Contemporary Hong Kong Art 2000

To mark the new millennium, this comprehensive overview of the past 50 years explores the identity of local art. The exhibition has five themes - Hong Kong School, Solitary Peaks, Roots From Design, Vision Beyond Forms and Transformation Of Heritage - and is curated by invited guests along with the curator Mr Tang Hoi-Chiu. It features selected collections of the Museum of Art and loaned works in different media and styles by various noted local artists. Various seminars and discussions will be held in conjunction with the show.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Pursuing a mostly private life now, seminal rocker Jerry Lee Lewis lives on a rustic retreat in his native Mississippi, wears cardigans and smokes a grandfatherly pipe. When he does step into his rock and roll life, one of his favourite venues is the intimate House of Blues room in New Orleans. Onstage the past comes to life as Lewis's god-given piano genius asserts itself and the 'The Killer' belts out 'Great Balls of Fire'.

Enrico IV

San Francisco American Conservatory Theatre brings to the stage the rarely produced 20th-century classic 'Enrico IV', by Nobel-prize winning playwright Luigi Pirandello. Enrico is an unnamed Italian nobleman in 1922 who has either lost his mind or is pretending to be mad. 20 years earlier, he was knocked unconscious at a costume ball where he was dressed as the 11th-century King Enrico IV. When he awakes, he really believes himself to be the medieval ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. He walks the fine line between lunacy and lucidity for two decades before the woman he once loved arrives on a mission to cure him.

Basketball: Las Vegas Showdown

Not all is cosy and warm this holiday season in Las Vegas, as four NCAA men's basketball teams will churn up the hardwood during what has become a December sports-lovers tradition. With ESPN providing the live television coverage, you can be sure the teams will try hard to run with UNLV's Rebels and turn this into a slam-dunk fest of the first order. The early show has Oregon taking on powerhouse Auburn, while the main event features UNLV defending itself at home against Cincinnati.

Black Comedy + The Real Inspector Hound

Peter Shaffer's 'Black Comedy' takes the audience on a journey right into the centre of a blackout in London. Brindsley 'borrows' some priceless antique furniture to impress his girlfriend's father and the crusade to return it plunges his life into utterly hilarious disintegration. In Tom Stoppard's 'The Real Inspector Hound' two snotty theatre critics are about to pan an old murder mystery, when suddenly the show takes a mysterious move and turns on them. Don't miss this 'double-whammy' performance.

Apocalyptica

Four classically trained cellists from Finland play the music of Metallica and other heavy metal bands in one of the more bizarre cross-pollinations in the music scene today. And the crazy thing is, it works. Apocalyptica somehow manages to maintain the energy of hard rock using the harmonious, melodic tones that they produce on their cellos. Their metal cover songs and original compositions have won them the admiration of hard-core rockers, as well as classical buffs and people who just like good music.

Club More

Out to fill the void left after the tragic burning down of the Roxy, More is employing many of the creative minds, DJs and VJs behind that infamous nightclub. Ardy Beesemer and Quinten de Rosario are the DJs hosting the Wednesday Gay 'Life' night. Dimitri and friends hold court on Thursdays' 'Hi Tech SoulMovement'. Garage and 2-Step are the order of the day on Fridays' 'Speedfreax presents Bingo!'. Saturdays have been dubbed 'Club Risk' while Sundays are under the sign of Puck's lesbian night.

Grace Under Fire

Part of the National Geographic Society's 'Masters of Photography' series, this lecture and discussion will focus on photojournalism under dangerous conditions and in life-threatening situations. The featured guest is Maggie Steber, director or photography for the Miami Herald. From Elian Gonzalez to the 2000 US Presidential Election, Florida has had its' share of crises this year. She will be bringing some pictures she considers great, as well as a bunch of first-hand war stories.

Al Jarreau

An extraordinary vocalist who is hard to characterize, Al Jarreau brings his relaxed pop vocal stylings to one of the most intimate new venues in town, the Blue Note Jazz Club. In an 30-year career, Jarreau has worked with a range of artists from Quincy Jones to Bela Fleck, and his be-boppin' smooth-sailin' vocals appear on an amazing 66 albums, 32 of which are his. The only vocalist in history to win Grammy awards in three categories - jazz, pop and R&B - Jarreau has a sound that appeals to most everyone.