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Wine: The English Connection

Books: Pleasantville by Attica LockeMusic: Cama Incendiada by Mana

Movies: Avengers: Age of Ultron

Food: Shower Your Mother With Love

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OThe compelling “Pleasan-tville” continues Attica

Locke’s insightful look at African-American life in Houston, where politics, race and classism converge in myriad ways.Locke sets her third novel in Pleasantville, a Houston nei-ghborhood that was built af-ter World War II specifically for black families “of means and class.” But this new bla-ck middle class also began to wield “unexpected political power” as the community became “a bargaining chip to politicians.”Jay Porter, a former black activist turned lawyer, has witnessed the changes in race relations through the years, yet he knows that deep-seated prejudice conti-nues to simmer.“Pleasantville” picks up in 1996, 15 years after the

It’s a given that pop-rock band Mana will sell out shows wherever they go, whether it’s the Staples Center (where

they set the mark with 11 sell-out concerts) or in their native Mexico. But what hasn’t been easy for the band is keeping the energized sound that propelled them to fame with their 1992 breakout album “Donde Jugaran los Ninos?”But after several uneven albums that verged too far into sweetness, Mana has found its edge again with their ninth studio album “Cama Incendiada,” or “The Burning Bed.”On the opener “Adicto a Tu Amor,” Fher Olvera’s rough-hewn voice is colored with a raw sexiness that had been missing of late. On the title cut “La Cama Incendiada,” Ol-vera displays a range of character, from whispers to play-fulness and power, mixing the Spanish lyrics with bits of English, “I saw you with otro guey, no and that’s not right.” The music echoes the flirtation, moving from a sly, walking

rhythm into a powerful crescendo of rock guitar and horns that drop hard into the hook.Grammy-winning producer George Noriega (Shakira, Ricky Martin, Draco Rosa) has with this new collaboration helped Mana revisit and freshen up sounds from early albums, blending them into modern rhythms and incorporating different sounds, including the pan flutes and ska-guitar licks on “La Prision” which build up into something akin to the recharge of an old-school flash bulb.While the album has its shortcomings, such as the over-sweetened ballad “Ironia” or the rocking “Electrizado” which fails to energize, Mana fans who’ve been hungering for the strength of the band’s early works will rejoice. Grab those tickets for “Cama Incendiada” tour while you can. They’ll go fast.

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‘Pleasantville’ has griPPing, believable Plot

“Pleasantville” (Harper), by Attica Locke

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark in the film, "Avengers: Age Of Ultron"

From left, Cobie Smulders, seated, Chris Evans, Don Cheadle, Claudia Kim, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson

‘age of Ultron’ is an avengers overdose

DRIVE IN Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer

It will surely stand as one of the most peculiar and

possibly ironic entries in a director’s filmography that in between Joss Whedon’s two “Avengers” films there reads “Much Ado About Nothing”: a low-budget, black-and-white Shakespeare adaption san-dwiched between two of the most gargantuan blockbus-ters ever made.In “Avengers: Age of Ul-tron,” Whedon (and Mar-vel’s) sequel to the third highest grossing film of all-time, there is definitely aplenty ado-ing. Too much, certainly, but then again, we come to the Avengers for their clown-car excess of superheros, their colorful coterie of capes.What binds Whedon’s spec-tacles with his Shakespeare are the quips, which sail in iambic pentameter in one and zigzag between explo-

sions in the others. The original 2012 “Avengers” (which featured the rarest of superhero movie insul-ts: “mewling quim”) shou-ld have had more of them, and there’s even less room in the massive — and massi-vely overstuffed — “Age of Ultron” for Whedon’s dry, self-referential wit.As a sequel, “Age of Ultron” could have amped up the brio. But it instead pushes further into emotionality and complexity, adding up to a full but not particular-ly satisfying meal of fran-chise building, and leaving only a bread-crumb trail of Whedon’s banter to follow through the rubble.The action starts predicta-bly with the Avengers, now assembled, assaulting a re-mote HYDRA base in the fictional, vaguely Eastern European snowy republic of

ckedly hums Pinocchio me-lodies: “There are no strings on me.”But the drama of “Age of Ultron” lies only partly in the battle with Ultron, whi-ch skips around the globe, to Seoul and South Africa, due to only slightly logical pursuits of rare metals and a tissue-generating inven-tion. The film is really focu-sed on the fraying dysfunc-tion of the Avengers and their existential quandaries as proficient killers now untethered from the dis-mantled S.H.I.E.L.D. agency.Most successful are the ten-der scenes between Ruffa-lo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk and Johansson’s former Russian spy. She’s something like his LSD trip guide, soothing Ruffalo’s enraged “big guy” with her soft voice, petting his hand until he shrinks back to Banner and the green dissipates.

Sokovia. They are a weaving force: Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, Chris Hemswor-th’s Thor, Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, Chris Evans’s Captain America, Scarlett Johans-son’s Black Widow and Je-remy Renner’s Hawkeye.Their powers are as va-rious (supernatural, tech-nological, mythological, lab experiments gone wrong) as their f laws (Iron Man’s narcissism, the Hulk’s rage, the Black Widow’s regrets). Downey’s glib Tony Stark/Iron Man is the lead-sin-ger equivalent of this super group and, I suspect, the one Whedon likes writing the most for. “I’ve had a long day,” he sighs. “Eugene O’Neill long.”What “Age of Ultron” has going for it, as such referen-ces prove, is a sense of fun, a lack of self-seriousness that persists even when things start going kablooey — so-mething not always evident in other faux-serious su-perhero films. (I’m looking at you, “Man of Steel.”)In Sokovia, they encoun-ter the duplicitous twins Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-

Johnson) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). She can, with a crimson-colored ma-gic, read minds, and he’s li-ghtning quick. They, howe-ver, aren’t the movie’s real villains: That’s the titular Ultron, an artificial intelli-gence that the Scarlet Witch slyly leads Stark to create, birthing not the global pro-tection system he hopes, but a maniacal Frankenstein born, thankfully, with some of his creator’s drollness.Ultron (James Spader) bui-lds himself a muscular me-tallic body and with the supposed cause of world peace, begins amassing a robot army to rid the pla-net of human (and Avenger) life. Spader plays Ultron too similar to other mechanical monsters to equal Tom Hid-dleston’s great Loki, the ne-mesis of the last “Avengers” film. But Spader’s jocular menace adds plenty. He wi-

events in 2009’s “Black Wa-ter Rising,” which introdu-ced readers to Jay. The years haven’t been kind. His wife has been dead a year now and his mourning has sty-mied a close relationship with his teenage daughter.

There’s not a wrong note in the cast; just about anything with the likes of Spader, Ru-ffalo, Johansson, Hemswor-th and Downey can’t help but entertain. But the dive into the vulnerability of the Avengers doesn’t add much depth (is the home life of an arrow slinger named Hawkeye important?) and saps the film’s zip.In the relentless march forward of the Marvel jug-gernaut (the next “Avengers” movies are slated for 2018 and 2019), “Age of Ultron” feels like a movie trying to stay light on its feet but gets swallowed up by a larger power: The Franchise.

“Avengers: Age of Ultron,” a Walt Disney release, is rated PG-

13 by the Motion Picture Asso-ciation of America for “intense sequences of sci-fi action, vio-

lence and destruction.” Running time: 141 minutes.

His major victory over an oil conglomerate still lan-guishes in the courts, and in his grief, he has neglec-ted his private practice. Jay becomes mired in nei-ghborhood politics when he reluctantly agrees to repre-sent the grandson of a Plea-santville power broker in a murder case.Locke, a writer and co-pro-ducer of the Fox drama “Em-pire,” gracefully melds po-litics and racial issues with greed and a family rooted in secrecy for a gripping, believable plot. Jay is a bold character, flawed and realis-tic, who has had to come to terms with reconciling his activism with supporting a family. His missteps as a pa-rent are true to life, as is his determination to succeed as a father — and a lawyer.

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For Afghanistan's abandoned children, help is scarce

Paul Schemm, Quarzazate

Rahim Faiez & Lynne O'Donnell, Kabul

Abandoned children attend a drawing class at a shelter in KabulHagar's country director in Afghanistan, Sara Shinkfield talks during an interview with the Associated Press at her office in Kabul

Afghan abandoned children eat their lunch at a shelter in Kabul, Afghanistan

Starved and beaten by his step- mother, the little boy with big brown eyes was already wi-

thdrawn and unhappy by the time his father banished him from the family home and sent him to an orphanage in the Afghan capital, Kabul.There, the beatings and the abuse continued, this time by older boys, and it took a while before a teacher at school noticed just how much in pain the 10-year-old was and slowly got him to tell her his story.The boy's mother had become sick and died, he said, and when his fa-ther remarried, the new wife took against the boy and his sister, of-ten beating them, and withholding food for days on end.It would have been an all too com-mon story in Afghanistan had not the teacher reached out to a parlia-mentarian, who got in touch with a government rights commission, which then contacted a non-go-vernment organization that in turn provided a lawyer — and af-ter a complicated cascade of events the boy was eventually brought to a shelter run by Hagar Internatio-nal, the NGO.

After almost four decades of war, two generations of Afghans have no experience of life without a ba-ckdrop of brutality. The 10-year-old was one of the lucky few to escape what can appear to be a never-ending cycle of violence.Human rights officials and those working with abandoned, orpha-ned or unwanted children say up to 6.5 million Afghan children live in danger of abuse. The country, with an estimated population of around 30 million, has had much of its services devastated by the conflict and has little capacity to care for them.On a recent visit to the Hagar shel-ter for vulnerable minors in Kabul, The Associated Press gained access to a tiny fraction of those children. With the permission of the shelter managers — who are the children's legal guardians — and with the consent of the 10-year-old himself, the AP talked to the boy about his life since his father sent him away. It is the AP's policy not to identify minors who have been subjected to abuse.The shelter, in the western subur-bs of the capital, is one of two in Kabul run by Hagar International, which for the past five years has aimed to provide a range of servi-ces for children who have suffered extreme abuse.Many are not orphans in the tra-ditional sense. They still have a parent living — but one who is not willing or financially capable of caring for the child.At Hagar, many of the children experience education for the first time and acquire skills that could one day help them earn a salary. But most importantly, they learn

that their lives have value and they are treated with dignity, said Sara Shinkfield, Hagar's country direc-tor in Afghanistan."One of the difficulties in this job is that every day, we are meeting clients who have been through hell, they have been through the worst that life can offer, they have been treated without dignity, they have been treated as less than hu-man," said Shinkfield.Currently Hagar is caring for more than 40 women and children, boys and girls, at its two Kabul shel-ters. The children study and have classes as they would in school — mathematics, geography, history, along with English and computers. There is time for play and they are regularly taken on field trips.In recent months, groups from the shelters visited the city's only

amusement park, the Green Park, as well as Kabul's famous Babur Gardens, the National Museum and the National Archive. They also have drawing and painting classes — their artwork often re-vealing the profound pain they have suffered and in many cases, still keep hidden.According to Najibullah Zadran Babarakzai, national coordinator for the rights of children with the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Afghan chil-dren are on the verge of a humani-tarian crisis and desperately need more of everything, including shelters."Between 6 million and 6.5 million children in Afghanistan are either directly in danger or are slowly moving toward danger," Babarak-zai said. Few independent or go-

vernment organizations focus on children's issues or provide shel-ters for victims of violence and other abuse, he said.In a country like Afghanistan where more than half of the popu-lation lives in abject poverty, the dangers are many, he said, listing trafficking, rape, forced marriage, prostitution and domestic violence among a plethora of threats.Children who are victims of abuse and violence often become abusers themselves, Babarakzai said. Trea-ting these children and helping them come to terms with their experiences, rather than interna-lizing their pain, can help them develop into normal, insightful adults.Hamidullah Habib, the director of the government's child protection services at Action Network, says

that in Kabul, a city of more than 4.5 million people, there are only 20 children's shelters — all with a limited capacity and expertise for treating traumatized minors."They are very good partners with the Afghan government in providing assistance to children in need," Habib said of the exis-ting services. "But unfortunately, their projects are based on foreign funds. So when the funding ends, the project is over."Outside Kabul, the situation is even more dire, he said.With the withdrawal at the end of last year of international combat troops and much of the interna-tional NGO presence, Afghanistan now faces an economic crisis that is expected to exacerbate poverty, which is likely to perpetuate the violence that afflicts the desperate across the country. Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world, and is regularly listed as one of the worst to be a woman because of the level of abuse against women and girls that is generally accepted and rarely dealt with by law.Since the foreign forces left and Afghanistan was no longer the primary focus of global charities and governments, many organi-zations like Hagar have been stru-ggling for the same share of the ever-shrinking funding pot, said Shrinkfield."I think you could have 100 orga-nizations and still it wouldn't be enough," she added.Meanwhile, the progress made by the brown-eyed boy who was brought to Hagar is a rare success story. After a year of treatment and care at the shelter, he now li-ves with an uncle, attends a priva-te school paid for by Hagar, and is making plans for his own future."I want to become a doctor, becau-se if anyone gets sick I will give him medicine," he said on a visit to Hagar, a big smile lighting up his face. AP

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Jacky I.F. Cheong The English ConnectionPartly due to its geographical location, the inland Alentejo region is by no means as heavily influenced by the English as the Douro region. However, in view of the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 – the oldest alliance still in force today – and the Treaty of Windsor of 1386, various exchanges did take place between the two countries since the Middle Ages, be it commercial, cultural or political. For any aristocratic, let alone dynastic, families back then, marriage was as important as any of today’s multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions.The family history of winemaker Joaquim Arnaud is a nutshell of Anglo-Portuguese relations. Centuries ago, his ancestor William Arnao arrived in Portugal from England with Princess Philippa of Lancaster, who married King João I and became Queen Consort of Portugal. Staying in Portugal in her service, William Arnao would later on fight for Duke of Coimbra Dom Pedro at the Battle of Alfarrobeira in 1449, where he was kil-led in action.Since 1640, the Arnao family has been living in Pavia, Alente-jo, where they planted vineyards and produced the wine titled Arundel, a reference to William Arnao, who descended from the Earl of Arundel, oldest extant earldom and the oldest extant peerage in the Peerage of England, created in 1138. To this day, Joaquim Arnaud stills makes three wines, in extremely small quantities, bearing the name Arundel – Arundel Young, Arundel and Arundel Great. The character and quality of his wines are as such that they are amongst the very best Alentejo has to offer.

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Joaquim arnaud arundel Young 2012

A blend of Aragonez, Alicante Bouchet, Syrah and Tincadeira, macerated for 21 days post-fermentation and matured for 6 months in French oak. Dark garnet with bright cardinal-ruby rim, the scented nose presents cassis, damson, Christmas spice, cocoa and sandalwood. With generous acidity and ripe tannins, the aromatic palate supplies black cherry, prune, clove, coffea arabica and cigar box. Medium-bodied at 12.5%, the energetic entry continues through a vibrant mid-palate, leading to a persistent finish.

Joaquim arnaud moscatel de setúbal 2011

A single-varietal Muscat fermented on lees and fortified by Portuguese wine brandy. Brilliant sinopia with glowing copper-tawny reflex, the nose is pungent and seductive, radiating orange peel, clementine, crystallised mandarin, sweet ginger and orange blossom. With vivacious acidity, the palate is baroque-like and scented, oozing white strawberry, white cherry, marzipan, osmanthus sweet and rose tisane. Fully sweet, viscously textured and medium-full bodied at 17%, the explosive entry persists through an operatic mid-palate, leading to a spicy finish.

Joaquim arnaud espumante 2008

A single-varietal Chardonnay from the Lourinhã sub-region of Estremadura. Intense citrine with shimmering golden reflex, the fragrant nose offers lemon peel, lime, green apple, fresh herbs and fleur de sel. With piercing acidity yet fine mousse, the nuanced palate delivers lime peel, pomelo, starfruit, brioche and oyster shell. Medium-bodied at 13%, the composed entry evolves into a buttery mid-palate, leading to a minerally finish.

Joaquim arnaud arundel 2009A blend of Aragonez, Alicante Bouchet, Syrah and Tincadeira, macerated for 21 days post-fermentation and matured for 12 months in French oak. Rich garnet with luminous carmine-ruby rim, the nose is haunting and lush, effusing black cherry, dried damson, clove, cocoa, porcini mushroom, crushed rock and violet. With succulent acidity and delicious tannins, the palate is endearing and graceful, emanating prune, crème de cassis, nutmeg, mocha, tobacco, sandalwood and sakura. Medium-full bodied at 14.5%, the attractive entry carries onto a melodious mid-palate, leading to a harmonious finish.

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green asparagus, parmesan tuile and orange reduction, making a grand entrance to impress your mother with its refreshing flavors of springtime. The risotto is gently cooked in saf-fron, which gives the dish a gorgeous yellow color and distinctive hay-like aroma, while the crisp golden Parme-san cheese adds a luscious salty note that harmonizes with the orange re-duction that highlights a sweet note of citrus and fresh zing.Finally, your mom will be touched when she sees the dessert, bergamot tart with yoghurt sorbet. It is adorned with beautiful chocolate hearts, so sweet that it will make you a fan of Aux Beaux Arts for sure.

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Once we enter into any bui-ldings around town, the air conditioner is often colder than it should be, and the cool air immediately strips the skin of its needed moistu-re. Therefore, it is important to make sure that our skin is moisturized using good skin care products. “Don’t use just any cream that you can buy from a beauty counter at a depart-ment store. It’s not going to work. We need state-of-the-art technology backed with science. That’s when you know that your money is well spent,” says government certified physician, Dr. Chan

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foundation by providing basic training in Cantonese Opera and theatrical performance. Strenuous practice enables students to achieve the highest standards, empowering them to propagate the artistic essence of Cantonese Opera.

time: 7:30pm Venue: Alegria Cinema admission: MOP80, MOP100 enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau http://www.icm.gov.mo/fam/26/en/eventdetail.aspx?id=5114

Monday (May 4)Human roots

This exhibition seeks to confront Man through his roots in Nature via the display of extraordinarily powerful wood pieces by French contemporary sculptor Mickaël Obrénovitch, a leading proponent of organic sculpture. His pieces comprise 200-year-old teak tree roots rescued from a Java fire, symbolising Nature’s fragility. The roots look as if they were gestating, waiting for the sculptor to spur their rebirth. The aspiration of Obrénovitch’s abstract art is to trace the silhouette of life, and to provoke a dialogue between the ancient wood and Man. time: 11am-7pm (Closed on public holidays) until: July 2, 2015admission Free Venue: IAOHIN Gallery, Rua da Tercena No.39A enquires: (853) 2892 1908 organizer: IAOHIN Gallery

tUesday (May 5)tHe past – masters of macau: an exHibition of poetrY, calligrapHY, painting and seal-carVing 2015The exhibition displays 100 items of calligraphy, painting and seal-carving. The artists in question include: Deng Fen, Situ Qi, Luo Shuzhong, He Lei, Yang Shanshen, Lin Jin, Zhao Weifu, Yu Junhui and He Daogen, among others. Various works will be exhibited.

time: 10am-7pm (Closed on Mondays, no admission after 6:30 pm) until: July 19, 2015Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays and public

saVanna – a possible landscapeamit drori and tHéâtre VidY lausanne (israel/ switzerland)Savanna – A Possible Landscape, a compelling piece of visual theatre, tells two touching stories of the cycle of life. The first story, an autobiographical narrative by Israeli puppeteer Amit Drori, tells of a boy’s jealousy of his mother’s piano. While captivated by the instrument he is resentful of the attention she dotes on it. After his mother dies, the boy hunts down the piano and disassembles it trying to erase it from his memory, only to find he suddenly can think of nothing else. In the second story, the performers set about unpacking wooden crates and constructing the “Savanna” landscape. As more boxes are unpacked, wonderful robotic animals are revealed. First come little insects, then larger animals, a tortoise and an elephant with her calf. The story turns when the mother elephant dies. One can look at it as an image of paradise where life is being created for the first time; on the other hand, it is a scary possibility of an artificial nature that could only exist in a room, isolated from the “real world”, like a lost paradise. The story of the piano and the artificial nature of Savanna together create a stage poem about the delicate tension of creation and destruction.

time: 11am, 3pm & 8pm (May 2) 8pm (May 3)language: Cantonese (Surtitles in English and Portuguese)time: 3pm (May 3)language: EnglishVenue: Old Court Building, 2nd floor admission: MOP150 enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau http://www.icm.gov.mo/fam/26/en/eventdetail.aspx?id=5114

sUnday (May 3)tHe bound-feet liu Jinding crasHes four gatesmacau Kaifong cantonese opera JuVenile’s troupe

The Bound-feet Liu Jinding Crashes Four Gates recounts the arduous journey of Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of China’s Song dynasty, in his quest to conquer the Southern Tang Kingdom.The Macau Kaifong Cantonese Opera Juvenile’s Troupe encourages teenagers’ interest in learning this art form and laying a solid performance

today (May 1)lied balletcentre cHorégrapHique national de tours - direction tHomas lebrun (france)Created within the 68th Avignon Festival 2014, Lebrun-orchestrated Lied Ballet, a world in three acts where epochs that morphed and fashioned today’s art of choreography coincide and clash. He reflects on the space left for social issues and tolerance in cultural settings where “popular songs became classics, or spectacles addressing bourgeoisie now find their place in the music hall, shunned by ‘innovative’ art”. Evoking the imagery and symbolism of historic eras, eight dancers incarnate the zeitgeist of momentous times through variations of ballet steps and clean-cut gestures. The graceful moves are in harmony with Berg, Mahler and Schönberg’s lieder, delivered by tenor Benjamin Alunni and pianist Thomas Besnard, which complete Lebrun’s creation of choreographic and acoustic pleasures.

time: 8pm until: May 1-2, 2015Venue: Macau Cultural Centre Grand - Auditorium admission: MOP100, MOP200, MOP300, MOP350 enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau http://www.icm.gov.mo/fam/26/en/eventdetail.aspx?id=5114

toMorroW (May 2)memorY blueprint ii – dance tHeatre

Following the enthusiastic reception of Memory – A Multimedia Concert in 2010, and of Memory Blueprint – Dance Theatre in 2011, the Soda-City Experimental Workshop Arts Association further explores the theme in Memory Blueprint II – a production centred on Macau’s urban development and conservation.The show’s production team, comprised of both local and international talents, projects their concerns and high hopes for the future of Macau on stage through various dance forms, music and visual effects, reflecting upon the relationship between human beings and nature.

time: 8pm until: May 2-3, 2015Venue: Dom Pedro V Theatre admission: MOP120, MOP150 enquiries: (853) 2836 6866 organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau http://www.icm.gov.mo/fam/26/en/eventdetail.aspx?id=5114

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Wednesday (May 6)it’s an amazing world – macau science centre

Learn the basics of DNA and biotechnology at the DNA Gallery (Gallery 10). Cocomong - A Space Adventure (Planetarium) involves aliens, the Virus King, Star Gems . . . and a lot of skullduggery, while Rocket Trilogy Chapter 2 – The Nations of Spicy and Sour (Gallery 5, Exhibition Centre) recounts the zany tale of warring brothers locked in a tussle to make perfect sour and spicy soup! Back to the Moon for Good (Planetarium) revisits the pioneering space exploration of the ’60s and ’70s, while a new interactive water resource hall plunges into a most fascinating subject!

time: 10am-6pm daily (Except Thursdays) Venue: Macau Science Centre, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat-Sen admission: Exhibition Centre MOP25; Planetarium MOP60-80 enquiries: (853) 2888 0822 organizer: Macau Science Centre http://www.msc.org.mo

thUrsday (May 7)art of inK – mio pang fei calligrapHY exHibition

Over the years, Mio’s contemporary art has immensely impacted the development of art in Macau, while his profound calligraphy skills are an indispensable element of his contemporary art. Through this exhibition, visitors can appreciate Mio’s strength and power in his arts and calligraphy, which will comprehensively help them understand his artistic accomplishments. In addition, Mio’s magnificent and uniquely styled calligraphic works may evoke our reconsideration of the possibility and significance of traditional Chinese art vis-à-vis contemporary art.

time: 10am-7pm (Closed on Mondays, no admission after 6:30 pm) until: July 5, 2015Venue: Macau Museum of Art, Av. Xian Xing Hai, s/n, NAPE admission: MOP5 (Free on Sundays and public holidays) enquiries: (853) 8791 9814 organizer: Macau Museum of Art http://www.mam.gov.mo

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