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Friday: Brain Failure at Speakeasy Bar Beijing punk veterans Brain Failure (脑浊) bring their high-energy show back to Kunming tonight, almost a year to the day since their last show in the Spring City. One of China's most-traveled rock bands - they've toured all over China, the US and Japan - Brain Failure will be joined this time around by local bands Noise Addiction and the recently renamed Pretty in Punk (打死我也不说, formerly No Answer) for a 9:30 show at Speakeasy Bar. Admission is 30 yuan. For a taste of Brain Failure's live show, check the above video of a 2006 performance, one of the last punk shows at the legendary CBGB in New York. Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm tonight. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Tags: Brain Failure, CBGB, Chicago Coffee, No Answer, Pretty in Punk, Speakeasy Bar
Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm tonight. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Friday: Earthquake benefit dance party at TC/G Nordica Beginning at 8 pm tonight TC/G Nordica will host a dance party with all proceeds from the door going to the earthquake relief effort in Sichuan. Admission is 10 yuan. Friday: Jiabe school benefit at The Hump Bar Beginning at 9pm on Friday night The Hump Bar will hold a benefit show to raise money for renovations to a dilapidated school in the small Tibetan village of Jiabe in northwestern Yunnan - see this post for more details. Performers from Makye Ame Tibetan restaurant will start off the evening, followed by the Tribal Moons, Lumberjack Jon and DJ Fan. Admission is free with performers donating their remuneration to the school in addition to 30 percent of bar takings. Saturday: Excess Luggage at TC/G Nordica Saturday night TC/G Nordica will be hosting Norwegian piano-organ-drum trio Excess Luggage for an 8 pm show. Admission is 30 yuan. Jiabe kids image: Matthieu Lelievre Tags: Chicago Coffee, Excess Luggage, Jiabe, Makye Ame, Sichuan, Speakeasy Bar, TC/G Nordica, The Hump Bar, Tribal Moons, Wenchuan earthquake
Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Friday: Hystereo Fetish Party at Speakeasy Bar DJ Christian Olin and As Done By Robots will provide the music tonight for the annual Fetish Party at Speakeasy Bar. All patrons wearing a 'fetish' costume will enjoy free punch. Admission is free. Friday: JP and DJ Moon Unit at The Hump Bar JP and his guitar will be followed by DJ Moon Unit tonight at The Hump Bar. Music starts at ten, admission is free. Saturday: Han Ying concert at TC/G Nordica Folk performer Han Ying, who has mastered a variety of drums, flutes and several instruments that don't have English names, will play an 8pm show at TC/G Nordica on Saturday night. Admission is 30 yuan for adults, 15 yuan for children. Sunday: Wenchuan earthquake benefit at Speakeasy Bar Speakeasy Bar and GoKunming have organized an earthquake benefit show that will feature a diverse sampling of Kunming's local music scene, including Co Op Sol, Zhu Xiaolong, JP, Li Fan, People's Rhythm, Synthatron and DJ Kris, plus special guests. Admission to the show is a 20 yuan donation, which includes a complimentary bottle of Yanjing Beer. All takings at the door – plus 30 percent of the takings at the bar – will be donated to the Red Cross, which has agreed to send a representative to the show. Additional donations are also welcome. Tags: As Done By Robots, Chicago Coffee, DJ Christian, DJ Kris, DJ Moon Unit, Han Ying, JP, Li Fan, Speakeasy Bar, TC/G Nordica, Wenchuan earthquake, Zhu Xiaolong
Friday & Saturday: KIA spring drama at TC/G Nordica TC/G Nordica will host Kunming International Academy's spring drama today and tomorrow. The play, 'The Patchwork Girl of Oz' starts at 7:00 both evenings – a donation of 20 yuan/person is suggested. Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Friday: Vodka bar opening w/DJ Liu Yan Speakeasy Bar is celebrating the opening of its new Tropicana vodka shot bar upstairs with a party featuring DJ Liu Yan and the People's Rhythm Percussion. Saturday: Jezz & Menace at Uprock On Saturday night DJs Jezz and Menace will bring another of their 'Innocence' series of parties to Uprock. Joining them will be DJ Jeffery the Wind. Music starts at ten, admission is free. Saturday: Polish party at The Hump Bar The Hump Bar will be hosting a Polish party on Saturday night, with the party's organizers encouraging all to "dress like a Polish person". According to a flyer for the party, there will be Polish music, vodka and juice, mad dog shots, real Polish culture and Polish girls. The fun starts at 10:00, admission is free. Tags: Chicago Coffee, DJ Liu Yan, Jezz, Kunming International Academy, Menace, Speakeasy, TC/G Nordica, The Hump Bar, Uprock
Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Friday: Live saxophone and new menu items The Silver Spoon Café in Kunming's Beichen area will be featuring live sax music from 6 to 9 pm tonight. The Silver Spoon has also recently added some items to its menu including white chocolate chunk raspberry cheesecake. Saturday: Uprock All-Stars Uprock will be holding another 'All-Stars' party featuring a big lineup of Kunming-based DJs playing shorter sets. Admission is free. This month: Yuansheng Studio minority music classes Throughout this month, Yuansheng Studio in the Loft art compound on Xiba Lu will be offering minority music and dancing courses taught by the studio's resident performers. The music program will feature instruction in a variety of instruments including the mouth harp, gourd flute, Chinese flute, leaf harp and more. Yuansheng's dancing program will focus on different Yi dances involving singing and drum playing. Classes are held daily, with weekday classes running from 3 to 5 pm and two sessions on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to noon and 3 to 5 pm. Class rates are 10 yuan/class or 150 yuan/month (120 yuan/month for students). For a look at some of what will be taught, check out this video post. For more information about classes, call Yuansheng at 4195697. Tags: Chicago Coffee, The Silver Spoon Café, Uprock, Yuansheng Studio
Friday through Sunday: Thai Festival on Nanping Jie Thai Festival 2008 is being held daily this weekend on the Nanping Jie pedestrian street downtown. The event features Thai crafts and foods, including a booth catered by Moonlight Corner Thai Cuisine Friday and Saturday: Second Kunming Loft Creative Fair at TC/G Nordica Today and tomorrow TC/G Nordica in the Loft compound on Xiba Lu will be hosting the second Kunming Loft Creative Fair. Artists, designers and purveyors of different kinds of handicrafts will be displaying and selling their wares from 11:30 am to 10 pm today and tomorrow. Admission is free. Friday: Bananas party at Uprock Shanghai-based Bananas Sound System is throwing its first-ever Kunming party at Uprock tonight, featuring DJs Mr Stokes, Santo Chino and DSK plus MC Cool Disco Tenzin. The music starts at 10 pm and admission is free. Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Friday: DJs Jezz and Christian at The Hump Bar The Hump Bar will be hosting an evening of music by DJs Jezz and Christian beginning at 10 pm. Admission is free. Saturday: Tantrum, Shonny and Echoo at Uprock Uprock will be hosting local DJs Shonny and Echoo plus UK import Tantrum on Saturday night beginning at 10 pm. Admission is free. Tags: Bananas Sound System, Chicago Coffee, DJ Christian, DJ DSK, DJ Jezz, Echoo, Kunming Loft Creative Fair, Moonlight Corner, Mr Stokes, Santo Chino, Shonny, Tantrum, TC/G Nordica, Thai Festival, Uprock
Kunming's first – and probably last – snow of the winter is melting away and spring appears to be returning to the 'Spring City'. After a long, subdued holiday with few events around town, things are starting to pick up as students return and the city emerges from its hibernation. Here's a look at some of what's happening around Kunming this weekend: LomoKM exhibition at Halfway House A three-day exhibition and photo contest organized by LomoKM opens today and runs through Sunday night at Halfway House. The exhibition is a celebration of LomoKM's second year of existence featuring hundreds of photos taken according to lomography's "Shoot – don't think" philosophy. 'Scream & Shout' at The Hump Tonight The Hump Bar will feature a night of electronica with DJs Jezz and Christian and special guest DJ Shonny. Vodka and Red Bull will be on special for only 12 yuan, with music and dancing expected to last until the wee hours of the night. Concert: Nathan Stokland at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee in the Think UK residential complex off of Jiaoling Lu will be hosting an evening of music by singer/songwriter Nathan Stokland on Saturday night. The free show starts at 7:30 and will feature songs from Stokland's new album "Our November Footsteps". Image: LomoKM Tags: Chicago Coffee, DJ Christian, Halfway House, Jezz, lomography, LomoKM, Nathan Stokland, snow, The Hump Bar |
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