Mariinsky Macau International Music Festival (MIMF) is Theatre Orchestra (Russia) ushering in its 30th anniversary. This year, the first Artistic Director of MIMF, Adriano Jordão, In The Russian Legends, a concert dedicated to an eminent Portuguese pianist, will re-visit Shostakovich, the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Macau to present a wonderful recital featuring has deliberately chosen Symphonies Nos. 1 and 5 TUESDAY (OCT 25) classic repertoires by German and Austrian by the composer: the former is a graduation piece Macau Arts Window 2016: Dwelling on composers: Haydn’s Piano Sonata No. 48 in C while the latter is reportedly described as “A Soviet Objects – Fragments Drawn by Yuen-yi Lo Major exemplifies the delicate music of the late Artist’s Practical Creative Reply to Just Criticism”. 18th century as well as the personality of the Both works not only reflect the tremendous change Trained in the fields of Communication Design and composer; Beethoven’s Variations on “God Save in his composing attitude and style, but also unfolds Fine Arts in Hong Kong, Italy and Britain, Yuen-yi the King” in his arrangement of the British anthem, his life experience and even the landscape of Lo is an artist, writer and lecturer based now in reflects Beethoven’s liking and exceptional skills Western society in the 20th century. The internal, Macau and Hong Kong. Most of her artworks are in in variations; and Schumann’s Kreisleriana and complex form of his works and the personal fate the form of drawing or visual ethnography, taking Arabesque are regarded as the masterpieces of of the composer in the specific historical context on scripts and graphics and old objects, while her the quintessential Romantic composer. Besides, have enriched the interpretation dimension of writing explores such themes as art and culture, Adriano Jordão will perform Five Preludes Shostakovich’s pieces. Another repertoire is the feminism and oral history. She once contributed composed by the 20th century’s Portuguese Festive Overture written in commemoration of writings about art and living on a weekly basis to composer Armando José Fernandes in distinct neo- the 37th anniversary of the October Revolution, Mingpao, a mainstream newspaper in Hong Kong, classical style. showing another aspect of him in music and 76 pieces of them have been compiled into composition as a People’s Artist. Drawing the writing. Her other publications include Time: 8pm Love messages across the centuries: 21 letters Venue: Dom Pedro Theatre Time: 8pm to Parisian artists, A room and a journal of nüshu, Admission: MOP150, MOP200 Venue: Macau Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium women’s script. She has held solo shows and Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Admission: MOP300, MOP400, MOP500, taken part in joint exhibitions in Macau, Hong Kong, Organizer: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau MOP600, MOP700 Taiwan and Britain. She is currently teaching at the http://www.icm.gov.mo/fimm/30 Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 Faculty of Education, University of Macau. Organizer: Macau Cultural Affairs Bureau TOMORROW (OCT 22) http://www.icm.gov.mo/fimm/30 Time: 10am-7pm (no admission after 6:30 pm, FIMM: Jazz X Jazz (Mainland China, Taiwan, closed on Mondays) Hong Kong S.A.R. and Macau S.A.R.) MONDAY (OCT 24) Until: December 4, 2016 San Francisco and Macau Art of Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, This concert gathers jazz musicians from the Cross- Illustration Exhibition s/n, NAPE strait Four Regions, featuring six hours of non-stop Admission: MOP5 (free on Sundays and public jazz music which will provide a wonderful treat for This exhibition brings together a total of 20 holidays) your ears and soul, with performances by local charming illustrators from Macau and USA. Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 active jazz guitarist Hon Chong Chan, Taiwanese Illustration is graphical representations of a real or http://www.mam.gov.mo 21.10.2016 fri

WEDNESDAY (OCT 26) The Trumpet of the Times: Poet F. Hua-Lin

This exhibition features manuscripts, poems, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, music scores, song lists and other related items pertaining to the Macau poet F. Hua-Lin, who rose as a new star in the Mainland literary circles in the 1930s and 1940s, and earned the title “the trumpet of the times” during the “isolated-island period” in Shanghai. All the objects have been generously donated by relatives of the poet. This is the first time an exhibition gives an overall and three-dimensional picture of the poet, his poems and his era. With this exhibition, IC hopes to attract people’s attention to the literature of Macau.

Time: 10am-6pm (No admission after 5:30 pm, closed on Mondays, opened on public holidays) Until: November 13,2016 Admission: free Venue: Jao Tsung-I Academy, Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, No. 95 C-D Enquiries: (853) 2852 2523 Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau http://www.ajti.gov.mo

THURSDAY (OCT 27) Inheritance – Exhibition of Handmade Leather Accessories and Carving Crafts by Teachers and Students

This exhibition showcases works of the four teachers and their students; the exhibition does not only witness the inheritance of the handicraft spirit of teachers to students, but also demonstrates the excellent skills of leather craftsmen of the new generation of Macau. In addition to the exhibits of leather products for practical daily use, there are also exhibits of various exquisite leather carving artworks which are worth appreciating.

Time: 12pm-10pm Until: October 30, 2016 Venue: Team Building of IFT, Colina de Mong-Ha Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2856 12 52 Organizer: Institute For Tourism Studies https://www.ift.edu.mo 21.10.2016 fri

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