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Spring is coming and it’s time to empty your wardrobes and cabinets to make room for the new! Get rid of the old in an eco-friendly and profitable way at the BSB Boot Sale. 100RMB gets you a spot in the meet, and a chance to get rid of gently used clothing and other household goods (no food and beverages, please!) Unsold items can be donated to Roundabout.

For more information or to register, visit: https://yoopay.cn/event/07420184

Koningsdag or King's Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Celebrated on 27 April the date marks the birth of King Willem-Alexander. The night before we traditionally celebrate Koningsnacht or King's Night and this year will we do this in Beijng on April 26.

Are you Dutch, have Dutch roots or lived in the Netherlands for one or more years, than this event is for you! If you are member of the Nederlandse Vereniging Peking (NVP) the entrance fee is 200RMB, for everyone else it's 300RMB. Free-flow Heineken beer, wine and soft drinks. Of course with the traditional bitterballen, cheese and other delicious snacks like chicken satay will be served throughout the event (also several vegatarian snacks are served).

From 9PM live music by Vegas Royality!

This is an event you cannot miss! Go to https://nvpeking.com for more info and tickets!

Just in time to create something for Mother’s Day or for yourself. Join us on Sunday 13 May, to create your own brooch or bracelet by Suzhou Embroidery. Using handmade Suzhou Embroidery and beading to find your awesome inspiration. Classes are bilingual, all materials are included, but we invited you to bring any old jewelry pieces that you may be able to incorporate into your new design.

Single ticket is for one jewelry making, so we appreciate that one parent would bring your kids to create the jewelry together. As always, places are very limited in our workshops, so we request payment in advance. Book your seat at least before one week for the early ticket.

ABOUT SUZHOU EMBROIDERY

Suzhou embroidery is crafted in areas around Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, having a history dating back 2,000 years. It is famous for its beautiful patterns, elegant colours, variety of stitches, and consummate craftsmanship. Its stitching is meticulously skillful, coloration subtle and refined.

Suzhou artists are able to use more than 40 needlework and a 1,000 different types of threads to make embroidery, typically with nature and environment themes such as flowers, birds, animals and even gardens on a piece of cloth.

A rare subset is Su double-sided embroidery which requires ultimate skill and artistry. The front and back of the piece may have different designs, but the ends are not knotted but woven in so the back can't be distinguished.

Classes are bilingual

All materials are included

How to book

Contact with J.C.: mr_j.c.zhang@hotmail.com

The Local Flea Market in Beijing will be held on 2nd June! We will host more than 30 quality vendors you’ve come to expect. In celebration of Children’s Day, we are inviting you and your little ones to come and enjoy the festivities. We will have a paper folding workshop for kids from WWF, using your creative ideas to build the animal world. The workshop will support an organization which is saving wild animals in Africa at all.

In addition, your children can volunteer to help the WWF get the word out about protecting the environment. Representatives of the WWF will be on site and will have activities and gifts for the little ones who volunteer.

At our Local Flea Market you’ll also find uniquely Chinese products, organic food, special family drinks, and imported English-language books and more.

Everyone is invited to join Cultural Keys and Plan B at Best of British, a market celebrating the best of small British businesses in Beijing! We'll have all your favourite British dishes like fish & chips and shepherd's pie served by Plan B, vegan fish and chips served by Root Pop, afternoon tea and cupcakes, a bouncy castle for the kids... not to mention a plethora of British vendors and vendors selling British products! Come have a fun afternoon supporting the British community in Beijing!

This event is proudly sponsored by Crown Relocations, Bluestar AMG and Cambridge Mask and supported by the British Chamber of Commerce in China.

GREEN BAZAAR!

(aka DONGSI FLEA MARKET x ZERO WASTE DAY!)

绿集市

(aka 东四跳蚤市场和零浪费日)

DETAILS:

Date: Saturday 14th April

Time: 11am - 7pm

Address: 北京市东城区内务部街27号 (27 Neiwubu Jie, Chaoyangmen District, Beijing)

For anyone who attended the Zero Waste Concept Day in November (last year) at Dongzhimen wai, imagine that and x 10 + 88 and then think of the biggest number you can think of and do that to the power of whatever number you have calculated after x 10 and adding 88! That's right, now you are picturing the scale of this zero waste event.

This day will have it all!

We will start the day with yoga. As the yoga session is limbering everyone up for the day ahead of them, the flea market will have kicked off around the people bending and stretching and at the same time there will be a whole other range of vendors who you are very likely to know from around Beijing's market scene. There will be food, there will be drink, there will be workshops, talks and there will be music playing in the courtyard of the beautiful venue.

It is free entry for ALL to attend.

The event will have workshops taking place throughout the day, these will be ticketed and you can sign up for these through our YooPay link.

Workshops will include:

- Yoga

- Kids Environmental Gardening workshop

- DIY skincare workshop

- Composting workshop

Talks will include:

- TALK: Zero Waste: From Underdogs to Frontline Warriors

- TALK: How to Live a Zero Waste Lifestyle!

We will also have a documentary screening

- Will announce soon which documentary that will be.

Tell your friends, tell your friends' friends and tell people you don't know. Remember, strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.

The whole day will be revolving around activities that are good for our beautiful planet!

详情:

时间：2018年4月14日 星期六

11:00至19:00

地点：北京市东城区内务部街27号朝阳门社区文化生活馆27院

对于任何参加过去年11月份在东直门外举办的零浪费概念日的人来说，我们这次的活动将会更加盛大和热闹！

这一天我们将有以下的所有！

我们将以瑜伽开场。当瑜伽把每个人都活动开后，跳蚤市场将会开始，与此同时你也将看到大量出现在北京各集市的摊主。那里将会有食物、饮料和音乐。（当然，还会有舞蹈！）

所有人都可以免费参加！

活动全天还将会有工作坊，参加者需提前购票，有意者可以通过我们的YooPay（友付）链接报名参加。工作坊将包括：DIY护肤品自制工作坊、修理工作坊、堆肥工作坊等。

我们还将会有一两部环保记录片放映，以及来自在北京从事环保事业的分享者的精彩演讲。告诉你的朋友，你朋友的朋友以及你不知道的其他人来参加吧！记住，陌生人只是你还没见过面的朋友。

全天将会以有利于我们美丽地球的活动为中心！

HERE IS WHERE THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE:

朝阳门社区文化生活馆

Chaoyangmen Cultural Centre

27院儿

27 Yard

地址：北京市东城区内务部街27号

Address: 27 Neiwubu Jie, Chaoyangmen District, Beijing

Finding the location:

The hutong that 27 Yard is located on is in between Dongsi subway station and Dengshikou subway station

27 Yard is less than 900 metres from Dongsi subway station.

27 Yard is less than 500 metres from Dengshikou subway station.

活动地址：北京市东城区内务部街27号朝阳门社区文化生活馆27院

27院所在的胡同位于东四地铁站、灯市口地铁站之间，离东四地铁站少于900米，离灯市口地铁站少于500米，更详细的地图和方向我们将会在活动前提前告知各位摊主

Love, marriage, and relationships can be complicated. There are times when happiness seems impossible. However, there are tips, tools, and strategies that can make any relationship better. Join Relationship Life Coach, Caneisha Berry, as she shares methods for living happily ever after. The price of the workshop includes workshop, workbook, dinner and a drink.

For more information or to RSVP, visit: https://yoopay.cn/event/81239708

Grab your bike, skateboard, or rickshaw and join us for a craft beer crawl between some of the best hutong bars in Beijing!

Each place will have a different 京A brew on tap for just RMB 30 during their hour-long stop on the tour.
Collect a stamp at each stop when you buy a beer, and if you have all 6 at the end you'll get a shiny new 京A bottle opener!

Extra prizes will be in store for the riders with the best individual costume and the best group costume, so dig up your old halloween costumes!

We'll kick things off with Brewer's Brunch at 京A Brewpub Xingfucun, then around 1:45PM we'll begin the ride towards our first stop in the hutongs... Jianguo Bar! We'll aim to arrive at each new stop on the hour to grab a beer and a snack, but keep things moving!

The full schedule of stops is:
1PM: Jing-A Brewpub Xingfucun
2PM: Jianguo Bar
3PM: DDC (Dusk Dawn Club)
4PM: Punk Rock Noodles
5PM: The Great Outdoors
6PM: Tiki Bungalow
7PM: E&A Livehouse

Stick around at our last stop to see Stevie Mac & The Mac Daddies get up on stage!

The Indie Coffee Fest is a feast for all the coffee-addicts in town to exchange ideas about living with coffee.

The event will include sharing session, talks, and live performance. There will be renowned coffee shops from UK, Australia, and those from Hong Kong as well as the mainland including St Ali, Sendory Lab, Originan Roastery, and Soloist Coffee.

Check the website for tickets.

Beijing based edutainment group, BLK GEN presents a classic nite of Spoken Word & Slam Poetry for the CULTURE in celebration of National Poetry Month!

If you have had the chance to view “Black Panther”, then you have to marvel at the genius of the people of the African diaspora. You must also wonder why that genius and magnificence has escaped the headlines and television news-stories to a large degree. Remiss are the journeys and stories of African captives who left the African continent in-between the 15th and 19th centuries, more specifically from Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal in the late 18th century. Among the Island’s legacy are the “House of Slaves”, and the infamous door of “No Return” … the door through which millions of Africans left to become enslaved in the Americas. The genius, the beauty, the strength, and the offspring of many -those majestic descendants now grace the streets of Beijing.

One would be hard-pressed and very confused after reading this expose’ regarding the lost children of the Dark Continent while trying to reconcile this account, and the reporting that most of the world receives regarding the offspring of those children of the African Diaspora. “Culture Shock” is the opportunity to witness and to experience the rich, wonderful culture, and history of a much-maligned tribe of the global human family.

The place to be on Friday April 6, 2018 is the Sanlitun Bookworm, Nan Sanlitun Road, Building 4, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, and P.R. China. Showtime begins at 8P, tickets are 50RMB in advance. The Bookworm will provide their traditional food & beverage offerings while BLK GEN has commissioned the services of SUPER Photog Ezra to capture this memorable experience. Selected attendees & artist will have the opportunity to grace an Open Mic if time permits. To learn more about the upcoming “Culture Shock” experience, Or to be considered as a featured poet for this event, email us at Info@BLKGEN.com.

BLK GEN intends to raise the awareness, and to articulate the presence of the Black Diaspora through creative expression, and cultural mores. Don’t miss this opportunity of enrichment this April 6, purchase your tickets now! See you at Culture Shock’