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Basketball League

Mashup — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:56:45 +0800

The Men’s Basketball League lasts 8 weeks.

Format: Full-Court 5 vs. 5. Minimum 7 players on a team and Maximum 12 players. Limited to 10 teams. Games are 20 minute halves and a 3 minute halftime.

Location: TBD – We’re trying to lockdown 1 of 2 locations now so that we can play multiple games at the same time.

Dates/Times: Saturday Afternoons, Exact Time is TBD, February 4 – March 24, 2012. Exact game dates are: 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/24.

Get the information at:
http://mashupasia.com

One day trip to Gubeikou Wild Great Wall.

Cultureyard_ — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:21:12 +0800

February 11th (Saturday) 8:00 – 18:00

Join us for a relaxed walk along one of the oldest parts of the Wild Great Wall then grab lunch in a local village. Suitable for kids of age 14 and older.

Price: 370RMB (320 only in advance)
– Wild Great Wall trip includes transportation, guides, entrance and lunch.

Culture Yard, Shique Hutong n°10, Beixinqiao Station Exit C;
Reservation required! contact@cultureyard.net or call 010-8404 4166

For more information please visit: http://cultureyard.net/hiking-around-beijing/gubeikou/

Hike: Zhuangdaokou Great Wall and the Walled Village

Beijing Hikers — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:48:57 +0800

On this slightly tougher version of one of our nicest countryside walks we’ll take a look at the ‘Dragon and Phoenix’ pines at Zhuangdaokou, hike up a valley to a nearby stretch of Great Wall and follow an unrestored section up and along a ridgeline. On our way down, we’ll pass the Walled Village, and then head to a restaurant near the Huanghuacheng Great Wall for a big lunch.

This hike costs 350 RMB (315 RMB for members, 200 RMB for children under the age 12). Please use the booking form on our website to reserve your place on the bus and to find out about the time and place of departure. Reservations are essential. The cost includes transportation, guides, water, snacks, and a late lunch after the hike.

Email: info@beijinghikers.com
Phone: (10) 6432-2786

Visit our website www.beijinghikers.com to see photos, to read more about this hike, and to find out more information about our hikes.

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Hike: Changyucheng ‘Long Valley City’ day trip

Beijing Hikers — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:19:38 +0800

On this trip we’ll explore the village of Changyucheng, looking at old shrines, defensive walls, and a temple with a big old tree, before taking a good long walk up a long valley to a tablet that marks the border of Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province. We usually make this village a start or finish point for several of our tough Great Wall hikes in the same area—this trip is a good chance to see some of the same great scenery without making your legs so tired! We follow mountain roads on the way to this hike. If the roads are closed, we’ll switch the trip to one that is closer to the city.

This hike costs 350 RMB (315 RMB for members, 200 RMB for children under the age of 12). Please use the booking form on our website to reserve your place on the bus and to find out about the time and place of departure. Reservations are essential. The cost includes transportation, guides, water, snacks, and a late lunch after the hike.

Email: info@beijinghikers.com
Phone: (10) 6432-2786

French brunch / Brunch 'à la française'

lepetitgourmandpekin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:37:33 +0800

Starting February 11th, Le Petit Gourmand adds a new dimension to its menu by offering a weekly French brunch, starting at 98rmb. Let yourself be tempted by our delicious, freshly-made french-pastries, our cheeses, or even our smoked salmon!

Every Saturday & Sunday, from 9am to 3pm.

Detailed Menu:
Basis included in all formulas: one hot drink and one fruit juice, eggs and fruit salad, and buttered French-bread with a large selection of jams and honeys.

Additional options: croque-monsieur, yogurt & cereals, bacons & sausages, salad & sauteed vegetables, and French pastries.

Formula A: basis + 3 options.(98rmb)

Formula B: basis + 5 options.(128rmb)

Formula C: basis + 5 options + French cheeses & smoked salmon.(168rmb)

Weekend Cooking Classes at The Hutong

The Hutong — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:16:29 +0800

In The Hutong Kitchen, every weekend we teach a variety of cuisines from within and beyond China’s borders. We always focus on fresh, local, seasonal ingredients and on making tasty, wholesome meals from scratch. We believe it’s important to eat according to the seasons, just like once upon a time – just like nature intended. We also believe that each dish has a history and its own character – that it tells a story and acts as a window into its own indigenous culture. We invite you into our Hutong Kitchen to unwind, have a great time, and learn more about than just another cuisine.

Click here to find out more about The Hutong’s Chinese Kitchen, and click here to find out more about The Hutong’s Global Kitchen. Click here to visit our calendar and to register for classes.

ZHAN WANG: MY PERSONAL UNIVERSE

UCCA — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:47:17 +0800

This November, UCCA welcomes a highly-anticipated sculpture and video installation from Beijing's revered sculptor Zhan Wang.

Zhan Wang has displayed his series of stainless-steel rock casts at an impressive resume of venues, even hauling one to the top of Mt. Everest. For his exhibit My Personal Universe at UCCA, Zhan Wang began the extensive production process for the project by exploding a gigantic boulder in the mountains of Shandong Province while recording the event on hi-definition video from six different angles at 2000 frames per second. In post-production, he extended the millisecond of the explosion from all six angles into three-minute clips. The six HD footages will be projected onto giant screens in the UCCA Big Hall, making the path of each floating rock fragment stunningly clear from each angle. Suspended throughout the exhibition space are over 5000 stainless-steel replicas of the stone fragments from the blast: their gleaming surfaces reflect the footage of the explosion into infinity, thus creating an endless abyss reminiscent of the birth of the universe.

Photos exhibition: Freb - French photographer in Beijing !

Bei Luo Cafe — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:17:05 +0800

Frédéric, French photographer, was born in an artistic universe with his mother being a painter, he realized his first photos at the age of 11. Self-taught, Frédéric began to create his universe, being widely inspired by the world of painting to which he remains closely connected.

Frédéric travels to an enormous extent, he photographs places and incredible characters that he has the opportunity to visit or to meet throughout the world. He refines his style due to a perpetual desire to ever-improve.

Today, in spite of a trump card represented by digital technology and computing tools, Frédéric refrains to either optimize or retouch his images. He devotes his work within photographic tradition and reproduces highly technical and aesthetic effects manually.

Frédéric uniquely employs digital formats, without further treatments nor retouching. Very opaque, his photos are realized with poetry, with tenderness and a Zen spirit.

Opening: Friday January 6th, 3pm to 7pm.

IN THE NORTH - Gu Tao photography exhibition

violin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:10:49 +0800

An exhibition of photos of the Mongolian and Yawenk tribes, whose traditional clothing has almost completely disappeared but now seem fashionable in our modern age.

10-day Chinese Intensive Course

_cultureyard — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:03:05 +0800

Kick Start your Chinese – with Culture Yard’s 10-DAY INTENSIVE CHINESE COURSE
When: February 6th -17th

For anyone who just arrived to Beijing and is looking for a quick and easy way to start picking up Mandarin – then this course is for you!
Come to Culture Yard for a 10-day intensive Mandarin Chinese course starting February 6th, which will leave you feeling much more confident walking on the busy streets of Beijing.

This intensive course is perfect for anyone wanting a quick but in-depth introduction to the Mandarin language. On the course students learn all the basic essentials to survive on Beijing’s bustling streets. Taught by a dedicated teacher with the goal to send you out after 10-days with the full knowledge of the four tones, pinyin, basic words and expressions that are essential in everyday life situations.

Time/时间: Monday – Friday for two weeks @ 10:00am – 12:00pm
Culture Yard, Shique Hutong n°10 (Beixinqiao Line 5, Exit C, 400m to your left)
Reservation required!请提前预约！ contact@cultureyard.net or call 010-8404 4166

What's in the big melting pot?

TSG — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:24:14 +0800

Is there an US-American cuisine?

Original dishes that are typically, visceraly, genuinely US of American? Besides McDonalds and Pizza Hut? And Coca Cola?

Well that's a question for you to decide! Come try Taryn-Guest-Cook's dishes and tell us. Is it really food? Is it really American? Do you like it?

Plus the usual Tushuguan stuff: comedy open mic on thursday (Feb 2nd), Office-themed movies (check it on website www.tushuguan98.com)

TATARYN YOGA - Power

spadore — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:26:08 +0800

These classes will combine Bikram (hot) yoga, Pilates, and other styles to create a full body workout. Be prepared to sweat!

50 RMB per class

Classes will be offered from February to late June. The studio is located on the 2nd floor of the East Lake Club, 35 Dongzhimen wai Dajie. Go through the large red Chinese style gate beside Huaxia Bank. The club entrance is on your left.

For Reservations:
contact Chris Tataryn at 159 2161 3173 - christataryn@hotmail.com

* If possible please bring your own yoga mat *

Examining Objects – Song Yuanyuan Solo Exhibition

Platform China contemporary institute — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:49:00 +0800

Platform China is excited to present “Examining Objects”, a solo exhibition of new works by Song Yuanyuan.

In a departure from his experimentation with non-traditional canvas stretching and framing techniques, Song Yuanyuan continues to examine objects within the confines of a traditional oil painting format. Depicted in spaces awkwardly ambiguous whether they are in the process of construction or destruction, there is a certain discord between the objects that challenges the viewer to reconsider a multitude of relationships: the relationships between the objects, the objects and the painting, the objects and the viewer, and the viewer and the painting. The idea the object is broken down, disregarded, and newly approached with no preconceived notions about what an object is or what it should be, extending the examination to concepts of space, people, existence through implication, and the painting themselves. The artist’s use of text in some of the works, appearing sometimes as blunt statements of what the objects are, sometimes as a more personal commentary, exists in a an obscure space between providing insight and disrupting the viewer’s perception of the work.

Splendid with no regrets

new year — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:10:40 +0800

Still coping with the mutations experienced by the modern urban landscapes, once more Fortunée Noël’s new works depict a frenetic Beijing juggling with cinder blocks and girders.
The concept of transparency was central in her earliest works produced in China. Noël’s representation of unaccomplished skyscrapers and their thousand reflections were a testimony of the increasing use of transparent materials in modern architecture - a true revolution in a city like Beijing where opacity means a lot.

The new set of works proposed at the Babu Space gallery mainly tries to recreate the energy inherent to this aesthetic transformation guided by desire as well as necessity. Consequences are no pretext for interrogation this time. The artist doesn’t feed reproaches neither raises uncertainties. In her new urban landscapes Noel proposes the perspectives of modern towers which definitely grabbed the horizon of the Chinese capital.

Bar Blu Valentine's Day 2012

barblu — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:15:21 +0800

情人节套餐 398元/2 位
Valentine's Day Set Menu for Two People, 398RMB

三文鱼拼盘 x 2
Salmon Platter

藏红花海鲜汤 x 2
Saffron Seafood Soup

煎龙利鱼（橙味汁）
Fried Flounder with Orange Sauce

西冷牛排（黑椒汁）
Beef Sirloin with Black Pepper Sauce

巧克力蛋糕 x 2
Chocolate Cake

红酒 x 2
Two Glasses of Red Wine

Bar Blu Valentine's Day 2012

barblu — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:08:15 +0800

情人节套餐 398元/2 位
Valentine's Day Set Menu for Two People, 398RMB

三文鱼拼盘 x 2
Salmon Platter

藏红花海鲜汤 x 2
Saffron Seafood Soup

煎安格斯肉眼牛排（红酒汁）
Grilled Angus Ribeye Steak With Red Wine Sauce

西冷牛排（黑椒汁）
Beef Sirloin with Black Pepper Sauce

芝士蛋糕 x 2
Cheese Cake

红酒 x 2
Two Glasses of Red Wine

Beer Pong Tournament

Mashup — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:13:33 +0800

America’s favorite drinking game is here! mashup will hold it’s next monthly beer pong tournament on February 11th, 2012. Bring your best beer pong partner and come show off your skills! Plus there are no losers in this game since beer drinking is involved winning or losing. Even if you suck at beer pong sign up and play, come drink beer and socialize! The champions from each month will play in a “Champions Tournament” at the end of the year.

Format: 2 players per team. Limited to 16 teams! Single or Double-Elimination Elimination depending on number of teams. Format is subject to change month-to-month.

Date/Time: Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 7:00PM

Location: Kokomo, 4th Floor, Tongli Studio

Tournament Fees:

Pre-registration Online: 100RMB per Team of 2 players (50RMB per person)

At the door: 150RMB per Team of 2 players (although it’ll probably already be full)

Fees Include: All the beer for tournament play. If you go out in the first round, you suck at beer pong and we feel bad for you, so we’ll give you a pitcher to drown your sorrows.

BIG Impro' Show + O.N.E Band

larastamum — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:35:01 +0800

Bilingual improv comedy. BIG'S first show during the year of the Dragon.

Feb. 11th, the year 55: Caesar's son, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, dies mysteriously. Nero, Tiberius' older brother, took the empire from young Tiberius before he could become a man. Will Dragon's older brother, Rabbit, do the same and steal the throne? Come and see...

- 8pm to 10pm -

O.N.E Band:

Founded in 2010 by Xu JiaQi, the band is focused on playing Jamaican Ska music, with Jazz, Funk, Reggae & Latin music influences. They played many times with local artists such as Afrokoko Roots, Jerry's Bigband, Touch Blue on Midi Music Festival and many venues in China. Now they are ready to hit the Temple once again to give u the best of Chinese/Jamaican Ska !

徐嘉琪 Mr.ONE (vocal & trombone)
魏淼 Melody (saxphone)
秦健喃King (guitar)
王芮 Ray (bass)
马超 Tom (drums)

- 10.30pm to 12am -

History in the making--BIG'S first show during the year of the Dragon

beijingimprov — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:09:59 +0800

每个月第二个周六有双语即兴表演！BIG IMPROV SHOW every 2nd Sat!

WHAT: History in the making. Bilingual improv comedy. BIG'S first show during the year of the Dragon.

WHEN: February 11th, 8pm

WHERE: Temple Bar. Gulou Dong Da Jie, 206

TICKETS: Suggested price is 30rmb. Buy at the door.

演出: 历史的转折点，北京双语即兴表演组龙年首次演出

时间：2月11号，晚上8点

地点：Temple Bar. 鼓楼东大街206

票价：建议价格是30块，现场购买

55年前的2月11号：凯撒的儿子，罗马的继承人，Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus莫名奇妙地死去。Tiberius 的哥哥Nero篡夺了他的王位。今年同样的事情会不会再发生，年长的兔子会不会篡夺龙的位子？拭目以待...

Bullfighting from behind the barrier (Toros desde la barrera)

xibanyayu — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:39:37 +0800

Bullfighting from behind the barrier is aimed at inviting visitors to think about the diversity of aesthetic and ethical points of view that arise in contemporary societies when it comes to the art of bullfighting. The works of art that will be displayed are all diverse in their approach to bullfighting. This diversity is in fact what shows the complexity of this topic and at the same time encourages the local audience to increase their interest and knowledge on one of the more well-known clichés of Spanish Culture. The art works consist of photographs from Cristóbal Hara, Fernando Herráez, Cristina García Rodero, Isabel Muñoz, Ramón Masats y Ramón Zabalza; and the work of the video-artist María Cañas.

http://pekin.cervantes.es/FichasCultura/Ficha76586_64_1.htm