Malick Sidibé

This exhibition of photographs documents Mali's night-club and party scene of the 1970s when the disco rage of the West was being imported and re-invented. Colourful and vibrant, these images render John Travolta and his world of white suits obsolete. Having only recently received any notice in the West, Malick Sidebé has long had celebrity status in his native country where until 1976 he ran a portrait studio in the capital Bamako.

Water Flows over Rice Paper

A selection of works from six artists who, despite their use of traditional watercolours and inks, produce work that looks and feels contemporary. He Sai Bang, one of the contributors, is already known to gallery-goers following an exhibition of his work at Eastlink last year. The childlike character of his ink drawings belies their austere introspection - a profoundly modern theme if ever there was one.

Orchestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

Portugal's only symphony orchestra, conducted by Scholomo Mintz, performs a mixed bag of works at the gleaming new Teatro Camões at the former Expo site. The programme contains pieces by Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Heitor Villa-Lobos and Bartók. To get to the theatre, take the Metro to Oriente and walk through the riverside Park of Nations, as the Expo site is now called.

Don Quixote

The critically acclaimed Moscow Festival Ballet comes direct from Russia to perform one of the funniest and most virtuosic ballets 'Don Quixote'. The adventure of the knight-errant Quixote is beautifully danced as he in turn is inspired by the romance of the night, attacks a windmill and ultimately helps Basilio get the girl of his dreams. With music by Ludwig Minkus, this production is directed by Sergei Radchenko with choreography by Marius Petipa.

Double Vision: Photographs from the Strauss Collection

This is the first exhibition from the Joyce and Ted Strauss Collection, which is one of the premier collections of fine art photographs in America. It encompasses a selection of prints taken from various movements from European Surrealism to Post-Modernism. There are rare vintage prints on display from photographers such as Man Ray, Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lee Friedlander, Soo Kim, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Edward Weston.

Atsuko Koga and Mizuko Uchida

This is one of the many less grand, but nevertheless high quality, smaller scale performances in the city. Mizuko Uchida (piano) and Atsuko Koga (flute) are two young Japanese musicians with numerous international prizes under their belts and have put together a delightful programme of Bach, Godard, Suzuki, Ibert, Brahms and Reinecke in the Kulturhaus Mitte. Combined with a meal in one of the Berlin 'Art Mile's' numerous good restaurants nearby, this could provide a satisfying and economical alternative to the usual tourist thing.

Miss South Africa Pageant 2000

The archaic 'tradition' of beauty pageants is on the rise again, with this the first Miss SA Pageant of the new millennium. This year's evening of tantrums and tiaras heralds some big changes in the pageant, which promises to be a dazzling spectacle. 16 finalists compete for one of the richest prize packages in the world, in a show that features top entertainers, dancers and a galaxy of beautiful people including Miss South Africa titleholders past and present. Misogynistic rubbish or glamorous kitsch, the choice is yours.