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Mixed music
Canadian musician David Braid will give a solo concert featuring jazz music. Braid graduated from the University of Toronto in 1998 and is now a teacher there. He has won 2009 Jazz Pianist of the Year award in Canada.
Braid is also a composer with more than 70 works, covering piano, jazz and symphony. His works blend the elements of classical music and American jazz - energetic and elegant.
7:30 pm, Nov 22. 30-380 yuan. Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, Northwest of Tian'anmen Square. 6559-8285
中山音乐堂，中山公园内
Puppet Swan Lake
The China Puppet Theater is staging the fairy puppet show Swan Lake. The puppet version adopts the main plots and characters of the original work. The element of love is diluted in an effort to cater to young audiences. The stage properties are huge and fascinating, including the human-sized mushroom and flowers.
10:30 am, until Nov 22. 60-150 yuan. China Puppet Theater, A1 Anhuali, Chaoyang district. 400-818-3333
中国木偶剧院, 朝阳区安华里甲一号
Exhibitions
Modern prints
The ongoing exhibition, In Print, features a diverse selection of contemporary prints by 22 domestic and overseas artists, including American Terry Winters, South African William Kentridge, as well as China's Su Xinping and Zhu Wei.
Exhibits include selections from the Columbia University LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies collection and those chosen from the Asian Contemporary Art in Print celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Asia Society.
10 am-6 pm, until Dec 30 except Monday. Dialogue Space, 32 Baiziwan Lu, Chaoyang district. 5876-9392
对画空间画廊，朝阳区百子湾路32号
Elegant figures
Army artist Qu Zhi's recent oil paintings are themed around portraits of beauties. In the form of vertical scrolls, the portraits transmit calm and creat a leisurely ambience. Gray is dominant, with small areas of bright orange or red dotting the background.
10 am-5 pm, until Nov 22 except Monday. Hongzilan Gallery, Building 6, 22 Baiziwan Lu, Chaoyang district. 5807-4911
红子兰画廊, 朝阳区百子湾路22院街艺术区6号楼
Live music
New Hope charity show
Huang Shaofeng, a member of the Radio Mars pop music producing duo, joins a number of local musicians for a charity concert in aid of New Hope Foundation.
9 pm, Nov 18. 100 yuan. Yugong Yishan, East Courtyard, site of Duanqirui Government, Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng district. 6403-0311
东城区张自忠路3-2号段祺瑞执政府旧址西院
Improv rolls on
This monthly improv music live show was first organized by Saxophonist Li Tieqiao in 2007. An amazing range of artistes have performed on this stage ever since. No Viking Adventure, the 24th of the series, will gather wind instrumentalist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm, guitarist Kim Myhr and tuba player Martin Taxt to give a stunning improv show.
9 pm, Nov 18. Free. Jianghu Bar, 7 Dongmianhua Hutong, Jiaodaokou Nandajie. Dongcheng district. 6401-4611
东城区交道口南大街东棉花胡同7号
Events
How to be smarter
Develop your spontaneity and improv skills at a workshop. It is run in English and Chinese and teaches how to spin a good story and sharpen your wit.
7:30 pm, Nov 18. Free. Jiangjingjiu Bar, 2 Zhongku Hutong, Dongcheng district (near the North gate of Drum Tower). 8405-0124
东城区钟库胡同2号(鼓楼北门)
Twist and turn
Camila Tango salon launches tango courses for beginners and intermediates. The courses will teach you basic tango skills and how to dance in a tango party. Classes are on every Wednesday and Saturday. On Fridays and Saturdays there is a party with Argentinean tango music playing and wine is served.
300 yuan for six lessons, 10 percent discount for couples
7-8 pm, Nov 18. Camila Tango Salon, Room 604, BLDG 6, SOHO New Town, Xi Dawanglu, Chaoyang district. 8552-5228
朝阳区西大望路SOHO现代城6号楼604
Paint like the Chinese
At the two-hour class, students get to pick up the fundamental skills of Chinese painting, from holding a brush, using it deftly to facts about style and artistic values.
7-9 pm, Nov 18. 160 yuan. China Culture Center, Room 101, Kent Center, 29 Anjialou, Liangmaqiaolu, Chaoyang district. 6432-9341
朝阳区亮马桥路29号安家楼肯特中心
Bars
Obelisco Cafe
There is no better place in Beijing for Argentinean expats to reminisce about their homeland. The elegant eatery serves traditional Argentine fare served with homemade bread and fine wines from the cellar with storage for 40,000 bottles. 1 Laiguangying Donglu, Chaoyang district. 8470-3968.
朝阳区来广营东路1号
Buffalo Club
The lavishly designed three-storeyed bar and restaurant, modeling after the glamour of Shanghai in the 1930s, with stunning views over the water, boasts an extensive range of imported wines. 5 Lotus Lane, Shichahai, Xicheng district. 6617-1666.
西城区什刹海荷花市场5号
The Den
Popular with football, rugby and cricket fans. Daily 24 hours. 4 Gongti Donglu, (next to City Hotel main entrance), Chaoyang district. 6592-6290.
朝阳区工体东路甲4号
Q Bar
The concept and design of Q Bar comes from the fusion of cultures, with one owner hailing from Germany and the other from China.
Daily 6 pm-2 am. Top floor of the Eastern Inn, Sanlitun Nanlu, 500 meters south of Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang district. 6595-9239
朝阳区三里屯南路逸羽酒店6楼(近工体南路)
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