events S.T.A.Y., Shangri-La Hotel (6841 2211 ext 6989)
The lady shows off her pipes. Free. Time TBD. CJW (6587 1222)
Sureño Set Lunch Mon-Fri. Two or three courses. RMB 128-158+15%. Noon-2.30pm. Sureño, The Opposite House (6410 5240)
Cigars and Mojitos Enjoy the finer things in life with a wide selection of cigars, paired with the perfect summertime drink. Free. 5pm-midnight. Cigar Lounge (6460 6688 ext 2709)
Taking Time for Lunch Mon-Sat. Three courses at one of the best Italian spots in town. RMB 178+15%. 11.30am-2.30pm. Barolo, Ritz-Carlton Beijing (5908 8777) Tomahawk All month. Get your teeth into an enormous, 30cm-long slab of 70-day-old grain-fed beef. Grange Grill, Westin Beijing Chaoyang (5922 8880) Unwind After Work Mon-Wed. After a long day, plop down with a bucket of five ice-cold Kingfisher beers. RMB 198. The Tandoor (6597 2211) Ven Pronto All month. A bargain four-course set menu for early diners – as long as you finish by 7.30pm. Reservations essential. RMB 248. Agua (5208 6188) Vino & Tostas Mon-Fri. Free special toast tapas with purchase of any bottle of wine. Noon-10 .30pm. Niajo (5208 6052) Wine Ritual All month. Unwind in sophisticated surroundings with free-flowing wines and cocktails. Canapes and snacks also provided. RMB 198+15%. 5.30-7pm. Press Club Bar, St. Regis Hotel (6460 6688 ext 2360) Wine Tasting Classes All month. Learn how to taste wines like the experts, and get your Wine & Spirit Education Trust certification. Class fees for each of the three levels include all study materials, exam fees, and of course, wines. Dragon Phoenix Fine Wine Consulting (5960 4050, info@longfengwines.com) Ya Yuan Roast Duck All month. An excellent duck spread, with crisp skin, moist, savory flesh and thin but toothsome pancakes. RMB 268+15% (6 servings), RMB 188+15% (single serving). Horizon, Kerry Hotel (8529 2188) Yum Cha Dim Sum All month. All-you-can-eat dim sum. No service charge. RMB 98. 11.30am-2pm. Yue, Sheraton Beijing Dongcheng (5798 8888) Yummy Yum Cha Start your day off in proper Cantonese style with unlimited dim sum delicacies. RMB 108+15%. 7-10am. Jewel, Westin Beijing Financial Street (6629 7820) Yunnan Mushroom Delights at Summer Palace Sep 1-30. Enjoy a special menu with delicacies like braised fresh abalone with mushroom in claypot. Summer Palace, China World Hotel (6505 2266 ext 34)
BARS & CLUBS Absinthe Green Hour Up to 25% discount on their absinthe selection Free. 6-8pm. Modernista (136 9142 5744) Aria Bar Cool Summer Cocktails Countless reasons for drinking cool cocktails, such as the Mint and Cucumber Martini, the Cloudy Bay Cocktail and the Grand Marnier Sour. Prices starting at RMB 80. Aria Bar (6505 2266 ext 36) Beijing Sling at Writers Bar Get Raffles’ iconic “Beijing Sling” cocktail for RMB 60 between 6-8pm. Writers Bar (6526 3388) Brenda Vaughn Performs
Class of ’92 Cocktails Turn back the clock to 1992 with new signature cocktails to celebrate 20 years of Kempinski Hotel Beijing, everyday at 8.20pm. Rendez-vous Bar and Lounge (6465 3388 ext 4225) Crazy Hour Mon-Fri, Tsingtao RMB 10 and mojitos. RMB 25. 6-7pm. The Black Sun (6593 6909) Dreamy Cosmopolitan Work your way through Mix’s selection of cosmopolitans with live jazz and 50% off between 5pm and 9pm every day .Until Oct 31. Free. 5-9pm. Mix, Westin Beijing Chaoyang (5922 8880) Flamme Happy Hour One of the city’s longest happy hours offering 50% off beers, cocktails and wine by the glass. Mon-Fri. 3-7.30pm. Flamme (6417 8608) Hidden Lounge Happy Hour Two-for-one drinks. Price TBD. 6-8pm. Hidden Lounge (8772 1613) Loong Bar Happy Hour 50% off drinks. 5.30-9pm. Loong Bar (5908 8520) Mexican Happy Hour Happy hour Mexican-style. Mon-Thur. 5-8pm. Q Mex (6585 3828) Modo Happy Hour Enjoy summer cocktails, wines and more drinks on the terrace. Free. 5-8pm. Modo (6415 7207) Mojito Twist Start off your summer night with an exciting selection of mojitos, while you unwind with soothing live jazz from soulful vocalist Sunny Daye. Enjoy 50% off the Mojito of the Day. Free. 5-9pm. Mix, Westin Beijing Chaoyang (5922 8880) Mosto Happy Hour Relax on the balcony terrace for summer cocktails, wines and more drinks. Free. 6-8pm. Mosto (5208 6030) One for One Happy Hour Buy-one-get-one-free on all standard drinks, every day of the week between 6am-7pm. Scarlett (6552 3600 ext 3307) Paulaner “Biergarten” Beer and BBQ to finish off your perfect summer’s day. Free. 11am-1am. Paulaner Brauhaus, Kempinski Hotel Beijing (6465 3388 ext 4212) Premier League at Black Sun Watch, cheer, and drink beer throughout the week. Free. Time TBD. Black Sun (6593 6909) Radlers Bavarian “radlers” were created in the Alps for hikers and cyclists seeking refreshment. Try Paulaner draft or weissbier mixed with a variety of fruit juices and sodas. Price TBD. 11am-1am. Paulaner Brauhaus, Kempinski Hotel Beijing (6465 3388 ext 4212) Salud Happy Hour Buy a Yanjing or an infused rum, get a tapas for free, and buy two draft Vedett get one for free. 3-7pm. Salud (6402 5086) Starfish Happy Hour Mon-Fri. RMB 20 house wines by glass, draft beers, and standard mixed drinks. Price and time TBD. Starfish Wine & Seafood Bar (6416 5499; see Dining directory)
Summer Cocktails Bringing you special cocktails to cool your summer: St. Regis Martini, Daiquiri, and the signature Great Wall Bloody Mary. Free. 8.30am-12.30am. Press Club Bar, St. Regis Beijing (6460 6688 ext 2361) Wine Ritual In-residence guests are invited to explore a world of refined wines and cocktails. RMB 198. 5.30-7.30pm. Press Club Bar, St. Regis Beijing (6460 6688 ext 2361) Xiu Hour Mon-Thu. It’s buy-one-get-one-free on selected drinks. Free. 6-9pm. Xiu, Park Hyatt Beijing (8567 1108)
STYLE
Free. Instituto Cervantes (5879 9666 ext 3032/3011) Diego Zuelli: A Retrospective Sep 30-Oct 14. The Italian video, photography and 3-D graphic artist takes up residency in Beijing for a month. Free. Zajia Lab (156 0112 2252) Emerging Artists from the Affordable Art Fair 2012 Sep 8-Oct 15. Red Gate’s director Brian Wallace chooses the most promising pieces from this year’s AAF. Free. Red Gate Gallery (6525 1005) Ru Xiaofan Solo Exhibition: Exhale Sep 8-Oct 15. Ru’s plant people manage to be both beautiful and disturbing. Free. Dialogue Space (5876 9392)
Rejuvenate You A lush new therapy designed exclusively for your eyes, face and body. RMB 2,660+15%. The Ritz-Carlton Beijing (6601 6666)
Feng Qian: Beauty in Mirror Sep 15-Oct 15. Feng Qian describes and circumscribes beauty through her cartoonish portraits. Free. Artist Village Gallery (6959 8343)
ARTS & CULTURE
Li Dafang: Throw-Back – Jin Zhan’s Messy Growth Sep 1-Oct 21. Paintings, portraits and mixed media installations in this very personal and mature solo exhibit. Free. Galerie Urs Meile (6433 3393)
Peng Lei: Savage Until Sep 2. Besides making films and singing with his band New Pants, Peng Lei also likes to paint amusing images of ducks and mice acting like humans. Free. ModernSky Lab (6847 5087) Fourth Annual Park Fine Art Tour Sep 1-9. Sixty artists from three continents will exhibit in this show that travels through Beijing, Seoul, Istanbul and Albuquerque. Free. Hanyan Gallery (6959 2209)
Re-History: Chinese Contemporary Art Invitation Exhibition Sep 1-Oct 21. A who’s who of China’s hottest contemporary artists will be participating in this show, including Yue Minjun, Fang Lijun, Chen Wenling and more. Free. G-Dot Art Space (6057 3345)
Adolf Graessmann: 2012 Human Relations Until Sep 11. Abstract sculptures in this little gallery off the beaten path. Free. XYZ Gallery (5762 3017)
Buddha’s Boogie: Zhu Yeqing Solo Exhibition Sep 8-Nov 2. Zhu’s black-and-white landscape paintings achieve a ghostly, skeletal effect. Free. Egg Gallery (6432 8089)
Art, Design, Culture: The History of Penguin by Design Aug 29-Sep 13. A journey through Penguin’s iconic book covers, starting from 1935. Brought to you by the UK Now Festival. Free. The Temple Hotel (8400 2232)
Kan Xuan: Millet Mound Sep 14-Nov 10. Kan’s stop-motion photography of historic burial sites fuses past and present. RMB 10, Free (Thu). UCCA (8459 9269)
Li Jikai Solo Exhibition: Boy, Doll, Fragment Sep 15-29. Muted ruminations on childhood abound in Li’s paintings. RMB 20, RMB 10 (students, military). Today Art Museum (5876 0600 ext 100)
Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners: From the House to the City Sep 20-Nov 18. A well-produced architecture exhibit featuring the work of a prominent, socially conscious British firm. Free. 9am-5pm (Tue-Sun). Capital Museum (6337 0491/2)
Liu Qinghe: Piao Until Sep 30. The sculptor’s languorous yet anxious scene of swimmers in a pond fetishizes the rural ideal. In other words, there are girls with their tops off. Free. The Opposite House (6417 6688)
Yung Ho Chang: Material-ism Sep 30-Dec 2. China’s first international architect turns the Great Hall into a modern hutong, with each subspace reflecting an area of his practice. RMB 10, Free (Thu). UCCA (8459 9269)
Huang Qingjun: Belongings Sep 2-30. A photojournalist captures people from all over China standing outside their homes with the entirety of their belongings, in a stark yet fresh look at the “have nots.” Free. Southern Barbarian (see Dining Directory)
Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces of Ceramics Until Jan 6. The story of China’s porcelain capturing minds, hearts and pocketbooks in Europe, told through the finest pieces from the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Part of the UK Now Festival. Free. National Museum of China (6512 8910)
Modern Sky 15th Anniversary Exhibit Sep 29-Oct 6. View the Chinese indie label’s most striking album covers and artwork throughout the years. Free. RAWR (no tel) Che Photographer Sep 8-Oct 10. See the world through Che Guevara’s eyes in this sweeping exhibit of 232 photographs captured by the revolutionary himself, alongside video interviews of those close to him. This will be the internationally-traveled exhibit’s debut in Asia. Free. Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (6432 2663)
SPORT ClubFootball Men’s 5-a-side Leagues All month. Players and teams welcome for all 12 divisions on weeknights. Register by calling 5130 6893/4/5/6, or email play@ wanguoqunxing.com. More info at www. clubfootball.com.cn.
Stripping Eve Until Oct 14. A collection of female artists deconstruct the feminine mystique.
Looking for more? Tons more to do at TheBeijinger.com/events
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