Vogue event celebrates China’s emerging fashion chic

“Fashion is another way for Westerners to now Chinese culture, though it is just the beginning for us,” Wang Wei, the first Chinese fashion designer to appear at London Fashion Week in 2006, said at aVogue celebration last Friday commemorating the magazine’s ffth year in China.

Friday, September 3

Taiwan indie-folk duo katncandix2, founded in 2007, released its second album, Goodbye Prince, this year and is in Beijing as part of its eight-city mainland tour.

Saturday, September 4

The band Happy Avenue, founded by writer and journalist Wu Hongfei in 1999, has released its third album. Wu comes from the Dong ethnic minority in southern China and sings “Dongzu Dage, which UNESCO listed as a World Intangible Heritage in 2009.

Sunday, September 5

Three Idiots is a Bollywood comedy about two friends embarking on a quest for a lost buddy. On their journey, they remember a long forgotten bet, encounter a wedding they must crash and a funeral that goes impossibly out of control. Beyond the Clouds is four short tales linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Taking place in Ferrara, Portofino, Aix en Provence and Paris, each story, always with a woman at the crux, is an invitation for an inner journey.

Stage in October

Concert
Concerto Koln
Where: Forbidden City Concert Hall (inside Zhongshan Park), 18 Zhaodengyu Lu, Xicheng District
When: October 2, 7:30 pm
Admission: 50-880 yuan
Tel: 6417 7845

Friday, September 3

 
Exhibition
Great Performances
Featuring the works of 30-some artists, this exhibition aims to shed light on the developments of contemporary art under China’s specific and unusual conditions. Artwork includes videos, installations, paintings and photography from the 1990s to present.Where: Pace Beijing, 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
When: Until October 16, daily except Monday, 10 am [...]

Calligraphy for contemporary times

“The era of traditional Chinese calligraphy has passed. I am trying to explore ways to revive it,” said Feng Mingqiu during the opening of his solo exhibition at Yishu 8 Gallery last Saturday.

Friday, August 27

Speciosity – Wie Qingji’s Solo Exhibition
Where: Embassy of the Czech Republic, 2 Ritan Lu, Jianguomen Wai Dajie, Chaoyang District
When: Until September 5, daily, 10 am – 6 pm
Admission: Free
Tel: 8532 9500

Saturday, August 28

It is after World War II and Max, a transplanted American, goes to an English pawnshop to sell his trumpet. The shopkeeper recognizes the tune Max plays for him as one on an unreleased album, restored from shards found in a piano salvaged from a ship that is now slated for demolition.

Sunday, August 29

Composed of the US’ top brass musicians, Rodney Mack has performed with such groups as New York’s Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and the Baltimore Symphony.