Happenings Archive
Brian Page: Beijing Then and Now
Summary of the talk:
Author Brian Page talks about the new edition of Beijing Then and Now, which matches historical images — including some of the very first photographic views of the city — with specially commissioned photographs of the same sites today to explore the dramatic process of urban landscape change occurring overtime. The talk will focus on both the benefits and challenges of using this method of repeat photography to document Beijing’s transformations.
About the Author:
Brian Page is a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver. He has a PhD in Geography from the University of California at Berkeley and specializes in research on the historical development of urban places using archival methods, field study, and geospatial science. He became captivated by China at a young age through the past experiences of his family; his grandparents lived in China from 1915 to 1949, and his mother was born and raised there.
June 2, at 7:30 PM
Ticket: 50 RMB (Include a drink)
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/14444775
Beijing Improv Long-Form Performance
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/33568128
Pushkin’s Birthday
The Russian Club in Beijing and The Bookworm are happy to invite you to celebrate Russian most famous and beloved poet Pushkin’s birthday! On June 6th, exactly 218 years ago, when the star of Russian Literature was born – we would like you to join poetry readings in the language of Pushkin’s origins and the translations of his poetry into different languages. This curated event will feature works like “Eugene Onegin”, “Ruslan and Ludmila” , “Echo” and will also give you a unique glimpse into Pushkin’s biography, the historical period he lived and the way he shaped Russian literature.
Ticket 50RMB (Includes a drink)
День Русского языка 6 июня!
Русский клуб в Пекине и кафе The Bookworm приглашают вас вместе отметить день рождения великого писателя – А. С. Пушкина! Этот день также стал днём празднования Русского языка. На вечере мы вспомним любимые произведения и необычную историю жизни Пушкина. Вы можете также прочесть ваше любимое произведение писателя в оригинале и на других языках в переводе!
Время: 6 июня, вторник, 19:30
Место: The Bookworm 老书虫
Стоимость входа: 50 юаней (включён напиток)
普希金的生日！6月6日，北京市俄罗斯俱乐部和老书虫咖啡厅邀请您一起庆祝俄语日，也是伟大诗人普希金的218年生日！让我们一起回到黄金的十八世纪！每一个人可以准备一首最喜欢的普希金的诗和大家分享，原文、其他语言的人翻译都可以！
时间：6月6日，晚上7.30
地点：老书虫书店 The Bookworm
票价：50元，包括一杯软饮
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/76589591
Book Talk with Zola Nene
THE BOOK
In Zola Nene’s own words, she says, ‘Food has always been a huge part of my life;
important occasions were always marked with a feast of some sort … this book
chronicles my food journey thus far – how it started and what has shaped me into the
chef I am today.’ And that’s exactly what Simply Delicious is all about; it’s Zola’s culinary
career told through her recipes, interspersed with snippets and perspectives of her life
journey, including tributes to the people who have inspired and infl uenced her cooking
style and explaining the reason for certain culinary choices that she has made.
If one had to describe Zola’s personality in a single idea, it would be ‘irrepressible
joy’, which is the thread running through this journey as well as the state evoked by her
delicious dishes. Her food philosophy is very simple – cooking is for everyone. With
easy-to-follow instructions, the recipes will ensure that anyone can produce mouthwatering results.
Contents: Introduction; Zola’s tips and useful information; Nostalgic nibbles; Those
scrumptious scholar days; Finding my foodie feet in a foreign country; Learning the
tastes and tricks of the trade; My current culinary cosmos; Tasty travel-inspired eats:
Norway, India, Thailand; A road not yet travelled, Index
SALES POINTS
• Will appeal to foodies in general, but mostly young people between the
ages of 18-35
• The author has a platform that will allow her to promote the book on
a national level
• Expresso is a national TV show, watched by many different types of people
each morning
• Over 70 recipes for all occasions
• The recipes range in level of diffi culty so there is something for every type
of cook, from novice to expert
THE AUTHOR
Zola Nene is currently the resident chef on Expresso Morning Show on television’s
SABC 3 channel. During a two-year stint in the UK, she worked as a commis entremetier,
chef de partie and patissier in a brasserie in Cheshire. She returned to South Africa and
enrolled at the Institute of Culinary Arts in Stellenbosch where she worked with chefs
such as Margot Janse of LQF and Chris Erasmus of Pierneef at la Motte. After graduating
she was appointed catering manager for a large catering company in Johannesburg.
Around this time Expresso was conceptualised and she was offered the job of food
stylist for the show. She returned to Cape Town to start working on the show in October
2010 and has been there ever since.
19:30 7 Jun 2017
Ticket: 50 RMB (Include a drink) Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/21108937
The Silver Way: Peter Gordon & Juan José Morales
In the 16th century, long before London and New York rose to international prominence, a trading route was discovered between Spanish America and China that ushered in a new era of globalisation. The ‘Ruta de la Plata’ or ‘Silver Way’ catalysed economic and cultural exchange, built the foundations for the first global currency and led to the rise of the first ‘world city’ – Mexico city. Peter Gordon and Juan José Morales question the conventional narrative about globalisation, discuss whether the past could teach us more about China today and suggest a paradigm analogous to that of the Silk Road, which underpins China’s burgeoning involvement in Spanish America today.
Peter Gordon is the founder and editor of the Asian Review of Books. He is also a publisher at Chameleon Press and was the driving force behind the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the Man Asian Literary Prize and Hong Kong-based online bookseller Paddyfield.com.
Juan José Morales is a regular commentator on Asian art and history, and a frequent contributor to regional and international publications. A lawyer by training, he is a former president of the Spanish Chamber of commerce in Hong Kong.
19:30 9 Jun 2017
Ticket: 50 RMB (Include a drink) Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/40957057
幽默小区脱口秀——“庸人俗事”
本次演出为石老板专场，将由2016年脱口秀喜剧节冠军石老板领衔主演45分钟，脱口秀演员海洋、大熊、宋启瑜（6.10）、艾杰西（6.11）进行开场表演。时间为6月10日周六晚19:30、11日周日晚17:00。
“庸人俗事”是石老板第一个个人专场，积攒了石老板从2014年入行开始的各种段子。石老板的段子素材大都来源于看似琐碎又无趣的日常生活：社交、微信、KTV、电视节目、飞机……但恰恰是在这些稀松平常却让人感同身受的事情中，石老板让最大多数观众产生了最大的共鸣。在此次40分钟的专场中，观众将通过石老板的眼睛，看到这个世界庸俗的事情、无聊的事情、搞笑的事情、奇怪的事情。6月10/11日晚，一起来感受石老板的头脑风暴吧！
演出阵容：
石老板
石老板，职业脱口秀演员，2016年脱口秀喜剧节冠军，黄西、大山脱口秀演出开场演员，“一席”表演嘉宾。善于揭露日常生活中的庸人俗事。
海洋
海洋，因外表得名“朝阳李代沫”，“因翻唱《我的歌声里》比原版火”，“被原唱点炮入狱”。出狱后痛改前非，加入standup 大军。他坚信所有好的喜剧都是悲剧，只有最真实的情感才能让人笑出眼泪。
大熊
来自广东，因为被脱口秀的自由所吸引开始上台。 作为95年老腊肉。读的书少却爱骗观众，吃的饭多却怎么也不胖（就是这么贱）。表演中他会分享自己的趣事，吐槽生活中的琐碎，提出一些奇怪的意见。他的梦想是靠一张嘴让观众高潮。
宋启瑜（6月10日）
茄子脱口秀演员，喜剧培训师，研究生，中国喜剧美学研究会会员，上海交大相声协会会员，喜剧学校和喜剧工作坊组织者，北京喜剧联盟组织者。长期从事喜剧理论研究，表演剑走偏锋，风格自成一家。他和郭德纲，谢娜共同探讨喜剧！他和很多电视，电影明星同台演出。
艾杰西（6月11日）
作为中美富布莱特学者，艾杰西专注于中式幽默和表演方面的研究。他拜著名相声演员丁广泉为师，在全国各地定期进行相声、双语即兴喜剧、脱口秀等演出。他制作了一系列面对中国观众的视频作品，其中，最广为人知的“老外Style”获得了20万的点击率。他曾经上过《谁能逗乐喜剧明星》，《非常了得》，《环球神奇炫》，等节目，经常在电视台脱口秀节目当嘉宾。他是全国最有经验的即兴喜剧演员之一，在中美两国演过十多年即兴喜剧，也在北京大学附属中学教即兴喜剧课程。在CBS，CCTV、BTV、CRI、TEDx、PBS、NPR、PRI等各大中外媒体上，常可见艾杰西的身影及其关于中国喜剧、媒体和文化的著述和评论。他于2012年入选环球时报“年度人物”。
本次演出的售票链接：http://e.evente.cn/101920
『锡安号角“爱人如己”犹太文化体验日——走进“儿童希望之家”』慈善活动
您了解犹太文化吗？
我们诚邀您来参加６月１１日的
『锡安号角“爱人如己”犹太文化体验日——走进“儿童希望之家”』慈善活动。
本活动从下午三点半开始签到，一直持续到晚上八点。Amit（以）用中文主持。其间，我们会带领大家一起学做犹太安息日的特色主食——Challah面包，一起学唱希伯来语歌曲，跟随犹太舞者共同学跳民间舞蹈，以及观看犹太主题短片的展映等。在这里您将有机会与犹太朋友进行思想碰撞和面对面的交流。在本次活动二层展区，我们来一起关注“儿童希望之家”。如果您对了解犹太人的传统、习俗感兴趣，或者您愿意关注慈善事业，这次活动您一定不要错过！活动门票100元/人，请进入微店付款报名，凭报名信息签到入场。
What do you know about Jewish culture?
Come and join us on June 11th (15:30—20:00)at the book worm for a good cause:
“Love your neighbor as yourself”- A Jewish culture experience day organized by “Shofar Zion”
*Making your own Challah bread
*Sing Hebrew songs
*Dance Israeli folk dances
*Films and Alenah’s home photo show on second floor
Emcee: Amit Elazar
Do not miss this chance to know more about Jewish culture and to make friends with Israeli and Jewish friends.
The tickets’ profit will be donated to “Children’s hope foundation -Alenah’s home”, an NGO aimed to give a warm home for sick or disabled orphans.
Ticket: 100 RMB/person
Pay on wechat or pay by door
“锡安号角”是一个致力推广犹太传统文化的公众平台（详情请关注“锡安号角”微信公众号）。近年来，我们翻译了很多犹太智者、专家的文化评论，同时在全国各地举办了多场犹太文化主题沙龙。平台创办人是来自以色列的犹太青年学者Amit Elazar，他在中国生活和工作多年，会讲一口流利的中文，曾担任多家媒体特约嘉宾，在以色列总理内坦尼亚胡访华期间担任高层交流的翻译等。在Amit的策划和带领下，中国朋友得以通过更多角度来走近古老而深邃的犹太传统。
“Shofar Zion” is a public WeChat account platform promoting Jewish traditional culture (scan our QR code to know more about it). We have translated varies articles by Jewish sages and scholars, and organized cultural activities in China. The founder is a young scholar, Amit Elazar, from Israel. He has lived and worked in China for years and speaks fluent Chinese. He has been invited to Media activities and participated as interpreter for the team of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while visiting China. Through his efforts, more Chinese people have learned about Jewish culture in a profound way.
儿童希望基金会多年来一直为救助中国孤残儿童而努力。二十五年来，上万名孤残儿童已被救助得到新生。这样的事业和行动即是犹太传统中倡导的“爱人如己”的典范。锡安号角有幸为您提供一个美好的平台，让您与慈善结缘。本次活动的门票收入全部捐赠给“儿童希望救助基金会-儿童希望之家”。儿童希望之家隶属于儿童希望救助基金会，致力于给孤残儿童一个充满爱和温暖的家。
Children’s hope foundation is a local Chinese NGO. For the last 25 years, it helped more than 10,000 disabled, sick or poor children and orphans on medical surgery and sponsorship all around China. This kind of work manifests the idea of ““Love your neighbor as yourself”.
“Shofar Zion” is honored to provide this opportunity for charity. The tickets’ profit will be donated to “Children’s hope foundation-Alenah’s home”. “Alenah’s home” is a foster home project of Children’s hope foundation, aimed to give a warm home with great care and love to sick or disabled orphans.
* 报名链接(register portal)： https://weidian.com/item.html?itemID=2109454700
微信公众号关注：搜索关键词 锡安号角
Sofar Zion Wechat: 锡安号角
儿童希望之家网站： http://www.childrenshope.org.cn
Children’s Hope Foundation: http://www.childrenshope.org.cn
Alenah’s Home wechat：ertongxiwangzhijia
Bookworm Comedy Night: JOE MACHI!
Joe Machi has been busy touring the United States as a headlining stand-up comedian. He has performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and has become a regular on Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld on Fox News. Joe also won the 2013 NY Comedy Festival’s Funniest Comedian Competition,held at Caroline’s on Broadway in conjunction with the New York Comedy Festival and the 2010 NY Underground Comedy Festival’s Emerging Comics Competition.
Machi was a New Face at the 2012 Just For Laughs festival in Montrea. Earlier this month, he also performed in the finals of the Andy Kaufman Awards and appeared regularly as the “Frightened Correspondent” on FOX News’ Red Eye. He’s one of those comedians who you have to see to believe.
Joe moved to New York City in 2006, where his comedy career began. He quickly passed for ‘Late Night’ shows at the prestigious Comic Strip Live. Joe then passed at four other New York City comedy clubs, including the famed Caroline’s on Broadway and Stand Up NY. His success continues to grow, and in 2010, he won first place in the ‘Emerging Comics’ contest at the New York Underground Comedy Festival, and was also named a finalist at the New York Comedy Festival’s NY’s Funniest Person Competition. Joe has also been featured in the New York Daily News for advancing to the Elite Eight of Caroline’s March Madness Final Four Competition. After being named a runner-up for the Boston Comedy Festival’s New York Comedy Contest, he landed a performance at the Boston Comedy Fest.
150RMB PRE SALE, 180RMB AT THE DOOR, 100RMB STUDENT (WITH ID CARD)
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/15377224
An Evening with Downton Abbey composer John Lunn
An Evening with Downton Abbey composer John Lunn
In conversation with Writer Zhang Lijia
John Lunn’s music possesses a wonderfully unique voice that spans a wide spectrum of musical styles. Classically trained, yet contemporary in attitude, he combines a highly intelligent and sensitive approach with a sound that always hits at the emotional heart of a piece. His scores, which match the highest production values with a continual desire to discover new colours and sounds, are continuously in high demand. He is probably best known for scoring the hugely successful flagship ITV/NBC/PBS/Carnival Films drama, Downton Abbey, for which he has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, in 2012 and 2013 and a further nomination in 2014, as well as a BAFTA nomination in 2012.
John’s recent work includes ITV/PBS/Lovely Day’s adaption of The Grantchester Mysteries by author James Runcie, Red Planet’s epic WW1 drama The Passing Bells, the feature film Electricity starring Agyness Deyn, Burton And Taylor (starring Dominic West and Helena Bonham-Carter), Shetland, The White Queen (based on the bestselling novel by Phillipa Gregory), for which he also received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2014, and the reimagining of Hitchcock’s classic The Lady Vanishes, all for the BBC.
He is currently scoring Jamestown from the producers of Downton, Series 2 of The Last Kingdom, an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s best selling “The Saxon Stories” for BBC/BBC America and the upcoming STARZ series The White Princess.
He has received critical acclaim for three adaptations of Charles Dickens classics: the BBC/Masterpiece centenary adaptation of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, for which he was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award (2013), a 14-part re-imagining of Little Dorrit (2008), which garnered both a BAFTA nomination and his first Primetime Emmy nomination, and Bleak House (2006) , for which he received RTS Best Score and Best Title nominations.
John is also a highly accomplished concert pianist and will play some pieces during the event.
About Zhang Lijia
Zhang Lijia is a writer, social commentator and public speaker. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Socialism Is Great! about her rocket factory experience, and recently published her debut novel Lotus.
Sunday, Jun 18 at 7:30pm
50RMB (Includes a drink) Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/08847478
Writing across cultures – Radhika Jha
Radhika Jha is the author of four critically acclaimed books.
Her debut novel, Smell, won the French Prix Guerlain
and has been translated into 24 languages.
Radhika will be in conversation with Laurie O’Donnell, Managing Director of Cornerstone International Group
“How can wanting to be happy be wrong?”
“Do you believe in God? I am sure you don’t. I am not sure I do either. But if there is such a thing as God, that God must be an old woman with wrinkled hands. Yes, wrinkled hands because she spends her day washing dirty souls.”
Radhika Jha, is a writer and a dancer. Her latest book, My Beautiful Shadow, is an intimate social commentary on entrapment and solitude. And a commentary on the feminine condition.
The voice is Japanese. Kayo, the protagonist, is a young Tokyo housewife and mother. Outwardly, she is no different from other young mothers, but her inner life is full of shadow or makkura, which means blackness in Japanese. Kayo has something that sets her apart. She belongs to an unspoken fraternity, a hidden club, which involves luxury, beautiful clothes and sensual skill. The club makes it possible for Kayo to escape the makkura. But it becomes an obsession, an addiction: ecstasy and suffering.
About the Author:
RADHIKA JHA, born in Delhi, has lived in many cities: Chicago, Paris, Tokyo and now Beijing. She studied anthropology at Amherst College, and did her Masters in Political Science at the University of Chicago. She writes and performs Odissi, the temple dance of Orissa. She has worked for Hindustan Times and Business World, writing on subjects as diverse as culture, the environment and the automobile industry. She has also worked for the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, where she started up the Interact project for the education of the children of the victims of terrorism in different parts of India. She lived for six years in Tokyo and now lives in Beijing with her husband and two children.
Ticket: 50 RMB (Include a drink)
Book a seat at:https://yoopay.cn/event/93907410
Book Talk with Val Wang
BEIJING BASTARD:
A book talk with Val Wang
Val Wang will present a book talk about her memoir Beijing Bastard, which details her experiences living in China from 1997 to 2002. The memoir takes readers into a disappearing Beijing, into the houses of Peking Opera performers, the ateliers of avant-garde artists and even into the doomed courtyard houses of Wang’s own extended family. The book tells the story of the city’s transformation in the years leading up to the city’s Olympic bid and of Wang’s own transformation in those years. The talk will focus on her process of converting lived experience in Beijing into literary material.
Val Wang is an author and multimedia storyteller interested in the intersection between the personal and the global. Evan Osnos has called her book Beijing Bastard “a memoir perfectly suited to the Beijing that she brings to life so well: heedless, pungent, and proudly insubordinate.” She has also directed and produced interactive and narrative documentaries as well as news and feature pieces for venues such as WGBH, WBUR, PBS and National Geographic. She now lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and teaches in the English and Media Studies Department of Bentley University, but her heart is still partly in Beijing.
Jun 21 19:30
50RMB (includes a drink) Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/97278662
Matt Hulse Presents THE PET PROJECT Live Show and CD Album Release
Artist and filmmaker Matt Hulse returns once more to Beijing Bookworm to present and perform his unusual new song venture: THE PET PROJECT. Since early 2017 he’s been writing and recording songs to commission about a wide variety of pets and their devoted owners (some of whom will be in the audience). He will play out tracks from the debut album – songs about dogs, cats, hens, a squirrel, a goldfish and a plastic snail – and explore the process of adaptation that he calls ‘psychoanimalysm’: it begins with in-depth pet / owner interviews and ends in a song. Accompanied by fellow free-spirit Vicky Mohieddeen, he will also be performing selected works live, plus he will be screening clips of award-winning films he has made with dogs. Signed copies of the CD will be available at a reduced launch price.For more info on the project and to hear some songs, please visit http://thepetproject.co.uk
Updated new tracks! https://soundcloud.com/anormalboy/sets/the-pet-project-release-103
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/01400953
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 and this week’s reading!
FREE
Safari Song Time
All babies – from the quietest to the most vocal – love singing and rhymes! It stimulates their brains and development, and it’s also great fun for mamas, papas and other carers to see them so happy!
If you’ve got a 3-18 month old, bring them to the bookworm every Friday from 10:30am to 11:30am, to take your little one on a fun safari as he/she learns songs and rhymes from around the world, that you can also practice at home.
Please note: if the AQI is above 200 – the session will be cancelled.
60RMB per child
Safari Song Time
All babies – from the quietest to the most vocal – love singing and rhymes! It stimulates their brains and development, and it’s also great fun for mamas, papas and other carers to see them so happy!
If you’ve got a 3-18 month old, bring them to the bookworm every Friday/Saturday from 10:30am to 11:30am, to take your little one on a fun safari as he/she learns songs and rhymes from around the world, that you can also practice at home.
Please note: if the AQI is above 200 – the session will be cancelled.
60RMB per child
单立人喜剧-教主单口喜剧专场《背水一赞》
教主
来自单口喜剧黄埔军校——新东方。擅长吐槽类段子，语速超快，风格独特思路清奇，深受广大女观众喜欢。
开场嘉宾：石老板
单立人喜剧创始人，职业单口喜剧演员，首届脱口秀喜剧节冠军，“一席”嘉宾。
注意事项
1希望大家放松情绪，享受演出。
2演出期间，禁止录音或者录像，可以拍照，但请关闭闪光灯。
3请将手机调整在静音或者振动状态，不要让自己的电子产品发出声响。
4未满18岁的观众请勿入场，未必所有内容都适合未成年人观看。
我们是谁
单立人喜剧是位于北京的一家从事单口喜剧（stand-up comedy）现场表演和推广的公司，由单口喜剧演员石老板创立，公司汇聚北京和全国范围内优秀的喜剧演员，为观众呈现优质的现场喜剧演出。
什么是“单口喜剧”
单口喜剧，即“stand-up comedy”，发源于英国，发展于美国，是一个演员在台上表演幽默段子的喜剧表演形式。也有人把它叫做脱口秀，这也没什么错，但是脱口秀往往指的是电视访谈节 (talkshow)，而非单口喜剧，所以为了避免混淆，我们还是叫它单口喜剧。
演出时间：6月24日20:00-21:30、6月25日20:00-21:30
演出地点：北京市朝阳区南三里屯路4号楼老书虫
演出价格：早鸟票80元/张，普通票100元/张
咨询电话：15901312675
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400年前的有钱人生活指南丨六月理想家读书会
明中晚期的中国经历了一次经济变革，商业的蓬勃发展，促使社会、文化发生一系列的变化。明初朱元璋为小国寡民之乡一手打造的通讯网络，成了商业世界赖以成长的奠基石。人们追逐着时尚，享受物质的愉悦。富商巨贾把手中真金白银，换作上流阶级的通行证。在明末这个光怪陆离的世界里，金钱似乎成了唯一的筹码，旧有的社会身份乃至道德的界线，都模糊得让人困惑。——《纵乐的困惑》卜正民
1368年，由汉族人统治的最后一个王朝建立，这个王朝开始，它的开国君主洪武皇帝试图通过严苛的法律来实现一种由少数精英分子统治的稳定封闭的乡村社会体系。这也正是后来明朝的知识分子、南京一个山区县的知县张涛所怀念的，对他来说，这个王朝的前半期生活安定，几乎一切都合理有序。“ 居则有室，佃则有田，薪则有山，艺则有圃。催科不扰，盗贼不生。婚媾依时，闾阎安堵”。洪武皇帝一心维护的局面并没有持续多久，这个王朝到了中后期，人们开始追逐时尚，对财富有了空前的热情，富商巨贾通过他们手中的真金白银换取名声和物质上的满足，贫富差距逐渐加大，井然有序的乡村社会向商业社会转变，庄严安定的农业世界逐步为喧嚣狡诈的商业所替代，商业活动日益成为一种致富手段而被人们称颂。这个国家的人民不再以明朝开国君主洪武皇帝所希望的那样生活，金钱开始发挥巨大的作用。商业的发展更直接使得这个国家士大夫阶层信奉的文化，恪守的社会禁忌以及遵从的道德评判标准不再适用，甚至连社会身份地位也变得模糊不清，商人逐渐开始成为这个社会的主流并引导它的走向，维系社会的道德秩序开始让位于欲望，像张涛一样，很多人为自己身处衰败时代感到不满和失落。卜正民所要捕捉的正是明朝在它静谧安详的冬季过后，它的士大夫的遭遇和他们的心理。知县张涛最后得出的结论是这个社会最终将坠入拜金狂热之中，但卜正民说，正是这一全国性的商业网络，使得明朝经济得以良性运转。“ 新的财富影响着咨询传播和知识储存的方式。”卜正民坦言，他写的是一部正在发生巨大商业变化国度的文化史，他着眼与讨论商业对明朝社会的影响：在中国历史特定的一个时间段，财富所带来的快乐和这一快乐所触发的困惑。
6 月理想家读书会 43城线下共读
北京 | 老书虫书店
共读时间
6月25日（周日）
14:00 — 16:00
共读书目
卜正民 | 《纵乐的困惑》
来自【On Histroy | 汉学家眼里的中国】书系
这是理想家读书会的第3个共读书系
包含三本书，
一月一位作家，带你和历史对话，
6月，跟卜正民一起读《纵乐的困惑》。
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+回顾反馈
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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、影像记录、领读人各一名
同样的在群主处报名
理想国会送出50积分以表感谢
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Prat 3 | 讨论反馈
理想家分享读书会体验
“看理想”机构号已在 知乎 上线
点击阅读原文回复认真的体验评论
发送截图到理想家后台
即有机会获得100积分
从本期起
会由群主将地标站优质讨论内容汇总在“体验”帖下
一期读书会周期内得赞数最高的前三名
该站的文字记录、影像记录、领读者
每人可获赠下期读书会书目一本
北京｜老书虫 The Bookworm
群主微信：鹿呵呵（tonghe0369）
THE FUTURE OF U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
Five months into the Trump presidency, uncertainty continues to shroud the future of U.S.-China relations and American foreign policy in the Asia Pacific. Trade and North Korea’s nuclear program were expected to dominate the first U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue between top government leaders, and policy watchers on both sides of the Pacific are looking for areas of cooperation.
To help shine a light on these issues and more, Young China Watchers is pleased to host former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel. Mr. Russel is an American diplomat who previously served as special assistant to the president and national security staff senior director for Asian Affairs
50 rmb at the door, includes a free drink
Book a seat at:https://yoopay.cn/event/46971249
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 and this week’s reading!
FREE
Melancholy Baby- Music Duo
三砾乐队是一个结合声乐、电子乐和扬琴的创意三重奏乐队。 相遇在哈佛大学的三位朋友，徐来（Laila Smith），卫哲彬（Ben Wetherfield）和钱睿隆（Reylon Yount）有着三种不同的音乐教育背景：爵士乐、现代西洋乐和中国民乐。他们旨在通过创作另类艺术声音来探讨自己的双文化身份。在三砾之前，他们的即兴表演乐队曾在波士顿地区表演。三位音乐家也各自活跃在国际舞台上。钱睿隆曾参加马友友丝绸之路乐团的演出以及格莱美奖专辑录制。卫哲彬曾荣获BBC年度最佳年轻作曲家奖，作品曾在Radio 3播出。徐来曾荣获艺术项目的美国总统学者奖，在华盛顿特区的肯尼迪中心演出。此次Laila与Ben以Melancholy Baby的组合形式，在中国日本多地巡演。
Sanli is an experimental trio combining vocals, electronics, and yangqin. Laila Smith, Ben
Wetherfield, and Reylon Yount come from three distinct musical upbringings – jazz,
contemporary classical, and traditional Chinese, respectively. Together, they use their
arty-alternative sound to explore their bicultural identities. The three friends met at Harvard
College, where they formed an improvising collective that has performed throughout the Boston area. Individually, they’ve toured internationally with various ensembles and garnered many maccolades: Reylon has performed with Yo-Yo Ma’s GRAMMY Award-winning Silk Road Ensemble, Ben was named BBC Young Composer of the Year and had his work performed on Radio 3, and Laila was a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. This time Laila and Ben will perform their music as Melancholy Baby in many places of China and Japan.
Jun 30 7:30 pm
Tickets: 100 RMB
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/83885648
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