Pedestrianisation of ‘Street of Bliss’ kicks off

The Rua da Felicidade pedestrianised area started at 11 a.m. on Mid-Autumn Festival last Friday and will end at 1 a.m. on Sunday, featuring, in the pilot phase, large-scale art installations, a cultural and creative market, an art and cultural event, interactive check-in game and a night market.The Rua da Felicidade area, which is aimed to “create a vibrant and artistic atmosphere filled with cultural and tourism experiences, while promoting the business and development of local small-

October 5, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Mums share ‘Infant and Toddler Reading Programme’ experience

Interview by William Chan        The Macau Post Daily recently conducted an online interview with two mothers who had participated in the Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) programme “Infant and Toddler Reading Programme”.According to a statement by the bureau in July, it has launched a string of cultural activities for Macau residents of all ages that began in July, covering history, reading, and music, one of which included distributing reading packs to infants and

September 28, 2023 | BY admin

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Black Box Theatre II to feature jazz quintet

The Gregory Wong Quintet will be the first performers at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Black Box Theatre Box II on October 10, local trombonist Gregory Wong Weng Hou told The Macau Post Daily in an exclusive interview last week at ORA Coffee Tap Seac.Wong started learning to play the trombone and jazz music in Macau at the age of 15, after which he obtained a bachelor of arts degree in Trombone at the Chinese Culture University in Taipei and a master‘s degree majoring in jazz music at

September 27, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Meet the man & group aiming to promote local comics

Interview by Rui Pastorin        If you are a comic lover, you might be familiar with characters and stories associated with big American publishers like Marvel Comics and DC Comics, perhaps even Japanese manga* and Hong Kong comics (aka manhua). But have you ever stopped to wonder if Macau has its own comics?That is a question that local actor and penciller** Howard Chan (陳兆銘, who is also the president of the Association of Promoting Macau Comics and Animation

September 26, 2023 | BY admin

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Exhibition shows CPC war relics from victory against Japanese aggression, fascism

The Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Macau Oral History Association are co-hosting a photo exhibition of Communist Party of China (CPC) war relics at the temporary gallery of the Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) at its headquarters on Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro.The exhibition commemorates the 78th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, showcasing over

September 21, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Comuna de Pedra to present ‘The Vanished Figures’

Interview by William Chan        The director of local art organisation Comuna de Pedra, Jenny Mok Sin Teng, has told The Macau Post Daily that her art group will be performing a show entitled “The Vanished Figures” on October 7-8 at the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) Small Auditorium.The interview was held at Hiu Kok Art Centre on Avenida do Almirante Lacerda last week after a rehearsal session.Founded in 1996, Comuna de Pedra continues to concentrate on body movement and

September 20, 2023 | BY admin

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Mr Doodle conducts his 1st live creation in Macau

British contemporary artist Mr Doodle marked his first live creation performance in Macau at the City of Dreams (COD) in Cotai on Tuesday, during which he doodled on a blank white 2.5-metre by one-metre sculpture of the COD logo in front of audience members including local government officials and members of Melco’s senior management.Mr Doodle’s real name is Sam Cox and, according to a website called Ocula, is known for his “busy, light-hearted doodles that spread across walls, rooms, and

September 14, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Leung Hio Ming to perform Chopin’s études

Interview by William Chan        In an exclusive interview with The Macau Post Daily, Leung Hio Ming, an associate professor at Macao Polytechnic University (MPU), expressed his enthusiasm for his upcoming performance of Chopin’s études at the Small Auditorium of Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) on September 22.The interview took place last week in Leung’s office on the MPU campus in Zape.After completing his doctorate in musical arts at the University of Kansas and working

September 13, 2023 | BY admin

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From adversity to artistry: How ‘stepping back’ propelled Gride’s artistic journey

Interview and review by Kio Leong        Just last month local artist and creator of GrideToys Gride Chan Wang Hou presented his toy art at ART TOY CON Macau 2023 in the Tap Seac Commercial Centre, also called Tap Seac Glasshouse, and at Toy Academy’s “GAME ON” POP-UP STORE at the Venetian Macao Cotai Expo Hall D, but it turns out it was neither the artist’s toy art debut – not on the market at least – nor his artistic debut. An exclusive online interview

September 12, 2023 | BY admin

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Echo Programme – Music Creation Camp: My 4 days and 3 nights experience

Impressions by Ginnie Liang        The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) organised a four-day music creation camp at the Seac Pai Van Vocational Training Centre in Coloane from August 31 to September 3 and invited renowned Hong Kong lyricist Chow Yiu-fai and veteran music producer Eward Chan Ho Yin as mentors, with singer-songwriter Yoyo Sham as a guest speaker.Known for their popular works in the Hong Kong music industry, as well as their teaching positions at Hong Kong Baptist

September 11, 2023 | BY admin

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One Central Macau hosts ‘Pablo Picasso: Paintings in Glass’

One Central Macau in Nape is hosting the “Pablo Picasso: Paintings in Glass” exhibition at the shopping mall’s Atrium, presenting six artworks among 50 pieces signed and selected by Picasso between 1954 and 1957 to be interpreted in gemmail.Gemmail, which means enamel gem in French, is a type of stained-glass art developed during the 1930s by French painter Jean Crotti, Wikipedia notes.According to a statement provided during yesterday’s opening ceremony, the works displayed at the

September 7, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macao Orchestra performs season-opening concert, welcomes new assistant conductor

The Macao Orchestra (OM) held its season-opening “Lio Kuok Man and Macao Orchestra” concert on Saturday at the Grand Auditorium of the Macau Cultural Centre (CCM). The orchestra also introduced Taiwanese musician Tony Yeh Cheng-Te as the orchestra’s assistant conductor, according to a Macao Orchestra statement last week.The concert marked the beginning of the orchestra’s new season entitled “150th Anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s Birth”. The Macao Orchestra performed

September 6, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Japanese artist displays over 40 paintings in ‘Invisible Planet’

Contemporary Japanese artist Kumano Umi, aka Umi Kumano, is showcasing 40 of his new works in a solo exhibition titled “Invisible Planet” at the Humarish Club gallery at Lisboeta Macau.The exhibition, which is Umi’s first solo exhibition in the city, is a Collateral Exhibition for “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023”. A recent Humarish Club statement noted that the exhibition is presented in collaboration with “KOTARO NUKAGA”, an art gallery founded in Tokyo in

September 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Mozambican artist displays paintings at 'Interior Landscapes’ exhibition

A solo exhibition titled “Interior Landscapes” by Mozambican artist Suzy Bila is currently hosted by Amagao Gallery at Artyzen Grand Lapa Macau hotel.The exhibition runs through October 6 and is a Collateral Exhibition for “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023.”According to a recent joint statement by Artyzen and Galeria 57 Macau Limitada, which manages the gallery, Bila invites visitors to immerse themselves in the “enchanting realm of abstract forms, palettes, emotions,

August 31, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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