Shows

Jonas Kaufmann Solo Concert in Shenzhen

Date: Nov 11 - 8 pm

Venue: Shenzhen Concert Hall

Price: 280-1,280 yuan

Jonas Kaufmann is a German operatic tenor. He is best known for his performances in spinto roles such as Don Jose in Carmen, Cavaradossi in Tosca, Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur, and the title role in Don Carlos. He has also sung leading tenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner with success in Germany and abroad, most notably the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He is also an accomplished Lieder singer. In 2014 The New York Times described Kaufmann as "a box-office draw, and the most important, versatile tenor of his generation".

Contact: 400-610-3721

Cloud Gate Dance Theater Rice

Date: Nov 4-5 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-680 yuan

The inspiration for Rice came from the landscape and story of Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan. Previously tainted by the use of chemical fertilizer, this farming village has now regained its title as the Land of the Emperor's Rice by adopting organic farming. Awed by the immense waves of grain rolling across expansive fields of rice, Lin took the dancers to Chihshang, where they joined the farmers in harvesting the rice. Out of this experience in the field, Lin has created exuberant yet powerful movements woven through Soil, Sunlight, Wind, Water and Fire, telling the story of the land while contemplating the devastation of Earth.

Contact: 400-610-3721

SSB in Concert

Date: Nov 2 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Blue Stream, Beijing

Price: Free entry

Pop rockers HZ have been together since 2014 and are big on the campus and live house scene. They take the stage at Blue Stream this Saturday with fellow rockers SSB for a free show. SSB plays pop, punk and hard rock. They're a group of musicians who got together for fun, never thinking that they'd be this successful.

Contact: 400-188-6980

National Peking Opera Company Return of the Phoenix

Date: Nov 11 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-500 yuan

The Vice-minister of the Ministry of War Cheng Pu retires on account of old age and returns to his native place. He has two daughters, of whom the elder one, whose name is Xueyan, is ugly, while the younger, whose name is Xue'e, is beautiful and clever. Cheng Pu goes for a spring outing and comes across his friend's son Mu Juyi. He has a thing for Mu Juyi and invites the young man to his birthday party. Returning home, he tells his wife what has happened on the way and plans to marry Xue'e to Mu, but his wife strongly insists marring Xueyan to Mu. On Cheng's birthday, Zhu Huanran comes to the party and falls in love with Xue'e at the sight of her. Mrs. Cheng mistakenly believes that Mu has tacitly consented to the proposal of marriage and asks him to stay in Cheng's house. Xueyan goes to visit Mu at night under her sister's name, but Mu turns her down and takes French leave. He runs into Zhu on the way, and the latter gives him silver ingots and a horse hypocritically to make him go far away. It happens that Cheng Pu is reinstated and returns to the army with Military Supervisor Zhou. He runs into Mu on the road and takes the latter to the barracks. Zhu disguises himself as the bridegroom, and so Xueyan passes herself as the bride under Mrs. Cheng's instigation, but the new couple later gets to know each other's true identity. At the very time, traitors are rising in revolt, and Mrs. Cheng goes to Zhu's house alone for shelter, but Zhu has been impoverished due to a fire disaster. Cheng Pu puts down the rebellion, and Xue'e comes to her father. Then comes an echo of bringing up proposal of marriage, but Mu rejects it. Honggong and Supervisor Zhou spare no effort to bring him around, and the air is cleared in the bridal chamber. Then, Zhu, Xueyan and Mrs Cheng come to seek shelter, and they have a family reunion.

Contact: 400-610-3721

National Peking Opera Company The Unicorn Purse

Date: Nov 12 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-500 yuan

Granny Xue, a wealthy landlord in Dengzhou, betroths her daughter Xue Xiangling to Zhou Tingxun. Before the wedding, Granny Xue gives her daughter a unicorn purse inlaid with jewelry interiorly as the local customs request. On the wedding day, the bridal sedan chair is caught in a rain midway, and the people have to take shelter from rain in the Chunqiu Pavilion; there comes another bridal sedan chair, in which sits the poor girl ZhaoShouzhen, who is wailing for the fickleness of the world. As a compassionate person, Xiangling gives Zhao the unicorn purse, and they restart their respective journey after it stops raining. Six years later, a flood attacks Dengzhou. The Xue family and Zhou family are reduced to refugees, and Xiangling is separated from her family. She drifts to Laizhou alone, where she runs into her former nanny Hu, who takes her to the almshouse built by the local gentleman Lu Sheng. It happens that Hu is recruiting a nanny for his son, and Xiangling is recruited. When watching operas with Tianlin in the theater, she fills her mind with a myriad of thoughts and suddenly realizes the fugacity of poverty and wealth. Tianlin is playing with a ball, which rolls into a low building, and asks Xiangling to pick it up, but Mrs Lu has issued a ban that nobody can enter the building without permission. Xiangling enters the building and sees the unicorn purse on the altar. She cannot help being moved to tears. Mrs Lu is Zhao Shouzhen, who cross-examines Xiangling, and gets to know that this nanny is the one who gave her the unicorn purse. Mrs Lu treats Xiangling as an honored guest and helps her reunite with her family members.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Nothing's Carved in Stone Live in Shanghai

Date: Nov 11-12 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Bandai Namco Shanghai Base Future House

Price: 380-480 yuan

Nothing's Carved in Stone is a Japanese rock group formed in January 2009. Their 2009 debut album proved that this band has it's own unique sound and a rocking band chemistry which is seen in their energetic live performance. On 2013, the band continued their string of successful tie-up songs, as their single Out of Control was selected to be an opening theme of the hit anime Psycho-Pass. Following the release of their fifth album, Revolt, in June.

Contact: 400-610-3721

Musical West Side Story

Date: Nov 23-Dec 6 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai Culture Square

Price: 200-1,000 yuan

Provocative finger snapping of street gangs, Puerto Rican girls' whirling skirts on New York City's flat roofs, derelict West Side backyards - just a few notes of Leonard Bernstein's world-famous score, featuring songs such as Maria, Tonight, Somewhere, America and I Feel Pretty, immediately evoke these images of West Side Story. At its 1957 Broadway premiere the musical redefined an entire genre both musically and in terms of dance. The genius of its four creators - Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim - produced a piece whose great artistic quality remains unquestioned to this day. The film version won ten Oscars and brought the masterwork to an audience of millions just a few years later. Today West Side Story stands unchallenged as the No 1 of American musical theater - daring, realistic, and as relevant as on the day of its premiere.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Activities & Nightlife

Nicky Romero at Club Sir. Teen

Date: Nov 4 - 10 pm

Venue: Club Sir. Teen

Price: 200 yuan

World famous DJ Nicky Romero appears at Club Sir. Teen on Saturday, Nove 4. Best known for his viral hit Toulouse and his UK chart topping single I Could Be The One with Avicii, he plays a mix of EDM, electro-house and progressive house. When he's not DJing, he produces for Rihanna and Britney Spears.

Contact: 185-1828-5425

Building China Into Your Career

Date: Nov 6 - 6:30 pm

Venue: Hotel Jen Beijing

Price: 200 yuan

On Monday, Nov 6, join the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Project Pengyou for a special panel event on how to develop a China-focused career, featuring prominent Hopkins alumni from the business, policy and entertainment sectors. The speakers will share their on-the-ground experiences in China and also give the audience a chance to take part in the dialogue. Robbie Shields, Student Career Counselor at the Hopkins Nanjing Center (HNC), will moderate the event. There will be a networking reception following the discussion.

Contact: nihao@projectpengyou.org

The Ultimate Fun & Social Dance Workout

Date: Nov 4 - 6:45 pm

Venue: Destination Club, Beijing

Price: 50 yuan

PartyFit is an hourlong intense dance workout designed to suit everybody and bring people together to sweat in on. PartyFit involves dance and aerobic elements. The choreography incorporates Hip-Pop, Salsa, Reggaeton, and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. A total workout, combining all elements of fitness cardio, muscle conditioning, balance, and flexibility, boosted energy and a serious dose of awesomeness each time you complete the class. Plus it is super fun and very social. You don't need to be a dancer.

Contact: ajsong1987@gmail.com

TCM Healthcare Talk Show

Date: Nov 5 - 2:30 pm

Venue: Guo Yihui TCM Hospital

Price: Free entry

The upcoming activity is about killing pain with TCM's help. Professional doctor Zhou will tell you all kinds of disease connect to the neck, shoulder pain and lumbar disease. We will teach you traditional Chinese physical exercise as well, it's interesting to learn and get a better health at the same time. Please make appointment first. It is limited to 20 persons.

Contact: 136-6228-0612

2017 Smart Food Industry Trend Forum

Venue: Hilton, Dalian, Liaoning

Price: Free Entry

The 2017 Smart Food Industry Trend Forum and Fmeimei launching ceremony was held in Dalian. In-depth Discussion focused on the challenge and opportunities brought by the internet. The efficiency shown by intelligent catering makes it an important new force. Feng Enyuan, vice-president of China Cuisine Association said there is a discrepancy between the increasingly personalized taste and the large demand. Smart catering, central kitchen is the new trend, and through big data customers can enjoy better fast food from master chefs. Fmeimei has always been committed to creating a new catering model. In its strategic layout, selling machines in cities have always been their top priority by integrating the IoT into its own cold chain delivery system. Now they have completed distribution in more than 100 locations in Beijing with 400 selling machines to meet the demand for high-quality and convenient meals.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Thrash Metal Act The Crack

Date: Nov 4 - 9 pm

Venue: Yugong Yishan

Price: 100-120 yuan

The thrash metal group The Crack is a tough, technically precise five-man metal group formed in Beijing in 2005. Their latest EP describes scenes the Crusades from a soldier's perspective. Catch this unique rock group live at Yugong Yishan.

Contact: 400-188-6980

Sports

Audi Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017

Date: Nov 4-5 - 3 pm

Venue: Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing

Price: 80-580 yuan

Organized by the International Skating Union and managed by Chinese Skating Association, Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2017 is one of the highest-level figure skating series events in the world, which will attract all top figure skaters from different countries. The Grand Prix is hosted in six countries including the United States, Canada, China, France, Russia and Japan. The first Cup of China was hosted in 2003 and it has been organized successfully in the successive 14 years. In 2017, Cup of China will be held at the Capital Indoor Stadium on November, 3-5. This year the participating teams are highlight enough. Four projects are participated by world champions. Moreover, European Champions, Four Continents Champions and World Youth Champions will also compete on COC, which is absolutely worth expecting. Figure Skating originated in Holland in the 13th century. The skaters will show their technical skills and artistic representation, which will be a grand visual and audio feast.

Contact: 400-610-3721