4月 APR 中文版 | 2015 第 142 期 ENGLISH VERSION | 2015 NO. 142
All Around the City 20th Macau Myanmar 24 - 26/4 Overseas Chinese Water Festival Whether you’re in Macau just for Easter, a week or the whole of April, Cultural Centre. See what internationally acclaimed Portuguese you’ll never get through all the festivals, shows, concerts, exhibitions, installation artist Joana Vasconcelos is up to, and what one of the Thingyan, Myanmar’s New Year Water Festival, celebrates that Rotunda de Carlos da sites and sounds so here’s a selection to whet your appetite! The world’s best contemporary designers – Tom Dixon – has in store! country’s New Year and sees off the old by sprinkling water and Maia) features food 20th Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Water Festival is all offering prayers. With many Burmese overseas Chinese living in booths, folk music and about fun and splashing water, plus there’s plenty to take in at the The Macau Band Festival 2015 presents a Marching Band, Macau today, the Festival has become a firm tradition in the territory. dance performances Feast of Pak Tai, while both the Macau Orchestra and Macau a Gala Concert, a Jazz Evening Concert, and a Lovely Jazz The Photo Exhibition (24-25/4 Praça Da Amizade/Friendship (25/4, 7:30 pm to 10:30 Chinese Orchestra strike up for the ever-popular Easter concerts. performance. Meanwhile, Chinese opera fans have a choice of Square) will display the works of previous winners who managed to pm), while the Water performances in Cantonese Opera Performance 2015, and capture ‘that moment’ in the Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Festival Carnival Take a leisurely stroll along the eight walking tour routes of ‘Step there’s more entertainment, at street level, at the weekend Taipa Water Festival. Meanwhile, the Festooned Vehicle Parade (25/4, (26/4, 10:00 am to Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’ and see lion dances, Flea Market, 5 Outubro Street Art Fair and the Sun Never Left 10:00 am to 1:00 pm; 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm; 26/4, 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, Hác Sá Park, street dance, the Drunken Dragon Dance, martial arts, experience. Lots of exhibitions on in town and - hey mum! – fancy 1:00 pm) launching ceremony (25/4, 9:30am) starts from the Hotline Coloane) presents another opportunity to see China and Myanmar’s street painting, Portuguese dancing and music concerts enrolling your child in the 5-star Junior Hotelier programme? Centre, No. 335-341, Alameda Dr. Carlos d’Assumpção in Macau. music and dance performances, partake in the fun of the water along the routes on selected weekend dates. Plus plenty to see and splashing free-for-all...plus all that delicious southeast Asian food! do in the Spring Tropical Orchid Exhibition. Catch the Macau And don’t forget; when it comes to getting around, the Audio Guide The Myanmar and Southeast Asia Cuisine and Culture Bring the whole family because there’s a special children’s area, too. International Film and Video Festival 2015, The Gothenburg Service and Experience Macau App - and numerous other mobile Festival (25/4, 12:00 noon to 10:30 pm, Three Lamps District/ Symphony Orchestra and more performances at the Macau apps - were made just for you! Admission: Free to all activities Enquiries: (853) 2855 3995 mmoca.massn.com Organizer: Macau Myanmar Overseas Chinese Association Co-organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Supporting Entity: Macau Government Tourist Office
Step Out and Experience Spring Tropical 25/4 - 10/5 20 - 24/4 Macau’s Communities Orchid Exhibition Feast of Pak Tai
Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) Marvel at tropical Asian orchids in a The fisherfolk of Taipa have traditionally been devoted to the Taoist god Pak Tai, dedicating recommends eight walking tour routes under the rainbow of amazing colors exhibited in a temple to the deity over a century ago. His birthday - celebrated on the third day and theme ‘Step Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’ a ‘natural forest’ setting. Some 8,000 month of the Chinese calendar (21/4 this year) - includes a noon blessing ceremony, with free performances at various sightseeing points pots, featuring 30 varieties of orchid, firecrackers, distribution of pork plus lion and dragon dance parade in Taipa Old Village along the tour routes at weekends presented by local will show at the exhibition, with lots of (21/4, 12:00noon), arts and crafts exhibition (20-23/4, 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm), and community organizations. The walking tour routes activities to attend or join in. Cantonese Opera performances (20-23/4, 7:30pm to 11:00pm) staged in a temporary cover different parishes on Macau Peninsula, Taipa shed in the Pak Tai temple precincts. The celebratory dinner (24/4, 7:00pm) for the local and Coloane including Cathedral Parish, St. Lazarus ‘The Spring Tropical Orchid Exhibition’ elderly is a culinary and photographic highlight of the festivities. Parish, St. Lawrence Parish, Our Lady of Fatima includes an Opening Ceremony Parish, St. Anthony Parish, Our Lady of Carmel Parish and Cultural and Entertainment and St. Francis Xavier Parish. (Look for in these Performances (25/4, 4:00 pm), stories to find sites included) Tropical Orchid in Flower Bed Display Area and Glamorous Fish in Shining Currents– Snapdragon Floral Art Show (25/4-10/5, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm),Workshop on Paper- So, put your best foot forward with a printed guide Flower Making of ‘Orchid’ (25/4, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm), and Marine World– Body available at MGTO Tourist Information counters and Painting Workshop, Mermaid Carnival – Catwalk by Models, Workshop on Clay- the free ‘Step Out, Macau’ app downloadable from Flower Making of ‘Orchid’(25-26/4; 1-3/5, 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). App Store or Google Play or visit the MGTO website for the information. Venue: Pak Tai Temple, Carmo Square / Rua do Regedor, Taipa Admission: Free Tourism Hotline: (853) 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo Time: 8:00am to 8:00 pm Venue: Taipa Houses- Museum/Avenida da Praia ,Taipa Enquiries: (853) 2882 7295 www.temple.mo Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8504 1218 Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Taipa Residents Association
4 - 7/4 13/2 - 10/5 Weekends in April Macau Band Festival 2015 Fashion Central
On any given weekend, you’re not far from It’s Macau’s annual big band bash! Catch a ‘Classic Recurrence ∙Centennial Evolution’ — outdoor entertainment in Macau. National List real live marching band, indoor & outdoor Exhibition of Women’s Fashion (13/2-10/5) displays of Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative concert and master class, as follows: twenty sets of local female costumes from the late Qing Items including Cantonese Opera and Marching Band (4/4, 2:00 pm to Dynasty plus 1930s cheongsams, the bubble skirts of the Drunken Dragon Dance, and other 5:30 pm, Praça da Amizade; 5/4, the 40’s and 50’s, 60s miniskirts and 70s bell-bottoms performances such as lion dance, martial arts 2:30 pm to 6:00 pm, The Ruins of St. Paul’s; as well as the square shoulder-padded jackets and demonstrations, Portuguese folk dancing, admission free) with the marching bands of suits of the 80’s and 90’s. Macau Fashion Gallery – street dance, magic, and balloon-twisting Hong Kong & Macau, a Gala Concert (5/4, Fashion Pop up Shop (13/2-10/5) presents the ‘Spring shows fill the city with drama, colour and fun! 8:00 pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Grand Pop-up Store’ event to promote local original design The town is alive with music, and there’re Auditorium, MOP50) with a percussion group fashions, notably Anonymous, Design by Karus Lei, lots of photo-taking opportunities. Explore walking routes in the ‘Step Out, Experience from Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra or POURQUOI and ZICS, which between them offer a wide Macau’s Communities’ tour activity to enjoy a cornucopia of shows and performances. Guangzhou Percussion Ensemble, the Jazz Evening Concert (6/4, 8:00 pm, Carmo Fair/ Near array of materials, styles and sense of occasion. Rua do Cunha, admission free) featuring musicians from Macau and Zhuhai who will also play at Time: 10:00am-8:00pm (Closed on Mondays) Lion Dance Lovely Jazz (7/4, 8:00 pm, Macau Cultural Centre, Small Auditorium, MOP50). Address: Macau Fashion Gallery / No. 47, Rua de S. Roque, Macau 4, 11, 18, 25/4, Saturdays Admission: Free Enquiries: (853)2835 3341 www.macaofashiongallerry.com Bombeiros Square, Taipa – 2:00 pm (11,18,25/4) Street Painting Enquiries: (853) 6353 9192 Organizer: Macau Philharmonic Association Organizer: Macau Fashion Gallery Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 3:00 pm 4, 11,18, 25/4, Saturdays Hong Kung Temple Square – 4:00 pm (4,18,25/4) Albergue SCM – 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm 5, 12, 19, 26/4, Sundays Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre – 2:00 pm Portuguese Folk Dance 4/4, Saturdays 26/3 - 17/5 Street Dance Tap Seac Square – 3:00 pm Macau Cultural Centre Presents… 4, 11, 18, 25/4, Saturdays 5,12,19,26/4, Sundays Hong Kung Temple Square – 3:00 pm (4,18,25/4) Hong Kung Temple Square – 11:00 am (5, Now in its 9th edition, Macau International Film and Video Festival 2015 (26/3- Macau Youth Symphonic Band Concert Series - Bombeiros Square, Taipa –12:00 noon 19,26/4) 17/5) presents a wide panoply of films featuring productions from Europe to Asia to Amazing Winds (4/4, 8:00 pm, Grand Auditorium, (11,18,25/4) Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 12:00 noon New Zealand to the Middle East. This year’s eclectic selection of 40 movies features MOP 120) provides opportunities for young local musicians Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) – 4:30 pm Feira Do Carmo, Taipa – 1:00 pm 5/4, Sunday Tap Seac Square – 4:00 pm a smorgasbord of styles and genres, including Macau ‘Indies’ screening in May that to receive proper music training. Its members include Magic Show and Balloon Twisting explore our city and its stories. Plus parallel workshops, seminars, displays, outreach wind band players from local schools, as well as higher Cantonese Opera 4,5,11,12,19,25,26/4, Saturdays and Sundays screenings and the ever popular ‘48 Rush Hours’ video challenge. All foreign-language education students and enthusiasts, who play an active 4, 11, 18, 25/4, Saturdays Senado Square – 11:00 am and 3:30 pm films are screened with English and Chinese subtitles. role in promoting wind music in Macau. In this concert Mount Fortress – 11:00 am and 3:00 pm Music Concert series, the much-travelled, widely-experienced YSB are a Drunken Dragon Dance 12,19,26/4, Sundays The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Sweden) (3/4, 8:00 pm, Grand Auditorium, joy and inspiration to listen to. 19/4, Sunday Albergue SCM – 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm MOP180-480) returns to Macau under the baton of American conductor Kent Nagano. Praca da Amizade (Friendship Square) – 4:00 pm Sweden’s National Orchestra since 1997, the GSO will delight us with violin virtuoso Dance Action 2015 (11/4, 8:00 pm, Grand Auditorium, Music Performance Chinese Martial Arts 4,5,11,12,18,19,25,26/4, Saturdays and Sundays Ray Chen, who in 2012 became the youngest star ever to perform for the Swedish MOP100) features a performance themed ‘Cosplay’ 11, 25/4, Saturdays Avenida Xian Xing Hai (near Macau Cultural Royal family and Nobel Laureates. presented by Regina Dance Group , in which more than 260 performers will transform Kun Iam Ecumenical Centre – 4:00 pm Centre) - 3:00 pm themselves into various Cosplay characters! Tourism hotline: (853) 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office Venue: Macau Cultural Centre, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Ticket: (853) 2855 5555 www.macauticket.com
Main events on or near ‘Step Out, Experience Macau’s Communities’ walking routes. 3 , 4 , 5/4 is Macau public holiday
We need your support in transforming into a water conservation city! 5/4 3/4 Ching Ming Festival Mandarin’s House Gift Shop Procession of the God Jesus
In Macau, as with traditional Chinese communities The Gift Shop - conveniently located to the immediate right of Lent is a period of 40 days of repentance with everywhere, Ching Ming is revered as the day for the Mandarin’s House entrance – is a treasure trove of souvenirs abstinence, confession, fasting, and prayer in the run-up maintaining ancestors’ graves – ‘tomb sweeping’ - while themed around the Mandarin’s House and Macau’s cultural to the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday (3/4) and His offering food, tea, wine, incense and joss paper in time- heritage in general. Pick up publications as well as products resurrection on Easter Sunday (5/4). The Procession of honoured rituals, and is an important time for all generations of Macau’s cultural and creative brands on consignment. The the Passion of Our Lord, the God Jesus dates back to of the family to gather to pay their respects. In addition to very diverse collection on display includes all manner of creative the 16th Century, having originated with Japanese and Chinese style cemeteries on Taipa and Coloane, Macau products, handmade accessories and decorative items, pop music Vietnamese Christians who had settled in the territory, also has an Islamic cemetery and mosque and a Protestant CDs, books and publications. The Gift Shop also now offers a free was held in February this year. While the procession on Good Friday this year (3/4), following Cemetery on Macau Peninsula, part of the UNESCO listed music trial service, making those difficult choices so much easier! religious rituals (4:00pm), the procession proceeds from the Cathedral via Travessa do Roquete to Historic Centre of Macau, which is an interesting place to St. Dominic’s Church to Travessa do Bispo and back to the Cathedral of Macau. visit for its historical significance as well as its beauty. Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (No admission after 5:30pm, closed on Wednesdays, except public holidays) Venue: Travessa de António da Silva, No. 10, Macau (near Lilau Square) Admission: Free Time: 5:30 pm Venue: Cathedral , No.1 Cathedral Square Enquiries: (853)2896 8820 www.macaucci.com Enquiries: (853) 2837 3643 www.catholic.org.mo/Paroquias/Se.html Macau Heritage website: www.macauheritage.net Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Organizer: Catholic Diocese of Macau
A Storytelling Tour: 7/7/2014 Cultural Heritage It’s an Amazing World – 12/4,26/4 Historical Quarter of Taipa - 30/6/2015 Meets Literature Macau Science Centre
A foreign-born Chinese youngster visits Taipa to fulfil the wishes This annual event is primarily designed to encourage as many Learn the basics of DNA and biotechnology at the DNA Gallery of his grandfather, who lived there before emigrating. Their people as possible to visit local cultural heritage sites whilst (Gallery 10). Cocomong - A Space Adventure (Planetarium) online video calls take him to the historically significant Museum appreciating the beauty of literature. A local expert leads a tour to involves aliens, the Virus King, Star Gems... and a lot of skulduggery, of Taipa and Coloane History, Carmo Fair, Our Lady of Carmel introduce the great pillar couplets displayed at Lin Fong Temple while Rocket Trilogy Chapter 2 – The Nations of Spicy and Church, Tin Hau Temple, Pak Tai Temple and the Kun Iam Small (12/4) and Camões Garden (26/4), where Portugal’s greatest Sour (Gallery 5, Exhibition Centre) recounts the zany tale of warring Temple. During the journey, the young man is often challenged poet, after whom the garden is named, is said to have composed brothers locked in a tussle to make perfect sour and spicy soup! by his grandfather – why not help him complete his mission and his magnum opus. These activities seek to promote local cultural Back to the Moon for Good (Planetarium) revisits the pioneering make the old man happy! heritage in an easily digestible way, while nurturing the interest of space exploration of the 60s and 70s, while there is a new interactive Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (No admittance after 5:30 pm, Closed on Mondays) residents and tourists alike in the ‘stories behind the stone’. water resource hall plunges into a most fascinating subject! Venue: Museum of Taipa and Coloane History and peripheral districts / Language: Cantonese Admission: Free for participation but admission fee (for adult: $5.00; students or groups of 10 or more: Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon Language: Cantonese Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily (except Thursdays) $2.00; For children under 12 or seniors over 65: free admission) to Museum ( free on Sundays). Admission: Free (Advance online enrolment required) Venue: Macau Science Centre, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Enrolment & enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 / 8394 3782 www.iacm.gov.mo Enquiries: (853) 6238 6441 www.mhaa.org.mo Admission: Exhibition Centre MOP25; Planetarium MOP60-80 Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizers: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Macau Heritage Ambassadors Association Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 www.msc.org.mo Organizer: Macau Science Centre
Temple Festivals - Celebrating 26/4 18/4 - 17/5 Afternoon Tea Macau’s Cultural Heritage Macau Library Week 2015
The Tea Culture House, situated near The Feast of the Goddess Dou Mou (26/4) – known as the ‘Mother of the Great Wagon’ ‘Reading∙ Market’ Promotion Day (18-21/4, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, the entrance to the enchanting Lou - is believed to supervise the celestial registry that records every mortal’s life and death. Old Court Building) encourages visitors to exchange books, get Lim Ioc Garden, is a place to find In Macau, Dou Mou is revered at the Lin Kai Temple (Travessa da Corda no. 25-31, near involved in the Overdue Journals Charity, the recycling of old books, everything you need to know about tea Cinema Alegria), built in 1830, where and hand-made book workshops, etc. A renowned Taiwanese and a great way to acquaint yourself other deities are also worshipped, writer will talk on ‘Read this World’ (19/4, 3:00pm to 5:00 pm, Sir with one of Macau’s lesser-frequented making it a place of great interest Robert Ho Tung Library) in a personal endorsement of the joy of districts. Enjoy free tea tasting on to visit. The temple’s name literally reading. And do make time for the ‘Guangdong, Hong Kong and weekends and public holidays from means ‘lotus and stream’, with lotus Macau, 4·23 World Book Day Creative Competition 2015 Exhibition’ 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. the symbol for Macau and stream (25/4-17/5, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, Monday to Saturday; 11:00 am referring to the body of water that ran to 7:00 pm, Sunday, Sir Robert Ho Tung Library). Time: 9:00 am to 7:00 pm daily except Mondays (open on public holidays) past the temple in its early days. Venue: Macau Tea Culture House, Lou Lim Ioc Garden, Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2837 7117 library.iacm.gov.mo Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2882 7103 / 2858 6250 www.iacm.gov.mo/teamuseum Organizers: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Enquires: www.temple.mo Education and Youth Affairs Bureau, Macau Library& Information Management Association
Pedicabs put the 1/1 - 30/6 Meet and Greet in the Streets Pop in your Photos! Echoes of the Past
Browsers and serious shoppers alike will find The three-wheeled, two-seater pedicab has been a staple of Macau tourism for decades. Free guided tours introduce this formerly an amazing variety of items every weekend Ridden by hardy ‘drivers’ who never seem to tire, this mode of transport is a throwback to restricted military area on Guia Hill. Explore at Taipa Flea Market (3, 4, 5, 12, 19, 26/4, more leisurely times. How about capturing some great photos with pedicabs put on display the network of underground tunnels that once 11:00 am to 8:00 pm, Bombeiros Square, specifically for that purpose? Find these wonderful vehicles housed military ordinance as part of the integral Taipa) in the heart of Old Taipa Village by Cunha at: Barra Square (A-Ma Temple), the pavement in front defences of the territory. Built in 1931, this Street. The open-air stalls are overflowing with of Kun Iam Tong, Hong Kung Temple Square, Bombeiros warren of tunnels was opened to the public in souvenirs and there are bargains galore. Plus Square in Taipa, where you’re most welcome to pose with the mid-1980s. lots of entertainment! Catch a magic show, a the pedicabs for unforgettable photos – and can even enjoy Tour A stilt-walking clown, costumed characters, and a 15-min free tour in the pedicab itself (11:00 am, 12:00 Time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily except Mondays (open on public holidays) face painting activities (3, 4, 5, 12, 19, 26/4) noon, 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm)! Tour B from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, while from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm late arrivals can be entertained by, Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays (Free guided tours on spot and can be booked for other times on request) YoYo (3/4), Guitar Show(4/4), Dance(5/4), Jazz Show(12/4), Chinese Folk Music Show(19/4), Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Admission: Free Tourism Hotline: (853) 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo Venue: Rampa Da Guia Enquiries: (853) 2882 7103 / 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo/scrweb Magic Show(26/4). Organizers: Macau Pedicab Drivers Union, Macau Government Tourist Office Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
The popular 2-day event 5 Outubro Street Art Fair (11-12/4, 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm; Hong Kung Temple Square, Rua de Cinco de Outubro) features 36 booths selling souvenirs, food, Former Home of local creative products and many other items of interest, while musicians enhance the browsing Revolutionary Leader Ye Ting Visit Dom Pedro V Theatre mood with live performances. Lots to see and hear, and places to stroll, such as old Rua de Cinco de Outubro Street – a slice of old Macau. The façade of the home of revolutionary leader Ye The charming Dom Pedro V Theatre, built Ting, who lived in Macau for seven years, has been in 1860, was the first Western theatre in On weekend afternoons the picturesque St. Lazarus district plays host to the free public Sun faithfully restored, with the details of this exhibition China, and is today part of the UNESCO-listed Never Left art performance. Enjoy live music and browse the stalls selling homemade arts and scrupulously overseen by his sons and the city of Historic Centre of Macau. Once a popular crafts, drinks and snacks; open every Saturday and Sunday 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Huizhou, who provided photographs and materials gathering place for the Portuguese community, from the Ye Ting Museum. Following this first phase the baroque-style theatre continues to be a of restoration, the Cultural Affairs Bureau plans to popular venue for local cultural events. The Taipa Flea Market Sun Never Left Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 / 8988 4000 Venue: Rua de São Roque, St. Lazarus District enlarge and further restore the interiors of the house public is welcome to get a firsthand look at www.iacm.gov.mo Enquiries: (853) 2834 6626 cipa.org.mo in order to leave a legacy for future generations. A photographic exhibition pays ‘tribute to the this cherished historic and cultural site during Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Creative Industries Promotion revolutionary and his choice of Macau as a second home’. designated visiting hours. Association of St. Lazarus 5 Outubro Street Art Fair Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (Closed on Wednesdays, open on public holidays) Time: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily except Tuesdays Enquiries: (853) 8988 4100 www.iacm.gov.mo Free admission to all activities Venue: 76, Rua Almirante Costa Cabral Admission: Free Venue: Dom Pedro V Theatre, No. 3, St. Augustine’s Square Admission: Free Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.icm.gov.mo Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.wh.mo/theatre
WiFi Go Experience Explore with – the way to go Macau App Audio Guide Take a guided tour of the Historic Centre of Macau Now it’s easier than ever for visitors to go Macau Government Tourist Office offers a free and A free audio guide service from the Macau Free guided tours led by professionally trained and Church or St. Augustine’s Church... and much online and stay connected during their trip to easy-to-use mobile app in traditional and simplified Government Tourist Office makes it easy to explore docents introduce urban explorers to the city’s more. Guided tours are a great way to make the best Macau, just by using the free standard WiFi Go Chinese and English. The ‘Experience Macau’ app the Historic Centre of Macau. The service is acclaimed historic sites in the World Heritage use of your time visiting Macau’s many fascinating service. It allows Internet access from almost lets users create customized ‘tours’ using audio provided daily in Mandarin, Cantonese, Portuguese, ‘Historic Centre of Macau’. See the Ruins of St. sites and getting to know them better. Everyone is anywhere in Macau, including museums, sports guides and AR functions. It also has panoramic English, German, Japanese and Korean, and is Paul’s, St. Lawrence’s Church, St. Joseph’s Seminary welcome to join the tours, which include: centres, ports, and tourist information counters. photo capability, a trip planner, a map, a game available on a first-come, first-served basis. Just Churches Lou Kau Mansion It’s definitely the way to go if you want to stay and tips on tourist spots and other information pay a returnable deposit of MOP200 at the MGTO Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (Saturdays and Sundays, Time: Saturdays – 10:00 am and 2:00 pm (Mandarin), online and update friends back home about your downloadable from App Store and Google Play. A tourist information counter in Senado Square from without appointment and subject to staff availability) 12:00 noon and 4:00 pm (Cantonese) adventures in Macau! multilingual 24-hour Macau Tourism Hotline can be 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily and you’re on your way! Language: Cantonese and Mandarin Sundays and public holidays – 2:00 pm and 4:00 pm reached at (853) 2833 3000. Enquiries: (853) 2892 1438 Organizer: Pilgrimage (Mandarin), 3:00 pm (Cantonese) Service of the Catholic Lay Association of Macau Enquiries: (853) 6238 6441 www.icm.gov.mo Tourism Hotline: (853) 2833 3000 Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Service available daily from 8:00 am to 1:00 am Macau Government Tourist Office website: www.macautourism.gov.mo Ruins of St. Paul’s Enquiries: (853) 2828 3883 www.wifi.gov.mo www.macautourism.gov.mo Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office Time: 1:00 pm (Cantonese) and 3:00 pm (Mandarin) (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) Tourism hotline:(853) 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo East Meets West Cultural Affairs Bureau enquiries:(853) 2836 6866 www.icm.gov.mo
Although a small city, the parishes of Macau have very distinct Located in the corner of Est. de Adolfo Loureiro and Avenida do Conselheiro Portuguese poet, Luis de Camões, reputed to have lived in Macau in 1557. characteristics. In the St. Anthony’s Parish, for example, you will Ferreira de Almeida lies the stately Lou Lim Ioc Garden in the classic Suzhou Nearby is the Casa Garden, now the headquarters of the Oriental Foundation, see beautiful urban space with charming Portuguese and Chinese style, with miniaturised landscape, ponds, and the Macau Tea Culture House, and the Protestant Cemetery, where some of Macau’s most famous residents buildings masking enchanting stories.‘The Marriage of East and West all a short stroll from Tap Seac Square’s neo-classical buildings plus the are interred, best known of whom is the artist George Chinnery. in St. Anthony’s Parish’ is particularly recommended as one of Macau recently restored house of revolutionary leader Ye Ting, complete with bronze Go the opposite way to St. Anthony’s Church. In past times, members of Government Tourist Office’s suggested walking routes. statues of the family and their photographs. the Portuguese community would often hold wedding ceremonies here, giving rise to the Chinese name of Fa Vong Tong (Church of Flowers). Then The busy Three Lamps (Rotunda de Carlos da Maia) area is truly a melting By contrast, the great carved stone façade of St. Paul’s Church, with its grand explore the narrow streets of Rua do Tarrafeiro, Rua de Guimarães and Rua pot of cultures, and home, in particular, to the returned overseas Chinese staircase, is all that remains of the first Church and College of the Jesuits in do Patane, where you’ll find open-fronted workshops, where artisans make and immigrants from Southeast Asia. Cuisine is a major reason visitors China. Na Tcha Temple, a small traditional Chinese temple built in 1888, and wooden furniture, barrels and metal implements, household shrines and paper frequent the area, in addition to the draw of its warren of bustling street just steps away, serves as a striking example of Western and Chinese ideals, decorations for the temples and religious festivals. You’ll find a temple on Rua markets and bargain-basement stores. and one of the best examples of Macau’s famed multiculturalism.Walk from Cinco de Outubro behind a bustling flea market as well as plenty of small here to Camões Garden and Grotto, with bust honouring the most famous Chinese restaurants. And all within walking distance!
Macau Orchestra’s 2-3, 17, 24/4 Musical Magic Easter Salute Macau Grand Prix Museum & Wine Museum
Macau’s historic Leal Senado Building facing The traditional rendering of Brahms’ Easter The Macau Grand Prix Museum has it all: legendary racing machines Senado Square is the atmospheric venue Concert − German Requiem (2-3/4, 8:00 pm, – both cars and bikes – photos and videos of the stars, and wonderful for 20-minute concerts performed specially St. Dominic’s Church, admission free) this year is tales of their derring-do on the world famous Guia Circuit. Next door, for an appreciative public, with Chinese under the assured baton of Lü Jia, and features the sample tantalising Portuguese wines (MOP10/ per glass or MOP15/ Music Instruments Show (3,4,5,25,26/4), National Chorus of Korea with soprano Katrin Adel three glasses per person) in the Wine Museum and learn about Jazz (11,12/4) and String Music (18,19/4) and bass Wieland Satter. From the New World viniculture on the Iberian Peninsula. The museum houses more than a performances sure to enthral. The ancient (17/4, 8:00 pm, Dom Pedro V Theatre, MOP80-100) thousand brands of wine from Portugal and China; and you can catch site also houses an old library of historic features ‘Summer Music’ by famous American a live performance of Fado by Portuguese musician Paulo Pereira documents and a very cool art gallery. composer Samuel Barber, followed by ‘American’, from 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm (10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25/4). a classical string quartet by Antonin Dvořák. When Music Speaks (24/4, 8:00 pm, Macau Time: 3:15 pm to 5:00 pm (four daily performances) Admission: Free Science Centre−Convention Centre, Admission free) conducted by Lü Jia features Debussy’s Time: 10:00 am to 8:00 pm daily except Tuesdays Venue: Leal Senado Building, Avenida Almedia Ribeiro No.163 Venue: Rua Luis Gonzaga Gomes, 431, basement (Tourism Activities Centre-CAT) Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 / 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo ‘Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun’ and Mozart’s ‘Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major’. Admission: Free Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Enquiries: (853) 2853 0782 www.icm.gov.mo/om Organizer: Macau Orchestra Enquiries: (853) 8798 4108 / 2833 3000 www.macautourism.gov.mo
Cantonese Opera Macau Chinese Orchestra 17/4 - 19/6 2, 24/4 8/4, 25/4 Performance 2015 Strikes Up! Live Music Association
Cantonese Opera Performance 2015 (every On this occasion Music Series in World Heritage Sites LMA Presents - Ma Di Live in Macau 2015 (8/4, Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening and - Uniting East and West (2/4, 8:00 pm, Galeria dos 9:30 pm, MOP 130. The lyrical folk music piece Saturday afternoon, as performances will be held Espelhos, Dom Pedro V Theatre, MOP30) is presented in ‘Isolated Island’ by Ma Di (馬頔) shows us what at different places and times, please check with the the baroque splendour of Dom Pedro V Theatre, renowned Youth is all about - providing us with the opportunity Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau.) features 39 as much for its architecture and place in Macau history as to meet individuals who are just like us! In Drum & shows in all, and has been tailor-made to enable being the first Western theatre to be built in China and to Bass Session 002 ft. Shintaro from Japan (25/4, opera lovers, and in particular the young generation, present ‘Madame Butterfly’. The Special Productions 10:30 pm, Admission check with organizer) famous the opportunity of experiencing the changing and Series - Macau Chinese Orchestra invites Wang Japanese DJ Shintaro and DJ 108 introduce famous disclosure of this traditional and much-loved art. The Fujian (24/4, 8:00pm, Dom Pedro V Theatre, MOP40) drum & bass artists to hit you with that wall of sound and chatter. show on the evening of the closing ceremony will introduces the Artistic Director and Conductor of the take place on (19/6, 7:45 pm) at the Cinema Alegria with admission just MOP20. Venue: Avenida do Coronel Mesquita 50 - 50A, Edf. Industrial San Mei 11/B Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, whose flourishing baton will Enquiries: (853) 2875 7511 Imamacau.com Enquiries: (853) 2893 8996 Organizers: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Civic and Municipal Affairs assuredly lift the Orchestra to even greater peaks of excellence. Organizers: LMA Presents - Ma Di Live in Macau2015 - LIVE Music Association (LMA) Bureau, Macau Federation of Trade Unions Cultural Committee, Macau Daily News Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.icm.gov.mo/ochm Organizer: Macau Chinese Orchestra Drum & Bass Session 002 ft. Shintaro from Japan - LMA / HI-TECH+TRIBE
1-4/4, 9/4 Dawn Patrol Yueju Opera More activities
In Club Cubic x Xbox presents: Electro Yueju, or Cantonese Opera, dates back more than 300 years. Playground (1-4/4, MOP200) this 4-day event Distinguished by its bold performing skills, it is beloved throughout 3-30/4 Every Thursdays to Mondays (except Tuesdays, Wednesdays) will include impressive onstage performances and southern China, and free performances of this traditional art are The House of Dancing Water Time: 5:00 pm and 8:00 pm (10,17,24/4, 8:00 pm) see guests play head to head in games of various especially popular here in Macau. Yueju Opera is listed as one of Venue: Dancing Water Theater at City of Dreams, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai, Macau different genres against the gorgeous gamer girls, UNESCO’s ‘Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity’. Admission: Child HKD406-686, Adult HKD580-1480, Ticket prices quoted in Hong earning the chance to win drinks and even an Xbox Performances in April: Kong dollars for reference only. Payment will be charged in Macau Patacas. One console! Meanwhile, Club Cubic presents: 20/4 Macau Cultural Centre, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Enquiries: (853) 8868 6688 thehouseofdancingwater.com Organizer: City of Dreams 正Zeng (9/4, MOP250) is a brand new party night 26/4 Macau Cheong Hong Music Club−Art Activity Centre , Avenida do that will take place every Thursday, bringing Hong Almirante Lacerda,Edf. Industrial Hopewell 10 Kong’s most sought after celebrity DJs to Macau to 11, 18, 21, 22, 25/4 Kam Pek Community Centre, No. 483, Avenida 10-12/4 diversify and shake up the party scene. Almedia Ribeiro; 17, 18, 25, 26/4 Cinema Alegria, Estrada do Repouso No.85 E 2015 International Food Festival, 2015 Macau Import Commodities Expo Time: 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Time: approx.12:00 midnight Venue: Club Cubic, City of Dreams, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai, Macau Time: 7:30 pm Admission: Free Tourism hotline: (853) 2833 3000 Venue: Convention and Exhibition Centre, Macau Fisherman’s Wharf Tickets: www.cityline.com Enquiries: (853) 6638 4999 Organizer: Club Cubic, City of Dreams content.macautourism.gov.mo/uploads/mgto_shows_entertainment/Yueju_2015.pdf Admission: free Enquires: (853) 2871 5709 Organizers: Macau Union Suppliers Association, S. O. Idea Convention and Exhibition Consulting Co. Ltd. Junior Hotelier Promises 4/4 - 28/6 4/4, 10 - 12/4 5-Star Fun Cotai Strip Sampler Calligrapher Choi Chun Heng ‘Calligraphy Classroom’ 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm every Saturdays and Sundays Why not sign your child up for the Junior Hotelier In Sam Hui ‘What a Wonderful World’ 2015 (4/4, The Collection Exhibition of Tai Fung Tong Art House programme, a family-oriented initiative that allows 8:00 pm, The Venetian Macao Cotai Arena, MOP280 – 1,080) 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Tuesdays to Sundays kids to ‘operate’ a hotel while having oodles of fun! Admission: Free Venue: Calcada da Igreja de S. Lazaro the Hong Kong singer, songwriter and actor credited with Enquiries: (853) 2835 3537 / 2834 6626 Exciting weekend programmes give 4 to 12-year-old popularising Cantopop performs some of his biggest hits as well Organizer: Tai Fung Tong Art House kids the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge from as a few intriguing covers with his trademark exuberance and the hotel’s culinary, front desk, and housekeeping stage presence. Meanwhile, the 3rd Macau International teams, taking on roles such as Junior Barman, Junior Collection Exhibition (10-12/4, 11:00 am to 8:00 pm, 18/3-9/4 Chef, Junior Agent or Junior Housekeeper. The ‘jobs’ The Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall B, Admission free) brings 2014 Effie Greater China Awards – Macau come with appropriate Junior Hotelier uniforms - such as chef’s apron and hat or housekeeping Time: 9:00 am to 8:00 pm together buyers and sellers of stamps, calligraphy, paintings, Venue: Macau Polytechnic Institute/ Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes apron – and lots of fun edutainment! antiques and porcelain. Due to their high value and rarity, this Admission: Free Time: Saturdays, Sundays – 2:45 pm to 4:30 pm Admission: MOP150 to 250 (Registration is represents a unique opportunity to see precious art up close that doesn’t come along every day! Enquiries: (853) 2870 2218 www.facebook.com/effie.comes.to.Macau available at the SPG Family check-in counter starting at 12:00 noon on weekends-only) Organizers: The China Advertising Association, Effie China, Macau Polytechnic Enquiries: (853) 2880 2000 www.sheratonmacao.com Institute Venue &Organizer: Sheraton Macau Hotel/ Estrada da Baía de Nossa Senhora da Esperança Enquiries: (853) 2882 8888 www.venetianmacao.com
Budget Look for Macau Cultural Quality Smoke-free Open-top hotels Lodging Licence and Creative Map Tourism Service Macau bus tour The Macau Budget Hotels website When visiting Macau, lodge in licensed hotels or The Macau Cultural and Creative Map in Launched in 2014, the scheme currently Law no.5/2011 (Regime of Tobacco Prevention and See Macau’s famous landmarks by courtesy maintained by the Macau Hoteliers inns, not illegal accommodation operated without a traditional Chinese and English and a mobile targets the catering industry, with 86 successful Control) is effective from 1 Jan. 2012. Smoking is of a Macau Open Top Bus Tour One-Day Pass. and Innkeepers Association, with the licence. Currently, there is no legal ‘family hostel’ or app in traditional and simplified Chinese, contenders receiving the accredited Star prohibited in most public indoor areas. Smoking is also Free hop-on, hop-off at 15 tourist attractions – support of the Macau Government ‘B & B’ (Bed and Breakfast) in Macau. All legitimate Portuguese and English, introducing the city’s Merchant Award and window stickers for display prohibited in mass gaming areas (except approved Macau Fisherman’s Wharf, Macau Science Tourist Office, provides budget hotel hotels, guesthouses and inns display a licence cultural and creative spaces, is now available. on their premises. Details of awarded merchants smoking lounges) in casinos, yet smoking area is Centre, Kun Iam Statue, Macau Tower, A-Ma information and offers booking issued by the Macau Government Tourist Office, The map is distributed at checkpoints, are listed in the ‘Star Merchant Award – allowed to be set in VIP areas. Besides, starting 1 Temple,etc. It’s a breeze! services. It also lists room rates and which should be prominently displayed on the museums, hotels, travel agencies, cultural Restaurants and Eateries Guide’, obtainable from Jan. 2015, smoking is prohibited in bars, nightclubs, provides other travel information, in premises. In the event of doubt about the legality of and creative entities, and so on. For details, Tourist Information counters or downloadable saunas and massage parlours. Anyone smoking or the premises you are staying in, you may consult traditional and simplified Chinese as list of distribution locations or free mobile app from the MGTO website. carrying a lighted tobacco product in the statutory no Meeting and Purchase Point: Exit No 13, arrival hall, the Macau Government Tourist Office website, or the Macau Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal well as English. download, please visit www.macaucci.com. smoking area is liable to a maximum fine of MOP600. call the Tourism Hotline at (853) 2833 3000. Time: 9:30 am to 4:15 pm Daily (Departure every Tourism Hotline: (853) 2833 3000 Enquiries: Tobacco Prevention and Control Office 45mins, duration of each tour is around 90mins) To find out more, log onto Enquiries: en.macautourism.gov.mo/plan/ Enquiries: (853) 8598 6716 / 8598 6721 www.macautourism.gov.mo at www.ssm.gov.mo/smokefree or call hotline at Price: Adult HK$150, Child HK$100 www.macau-budgethotels.org legal_accommodation.php Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office (853) 2855 6789. Enquiries: (853) 2832 1368 goldspark.com.hk 31/3 - 2/5 27/3 - 9/8 25/3 - 25/4 Feast for the Downtime Senses Macau Museum of Art ‘Landfall – Works by Eric Fok’
Lots happening at the LUB DUB: An Exhibition by Pakeong × ‘EXPERIENCE ∙ With Unfoldable Map II - Photography by Ieong Man Pan (27/3-10/5) the artist ‘only finds A Bologna Illustration Exhibition prize winner, Eric Fok employs FORTES’ (10/4-2/5)with a Book Launch (9/4, 6:30 pm) and Live Demonstration true form in the tension of direct contact with its environment... ancient Western painting techniques to imply a historical (31/3-8/4). MOwave (22/4, 6:30 pm) – a compendium of electronic music party album the principle of diachronic continuity of the city shape.’The story; in this case, depicting when Portuguese navigators – was created by 15 local creative units; while the objective of the Philosophy Café Past – Masters of Macau: An Exhibition of Poetry, first made landfall in Macau after rounding the Cape of (10,17,24/4, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm) is Socratic – leaving discussion participants with Calligraphy, Painting and Seal-carving 2015 (3/4-9/8) Good Hope in Africa. Upon arrival in Macau, however, the more questions when they leave than when they arrived. While music lovers should go features the poetry, calligraphy, paintings and seal-carvings of ancient European traders are running after buses and taxis for A Night with Piano at the Gallery (10, 17, 24/4, 6:00 artists and intellectuals residing in Macau since the Opium War carrying animals in them, revealing Fok’s illustration of the pm to 8:00 pm) and Bel Canto Saturdays (11/4, 5:00 pm)! (1840), while the Shiwan Ceramics Exhibition (27/3-2/8) development of modern Macau by allegory. showcases the richness of its glaze colours, primarily white, red and blue, and the diversity of colour tones used. Time: 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm(except Sundays and public holiday) Time: Mondays to Fridays – 10:00 am to 7:00 pm; Saturdays – 3:00 pm Venue: Estrada da Areia Preta No. 52, Edificio da Fabrica de to 7:00 pm; Closed on Sundays and public holidays Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm daily except Mondays (No admission after 6:30 pm) Venue: Macau Baterias N.E. National, 3/Fl., Macau Admission: Free Venue: Rui Cunha Foundation Gallery, Avenida da Praia Grande,nº 749, r/c Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays and public Enquiries: (853)2836 6064 www.afamacau.com Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2892 3288 www.ruicunha.org holidays) Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 www.mam.gov.mo Organizer: Macau Museum of Art Organizer: AFA (Art for All Society)
Traditional and Creative Installation ‘Valkyrie Octopus’ 5/3 - 12/4 16/3 - 31/10 Art for Art’s Sake Rabbit Lantern by Joana Vasconcelos
The artists or art groups-in-residence project attracts various kinds of local artists and Now in its ninth ‘phase’, Albergue SCM has organized Acclaimed Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos - the first art groups, with a great variety now in-situ. Living life of Lei I Fan Ceramic Art Exhibition ‘Traditional & Creative Rabbit Lantern – An Exhibition by woman and youngest artist ever to exhibit at the Château (26/2-30/4) promises a new take on art, while the Route Arts Carlos Marreiros and Friends’ every year since 2010. de Versailles in 2012, in what was to become the most Association have enthusiastically created the Hot-blooded Creator The much-feted architect and artist traditionally invites visited exhibition in Paris in the last 50 years - presents exhibition (8/3-19/7) encompassing all of their previous theatre set like-minded ‘friends’ from around the region to create her installation ‘Valkyrie Octopus’ as part of a visionary art designs. Talented cartoonist Khoo Fuk Lung is Hong Kong’s first colour their own interpretation of the rabbit lantern, after which programme reflecting Macau’s integral role in the 500-year cover artwork artist and in Khoo Fuk Lung’s 35th Anniversary the exhibition travels, this year to leading hotels in the history of trade between China and Portugal. Her first solo exhibition in China, Vasconcelos’ highly Exhibition (Macau) (21/3-12/4) at least ten of his original paintings, territory, where it has been attracting visitors from around unusual works are distinguished by their monumental scale, mixed use of appropriated materials colour cover artwork and products will be on display. the world, admiring featured artworks such as ‘The Water and mastery of organic form. ‘Valkyrie Octopus’ combines crochet and Nisa embroidery from Margin Series’ and ‘Post Calligraphy’ creations. the Alto Alentejo region of Portugal with thousands of LED lights and boldly coloured, patterned 10Fantasia-A Creative Industries Incubator materials embellished by various kinds of beads in a patchwork of patterns, shapes and textures. Date and Times: 10:30 am to 6:30 pm, Closed on Mondays Time: Tuesdays to Sundays -12:00 noon to 8:00pm; Mondays - 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm Venue: 10Fantasia-A Creative Industries Incubator , Calçada da Igreja de S.Lázaro ,10, Macau Venue: Albergue SCM/ No. 8, Calcada da Igreja de S. Lazaro Admission: Free Time: 24 hours a day Venue: MGM MACAU, Av. Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE Admission: Free Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 www.10fantasia.com www.facebook.com/cipa.slcd Enquiries: (853) 2852 2550 / 2852 3205 Organizer: Albergue da Santa Casa da Misericordia Enquiries: (853) 8802 8888 www.mgmmacau.com Organizer: MGM MACAU
Inside Out – 7/3 - 30/4 8/3 - 10/5 Commemorating Macau’s Handover Contemporary Art Exhibition Ox Warehouse
A splendid exhibition of gifts from the 56 ethnic groups of the Chinese Curated by well-known local artist Lai Sio Kit, this Homage to Masters Who Inspired Us − Works by 10 Hong nation to the Macau Special Administrative Region on the occasion of its exhibition invites exhibition-goers to peer into the inner Kong and Macau Artists (8/3-10/5) explores the nature of establishment in 1999 can be seen at the Handover Gifts Museum of world of the creative process. Defining art as a vocation ‘creation’ via the perspectives of celebrated Hong Kong painter, Macau. Throughout her 48 years of service to schooling the indefatigable rather than an adventure, his duty, he believes, is ‘to musician and movie art director Wong Yan-kwai, and poet, writer and Principal Ms. Lau penned more than 200 texts on education, culture, reveal the meaning of life and the works of the universe’ photographer Liu Wai Tong; from Macau, seasoned painter Lio Man history and language as well as novels and essays, which can now be thus ‘Inside Out’ constructs its own vocabulary. Cheong and Konstanin Bessmertny, a Russian artist living in Macau viewed as Macau Handover Historical Documents Donated by Lau Some exhibiting heavyweights include Pang-Fei Mio, in addition to academics, sculptors and younger artists. ‘Start’ – Sin Peng (19/12/2014-31/12/2015). Ms. Lau’s documents afford a rare whose works are collected by museums worldwide, Carlos Marreiros, an award-winning Exhibition of Pixel Art by 2UP Studio (8/3-19/4) presents the insight into the history of the handover and the event itself. founder of Albergue SCM – Creative Space, multiple exhibition pioneer Ieng Lai, well-known influences of video game culture on the younger generation, with watercolourist In-Leong Sio, and Vice-President of the Macau Artist Society Hei Lok. Macau depicted as pixel art, oozing distinct local flavours. Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm daily except Mondays (no admission after 6:30 pm) Venue: The Handover Gifts Museum of Macau, Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE Admission: Free Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Venue: Flugent Art Gallery, Rua S. Paulo 54-58B, Mei Tai Grand Time: 12:00 noon to 7:00pm (Closed on Tuesdays) Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8504 1800 handovermuseum.iacm.gov.mo Garden, R/C A, Macau Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2872 3429 www.flugentart.com Venue: Ox Warehouse, corner of Avenida Do coronel Mesquita and Avenida Do Almirante Lacerda Organizer: Handover Gifts Museum of Macau - Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Flugent Art Gallery Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 www.oxwarehouse.blogspot.com Organizer: Ox Warehouse
‘Sensibility’ - Paintings & Photo Exhibition 20/3 - 18/4 22/4 - 2/7 14/3 - 12/4 Sculptures Exhibition Human Roots of Lam Kin Cheong
Nature surrounds us with a variety of whimsical This exhibition seeks to confront Man through his roots Northwest China’s beautiful natural scenery forms, both surprising and contemplable, thus in Nature via the display of extraordinarily powerful attracts many travellers to its wild, atmospheric we can also serve as a source of inspiration. In wood pieces by French contemporary sculptor and highly photogenic landscapes. Accomplished this exhibition, these paintings and sculptures Mickaël Obrénovitch, a leading proponent of organic Macau photographer Lam Kin Cheong – a by Fernando Simões? contain their own code. sculpture. His pieces comprise 200-year-old teak veteran of photographic shoots in Tibet, Xinjiang, An organic form, for example, mimics the marks tree roots rescued from a Java fire, symbolising Sichuan, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other exotic of living inherent in the geometric structure Nature’s fragility. The roots look as if they were locations - shares a selection of 70 framed works of minerals.The works evoke dream worlds, gestating, waiting for the sculptor to spur their in this inspiring exhibition of subjects he has turned his lens on in the frontier wilderness. ‘The Four abstraction and simplicity, a consequence of when an rebirth. The aspiration of Obrenovitch’s abstract art is to Seasons’ salutes the colours of Nature throughout the seasons, while ‘Geomorphology Reflections’ object introduces the observer to another reality in a subliminal way that evokes living situations. trace the silhouette of life, and to provoke a dialogue between the ancient wood and Man. takes as its subject stone etched by water and wind over the millennia.
Time: 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm daily except Sunday and public holidays Admission: Free Time: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm (Closed on 3-6/4 and public holidays) Time: 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8988 4100 www.iacm.gov.mo Venue: Creative Macau , G/F Macau Cultural Centre Building, Xian Xing Hai Avenue Admission: Free Venue: IAOHIN Gallery ,Rua da Tercena No.39A Venue: Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau/Avenida de Almeida Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 Organizer: Centre for Creative Industries Enquires: (853) 2892 1908 Organizer: IAOHIN Gallery Ribeiro No.163 Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Cultural Affairs Bureau
Tom Dixon’s Exhibition by This is where I will always be - 6/3 - 5/5 21/3 - 10/5 SIGNUM Living Store Works by Nuno Santiago More activities
The internationally renowned British designer Tom Dixon brings Featuring 28 works from Portuguese artist Nuno Santiago’s latest collection, this to Macau an exhibition - Tom Dixon’s Exhibition by SIGNUM exhibition features his subtle, trademark abstract textures, showcasing works 24/2-30/4 Living Store. The exhibition will display the designer’s work described as both majestic and mystical, inviting exhibition-goers to immerse Flores da Primavera~ink, oil and pastel paintings by Marco Szeto Time: 10:00 am to 6:30 pm (closed on 5-6/4 and every Monday) including his Trace collection, Wingback Chair, Y Chai, Spun table, themselves in the ambience they Venue: Dare to Dream flagship store and art gallery,Calcada da Barra No.16 A, Trace table, Beat lights, Etch Shade, accessories and more. Rising project. In addition to providing Edificio San Chak, Macau Admission: Free to prominence in the mid-80s as a maverick, untrained designer guided tours at set times throughout Enquiries: (853) 2830 2012 daretodreamhk.weebly.com with a line made from welded salvaged furniture, Tom Dixon worked the exhibition period, the Gallery also Organizer: Dare to Dream flagship store and art gallery with Italian giant Cappellini to design the widely acclaimed ‘S’ chair facilitates audio description tours for prior to assuming the post of Creative Director at Habitat. His work the visually impaired. For detailed tour 28/3-8/4 has been acquired for permanent collection by the world’s foremost information, please check with the Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition of Ko Lai Chi museums including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; MOMA, New organizer. Time: 10:00am to 7:00pm daily (Open on public holidays) Venue: UNESCO Centre of Macao, Alameda Dr. Carlos d’Assumpção York; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Time: 10:00 am to 7:00 pm Admission: Free Time: 10:30 am to 9:30 pm Admission: Free Venue: Tap Seac Gallery/ Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, 95 Enquiries: (853) 28727066 www.fmac.org.mo Venue: Espace Louis Vuitton One Central Maison/ Avenida de Sagres Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.macauart.net/TS Organizer: Macau Foundation Enquiries: (853) 2856 3576 www.signum.mo Organizers: SIGNUM Living Store Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau
PREVIEW HIGHLIGHTS: The Procession of Our Lady of Fátima (13/5) - recalling the revelation of the Virgin Mary to peasant children in 1917 in Fátima, Portugal - attracts large numbers of adherents and visitors to Macau every year. The 26th Macau Arts Festival (1-31/5) has arrived! Dozens of performances, exhibitions, events and outreach programmes provided by local and international performers for your creative enjoyment! The Feast of Buddha (Feast of the Bathing of Lord Buddha), Feast of the Drunken Dragon, and Tam Kong Festival are What’s On Experience Macau App Experience Macau App celebrated on the same day (25/5). Witness these hugely popular community rituals right across the city Android Version iPhone Version
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