5 Things to Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear, and See, Nov 23-25
Beijing can be overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that stick of chuan'r will make you sick for the next two days) gets a decent workout. With such a wide variety of events, restaurants, and gigs to attend, we suggest bathing each of your five senses in one, if not all, of the nourishing goings-on below.
Taste
Hot Toddy at Nina
You can brick their door but you can't stop the flow of hot toddies at Nina. Together with other freshly created winter snacks (baked calzones, carbonara etc.), the Beiluogu Xiang Italian-style haunt has brought out the heavy winter artillery, namely the Hot Toddy. The medicinal and recreational drink has soothed many a barfly over countless cold winters. Nina's take on the chilly weather classic is a blend of cinnamon and white pepper-infused bourbon, lightened with lemon juice and sweetened with organic honey.
Smell
Nov 25: Zarah Cookie Making Workshop: My Christmas Cookie For You
At Zarah's Sunday cookie making class, not only will you get to make, eat, and revel in cookie joy, you'll also feel good about it too. That's because this Christmas cookie workshop is specifically geared towards sending sweets to youngsters in need as part of a collaboration with the Migrant Children Foundation. The evening includes cookie-baking, a buffet, and a drink. RMB 250 (reservation required). 5pm. Zarah
Touch
Yogamania: A Notebook Made for Yogis
Practicing yoga can be daunting at first – besides remembering the sequences, you also need to recall poses, their names in different languages, all the while trying not to tense up. Luckily, Leo Cheung, a Hong Kong-hailing designer and yoga fan, has created a notebook that serves as a guide to your yoga sessions. Before Cheung, a certified yoga teacher, wanted to find a convenient way to help supplement her students' knowledge. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the Yogamania notebook was born. It consists of three parts: a mini yoga dictionary and yoga posture cards as well as lined and dotted pages to take notes. The Yogamania notebook is available at Yoga Yard or online (approx. RMB 200).
Hear
Nov 25: Ivo Pogorelich Piano Recital
Belgrade-born pianist Ivo Pogorelich graduated from the prestigious Moscow Conservatory. He gave his debut recital in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1981 before debuting in London the same year. His programme for this Sunday's recital at Beijing's NCPA will draw upon music from piano geniuses Mozart, Liszt, and Schumann. RMB 260-580. 7.30pm. NCPA
See
Nov 23: An Unprecedented Campaign Screening
An Unprecedented Campaign (Nebuvalyi Pokhid) is a newly discovered and restored avant-garde silent masterpiece made nearly 90 years ago by Mikhail Kaufman (Man with a Movie Camera). It documents workers in the Ukrainian SSR in 1929, who were forcibly sent to villages to adopt an entirely new way of life. Until 2015, the film had been completely forgotten, stored on a shelf in the Ukrainian Archives simply labeled as a regular newsreel. The movie will be screened alongside an original soundtrack by a trio of independent musicians from Ukraine, Venezuela, and China. 8.30pm. RMB 50. Aotu Space
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