Happenings Archive
The Bookworm’s Weekly SciFi Book Club
Join The Bookworm’s weekly SciFi Book Club to talk about your favorite science fiction short stories! Each meeting we choose a short story to read and discuss. Authors we’ve talked about so far include Greg Egan, Iain M. Banks, Cory Doctorow, Andy Weir, Liu Cixin, Peter Watts, Neal Stephenson, Ted Chiang, and many others. The club meets every Thursday at 8pm. Add Olga on WeChat @Merukaba for more information.
FREE
Sunday Salon presents: Sheng Yuan
Sunday Salon is an interactive lecture series in partnership with Time Out magazine that takes you behind China’s music. This month Sunday Salon presents Sheng Yuan. Known for being China’s foremost Bach interpreter, world-renowned Sheng Yuan first made his name with Chopin. This month Sheng uses pictures, recordings and demonstrations to discuss the development of the piano during Chopin’s career, and how this new technology changed the sound, the feel and the interpretation of the master’s works.
Tickets: 50 RMB (40 RMB with September issue of Time Out Magazine)
“China’s “Rice Theory of Culture”
Why do northern Chinese behave differently from those in the south? You’re invited to a fascinating talk on China’s two psychological cultures by Thomas Talhelm, who found large differences between people in northern and southern China—and that these differences were correlated with the amount of rice historically grown in different provinces. In a recent study, published on the cover of Science, psychologist Talhelm argues that rice farming’s staggering labor requirements and irrigation networks encouraged labor exchanges and tight, reciprocal relationships. In contrast, wheat’s lower labor and water requirements lead to the north’s more independent and free-wheeling culture. For more insights into Talhelm’s fascinating research see the Economist, National Geographic, and NPR. Talhelm will also explain why Beijingers are more likely to push chairs around more when they visit Starbucks.
The Bookworm’s Weekly SciFi Book Club
Join The Bookworm’s weekly SciFi Book Club to talk about your favorite science fiction short stories! Each meeting we choose a short story to read and discuss. Authors we’ve talked about so far include Greg Egan, Iain M. Banks, Cory Doctorow, Andy Weir, Liu Cixin, Peter Watts, Neal Stephenson, Ted Chiang, and many others. The club meets every Thursday at 8pm. Add Olga on WeChat @Merukaba for more information.
FREE
Vote Blue Happy Hour
Vote Blue Happy Hour this Friday Sept 9 from 7-9 pm. Calling all Americans living in Beijing – join fellow Democrats Abroad, register to vote, and volunteer to support non-partisan GOTV efforts. Hosted by DA in China. For more information email:democratsabroadinchina@gmail.
Mindsharing: The Art of Crowdsourcing Everything” – book talk with Lior Zoref
Whether we need to make better financial choices, find the love of our life, or transform our career, crowdsourcing is the key to making quicker, wiser, more objective decisions. But few of us even come close to tapping the full potential of our online personal networks. Lior Zoref offers proven guidelines for applying what he calls “mind sharing” in new ways. For instance, he shows how a mother’s Facebook update saved the life of a four-year-old boy, and how a manager used LinkedIn to create a year’s worth of market research in less than a day. Zoref’s clients are using his techniques to innovate and problem-solve in record time. Now he reveals how crowdsourcing has the ability to supercharge our thinking and upgrade every aspect of our lives.
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
The Bookworm and Loreli Present: Affordable Art Market
The Loreli Affordable Art Market is back by popular demand! Come to The Bookworm to find more new art pieces by Beijing local artists. We have the only art market in town that can guarantee NO FAKES! That’s because it’s the artists themselves selling their pieces at The Loreli Affordable Art Market. Some of Beijing’s finest local and foreign creatives will be selling prints, paintings, sketches and photographs at prices every art lover can afford. Put down that Van Gogh poster and buy something original.
FREE
Healthy Living Series: Depression and Anxiety for Modern Beijing Women
Women are twice as likely to suffer from anxiety compared to men. And when anxiety is present, depression is commonly co-occurring. Both of these illnesses manifest themselves differently in women than they do in men; they have different triggers, and should be addressed with unique approaches. However, treatment options and resources available for women are often NOT gender dependent unless a woman is pregnant.This event seeks to parse apart gender and mental health, discuss stigma and mental health in China, and also provide women with tools for their professional and personal lives.
60RMB, includes a free drink
The Bookworm’s Weekly SciFi Book Club
Join The Bookworm’s weekly SciFi Book Club to talk about your favorite science fiction short stories! Each meeting we choose a short story to read and discuss. Authors we’ve talked about so far include Greg Egan, Iain M. Banks, Cory Doctorow, Andy Weir, Liu Cixin, Peter Watts, Neal Stephenson, Ted Chiang, and many others. The club meets every Thursday at 8pm. Add Olga on WeChat @Merukaba for more information.
FREE
Jeff Gere: Stories around the world
Join us for a very special show with Jeff Gere, Hawaii’s premier storyteller, who has entertained audiences on several continents for 30 years. Jeff will share his shadow shows, supernatural tales and hilariously odd true events in a free-wheeling, dynamic, quirky super-active style. His magical storytelling is sure to fascinate you!
Caught on CCTV: A Foreign News Anchor’s New Life on Chinese State TV – book talk with Edwin Maher
Caught on CCTV offers a unique insight into Chinese state television as the author takes readers on a personal journey laced with humor from the unexpected moments and mishaps of live TV to the rapid expansion of CCTV News as a global news competitor. His story provides inspiration to those who have faced their own days of despair. Edwin Maher has been a journalist and broadcaster all his working life in Australia and his native New Zealand. In 2004 he became the first non-Asian face to front CCTV’s prime time World Wide Watch and remains part of the growing multi-cultural team of anchors.
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
Bookworm Monthly Book Club: That Man In Our Lives
The Bookworm Book Club meets every month to discuss exciting works of literature from both modern authors and classic masters! In September we will meet to talk about That Man In Our Lives by Xu Xi. That Man In Our Lives is an ambitious, witty and generous novel, which also has enough mystery to keep even somebody with 20th-century tastes turning the pages. It also delivers an Asian perspective on the challenges and opportunities of globalization, while exploring the loss of traditional ideas about the self, and what that loss means for authors and readers.”
FREE
Beijing Arrivals
“Old Beijing”- People often talk about the city as if it once existed in a pure, untouched version. But in reality, Beijing has always been a city shaped by waves of migrants.
It is difficult to find a better example of this than “Dashilan”, just south-west of the Qianmen Gate. For hundreds of years, this area of Beijing was the ever-simmering melting pot of the capital.
Dashilan was the place where people would first enter Beijing. Through hard labour, personal relations, money, skills or whatever they brought with them, newcomers would find their way into the urban society.
75RMB, 65RMB (Members)
Where Did the Chinese Language Come From? And Where is it Going?
Hundreds of millions of people, Chinese and foreign, are learning a version of Chinese called Putonghua. But where did this language come from? And why does it seem so hard for foreigners to learn? This talk will cover the little known history of China’s quest for a common language in the 20th century, the current language policy in China, and the future of Chinese in cyberspace and the Internet.
David Moser holds a Master’s and a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan. He was a visiting scholar at Peking University in 1987-1990, and a visiting professor for five years at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where he taught Translation Theory and Psycholinguistics. Moser is currently Academic Director at CET Chinese Studies at Beijing Capital Normal University, where he teaches courses in Chinese history and politics, and a co-host of the Sinica Podcast. Moser also worked at China Central Television (CCTV) as a program advisor, translator, and host, and continues to be active in Chinese media.
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
The Bookworm’s Weekly SciFi Book Club
Join The Bookworm’s weekly SciFi Book Club to talk about your favorite science fiction short stories! Each meeting we choose a short story to read and discuss. Authors we’ve talked about so far include Greg Egan, Iain M. Banks, Cory Doctorow, Andy Weir, Liu Cixin, Peter Watts, Neal Stephenson, Ted Chiang, and many others. The club meets every Thursday at 8pm. Add Olga on WeChat @Merukaba for more information.
FREE
Latin America and Caribbean Artist Talk
Suelin Low Chew Tung and Prensnelo are partner artists at Sans Souci Arts Studio and Amical Cultural Centre in Grenada. To mark 2016 as Latin America and Caribbean Culture in China, they will present previous works and projects, plus recent works created in China at the invitation of the Artists Association Yinchuan. They will be joined by Grenadian artist Tricia Bethel, currently resident in Beijing. Selected art pieces will be available for purchase.
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
本周六晚，正午·夜谈开聊。
在征集了近两个月“嫉妒”之后，“正午·夜谈”终于开聊。
时间：本周六（9月24日）晚8点
地点：老书虫（南三里屯路4号楼）
人数：限量50人
说明：点击此处“阅读原文”报名，活动当天凭确认短信入场
聊什么
2016年8月2日，我们发布了“正午·夜谈”的消息，并开始征集第一期关于“嫉妒”的故事。过去的一个多月，我们先后收到了20个嫉妒的故事（差点以为这事黄了），并从中挑选出了5个，先行发布在正午的公众号。本次“夜谈”的活动现场，将会有另外5个嫉妒的故事以真人口述的方式亮相。
怎么聊
活动当晚，每位观众入场时都会领到一个编号，在5位已经确定的讲述者讲完故事后，我们会根据编号随机抽取现场观众发言，你可以提问，也可以讲述自己的嫉妒，形式不限，但报名的时候请务必做好现场发言的准备，当然，被抽到的观众也会得到正午的一份小礼物。
在哪聊
老书虫书店是北京最有名的英文书店之一，也入选过“世界最美的20家书店”。我们很高兴“正午·夜谈”的第一期能在这里举办。但由于场地有限，本次活动只能容纳50名观众，还请各位尽早报名。本次活动免费，但天干物燥，也欢迎大家积极品尝老书虫的各类饮品。
还有谁
正午的活动，一般情况下，正午员工都会到场，本场“夜谈”五位讲故事的人中也有一位正午员工，谢丁和叶三也会发言。大家随便聊聊！
《我城》 | 9月理想家读书会
-这是理想家读书会的第1个理想书目-
【City | 城市】系列
城市系列为理想家读书会的第一个系列书单
包含了四本书
一月一座城市
9月，我们与你看见香港
《我城》| 西西
小市民阿发的班主任曾经对他说：
“目前的世界不好。我们让你们到世界上来，没有为你们好好建造起一个理想的生活环境，实在很惭愧。但我们没有办法，因为我们的能力有限，又或者我们懒惰，除了抱歉，没有办法。我们很惭愧，但你们不必灰心难过；你们既然来了，看见了，知道了，而且你们年轻，你们可以依你们的理想来创造美丽的新世界。”
阿发是《我城》里的一个人物，在70年代的香港，如班主任所说，阿发们应然地努力介入生活，期望着创造一个属于他们时代的“美丽新世界”。然而生活是，一部分人在选择怎么样生，一定就有另外一部分人在选择另外一种生。比如，有人就喊，“这挤逼肮脏令人窒息的城市，我永远也不要再回来了”。
这是西西笔下70年代的香港——《我城》。《我城》里鼓胀着许多起起伏伏的快乐不快乐。新城市的苦难，是我们所怀念的那个时代的人气。
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主办方
理想国×BeijingBookworm
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活动人数
15人成行
如果报名人数超过15人，
我们将分作A、B两组进行。
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时间
9月25日（周日）
A组 10:30 — 12:30
B组 15:00 — 17:00
报名成功，即默认A、B两组时间均可，
我们将在报名截止后群内通知。
（入群方式见下）
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报名方式
本次活动仅限老书虫会员，活动免费，请发送邮件至[email protected]报名，邮件中同时应提供手机号码（用于签到）和微信号（用于邀请入群），收到报名成功的回复邮件，完成报名
老书虫会员通过老书虫加入理想家
可享20元优惠
希望你已经读过这本书，
或对这本书感兴趣。
我们希望所有前来参加读书交流的人，
都有对书的渴望。
ps
报了名，
但未如约而至，
下次活动报名不予通过。
（报了名，还是要来的嘛）
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活动形式
主题讨论+Freetalk，半开放式。
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Prat 1 | 主题讨论
提前确定书目的三个讨论主题，
读书会围绕主题展开讨论，
不限定发言顺序与内容；
具体讨论主题在报名结束后，
读书会成员拉群确定，
图书编辑会参与讨论。
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Prat 2 | Freetalk
读书会成员分享、讨论环节。
关于自己
关于香港
关于书
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活动地址
三里屯老书虫书吧
The Bookworm
北京市朝阳区南三里屯路4号楼
（中宇大厦后身或爱奇艺咖啡馆旁20米）
具体活动区域，
进店后请详询吧台工作人员。
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9月理想书目
《我城》| 西西
（《我城》为理想家读书会主题阅读“城市”系列书目）
推荐自带书，
此书在“老书虫”中文区“理想国专柜”同样有售
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理想书目
City | 城市书系
都市上空那吹不散的浊烟，压着柏油路面的瘴气。记忆既不是短暂易散的云雾，也不是干爽的透明，而是烧焦的生灵在城市表面结成的痂，是浸透了不再流动的生命液体的海绵，是过去、现在与未来混合而成的果酱，把运动中的存在给钙化封存起来，这才是你在旅行终点的发现。
“……如此看来，你这可真是记忆中的旅行！”
001 《我城》 西西 9月在读
002 《台北人》 白先勇
003 《纽约客》 白先勇
004 《门外汉的京都》 舒国治
To Be A Writer (creative writing workshop in fiction & nonfiction offered by Xu Xi of Authors at Large www.aalauthors.com)
Lear more about Xu Xi here
Get your tickets online here
200RMB
Bookworm Comedy Night: Louis Katz
150RMB (in advance), 180RMB (at the door)
Louis Katz’s comedy deftly combines the highbrow and the lowbrow, creating a style that is truly unique. An internationally headlining comedian, Louis’ numerous television appearances include NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” HBO’s “Down & Dirty w/Jim Norton,” and most recently, Comedy Central’s “Comedy Underground w/Dave Attell.” He was also a regularly featured writer/correspondent on FX’s “Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell.”
His half-hour “Comedy Central Presents” special aired in 2011, coinciding with the release of his debut comedy album, “If These Balls Could Talk,” on Comedy Central Records.
Get your tickets online here
That Man in Our Lives – Book Talk with Xu Xi
In her newly released novel, That Man In Our Lives, Xu Xi expands the fictional universe of her earlier novels, locating New York as the perch to view the shifting balance of power between China and the U.S. “That Man In Our Lives is an ambitious, witty and generous novel, which also has enough mystery to keep even somebody with 20th-century tastes turning the pages. It also delivers an Asian perspective on the challenges and opportunities of globalisation, while exploring the loss of traditional ideas about the self, and what that loss means for authors and readers.” – The Asian Review of Books.
The book talk will be moderated by Max Berwald. He is a writer from San Diego, California. His work has appeared on The Anthill, Potluck, Blackbird, et al. Mag and on Be Young & Shut Up. He is the Read editor of Loreli China and a regular contributor at the Spittoon and Word of Mouth reading series.
“Soviet Koreans in Uzbekistan: Surviving and Prospering Through the Ordeal”, a talk by Victoria Kim
In August 1937, Joseph Stalin decided to deport ethnic Koreans from the Soviet Union’s Far East to Central Asia. In less than two months, over 170,000 people were loaded on cargo trains and transported to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan on a horrendous journey across Siberia. Almost 80 years later, over half a million ethnic Koreans still live in the former Soviet Union, mostly in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia. Their tragedies are also stories of courage and survival that echo in the present-day global drama of forced migration. Victoria Kim’s grandfather came to Uzbekistan in 1937 as a seven-year-old boy on a cattle train. His life story – together with accounts of other Korean deportees – inspired Victoria to produce her multimedia documentary long-read “Lost and Found in Uzbekistan: The Korean Story”. She will talk about this unique diaspora in a region still unknown to many; London Times correspondent Calum MacLeod will moderate.
Victoria Kim holds a MA from the Johns Hopkins University’s SAIS in Korean Studies and MA from the University of Bolton in International Multimedia Journalism. Originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she is currently based in Beijing, China, as a multimedia writer and producer. Currently, Victoria is working on a full-format documentary movie based on her stories.
RMB 65 for members of the RASBJ or Bookworm, RMB 75 for non-members.
The Bookworm’s Weekly SciFi Book Club
Join The Bookworm’s weekly SciFi Book Club to talk about your favorite science fiction short stories! Each meeting we choose a short story to read and discuss. Authors we’ve talked about so far include Greg Egan, Iain M. Banks, Cory Doctorow, Andy Weir, Liu Cixin, Peter Watts, Neal Stephenson, Ted Chiang, and many others. The club meets every Thursday at 8pm. Add Olga on WeChat @Merukaba for more information.
FREE
幽默小区脱口秀俱乐部·拿大顶专场演出
汇聚国内外最棒的中文脱口秀演员和幽默明星，最高品质的中文脱口秀演出“幽默小区”脱口秀9月30日（周五）又来了！这次是幽默小区脱口秀俱乐部的一次特殊演出，即国内顶尖的默剧团拿大顶的专场演出， 拿大顶将把数年积累的精彩绝伦的默剧桥段加上部分即兴互动演出奉献给观众，当然我们还挑选了几位国内最棒的中文脱口秀演员作为开场嘉宾。不管你国庆小长假怎么安排，小长假的前夜先跟我们嗨起来再说吧！
拿大顶默剧社介绍: 默剧指不用对话或歌唱而只以肢体动作和表情表达剧情的戏剧。拿大顶成立于2011年4月，是目前国内唯一一个默剧剧社。剧社由三名主要演员组成，以默剧和小丑戏为主要演出形式，表演风格幽默戏谑，将小丑特有的滑稽和夸张，与默剧优雅而灵动的肢体表达相结合，呈现出“欢笑中隐含着悲哀”的多层次内涵。拿大顶所有的作品均为原创，成立至今先后创作表演作品20部。拿大顶的表演有极强的现场互动感，根据观众的回应进行即兴创作，产生鲜活的观剧体验。此外拿大顶还经常与国内外的音乐人、电影导演、绘本画家等艺术家进行跨界创作，拿大顶成员曾在法国等地演出。
购票链接请用这个。http://e.mosh.cn/
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