Activities & nightlife

Lany 2017 in Shanghai

Date: July 31 - 8 pm

Venue: Bandai Namco Shanghai Base Future House

Price: 250-280 yuan

For a shot in the dark, Lany's album is something of a triumph, underpinned by distinctive, wistful lyrics that continue to set Lany apart from their peers. "It wasn't a conscious decision to write such conversational lyrics, but I've definitely noticed most people don't do it," Klein adds. "I know we're different, because people tell me we're different, but we never tried to be. The result is an album packed with truth, and light on ambiguity. "Some writers aren't even sure what their lyrics mean until after they're written, and only then do they attach meaning," Paul adds. "I know what I mean, and I'm going to say it. That's the only thing that makes sense to me."

Contact: 400-610-3721

Rembrandt and His Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection

Date: July 15-Sept 3 - 9 am

Venue: National Museum of China

Price: Free Entry

As part of its mission to stimulate a wider appreciation and understanding of seventeenth-century Dutch art, The Leiden Collection's first international traveling exhibition will bring a group of some seventy works to the National Museum of China, Beijing from June 17, 2017 through September 3, 2017. The Leiden Collection exhibition makes history by presenting the largest assemblage of Dutch Golden Age paintings ever to visit China. It will include eleven paintings by Rembrandt - the greatest number of works by the master in private hands - as well as Vermeer's Young Woman Seated at a Virginal, the first painting by the celebrated artist to travel to Beijing.

Contact: 010-6401-2252