Agenda's Out: Drama Queen Jiang Wenli
The lady on this issue’s cover is actress Jiang Wenli, who scooped the Best Actress prize at the 2007 Venice Film Festival for her performance in And the Spring Comes. The attractive Ms. Jiang talks to us ahead of her starring role in Lin Zhaohua’s production of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, which runs from May 22-26 at the Poly Theatre.
Among the new restaurant and bar openings we cover in this issue are Budapest, Beijing’s first Hungarian restaurant, Malaysian favorite Nyonya Kitchen’s second branch, there are custard-style Canto-desserts at Xiao Che’s and Block 8’s i-Ultra is reborn as Thai-themed lounge Ruby Khi.
In Spotlights: Affordable Art Beijing founder Tamsin Roberts previews this year’s event, which takes place on May 30-31; chef-teacher Chun Yi lets us into the secrets of great Chinese cooking at her Hutong Cuisine classes; we talk to Samia Asif, the co-owner of Mughal’s Pakistani and Indian restaurant; Priscilla Lightsey of HOPE introduces therapeutic riding classes for special needs children; and Tony Chen, CEO of apbc Offices tells us how serviced offices nurture creativity in the workplace.
The issue is rounded out with Lists taking in the best dim sum Beijing has to offer, cooking classes to get you out of the restaurant and reacquainted with the kitchen, the highlights of the NineGates International Jazz Festival, which runs from May 22-30, and some of the city’s top bookstores. And last but not least, 14 days of great events in our Day-by-Day event listings.
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