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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
POETRY READING ft. U.S. Poet Laureate TRACY K. SMITH
Monday, October 9, 7:30 pm
For the first time ever, The Bookworm will host a reading for the current United States poet laureate. Tracy K. Smith, named U.S. poet laureate in June, will headline an eight-poet reading that includes award-winning Mexican poet/translator Mario Bojórquez, prolific Chinese poet/artist Yi Lei, and renowned poet/translator Ming Di. Rounding out the lineup are community poets who are active in and have made significant contributions to the local creative arts scene; hosted by Anthony Tao.
Tickets: 50 RMB (40 RMB members), includes drink
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Tracy K. Smith is the current U.S. Poet Laureate and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her 2011 poetry collection Life on Mars. Her long-awaited fourth book of poetry, Wade in the Water, will be published in April 2018. Smith’s memoir, Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction. She is currently director of the creative writing program at Princeton University.
Mario Bojórquez, Mexican poet and translator, is co-founder and editor of the internationally renowned journal Círculo de Poesía and founder of the Valparaíso Ediciones México publishing house. He directs the Encuentro Internacional de Poesía Ciudad de México. He has published numerous books of poetry and translation and won awards from Spain and Latin America as well as national awards in Mexico.
Yi Lei, Chinese poet and artist, studied creative writing at the Lu Xun Academy and the Writers’ Program at Peking University. She has published eight collections of poems, among them A Single Woman’s Bedroom, The Love Poems of Yi Lei, and Women’s Age. She spent ten years in Russia as an art dealer and currently lives in Songzhuang artist village.
Ming Di is a Chinese poet based in Los Angeles and a literary translator with publications of four books of poetry from English to Chinese. She has also co-translated four books from Chinese to English, including Empty Chairs (Graywolf Press). She organizes poetry projects and is the China editor of Poetry International Rotterdam.
Matthew Byrne is a British poet who completed his MA in Creative Writing from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2009. He is the founder and director of Spittoon, an arts organization and literary magazine based in Beijing with branches in Chengdu and Suzhou. He has overseen Spittoon’s expansion to include a monthly poetry, fiction, and slam poetry night in Beijing, plus a poetry-music collaboration called Spit-Tunes.
Simon Shieh is an American poet whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Grist, Kartika Review, CALAMITY, Aztec Literary Review, and others. Simon is director of InkBeat Arts, an organization dedicated to empowering young people through artistic expression, and the writer-in-residence at the International School of Beijing. He is also the editor-in-chief of Spittoon Literary Magazine and Beijing Youth Literary Review.
Kassy Lee is an American poet and author of the chapbooks The Period of Warring States (Another New Calligraphy, 2017) and zombia (dancing girl press, 2014). She is the co-founder of Transmigrant Flow, an arts collective that curates experimental events that foster racial inclusivity. She is also the Asia coordinator for the Visible Poetry Project, which brings together poets and filmmakers to produce short films in honor of National Poetry Month.
EVENT HOST Anthony Tao is a writer and editor in Beijing whose poetry has appeared in journals such as Prairie Schooner, Kartika Review, Asian Cha, Poetry East West, etc. (see more at anthonytao.com). He is the founding editor of the news/society/culture website Beijing Cream and previously coordinated the international China Bookworm Literary Festival. He is also co-captain of Beijing’s premier Ultimate Frisbee team.
Healthcare Drinks Beijing Event
和睦家创业史：第一个吃螃蟹的人
‘Insights from the United Family Hospitals Story’
下一场北京健谈会将于10月10日星期二晚上6:30至9:00在三里屯老书虫书店举行。本次活动由健谈会与牛津商界校友会和牛津剑桥校友会共同举办。
The next Beijing Healthcare Drinks will beheld on Tuesday, October 10th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This event is co-organized with the Oxford Business Alumni Network and the Oxford and Cambridge Alumni Network. The talk will start at 7 p.m. with drinks and networking before and after.
李碧菁女士，美中互利公司总裁兼和睦家医疗集团董事长，将分享她在中国医疗行业的曲折丰富的经验，包括如何在中国成为独立的美国西式高端医疗设备分销商和成立第一家由外商投资管理的民营医疗集团。
Roberta Lipson, CEO of Chindex International and Chairman of the Board of United Family Hospitals, will take us through the twists and turns of her vast experience in the China Healthcare Industry.This experience includes establishing the largest independent American distributor of high-end western medical equipment and building the first and leading foreign invested and managed private healthcare group in China.
同时，她会结合当前环境，向投资者、企业家、医疗器械公司和医院&诊所运营商提出建设性的意见。
Along the way she will give some useful advice for the current environment for healthcare investors, entrepreneurs,medical device companies and hospital and clinic operators.
李碧菁女士
Roberta Lipson
李碧菁女士是和睦家医疗总裁，创始人。她有着超过30年在中国医疗健康领域的丰富经验。李碧菁女士1981年创建美中互利公司，主营业务从销售大型医疗设备逐渐扩展到医疗卫生服务业。李碧菁女士是中国第一家外资私立医疗的创始人，在中国开创了“和睦家”这一拥有国际医疗服务、管理模式和服务理念的医疗品牌。
Roberta Lipson is CEO and founder of United Family Healthcare (UFH). She has over 30 years of experience as a pioneer in the healthcare industry in China. She originally co-founded United Family Healthcare’s predecessor company Chindex in 1981, expanding the business from China’s top medical equipment distribution company into China’s first and largest foreign-invested healthcare system.
【时间】
10月10日星期二晚上6点半至9点
Tuesday, October 10th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
【参加】
免费入场 – 中英文双语分享会
No Entry Free – Chinese LanguagePresentation w/ English Q&A
【地址】
老书虫书店,北京市朝阳区南三里屯路4号楼
The Bookworm, Building 4, Nansanlitun Road,Chaoyang district, Beijing
One More Thing Before I Go: Meet John Cobb Jr.
One More Thing Before I Go:
Re-examine the reduction of organisms to machines that costs the earth
— Meet with John Cobb Jr.
The preeminent scholar in the field of processphilosophy and processtheology, author of more than fifty books, John Cobb Jr. was elected the to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014.
A unifying theme of Cobb’s work is his emphasis on ecological interdependence—the idea that every part of the ecosystem is reliant on all the other parts. Cobb has argued that humanity’s most urgent task is to preserve the world on which it lives and depends, an idea which his primary influence—philosopher and mathematician Alfred North Whitehead—describes as “world-loyalty.”
Cobb is well known for his transdisciplinary approach, integrating insights from many different areas of study and bringing different specialized disciplines into fruitful communication. Because of his broad-minded interest and approach, Cobb has been influential in a wide range of disciplines, including theology, ecology, economics, biology and social ethics.
最后一件事：
再论毁掉地球的思想之“把有机的看成机械的”
—-与美国艺术与科学学院院士小约翰·柯布对话
小约翰·柯布是一位神学家、哲学家和环境保护主义者，过程哲学领域的最为杰出学者，美国20世界最重要的思想家之一，美国艺术与科学学院院士。
柯布写过50多本书，统一主题是强调生态依赖性，即生态系统的每个部分都依赖于其他部分。柯布认为，人类最紧迫的任务是保护我们赖以生存和依赖的世界；而这个观点是数学家、哲学家怀特海的主要主张。
科布以促进、带领跨学科合作著称，他整合了许多不同领域的研究成果，并将不同的专业领域带入了卓有成效的交流中。由于他的兴趣和态度，科布在广泛的学科领域都有影响力，包括神学、生态学、经济学、生物学和社会伦理学。
“One More Thing Before I Go”
“I have two of the most beautiful, intelligent, and lovable great-grandchildren in the world. At 89 years of age, I know I won’t have the chance to see them much longer.
What saddens me is that I’m not leaving them a world nearly as hospitable as the oneI was born into, or with such promising prospects.
I realize that we have already passed the point where changes in our behavior will prevent extensive decay. Now it is just a matter of how bad it will be. But “how bad” is still a very important matter. It is too late to prevent extensive suffering. But it is not too late to make some difference.
I am convinced that we won’t change direction until we change the way we think. We can’t solve the problems of environmental and social decay while employing the very ideas that have caused it.
The ideas that still underlie much of our thinking stem from the view of nature developed in the seventeenth century. The great thinkers of that time took the Strasbourg clock as their model for understanding the natural world. Everything, it was thought, could be explained in terms of machine parts.
Toward this end, I’m organizing with others the largest transdisciplinary conference ever held on behalf of the planet. We’re bringing together more than 700 presenters to discuss some 80 different topics, all focused on the foundations needed for a civilization radically different than what we’re living in – an ecological one”.
“最后一件事”
“我有两个小曾孙，他们漂亮、聪明、可爱。在89岁的年纪，我意识到我跟他们在一起的时间不多了。让我伤心的是，我留给他们的世界，已经远不像我当初出生时那样美好宜居，甚至它很可能不再有美好宜居的可能。
我知道冰冻三尺非一日之寒；但行动仍有意义。现在阻止大面积的受害为时已晚，但我们仍可以尽力做出改变。我深信如果不改变思考的方式，我们无法改变行动的方向。如果无法停止施用那些造成生态和社会问题的思想，我们无法解决由它们造成的问题。
我们现在对“自然”的看法，还是17世纪的陈货：自然中的一切都被看成机械的组成部分。当时的思想家以为高明的自然观，现在变得过时、危险。
为了改变这种状况，我跟同道们一起组织了世界上最大的跨学科论坛。首届论坛就有700位来演讲者讨论80多个题目，他们共有一个目标：为一个与目前的文明形态截然不同的文明奠基：生态文明。
Meet and talk with John Cobb at the Bookworm!
Let come together and make a change!
与小约翰·柯布对话！
让我们一起实现创变
Wednesday, October 11th at 7:30 pm
50 RMB (includes a drink)
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/19574029
The Good Girl of Chinatown: Book Talk with Author Jenevieve Chang
‘Jenevieve Chang is a natural storyteller, and her absorbing, bittersweet story – spanning China, Britain and Australia – about the difficult dances of family, marriage and identity, is told with grace, precision and unmatched elegance.’ Benjamin Law
Raised to be a ‘good girl’ in the claustrophobia of suburban Sydney, Jenevieve Chang has been running away for as long as she can remember. First from a childhood of demands and discipline, then a theatre world offering too few roles for Asian women; Jenevieve escapes to London and discovers its flourishing burlesque scene. Running then from her husband’s family, she lands in Shanghai where the ghosts of ancestors past loom large, forcing her to question how her family’s history of persecution and flight influences her search for identity and home
Join us for a special cabaret-style author talk – with a storytelling performance inspired by Jenevieve’s book, The Good Girl of Chinatown.
Jenevieve Chang is a writer, performing artist and movement director with a career spanning Australia, the UK and China. She trained at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.In Australia, she has worked with Sidetrack Performance Group, Urban Theatre Projects, Legs on the Wall as well as Yellow Earth Theatre, the Young Vic and the National Theatre in the UK.
Between 2008-2011, Jenevieve lived and worked in Shanghai where she became part of China’s first Vaudeville, Variety and Burlesque club.
Returning to Australia, Jenevieve has worked at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and performed in Stories Then and Now, presented by Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP). Most recently, Jenevieve starred in Monkey Baa Theatre’s The Peasant Prince, the award-winning stage adaptation of Mao’s Last Dancer.
Jenevieve returned to China to take part in Australian Writer’s Week 2014 for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Bookworm Literary Festival. Her acclaimed memoir The Good Girl of Chinatown was published by Penguin Books in 2017.
Video link (ABC 7.30 Report): https://vimeo.com/218097594
Classical Music Open-mic 古典乐开放麦
The Bookworm hosts Beijing’s only classical music open-mic night. Get involved or simply bask in the glory of some of Beijing’s best international classical musicians. All the instruments are welcome!
Host: Rob Wendt
Rob Wendt has performed classical piano andchoral repertoire in New York City, London, Munich, and Italy. He currently resides and teaches music in Beijing, where he occasionally rocks out on guitar and bass.
Thursday, October 12th at 7:30 pm– FREE
Registration Now OPEN !
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/basically-beethovenclassical-music-open-mic-tickets-38454316897?aff=es2
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
开心麻花幽默擂台赛OPEN MIC 10月13、27日
开心麻花脱口秀·幽默擂台赛
已经举办了两次了，你还没来参加过吗？
我们希望你用脱口秀的方式上台表演你的生活趣闻和奇思妙想
这不是一场正式演出，而是一场免费锻炼
如果你也想成为脱口秀演员
我们，陪你从业余走到专业
come on！
Humorous is new sexy!
如果你想成为下一个脱口秀演员，你可以
在详情页点击“我要打擂”
如果你想在台下看笑话，你可以
在详情页点击“我要看笑话”
【时间】
10月13日 10月27日 周五晚20：00点
【地点】
三里屯南路4号院老书虫书吧
打擂要求：
1.任何人都可以报名。
2.报名上台者，首次上台的需准备5分钟的幽默表演。
必须原创，拒绝抄袭。不排斥使用用道具、乐器、助演等。
3.励带亲友团到现场打气。
看笑话观众报名要求：
1、没有要求
2、免费听笑话这种好事你还不来吗
报名请点击：https://e.evente.cn/103219?nsukey=c1gx91TcHWWCEc7kpMo3LFwZrmz8%2FzbyKbeJKojfYCw7wTr52sAVnG09h0RpKP7VdPJMNOODQBfRlx6oBAuD8m0iazjuFYhe2lrDqFEgFau53pQHJ%2BYLvRbOIfp6AUTIM0pDDHbAMNr4M6OsrVGJjvgYgGScbglkimyHADgETappkuTIHGctprj%2BrBUdR7Ck
Kids Storytelling and Crafts小朋友听故事+手工制作活动
The scarecrows Betty O’Barley and HarryO’Hay invite you to …
‘The best wedding ever, the best weddingyet, The wedding that no one will ever forget.’ But will the wicked scarecrow, Reginald Rake, spoil their special day?
We will start this storytelling autumn withanother favorite by Julia Donaldson.
This class is suitable for children
4 to 7 years old.
Storytelling and Crafts
Teacher: Karin Markowski
10:30 – 11:30 am
Every Saturday
80 RMB per child
（includes a hot chocolate）
To find out more, just drop in or
phone: (010) 6503 2050
email: [email protected]
开心麻花脱口秀✖️幽默小区脱口秀 10月14、28日
幽默小区脱口秀俱乐部
联手第一喜剧品牌开心麻花
共同举办脱口秀已经一段时间了，你还没看过？
汇聚了全国最好的脱口秀演员，每周六最有趣的笑咖陪你在三里屯共度周末
想看音乐魔术师如何弹奏一曲撩人笑弦的音乐脱口秀吗？
想看帅气电台主播的真身吗？
想看法学硕士如何一本正经地开车吗？
来自各行各业的有趣灵魂，用创意碰撞你的笑点
把生活的无聊和残酷编成喜剧演给你看
把世界的有趣和惊奇攒成笑料说给你听
10月14日的周六，音乐魔术师张科民现场演艺音乐脱口秀，多位脱口秀演员齐助阵。他们会碰撞出什么样的火花？
10月28日的周六，更多全新脱口秀新星首次登场，他们讲用什么方式戳中你的笑点？
更有11月5日、11日、18日神秘嘉宾脱口秀新贵隆重登场
10月14日【张科民、小鹿、周奇墨、心雨、文子】 主持人：tony
10月28日【文慧、布赫、小鹿、tony】 主持人：西江月
（演出阵容以现场为准）
张科民 音乐魔术师
加拿大长大的北京人，集音乐、魔术、脱口秀表演于一身的全能娱乐表演者。19岁登台。2004年开始活跃在多个电视节目上。
创建“不靠谱”音乐会沙龙，作为WDTSF的创始人和总裁兼清洁工、李德伦音乐基金会的执行董事，他始终追求与践行着为人类贡献的执著梦想。
杀手锏 加我微信我再告诉你
口头禅 特别棒…… 怎么办呢？
小鹿 跨界公举
职业脱口秀演员，法学硕士，常年与多种职业保持优质不正当关系。
从演员副导演到翻译、从脱口秀演员到律师，成功跨界无数次。
杀手锏 在不正经和更不正经间熟练切换，概念派老司机
口头禅 不想做女博士的女律师不是好的女脱口秀演员
周奇墨 观察喜剧大师
第二节脱口秀喜剧节冠军，《一席》表演嘉宾
一个一米八八的英语老师，被Jerry Seinfeld的演出感动到辞职。
杀手锏 能给观众带来除了爆笑以外的体验
口头禅 单口喜剧是我面对自己和人生的方式
心雨 二X青年
疯疯癫癫地表演好笑的生活。
快快乐乐地诉说前进的忧伤。
杀手锏 用二X的姿态戳中你的笑点
口头禅 别人笑我太疯癫，我笑别人看不穿
文子 帅气新人
白天，中央人民广播电台musicradio音乐之声 主播Kevin文超
晚上，最帅气的京城地下脱口秀新人
杀手锏 用最好听的声音讲最好笑的笑话
口头禅 我是文子，aka mosquito 专叮你的笑穴
文慧 废柴编剧
用段子代言自我，用脱口秀探索自我，被誉为最具童心的女单口喜剧演员。
不知名女喜剧编剧，《喜剧班的春天》《我为喜剧狂》等多档卫视节目幕后编剧。
喜剧选秀达人，第二季《我为喜剧狂》全国12强。
杀手锏 单口小贾玲，用段子探索自我与生活
口头禅文慧不是法号
布赫 养生爱好者
来自内蒙古的一款休闲男孩，毕业于北京中医药大学，素有蒙古大夫的美誉 兼职做脱口秀演出是为了成为【得意·双薪】的艺术家
杀手锏 用我的笑话治好你的抑郁，我是大夫
口头禅 坐那，给你泡杯枸杞
周托尼 双语料冠
多次海外英语脱口秀演出经历，被英国BBC、美国《纽约时报》采访。
中国最火线下脱口秀“幽默小区”创始人。
杀手锏 中国为数不多的国际化双语脱口喜剧演员
口头禅 I am made in China.
西江月 脱口秀元老
坚持零距离说脱口秀7年有余，北京脱口秀俱乐部创始人，脱口秀演员，编剧，是国内唯一可以不用预先写稿说现场的人，被称为“互动幽灵”
杀手锏 不用写稿
口头禅 和观众互动，我不需要准备
【时间】
10月14日 10月28日 周五晚19：30点
【地点】
三里屯南路4号院老书虫书吧
脱口秀即Stand-up comedy，又称单口喜剧。起源于英国咖啡吧集会，后在美国盛行。当地40%的电视节目都是它的内容，成为精英们的一大时尚娱乐活动。注明导演伍迪·艾伦就是从脱口秀舞台走出来的喜剧导演，拥有近十年的脱口秀表演经验。
购票请点击：
https://e.evente.cn/103236?nsukey=ErXWnyzKPuegUZXSdeLsb2CbQ4ozLfsszFLlulspUSdr%2Bb3%2BepDnPAzvn0J4%2FYgJVu1N6%2FcDBj%2F2kjx0UeQYoKtQbCwnZBQ0fzdJTRBL0rbhLH3S4N938qlZD5TvEpCYNJPF5HeVMk9g%2F8HqHzjikOz77XuFyXB8d4Fm94CgpeSvoYbyshAwI5XuwPtGvlN7
Circle World Arts Event 音乐演出
Circle World Arts
is a vibrant community of cultural citizens dedicated to sharing artistic traditions across the globe.
website: https://www.circleworldarts.com
【Musicians】
Mohamad Eldebek
Percussionst, Lebanon
Mohamad Eldebek is a versatile percussionist from Lebanon based in New York City. With his brother, world oudist Hadi Eldebek, Mohamad performed internationally in numerous venues including the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing, Symphony Space, Metropolitan museum of Arts, Shanghai Concert Hall, Beirut Bobo, and other.
Mohamad Eldebek是位来自黎巴嫩的多才多艺的打击乐手。与他的兄弟 Hadi Eldebek, Mohamad在包括肯尼迪艺术中心，北京国家艺术中心，交响乐团，大都会艺术博物馆，上海音乐厅，Beirut Bobo 等众多场合演出。
In 2010, he joined the New York Arabic Orchestra conducted by Lebanese composer and virtuoso, Bassam Saba, and later, he joined the Brooklyn Nomads as a lead percussionist. In the summer of 2014, Mohamad’s musical adventures brought him to tour in China and teach Arabic music and rhythms at the first world music and dance workshop in Xizhou town, Yunnan Province. In addition to his musical life, Mr. Eldebek has a Master’s degree in Neuroscience and is interested in the effect of music on the brain.
2010年他加入了由黎巴嫩作曲家和演奏家 Bassam Saba 指挥的 New York Arabic Orchestra 演奏，随后他加入了布鲁克林游牧民族乐队，担任打击乐手。在2014年夏天，Mohamad的音乐之行将他带到中国，并在云南省西州市第一届世界音乐舞蹈工作坊上教阿拉伯音乐。除了音乐生涯之外，Eldebek 先生还拥有神经科学硕士学位，并对音乐对大脑的影响感兴趣。
Tamer Pinarbasi
Kanun,Turkey
Tamer Pinarbasi started his kanun lessons at the age of 10 and made his first hundreds of recordings at the age of 13, with top Turkish artists. At the age of 17, he began concertizing throughout Europe, and he has shared his music with diverse audiences over the years. After years of musical training at Istanbul Technical University Turkish Music Conservatory and thousands of performances throughout the world, Tamer moved to Unites States (1994) and branched out to explore Jazz, funk, flamenco, classical, and contemporary music which has continued to this day. His diverse recordings reveal the range of his artistry from jazz standards to micro-tonal eastern music with string orchestrations as well as his unique compositions.
Tamer Pinarbasi在10岁开始了他的kanun课程，并在13岁的时候与顶尖的土耳其艺术家进行了第一次数百次录音。 17岁时，他开始在欧洲各地进行音乐比赛，多年来他一直与不同的观众分享他的音乐。在伊斯坦布尔技术大学土耳其音乐学院多年的音乐训练以及全球数以千计的演出之后，Tamer 迁至美国（1994），并展开对于爵士乐，放克，弗拉门戈，古典和现代音乐的探索，持续至今。他的各种录音都显示了他的艺术风格，从爵士标准曲到微分音东方音乐，以及他独特的作品。
Tamer’s unique technical approach – playing with all ten fingers rather than the traditional two index finger-strumming – as well as his knowledge of both the eastern micro-tonal (makam) system and western harmony, paved the way for him becoming one of the world’s greatest kanun virtuosos.
Tamer 独特的技术方法 – 使用所有十个手指，而不是传统的两个食指手指 – 以及他对微分音东方音乐 (makam) 系统和西方和声的了解，为他成为世界顶级的kanun大师之一。
Farzin Dehghan
Kamancheh,Iran
Farzin Dehghan is an emerging Kamancheh virtuoso hailing from Isfahan, Iran. He currently studies at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. He has self-taught himself the Persian Classical Music Repertoire and the instruments Kamancheh and Daf. In addition to being mentored by world-renowned Persian Classical Music master Kayhan Kalhor, Farzin has also studied Arabic Classical Music with the Palestinian Oud and violin virtuoso, Simon Shaheen.
Farzin Dehghan是来自伊朗伊斯法罕的新兴的 Kamancheh 大师。他目前在著名的伯克利音乐学院学习。他自学的波斯古典音乐汇辑和乐器 Kamancheh 和 Daf。除了由世界知名的波斯古典音乐大师 Kayhan Kalhor 指导，Farzin 还与巴勒斯坦小提琴演奏家 Simon Shaheen 一起学习阿拉伯古典音乐。
Farzin has performed Persian, Arabic, Indian, American, Kurdish, Turkish and Cross-Cultural Music across the United States with renowned artists such as Aynur Dogan, Simon Shaheen, Abigail Washburn, Sandeep Das, Mike Block, Wu Man, Shane Shanahan, and Alireza ShahMohammadi. Farzin is also involved with community building projects to bring about a positive change into the communities and to contribute to the betterment of the world.
在美国，Farzin 与知名艺术家 Aynur Dogan, Simon Shaheen, Abigail Washburn, Sandeep Das, Mike Block, Wu Man, Shane Shanahan, Alireza ShahMohammadi 等人进行了波斯，阿拉伯，印度，美国，库尔德，土耳其和跨文化音乐的演出。Farzin还参与社区建设项目，为社区带来积极的变化，为改善世界做出贡献。
Sunday, Oct 15th at 7:30 pm-100RMB (includes a drink)
Book a seat at:https://yoopay.cn/event/78010102
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
011 Brunch & Day Party美食DJ音乐派对
011 is a brunch & day party which takes place bi-monthly and it intends to bring together people who have an appreciation for good music, food and an all round great ambiance.
The event is made up of two parts:
Brunch
Presold limited tickets which include a meal and complementary drinks from 12 – 4pm and free access to the after party.
Afterparty
Tickets available for RMB30 (does not include food/beverages) from 4-8pm. This part of the event is about enjoying good music and socializing while dancing under the Beijing (hopefully clear) skyline.
Sunday, October 22nd 12:00 – 20:00
Brunch 200 RMB
Afterparty 30 RMB
Book a seat at:https://yoopay.cn/event/12018112
Comedy Night – Ahmed Ahmed
ABOUT AHMED AHMED
Egyptian-American actor, comedian, producer, and director Ahmed Ahmed is one of the most diverse, multi-faceted talents in the entertainment industry today. In 2014, he can be seen starring as “Ahmed” on TBS’ hit comedy series Sullivan & Son. Executive Produced by Vince Vaughn, the show follows Steve Sullivan [Steve Byrne], a corporate lawyer who surprises his parents when he leaves his job to take over a bar owned by his father in Pittsburgh. Ahmed made his first appearance as unlucky in love, tow-truck driver [and best friend to Steve] “Ahmed” in season one, and joined the cast as a series regular in season two, quickly becoming a fan favorite. Ahmed is currently the only Arab-American actor playing a non-stereotypical role on a comedy sitcom, today.
Born in Helwan, Egypt and raised in Riverside, California Ahmed immigrated to the US when he was one month old with his family. When he was 19 years old he made the move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His first big break was in the suspense, action film Executive Decision alongside Kurt Russell, Steven Segal, and Halle Berry in 1996. Ahmed went on to appear in a handful of blockbuster and cult hit features including Swingers, Iron Man, and You Don’t Mess With The Zohan. On the television front, Ahmed has appeared on top series such as Tracy Takes On, Weeds, and Roseanne to name a few.
In 2011, Ahmed made his directorial debut with his groundbreaking documentary Just Like Us. The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and went on to be selected at 30 international film festivals, winning several “Best Director” and “Best Documentary” awards. The documentary, a celebration of culture and comedy, follows Ahmed and ten American comedians through Dubai, Egypt, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia, performing in front of over 20,000 Arabs and Muslims across the region. Just Like Us garnered Ahmed attention on the political front, and he was invited to The White House to have dinner with President Obama, and was also invited to The State Department to have dinner with Hilary Clinton- as they commended him on creating a project that made an effort to break down barriers and encourage cross-cultural dialogue. Ahmed is currently in post-production on Just Like Us Too, which takes place in Syria, Jordan, Palestine, and Oman.
While working in film and television Ahmed’s profile in comedy continues to rise, being hand picked by Vince Vaughn for his Wild West Comedy Tour [2005-present]. Vaughn is currently producing the first ever Wild West comedy festival in Nashville, TN where Ahmed will hold the roll of Comedy Ambassador, performing and hosting shows. In 2005, Ahmed cofounded and performed in the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour which aired on Comedy Central as the first ever Middle Eastern stand up comedy special. Ahmed is also the winner of the first annual Richard Pryor Award for Ethnic Comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Scotland.
Ahmed is currently a paid regular performer at the world famous Comedy Story in Hollywood, The Laugh Factory, and the Comedy Cellar in New York City. He regularly tours nationally and internationally, and in summer 2014, Ahmed will hit the road for the Sullivan & Son Comedy Tour with his cast mates from the series, hitting 20+ markets across the country. Ahmed is a true believer that laughter heals, and that comedy can bridge the gap between communities across the world.
Sunday,Oct 22 at 8:00pm-100rmb(students),150rmb(pre sale),180rmb(at the door)
Book a seat at:https://yoopay.cn/event/56975891
Treasures of the Steppe and Ancient Warrior Nomads
For more than six years the young archaeologist Dr. Gino Caspari has been working in remote landscapes of Central Asia in search of the traces of an enigmatic ancient culture. The Scythians, nomadic horse lords and fearsome warriors, ruled the steppe more than 2500 years ago. They did not leave written sources behind and therefore archaeology is the only way to understand how they lived, fought, and died. Today, the places which once were thriving cultural centers of nomadic tribes have yet again become inaccessible wilderness. Few things remain but the tombs in which those people were buried. And that is where the treasures lie!
【Speaker】
Dr. Gino Caspari
is an archaeologist and explorer. The Fulbright alumnus and Columbia University graduate focuses on the discovery and analysis of millenia-old graves andruins. Years of field work, rigid academic training and a sense for adventure have led him to work in some of the wilder places on this planet.
Monday, October 23rd at 7:30 pm 50 RMB (includes a drink)
Book a seat at: https://yoopay.cn/event/28306422
毛毛虫中文俱乐部Learn Chinese Together Club
Need motivation to read that Chinese book?
This is a book club for those who are English speaking and trying to learn Chinese and need some friends! We invite Chinese learners of all levels and invite everyone to bring their own learning goals.
The format of the session will be this: in the first 20 minutes we will invite a fluent Chinese community member to tell us about a book they recently read. This way we can all practice listening, and can chat about the story or analysis. In the next portion, we will share each of our personal goals, and then try and converse about what we read and learned in Chinese.
For the first meeting just come with a goal in mind and maybe some ideas of what you want to read! Tuesdays at 8pm @Bookworm (yes, caterpillars can be a kind of bookworm).
For more information, please contact Vanessa
Tuesday, October 24th at 8:00 pm
– FREE –
WOW Collective Writing Group
The WOW Collective is a writing group that seeks to help its participants hone their skills and receive critical feedback on their work. For more information: http://beijingbookworm.com/happenings/introducing-the-wow-collective-writing-group/
Wednesday, October 25th at 7:00pm
– FREE –
Enhancing Long Distance Relationships
Are you challenged by maintaining strong relationships with loved ones while you are traveling or living away from them? Join us for an evening focused on how to enhance long-distance relationships. Hear advice from professional relationship coaches,Carnisa Berry and Anindita Das and then take part in an open discussion. Questions we will explore are; What can be done to overcome adversities of long-distant relationships? What is your love language and how do you identify the others’ around yourself?
【Speakers】
Carnisa Berry
Owner at Berry Thoughtful Life Coaching
Carnisa Berry is the founder of Berry Thoughtful Life Coaching, where she helps her clients realize that the life of their dreams is just a thought away. She earned her Coaching Certification from World Coach Institute. Understanding that your thoughts lead to your decisions, and your decisions create your destiny, Carnisa uses emotional awareness to help her clients challenge thoughts and beliefs that are keeping them from the life they want. Her coaching process assists clients with clarifying their intentions and purpose in life. She is passionate about helping healthy relationships because she realizes that your relationships affect every area of your life, including health, finances, and your work environment.
Currently, she is living in Beijing, China, with her husband of over 20 years and two of their three children. Since living in China, she has spoken on many platforms, worked at an international school as a Counselor, where, she provided group and individual sessions to students, parents, and staff. Carnisa currently offers seminars, workshops, and retreats regularly.
Email: [email protected]
Anindita Das
Coach and Co-Founder of Global Expats Coachworx
Anindita Das is a trained coach and trainer-facilitator who has studied coaching at the Cambridge University. Her journey includes living, working and studying in India, Germany, The UK and the USA.
Anindita’s approach in positive psychology and person-centred coaching is based on the belief that as an oak grows from a seed into a huge, life-affirming tree, given the right conditions, so can a human being reach his or her true potential given the right, knowledgeable, professional support to reach a level of sustainable growth and development. Anindita loves to work with women and believes given the right coaching and nurturing, women can develop into true leaders and be the life-affirming oak tree in their ecosystems.
In the past, Anindita has trained and coached individuals and groups at Mercedes Benz, VW, Audi, Porsche, Hugo Boss, Triumph and several other organisations and has done maternity, returning to work and career coaching consultations. She is a member of Association of Coaches, ICF and Global Coaching (Philippe Rosinski, MCC) and is continuing her coaching journey at Oxford.
On the personal front, Anindita has recently moved base from Stuttgart, Germany to Beijing approximately 5 months ago. She is married to her husband of 4 years and partner of 10 years. They have two children. She has lived long distance relationships a major part of her life and feels particularly touched and honoured to be able to share her experience in this forum.
Thursday night, October 26th, from 7PM at The Bookworm, to get inspired and answer some of your questions. Reserve your spot now! See you there!
For more information:https://www.eventbank.cn/event/12453/?from=singlemessage&isappinsatalled=0
Thursday, October 26th at 7 pm
60 RMB pre sale
90 RMB at the door
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 Time Songs [Babies]
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 months old, bring them to
The Bookworm
Every Friday and 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.
60RMB per child
To Reserve Your Spot!
phone: (010) 6503 2050
email: [email protected]
Pictures from previous events at
The Bookworm
Safari Time Songs [Toddlers]
Safari Time Songs [Toddlers]
9:30 – 10:30 am
80 RMB per child
Can your little one stand and walk on their own? Does he or she love to sing and dance? Bring them to the Bookworm on a fun Safari Time Songs. This class is suitable for children up to 4 years old.
To find out more, just drop in or
phone: (010) 6503 2050
email: [email protected]
【KIDS】Halloween Special Event 万圣节特别活动
Come to The Bookworm this Saturday for a special Halloween treat. We will show the wonderful short movie Room on the Broom, based on Julia Donaldson’s popular story with the same name.
After that we will make spooky and fun craft together.
So what will you come as? A ghost, a witch or a monster maybe? I’m sure there’ll be a witch there ready to give you some treats.
Fun Craft
Storytelling and Crafts
Host: Karin Markowski
10:30 – 11:30 am
Every Saturday
80 RMB per child
To find out more, just drop in or
phone: (010) 6503 2050
email: [email protected]
人生苦短，该和有趣的人在一起 | 小说《催化剂》作者签售会
有趣的人，做有趣的事，成就有趣的生命。
这种“有趣”中所蕴含的出世入世的洒脱，心意行动的和谐，向往追求的澄净，是诸多人所望而不可及的“诗与远方”。
遇到这样有趣的人，应该算是难得的缘分。毕竟，如今受太多欲望的驱使，茫然前行的人占了大多数，能够勇敢地挣破工作、家庭、生命等等种种有形无形藩篱的人，却是屈指可数。
包弫（Jennifer Ball）就是这样一个有趣的人。
1985年，她在一支摇滚乐队担任主唱及演奏法国号，并七次登上美国各类电视节目的舞台。年轻而自由热烈的心，让她的青春岁月如摇滚乐般蓬勃。
1991年，写就自己的第一部长篇小说《高等数学——一本慕斯米倪恩从来没有写过的书》。
1997年，写成第二部长篇小说《催化剂》。这部小说被避孕药之父卡尔杰拉西用作其在斯坦福大学教学期间的教材，现中英对照版本由苏州大学出版社出版，并用作苏大教材。
2009年，她开始学习中文，并拥有一个自己建立的网站，对早期文明的语言学数据进行探讨。认真而深入的学习让她得出一个结论，汉字是了解所有语言的关键。
也是在开始学习中文的当年，55岁的Jennifer来到了中国，在苏州大学担任外教。
她无疑也是学生心目中最特别、最有趣的老师——能够记住每一位学生的英文名以及她们的故事；在课余时间教学生游泳，做陶艺，请学生吃晚饭并教她们西方餐桌礼仪；鼓励每个人跟自己的父母勇敢说出“我爱你”；把教学楼的清洁阿姨请到教室里接受每位学生的感谢并送她们礼物；帮助多名学生成功申请到美国，香港等地的著名大学硕士以及博士学位；邀请数十名学生一起去美国参观自己理想的大学并增长见识……
对于Jennifer的学生来说，她的存在如同她粉色的头发一样，是一抹令人愉悦，难以忘怀的相遇。她一直也想要再写一本书，记录下与中国和汉语的这段缘分。
这样有趣的人，自然也以其有趣的磁场，吸引着茫茫人海中的同类人。
于是，包弫遇到了李琪。
李琪（Maggie Li）原是苏州大学纳米学院的一名学生，偶然间旁听了一节Jennifer的课，却由此成就了一段异国忘年交。
李琪被Jennifer的自由精神与独立灵魂深深吸引，自此两人经常一起旅行，探讨语言以及政治，把酒畅谈，浑然不知夜之将至。
这样一个年轻的大学生，缘着心底一种自由独立的精神，也始终追求做一个有趣的人，因此，出于自身对于语言的热爱，顶着压力转专业到英语与西班牙语也就不意外了。
投身于兴趣之中的李琪，进一步将热情和精力投入实践当中，除了译书，也对采访/会谈口译，对外汉语教学，英语演讲等等进行了实验和探索。
在Jennifer的帮助下也曾成功拿到芝加哥大学英语文学硕士的offer。
这样有趣的经历，也让李琪成为了《催化剂》独一无二的翻译人选。
小说简介
女主角谢尔碧具有娱乐天赋以及叛逆精神，从事唱歌电报行业——戏剧专业能够给她提供的唯一工作。
但在神奇女侠的光鲜外表和充气香蕉的可笑服装之下，尽管自己不断做奇怪的事情来保持活力，可她还是害怕自己的生活已经变成了一系列用来娱乐大众的十分钟节目，却没有人真正欣赏或感激她。
与化学家麦克斯的婚姻渐趋平淡，有时她的家庭生活似乎比唱歌电报更像是演出来的。
公寓里的浴室濒临塌陷，醉汉试图调戏她，老公麦克斯对实验室里一场化学欺诈事件的专注更使得她感觉到了生活的失控。
更糟糕的是，谢尔碧意识到她唯一能提起兴趣的事，竟然是自己对哈德利——丈夫最好的朋友以及同事，与日俱增的感情。
作者Jennifer不愧是一个有趣的人，写成的这部有趣的小说《催化剂》，也将带你感受浴室在脚下塌陷、装扮成神奇女侠在陌生人面前唱歌等等不可思议的事情，让你从一个有趣而且深刻的角度，去感受一个化学专业研究生的生活。
活动流程
英文版本段落朗读
中文版本段落朗读
作者演讲
（自我介绍/语言研究理论成果）
观众问答
签售环节
（礼物分发）
做有趣的人，并不一定非要轰轰烈烈，像Jennifer这样，珍惜每一刻的当下，全力以赴做自己最想做的事，就是最好的诠释。
我们每个人，都可以是有趣的人，可以去做有趣的事，从而成就有趣的生命。
活动免费为双语，报名请点击：https://yoopay.cn/event/25673765
【BOOK】毛毛虫中文俱乐部Learn Chinese Together Club
Need motivation to read that Chinese book?
This is a book club for those who are English speaking and trying to learn Chinese and need some friends! We invite Chinese learners of all levels and invite everyone to bring their own learning goals.
The format of the session will be this: in the first 20 minutes we will invite a fluent Chinese community member to tell us about a book they recently read. This way we can all practice listening, and can chat about the story or analysis. In the next portion, we will share each of our personal goals, and then try and converse about what we read and learned in Chinese.
For the first meeting just come with a goal in mind and maybe some ideas of what you want to read! Tuesdays at 8pm @Bookworm (yes, caterpillars can be a kind of bookworm).
For more information, please contact Vanessa
Tuesday, October 31st at 8:00 pm
– FREE –
【PARTY】不靠谱万圣节Cosplay大赛 Bukaopu Halloween Event
Come celebrate this pagan harvest holiday with us! Get dressed up as your favorite historical figure or other occult characters and enjoy the music, magic and other forms of Bukaopu entertainment at The Bookworm for a night of spooky fun for the whole family.
A panel of judges comprised of Bukaopu Salon Members will be secret judges for the Bukaopu Halloween Costume Competition. Special prizes will be awarded to those with the best Cosplay outfits!
一年一度的“不靠谱万圣节”即将上演，虽然这是个充满奇装异服和糖果的节日，但对于我们“不靠谱”而言却远远不止这些，欢迎大家扮装成自己喜欢的历史人物，和我们 “不靠谱成员” 一起欢度这个节日。不靠谱万圣节沙龙。除了讲鬼故事，我们还将有音乐，魔术，等…各种 “不靠谱” 的表演形式迎接 2017 年进入尾声。当天将由特约神秘嘉宾评委团选出最佳 Cosplay 服装。并颁发“2017年度最不靠谱服装奖”。
地址/ Address
北京市朝阳区南三里屯 4 号院（老书虫）
The Bookworm
时间与日期/ Date&Time
2017 年 10 月 31 日 （周二）晚 8 PM
Oct. 31st, 2017 Tuesday 8:00 PM
参加/ Join
预售门票：100 元一位
当天售票：150 元一位
Presale: 100 RMB/ person
At the door: 150 RMB/ person
着装要求/ Dress Code
历史人物 Cosplay
Historical figures
注意事项：预售请至少提前 24 小时，不然将按当天门票算
Please note the presale closes 24 hours before the event
预约方式：微信号 136 9352 7377
RSVP: WeChat account 136 9352 7377
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