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The Week<br />
Friday 12/4<br />
In Bed with These Ladies<br />
Thai designer’s Sutthida Jungsura brand SpaghettiTop comes to Hong Kong this week as part of<br />
In Bed With Designers. This three-day event hosted by Ovolo Southside and buymedesign.com showcases<br />
amazing work by 50 emerging designers from all over the world, as well as talks, tours and cocktail parties.<br />
Grab some designer furniture for your flat—or at least a strappy top or two. Models not included.<br />
Dec 4-6. Ovolo Southside, 64 Wong Chuk Hang Rd., Wong Chuk Hang, 3460-8100, tiny.cc/hk-inbed.<br />
Friday 11/27<br />
Pole Position<br />
Pole dancing as a sport has been growing in popularity:<br />
It’s super fit and super sexy. Tonight is the sixth<br />
International Pole Championship: 25 international<br />
dancers come together over five divisions—men’s,<br />
women’s, disabled, doubles and masters—to twirl their<br />
way to glory.<br />
6pm. MacPherson Stadium, 38 Nelson St., Mong Kok.<br />
$300-650 from cityline.com.<br />
Saturday 11/28<br />
Break it Down<br />
B-boys and girls, DJs and dancers from the four corners<br />
of the world come together to fight for the right to be<br />
crowned champion of the 2015 Challenge Cup Worldwide<br />
Finals. If you just wanna learn to bust a move, competition<br />
judges Ayumi and Marcio will also host a workshop on<br />
Nov 29, 7-9pm at Jam City Studio, Unit B, 8/F, Block A,B,<br />
Ka Ming Court, 688-690 Castle Peak Rd., Lai Chi Kok.<br />
Noon-9pm. King George V School, 2 Tin Kwong Rd.,<br />
Ho Man Tin. $100 at the door; workshop $150 at the<br />
door. Workshop info at tiny.cc/hk-danceworkshop.<br />
Sunday 11/29<br />
Make Like a Tree<br />
Innovation, design and a whole load of duct tape:<br />
Maker Faire comes to Hong Kong to showcase the<br />
best of the SAR’s ingenuity.<br />
Nov 28-29. Hong Kong Polytechnic University,<br />
11 Yuk Choi Rd., Hung Hom. Visit tiny.cc/hk-makerfaire<br />
for info.<br />
Tuesday 12/1<br />
Old-School Cool<br />
Haven’t figured out your holiday gifts yet? The Hong Kong<br />
Markets Organisation is launching Something Old, the<br />
first month-long vintage market in the SAR, with 30 vintage<br />
enthusiasts introducing their wares, a pop-up dark room<br />
for developing film the old-school way, displays of vintage<br />
collections and a retro-style barber shop perfect for those<br />
who want to ditch their Movember ‘tache. They’re also<br />
hosting watch- and clock-making workshops every weekend,<br />
because Rolexes are way basic.<br />
Nov 27-Dec 20, closed Mondays. The Space 2/F, D2 Place,<br />
9 Cheung Yee St., Lai Chi Kok. Check out somethingold.hk<br />
for more info; register for the workshops at eventbrite.hk.<br />
Wednesday 12/2<br />
¡Feliz Navidad!<br />
The Sociedad Hispánica hosts a Latin bazaar, Mercadillo<br />
Navideño, at the Culture Club. Go for inexpensive gifts or<br />
$50 sangrias, all sourced from Hispanic countries. Sounds<br />
like a fiesta!<br />
4-11pm. Culture Club, 15 Elgin St., Central. Free entry.<br />
Thursday 12/3<br />
Yoga and You<br />
Prep for the holiday bustle with 90 minutes of yoga at<br />
Power Yoga Hong Kong. Yoga instructor Sarah Clare<br />
Lawrence will teach you how to connect with those secret<br />
inner powers that you never knew you had (or knew you<br />
had, but couldn’t figure out how to use). All levels welcome,<br />
including beginners—bring your own mat and water.<br />
7pm. Tamar Park, Harcourt Rd., Central. $180.<br />
Saturday 12/5<br />
Zoom Zoom<br />
Zuma has just launched its new Saturday Session<br />
brunch menu, featuring a set Japanese menu with freeflow<br />
drinks and cocktails. Check out their Smoked Peanut<br />
Butter Old-Fashioned, which you can sip through a<br />
chocolate straw, or their Yuzu and Mandarin Cosmo,<br />
which is straight up juicy-delish.<br />
Saturdays, 2:30-5pm. Zuma Lounge, 6/F,<br />
The Landmark, 15 Queen’s Rd. Central. $450 plus<br />
service charge, includes complimentary valet parking.<br />
Monday 11/30<br />
They’ll Be Bach<br />
The Hong Kong Bach Choir opens their season with<br />
Lamentation and Prophecy, a program containing rarely<br />
performed works by Liszt and Reger, plus a new piece by<br />
Hong Kong-based composer James Boznos. Nope,<br />
no Bach tonight. Just a Liszt of new music. Ha!<br />
8pm. Concert Hall, Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui.<br />
$120-360 from urbtix.hk; Visit bachchoir.org.hk<br />
for more info.<br />
Horsing Around<br />
One of the biggest events in the racing calendar is right around the corner: The Longines Hong<br />
Kong International Races, aka the Turf World Championships, returns to Sha Tin. There will be<br />
loads of activities and performances, including a variety show with Cantopop star Miriam Yeung,<br />
a stunt show by the Sichuan Suining Acrobatic Troupe, a drum performance by Ban’s Gig Drums<br />
and a pyrotechnic show (presumably well away from the horses). There’s special food on the menu,<br />
and every guest gets a free souvenir cap until they run out.<br />
Dec 13, Sha Tin Racecourse. $10 at the door; free for tourists with valid travel documents.<br />
Coming Up<br />
6 HK MAGAZINE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015