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The best things to do in Beijing this week

TimeOutBeijing 欧美男星 2019-02-25 19:13:28 1111

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Your weekly guide to the best of Beijing

Enjoy your last week of February with these amazing events around town. With great movies on general release, live gigs from Beijing locals as well as international stars, and history trips around the city, there's something for everyone.

As well as these highlights, there are many more things to do in Beijing this weekend: explore, enjoy and don't forget to Instagram us your snaps with #timeoutbeijing or let us know on Facebook what you really enjoyed.

Nude Life Drawing

The SLab. 7pm. Thu 28. 180RMB; 200RMB (with free-flow drinks).

The SLab is hosting another nude life drawing session. The female model will be posing in increments of 30 seconds up to 20 minutes. The 200RMB entrance fee gets you free-flow wine and beer and drawing materials to use (feel free to bring in your own). Don't wait to register as seats are limited. For more info, click here.

Fête de Palooza

Thaiwoo Hotel. All day. Sat 2-Sun 3. 900-1,200RMB.

Gather your crew, pack your overnight bags and get ready for the ultimate weekend getaway. Fête de Palooza is a biannual boutique weekend-long experience designed to promote social and cultural exchange in a relaxed, fun and good-vibe environment. Spend the weekend skiing and snowboarding, alongside hot spring dips, brunch, yoga, a two-hour open bar, DJs and more. For more information and to get tickets, head to fetedepalooza.com.

A Walk and Discussion in the Hutongs of Beijing

The Hutong. 1.30pm. Sun 3. 300RMB; 260RMB (members)

One of Beijing’s most distinctive urban features, the hutongs have long been at the heart of the capital’s unique local culture. This walk explores the past, present, and future of the hutongs, Beijing’s network of historic alleyways from missionaries and ministers to the musicians of old and new. For more information and to get tickets, visit beijingbyfoot.com.

The Chef and The Brewer

Sifang Sanchuan. 7pm. Fri 1. 499RMB.

Great Leap Brewing hosts a special dinner at Chinese restaurant Sifang Sanchuan for the release of their first Wild Wall Series beer, the KoelBrett Apricot. Try Great Leap's new beer with friends this Friday and enjoy a six-course meal with seven Great Leap brews paired alongside. For the full menu, click here. For tickets, extract the QR code below.

Suru Suru Pop-Up

Hatchery Arcade. All day. Mon 25-Fri 1.

Head out for some delicious Vietnamese food at Hatchery all week long with Suru Suru's pop-up. Each weekday, the Suru Suru team will offer two sessions (from 1-2pm) to teach you how to make Vietnamese summer rolls. Alternatively, meet Mr Paper and learn how to make origami.

Ne Obliviscaris

Omni Space. 8.30pm. Tue 26. 170RMB; 130RMB (presale).

This six-piece, progressive metal band hail from Melbourne, Australia. With a violin accompanying the guitars, bass and drums, Ne Obliviscaris bring an unusual element to the genre, although the growling vocals and dark tunes remain a testament to the depths of metal. They head to Beijing performing from their latest album Urn.

Chris Botti

Century Theatre. 7.30pm. Thu 28. 380-980RMB.

For over two decades, Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Chris Botti has amassed a variety of honours, including multiple gold and platinum albums, as well as a spot on People's coveted 50 Most Beautiful People (of 2004). He's played with some of the best names in music – we're talking Sting, Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett, Yo-Yo Ma, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Andrea Bocelli – blending pop and jazz into his unique take on modern instrumental music.

Yellowjackets

Blue Note. 7.30pm. Thu 28-Fri 1. 180-420RMB.

This American jazz fusion band has won awards around the world for their modern take on jazzy rhythms. Coming off the back of their latest album Raising Our Voice, Yellowjackets head to Blue Note for two special nights of bold, beautiful beats.

Mono

Tango. 9pm. Fri 1. 260RMB; 220RMB (presale).

Takaakira Goto, Hideki Suematsu, Tamaki Kunishi and Yasunori Takada have been creating epic, sweeping instrumental rock soundscapes for the best part of two decades now, establishing Mono as one of post-rock’s leading lights and seeing them hailed as gods of the genre. They return to Beijing with their newest album Nowhere Now Here.

Nocturnes and Future Orients

School Bar. 9pm. Sat 2. 80RMB; 60RMB (presale).

Nocturnes' music has been described as emotional, sultry, atmospheric and immersive, sitting somewhere between the intensity of Foals, the electronic elements of Bonobo and the pop sensibilities of Coldplay. Their electrifying live performances have earned them a place amongst the top bands in Beijing. They're joined this Friday by stage friends Future Orients.

Zi Yue

Tango. 8pm. Sat 2. 220RMB; 180RMB (presale).

Beijing punk band Zi Yue, or 'Confucious says', formed back in 1994, releasing two albums to general acclaim and best album awards. After taking a break from touring for a few years, the punk rockers are back, bringing their witty vibes and delightful tunes back to their home crowd.

Plini

Mao Livehouse Wukesong. 8pm. Sat 2. 180RMB.

Hailing from Sydney, indie solo artist Plini writes, records and produces all of his own music, straight out of his house. His instrumental rock has seen him gain acclaim around the world, especially after the release of his debut album Handmade Cities. One critic described his first album as 'one of the finest, forward-thinking, melodic, rhythmically and harmonically deep... records I have ever heard'.

Genius

Cinker Pictures. 10pm, Mon 25. 7.30pm, Thu 28. 150RMB.

A stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between the world-renowned book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and the larger-than-life literary giant Thomas Wolfe. Stars Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Dominic West and Guy Pearce. For more information and to get tickets, click here.

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

On general release from Fri 1.

Berk villager Hiccup and his dragon Toothless reunite for a finale nearly a decade on from the first film – cue teary goodbyes and a nostalgic look back at friendships made and foes flambéed. The Hidden World, we learn, is the utopia to which Hiccup, the settlement’s newly established chief, must lead his clan when an infamous dragon hunter appears on the scene.

Green Book

On general release from Fri 1.

Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are masterful in this rousing period piece, alternating belly laughs with an unflinching view of a nation at war with itself. Green Book – winner of Best Picture in the 2019 Oscars – charts a road trip into racism shared by two well-worn stereotypes, characters that, almost surprisingly, come from real life – ‘Tony Lip’ Vallelonga (a pizza-chomping Viggo Mortensen) is a brutal, racist NYC club bouncer prone to howyadoins. On the hunt for work, he gets an unlikely gig at the invitation of Don Shirley (cryptic Mahershala Ali, superb), a finicky black jazz pianist who requires a tough driver to escort him on a tour of the Deep South. Green Book may well move you, possibly to tears, at the thought of real social change and kindness (at a time when we need it badly).

Love

Destination. Until Sun 24 Mar. Free.

Des Art, hosted in the Contemporary Art Culture Center at Destination, hosts a new exhibition curated by Pierre Alivon, supported by UNAIDS and funded by the New Zealand Embassy. The exhibition explores the many different facets, perceptions and understandings of love. From original sin to the modern day, the artworks tell the story of love and how it has morphed throughout the centuries. For more information, click here.

Murray Perahia

NCPA. 7.30pm. Wed 27. 80-580RMB.

In the more than 40 years he has been performing on the concert stage, American pianist Murray Perahia has become one of the most sought-after and cherished pianists of our time, performing in all of the major international music halls and with every leading orchestra.