OUT OF HOURS

Date: 08/05/1997

Concerts

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.

Recital Laurence Mekhitarian. Works by Scelsi; Komitas. Botanique. 9 May. 02/218 37 32.

Blindman Kwartet - homage to Buster Keaton. Lunatheater. 9 & 10 May. 02/201 59 59.

Recital Murray Perahia, piano. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 12 May. 02/507 82 00.

First elimination round of The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition Belgium - Violin '97. Royal Music Conservatory. 12-17 May. 02/513 00 99.

Quintettes Ictus. Works by Mozart; Reich; Berio; Lindberg; Feldman; Fedele. Lunatheater. 13 May. 02/201 59 59.

Recital Jean Boyer, organ. Works by Bach; Vivaldi. Notre-Dame du Sablon. 14 May. 02/507 82 00.

Chapelle de Lorraine conducted by Thanos Adamopoulos. Works by Bach; Vivaldi; Britten; Dvorac. VUB-Aula Q. 14 May. 02/629 23 25.

Duo Xue Wen Gao. Works by Fauré; Chopin; Jongen; Brahms. Museum of Ancient Art. 14 May. 02/512 82 47.

Exhibitions

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.

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

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.

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

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

Philippe Dheur, paintings. Centre Rops. Until 1 June. 02/219 66 79.

Watermael-Boitsfort - points de vue, photographs. Espace Delvaux. Until 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.

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

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

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

Pierre Wattiez Watch. Abbaye de Forest. Until 11 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.

Chinese exportation porcelain. Pavillon chinois. Until 31 Dec. 02/741 73 08.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Anthropology and prehistory. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 31 Dec. 02/627 42 38.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Du Vent dans les Branches de Sassafras by René de Obaldia. Théâtre de la Toison d'Or. Until 10 May. 02/511 08 50.

Kvetch by Steven Berkoff. Théâtre Molière. Until 10 May. 02/513 58 00.

La Scène des Enfants. Théâtre Varia. Until 10 May. 02/640 82 58.

La Peau de la Grande Ourse by Suzanne Joubert. Théâtre de la Balsamine. Until 10 May. 02/735 64 68.

Temps de Bonheur by Alan Ayckbourn, staged by Adrian Brine. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 5 June. 02/507 82 00.

Le Limier by Shaffer, staged by Pietro Pizzuti. Le Public. Until 7 June. 0800/944 44.

Mardi by Edward Bond, performed by the Compagnie Lola. Anc. Ecole Vétérinaire. 8-17 May. 02/771 77 14.

Opera

Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten. 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

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

Litost by Strappi Stuzzicanti, performed by the Compagnie Ernesto. Théâtre Varia. 15-17 May. 02/640 82 58.

La Chute d'Icare - Disaster / Utopia by Fabrizio Plessi. Halles de Schaerbeek. 17 May. 02/227 59 60.

Festivals

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

Lez-Arts du Hip Hop. Halles de Schaerbeek. 8-10 May. 02/227 59 60.

Arabian days. Salle 1900 will be transformed into a huge banquet with traditional dancers and musicians. Espace Senghor. 16 & 17 May. 02/230 31 40.

Festival terra em vida. Film, dance and concerts by Aka Moon and Denise Blue, etc. Espace Création. 16-18 May. 02/726 00 01.

The three AIDS-nights. All profits to AIDS research. With Gala, Los Del Mar, Why Not, Beat System and G-Squad. Mouscron, Colfontaine and Brussels. Info: 065/79 51 94 or 075/24 21 54. La Madeleine. 18 May. 02/513 89 40.