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Olympic Games. Macau to dance at the opening ceremony.

Olympic Games

The Macau Song and Dance Troupe
(Grupo de Danças e Cantares de Macau)
will be present at the pre-opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. Director João Fonseca recounts the group’s history, recalling some adventures and triumphs they’ve had along the way.

This August, Beijing has the opportunity to show the world a glimpse of historic Portugal, letting curious spectators wonder what could have brought these men with capes of straw from the countryside to their corner of the world and what these black-clad women whisper to each other under their breath. Little more than three months [...]

Why French? 21 years of Alliance Française in the territory.

Why French?

21 years of Alliance Française in Macau.

Just as it is everywhere else, the year in Macau and Hong Kong is composed of 12 months. The difference being that here, one of them is actually reserved especially for the French culture. This month that we call “French May” has in fact a long history in the region. In 2008 this arts festival celebrates its 16th anniversary, and a long list of cultural activities make up the programme prepared for both Hong Kong and Macau audiences. From an exhibition of ancient Greek art of the Louvre Museum and a classical music concert to a contemporary experimental video art presentation, Macau is offered a series of carefully selected choices. Indeed, France as a cultural brand name seems to carry [...]

Nature Speaks to Itself. Solo exhibition of James Chu.

Nature Speaks to Itself

Solo exhibition of local artist James Chu at St. Paul’s Fine Art.

S ince its opening in November of last year, the gallery at St. Paul’s Fine Art has been offering us exhibitions by various artists from Macau. In its attempt to create a base for the local art market, the association Art for All (AFA) is committing itself not only to organising events in the gallery but also to producing art works that are true assets for any possible dealings.

The gallery’s fourth exhibition, “Soliloquy of Nature” , opens this month, presenting the latest art work by James Chu Cheok Son. Director [...]

Literature
A Lottery Win, by Kit Kellen.

Short Story

A Lottery Win.

Meet Harry Strapper. Bright sunshiny day. Harry can’t whistle but that doesn’t stop him. Why should it? Harry’s doing something he’s done every Monday morning for quite a few years now. [...]

Cinema
Peter Greenaway at the Macau's International Film and Video Festival.

Encounter with the Master

Peter Greenaway at the Macau's International Film and Video Festival.

Every year, near the end of March and the beginning of April, cinema lovers in Macau would suddenly get busy. [...]

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