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REM(a)inders - Trash Art Installation @Galleria Continua

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:41:17 -0500

Start: 2010-05-31 17:49

End: 2010-08-28 17:49

CITY WEEKEND BEIJING SAYS:

Real life stories rarely flow in neatly packaged arcs, outside the constructed narratives of films or books. Most events happen in disjointed jags, starts and fits, and this clunky sense of time and place comes through in Galleria Continua's latest group exhibition, Rem(a)inders.

Adventure Rides from the China Charity Challenge (CCC)

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:27:29 -0500

Start: 2010-06-23 13:29

End: 2010-08-15 00:00

Enjoy and Explore China through EcoTourism! GtB recommends...

The Great Wall Adventure Bicycle Challenge

Just North of Beijing is some of the best riding in China. Roads sponsored and paid for by Beijing are undoubtedly in the best condition in all of China. Second to this is the fact that many of these roads meander through some spectacular rock formations and valleys. We seek the places beyond the normal “go-to” tourist destinations choosing not only stunning locations but peaceful and safe.

DYNAMIC CITY FOUNDATION - Coming Attractions

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:24:54 -0500

Start: 2010-06-28 13:23

End: 2010-08-17 23:23

# THE BIG CHANGE
Three projects explore how the city can go GREEN, GRASSROOTS and GENETIC!

Innovative forms of collective engagement, long-term integrated strategies and sheer computer power offer urban sustainability fresh opportunities.
This month's projects introduce incentives and ideas that start to break down the brutal top-down market-driven planning of the contemporary Chinese city.
The goal: a hybrid of large-scale and intricate development, of embedded technology and natural systems, of rigid green boundaries and continuously evolving urban spaces.

Beijing Fixed Gear Bicycle Club - Fixed Gear Revolution II

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 02:34:07 -0500

Start: 2010-08-14 19:30

End: 2010-08-15 14:00

Urban cycling is growing in this huge metropolis with more and more people enjoying the fun of riding on single speed bicycles especially with a fixed wheel (called fixed gear bicycle). Already last year the Beijing Fixed Gear Club arranged China's first event around these bikes. This year with an even bigger event all people riding on fixed gear bikes are invited to come and join the Alleycat on August 14th (4pm Worker Stadium East Gate) and the Bunny Hop, Track Stand and Trick Contest (8:30pm) on the same day.

Fixed Gear Bike Sunday Ride

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:12:13 -0500

Start: 2010-08-01 14:00

End: 2010-08-01 14:15

Fixed gear bike ride. Get out and feel the air in your face. Meet near Lama Temple and then head out for about 4 hours of riding along a canal. Other cyclists (not fixed gear) are welcome to join, too!

Place: Meet at Natooke shop www.natooke.com

For more details please contact ines@natooke.com

Fixed Gear Bike Night Ride

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:14:17 -0500

Start: 2010-08-19 19:30

End: 2010-08-19 19:40

Get out and feel the wind on your face! Meet near Lama Temple and then head out for about 2 hours of fast riding. Other cyclists (not fixed gear) are welcome to join, too!

Place: Meet at Natooke shop www.natooke.com

For more details please contact ines@natooke.com

Meet the Beijing Juggling Group!

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:28:38 -0500

Start: 2010-07-19 20:00

End: 2010-09-14 00:00

Get together with the Beijing Juggling Group!

- Every Monday Night: A social get together for some juggling fun. Beginners and interested people welcome to watch or learn!

Every Monday Night (unless there is a concert/event in Yugong Yishan)
Time: 9:00pm-midnight
Place: Yugong Yishan bar at Zhangzi Zhonglu
Cost: This event is free

For more information and confirmation of the weekly meet-up please contact fede@natooke.com

- Every Saturday Afternoon:

A social get together for some outdoor juggling fun. Every Saturday Afternoon (unless rain or conflicting event).

Electric Picnic 电子野营

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:58:36 -0600

Start: 2010-08-27 00:00

End: 2010-08-28 00:00

Enjoy a two-night outdoor rave at the “Great Wall Tanglewood Forest Music Festival”...@Electric Pinic!
两夜户外锐舞，万人电子大趴，长城探戈坞森林音乐节之派对时间...@电子野营 !

Microcystis (Blue green algae) EcoArt Show

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:57:07 -0500

Start: 2010-08-21 18:00

End: 2010-08-30 18:00

The profound impact of human civilisation and technology on our planet is an ongoing source of concern for many of us. Research indicates that China is one of the many countries which have problems with blue green algae or cyanobacteria blooms. The species which affects Beijing waterways is Microcystis.

SCRATCH - The Chaplin Edition

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:53:21 -0500

Start: 2010-08-22 14:00

End: 2010-08-22 20:30

The Beijinger reports:

From 2pm on Sunday, August 22, Vicky Mohieddeen of Beijing’s Electric Shadows short film group will be conducting a Chaplin-themed “scratch” workshop. Like Electric Shadows' earlier workshop in May, the event will give all participants a chance to make their own film on the spot, by scratching, tearing, and painting strips of celluloid. In an age of digital media, this is a great chance for participants to get their hands dirty with real, old fashioned pieces of film.

Urban Gardening ~ Photography by Ulla Marquardt

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:35:03 -0500

Start: 2010-08-07 10:00

End: 2010-09-02 21:00

‘Urban Gardening’ examines Beijing city dwellers’ endeavour to secure a small plot of land to cultivate and grow vegetables. Even the tiniest, most unobtrusive piece of soil is good enough to evoke a sense of nature and rural life within the densely built metropolis. The small gardens hardly serve economic purposes but can mostly be seen as a link to the ‘citizen gardeners’ past and rural upbringing.

‘Urban gardening’ 据调查很多北京居民希望获得一小块地种菜。在稠密的大城市甚至最小，最不显著的一块地足以唤起对自然环境和农村生活的回忆。耕种小花园不是为了经济利益，反而是园丁对他们的过去和农村生活的长成的联系。

Duration 时间:
August 7th until September 2nd //

SHARE ONE PLANET - CG Art Competition

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:46:17 -0500

Start: 2010-08-01 00:00

End: 2011-04-20 00:00

Civilization and harmony are the trends both time and human society follow.

However, a further trend is that animals die out while buildings spring up.
　　　　

Ford Motors Environmental Grants - 福特汽车环保奖介绍

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:18:26 -0500

Start: 2010-01-01 00:00

End: 2011-10-05 00:00

Announcing Ford Motors annual CEGC awards that distribute grants to worthwhile environmentally focused projects across China. We are raising awareness of the opportunity for great projects to win grants to go towards continuing their great work in everything from grass roots communication projects to agenda changing sustainability NGOs.

We would like to reach NGOs, not for profits, schools and university networks and there is an opportunity for all sorts of organisations and also individuals to benefit from this funding so please pass the word to anyone you might think relevant.