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Secret
Island DJs
On a sleepy island off the coast of Hong Kong, there’s a
“dance dance” revolution brewing. Over the last few years
the region’s party scene has been moving in a new direction
with the establishment of western-style music festivals,
generating a more sophisticated encounter with music and
DJs to match. It’s an exciting time for local audiences with
new talent championing innovative sounds. Hong Kong has
been leading the way as a model for Macau, with several
local DJs crossing over to our sister SAR to hone their
acoustic craft. Along went MDT’s journalist Vanessa Moore
to investigate.
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Movies: Force majeure, listen up philip, pride
Books: The killer next door by alex marwood
Music: With a little help from my fwends by the flaming lips,
Wine: The Prussian Crown
Food: beauty and the beast
Macau Daily Times | Edition 2182 | 31 Oct 2014
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PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion
DRIVE IN
3 below-the-radar films
to catch this fall
B
y all means, see David
Fincher’s gloriously pulpy “Gone Girl,” the elegant,
surreal comedy “Birdman,”
the percussive and intelligent
indie “Whiplash” and the staggering Edward Snowden
documentary “Citizenfour.”
But before Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Interstellar”
arrives and wipes everyone’s
brains, here are three films
not to forget amid the increasingly crowded fall movie
season:
FORCE MAJEURE: If ever
there was a shot to make Alfred Hitchcock jealous, it’s
the one that makes “Force
Majeure.” A family, on vacation in the French Alps, lun-
ches at a mountaintop restaurant. They and the other
skiers, sunning on a deck,
gaze at an avalanche deliberately set off high above. But
as the rolling cloud of white
comes closer and closer, the
spectacle becomes a terrifying threat. How the family
— a handsome couple with
two young children — reacts, and the aftermath to that
moment are the substance
of “Force Majeure.” Whereas
Hitchcock might have set
such a moment in an alpine thriller, Swedish director
Ruben Ostlund situates it in
a wry portrait of a shamed
patriarch — a black comedy
about a dissolving marriage
on the (snowcapped) rocks.
LISTEN UP PHILIP: The
narration starts with a kick,
from the first frame, as Philip
Friedman (Jason Schwartzman) trudges angrily past
slower sidewalk pedestrians.
He’s an up-and-coming New
York novelist whose story
is narrated in a particularly
bookish way (voiced by Eric
Bogosian). Philip is an ambitious young author whose
extreme self-obsession is repellent to all (including the
viewer) except for his mentor, the accomplished Philip
Roth-like writer Ike Zimmerman (Jonathan Pryce). The
film is a curious combination of the close-up intimacy
of Cassavetes, yet narrated
from an arch, literary remove. Writer-director Alex Ross
Perry has said he wanted to
write a screenplay as might
have been penned by Roth,
who hovers over the film like
Obi Wan Kenobi. But Perry
excels in capturing the toxic, self-defeating egoism of
a driven, talented jerk — and
AP PHOTO
Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer
Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren and Vincent Wettergren in a scene from the
film, "Force Majeure"
the damage he leaves behind.
PRIDE: So often has the inspirational
crowd-pleaser
been done without much inspiration or pleasure that one
as good as “Pride” can now
slip below the radar. Perhaps
we’ve grown suspicious of
rousing tales from rural Britain, where boys dance their
hearts out and steel workers
strip. In “Pride,” British di-
rector Matthew Warchus tells the true tale of when the
U.K. miners’ strike of the mid-’80s brought together two
very different groups. Long
accustomed to the bullying
of police and Margaret Thatcher’s government the miners are suffering, some of
London’s gay community
lent their support to the
Welsh workers. The miners
variously reacted to the em-
Liz White as Margaret, Imelda Staunton as Hefina and Nia Gwynee as Gail in a scene from the film, "Pride"
Elisabeth Moss in a scene from the film, "Listen Up Philip"
tTUNES
‘The Killer Next Door’ is
Flaming Lips fail with
‘Sgt. Pepper’ cover
D
E
AP PHOTO
gripping mystery
“The Killer Next Door” (Penguin
Books), by Alex Marwood
lice and her former boss,
whom she witnessed murder a man, for three years,
thanks to a new identity.
Teenager Cher Farrell scrapes by with petty thefts
and scams. Refuge Hossein
Zanjani escaped Iran’s politics. Vesta Collins, who
was born in the building,
wonders why, at 69, she
stayed. Tenants also inclu-
de music teacher Gerard
Bright and Thomas Dunbar,
who works part-time.
They live in such close proximity that they know each
other’s personal habits, but
they aren’t friends. However, they’re forced to unite
when the plumbing backs
up with a strange substance, followed by a turn of
events in which it’s vital
that they protect one another’s secrets.
The plot is full of clever
twists that continue to
the surprise finale. While
some scenes are gruesome enough to give Thomas
Harris pause, “The Killer
Next Door” is lyrically insightful. And the author’s
decision to reveal the
identity of the murderer
about three-quarters of the
way through the tale only
enhances the story.
Marwood, an Edgar Award
winner for “The Wicked
Girls,” again excels in this
gripping thriller.
Oline H. Coddill, AP
ver wonder what “Sgt.
Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” would sound like sung by robots?
Me neither, but here’s the
answer.
The Flaming Lips have recorded a full-length tribute
to the Beatles’ 1967 album,
and the music is even more
far-out and psychedelic
than the landmark original. This daft pop is silly,
bombastic, druggy, irreverent and rude, with lots of
bleeps and blasts, but it’s
not much fun or funny.
The songs lack the melodic charm and rhythmic
bounce of the Fab Four
renditions. Instead, there’s so much distortion
not even “Lovely Rita” is
pretty.
And if the goal is merely
to be weird, the Lips don’t
come close to matching
William Shatner, who
established the standard
for bizarre Beatles covers
when he sang “Lucy In
the Sky With Diamonds.”
AP PHOTO
BOOK IT
esperation brings six
people to a decaying
Victorian apartment house
where the tenants’ desolation pales in comparison
with one neighbor’s despicable acts.
Alex Marwood’s second
stand-alone novel delivers
a multilayered plot that
succeeds as crime fiction,
a gothic tale and a village
mystery — all with an edge.
With the apartment building substituting for a village, “The Killer Next Door”
balances a shrewd look at
people living on the edge
of society with a deliciously
creepy look at a murderer.
While
London’s
Northbourne area is “gentrifying fast,” that renewal
hasn’t reached 23 Beulah
Grove, where vile odors
seep from pipes that are
constantly clogged. But
residents crave anonymity, and they are willing to
tolerate no upkeep and a
disgusting landlord.
Collette has evaded po-
brace with suspicion, angry
refusal and gratitude. But the
small group, called Lesbians
& Gays Support the Miners —
led by activist Mark Ashton
(a winning Ben Schnetzer)
and whose ranks include a
flamboyant, disco-dancing
Dominic West — have an undaunted generosity. The movie, about fighting for causes
not just one’s own, is an ode
to empathy.
The Flaming Lips, “With a Little Help from My Fwends”
(Warner Bros.)
There’s no Shatner here,
but guest appearances
by Miley Cyrus, Moby,
My Morning Jacket and J
Mascis — among others —
fail to salvage the set.
The Lips forgo the famous
sustained chord to conclude “A Day In the Life.”
Instead, the song and album end abruptly, as if
someone finally wised up
and pulled the plug.
Steven Wine, AP
31.10.2014 fri
FEATURE
The secret of record success
Vanessa Moore, Hong Kong
O
n a balmy autumn night in a
sleepy island village somewhere
in the South China Sea, all is
not what it seems. The familiar bucolic
rustling of foliage and the chirps of crickets have been replaced by the boom
of industrial loudspeakers reverberating in the distance. From the middle of
the jungle a throbbing bass line echoes
through the palm trees interspersed by
the intermittent flash of neon lights and
the whoops of clubbers having the time
of their lives. It’s Saturday night and
this is Hong Kong’s Secret Island Party.
Whisked away from the real world
by private boats to a secluded jungle
beachside getaway, a horde of adventurous partygoers delight in this two-day
music and arts festival replete with
multiple music stages, international and
local DJs, bands, interactive art installations and performances. But what’s
unusual about this year’s lineup is that
among the talent on offer, four Macau
acts are beginning to make a name for
themselves.
It’s getting close to midnight and DJ
Devlar is set to spin the decks. Chatting
to him armed with a gin and tonic in
hand, this may not be the most professional of interview tactics. But then
again, the backdrop of neon revelers
decked out in a mufti of fancy dress
goes to show that the setting is more on
the Hunter S. Thompson gonzo journalism side of things than I’m generally
used to. And with a horde of costumed
gypsies, pirates and thieves running
around, Secret Island Party is anything
but conventional.
DJ Devlar, better known as Devin
Wilhelm, is a Macau local by way of
Indiana who specializes in dance music,
fusing deep, techno and house. A frequent undercurrent of jazz and piano
elements thread through his mixes,
which can be emotional and slower
or upbeat, moody and decidedly more
techno. He’s been active in both the Macau and Hong Kong music scenes, with
a residency at Club Berlin in Macau as
well as Electronic events in Hong Kong.
Having played at Secret Island Party
last year, he’s returned again this year
to support the event as one of the offerings on the Hong Kong electronic
music scene as it grows larger. “I played
here last year also and I think that just
being involved in the circuit with the
other DJs and kind of collaborating
with the Hong Kong artists is important”, he says. “We’re so close together
that it’s just trying to grow the scene
together with the two places and bring
each other over so it just sort of develops”.
For Devin, electronic music in Macau
is by nowhere as far advanced as Hong
Kong, and aiming to cultivate things
and grow events is one of his main
goals. Macau faces certain difficulties
particular to its size that restrict the output of events on offer. “I think there’s a
lot of enthusiasm, there’s a lot of artists
that are there and we don’t necessarily
have the platforms yet to be able to put
out a lot of music and create events”, he
explains. “We’re restricted in a sense,
one geographically, and the size and the
population compared to Hong Kong.
This [festival] would be very difficult
to have in Macau. So I think that’s one
thing that’s holding us back, but it’s
coming along”, he remarks.
Yet as Macau’s entertainment offerings gradually become more sophistica-
It’s really
supportive,
that’s one of
the good things
I’ve found
about Macau
musicians,
because there’s
such a small
scene they try
to help each
other grow
KELSEY WILHELM
CONCRETE/LOTUS
ted, with them comes a new generation
of artists excited about bringing their
musical vision to a larger audience.
“Just the fact that we’ve got several artists playing from Macau tonight” is evidence of this, Devin says. Nevertheless
one of the difficulties is that many of
them have to leave Macau to hone their
talents. “I think one of the sad things
about this is a lot of the artists have had
to go out of Macau to even get recognized”, he reveals. “And when you get
recognition outside of Macau, for one is
like people in Macau kind of believe in
DJ Benson
you a bit more; and also it’s a good ego
boost really to go outside and be like ok
you can do it on an international level”,
he says. “You’ve got a lot of people, a lot
of talent, but not necessarily the output
necessary for everything that’s being
created”.
Comparing both SARs, the DJ feels
that being based in Macau has made
things more difficult, motivating his
decision to come to Hong Kong. “I’d say
it’s been a necessity to come into Hong
Kong. It’s a lot of factors that really
restrict you: you don’t have any support
system, you don’t have competition...”
he explains. “[In] Hong Kong, you’ve
got that many venues that you have
competition. And it’s a different market,
hands down. We’re talking about a
K-TV market six years ago that is now
supposed to be world-class entertainment. There’s been a massive transition
just in there few short years and it’s
getting a bit more sophisticated”.
As evidence of the profusion of new
Macau talent, aside from Devlar, three
other Macau artists were also showcasing their musical offerings on the
Secret Island Party stages. DJ Benson,
who played earlier that afternoon, and
DJ Youth Samoan, who was playing the
next day, are two of the newer acts to
come out of Macau. “I’ve known both
of them and they’ve grown in a bit of a
different path”, says Devin. “They have
the heavy crew, which is more bass music. They started with dub step like dub
and reggae, as well drum and bass, now
a bit more garage. They’ve been really
one of the other groups that’s been
pushing it, especially from Macau”, he
clarifies. “They came over immediately
to Hong Kong and have been working
Concrete/Lotus
really strongly with people here. That’s
been a great thing on the bass music
scene, they’ve definitely been the real
pioneers and people making it happen.
So that’s been awesome”.
Speaking about the potential for
collaboration, Devin describes how as
well as playing together at parties, the
Macau artists also try to promote each
other’s events. “We’ve played at each
others’ parties, and other than that, just
cross promoting”, he says. “Just using
each of our marketing bases to help
each other out and just show people
that there are artists from Macau and
that there are people doing stuff! Like
I said, it’s kind of ironic you have to
make a name outside of Macau for
yourself to get recognized within, but it
seems that’s the way it is”.
Like Devin, DJ Benson, aka Benson
Chow, similarly feels that most Macau
artists need to cross over to Hong Kong
to make a name for themselves by reason of its more developed music industry. His feeling is that “the Hong Kong
scene is usually better than Macau, because Macau doesn’t have so many people to make this [dance music] culture.
Usually Macau people have to go Hong
Kong to learn more about the party
scene. I know Devin from partying,
because he’s also a DJ, so I have to talk
It’s kind of
ironic you have
to make a
name outside
of Macau for
yourself to get
recognized
within, but it
seems that’s
the way it is
DEVIN WILHELM
AKA DJ DEVLAR
to him! And I know Meatball [Youth
Samoan] because we knew each other
from being in a band where he was
the drummer”. Describing his fellow
Macau compatriots, according to Devin,
“Benson is one of the newer guys from
what I’ve seen in the last few years,
and Meatball has moved over to Hong
Kong. He’s been doing a lot of gigs over
DJ Devlar
here – again in a bit of a different music
style to what I do – but I fully support
them, so it’s been great”.
Demonstrating this close-knit Macau
music community, playing the next
afternoon in their Hong Kong debut
were electronic acoustic duo Concrete/
Lotus, comprised of vocalist Abbi Mitchell-Morley and producer Kelsey Wilhelm, also Devlar’s brother. Blending
acoustic and electronic elements, the
pair’s melodies combine vocals, drums,
guitar and synths. At the invitation of
the organizers, Kelsey and Abbi decided on coming to the festival to build
up their reputation as they had also
heard positive things about it from the
other Macau musicians. “My brother
played here last year and we’d heard
great things about it so we instantly
accepted”, revealed producer and guitarist Kelsey.
After witnessing their energetic performance, this time swapping my gin
and tonic for a beer, we got to discussing the musical climate in Macau. One
of the advantages of Macau’s limited
size has been the ability to network and
collaborate with other local artists, the
duo reveal. “There’s a little bit of familiarity from the Macau music industry.
It’s relatively small so we all know each
other”, says singer Abbi. “Kelsey and I
do a great job of trying to collaborate
with everybody to get a sense of belonging”. “They do a lot to bring us into
the whole side, it’s really supportive,
that’s one of the good things I’ve found
about Macau musicians, because there’s
such a small scene they try to help each
other grow. It’s the best thing we could
ask for”, Kelsey similarly adds.
Describing the other Macau artists
as “super supportive”, Abbi says they
encourage each other by inviting them
to their gigs and events. Besides this,
they also book each other and play at
each other’s parties. “We do our best
to try and show them support in a way
because they deserve it, there are great
musicians out there and hopefully we
can create a following and boost it a
bit”, enthuses Kelsey.
Getting back to the disparities, both
musicians find that Hong Kong is much
more developed, hence the motivation
for their decision to branch out of
Macau. “I think that just given the size
difference between HK and Macau, there’s obviously going to be a completely
different music scene here”, remarks
Kelsey. “Hong Kong’s really developed,
there’s some great people doing some
really innovative stuff, and hopefully
we can just jump on and ride the wave”,
he remarks. Yet both are hopeful that
the Macau scene has potential for development. “It’s a very slow, slow process hitching towards it but it’s really
taking its time”, says Abbi. According
to Kelsey, “there’s all the ingredients for
it to work, so hopefully over the next
couple of years we’re going to continue supporting each other, and if that
happens, Macau has great potential to
really develop the music scene”.
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PÁTIO DO SAL salt
WORLD OF BACCHUS
The Prussian Crown
by Jacky I.F. Cheong
Gut Hermannsberg Niederhäuser
Hermannsberg Riesling VDP
Grosses Gewächs 2012
Gut Hermannsberg
Schlossböckelheimer Kupfergrube
Riesling VDP Grosses Gewächs 2012
The south-facing Niederhäuser Hermannsberg, a monopole of the estate, comprises schistous clay, loess and
melaphyre, yielding 30hl/ha. Vivid citrine with shimmering golden reflex, the nose is eminently graceful, revealing
bergamot and gooseberry for fruits, harmoniously interwoven with lemongrass, steely minerals and lotus. Braced
by generous acidity and palpable minerality, the palate is
highly cultured, effusing clementine, green apple, Tianjin
pear and apricot for fruits, delicately infused with lavender. Medium-bodied at 13%, the elegant entry transforms
into an animated mid-palate, leading to a lingering finish.
(retail price: ca. MOP$500)
The south-facing Schloßböckelheimer Kupfergrube comprises porphyrite, melaphyre and slate detritus, yielding
30hl/ha. Brilliant citrine with glossy golden reflex, the
nose is imposingly opulent, emanating calamansi, nectarine and coconut flesh for fruits, masterfully intertwined
with sakura and white smoke. Buttressed by abundant
acidity and pulsating minerality, the palate is truly regal,
providing yuzu, apricot, physalis and guava for fruits,
seamlessly complemented by cinnamon. Medium-full
bodied at 12.5%, the discreet entry evolves into a spirited
mid-palate, leading to an indelible finish. (retail price: ca.
MOP$510)
Gut Hermannsberg Riesling
Kabinett VDP Grosse Lage 2013
Gut Hermannsberg Altenbamberger
Rothenberg Riesling Spätlese VDP
Grosse Lage 2013
A cuvée of Niederhäuser Steinberg and Altenbamberger Rothenberg, both south-facing, yielding 60hl/ha.
Luminous citrine with light aureolin reflex, the nose
is attractively nuanced, radiating kumquat, peach and
mirabelle for fruits, neatly interwound with fragrant
minerals and plum blossom. Maintained by vibrant
acidity and appealing minerality with slight petillance,
the palate is markedly joyous, delivering lime peel,
bergamot, calamansi, green apple and green mango.
Medium-bodied at 10%, the attractive entry continues
through a juicy mid-palate, leading to a persistent
finish. (retail price: ca. MOP$360)
The south-facing Altenbamberger Rothenberg comprises
ancient red sandstone, schistous clay, and stony-sandy
loam, yielding 45hl/ha. Rich citrine with pastel aureolin
reflex, the nose is charmingly discreet, offering tangerine,
Japanese pear and apricot for fruits, finely interlaced with
honeycomb and white champaca. Sustained by vivacious
acidity and lovely minerality with slight petillance, the palate
is seductively fleshy, exuding nectarine, mirabelle, mango
and yuzu marmalade for fruits, further enriched with white
clover honey. Medium-full bodied at 8.5%, the succulent
entry carries onto a lively mid-palate, leading to an endearing finish. (retail price: ca. MOP$400)
As per traditional wisdom, Mosel collocates with femininity whereas Rheingau masculinity. Situated geographically
– and stylistically – between the two, Nahe is often referred to as the middle child of German Riesling. It is, however, grossly unjust to regard Nahe simply as an eclecticism,
as this somewhat underappreciated region is thoroughly
sui generis.
One of the leading estates of the region, Gut Hermannsberg was established in 1902 by the Prussian state as Königlich Preußische Weinbaudomäne (Prussian Royal Wine
Domain). Vines – Riesling, of course – were first planted in
1903 on steep, craggy and rocky land, including a former
copper mine. With the industrial and industrious Zeitgeist
of the time, rocks were blasted and huge masses of earth
removed. For once and as a rarity, it was man, not god, that
created vineyards, proudly owned by the estate ever since.
Gut Hermannsberg’s aristocratic pedigree lies not just in
its history, illustrious as it is, but also in its vineyards. All
of the estate’s vineyards – some 30ha in total – are classified as Große Lage (equivalent to Grand Cru), meaning
theoretically every vineyard could have its own Großes
Gewächs (equivalent to Premier Grand Cru) With Altenbamberger Rotenberg, Niederhäuser Hermannsberg,
Niederhäuser Kertz, Niederhäuser Steinberg, Schloßböckelheimer Kupfergrube and Traiser Bastei in its possession,
the estate has some of the best vineyards along the Nahe
tributary, the majority of which are steep slopes at up to a
50 degree gradient, producing genuinely world-class Rieslings.
Recently, the World of Bacchus had the honour to be the
first in the region to taste Gut Hermannsberg’s fine creations from the 2012 and 2013 vintages, which are now available to private and trade customers alike in Macao.
To discover the historic legacy of Gut Hermannsberg, contact Mr Martin Palmer; W: www.finegermanwines.hk; E:
[email protected]
Jacky I.F. Cheong is a legal professional by day and columnist by night. Having
spent his formative years in Britain, France, and Germany, he regularly writes
about wine, fine arts, classical music, and politics in several languages
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20 Rua da Cunha, Taipa Village
T: 2882 5594
Wednesday - Monday
12:00pm – 3:00pm /6:30- 10:00pm
THAI
Naam
JAPANESE
Grand Lapa, Macau
956-1110 Avenida da Amizade, The Resort
T: 8793 4818
12pm – 2:30pm / 6:30pm – 10:30pm (Close
on Mondays)
Nagomi Lobby Lounge & Bar
Saffron
G/F, Hotel Okura Macau
Galaxy Macau™
T: 8883 5116
10:00am – 11:00pm
KOREAN
Tastes of Asia (14 Stalls)
Fernando’s
ITALIAN
Vida Rica (Restaurant)
Pak Loh (CHIU CHOW)
ASIAN PACIFIC
G40, G/F, Banyan Tree Macau
Galaxy MacauTM
T: 8883 6061
7am – 11pm
D2
Macau Fisherman's Wharf
Edf. New Orleans III
Macau
Lion’s Bar
Tuesday to Sunday
7pm – 5am
(Close every Monday)
Tel: 8802 2375 / 8802 2376
Vida Rica Bar
2/F, Avenida Dr. Sun Yat Sen, NAPE
T: 8805 8928
Monday to Thusday: 12:00 – 00:00
Friday: 12:00 – 01:00
Saturday: 14:00 – 01:00
Sunday: 14:00 – 00:00
Vasco
Grand Lapa, Macau
956-1110 Avenida da Amizade, 2/F
T: 8793 3831
Monday to Thursday: 6:30 pm – 12:00pm
Friday to Saturday: 6:00pm – 02:00am
Sunday: 6:00pm – 12:00 midnight
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TASTE OF EDESIA
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Irene Sam
S
he is the beauty and I am the beast,” says
the owner of Quinta do Vale Dona Maria,
Cristiano van Zeller, with daughter Francisca standing next to him. An ancient estate in
the heart of the Douro Valley, Quinta do Vale
Dona Maria produces some of the world’s finest Port and Douro wines. With an incredible
passion for winemaking, the father and daughter duo travel all over the world not only to
promote their wine, but also their philosophy
on innovation. To them, wines are about personality, character, excitement, pleasure and fun.
Most of all, they think they do everything better than the French.
Ironically, the venue chosen to showcase the
Portuguese wine is a French restaurant, The
Tasting Room by Chef Guillaume Galliot, housed inside the Crown Towers at Macau’s City
of Dreams. Being French, yet not a bit offended
by what Cristiano just said, Chef Guillaume
diligently works in the kitchen as always, delivering a one-of-a-kind menu to pair seamlessly
with the wine.
First up is the foie gras cooked “en papillote”
with mushroom, fresh hazelnut, and eel, paired
with both the Vinha da Francisca Douro Red
2011 and 2012. While the 2012 is fresher and
younger, I personally prefer the 2011. Notes of
black cherries, plums, and raspberry fill the entire mouth on the first sip, as the ageing in 75%
new and 25% one-year-old French oak casks
concentrates the original mature tannins of the
wine and helps smoothen its power. Quite elegant indeed.
“You can think of the wine that is coming out
of the Douro wine region as something similar
to the Burgundy wine. We mix different grape
varieties together to create something unique,
and sometimes these various grape varieties are
planted one next to another in one field. Then, we
take what we have in one field and mix,” Francisca
explains.
Two of the more complex bottles would be the Vinha do Rio Douro Red and Curriculum Vitae Douro
Red, both served with Chef Guillaume’s smoked beef
with crisp potato purée. Highly concentrated, the Vinha do Rio Douro Red 2011 is made from a 100-yearold vineyard, full of mature red fruit aromas. Fresh
notes of rockrose are prominent, but the berry flavors are not upfront. As the wine slips down the
palate, the flavors become more apparent. It is like
a glass of discrete elegance that evolves in the glass,
surprising with little nuances on every sip.
Acoording to Guillaume, however, the highlight of
the evening is yet to come. “I made a slightly heavy
dessert to go with the port wine. You will see. It’s
magical,” he says. Minutes after he returns to the
kitchen, a dark, “fondant” style chocolate brownie
is served on our table, along with some pine nut ice
cream. I move in with a fork and put a small piece
into my mouth. Immediately, the fudgy, dark chocolate cake melts softly within seconds. Sipping on
the Vale Dona Maria 1970 Colheita Old Tawny Port,
I feel like I am in chocolate heaven, floating on a
sea of pine nut cream, relaxed and content as the
exquisite, amber liquid maneuvers down the throat.
The beauty and the beast are better than the duo in
the Disney animated movie for sure. After this dinner, I think they should really consider making an
adult version of “Beauty and the Beast,” with Cristiano and Francisca showcasing their love for winemaking. What a pair!
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WHAT’S ON
...
complications—Hairspray has taken the world by
storm. The original Broadway production opened
on 15 August 2002, and the show ran for over 2,500
performances!
In 2003 Hairspray won 8 Tony Awards and 10
Drama Desk Awards, while the London West End
production was nominated for a record-setting 11
Laurence Olivier Awards, winning for Best New
Musical. Building on its success, the show was
adapted as a 2007 musical film. Brought to you by
Bronowski Productions Ltd., a leading producer in
the world of music and theater, Hairspray promises
an entertaining and thoroughly enjoyable evening of
musical theater.
Time: 3pm-5pm
Venue: No. 47 Art Space 2/F, R. Da Entena
Admission: Free
Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 or 8988 4000
Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
http://www.macaufringe.gov.mo
Time: 3pm
Venue: Macau Cultural Centre
Admission: MOP200, MOP300, MOP400, MOP500
Enquiries: (853) 2836 6866
Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau
http://www.icm.gov.mo/fimm/28/en
MONDAY (NOV 3)
TODAY (OCT 31)
Macau Fringe 2014 - Rafé’s Musicircus
Show – Music, Circus
“Making-of” – Architecture Exhibition by
Maria José de Freitas & Aetec-Mo
The “Making-of” is about showing the challenge
of a project taking form, from concept to a final
product. The teamwork efforts, disagreements and
successes it takes to attain a good result.
Nowadays, new and old fuse together allowing for
the recreation of a series of project types, in order
to fulfill the modern needs and uses of space, in this
context the reshaping of a tri-dimensional meaning
and leading to new forms and ways of use.
To better understand this concept, this exhibition
will show the progression of an architectural project
from drawings to site works and the processes in
between.
Time: 2pm-7pm (closed on Sundays)
Until: November 8, 2014
Venue: Creative Macau, G/F Macau Cultural Centre
Building, Xian Xing Hai Avenue
Admission: Free
Enquiries: (853) 2875 3282
Organizer: Center for Creative Industries
http://www.creativemacau.org.mo
Macau Fringe 2014 - Story Walking: “Day
in the life”, “Ok la”, and “And Then” ?
Three different story creations from Macau and
Hong Kong will be presented in three different art
spaces and coffee shops in the old town district.
Finding their way through streets and alleys, the
audience will have to look for the stories.
Time: 7pm-7:50pm
8pm-8:50pm
Date: November 1 & 2, 2014
Meeting Point: Veng Hou Café, on the
crossroads of Entre-Campos Street and João de
Araújo Street
Admission: MOP50
Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 or 8988 4000
Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
http://www.macaufringe.gov.mo
TOMORROW (NOV 1)
Time: 8pm-9pm
Venue: Hiu Kok Experimental Theatre
Admission: MOP50
Language: English
Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 or 8988 4000
Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
http://www.macaufringe.gov.mo
TUESDAY (NOV 4)
Hairspray – The Musical
Critics have universally hailed Hairspray – The
Musical as a “splashy show that’s consistently
tuneful and upbeat, and every moment of the music
snaps, crackles and pops!” This thoroughly solid
piece of musical theatre takes you back to the
racially charged atmosphere of 1962 Baltimore,
and follows the dreams of a heavy-set 15-yearold dancer on a local TV dance program. Tracy
Turnblad, the show’s heroine, becomes a celebrity
overnight and quickly embarks on a crusade
to overcome racial stereotypes and to break
down social barriers. Full of bubbly songs with
beat and personality—not to mention romantic
Enjoy this comedian’s unique combination of live
music, juggling and dancing.
Rafé keeps his audiences enthralled with fast-paced
shows and amazing and unusual rhythmic juggling
performances.
Feel the sensitive inspiration that goes into this
artist’s expression and performance.
Raphael dos Santos Cardoso is a multi-disciplinary
performer and teacher. A music graduate from the
Centro de Estudos Musicais of the Universidade
Livre de Musica, he majored in literature and
movement coordination. His work covers body
percussion, tap dancing, acrobatics, music, and
guitar teaching and performing.
Macau Fringe 2014 – “Boots - Playing
Drama” Exhibition
SUNDAY (NOV 2)
Macau Fringe 2014 - Forum – Cally Yu,
Zero Distance Cooperative, Ricardo Ng and
Four Dimension Spatial
Some say, “This is the era of art curators.” How
can curators generate a spirited atmosphere
alongside the creation of the program? How do we
incorporate the community and its people with art
creation? Creative curators from Hong Kong and
Macau will share their experiences.
“Boots! For Fun!” is an exhibition designed for
children and adults so that they can discover
the charisma of toy theatre together. Life is so
overwhelming that we always tend to ignore
little, trivial things. With puppetry as a media, this
exhibition invites us to pay attention to trivial things
and stories around us, and helps us to re-discover
some joy and surprises in life.
Time: 11am-7pm
Until: November 16, 2014
Venue: No. 47 Art Space 2/F, R. Da Entena
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Admission: Free
Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 or 8988 4000
Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
http://www.macaufringe.gov.mo
WEDNESDAY (NOV 5)
Macau Fringe 2014 - Zhou Yunpeng. Poet
& Song in a Night
Zhou is the most influential folk song-writer/singer
of contemporary China. The blind poet travelled all
over the mainland to play for ordinary people. His
music is highly poetic, sophisticated yet accessible.
His music performances always incorporate
improvisation and poetry. The artist pierces through
the darkness of the reality of urban Chinese society
and transforms it into poetry, with eyes that see
better than people with perfect sight.
Time: 8pm-9:15pm
Venue: Nam Van Lake Square
Admission: Free
Language: Cantonese
Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 or 8988 4000
Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
http://www.macaufringe.gov.mo
THURSDAY (NOV 6)
Macau Fringe 2014 – Private Dance
Each spectator is invited to make an appointment
for a given time when Francisco Camacho will
create an original dance, alone with him/her. When
making the appointment, the client has the right
to select the costume and the music for the dance
to be created, paying a symbolic commission fee
according the music’s length. A co-production
certificate will be issued for each private dance
session.
Time: 3pm-5pm
Date: November 5-7, 2014
Admission: Paying a symbolic fee according to the
music’s length
Venue: Taipa Houses-Museum
Enquiries: (853) 2833 7676 or 8988 4000
Organizer: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau
http://www.macaufringe.gov.mo
31.10.2014 fri
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