Happenings Archive
Beijing Improv Long-Form Performance: Intimate Improv
Beijing Improv is China’s oldest and largest Improvised Theater organization. Its members come from around the world and have been trained in the best improv schools from New York, Chicago, California, the UK, France, New Zealand and more. Script-less, long-form is a popular type of improv that uses audience suggestions to create an extended scene. Attendees never know what is in store but there is always the guarantee of a laugh and a good time. Don’t miss this hilarious event!
Beijing Improv is a non-profit organization, so they donate all of their proceeds to a local charity Hua Dan which benefits migrant workers and children through the performance arts.
PRESALE: 75RMB (65 RMB for members)
AT THE DOOR: 85RMB
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/16047483
“The Science of Heaven”, a documentary film screening plus Q&A;
For thousands of years, Chinese astronomers have watched the sky, day and night, seeking “symbols from above, which show good or bad fortune” as the Yi Jing or “Book of Changes” put it. They carefully logged observations of comets for 22 centuries, including Halley’s Comet which returns every 76 years. Yet they never used their vast collection of data points to deduce mathematical theories about the movement of planets and comets as European observers such as Galileo, Kepler or Newton did. But China’s been catching up; Beijing’s space program put a human into orbit in less than four decades, and plans to do the same soon on the moon. China’s Five-Year Plan calls for accelerated efforts to explore planets, asteroids and the sun. This 52-minute documentary explores the Chinese history of the “Science of Heaven”, establishing links to Beijing’s most recent explorations in astronomy and astrophysics. The filmmakers visited remote Chinese observatories, witnessed the final construction phase of the world’s largest radio telescope in Guizhou – and hopes to tag along with China’s Lunar Program.
WHAT: “The Science of Heaven”, a documentary film screening plus Q&A
WHEN: April 6, Thursday, from 7:30-9:30 PM
WHERE: The Bookworm, Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing. Tel: 6586 9507 MAP [link http://beijingbookworm.com/contact-us/]
HOW MUCH: RASBJ/Bookworm members RMB65, non-members RMB75
MORE ABOUT THE FILM:
This documentary was originally conceived by Richard de Grijs of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University, and Ziping Zhang of the Beijing Planetarium. They commissioned René Seegers as director/producer and secured funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The documentary is targeted at a general audience. De Grijs and Seegers will answer questions from the audience after the screening.
75RMB, 65RMB (Bookworm/RASBJ Members)
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/02648504
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
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4月7日晚又来了！这次我们依然挑选了几位国内最棒的中文脱口秀演员，在幽默小区的主场，现场效果最佳的三里屯老书虫爆笑上演，嗨翻全场。幽默小区开演以来，场场爆满，演出票总是提前售罄，从未让观众失望过。想来看我们的演出，建议提前尽早购买门票，以免临近演出时演出票售空耽误观看。
东区德（台湾） headliner领衔主演 他是台湾脱口秀第一天团「站立帮」成员，七年脱口秀演出经历，演出场次超过三百场，曾受邀至上海、北京、香港、菲律宾等地演出，下一站将前往英国爱丁堡演出。除了脱口秀演员的身份，东区德也是舞台剧演员、广告明星、饶舌歌手、活动主持、企业讲师以及台湾收视率第一综艺节目「猪哥会社」编剧。东区德会告诉你台湾不只是有小清新，也有重口味。他既讲性也讲人性，当他吐槽着好莱坞，唱起自己改编的幽默歌曲，你便走进了一个台湾青年的异想世界，开始了解台湾年轻人生活的琐事、苦恼和幸福。
小鹿 女脱口秀演员，常年与多种职业发生并保持不正当关系：话剧演绎小公举、电视剧诠释大妓女，做过副导演、做过翻译、做过律师，成功跨界劈叉无数次，却从未扯着蛋。她讲的段子简单直接且内涵丰富，擅长在不正经和更不正经之间完美切换。她的座右铭：不想做女博士的女律师不是好女脱口秀演员。
Rock 内蒙古鄂尔多斯人。曾经叛逆的80后，高中辍学。北漂14年，现在是Crossfit健身店老板。作为一个单口喜剧演员，喜欢一脸严肃地用段子分享自己的经历和世界观，相信喜剧是一条自由之路。
令狐冲 读书人，到目前为止读书1573册。脱口秀演员，到目前为止演出250场。国际广播电台嘉宾，到目前为止做节目20次。书店老板，到目前为止倒闭3次。律师，到目前为止出庭0次。他是黄西全国巡演南京、合肥站助演嘉宾，演出风格偏重知识性逻辑性，擅长方言模仿和新闻评论。他的座右铭是：演员一思考，观众就发笑。
购票链接：http://e.evente.cn/101309
或者扫码买票： 
Kid’s storytelling
This week will read 2 stories from north america. ‘The girl who loved wild horses’ and ‘armadillo rodeo.’ After storytime the kids can decorate their own horse.
Mark Levine: Stories and Songs from My Chinese Journey
Since coming to China from the US in 2005, Dr. Mark Levine has taught lectured, sung and traveled in 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. As a sociologist, teacher, songwriter, singer and author of Stories from My Chinese Journey, he has been an invited speaker at 30 Chinese universities, written more than 70 American country/folk style songs with lyrics about his observations and experiences in China.
His musical performances have ranged from NCPA to the Shanghai EXPO to a 900-year old theater in Fenghuang, Hunan to the three-armies military base to nearly two dozen weddings and several shows with audiences of 40-50,000. His life and work in China has been reported on in China Daily, Global Times, Renmin Ribao, International Talent Magazine, The Beijinger, Beijing Radio, CRI and dozens of other newspapers, magazines, websites and radio stations. He has also been the subject of more than a dozen video documentaries.
Since 2013 his guitar has been joined with the er-hu playing of Hubei-born Fu Han in the cross-cultural musical duo known as In Side Out.
As a result of his life as a cultural ambassador in China, Mark was awarded the 2011-2013 Great Wall Friendship Award, the 2014 National Friendship Award, the 2014 Favorite Foreign Teacher of Chinese College Students. In 2016 he was named an honorary citizen of the Huai’an, Jiangsu for his contributions in promoting the hometown of China’s first premier, Zhou Enlai. In the spring of 2016, because of his special contributions to China, Mark received his Chinese permanent residency.
In their April 8 presentation at The Bookworm they will tell and sing some of those stories that explain China through their eyes.
150RMB Presale, 180RMB At the door
Includes a free drink
Purchase your ticket at: https://yoopay.cn/event/55714373
or scan:
冯淑华著作《吃透人生 慢慢来》签售分享
关于作者
爱文字，爱烹饪。
台湾铭传商专大众传播系毕业后，曾在电视圈和唱片界工作将近十年。后去柬埔寨当了三年义工，认识了法国籍的现在的先生。
十几年下来，跟随在欠发达地区作为农业工程师替人们找水源的先生走过、看过、住过了东南亚的柬埔寨、北非的摩洛哥和突尼斯、中非的喀麦隆和南美的玻利维亚。
目前定居几内亚。
《吃透人生 慢慢来》
每一次读到故事的最后，读到作者和故事主角跳出戏外，把故事里的那道“当事菜”以菜谱的方式冷静地娓娓道来，我就会想起《深夜食堂》。她让我再一次也是最后一次深信： 炊无定法，食无定味，饮食因人而有滋，命运因食物而有味，很好吃的是人。人未来吃此食时，食与人同归于寂；人来吃此食，食色香味一时明白起来。正如作者所言：“如果书里的故事，让你心酸、落泪、爆笑、气愤；如果里面的菜肴，挑动你的食欲、饥饿和胃口，那是因为你也是一个……天生真性情的人！往事让人伤心，红萝卜沙拉却有益身心。”
——沈宏非序言《最好吃的是人》
星期日下午两点
品尝冯淑华女士亲自制作的巧克力
听一个故事
巧克力童年：
冯淑华著作《吃透人生 慢慢来》签售分享
4月9日星期日下午两点 -50rmb
Leonardo da Vinci’s dream of flight
Professor Plinio Innocenzi
(University of Sassari and Science Counsellor, Embassy of Italy)
Leonardo da Vinci, one of the main protagonists of the Renaissance, is recognized worldwide as one of the most talented artists and inventors in human history. He anticipated many ideas that would only be understood and fully developed several hundred years later. In particular, during his entire life he never stopped following his most ambitious dream: human flight. He was inspired by the flight of birds, to which he dedicated a specific study known as the Codex of the flight of birds. His notebooks contain drawings of machines that imitate the flight of birds, but also gliders, a parachute, a prototype of a helicopter and some even more exotic machines. Modern reconstructions of his machines have shown that most of his models could actually work. Leonardo’s dream of flight was just announcing the beginning of a new era.
Contact: [email protected]
Free entrance—food & drinks at your own expense
New Youth: China’s Millenials – with Alec Ash, author of Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in the New China
There are more than 320 million people in mainland China between the ages of sixteen and thirty. Children of the one-child policy, born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are the first generation to come of age in a market-driven, more international China. Who are these young Chinese? What are their experiences and aspirations, so radically different from their elders? And how will their differing views and values decide the future of their nation? Alec Ash, author of Wish Lanterns, a nonfiction book that follows six young Chinese from childhood to late twenties, shares some of his insights about the generational trends shaping young China today, and how it connects to China’s historical legacy of youth and change.
Alec Ash is a writer in Beijing. He studied English literature at Oxford University, and first moved to Beijing in 2008. His articles have appeared in The Economist, Dissent, Foreign Policy and elsewhere. He is a blogger for the Los Angeles Review of Books, contributing author to the book of reportage Chinese Characters and co-editor of the anthology While We’re Here. Twitter: @alecash
Alec will be in conversation with Bloomberg Correspondent Christina Larson. @larsonchristina
50RMB, 40RMB (Members)
Includes a drink
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/45857077
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
Kid’s Storytelling
We will show the gruffalo on this Saturday and make some easter craft.
A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents . . . the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there’s no such thing as a gruffalo.
本动画片改篇自英国著名作家朱莉娅·唐纳森（Julia Donaldson）及插画作家阿克塞尔·舍夫勒（Axel Scheffler）的同名作品《咕噜牛》 (The Gruffalo)。朱莉娅长期为儿童电视节目创作歌曲、编写剧本，目前已为孩子们创作了40多部童书和戏剧。
本片为BBC在2009圣诞节期间推出的节目之一。故事发生在幽深的大森林，主要讲述一只小老鼠智斗强大对手的故事。一开始画面的基调让人觉得恐惧。随着小老鼠的出场，画面色彩便鲜明起来，BGM 也让人觉得温馨，整个故事让人感觉轻松愉快。在节日期间与家中小朋友一起观看，不失为一种乐趣。
本片荣获2010年渥太华国际动画节－最佳儿童电视动画奖、2010年斯图加特国际动画节－最佳儿童动画奖。
Apr.15th 10:30am -40RMB (includes hot chocolate and cookies）
Brunch & Day party
011 is a brunch & day party which will take place on the second Saturday of every month. It intends to bring together people who have an appreciation for good music , food and all round great ambiance.
The event is made up of two parts.
Brunch
Presold limited tickets which include a buffet meal and complementary drinks from 1-4pm. 150RMB
After party
Free entrance (does not include food/beverages) from 4-9pm. This part of the event is about enjoying good music and socializing while dancing under the Beijing skylin
Bookworm Monthly Comedy Night: Paul Ogata
In Search of Sources of New Economic Growth
In Search of Sources of New Economic Growth
(In cooperation with the Foreign Correspondents Club of China)
After decades of double-digit GDP growth, China is now entering in a new phase of economic development called the ‘new normal’. While pundits and economists discuss talk of economic slowdown and hard vs. soft landing, Dr Qiao Liu asks – as China’s economy transitions from investment-led to consumption-based, what will be the new sources of economic growth? In other words, what will drive China’s future?
Drawing from insights in his recently-published book, “Corporate China 2.0: The Great Shakeup,” Dr. LIU will explore the new driving forces in this new economy, the vital role of Corporate China and what the government needs to do to lay a better foundation for China’s economic transition. This talk will explore the questions surrounding this transformation and the future of China, itself: What are the new sources of economic growth? What role will Corporate China play in China’s economic future? What institutional changes/policy reforms should occur to promote entrepreneurship and foster great firms? How will China innovate?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Qiao LIU is the Dean of the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University and a Professor of Finance. A renowned financial expert, Dr. LIU has published numerous articles at leading academic journals including Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of Accounting Research, and Economic Journal. He is co-author of the book Finance in Asia: Institutions, Regulation and Policy.
DATE: April 18 (Tuesday) 10am-11:30am (Arrivals from 9:30am)
VENUE: The Bookworm, Sanlitun
ENTRANCE: Bookworm and FCCC members free, non-members 70RMB
REGISTRATION: http://www.fccchina.org/events/20170418/
Cross-Strait Dilemmas: Challenges Facing Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Tsai Ing-wen with Professor Shirley Lin and Professor Harry Harding
We invite you to join us for a joint presentation by Professor Syaru Shirley Lin and Professor Harry Harding of the University of Virginia on the challenges facing China, the U.S., and Taiwan in managing their complex triangular relationship, particularly given the actions of the new U.S. administration and the emergence of a distinctive Taiwanese identity over the past two decades.
About the Speakers:Shirley Lin is a member of the founding faculty of the master’s program in global political economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and teaches political science at the University of Virginia. Her book, Taiwan’s China Dilemma: Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Economic Policy was published by Stanford University Press in 2016. She graduated from Harvard College and received her masters and Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong. Before starting her academic career, she was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where she spearheaded the firm’s investments in many technology companies and start-ups.
Harry Harding is presently a University Professor and Professor of Public Policy at UVA and Visiting Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was previously on the faculty of Stanford University, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and the founding dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. His major publications include Organizing China: The Problem of Bureaucracy, 1949-1976; China’s Second Revolution: Reform after Mao; A Fragile Relationship: The United States and China since 1972; and the chapter on the Cultural Revolution in the Cambridge History of China. He is currently working on a new book, tentatively titled What Went Wrong? The U.S. and China from Partners to Competitors.
The Bookworm | Tuesday April 18 | 12.30pm | Free Event
Anton Baranov (Russia) Solo Recital 安东·巴拉诺夫（俄罗斯）古典吉他独奏音乐会——俄罗斯风情
Anton Baranov-Classical Guitarist, Russian
As winner of the 2013 Guitar Foundation of America Competition and more than 20 other prestigious contests around the globe, Russian guitarist Anton Baranov has established himself as one of the leading guitarists of today.
His performances in a number of distinguished halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Palau de Musica in Valencia, Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, and Hakuju Hall in Tokyo have been described by musical critics as “pure magic” (Cleveland Classical), and “manages to paint beautiful sound pictures of rich depth and color with his guitar.” (The Guitar).
Known for Baranov’s daring interpretations and innovative programms, world renown guitarist and composer Roland Dyens called him, “…a real misician, one of those rare guitarists who are able to have their attendees almost forget the instrument they play, managing to have them focus on the expressivity of the music and only this.”
Baranov’s recordings includes one album for Naxos Classical and a CD for Contrastes Records. Naxos released Latin American Guitar Sonatas in May 2014. His Contrastes Records album consists of Spanish guitar music and it’s on the market since August 2014.
Anton Baranov was born in 1984 and started playing guitar at the age of ten. He completed his musical education at the oldest and most famous Russian school of music, the Saint-Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory, where he has had a teaching position since his graduation in 2010. Mr. Baranov has been a D’ Addario artist since 2013 and plays Max Cuker double-top guitar.
安东.巴拉诺夫
俄罗斯古典吉他演奏家
作为2013年美国GFA大赛冠军得主，同时也赢得了世界20多个吉他比赛，俄罗斯古典吉他演奏家安东.巴拉诺夫在世界古典吉他界担任起了主要角色。
安东.巴拉诺夫在世界各个著名音乐厅进行了演出，包括纽约的肯内基音乐厅，瓦伦西亚的帕劳音乐厅，圣彼得堡Mariinsky音乐厅，以及东京hakuju大厅等。他的表演被克利夫兰古典乐杂志誉为“纯粹的魔法”，而纽约的吉他杂志则称之为“用吉他描绘出五彩斑斓而富有深度的美丽世界”。
巴拉诺夫的大胆诠释和创新的曲目，使得世界知名吉他演奏家，作曲家罗兰.迪恩斯如此描述他：“真正的音乐家。少有的可以让观众忘却吉他而只关注音乐的演奏家之一。关注音乐的表达，别无其他。”
巴拉诺夫的专辑包括一张拿索斯出品的CD和一张Contrastes出品的CD。拿索斯是2014年5月录制的为拉美吉他奏鸣曲。Contrastes的专辑是2014年8月录制的西班牙吉他音乐作品。
安东.巴拉诺夫生于1984年，十岁开始学习吉他。在俄罗斯最著名的音乐学院，圣彼得堡林姆斯基高沙可夫音乐学院学习。毕业后，2010年开始在该学院担任教学工作。安东.巴拉诺夫是达达里奥签约的音乐家，并演奏Max Cuker的双层面板吉他。
85RMB PRE SALE, 100RMB AT THE DOOR
For more details, or to book a seat, click: https://yoopay.cn/event/21492389
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
Kid’s storytelling
Every night Blue Kangaroo falls fast asleep, cuddled in Lily’s arms. But as new toy animals start arriving, Blue Kangaroo worries that there just isn’t enough room for him anymore. When he goes missing, Lily looks everywhere for him and it turns out NONE of the other toys mean as much to her as her first and favourite Blue Kangaroo.
Saturday,22th April at 10:30am40RMB(includes hot chocolate and cookies)
一起来参加地球日活动吧！Come one, come all to the Earth Day Fair!
4月22日下午，全球环境研究所、老书虫书店和北京能源网络邀请所有在北京生活的小伙伴们（年龄不限哦）一同参加我们的地球日活动！
Global Environmental Institute, the Bookworm and Beijing Energy Network welcome all Beijingers, to our Earth Day FAIR on April 22!
——北京能源网络邀请了来自全球环境研究所和其他环保问题专家
——每隔30分钟，一名专家会分享他关于环境保护的研究和考察，以及你需要参与环保的理由
The green warriors at Beijing Energy Network have gathered experts from environmental causes in Beijing, including Global Environmental Institute and many other practitioners!
Every 30 minutes an earth expert will share his/her research & activities on Earth related fields and how you should get involved.
如果你认识某位环保专家，并且希望在这次活动上分享他/她的想法和经历，请联系Forest Abbott-Lum！
Are you an expert who wants to get on this agenda? Contact Forest Abbott-Lum today!
[email protected]; wechat: forestxiao3lin2
屋顶活动 ROOFTOP
mini手工坊 Rock-on Crafts!
大人与孩子都可以参与的手工制作，
尽情享受与泥土亲密接触的乐趣吧！
14:30-15:30：盆栽薄荷制作
16:00-17:00：创意石头涂鸦
4:00pm – 5:00pm: Making pet-rocks (how retro & cute!)
你可以享受最新鲜、最美味、最健康的本地食物，
比如：
——狂聚派提供的美味天然核桃派、精致饮料以及氮气冷萃咖啡
——“从农场到邻居”农夫市集提供的新鲜、美味、地道的本地食品（有机方式种植的苹果干和野生芭蕉干、吗哪源的羽衣甘蓝脆、有机枣加核桃、有机枣酱和有机方式种植柠檬干……）
——莫丽莎果汁提供的健康冷压果汁
——更多美味食物，敬请期待！
On the rooftop of the Bookworm, enjoy the most delicious and healthy fruit of the earth Beijing has to offer:
– The earthy & revamped Pecan Pie and nectar of the earth, Nitro Brew from Rager Pie
– Deliciously fresh and down-to-home local goods from Farm to Neighbors Market (including: organically-grown apple and banana chips; kale chips by Manna Source; organic red dates with walnuts & jam; and organically grown dried lemons)
– Succulent fresh juices, coffee and cookies from Juice by Melissa
– And more!
如果你是一位餐馆老板或者是一位音乐家，并且想参与到我们的活动中来，请联系Kendall Bitonte！
Are you a restaurant owner or *musician* who wants to get your food & tunes at the Fair?
Contact Kendall Bitonte today!
[email protected]; wechat: KMBitonte
不要错过 DON’T MISS IT
地球日活动 EARTH DAY FAIR
2017年4月22日周六下午2点－6点
Sat. April 22, 2017; 2pm-6pm
北京老书虫书店 The Bookworm
北京市朝阳区三里屯南路4号
Sanlitun South Road #4
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老书虫× 4月理想家读书会 | 太长的好运气有其难以逃遁的代价
也就是说，认识一事不像人们一度想象的有终点，倒是我们的理性处处是限制；而且，理性并不总是除魅的，它也会引领人走向神秘主义，事实上，理想发现问题找出矛盾的能力远比它的解答能力强，它帮我们回答一个比较简单的问题，却同时丢过来十个更困难的问题。
4 月理想家读书会 39 城线下共读
与唐诺 《重读》
这不是一本易读的书。
《重读》里面，贯穿着文学、哲学、历史、宗教。作者以惊人的洞察力，在书籍间穿梭。你会惊讶于他博古通今的援引，和他评论中充沛的情感。
从契诃夫的小说，以及作家其人有损自己形象的谦虚性格，讲到现代小说书写、“懂”与“不懂”一本小说背后微妙的心理机制，进而又讲到民粹，讲现代小说书写困境……
民粹让人讨厌，但也就只是讨厌而已，借用汉娜·阿伦特的概念，它毫无深度，只是毒菌表皮的恶心斑斓花纹，真的东西善的东西才有力量，当然包括破毁力量在内。（P93）
讲大麻、鸦片，讲感官，讲香气，讲统治、信仰，梦境与“社会的探针”。
我们缺的不再是知识，只是不晓得如何像爱默生所说的把它们从沉睡或说死亡的洞窟里叫醒过来，过多过廉价的知识像大仓库般丧失了美感、珍罕感再不复有魅惑力量。人的热望消失了，我们没问题要问，不是真的想知道什么弄清楚什么。（P105 ）
无有节制的所思所想，关于那些应该一读再读的了不起著作，关于当今正在失落的幸福题材、价值理念，更关乎我们自身。
面对书籍与人生的无限清单，重读，毋宁是一次中途的驻足和折返，想清楚自己究竟要接近什么、看到什么，以及为什么出发。因此，所谓的遇见，其实是一种保证的相遇：现实世界里好东西来得快消散得也快。
你得上下求索，自备而来。
共读时间
4月23日（周日）
14:00 — 16:00
共读书目
唐诺 | 《重读》
来自【On Literature | 作家谈文学】书系
这是理想家读书会的第2个共读书系
包含三本书，
一月一位作家，与你隔空对谈，
4 月，跟随唐诺一起《重读》。
推荐读书会成员自行带书
活动人数
每城每场，15人及以下
参与方式
理想家添加同城【认证群主】微信并报名
报名成功后
群主拉你进入【理想家读书会全国群】
本次活动仅限理想家
活动环节
主题讨论+Freetalk，半开放式
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Prat 1 | 主题讨论
提前确定书目的讨论主题，
读书会围绕主题展开讨论，
具体讨论主题在报名结束后，
读书会成员在【理想家读书会全国群】内确定。
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Prat 2 | Freetalk
读书会成员分享、讨论环节。
各城读书会招募文字记录和影像记录志愿者各一名
同样的在群主处报名
理想国会送出50积分以表感谢
Sunday Salon: The RUC Trio
Stellar piano trio joins Sunday Salon’s interactive concert series before their European tour. Pianist Fang Zhang is a multi-awarded pianist and chair of the music department at Renmin University, while violinist Cheng Yawei, among other accolades, has played with Yehudi Menuhin and cellist Ying Wang studied with Yo Yo Ma. Programme is still to be announced, but don’t miss this chance to hear the RUC Trio play, speak and answer questions about their music.
50RMB;40RMB with current issue of Time Out Beijing
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/07952057
The Bookworm Book club
The Bookworm Book Club meets monthly to discuss great books. We read both Chinese works in translation and world literature as the mood strikes us. This month we’ll be discussing Swing Time, the latest novel by Zadie Smith, one of the most influential British writers alive today.
From Penguin Random House on Swing Time:
Two brown girls dream of being dancers—but only one, Tracey, has talent. The other has ideas: about rhythm and time, about black bodies and black music, what constitutes a tribe, or makes a person truly free. It’s a close but complicated childhood friendship that ends abruptly in their early twenties, never to be revisited, but never quite forgotten, either.
FREE
China’s Asian Dream Empire Building along the New Silk Road with author Tom Miller
From the Mekong River Basin to the Central Asian steppe, China is flexing its economic muscles for strategic ends with its “One Belt, One Road” initiative. By setting up new regional financial institutions, Beijing is challenging the post-World War II order established under the watchful eye of Washington. And by funding and building roads, railways, ports and power lines—a New Silk Road across Eurasia and through the South China Sea and Indian Ocean—China aims to draw its neighbours ever tighter into its embrace.
Combining a geopolitical overview with on-the-ground reportage from a dozen countries, China’s Asian Dream offers a fresh perspective on the rise of China and what it means for the future of Asia.
Tom Miller is a senior analyst at Gavekal Research, a global economic research service, and editor-at-large of China Economic Quarterly, published by its sister service Gavekal Dragonomics. His first book, China’s Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History (Zed, 2012), was translated into Chinese.
Tom will in conversation with Calum MacLeod, Beijing Correspondent for
The Times of London.
The Bookworm | Thursday April 27 | 7.30 pm | 50 rmb (includes a 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
KUNSHAN Book Sharing Salon 《昆山》书友会 | 北京站 不见不散
Wandering China embarked upon a journey, both literary and physical, to Suzhou, ending up by two successful book launches. In partnership with Bookworm, Wandering China will share with you both the English language and Chinese language editions of the book on 28th April 2017 to reward our writers and readers.
The evening event will include an expert talk by the publisher, book reading and sharing, tourism expert sharing, and river town knowledge. We are also delighted to announce that there will be a special performance of the Kunqu Opera.
The evening will be finished by a discussion on a topic of significance which travelers are inextricably engaged in ‘Preserving the Margins: Tourism Growth and Heritage Protection’.
ABOUT WANDERINGCHINA
Wandering China is a Beijing based media and publishing company founded by Rose Quanspecializing in travel writing and cultural exchange. The Writers’ Club is a community where authentic experiences of China can be shared. The vision of Wandering China is to enrich cross-cultural engagement and discover the intricacies of China through diverse perspectives. We dig deeper, explore further and search more keenly to look beyond guidebook led interaction, cultural differences and language barriers.
Our core values mean we are committed to being consistently innovative, sensitive and creative as we explore people’s everyday lives and cultures. We publish simultaneously in English and Mandarin to communicate cross-cultural understanding; to help Western people understand Chinese perspectives, and vice versa.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Kunshan: On the Water Margin is authored by an international team of journalists and writers. It is a cultural guide which brings to life the folk narratives, historical figures, culinary traditions and colourful legends of the local people. It is designed to give the curious traveler understanding of the continuing influence Kunshan has had in shaping Chinese culture as we know it.
ACTIVITY ARRANGEMENT
Kunshan: on the water margin Signing sessions
7:30–8:00pm Welcome and Socializing
8:00–8:10pm Guest Speech from the Publisher
8:10–8:30pm Kunqu Performance
8:30–8:40pm Reading and Sharing
8:40–8:50pm Discussion with Tourism Operator ‘Preserving the Margins: Tourism Growth and Heritage Protection’
8:50–9:30pm Q&A, Book Signing
关于活动
观览中国在苏州成功举办了《昆山，在水一方》的新书发布会。为了回馈作家与读者，观览中国将举办北京站的读书分享会，时间是2017年4月28日，地点是北京三里屯老书虫书店。
此次活动除了读书交流，出版策划方的讲说，还有旅游专家专业分享，江南水乡knowledge, 以及精彩的昆曲表演。活动末尾，我们将会就“旅游发展和文化遗产保护”话题进行探讨。
观览中国是由权新影女士创立的北京英文媒体机构，内容包含老外在中国的见闻和中西文化交流，作家俱乐部也是一个这方面交流的平台，观览中国希望可以从不同的视角去看待中国，促进中西文化交流，并一直在这条路上不断尝试探索。
我们的核心价值理念决定了自身需要不断创新，保持敏锐，富有创造力。我们的刊物将以中英文版的形式呈现，以促进中西方交流与理解。
关于本书
《昆山.在水一方》由外国记者和作家执笔，是一本使民间传说，历史人物，地方传奇再次鲜活的文化指南，以便游客理解昆山在中国文化中的重要作用。
活动安排
《昆山.在水一方》北京书友会
7:30–8:00pm 自由交流时间
8:00–8:10pm 出版策划方讲演
8:10–8:30pm 昆曲表演
8:30–8:40pm 读书分享
8:40–8:50pm 就“旅游发展和文化遗产保护”进行探讨
8:50–9:30pm 问答和图书签售
活动免费
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