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Organizers of the Oscars are hoping for an audience bounce after last year’s tumble. That will pretty much depend on a movie that honors Hollywood, romance and ‘language!’, as well as host Jimmy Kimmel’s Trump anecdotes X3

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I ‘G O ,’ - ap photo horrors of racism ifty years after Sidney might want to mention,” he si- ma!” and “Isn’t Tiger Woods Poitier upended the latent ghs. “I don’t want to get chased amazing?” Fracial prejudices of his white off the lawn with a shotgun.” Those are the kinds of things date’s liberal family in “Guess It’s a joke but it’s also foresha- that Rose’s father, Dean (an ex- Who’s Coming to Dinner,” wri- dowing — and just a hint of cellent Bradley Whitford), says ter-director Jordan Peele has the frights to come. In Peele’s as he and his wife, Missy (Ca- crafted a similar confrontation directorial debut, the former therine Keener), heartily welco- with altogether more combusti- “Key and Peele” star has —as mes his daughter’s boyfriend. ble results in “Get Out.” he often did on that satirical “How long has this thang been “Do they know I’m black?” sketch series — turned inside going on?” Dean asks with for- Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) asks out even supposedly progressi- ced emphasis on “thang.” his white girlfriend Rose (Alli- ve assumptions about race. But But the warm welcome is only son Williams) as they get ready Peele has largely left comedy skin deep. A deeply bizarre to leave their city apartment behind in a more chilling por- atmosphere takes hold at the for a weekend at her parents’ trait of the racism that lurks be- house, where all the hired help rural estate. “No,” she replies. neath smiling white faces and is black. They are a spooky, “Should they?” defensive, paper-thin protesta- robotic bunch, with dead eyes “It seems like something you tions like, “But I voted for Oba- and zombie-like demeanors that would have stood out even in “The Stepford Wives.” So- mething clearly is off, though Peele takes his time letting the ap photo mystery thicken. “Get Out,” produced by Jason Blum’s low-budget horror studio Blumhouse Productions, is serious, even sober in its horror. But its archness has moments of creepy levity. When Chris is Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from "Get Out" given a tour of the house, Dean points out the sealed door to the basement. “Black mold,” he says. grows increasingly concerned is radical and refreshing in its a post-racial America. The dark Things get even stranger when with every update from Chris. perspective. The movie is enti- forces unleashed in “Get Out” Chris meets some of the family Eventually, the truth comes rely from Chris’s point of view; came out of hiding long ago. friends, who all appear oddly out, things turn bloody and, as his fears are ours. frozen in time somehow. Some you’d expect, we get a look at Peele originally conceived his “Get Out,” a Universal Pic- ogle him with lust, feeling his that basement. long-planned film as an Obama- tures release, is rated R by the biceps. The most paranoid (and It’s long been a lamentable joke era horror, one that revealed the Motion Picture Association of funny) character in the movie is that in horror films — never the hidden racism that the country America for “violence, bloody Chris’ friend, Rod (a terrific Lil most inclusive of genres — the had supposedly overcome. “Get images, and language including Rel Howery), a TSA agent who black dude is always the first Out” instead comes out at a time sexual references.” Running Allison Williams (left) and Daniel Kaluuya in a scene from "Get Out" — dubious from the start — to go. In this way, “Get Out” where few still hold any belief in time: 103 minutes.

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What if this is a dystopian Elbow loses a member and society we live in? become more accessible

hat if the world we to panic, Tom’s mother enters ess, it turns out, is more know today is actually the picture. A woman who for the British band El- O N.C M L Wa dystopian society? Could ap photo has been dead for years. His bow. On their seventh studio

the reason we don’t live like sweet father follows, along A M Z album, the art-rockers have the Jetsons be attributed to with a sister he never had in lost a founding member, but one person’s mistake that al- his world. the music they deliver is some tered the evolution of techno- Tom learns he is a world-re- of the best they’ve made in logy? Elan Mastai explores nowned architect. He has a years. this possibility in his novel, loving relationship with his “Little Fictions,” Elbow’s first “All Our Wrong Todays.” family. He seeks out the girl CD since 2014’s “The Take It’s 2016 and life is full of who broke his heart and im- Off and Landing of Every- handy gadgets that help you mediately falls in love with thing,” has typical band tou- sleep, eat, drink and travel. this slightly alternated ver- ches — a swelling orchestra, The Earth is pollution-free, sion. Suddenly, this 2016 the unmistakably smoky voi- crime-free and poverty-free. doesn’t seem like such a bad ce of Guy Garvey and some There’s an algorithm to find place. Should he fix what he moderately depressing lyrics solutions for most problems, “All Our Wrong Todays” did to history? Or should he — but it’s easily one of the which helps society continue (Dutton) by Elan Mastai stay in this world, knowing band’s most accessible. to move forward at a rapid he would always battle his That may be due to a major pace. Thanks to an incredible secret truth? change in their engine room. invention in 1965, the world to time travel, he also wants “All Our Wrong Todays” is This is Elbow’s first release as as we know it never existed. to be part of something spec- an incredibly creative work. a four-piece group, following Tom Barren is a normal guy tacular. Instead, he inadver- It’s as if Mastai time trave- Elbow, “Little Fictions” (Concord Records) the departure of drummer Ri- who works for his genius fa- tently alters time and space, led and took copious notes chard Jupp, and that has resul- ther in a research lab. After thereby creating a new 2016. of what a future utopian wor- ted in some airy, electronic beats at the heart of many songs. It’s the closest you can be to dancing to an his mother dies and the love Our 2016. ld would be. The science is Elbow record. of his life breaks his heart, In the beginning, Tom is as engaging as the romance. The change means the band members have finally gotten out of their own way, allowing their blend of Tom bursts into the lab one overcome with emotion that Mastai has mastered the art dreamy, romantic craftsmanship to go wherever it wants to, without judgment. “What does it prove if you night and tests his father’s he’s stranded in a wasteland of endearing himself to an die for a tune/Don’t you know it’s all disco,” Garvey triumphantly sings in one song. time machine. He chooses to version of his home. Clo- audience through both know- Among the standout songs are the gorgeously layered “Magnificent (She Says),” the hypnotic “Fire- travel back to that fateful day se friends were never born. ledge and entertainment. It’s brand & Angel” and the sparse, needy masterpiece “Gentle Storm.” Sure, there are some overindulgent, in 1965 when history chan- Inventions were never pio- definitely out of this world — bombastic tunes. But Elbow seems rejuvenated. Might other bands find creative freedom by jettisoning ged forever. Not only does neered. Technology seems to or an alternate universe. a bandmate? Why do bassists across the country suddenly look so nervous? he want to be the first man have stalled. Just as he begins Lincee Ray, AP Mark Kennedy, AP 24.02.2017 fri

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Crew workers roll out the red carpet for the 89th Academy Awards in front of the Dolby Theatre Scenic artist Rick Roberts of Local 800 primps Oscar statues near the Dolby Theatre

to see, Cameron told The Daily Beast. “And as long as the academy sees that as their duty, Oscars look to ‘La La Land,’ host don’t expect high ratings. Expect a good show, and do that duty, but don’t whine about your ra- Kimmel for ratings boost tings.” Yet ABC, De Luca and fellow producer Jennifer Todd remain upbeat. f the Oscars had doubled (34 million), can’t ride the mo- he president “absolutely” popular hits including 1975’s “This is our Super Bowl,” said down on nominating films vie’s USD363 million box-office Twill be mentioned during “Jaws” and 1977’s “Star Wars” Marla Provencio, ABC Entertain- with actors named Ryan, the coattails to ratings glory. the show, Kimmel said, but how were contenders. ment’s executive vice president Iceremony’s chances for a ratings much depends on the news of the “We’re a little envious of that The comparable North Ameri- for marketing. The ceremony bounce might be as likely as host can take for “La La Land,” $134 day. The comedian downplayed that era because it means more is traditionally the network’s Jimmy Kimmel’s Trump jokes. million and counting, is far from the possibility of backlash from eyes on the telecast. [...] But you most-watched program and te- Saluting a blockbuster like Ryan shabby. The same goes for the Trump supporters. play the hand you’re dealt,” he levision’s top-rated non-sports Reynolds’ “Deadpool” is the su- top-grossing nominee, “Hidden “I think smart people know said. event. rest way to lure viewers. But the- Figures,” which has surpassed funny is funny,” Kimmel said. In the cynical view of one Oscar Advertisers remain game despi- re’s optimism afoot that the Ryan $144 million, according to comS- “Everybody, for some reason, has watcher, that hand reflects the te a 7 percent decline in viewers Gosling-Emma Stone charmer “La core. decided that they have to pick a increasingly entrenched attitu- last year, with ads going at about La Land,” combined with pop- And there will be no shortage of side, and I think people would be de of movie academy members the same rate as 2016’s $2.15 star performances and Kimmel’s high-wattage star power in the a lot happier if, when they heard about which films are worthy of million per 30-second spot and agile wit, will make Sunday’s ce- three-hour ceremony. The nomi- a joke, they enjoyed the joke and honors. for up to $2.5 million, according remony on ABC (Mon, 9am, Ma- nees include heavyweights Den- didn’t attach some kind of roo- “The individual [Oscar] voters to Advertising Age. (TV’s un- cau time) a winner. zel Washington (“Fences”) and ting interest to it.” aren’t thinking of the ratings. disputed blockbuster, the Super “The fact that ‘La La Land’ isa Meryl Streep (“Florence Foster But scattered and competing They’re simply invested in being Bowl, reportedly brought up to musical, it’s a feel-good movie, Jenkins”), with presenters ran- calls have already arisen for a snobs,” said Tom O’Neil, editor $5.5 million for 30-second ads on it’s a romantic movie, it does ging from newcomers (Felicity boycott of the telecast or the of the awards-prediction website Fox this year.) bode well for the ratings this Jones, Riz Ahmed) to veterans ceremony itself, from those fed GoldDerby.com. “In recent years, De Luca and Todd say the TV year,” said Paul Dergarabedian, (Samuel L. Jackson, Shirley Ma- up with Hollywood’s activism they’re embracing art-house fil- audience is their top priority, senior analyst with media resear- cLaine). and industry insiders seeking to ms and message movies, specifi- ahead of the celebrities packing ch firm comScore. The tunes are courtesy of top-tier make a statement about Trump’s cally indie films. They automati- the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood The modern reimagining of a musicians performing nomina- policies. cally perceive that as art.” Boulevard. classic Hollywood musical re- ted songs, including John Legend Whatever the evening’s tone, an Even the expansion of the best- “There are 3,000 people in the ceived a record-tying 14 nomi- (“Audition” and “City of Stars” inescapable truth is that bigger picture category to 10 potential room and there’s hundreds of nations, including for best pictu- from “La La Land”) and Justin movie grosses mean better Oscar nominees, which followed the millions of people around the re, its stars and writer-director Timberlake (“Can’t Stop The Fee- ratings: “Titanic,” which brought snubbing of 2008’s critically ac- world, so we want to make sure Damien Chazelle. “La La Land” ling” from “Trolls”). in more than $600 million domes- claimed blockbuster “The Dark that it’s a great televised show,” has dominated other awards, in- With Washington among several tically, holds the record with 55 Knight,” has largely failed to Todd said. cluding the Golden Globes and African-American nominees, the million viewers in 1998. The ce- dent voter resistance to box-offi- The key to that is to invoke Screen Actors Guild. “OscarsSoWhite” protests that remony also boasted audience fa- ce champs. film’s power to create a shared Among the eight other compe- marked last year’s event — and vorite Billy Crystal as host. experience for moviegoers and titors are “Moonlight,” ‘’Man- gave host Chris Rock ample co- “Selfishly, we’d love to have itanic” filmmaker James - Ca remind them they’re “not alone chester by the Sea” and “Fences.” medy fodder — are absent. Ins- ‘Rogue One’ nominated for best Tmeron put it bluntly in an in the universe,” De Luca said. Missing in action despite an un- tead, as with other recent awards picture, or ‘Jungle Book’ no- interview last month. The movie “That’s how we think we will filled 10th slot: superhero romp shows, President Donald Trump minated for best picture,” ce- academy considers its “patrician connect with the concerns of “Deadpool.” That means the cere- could be a prime target of Kim- remony producer Michael De duty to tell the great unwashed average people who just want to mony, which last year posted its mel’s quips and those seeking to Luca said. He waxed nostalgi- what they should be watching,” go to the movies and be transpor- smallest audience in eight years vent. cally about years past, in which not rewarding what viewers pay ted for a couple hours.” X4 PÁTIO DO SAL salt

WORLD OF BACCHUS Jacky I.F. Cheong The Monastic Heritage

Speaking of monastic influence on viticulture of the leading wine estates of the Rheingau and winemaking, Burgundy is probably the region, whose mother abbey was Abbaye de most obvious example, but it is not the only Clairvaux in central-northeastern France, one. Germany’s historic wine regions have whose mother abbey, in turn, was Abbaye de their fair share of monastic heritage, often Cîteaux, the spiritual home of the Cistercian punctuated by aristocratic traditions. Weingut Order. von Racknitz of the Nahe region is one prime Successive wars from the 15th to 17th cen- example. More than sensual delights, wine is turies left Kloster Disibodenberg in ruins, also an intellectual quest. but viticulture and winemaking persisted. In Centred around the historic ruins of Kloster 1753, the estate was acquired by the baronial Disibodenberg, the estate’s viticultural and family of von Racknitz, whose roots can be winemaking history can be traced back to traced back to the 12th-century Steiermark Roman times, when the first vines were plan- (Styria) of southern Austria. Over the centu- ted. In the 5th century, St Patrick introduced ries, numerous members of the von Racknitz Christianity to a new frontier never before family had served at the courts of various reached, that is Ireland. Less than 200 years southern German states, including Austria and later, in the 7th century, the Irish monk and Bavaria. hermit St Disibod embarked on his missionary Now at the helm of Kloster Disibodenberg, journey to modern day France and Germany. Luise Freifrau von Racknitz-Adams – Frei- At the confluence of Nahe and Glan near frau is the Germanic equivalent of Baroness Odernheim in modern day Rheinland-Pfalz, – has dedicated herself since 2003 to restoring Germany, he settled and established a base for the former glory of this historic estate. Ad- preaching. joining but by no means overshadowed by its Following his death, St Disibod’s tomb beca- illustrious neighbours, Kloster Disibodenberg me a pilgrimage site, and a monastery named boasts six premium vineyards, mostly planted von Racknitz Niederhäuser Klamm von Racknitz Oberhäuser after him – Kloster Disibodenberg – was with 40+ year old vines, including Niederhäu- Riesling Trocken 2013 Kieselberg Riesling Trocken 2012 built. In the 12th century, the pre-eminent ser Hermannshöhle, Niederhäuser Klamm, medieval polymath and Benedictine abbess St Oberhäuser Kieselberg, Odernheimer Kloster Luminous citrine with bright sunshine reflex, Radiant citrine with light golden reflex, the Hildegard of Bingen lived there for almost 40 Disibodenberg, Schloßböckelheimer Königs- the fragrant nose offers grapefruit, greenga- adorable nose presents lime peel, green apple, years, during which she complete many of her fels and Traiser Rotenfels. ge, crushed shells, mint and jasmine. With guava, wet stone and lily. With bounteous most important buildings. From the mid-13th vivacious acidity and saline minerality, the acidity and stern minerality, the melodious pa- to mid-16th centuries, Kloster Disibodenberg To discover the historic legacy of Nahe wines, focused palate delivers pomelo, starfruit, late supplies lemon peel, pomelo, pineapple, as a Cistercian abbey was affiliated with its contact Mr Martin Palmer; W: www.fineger- rock salt, verbena and lemon blossom. Me- crushed rock and garden herbs. Medium- mother abbey Kloster Eberbach, still one manwines.hk; E: [email protected] dium-full bodied at 12.5 percent, the arres- bodied at 12.5 percent, the clear entry persist Jacky I.F. Cheong is a legal professional by day and columnist by night. Having spent his formative years ting entry continues through an expressive through a chiselled mid-palate, leading to a in Britain, France, and Germany, he regularly writes about wine, fine arts, classical music, and politics in mid-palate, leading to a pure finish. lingering finish. several languages

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THYME AND YUKON GOLD POTATO GRATIN I have a recipe for a potato gratin in my last cookbook, “Dinner Solved!”, that I firmly stand by. Here is another that I firmly stand by. And I plan to come up with more such recipes to firmly stand by because I am committed to reminding all of us why gratins are one of the best things that could ever happen to a potato, ever. This is a rich gratin, made with all cream, no milk or even half and half. I’m not apologizing, just explaining. In general, I like my indulgent dishes flat-out indulgent, and my healthier food in the form of broiled fish, or salads. And I don’t have a problem with the two sharing a plate. This gratin, for instance, would be lovely next to a piece of roasted salmon with a peppery green salad alongside them. If you have a mandolin and the inclination to use it, please do, and you will get lovely, paper-thin slices for a sultry and elegantly stratified gratin. If not, use the slicing blade in your food processor or a sharp knife; the slices will likely not be as thin, but that’s A-OK.

THE RECIPE Start to finish: 1 hour 30 minutes, serves 10 to 12

2 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 teaspoon minced garlic 3 pounds medium Yukon Gold potatoes 1 1/2 cups shredded Gruyere cheese 2 tablespoons minced fresh thyme 1 teaspoon coarse or kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

How to cook it: Preheat the oven to 400 F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Combine the cream, butter and garlic in a medium saucepan and bring Sticker shock for olive oil buyers to barely a simmer over medium high heat. Remove from the heat. While the mixture is heating, peel the potatoes and slice them very after bad Italian harvest thinly. Combine the cheese, thyme, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Spread out half of the potatoes in the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with half of the cheese mixture. Repeat with the remaining potatoes, and rom specialty shops in Rome “When there are increases of increase in consumption of then the remaining cheese mixture. Pour the cream mixture over the Fto supermarkets around the 15 to 20 percent there is some olive oil over the last 25 potatoes, and press down on the potatoes to make sure they are mostly world, lovers of Italian olive oil impact on sales. However, ex- years as demand pushed into submerged in the liquid. are in for some sticker shock this plaining the reasons for this non-traditional markets. The Bake on a lower rack in the oven for about 60 to 65 minutes, until the year, with prices due to jump by increase has in part helped to market for olive oil in the top is golden brown, and the potatoes have absorbed most of the cream as much as 20 percent. make up for this,” Iacovissi said. period has grown by two-fold and are very tender; a knife should slide in easily. Let stand for 10 to 15 The combination of bad wea- Italians collectively consume in the United States, seven- minutes before serving. ther and pests hit the harvest about 35 percent of the wor- fold in Britain and 14 fold in in Southern Europe, most of ld’s olive oil, leading Spain at Japan, according to Italy’s Nutrition information per serving: all in Italy, where production 30 percent, and that affinity Coldiretti farm lobby, even if 486 calories; 349 calories from fat; 39 g fat (18 g saturated; 1 g trans is halved from last fall. That’s makes them pretty resilient as continental Europe remains fats); 88 mg cholesterol; 932 mg sodium; 28 g carbohydrate; 6 g fiber; pushing up Italian wholesale consumers. by far the largest market. 1 g sugar; 7 g protein. prices by 64 percent as of mid- Flaminia Leoni, a 50-year-old Italian olive oil is more vul- February compared with a year mother of four, buys 80 to 100 nerable than that of other Katie Workman has written two cookbooks focused on easy, family-friendly cooking, earlier, which translates to shelf liters of olive oil a year for her major producers to climate “Dinner Solved!” and “The Mom 100 Cookbook.” price increases of 15 to 20 per- family and says that at most shifts and pests due to its cent in Italy. she will consider substituting varied topography, from hills In other countries, the ultimate lower quality olive oil for ex- in the north to larger groves price increases will depend on tra virgin for cooking — but in the south. This also lends ap photo several factors — such as how not on the table, where olive great variety to Italian olive much retailers take on the costs oil is a staple giving accent to oil, where unique flavors are themselves and the change in pasta, meats, salads and vege- derived from a combination currency values. The U.S., for tables. of the terrain, topography and example, is likely to see a more “I buy it more or less always at the more than 400 olive varie- modest rise in price as a stron- the same price, in truth, maybe ties, according to Nicola Di ger dollar keeps a lid on the a euro more. But I haven’t Noia, an olive oil expert for cost of imports. found this enormous growth in the Coldiretti farm lobby. Italy’s harvest was especially price,” she said. “We have hundreds of diffe- hard hit by the combination of Cedric Casanova, the owner of rent varieties of olives that early rains that knocked buds an Italian grocery in Paris, said are more difficult to defend off the trees and the threat of he was hoping to get 30,000 compared with Spain or nor- an olive fly that forced an early liters of olive oil delivered, but thern Africa, where there are harvest, further cutting yields. received just 8,000 liters. He big groves that are easier to Wholesale prices of olive oil will have to rely on leftover manage,” Di Noia said. from Spain, the world’s lar- stock from last year to help He said the challenge is edu- gest producers, are up a more make up for the remaining dif- cating consumers about why modest 10 percent, with yields ference — and absorb some of they pay for quality. similar to last year’s. the price increase himself. “We need to learn to choose Vincenzo Iacovissi, the owner “I’m working with a standard oils with awareness. Extra- of the Sapor d’Olio olive oil price, by trying to assume the virgin is the juice of a fruit. shop in Rome, says sales have cost myself,” he said. The primary material from dropped, though he’s tried to With global stocks down just which it derives is very im- ease the shock for customers 14 percent, no one is predic- portant. Therefore, oil should by explaining why prices have ting general olive oil shorta- be tasted and smelled,” he gone up. ges, even with a 75 percent said. X6 PÁTIO DO SOL sun

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Until: March 12, 2017 Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 http://www.mam.gov.mo

MONDAY (FEB 27) Solo Exhibition by Ho Si Man TODAY (FEB 24) The Clean House The exhibition will showcase a total of 20 watercolour and acrylic works by Ho Si Man, including categories Lane, a doctor in her early fifties, hires a Brazilian such as Macau scenery, travelling stories and inner woman named Matilde who doesn’t like cleaning feelings, which cover unrealistic, uncommon, twisted, the house to be her live-in maid. Distracted from her SUNDAY (FEB 26) parallel, tranquil and other themes. The works, work, Matilde is always trying to think of the perfect “Flower Vessels ” Chinese Music specially created for this exhibition, show an abundant joke. Soon, Matilde meets Lane’s sister Virginia who Performance imagination and a variety of textures. Ho Si Man is is a neat-freak. To make her days satisfying, Virginia a local female artist of the 1990’s generation; she is agrees the deal that she will be the one to clean the The Macau Museum of Art has invited the Macau currently studying bachelor degree in oil painting. Her house in the afternoons without telling Lane. Lane Chinese Orchestra to perform several Chinese artworks have been shown in Mainland China, Korea, becomes enraged when she learns the fact. At the classical songs at the exhibition venue of the “Flower France (Paris) and Hong Kong, among other places. same time, Lane’s husband, Charles is having an affair Vessels”, thereby transforming the exhibition hall into She is an executive member of the Youth Committee with one of his breast cancer patients, Ana. How will a concert hall and bringing the audience visual and of the Macau Artist Society and an officer of the Art this love triangle between Lane, Charles and Anna audio enjoyment. At 3 p.m. on that day, thematic Club of the International Women Artists Association– end? Can Matilde finally think up the perfect joke? guided tours will be provided at the exhibition. Macau. Interested parties can enjoy the Chinese music Time: 8pm performances after taking part in the guided tours of Time: 11am-10pm Date: February 24-16, 2017 the exhibition. Until: March 26, 2017 Admission: MOP140, MOP160 Venue: Lakeside Gallery, Anim’Arte Nam Van Language: Cantonese Time: 3pm-4pm (Thematic Guided Tours of the Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Venue: Macau Cultural Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, Exhibition), 4pm-4:45pm (Chinese Music Appreciation) Enquires: (853) 2836 6866 NAPE Venue: 2/F, Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, www.icm.gov.mo Organizer: Dream Theater Association s/n, NAPE Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 Admission: Free (Seating is limited and available on a www.macauticket.com first-come, first-servedbasis) Organizers: Macau Chinese Orchestra & Macau Museum of Art Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 www.mam.gov.mo

TUESDAY (FEB 28) Between Gaze and Hallucination by Joao TOMORROW (FEB 25) Miguel Barros Flower Vessels from the Palace Museum The exhibition showcases over 70 works from This exhibition is divided into three units with Joao Miguel Barros. It is a collection of simple six themes, including (1) usages: “Offering clips, some incidental, snapped in the real world Sacrifice with Fragrant Flowers” and “Leisure and consciously reproduced in black and white, Time Enjoyment” in which vessels for planting Music in Macau Museum of Art sometimes charged. They avoid the distraction of in ceremonies such as Buddhist praying and colour and the pressure of any form of modernness, ancestors worship are displayed; (2) styles: Music should be everywhere in life. The Macau encapsulated in our need to focus on the essential “Flower-Arrangement and Potted Landscapes” and Orchestra brings classical music out of the splendid in the gaze. “Between Gaze and Hallucination” is “Appreciation of Antiquities Innovation”, in which concert hall, into the Macau Museum of Art, the result of an exercise in fixing the fragments vessels of different textures for flower-arrangement presenting to the public varied artistic ambience that lie within the reach of all; fragments that and potted landscape, and relics used in Qing through selected classical pieces. Franz Danzi: Wind are left open to interpretation; fragments that imperial palace are displayed; (3) tastes: “The Great Quintetin A Major, Op. 68 No.1 and Ibert: Three short are interwoven, with the detachment that is the Emperor Qianlong” and “The Elegant Empress pieces will be included in the concert. assumed privilege of the free. Dowager Cixi”, in which the calligraphies and paintings handwritten by Qianlong and Cixi, poems Time: 3pm-3:45pm Time: 2pm-7pm (Closed on Sundays) in praise of flower vessels made by imperial orders Venue: 2/F, Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, Date: February 24-March 25, 2017 and flower vessels used in “Da Ya Zhai – Elegant s/n, NAPE Venue: Creative Macau, G Floor, Macau Cultural Studio” and “Ti He Dian – Hall of State Harmony” Admission: Free Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE are displayed. Organizers: Macau Orchestra & Macau Museum of Organizer: Creative Macau Art Admission: Free Time: 10am-7pm (No admission after 6:30 pm, closed Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 on Mondays) www.mam.gov.mo www.creativemacau.org.mo 24.02.2017 fri

WEDNESDAY (MAR 1) London Symphony Orchestra

The London Symphony Orchestra has built, for over a century, a worldwide reputation of refinement both in live concerts and recordings. This March, Principal Guest Conductor Daniel Harding will lead the orchestra to delight us with Sibelius’ enigmatic Seventh Symphony and Rachmaninov’s passionate Second Symphony. A rare treat for music lovers! Founded in 1904, the LSO has always attracted excellent musical interpreters from all over the world. From an enviable roster of the best soloists and maestros, one can highlight the names of its forthcoming Music Director Sir Simon Rattle and Conductor Emeritus André Previn. Ranked amongst the top four orchestras in the planet by Gramophone Magazine, the LSO has also a longstanding relationship with some of the world’s top-notch musicians, including widely acclaimed stars such as Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich and Anne-Sophie Mutter and Plácido Domingo, amongst many others.

Time: 8pm Admission: MOP280, MOP480, MOP680, MOP880 Venue: ART, Macau Cultural Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Organizer: Macau Cultural Centre Enquiries: (853) 2870 0699 www.ccm.gov.mo Ticketing: (853) 2855 5555 www.macauticket.com

THURSDAY (MAR 2) Sailing for Dreams - Works by Kwok Woon

Navy Yard No.1 near A-Ma Temple - a former Government Dockyard used for shipbuilding and overhaul in the past - now serves as a venue for exhibitions and performing arts, with the first exhibition ‘Sailing for Dreams - Works by Kwok Woon’ displaying late Macau artist Kwok Woon’s paintings. One of the founding members of the Círculo dos Amigos da Cultura de Macau, Kwok actively promoted the art of Macau throughout his life for which he was highly respected.

Time: 10am-7pm (Closed on Mondays) Until: April 23, 2017 Venue: Navy Yard No.1, Rua de S. Tiago da Barra Admission: Free Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 www.icm.gov.mo 24.02.2017 fri