OUT OF HOURS

Date: 01/05/1997

Concerts

Orchestre National de Belgique conducted by Yuri Simonov with Mikhail Petukhov, piano. Mily Balakirev, tamar. Works by Rachmaninov; Stravinsky. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 2 & 4 May. 02/507 82 00.

Recital Sergey Leiferkus, baritone and Semen Skigin, piano. National Opera - La Monnaie. 3 May. 02/229 12 11.

Ensemble Mala Punica. D'Amor ragionando. Eglise des Minimes. 5 May. 02/507 82 00.

Beethoven Academie conducted by Jan Cayers with Christian Zacharias, piano. Works by Beethoven, Martin, Stravinsky. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 6 May. 02/507 82 00.

Ensemble Quintessens. Works by Van Rossum; Milhaud; Holst. Museum of Ancient Art. 7 May. 02/512 82 47.

Recital Maciej Pikulski, piano and Jose Van Dam, baritone. Works by Brahms, Duparc, Ibert, Poulenc, Wolf. National Opera - La Monnaie. 7 May. 02/229 12 11.

Exhibitions

Hartmut Zänder - “Orbis televisionis pictus”. Belgian Comic Strip Centrum. Until 1 May. 02/219 19 80.

Esquisses et Architectes. Ex-Voto. Until 3 May. 02/502 73 86.

Thierry Degeyter, pastels - Emmaunuel Ryckmans, baked clay. Art en Marge Gallery. Until 10 May. 02/511 04 11.

Ch. Declève - Th. Chotteau. Chapelle de Boondael. Until 11 May. 02/662 07 89.

Les artistes de Woluwé-Saint-Pierre. Hôtel de Ville. Until 14 May. 02/773 05 26.

Spring Fair: sculptures, paintings. Galerie Art-Pol. Until 17 May. 02/537 22 46.

Sur les traces de Paul Delvaux à Watermael-Boitsfort. Ecuries de la Maison Haute. Until 18 May. 02/660 49 60.

Jacques Och, cartoonist of Pourquoi Pas?. Bibliothèque Royale Albert I. Until 24 May. 02/519 53 54

The art of collecting, the museums of the Netherlands and 20th century art. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 84 68.

J.R. Van Overstraeten - “Sûr-réalisme”. De l'autre côte de la rue. Until 31 May. 02/426 80 97.

Bruxelles via le canal, photographs. Plan K. Until 31 May. 02/511 83 01.

Bon sang, Dracula à 100 ans. Belgian Comic Strip Centrum. Until 1 June. 02/219 19 80.

Pierre Caille, drawings, paintings, sculptures. Galerie Bastien. Until 8 June. 02/513 25 63.

Hervé and Richard Di Rosa - “Mémoire de papier et esprit de fer”. Galerie Bastien. Until 8 June. 02/513 25 63.

Lynn Geesaman; Ton Huijbers; Elaine Ling; Fabrice Picard. Espace Parallèle. Until 8 June. 02/675 27 23.

Patchwork quilts. Espace Parallèle. Until 8 June. 02/675 27 23.

Baltazar II. Books, manuscripts. Bibliotheca Wittockiana. Until 14 June. 02/770 53 33.

Make Space. Maison du spectacle - La Bellone. Until 14 June. 02/513 33 33.

Eve Ducau - “Fragments”, photographs. Gallery. Until 15 June. 02/511 80 35.

Retrospective Frans Smeers, paintings. Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître. Until 22 June. 02/660 55 97.

Paul De Rijck, paintings. Galerie 2016. Until 29 June. 02/502 81 16.

Georges Lemmen. Musée d'Ixelles. Until 13 July. 02/511 90 84.

The puppets relate... Porte de Halle. Until 27 July. 02/741 73 08.

Jewish medals in Belgium. Musée Juif de Belgique. Until 24 Aug. 02/512 19 63.

Coumans, paintings. Galerie Albert 1er. 2-28 May. 02/512 19 44.

Christine Recompsat - Sonate en bleu majeur. La Petite Galerie. 3 May - 1 June. 02/537 67 50.

Claire Mambourg, paintings. Galerie P. Hallet. 6-31 May. 02/512 25 23.

Philippe Dheur, paintings. Centre Rops. 6 May - 1 June 02/219 66 79.

Watermael-Boitsfort - points de vue, photographs Espace Delvaux. 6 May - 29 June. 02/660 49 60.

Ann Van Den Meutter - “L'intimité à nu”. Galerie A.B.C. 7-31 May. 02/511 32 53.

Esko Männikkö. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 82 00.

Gravitation - Régis Delacote, photography and pictures: Goroka show - Yves Prigoine, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. 7 May - 1 June. 02/673 87 17.

Arts 90±7, monographies d'artistes - Charline Mahy; Bern Wery. La Médiatine. 7 May - 1 June. 02/761 27 52.

Nature! - Belgium's natural and ornithological reserves. Stockel Square. 9-24 May 02/513 89 40.

Christo & Jean-Claude. Centre de conférence européen. Until 15 May. 02/672 05 83.

Alvaro Siza. Foundation for Architecture. Until 25 May. 02/649 02 59.

Yemen, land of stone and sand. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 18 May. 02/741 73 08.

Herman Teirlinck 1967-1997. Museum van het Vlaams Leven te Brussel. Until 24 May. 02/512 42 81.

Mackowiak, paintings. Galerie Albert 1er. Until 30 April. 02/512 19 44.

Porteurs. Porte de Halle. Until 1 May. 02/741 73 08.

Vincent Vanhove, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 4 May. 02/673 87 17.

Klaus Reimer - Roumains, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 4 May. 02/673 87 17.

Carnets de Route: exposition collective, photographs. Espace Photographique Contretype. Until 11 May. 02/538 42 20.

The cetacean and men. Greenpeace is installing a tent in the park at the museum to show how whales adapted to life in the ocean. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 30 May. 02/627 42 38.

Polish Art nouveau. Passage 44. Until 15 June. 02/222 45 05.

Voices in the wall, the history of wallpaper. CGER Gallery. Until 18 May. 02/228 71 68.

Georg Baselitz. BBL. Until 19 May. 02/547 28 77.

L''Europe automobile du Fardier de Cugnot à nos jours. Autoworld. Until 31 Aug. 02/736 41 65.

Pierre Wattiez Watch. Abbaye de Forest. Until 11 May. 02/513 89 40.

Lumière et paysage - colonie d'artistes. Musée Charlier. Until 10 June. 02/218 53 82.

Theatre

Fantome à prendre 2: le sexe des spectres by Christian de Wespin. Palace Hotel. Until 31 May. 02/673 38 99.

Scalp performed by Théâtre de l'Inédit. ClubHouse Hotel. Until 14 June. 02/673 38 99.

Le Mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans by Jean-François Fonson and Fernand Wicheler. Théâtre royal des Galeries. Until 4 May. 02/512 04 07.

La Visite de la Vieille Dame by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, performed by Théâtre en liberté. Théâtre du Vaudeville. Until 18 May. 02/514 16 00.

Le complexe de la girafe espagnole performed by Vincent Smetana, Manuella Ammoun and Valérie D'Hondt. La Samaritaine. 1-3 May. 02/511 33 95.

La folie Van Gogh by Bernard Houssiau and Robert Rudin. Théâtre royal du Parc. 1-31 May. 02/512 23 39.

Trépas à discrétion by Guy Van Zandijcke. Centre culturel Jacques Franck. 2-3 May. 02/538 90 20.

Kahaani by Dick Van der Harst and Hidegard De Vuyst, staged by Guy Cassiers. Lunatheater. 2 & 3 May. 02/201 59 59.

Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser by Eugène Ionesco, performed by the Théâtre de l'Absurde. Théâtre de Quat'sous. 2-31 May. 02/512 10 22.

God save the drag queen of dragnophobia, performed by the Imprévus. Théâtre de Quat'sous. 2 May - 9 August. 02/512 10 22.

L'enfant de mon vivant by Olivier Massart, performed by Christian Labeau. Botanique. 5 May. 02/218 37 32.

Opera

Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, conducted by Antonio Pappano and Lionel Friend. National Opera - La Monnaie. Until 13 May. 02/229 12 11.

L'Histoire du soldat by Stravinsky and Ramuz, performed by students of the Musique de Chambre et d'Art Dramatique du Conservatoire de Liège. Espace Senghor. 11 May. 02/230 31 40.

Don Carlos by Verdi, performed by the Opéra National de Sofia. Cirque Royal. 11 May. 02/218 20 15.

Dance

Insert Skin - XXX, choreography by Meg Stuart and Eric Sleichim. Kaaitheaterstudio's. 30 April & 1 May. 02/201 59 59.

Glowing Icons, choreography by Jan Fabre. Lunatheater. 11- 13 May. 02/201 59 59.

Festivals

Para-Site - a platform for 18 young artists who will exhibit their works in the empty spaces of the Galerie de la Toison d'Or. Until 22 June. 02/534 91 59.

The Big Bang - festival of percussion with Airto Moreira, Nana Vasconcelos, Afro Blok, Pandit Sharda Sahai, Gert Meert, Luuk Cox & KiamZo. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 3 May. 02/507 82 00.

Brussels Festival of Comics. A festival which aims to be a meeting place for authors, editors and the public. The theme is Egypt and the comic... Autoworld. 3 & 4 May. 02/736 41 65.

Lez-Arts du Hip Hop - first international festival of urban creations covering the artistic and dynamic disciplines of the hip-hop. Halles de Schaerbeek. 8-10 May. 02/227 59 60.