Beijing

Cartoon festival

The monthlong Beijing Cartoon Festival was recently unveiled. The festival features hybrids of comics and travel books, with various cartoon figures showcasing the wonders of numerous travel destinations across the globe.

8 am-10 pm, until Aug 15. Old CCTV Tower, 11 Xisanhuan Zhonglu, Haidian district.

010-6845-0715

Children concert

An orchestrated, multi-media children's concert in Forbidden City Concert Hall to celebrate the summer holiday will feature the music of Tom and Jerry, Lion King, and Angry Bird. It will also play segments from classics including Nutcracker.

7:30 pm, July 12. Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside Zhongshan Park, Xichang'an Street, Xicheng district. 010-6559-8285

Shanghai

Beauty of twin cities

Miguel de Cervantes Library, the Cultural Section of the Consulate General of Spain in Shanghai, is presenting an exhibition of Antoni Miralda. The show outlines the creative processes of Twin Flavors / Twin Tongues, the installation that the Spanish artist presented at the Barcelona Pavilion in the last Shanghai Biennale. This is a set of photographs, sketches and videos that trace a dialogue between the different culinary traditions of Barcelona and Shanghai, twin cities since 2001.

10 am-7 pm, July 7-Oct 7. Miguel de Cervantes Library, 198-208 Anfu Road. 021-5467-0098

Girls' trio

S.H.E., a girls' trio from Taiwan has been popular in the Chinese pop music scene for more than a decade. The group is beginning its fourth world tour, titled Together Forever, featuring all the hit songs through their career. The act will feature high-tech visual effects including 3-D projection and giant LED display.

7:30 pm, July 13. Mercedes-Benz Arena, 1200 Expo Avenue, Pudong New Area. 021-5150-9199

Art of watchmaking

Swiss watchmaker Breguet is holding an exhibition titled Breguet, the Inventor of the Tourbillon, to mark the grand opening of the brand's first boutique in Shanghai. The show was first launched in January in Geneva. Visitors will discover the wonders of the tourbillon, one of the most striking inventions in watchmaking history.

10:30 am-9:30 pm, until July 13. 168 Taicang Road, Huangpu district. 021-6329-6778

Hong Kong

Hot to trot

Just like children after a full year of school, horses need a couple of months off during the summer to rest. But before that, they are ready to go out with a bang. Check out the longest running sporting event in the city and cheer on your favorite filly while listening to live music in a celebratory atmosphere.

7-11 pm, July 10. Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley Racecourse, Sports Road, Happy Valley. 852-2895-1523

All that jazz

American jazz musician, entertainer and actor Howard McCrary will be in Hong Kong for two nights, headlining a charity concert to raise money for people suffering from epilepsy. Along with crooning favorites such as You Raise Me Up and My Way, McCrary will be joined by locals music gurus Eugene Pao on guitar and Ted Lo on piano as well as Sylvain Gagnon on bass and Anthony Fernandes on drums.

8 pm, July 9 and 10. Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. 852-2734-9009

Macao

Flexible furnishings

Macao-born Andre Lui Chak-keong has a one-man show titled Urban Nomadic. The Portugal-trained architect is fascinated by the concept of minimal living and has designed a collection of furniture that can be transformed to fit a variety of different functions. In response to the soaring price of real estate in his hometown, Lui questions through his installation just how much stuff we really need.

10 am-7 pm, Tue-Sun until July 14. Macao Museum of Art, Avenida Xian Xing Hai.

853-8791-9814

(China Daily 07/07/2013 page15)