Event

Brazilian drumming class
SambAsia Beijing is the only ensemble in China actively promoting the drumming traditions of Brazil. The community-based organization recently moved its shows to live music venue 2 Kolegas and holds an introductory drumming class there every Sunday. The class is open to anyone with little or no experience in music. 
Where: 2 Kolegas, 21 Liangmaqiao Lu, Sanyuanqiao, Chaoyang District
When: Every Sunday, 11 am –1 pm
Email:
sambasiabeijing@gmail.com
Cost: free

Open house for Recheberg designs
Visit the boutique of German fashion designer Kathrin von Rechenberg to see her latest collection. Von Rechenberg, a native of Munich, Germany, who moved to Beijing five years ago, is known for her elegant simplicity: flowing fabrics, clear lines and essential graphics. Classic suit jackets become surprisingly light with wool crepe georgette or velvet silk. Asian traditions can be recognized among the details of her designs: wide kimono sleeves, Chinese band collars, wrap-around trousers. Clothes and accessories by other designers are also on display. 
Where: Yard behind building 12, Xinyuan Xili Dongjie, Sanlitun, Chaoyang District
Open: December 4, 10 am – 4 pm
Tel: 6463 1788

Montessori open house 
The International Montessori Teaching Institute (IMTI) in Beijing invites parents to their open house and workshops on Saturday. Talks will be given in both Chinese and English.  Over a cup of hot cocoa and scrumptious cookies, participants will learn the latest in Montessori education and its teacher training methods.  IMTI, a partner of the Northeast Montessori Institute (NMI), offers the American Montessori Society Early Childhood program. NMI is accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education and affiliated with the American Montessori Society.  The Beijing school offers a first-rate training curriculum and an environment in which students can learn from internationally recognized Montessori teachers.
Where: International Montessori Teaching Institute, 688 Glory Palace, 2 Shunfu Lu, Renhe Town, Shunyi District
When: December 5, 9:30 am – 3 pm
Tel: 8949 6877

Visions of China
The 1990s offered a startling contrast between large-scale productions and works by fifth and sixth generation independent filmmakers. After discussing the international fame achieved by Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige and the complex world of sixth generation directors, CNEX Saloon Cafe’s “Chinese Cinema Retrospective on Six Generations of Filmmaking” will present on Sunday one of the period’s most intense works: Lu YuXiao Shuo, or The Obscure (1999).  Lu worked as a technician on several of Zhang’s films before making this movie, which explores some of the most ubiquitous themes in work of the sixth generation filmmakers: the question of identity, a person’s relationship to the past and prest and the passing of time.  Yang Zi, a film critic and chief editor of Quacor.com, is scheduled to speak.
Where: CNEX Saloon Cafe, Building 1, Jingyuan, 3 Guangqu Dong Lu, Chaoyang District
Open: December 6, 3-5:30 pm
Tel: 8721 5576