ACTIVITIES

X-Mas Eve Young Punk Night!

Date: Dec 24－9 pm

Venue: School Bar

Price: 40-80 yuan

It was the night before Christmas, and all through School Bar's house, all types of creatures were stirring, especially....young punks!

On this evening it is a who's who of young punk bands in Beijing's music scene. Put away your Christmas cookies and egg nog, and put on your drinking shoes and leather jacket!

Aberration were actually first formed in Wuhan by a young Liang Zhan in 2007. After playing in SMZB and moving to Beijing to play in Los Crasher and other bands, Liang Zhan moved back to Wuhan in 2014, and restarted his first love, Aberration. Aberration is close friends with most of the bands on this bill, and are excited to be making the trek up to Beijing for this special Christmas Eve show. Fresh off releasing their debut album this fall and thereafter a China tour, The Flyx return to School Bar! Beijing's first and preeminent all-girl punk band of this current generation Free Sex Shop will be on hand spread some Christmas cheer! Quick Shot, another all-girl punk band formed over the last year, return to their home away from home after rocking Temple's stage on Halloween! Independent punk rockers Day Dream have been gaining steam and staying busy playing across the city after solidifying their current lineup! Finally, Final Impact－the punk and ska inspired and self-described "Kong Fu Ramones"－are sure to stir the crowd into a frenzy.

Contact: 010-6402-8881

Pub Quiz

Date: Dec 22－8 pm

Venue: The Local Bar and Grill

Price: Free

Hosts Alan and Cody (and sometimes Kat) put on an awesome, fun quiz that largely avoids cultural bias and has just the right amount of challenge. They manage to keep the pacing good and usually finish up before 10:30 out of respect for those of you who are drinking on a school night.

Contact: 010-6591-9525

Mental Health Support Group

Date: Dec 22－7:30 pm

Venue: Rosewood Beijing

Price: Free

Moving to a new country, going through a breakup, a loss of a job, or living with metal conditions is very challenging. Yet, there's no reason to suffer alone when one can choose to join hands with others and let the power of connection and group support heal us.

In the absence of such social support, CandleX is making an effort to provide a safe environment for people living in Beijing to share personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings in small, confidential gatherings. This is the new endeavor of CandleX, a project in Beijing that focuses on the mental health by awareness raising on depression and bi-polar disorder. This is a continuing effort to provide more support to our Beijing English speaking community.

Participants: Our support groups are for people with any mental conditions ranging from anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression or people who are dealing with difficult situations in life.

Contact: bien.king@yahoo.com

Chinese Painting

Date: Dec 22－1:30 pm

Venue: CLE classroom (Jianwai SOHO Building 9, Room 605)

Price: 50 yuan

Chinese ink and water painting has over a 1000 year history and is concerned one of the most sacred forms of traditional Chinese art. It is one of the four basic disciplines studied and developed by the Chinese literati. This class is a great way to experience traditional Chinese culture and philosophy.

Contact: 010-5869-5800

Czech Philharmonic 2016 Beijing New Year Concert

Date: Dec 31－7:30 pm

Venue: Great Hall of People

Price: 180-5,800 yuan

Now celebrating its 120th season, the Czech Philharmonic continues to delight audiences around the globe with its unique qualities, and to take its place amongst the world's finest orchestras. At the helm of this great Czech cultural institution is Chief Conductor Jiri Belohlavek, who has led the orchestra on highly successful tours of the USA, China, Japan, Europe and the UK. The orchestra has received great acclaim for its recent Dvorak recordings for Decca.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Broadway Musical Man of La Mancha in Shanghai

Date: Dec 19-Jan 10－7:15 pm

Venue: People Grand Theater

Price: 150-880 yuan

Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes and his seventeenth-century masterpiece Don Quixote. It tells the story of the "mad" knight, Don Quixote, as a play within a play, performed by Cervantes and his fellow prisoners as he awaits a hearing with the Spanish Inquisition. The work is not, and does not pretend to be, a faithful rendition of either Cervantes' life or of Don Quixote.

Contact: 400-610-3721