Theater
Assassination Q2 … GO (暗殺Q2…GO) is a black comedy that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
* Guling St. Theater (牯嶺街小劇場), 2, Alley 5, Guling St, Taipei (台北市牯嶺街五巷二號)
* Today at 7:30pm, tomorrow and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm
* Tickets are NT$400 and are available at www.artsticket.com.tw
Wind Shadow (風影) is the latest performance by Cloud Gate Dance Theater (雲門舞集) and covers a wide range of subjects used for dance such as literature and philosophy to create a dramatic and exhilarating work.
* National Theater, Taipei (國家戲劇院)
* Tomorrow, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:45pm and a matinee performance on Sunday at 2:30pm
* Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,000 and are available through NTCH ticketing
Events
2006 Taipei Flower Show (2006 台北花卉展). To celebrate its tenth birthday, the flower exhibition centers on the theme of festivity, using colorful flowers to decorate the park. Music concerts will start at 2pm tomorrow and a movie screening will take place on Sunday at 6:30pm. For more information, visit www.2006taipeiflowershow.com.tw
* Da-an Forest Park (大安森林公園), 1 Xinsheng S Rd Sec 2, Taipei (台北市新生南路二段1號). Call (02) 2303-2451
* Until Sunday
Chinese Ice Hockey League (CIHL) Hockey night in Taiwan begins week three on Sunday at 7:20pm when the puck drops between the leagues two top teams, the Rhinos vs Lions. At 8:40pm, the Raptors will duke it out against the Wolves and finally at 10pm the fourth-place Tigers will try to show their mettle against the third-place Bears. Come out and cheer your favorite team in the well-chilled Taipei Arena as ex-pats and locals alike take to the ice for some cool hockey action.
* Taipei Arena (台北小巨蛋), 2 Nanjing E Rd Sec 4, Taipei (台北市南京東路四段2號)
* Sunday, starting at 7:20pm
* Admission is free
Classical music
Jeannie Cheng 2006 Piano Recital II (鄭怡君2006鋼琴獨奏會II). Cheng found her way to Juilliard School in New York at the age of 14. She will play a program of works, including Bach-Busoni's Chaconne, Schubert's Impromptus, Nos. 3 and 4, Op. 90, Chopin's Ballade, No.3, Op.47, and Schumann's Carnaval, Op.9.
* Tonight at the National Museum of Prehistory (國立台灣史前文化博物館), 1 Museum Rd, Taitung City (台東市博物館路1號) and Wednesday at the Recital Hall, Taipei
* Free admission for the Taitung concert. As of press time, NT$800 and NT$1,000 tickets are sold out for the Taipei concert, but seats are available from NT$300 to NT$500 through NTCH ticketing
* Tonight at 2:30pm and Wednesday at 7:30pm
Ars Trio Taipei — Salute to Mozart Concert Series II: From Mozart to Mahler (印象三重奏團—向莫札特致敬活動系列二:黃金年代). Featuring pianist Lee Yen-I (李燕宜), violinist Chen Fang-liu (陳方騮), cellist Jessica Chen (陳俐亨), soprano Zoe Hwang (黃瑞芬), and violist Wang Yi-chuan (王意權), the concert will present the Taiwan premier of Mahler' Piano Quartet and world premier of piano trio works adapted from Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Fourth Movement, Mozart's motet Exultate, Jubilate, K.165, Nehmt meinen Dank, K.383 and Piano Quartet in G Minor, K.478.
* At the Recital Hall, Taipei
* As of press time, NT$300 tickets are sold out, but seats are available from NT$500 to NT$800 through ERA ticketing
* Sunday at 7:30pm
2006 Taiwan Connection Mozart Festival (莫札特音樂節—神童,神童). Joined by the Academy of Taiwan Strings (台灣絃樂團), the concert tour will feature violinist Hu Nai-yuan (胡乃元), pianist Fou Tsong (傅聰), violist Rainer Moog, tenor Will Hartmann, and other young Taiwanese instrumentalists. The tour, which includes concerts in Ilan, Hualien, Chungli and Taipei, begins in Hsinchu on Thursday. The program for the Hsinchu concert will include Mozart's Divertimento for String Quartet in D Major, K.136, String Quintet in C Major, K.515, Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K.218, and Serenade No.13 in G Major, K.525.
* At the Hsinchu Municipal Auditorium (新竹市立演藝廳), 17 Tungta Rd Sec 2, Hsinchu City (新竹市東大路二段17號)
* Tickets range from NT$200 to NT$1,200 and are available through ERA ticketing
* Thursday at 7:30pm
Contemporary
Witch House features jazz ensemble Allez East (彭郁雯爵士雅集)tonight.
Tomorrow it's Echo GS (艾可菊斯), who sing Aboriginal ballads tinged with bossa nova and other Latin influences.
* Entrance for all shows is NT$300
* Tonight and tomorrow at 9:30pm
* 7, Ln 56, Xinsheng S Road Sec 3, Taipei (新生南路三段56巷7號). Call (02) 2362-5494 or visit www.witchhouse.org
Rock Empire Music presents former UFO and Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker and his Michael Schenker Group, with opening acts Marty Young and Electric Eyes (電眼).
* NT$1,200 upper deck to NT$2,200
"VIP meet and great" tickets are available at the door or on the Web through ERA ticketing. Visit www.ticket.com.tw
* Tomorrow at 6pm
* Liberty Square Convention Center (自由廣場大樓國際演藝聽), 2F, 399 Ruiguang Rd, Taipei (台北市瑞光路399號2樓)
The Wall (這牆) presents alt-rock band The Meeting Places (會議室樂團)tonight. Tomorrow it's post-rock Golden Melody Award Winners The Chairman (董事長樂團) followed by Bass Party with DJs Jocy (psy-trance), Mic (house), P!tt Tang (breakbeats), and Raver (house). Madflow, Banji (鈑機), Hindsight's 20/20 (光景消逝), and Japanese band Toubero (東京毒素) perform Sunday.
* Entrance for tonight is NT$500, or NT$700 for entrance and a copy of the band's CD Find Yourself Along the Way, tomorrow is NT$400, Sunday is NT$300
* Tonight's show begins at 8pm, tomorrow's concert at 8pm, tomorrow's Bass Party at 11pm, Sunday's concert at 8pm
* B1, 200 Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or visit www.the-wall.com.tw
Grooveyard presents Submarine 3 tonight playing acid jazz rock steady groove and Divebomb tomorrow playing raw indie garage rock.
* Tonight and tomorrow's shows begin at 9:30pm
* Entrance for tonight is NT$100, for tomorrow it's NT$100 before 10pm and NT$200 after
* 2F, 105 Huamei W Rd, Taichung (台中市華美西街105號二樓).
Visit www.grooveyardtaiwan.com
The Living Room (小客廳) presents Taipei American School senior Sahil Mehrotra, with guitarist Wei Wen, and The Beetle Band (甲蟲樂團) tonight, standup comedian Hartley Pool in a performance that will feature nudity tomorrow, and Chit Chat Game Night on Tuesday with board games. On Wednesday it's Magic, Music, and "The Buzz" (嘰哩呱啦美語聚樂會) featuring a magic show, performances by new bands and a weekly language club for anyone who wants to practice and improve their English. Thursday is theater night with Nagano Masataka.
* Tonight's performances begin at 9pm, tomorrow's comedy show begins at 8pm and the band performance starts at 10pm,
Tuesday's fun and games begin at 7pm. Wednesday's evening of entertainment starts at 7pm. Thursday's Theater night begins at 9pm
* Entrance for tonight and tomorrow is NT$300. There is no admission fee on Tuesday. On Wednesday, entry for the magic show is NT$100, NT$50 for the band performances, which begin at 8pm, and the language club, which starts at 9pm, is also NT$100.
* Thursday night is NT$100
* 3F, 8 Nanjing E Rd Sec 5, Taipei (台北市南京東路5段8號3樓). Call (02) 8787-4154 or visit www.livingroomtaipei.com
Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) presents 17-member G.J.O. Big Band (搖擺爵士大樂團)tonight, The Assassins(刺客)unplugged and Japanese band Toubero(東京毒素) tomorrow, Cherry Boom(櫻桃幫)and Coach (教練)Sunday, and Candy Wine(糖果酒)with La Petite Nurse (小護士) on Tuesday.
* All shows begin at 9:30pm
* Entrance for tonight is NT$400, tomorrow and Sunday NT$350, and on Tuesday it's NT$300
* B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號B1). Call (02) 2368-7310, or visit www.riverside.com.tw
Velvet Underground (地下絲絨) presents Lucky Q (辣激卷樂團) and Red Flowers (紅花) tonight, Toner and 831 (八三夭) tomorrow, and OK Bomb (安全炸彈樂團) and Sound Factor (音素) on Tuesday.
* Tonight, tomorrow and Tuesday's shows begin at 9pm
* Entrance for all shows is NT$300 (students NT$200)
* B1, 50 Zhongxiao W Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市忠孝西路一段50號B1). Call (02) 2314-1868 or visit www.velvet-underground.com.tw
Exhibition
Art Out of the Wall (藝術出牆系列活動). A public installation art program aimed at building facades as a creative medium and calls on the diverse expressions of contemporary art to give the city a much-needed facelift. Apart from artists Lin Jun-ting's (林俊廷) interactive installation at the intersection of Dunhua South Road and Bade Road, a series of selected graphic and digital art works are on display in the pedestrian underpass gallery of the Taipei Culture Center. A grand opening featuring performances is being held today at the cultural center's plaza and a forum on public art will be held at the Taipei Fine Art Museum tomorrow. For more information, visit www.artwall-taipei.com
* Taipei Culture Center (台北市立社會教育館), 25 Bade Rd Sec 3, Taipei (台北市八德路三段25號). Open Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 5pm.
* Call (02) 2577-5931
* Until Dec. 17
Ubiquitous (無所不在). To celebrate its fifth birthday, the Taipei Artist Village brings together 200 artists who have participated in its projects.
* Taipei Artist Village (台北國際藝術村)
* 7 Peiping E Rd, Taipei (台北市北平東路7號). Open Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 6pm. Call (02) 3393-7377
* Until Dec. 3
Realistic Painting Today(今日寫實繪畫十人行). Featuring works by 10 local artists, the exhibition aims to reinterpret the meaning of realistic painting by giving it a contemporary look and open up a space for interaction between viewers and the artists.
* AKI Gallery (也趣), 4, Ln 140, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 7, Taipei (台北市中山北路七段140巷4號). Open Tuesday to Thursday from 1pm to 9pm; Friday to Sunday from 11am to 10:30pm.
* Call (02) 2872-5296
* Until Dec. 3
Reading/Family Story: Lin Chuan-chu's Multidisciplinary Exhibition II (閱讀/家族故事-林銓居跨領域作品展). Primarily an ink painter, Lin crosses over to animation, oil painting and photography to express his intimate feelings toward his relatives and awakens people to their long-buried memories of their homeland through family stories told from Beijing, Wanli, Chicago and Taipei.
* Taishin Financial Tower Art Gallery (台新金控大樓元廳), 2F, 118 Renai Rd Sec 4, Taipei (台北市仁愛路四段118號2樓). Open Monday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm. Call (02) 3703-6955 X1534
* Until Wednesday
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