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Beijing Jewelry Club is offering a handcrafted jewelry workshop that helps inspire creativity and artistic talent in children ages 6 to 12. Participants are taught how to create simple necklaces, bracelets, earrings and hair accessories.

Alumni associations hold animal welfare fundraiser

The Columbia Alumni Association of Beijing is sponsoring on March 20 the Animal Welfare Fundraising Dinner to promote control the city’s stray-cat population.

Bohai Bike challenge in spring

The Schoolhouse and The China Charity Challenge are hosting their first charity bike ride, Bohai or Bust, in Huairou District on April 3. Participants can choose among 12 routes, ranging from a family-friend path to a 66-kilometer ride through Bohai Township.

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Celebrate the magic of the world’s oldest known liqueur, chartreuse, at Bed Bar, a hutong bar near the Drum and Bell Tower. Chartreuse has been produced for 400 years by Chartreux monks in France using 130 types of plants, roots and flowers.

Liaison offices hot spots for Spring Festival celebrations

The central government has announced that 582 out of 900 city- and provincial-government liaison offices in Beijing will be shut down within six months as part of an anti-corruption drive.

Charity sale for children with cerebral palsy

Last Saturday was an unusually busy workday for Leslie Simpson, founder of charity store Roundabout in Shunyi District. A secondhand book and toy sale was being held in the shop to raise money for 40 specialized wheelchairs for children with brittle bone disease.

Beijing Playhouse succeeds in its one-month show performance

Beijing Playhouse’s production of The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge finished its one-month run last month at the theater of the Yew Chung International School.

Barter goes online, gaining popularity

Bartering has made a comeback in a recession-racked, cash-strapped world. It allows people to acquire goods or services in exchange for goods or services as well. Money plays no part in transactions. Items bartered online range from hairpins to cars.

Yugongyishan holds concert for Haiti quake victims

More than 400 people crowded into Yugongyishan Wednesday for Hope for Haiti, a charity concert that raised funds for Haiti’s earthquake victims .

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