A welcome new addition to the limited jazz scene, the Blue Note has been packing them in. Not quite the smokey den one might suspect, musically its top drawer. Vocalist Eden Atwood and pianist Jeremy Monteiro are in residence. Atwood's father Hub was a writer and arranger for the likes of Frank Sinatra, and Nat King Cole and she's been singing since the age of three. Monteiro is be known as the King of Swing in his native Singapore and has 11 albums to his name. Music for the soul.

Located in the Baroque home of Otto Nicolai, founder of Vienna's world famous Philharmonic Orchestra, the Haus der Musik is the city's first attempt to put classical music into an accessible contemporary exhibition setting. The emphasis is very much on the interactive, with high-tech installations enabling visitors to experience sound phenomena visually and acoustically and a 'Virtual Conductor' providing the opportunity to conduct the might of the Philharmonic. More conventional displays monitor the history of Vienna's most illustrious composers accompanied by high quality soundbites and a museum shop offers a wide range of CDs and souvenirs.

With artefacts dating back to 2000 BC, the Treasury Exhibition at the Collins Barracks is one of the most important collections in Ireland. The archaeological collections at the National Museum consist of some of the most famous pieces of Irish art: the Ardagh Chalice, Tara Brooch and Cross of Cong. Another side feature of this permanent collection of Ireland's Gold, which contains the finest collection of prehistoric gold artefacts in Europe. The exhibition is also acting as a draw to attract visitors from the National Museum's Kildare Street premises.

Shakespeare in Hong Kong is quite a rarity. In this production thespians at the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre are putting on the comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' in two languages: Cantonese and Putonghua (Mandarin). Expect the usual romantic farce with Puck, Bottom and a bunch of fairies blundering into love's true course. How the play translates to the Eastern stage remains to be seen.