Blog Author - Marilyn Mai

Take A Bow: Violin Prodigy Kenneth Renshaw on Voting, Drinking and Quitting
The International Festival Chorus (IFC) continues to celebrate its tenth anniversary year with a concert this Saturday (Oct 27) featuring 18-year-...
Win Spooky Bubbalicious Champagne Brunch for Two!
You’ll no doubt have your share of fun this weekend in honor of All Hallow’s Eve, but if you’ve spread out your fun enough to still be standing on...
Blind Summit Knows How to Pull Strings
If you think you’re too old for puppets, Blind Summit Theatre will make you feel like a kid again.
Homegrown BBQ: Char It Hutong-Style
  When it comes to grilled meat, we Beijingers tend to take pride in the Xinjiang import, yangrou chuanr. But we discovered recently that there’s a...
Capital Bites: It's World Food Day, Plus Fresh Pasta at LMPlus, Polar Bear in a Can and More
  Today, October 16, is World Food Day, so let's take a moment to appreciate the abundance we have around us and also think about those who have much...
Uniformity: Helen Couchman, Mixed-Media Artist
Uniformity is a regular magazine column where we ask Beijing personalities about the various outfits that have defined them over the years. When...
Win Tickets to the Hilton Beijing Food and Wine Experience
This is it: your chance to schmooze it up with the big players in Beijing's food and wine industries while brandishing a glass and chomping on...
Sausage Party: Wieners and Losers
Oktoberfest is nigh, but German restaurants in this city can cost a pretty penny. For those of you who are desperate to celebrate but shallow of...