Saturday, September 4

Nightlife
The Last Chance for Young Love
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.
Where: Yugongyishan, 3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng District
When: 8:30 pm
Admission: 40 yuan advance purchase, 60 yuan at the door, 50 yuan for students
Tel: 6404 2711

Exhibition
Puzzlement and Awakening – Zhang Yongzheng’s Solo Exhibition
Zhang’s works build up an artistic realm based on the cycle, movement and rhythm of in and yang – the sky and earth, the soul and the universe – with calligraphic free expression

Where: New Age Gallery, 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
When: Until September 30, daily except Monday, 10 am – 6 pm
Admission: Free
Tel: 5978 9285
Movie
Zhang Huan Studio (2007) and Making of Semele (2009)
These two documentaries are about artist Zhang Huan. The first revels the process behind Zhang’s artworkand features interviews and clips of how he makes his signature sculptures, ash paintings, woodcarvings and prints. The second documents Zhang as director and stage designer of the opera Semele, which was performed in Brussels last year and will be arriving in Beijing later this year.
Where: Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), 798 Art District, 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Chaoyang District
When: 7 pm
Admission: 15 yuan
Tel: 8459 9269