Charity

    Join local charity organization A Heart for China to spend time with children at Huayang Special School (华阳特殊儿童康复中心) this Sunday in Longhua New Area. Volunteers are welcome to bring gifts, cookies and small boxes of milk and cheer up the special children at the school where most of the kids are physically or intellectually handicapped. Volunteers are encouraged to sing and dance or play with the children.

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    Meeting place & time:

    Baishilong Metro Station (白石龙地铁站) Exit C, at 1:30 p.m. July 31 to take a bus to the school. The bus fare is 30 yuan, including drinking water.

    Jang Keun-suk

    South Korean actor and singer Jang Keun-suk will perform in Shenzhen.

    Time: 7:30 p.m., July 30

    Tickets: 380-1,280 yuan

    Reservations: 400-610-3721

    Venue: Gymnasium of Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, 3001 Binhai Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区滨海大道3001号深圳湾体育中心体育馆)

    Metro: Shekou Line, Keyuan Station (科苑站), Exit A

    Ancient porcelain

    Relics provided by Guangdong Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art and Macao Museum are on display. The 180 exhibits showcase ancient pottery and porcelain and made-for-export porcelain with designs commissioned by European buyers.

    Dates: Until Sept. 18

    Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

    Metro: Shekou or Longhua Line, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B

    Rare bird photos

    Shenzhen photographer Chen Guoping will exhibit photos of rare birds that he took in Japan, Australia, Africa, the Antarctica and Bhutan.

    Dates: July 30-Aug. 14

    Open: 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

    Venue: Se Artspace, A2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区A2栋色界艺术空间)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A

    Choir

    Cantemus Regensburg Choir from Regensburg, a historical city alongside the Rhine in Germany, will give a concert. The choir was founded in 1954 and has grown into a large chorus of 700 members.

    Time: 8 p.m., July 30

    Tickets: 80-480 yuan

    Reservations: 400-610-3721

    Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall, intersection of Hongli Road and Yitian Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路和益田路交汇处深圳音乐厅)

    Metro: Longhua or Longgang Line, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit D

    Free English movie salon

    “Million Dollar Baby” (2004) will be shown free of admission. The American sports drama was directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood. Starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman, the film is about an under-appreciated boxing trainer, the mistakes that haunt him from his past, and his quest for atonement by helping an underdog amateur boxer achieve her dream of becoming a professional.

    Time: 7:30 p.m., July 29

    Venue: Cinexpress, 710, T-Park, 2001 Binhe Boulevard, Futian District (福田区滨河大道2001号深港影视创意园710迷影荟)

    Metro: Shekou or Luobao Line, Grand Theater Station (大剧院站), Exit E

    ‘Wasted Time’

    Teatro Plus from Spain will present the play “Wasted Time” in Shenzhen. A new father is a normal person with a regular schedule. However, his strict schedule changes completely along with his daughter Beibei’s appearance! She needs to be fed, played with, and taken care of. She needs lots of time. The father gets annoyed and asks Beibei not to bother him.

    Times: July 29, 7:30 p.m.; July 30-31, 10:30 a.m., 3 p.m.

    Tickets: 180 yuan

    Reservations: 400-185-8666

    Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, 2106 Nanshan Boulevard (南山大道2106号南山文体中心)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B

    Cat adoption day

    Homeless cats, collected by volunteers of the local cat-caring website szcat.org, are waiting for pet lovers to take them home from an adoption event Sunday. All cats will be available to new owners free of charge. Organized by szcat.org, the event encourages people not to abandon their pets even if they move out of the city. At the event, new cat owners will be given free cat food provided by Nature Bridge.

    Time: 2:30-5:30 p.m., July 31

    Venue: Xiehe Pet Hospital, 1060 Hongli Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路1060号协和宠物医院)

    Metro: Longgang Line, Hongling Station (红岭站), Exit E

    Louvre replica

    The Louvre, the world’s largest museum and French historic monument, is exhibiting prints reproduced from classic paintings and sculpture replicas. With the authorization of the Louvre Museum and the National Museum Union of France, the exhibition breaks the norms of traditional viewing, and creatively applies new VR technology.

    Dates: Until Sept. 12

    Open: 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

    Tickets: 90-120 yuan

    Booking: 400-610-3721

    Venue: B1, Wongtee Plaza, 118 Fuhua Road 3, Futian District (福田区福华三路118号皇庭广场B1层)

    Metro: Luobao or Longhua Line, Convention and Exhibition Center Station (会展中心站), Exit C

    ‘Summer Triangle’

    Shaped by historical and cultural contexts, the image of a city constantly changes depending on the aspects reflected and narratives constructed by the mass media. In the exhibition “Summer Triangle,” OCAT Shenzhen presents artworks of Jon Rafman, Adrian Wong and Xie Lantian. Stemming from the concept of “constellation,” the exhibition takes Hong Kong as a case study and explores how the cultural parallaxes in mass media construct the identity of a city.

    Dates: July 31-Oct. 10

    Open: 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

    Venue: OCAT Shenzhen, OCT-LOFT, Enping Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城恩平路创意文化园OCAT深圳馆)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A(Cao Zhen)