5月 May English VersionNO.107 2012

All Around the City We need your support in transforming Macau into a water conservation city! Several performances from the ‘23rd Macau Arts Festival’ will be staged in World Heritage sites throughout the city, and this month Mansion. Join in the spirit of the ‘Pahiyas Festival’ to get to know more about the culture of the Filipino community, and try to make the Catholic ‘Procession of Our Lady of Fátima’ embarks upon its annual pilgrimage, while ‘The Worship Ritual for the Buddha’s time for the ‘Nocturnal Drama at Taipa Houses’ and the ‘Pleasure Tour through Taipa’s Historic Quarter’. The Macau Tea Culture Skull Relic’ will be enacted for devotees in Macau. House is hosting a series of tea-related events revolving around the differentiation of the six major types of this popular beverage... and you can join the ‘Guided Tour of St. Lawrence’s Church’ to learn more about Macau’s churches as well. Visitors can enter the Guia Lighthouse on ‘Maritime Administration Day’, which is a special treat as it’s not normally open to the public. And ‘International Museum Day’ means that visors can enjoy the city’s many varied museums for free. Macau Science May also means the ‘Macau International Film and Video Festival 2012’, ‘The Rock Concert of Wubai & Bobby Chen’, ‘Mother’s Centre has just launched its New Dome Show - ‘The Celestial Railroad’ - an animated tour de force of the universe by Japanese Day Concert’, ‘Raymond Lam Live in Macau’ and Stone Commune’s 24-hour performance ‘My Date: 13 May 2013’. And take the digital fine arts pioneer Kagaya, and if you really want to get into the swing of things why not hunt down the Drunken Dragon Dance, opportunity to support local artists by visiting their super exhibitions in Ox Warehouse, Creative Macau and 10 Fantasia - A Creative Chinese Lion Dances, Chinese martial arts and Portuguese Folk Dances, all of which are performed around the city on weekends. Industries Incubator and why not watch an artist create his works on the spot in the Macau Art Window exhibition in the MAM gallery.

Party revellers won’t want to miss ‘The Venetian Mardi Gras Carnival,’ while over at MGM Macau they’re blending high-tech Getting around Macau and the islands is easy: all you have to do is download the WH Macau App, using WiFi GO, MacauMap or with nature in ‘The Magic of Butterfly Reinventions’ - and there’s lots of interesting pieces to be picked up at the ‘Tap Seac Tourism Hotline, to get current tourism information on just about everything - Happy sightseeing! Art Fair’ and the ‘Sun Never Left - Public Art Performance’; or catch traditional handicrafts at the heritage-listed Lou Kau

1/5 - 2/6 23rd Macau Arts Festival 1 - 3/5 Worship Ritual for the Buddha’s Skull Relic Featuring 128 performances by 33 acts from Europe, the USA, Argentina and Mainland China, more than half of the events in this year’s Macau Following the passing of the Buddha some 2,500 Arts Festival feature the participation of Macau artists. An intriguing ‘pot pourri’ of local and international theatre, traditional and modern dance, years ago, his disciples retrieved 84,000 relics from Chinese and Western music, multimedia and visual arts, this year’s Festival - much of which is staged in UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites - the ashes of his cremation, including his skull, which features a significant number of performances directed at families and children as well as rich adult fare. was subsequently worshipped all around the world. In 2010, the Buddha’s Skull Relic was unveiled to the On the local front, the Macau General Association of Cantonese Opera and Music presents ‘Cantonese Opera in Concert’ (4/5, MCCGA), featuring public for the first time in more than 1,000 years, in Nanjing, and this month, selections from a classic repertoire performed by an all-star cast, while the Cantonese narrative singing tradition of ‘naamyam’ recalls bygone believers have the opportunity to participate in a three-day blessing of the splendour in the Mandarin’s House, coupled with the pure, unaccompanied voices of the Soda-City Experimental Workshop Arts Association. ‘Zheng’s relic in Macau. Walls Have Ears’ (26, 27/5, Mandarin’s House) features classical Chinese dance to the accompaniment of Chinese and Western instruments, while the Lei Vai Fan Studio presents ‘Ode to the World’ (11, 12/5, Dom Pedro V Theatre), a sensuous multimedia musical performance. Local environmental drama group Black Sand Theatre returns to the Festival with Time: First Session: 9:30am to 2:00pm (1-2/5) Second Session: 2:00pm to 8:00pm (1-2/5) ‘Tincaplins’ (19, 20/5, Dom Pedro V Theatre), a play combining physical theatre for children featuring acrobatics, stilts, puppets and multimedia. And Macanese patois drama group Third Session: 9:30am to 3:30pm (3/5) Dóci Papiaçám de Macau keeps alive an almost extinct language through the clever device of satirical commentary with the premiere of ‘Spooky Doo!’ (11, 12/5, MCCGA). Venue: Macau East Asian Games Dome, Ave. de Lutos, Cotai Admission: MOP10 (Per session) The varied MAF programme also showcases the 2012 Macau Annual Art Exhibition (19/5-5/8, Old Court Building) plus workshops and pre- and post-performance discussions in Tickets available at Kong Seng Ticketing Outlets support of the many events, and in accordance with long-standing MAF tradition, rehearsals for selected performances will also be open to the public. Enquiries: (853) 2855 5555 / 2840 0666 www.macauticket.com Organizers: The Buddhist Association of China, Buddhist Association of Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.icm.gov.mo/fam Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Macau, Macau and China Religious Culture Communication Association, Macau Religious and Cultural Exchange Association Free shuttle bus service: Location: Macau Square in Avenida do Dr Mário Soares, Pak Wai bus stop in Weekends in May - Stepping Out in Old Macau Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, Estrada do Marginal do hipódromo, Main entrance of Olympic Sports Centre Stadium Frenetic drumming, the clash of tambourines, and the spectacle of Chinese martial arts - every weekend, the highly emotive national dance performances of two countries that have at Av. do Estadio, Taipa harmoniously co-existed for almost half a millennium to make Macau what it is today, in tandem with thrilling Kung Fu and Drunken Dragon demonstrations, are performed against the Outward journey: 8:30am to 8:00pm (1-2/5) 8:30am to 3:30pm (3/5) backdrops of the city’s iconic historic squares and monuments. Tourists and residents never fail to thrill to these wonderful free open-air performances, which last about 20 minutes. Return journey: 10:00am to 10:00pm (1-3/5) Great photo-taking opportunities, great memories!

Lion Dance Performance (5, 12, 19, 26/5 Saturdays) Portuguese Folk Dance Performance (6, 13, 20, 27/5 Sundays) Venue & Time: Rua do Cunha, Taipa - 2:00pm Venue & Time: Ruins of St. Paul’s - 11:00am 13/5 Procession of Our Lady of Fátima Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) - 3:00pm Barra Square (A-Ma Temple) -12:00 noon Ruins of St. Paul’s - 4:00pm Rua do Cunha, Taipa - 1:00pm Over the centuries, Macau has absorbed a number of religious activities from the West, including the Drunken Dragon Performance (13, 27/5 Sundays) Tourism hotline: (853) 2833 3000 Venue & Time: Praça da Amizade (Friendship Square) - 3:00pm www.macautourism.gov.mo Procession of Our Lady of Fátima, highly regarded Organizer: Macau Government Tourist Office for the revelation of the Virgin Mary to peasant Chinese Martial Arts Performance (6, 20/5 Sundays) Venue & Time: Praça da Amizade (Friendship Square) - 3:00pm children in 1917 in Fátima, Portugal.

The procession - which starts from the World Heritage-listed St. Dominic’s Church - features women dressed in white carrying the statue of the 12 - 20/5 Maritime Administration Day Virgin Mary, and progresses via Senado Squre, Travessa do Roquete, Praia The World Heritage-listed Guia Lighthouse opens its doors - and spiralling staircase! - to the public for ‘Maritime Administration Day’ (20/5). Visitors can clamber to the top of the Grande, Sai Van to Penha Chapel, where mass is held. The parade attracts lighthouse - the first such modern structure to be built on the China coast - for unsurpassed views, and visit the small, adjacent Church of Our Lady of Guia to admire its restored large numbers of respectful followers and visitors every year. frescoes and permeating sense of history. The Maritime Museum is also hosting free cruises to Ilha Verde (Green Island) and the Inner Harbour, plus an Open Day for the Maritime Time: 6:30pm Starting point: St. Dominic’s Church, St. Dominic’s Square Museum and various workshops. Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2837 3643 Organizer: Diocese de Macau

Date & Time: Guia Lighthouse Open Day (12, 13, 19, 20/5) - 10:00am to 5:30pm Free Cruise (12, 13, 19, 20/5) - 10:00am to 5:00pm (One sailing per hour. For free tickets, please apply to Organizer.) Maritime Museum Open Day (18 - 20/5) - 10:00am to 6:00pm For details, please refer to Organizer. No Smoking Ordinance Now in Effect in Macau ‘Maritime Administration Day’ enquiries: (853) 2859 5481 www.marine.gov.mo Law no. 5/2011 Regime of Tobacco Prevention and Control entered into force Our Lady of Guia Chapel enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.macauheritage.net Free admission to all activities in Macau on 1st January 2012. To protect citizens and visitors from exposure to second-hand smoke, smoking is prohibited in most public indoor places such as hospitals, food and beverage establishments, hotels, ports and airports, passenger shelters, shops, museums, karaoke establishments and lifts. 25 - 27/5 The Venetian Mardi Gras Carnival 2012 International Museum Day Smoking is also prohibited in public outdoor areas such as parks, beaches, This year’s Venetian Carnival - an annual celebration of world-renowned To celebrate this international annual public swimming pools, escalators, footbridges and subways as well as on carnivals, and their cultural origins through music, food, wine and live festival, admission to most of Macau’s public transportation. Please note that it is an offence for any person to entertainment - takes up the theme of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Catch museums - which are truly diverse in smoke or carry a lighted tobacco product in a designated no-smoking area, the parade through The Venetian Macau complex complete with brass band content and plentiful in number - is free with offenders subject to a maximum fine of MOP600. For details of statutory and street performers and see what’s cooking at the theme-decorated food on 18th May, with each preparing special no-smoking areas, please refer to the Regime of Tobacco Prevention and booths around Campanile Tower and the outdoor Lagoon. Lots of trinkets on sale, face painters, gondola features and promotional activities during the month. The headlining Control Office. rides plus beer and wine gardens to sit and relax in, while The Jazz & Blues Band Competition - running event this year is ‘The Museum Carnival’ (6/5 from 3:00pm to throughout the Carnival in a talent shootout for cash prizes - is sure to be a blast! 7:00pm/free admission) in Tap Seac Square, with game booths Tobacco Prevention and Control Office, Health Bureau and performances generating a festive atmosphere, but do explore Report and Enquiry Hotline: (853) 2855 6789 Time: 6:00pm to 12:00am (25/5) www.ssm.gov.mo/smokefree these treasure troves of Macau’s rich past and vibrant present. 4:00pm to 12:00am (26-27/5) Venue: Outdoor Lagoon, The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel Admission: Free For more details, please contact individual museums. Enquiries: (853) 2882 8888 www.venetianmacao.com/carnival www.museums.gov.mo Organizer: The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel Round the Clock with MacauMap & Time-strapped Tourists Opt for Handy WiFi Go the Way to Go! Tourism Hotline ‘WH Macau’ App Did you know that Macau is one of the MacauMap - a handheld digital map of Macau designed for personal digital With the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s ‘WH most ‘connected’ cities in the world? assistants (PDAs) and smartphones, running on PalmOS, Pocket PC, Symbian Macau’ App, the city’s World Heritage The Wireless Broadband System S60 smartphones, Symbian UIQ smartphones, iPhone and the WEB - displays sites are just a sweep of the fingers is a dominant feature of Macau’s streets, hotels, restaurants, sightseeing spots and the network of public away. This handy application - which can communications system and we want bus stops and bus routes. Its search engine enables visitors to quickly and be downloaded for free from the App visitors as well as residents to take conveniently locate restaurants by type and class, and searches for bus routes Store or Android Market by searching advantage. So, if you’re here for a from the boarding bus stop to the destination. All information can be displayed ‘WH Macau’ or ‘Macau World Heritage’ or couple of days, or much longer, tune into free wireless Internet connectivity in Chinese, English and Portuguese, and visitors can download from the Macau www.macauheritage.net - provides useful contact numbers for enquiries and with the territory-wide WiFi Go service. By using the IEEE 802.11 b/g Government Tourist Office website (www.macautourism.gov.mo) for free. emergencies/assistance in traditional and simplex Chinese, English and standard WiFi Go device you can hook up with family, friends, business Portuguese. The Tourism Hotline (853) 2833 3000 is manned by operators and provides a partners, etc. from almost anywhere in Macau - including museums, libraries, recorded message service for information in Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, Harnessing the magic of the Global Positioning System to pinpoint sites activity centres, sports centres, ports, and tourism information counters. Way English or Japanese. throughout the Historic Centre of Macau, its 360-degree virtual reality images to Go! and video clips can be accessed by mobile phones anywhere in the world. Service hours: Daily from 8:00am to 1:00am the following day Programmes can also be downloaded via the free wi-fi service offered by the Enquiries: (853) 2828 3883 www.wifi.gov.mo Ruins of St. Paul’s information desk in downtown Macau.

Free Guided Tours of St. Lawrence’s Church Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.icm.gov.mo

As a free service to the many visitors enthralled by the centuries-old churches of Macau, the Sun Never Left - Public Art Performance Pilgrimage Service of the Catholic Lay Association 11-13, 18-20/5 Tap Seac Art Fair of Macau offers free guided tours of the 400-year Every Saturday and Sunday old St. Lawrence’s Church in the World Heritage Creativity needs a platform afternoon, the ‘Sun Never ‘Historic Centre of Macau.’ Specially trained, to blossom, and this month Left - Public Art Performance’ multi-lingual docents recount the history of this Tap Seac Art Fair provides is held in the environs of St. beautiful building, bringing alive the splendour, the perfect place for local Lazarus Church, with the and sometimes the pain, of the past. artists to display and sell their adjoining lane full of stalls

handmade creations. About selling homemade products, Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm (Every Saturday and Sunday, without appointment particularly paintings and art subject to staff availability) 130 booths will showcase Language: Cantonese, Mandarin & Korean only original pieces by CAMPOBAG crafts. You can also sit down Enquiries: (853) 2892 1438 from Taiwan, iMART Creative for a refreshing drink, read, Organizer: Pilgrimage Service of the Catholic Lay Association of Macau Market from Guangzhou, the chat and be entertained by live Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs Association of Hong Kong, with Kuala Lumpur and other music in a pavement cafe atmosphere that lets you watch the world go by as you cities joining for the first time. All visitors are welcome to take advantage of the size up the art fair products for sale. weekend workshops (four workshops every day) during the period of the Fair. May to October Butterfly Pavilion Takes Off Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm (Every Saturday and Sunday) Venue: Rua de São Roque / St. Lazarus District Time: 5:00pm to 10:00pm Admission: Free Designer Stephen Stefanou invites Venue: Tap Seac Square Enquiries: (853) 2834 6626 www.cipa.org.mo the curious to step into a fantasy Admission: Free Organizer: Creative Industries Promotion Association of St. Lazarus Enquiries: (853) 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo butterfly ‘habitat’ created inside a 26ft. Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau fly-eyed, geodesic dome clad with emerald green sea sponges. Here, 20/5 10th Celebration of San Isidro Pahiyas visitors can immerse themselves in and Mayflower Festival in Macau hundreds of species of gorgeous 4/4 - 6/5 Miao Ethnic Group Craftsmen at butterflies displayed on multiple Lou Kau Mansion The Pahiyas Festival - honouring San Isidro Labrador, the patron saint of iPad screens in an inspired, surreal Filipino farmers - is primarily an annual thanksgiving for abundant harvests art video. ‘The Magic of Butterfly Reinventions’ ﹣ which starts from the first week that is eagerly anticipated by the large Filipino community in Macau, which of May ﹣ is an extraordinary fantasy world in which visitors can examine some 138 this year will first celebrate with enchanting butterfly species from China, Malaysia, Africa and South America in mass at St. Augustine’s Church the mesmerising environs of the Butterfly Pavilion. (10:30am to 11:30am). This will be followed by a procession, food For details, please refer to Organizer. festival, entertainment, cultural Venue: Grande Praça, MGM MACAU, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE Admission: Free presentation and band reunion Enquiries: (853) 8802 8888 www.mgmmacau.com concert at Amizade Plaza over a Organizer: MGM MACAU fun-packed weekend to which all are invited. Mabuhay! The Lusheng reed mouth organ varies in timbre and size, with craft skills passed Time: 12:00 noon to 9:30pm down through the generations, whilst the Huangping clay toy whistle derives from Venue: Amizade Plaza (in front of Hotel Sintra), Av. Infante D. Henrique 22/1 - 24/6 Taipa Flea Market the traditional figurines of the Miao. With over 400 varieties in decoratively painted Admission: Free patterns, they are particularly beloved by children. Both art crafts are inscribed on Enquiries: (853) 6666 7520 Taipa Flea Market is easily accessible from Organizer: Quezonian Association of Macau the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Sponsors: Macau Government Tourist Office, Macau Foundation, Civic and Taipa High Street and comprises dozens Municipal Affairs Bureau and other entities of stalls selling hundreds of surprise Time: 9:00am to 7:00pm (Closed on Mondays, open on public holidays) items! From period postcards to stamps Address: No. 7, Travessa da Sé Admission: Free to lamps, jade pieces, jewellery, coins, Enquiries: (853) 8399 6699 www.icm.gov.mo toys, collectibles and bric-a-brac of every Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau 4/5 ‘New Tenant in an Old Mansion’ - description. Visitors regularly flock to the Nocturnal Drama in Taipa Houses-Museum market in the heart of the old village searching for that elusive souvenir, and not many come away disappointed! The district also hosts an interactive street event The play ‘New Tenant in an Old Mansion’ revolves around Ah Hon, from 4:00pm to 5:00pm featuring magic, music and dance shows. 26/5 Learn about the Six Major Teas who abandons his filmmaking Time: 11:00am to 8:00pm (Sundays) In this month’s ‘Taste the dreams to work as a real estate Venue: Bombeiros Square, Taipa salesman despite years of study in Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 / 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo Tasty Culture 2012 - Tea Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Culture Promotion Programme’ the U.S. By chance, he meets an old activity, guest speaker Poon lady at the Taipa Houses-Museum Wai Fun will introduce the six who claims to have once lived there major types of tea commonly . . . A fantasy of sorts unfolds to 1, 12, 26/5 consumed - green tea, white the extent we wonder: Does the Through the Streets - Pleasure Tour through mysterious old lady hold the key to Taipa’s Historical Quarter tea, yellow tea, Oolong tea, black tea and post-fermented tea. In her address, Ms. Poon will give an overview rekindling Ah Hon’s dreams? The Little Mountain Arts Association will reveal all. The tour presents a remarkable peek into of tea production and its properties, explaining how tea leaves are differentiated an enchanting village honeycombed with Time: 8:00pm to 9:30pm by their degree of fermentation and categorized by the colour of the brewed tea. Venue: Taipa Houses-Museum twisting, narrow lanes and dotted with little She will also teach parents how to brew a pot of aromatic tea with their children Admission: Free (Register via telephone or enrol online at www.iacm.gov.mo) houses painted in every Mediterranean to improve family harmony. Language: Cantonese Enquiries: (853) 8394 3782 / 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo hue. Vibrant and still ‘local,’ Taipa is a study Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau in the old brushing shoulders with the new. Routes and themes change every Time: 3:00pm to 5:00pm On performance day, opening hours of the Taipa Houses-Museum will extend weekend, while your tour guide will introduce the buildings and attractions via Venue: Macau Tea Cultural House, No. 10, Est. de Adolfo Loureiro to 7:00pm. Admission: Free (Register via telephone or enrol online at www.iacm.gov.mo) interactive Q&A sessions at Carmo’s Fair before embarking on this voyage of Language: Cantonese discovery. Visitors can choose their own route according to the map of Taipa’s Enquiries: (853) 8394 3783 / 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Historic Quarter and Q&A sheet... or follow the tour guide.

Time: 2:30pm to 5:00pm Starting Point: Carmo’s Fair, Taipa Admission: Free (Register via telephone or enrol online at www.iacm.gov.mo) Enquiries: (853) 8394 3789 / 8988 4000 Language: Cantonese Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Many years ago, one of the advocate’s friends suggested reviving patois The ‘Sweet Language’ of Macau theatre in Macau and in 1993 that wistful thought became a reality. At times Local drama group ‘Doci Papiacam de Macau’ just oozes the old days in its productions but there is more to it than dressing up a dozen-strong, the group has harnessed comedy as the best way to make and casting a wistful glance over the shoulder, as Director Miguel de Senna Fernandes - a full-time legal advocate in his day serious statements about the life and times of the Macanese - those of job - readily acknowledges as he muses on the relevance of what went before. Sino-Iberian ancestry born in Macau - and their society, and because patois was much more the lingua franca in the middle years of the last century it is the “I should explain that ‘Doci Papiacam de Macau’ means 50’s and 60’s which attract most of the director/playwright’s attention. the Sweet Language of Macau,” he says. “The Sweet Language we are referring to is the ‘patois’ - or dialect In this year’s 23rd Macau Arts Festival, Dóci Papiaçám de Macau delivers yet - of old Macau, a classic, archaic Portuguese which, another instalment in their now legendary series of satires on local society with ironically, Portuguese speakers would not understand. the premiere of ‘Spooky Doo!’ (11, 12/5, MCCGA), tapping this time into the Patois has been around for several centuries but has local folk belief in spirits or souls from another world. As always, the company gone into decline over the last 150 years, largely because promises to tickle audiences - local and foreign - with a satire on contemporary speaking Portuguese implied status while speaking patois Macau, alluding with humour and poignancy to current events that have branded one as lower class.” captured the popular imagination.

30/3 - 13/5 Macau International Film and 1/5 Wubai & Bobby Chen Rock Labour Day 13/5 Mother’s Day Concert Video Festival 2012 (MIFVF) ‘The Wubai & Bobby Chen Rock Concert’ promises Now in its sixth year, MIFVF presents a smorgasbord of Traditional Portuguese folk dances, interactive to put a zing into Labour Day celebrations this year, films from Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, South Africa and parent-child game booths, stage performances with Wubai worshipped as the King of Rock in Asia Australia in an eclectic selection of styles and genres. and a mysterious gift for every participating mother and Bobby Chen widely acclaimed as a classic The exciting 48 RUSH Hours is back, too, challenging are some of the treats in store for mothers and their singer and songwriter. The contrasting musical aspiring young directors to conceive a short movie in . . . 48 families at the Mother’s Day Concert. It’s the one styles of the duet are sure to ignite great excitement hours! Everything’s in place for an intense weekend of day of the year that families and community get amongst concert-goers, with the majority of the songs to be performed video-making, talks, seminars and exhibitions for those a chance to say a big thank you to hard-pressed self-composed, and both stars at the height of their soaring popularity. who want to know more about the seventh art. Macau Indies, the vibrant mums so why not come along and enjoy the fun, fresh air and festivities! section showcasing what we best produce, wraps up the Festival on a high note, Time: 3:00pm Venue: Macau Forum, Av. de Marciano Baptista Time: 4:00pm enabling audiences to follow our filmmakers’ steps through our own stories in Admission: MOP250 (Seating available on a first come, first served basis) Venue: Comendador Ho Yin Garden, Av. do Dr. Rodrigo Rodrigues Enquiries: (853) 2855 5555 / 2833 7676 www.iacm.gov.mo Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 www.iacm.gov.mo our own city! Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau

For details, please refer to Organizer. Venue: Small Auditorium, Macau Cultural Centre Admission: MOP40 Enquiries: (853) 2870 0699 www.ccm.gov.mo Organizer: Macau Cultural Centre 12/5 Raymond Lam Live in Macau 12 - 13/5 My Date: 13 May 2013

Having sent fans’ expectations off the Richter Scale A Mayan prophecy predicts the end of the world in All Aboard ‘The Celestial Railroad’ at MSC! with his 2010 and 2011 concert performances, December 2012. If humanity makes it to 2013, does Cantopop superstar Raymond Lam returns to Macau this constitute a rebirth? Local established dance group ‘The Celestial Railroad’ - an animated this month with ‘Light Up My Life - Raymond Lam Live Stone Commune is contemplating this very issue in tour de force by Kagaya, a Japanese in Macau’. Having successfully debuted in Hong Kong its new performance employing ‘sound’ and ‘action’ digital fine arts pioneer renowned for last year, the ‘Light Up My Life’ tour hits Melbourne for an experimental performance lasting 24 hours. his depiction of the heavenly bodies and Sydney this month before igniting Macao, where fans can expect to see Why not bring your sleeping bag, cup noodles and - was inspired by the 1927 book by even more of his trademark energy and dazzling choreography, accompanied coffee along to see where this lengthy performance - and the future of Mankind? Kenji Miyazawa, enchanting millions by stunning lighting effects. - is headed. in Japan. The Planetarium’s newest Time: 8:00pm Venue: CotaiArena, The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel Time: 12:00noon (12/5) to the next day 12:00noon Dome Show is sure to enthral children Admission: MOP1280, 880, 680, 480, 280 Venue: Stone Commune, 2/Fl., No. 2G, Rua de Espectação de Almeida and adults in the Macau Science Centre as well. Enquiries: (853) 2882 8818 www.cotaiticketing.com Admission: MOP80 Ticketing: Stone Commune, Pin-to Book Organizer: The Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel Enquiries: (853) 6303 5880 Organizer: Stone Commune And in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, look for the ‘Ancient Weather Equipment Exhibition’ in the Science Exploration Gallery, featuring some 20 5 - 6, 12 - 13/5 18/5 Reading Event Introduces Works of artefacts that have significantly contributed to weather forecasting and climate Macau Artists Invite Public to Studios Dan Millman & Mangala Billson research in Macau. Regular visitors to Macau have discovered that the city is awash with cultural Pin-to Bookstore continues its Time: 10:00am to 6:00pm (Closed on Thursdays, Open on public holidays) activities, and while many out-of-towners like to take in a gallery or two, not monthly programme of reading Address: Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen many know how the artist goes about creating his masterpiece. Local art events. This month, body, mind Admission: Exhibition Centre: MOP25 dynamo Ox Warehouse has therefore taken the initiative of hosting ‘Open the Planetarium (Dome/Sky Shows): MOP35 health worker and healer Wong I Planetarium (3D Dome/3D Sky Shows): MOP45 Door to Art: 2012 Macau Artists’ Studios Open Days’, inviting some 20 local shares ‘The Life You Were Born to Enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 www.msc.org.mo artists to share their creative experiences with exhibition-goers in their studios Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life’s over two weekends in May. All are welcome to observe firsthand the conditions, Purpose’ by Dan Millman and ‘The Conditioning Number’ by Mangala Billson. and sentiments, that are driving Macau’s emerging artistic landscape. Visitors are encouraged to bring their favourite book to share or details can be mailed to Pin-to Bookstore, where they will be read to event participants. 3/5 Inaugural Concert of Macau Handbells For details, please refer to Organizer. Association: The Beginning Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 oxwarehouse.blogspot.com Organizer: Ox Warehouse Reading Event Time: 8:00pm The Macau Handbells Association - Pin-to Bookstore Business Hours: 11:30am to 9:00pm daily (until 10:00pm every Friday and Saturday) founded to promote the performance Venue: No.31, Edf.Veng Heng 1a, Senado Square of this intriguing musical discipline in Admission: Free (Register via telephone or email [email protected]) Enquiries: (853) 2833 0909 blog.roodo.com/pintolivros Macau - holds its inaugural concert this Plain Sailing with Macau Harbour Cruises Language: Cantonese month, in which it features a repertoire The Harbour Cruise pushes off from the historical embracing Western and Chinese folk Inner Harbour and continues past famous local music, pop and classical music, and attractions such as A-Ma Temple, Macau Tower, 5/5 8th Anniversary Show of Macau group and ensemble performances. Tuned handbells, developed in England Sai Van Bridge, Maritime Museum, and Kum Lam Educational Centre of Culture and Arts between 1696 and 1724, have recently experienced a resurgence of popularity Ecumenical Centre, presenting passengers with around the world, bringing pleasure to millions, thus this local inaugural handbell a perfect perspective on the city’s rich heritage in the adventurous, intimate Talented members of Macau concert is a must for your diary. environment that only a cruise can bring. Educational Centre of Culture Time: 8:00pm and Arts and their teachers have Venue: Small Auditorium, Macau Cultural Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Time: 1:00pm, 6:00pm, 8:00pm (Duration: 1.5 hours) a treat in store for the audience Start point: Ponte No. 12 (Port-Interior), Rua do Visconde Paco de Arcos Admission: MOP50 Enquiries: (853) 2855 5555 of their 8th Anniversary Show. Organizer: Bells Alive Handbell Choir Admission: MOP398, 298, 120 Enquiries: (853) 2893 0013 www.cruisemacau.com Together they will perform the Organizer: Macau Cruise Development Co., Ltd. ‘Third Movement from Sonata in C Minor’ (Op10 No.1) by Beethoven, ‘The Swan’ by Camille Saint-Saëns, ‘Colourful Everywhere’ A Kaleidoscope of ‘Minute Waltz’ (Op. 64 No. 1) by Chopin and the ‘Generals’, Chinese music by Cultural Activities Have a Pleasant Stay in Macau, the Guzheng Trio. There will also be parent-child musical performances and As well as its intriguing mix of ancient forts, lighthouse, museums, temples, in Legal Accommodation children’s storytelling to round off a very special evening. churches, and eclectic pot pouree of Chinese and Western culture, Macau is When you visit Macau, you may only stay in licensed famous for its festivals and the integration of the physical city with its myriad Time: 7:30pm accommodation - guesthouses, pousadas, hostels, etc. - to Venue: Small Auditorium, Macau Cultural Centre, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE celebrations and events. To further promote local culture, Macau is currently avoid potential hazards such as fire and unsanitary conditions. For free tickets, please apply to Organizer (Block A-E, 2 Floor, Edf. Amizade, holding ‘Colourful Everywhere’ Macau Square Cultural Activities in squares Avenida da Amizade) As the law on Prohibition of Providing Illegal Accommodation Enquiries: (853) 2896 0181 www.mecca.com.mo around the city, which are ideal for stage performances and give easy access is now in force the Macau SAR Government respectfully Organizer: Macau Educational Centre of Culture and Arts to spectators. reminds visitors to patronize only legal accommodation - a list is available.

For details, please refer to Organizer. You may also report illegal accommodation via the Tourism Hotline on Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2830 2045, 2832 4622 (853) 28333000. Let’s all be safe rather than sorry! Organizers: Federação da Indústria e Comércio de Macau Centro e Sul Distritos, Associação de Mútuo Auxílio dos Moradores do Bairro de San Kio www.macautourism.gov.mo/en/info/accommodation.php 9/4 - 13/5 1/3 - 6/5 Under Heaven: Documentary Photography by Ramblings: Photographs by Mica Costa-grande 25/4 - 17/6 My Way: Jean-Michel Othoniel Chun Wai

This month, a superb photography exhibition This exhibition is one of the highlights of the annual Le Hong Kong-born photographer Chun Wai has been themed ‘Ramblings’ will feature more than 70 of French May programme jointly organized by the Macau carrying his 6 x 6 medium format camera across the enduring works of celebrated Portuguese Museum of Art (MAM), the Consulate General of France in Asia since the 1990s to document life from a uniquely photographer/explorer Mica Costa-grande. In the Hong Kong and Macau, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. humanitarian perspective, and is now exhibiting his course of a quarter of a century, he has travelled It is also MAM’s annual feature exhibition of Western art, epic photographic record of vulnerable groups in the the highways and byways of Asia, Europe and which - titled ‘My Way’ - presents more than 45 works by renowned French Philippines forced to live in graveyards. A prizewinner America, recording memorable moments rich in artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. In addition to featuring his glass sculptural works, in the photojournalism category of Hong Kong’s Annual Human Rights Press humanity and unique in cultural symbolism. the artist’s varied collection of watercolours, sculptures, videos, photography, Awards in 2011, he recently founded Health in Action, a Hong Kong-based interactive installation and mixed media will be on display. non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian aid to countries in Asia. 18/4 - 31/12 Macau Art Window . 29/3 - 13/5 Stepping In Nature: MAM Collection 19/5 - 8/7 The Macau Art Window programme encourages Macau of Chinese Conceptual Photography Free Individual Travel . . . How Much Free? A artists to explore and express modern and contemporary Contemporary Art Exhibition art concepts and forms, while showcasing the city’s This exhibition showcases 40 contemporary Chinese The notion of ‘freedom’ can trigger imagination and echoes, and sometimes latest artistic and creative productions to the public. In this conceptual photographs selected from the Museum’s illusions, that haunt our daily lives. The travellers arriving in Macau via exhibition, six artists will show their works individually, with collection. By employing their bodies and various objects the Individual Visit Scheme have become key components of Macau’s young local artist Fortes Pakeong Sequeira displaying to and deliberately arranging ‘movements’ against normal development, prompting, in the process, a range of emotions and responses 20/5 while Mengshu shows unglazed porcelain transformed background settings such as streets and the natural that have captured the imagination of local artists. In response to this social from traditional sculptures of Chinese animals. By using modern mixed media environment, participating artists have produced conceptual phenomenon, Ox Warehouse has invited artists to submit entries for an to deconstruct the traditional meaning, her works seek to create a dialogue photography creations to visually convey their personal exhibition in which the medium of expression is, appropriately, free. between history, reality and modernity. idiosyncrasies. The unfamiliar and uncanny scenarios of the works generate a weird, illusory ambience out of kilter with the real world as we know it. Time: 12:00noon to 7:00pm (Closed on Tuesdays) Venue: Ox Warehouse, Intersection of Av. do Coronel Mesquita and Av. do Almirante Lacerda Time: 10:00am to 7:00pm (No admission after 6:30pm, closed on Mondays) Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2853 0026 oxwarehouse.blogspot.com Museum Admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays and public holidays) Enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 www.mam.gov.mo Organizer: Macau Museum of Art Organizer: Ox Warehouse

24/3 - 27/5 AFA in SKY 28/4 - 24/6 The Unlimited Horizon - A Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition by Lee Yi-hong

AFA (Art for All Society) is currently showcasing 20 Taiwanese artist Lee Yi-hong’s growing reputation in landscape photography continues to play an important selected art works by Macau artists Tong Chong, Coke role in his painting. This exhibition - displaying 34 ink paintings and calligraphy - presents Lee Yi hong’s creative Wong, James Wong, Nick Tai, James Chu, Fortes mindset of the past decade and his strong grasp of the traditional literati spirit, in which he exhibits a special talent Pakeong Sequeira and Yves Sonolet in SKY 21. The for composition and atmosphere, his refreshing imagery an inspiration to both artists and exhibition-goers alike. exhibition - embracing paintings, sculptures and video Time: 9:00am to 9:00pm daily (Open on public holidays) - proved to be a popular draw with visitors when Venue: Temporary Exhibition Gallery of the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, No. 163, Av. Almeida Ribeiro AFA introduced them to international art fairs, and Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8988 4100 www.iacm.gov.mo/museum Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau represent a new page in the contemporary art of Macau, whilst signalling the closer collaboration of local art associations with like-minded commercial enterprises.

Business Hours: 12:00noon to 3:00am CREATIVE MACAU Exhibitions Permanent Exhibition: High Tea in Macau Venue: 21/F, AIA Tower, No. 251A-301, Avenida Comercial de Macau Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2872 3344 www.sky21macau.com / www.afamacau.com CREATIVE MACAU hosts two exhibitions A permanent exhibition in the Macau Tea Organizers: Art for All Society, SKY 21 this month. ‘Still to Motion: drawings by Culture House displays valuable exported Wu Lu Sheng’ (20/4-7/5) displays over tea sets and tea paintings, plus objets d’art 20 drawings by a local artist who has from local traditional shops and tea houses. 29/4 - 3/6 themed his work around the daily lives The gallery tea machine dispenses a fresh A Ceramic Life Journey - of the Mainland Chinese and Macau Pottery Sculpture Exhibition of Lu Shu-chen tea aroma, which visitors can smell upon people. ‘Visions and Prototypes: works by entry, and in addition they can enjoy live Taiwanese sculptor Lu Shu-chen favours a natural approach students of Design and Architecture at the music created by local musicians Lei Vai Fan that has become the hallmark of her work. She does not, for University of Saint Joseph’ (17/5-9/6) showcases a selection of studio works and Ip Kim Kuok, whilst immersing themselves example, ‘beautify’ the outer glazing of her ceramic pieces, produced during the 2011-2012 academic year in which the marriage of the in the history of the beverage that Macau was opting instead to preserve the natural state and colour of the disciplines is refreshingly evident. once famous for. clay - what she defines as the real source of beauty. This Time: 2:00pm to 7:00pm (Closed on Sundays) Time: 9:00am to 7:00pm (Closed on Mondays, open on public holidays) exhibition displays 30 ceramic art works, described as the Buddha Series, Floral Venue: Creative Macau, G Floor, Macau Cultural Centre, Venue: Macau Tea Culture House, Lou Lim Ieoc Garden at Avenida do Ceramics, Ceramic Sculptures in Cast Copper, Canine Creations, Ceramic Board Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282 www.creativemacau.org.mo Admission: Free and Sketching Series. Organizer: Centre for Creative Industries Enquiries: (853) 8394 3783 / 8988 4000 www.iacm.gov.mo/teamuseum Organizer: Macau Tea Culture House Time: 10:00am to 6:00pm (Closed on Mondays, open on public holidays) Venue: Exhibition Gallery, the Taipa Houses-Museum, Av. da Praia, Taipa Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 8988 4100 www.iacm.gov.mo/museum Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau 3/3 - 6/5 The Lotus Pond - 14/4 - 27/5 Works by Dong Sio Meng The Secret Garden - Paintings by Lai Sio Kit

29/4 - 18/5 ‘Eternity’ - These works - a new series of ink and mixed media Chan Chon Mun Art Exhibition To Lai Sio Kit, rooftops are ‘secret gardens’ works created over the past few years - serve as an and in this exhibition of his paintings visitors The subject of eternity is of special significance to experiment by the artist to bring his thoughts on ink assume the perspective of giants, meandering Chan because as a wood sculptor he strives not and brush painting into creative focus. Initially, Dong through the streets of this small city discovering only to create art but preserve social memory. His considered his paintings “a dialogue with myself and ‘secret gardens’ hiding quietly in space. The Hawker Series recalls local Macau food no longer a ‘lotus pond’ for spiritual reflection” but following the exhibition-goer travels from rooftop to rooftop available and salutes the fading away of the once vibrant street vendor culture. successful exhibition of ‘Ink Lotus by Dong Sio Meng’ following the invisible thread of depiction of a painter who seeks to freeze As such, his work also highlights the significance of local customs and traditions. in New York in 2001, the artist has mounted a small snapshot moments and scenes in a city undergoing rapid urban development. Chan has a great diversity of artistic expression, embracing realistic, concrete and exhibition themed around the ink lotus every year at the abstract styles but primarily focuses on the relationship between humanity and invitation of international art museums who recognize Time: 12:00 noon to 7:00pm (Closed on Sundays and public holidays) Venue: Art for All Society, No. 52, Est. da Areia Preta, Edificio da Fabrica de nature, which he believes inseparable and interdependent. the lotus as a metaphor for everyday life. Baterias N.E. National, 10th Floor Admission: Free Time: 10:30am to 6:30pm (Closed on Mondays) Time: 10:00am to 7:00pm daily (Open on public holidays) Enquiries: (853) 2836 6064 www.afamacau.com Venue: 10 Fantasia - A Creative Industries Incubator, Venue: Tap Seac Gallery, No. 95, Av. do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida Organizer: Art for All Society No.10, Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2833 5140 www.macauart.net Admission: Free Enquiries: (853) 2835 4582 10fantasia.blogspot.com Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau Organizer: 10 Fantasia - A Creative Industries Incubator

‧ Athletes from around the world - cheered on by their die-hard supporters - will compete for prizes and glory in the ‘2012 Macau International Dragon Boat Races’ on Nam Van Lakes on 16, 17 & 23 June. ‧ Join the local population in various lotus-themed activities honouring the territory’s very special official symbol - the lotus - in the ‘12th Macau Lotus Flower Festival’ from 9 to 17 June. ‧ The ‘FIVB World Grand Prix’ - held in Macau from 8 to 10 June - is sure to attract hardcore volleyball fans as the world’s top teams battle it out en route to the final in China!

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Note: Activities subject to change, please check with the organizers.