Seven Days around China
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-08-29 11:15
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August 29 / Shanghai
World Expo in 3-D
Xinhua News Agency is holding an exhibition of 3-D images of World Expo 2010. Photos include those from the construction of the Expo Garden to highlights of its performances. Visitors to the exhibition will use pairs of special glasses just like at a 3-D movie. It runs for two weeks.
Shanghai Library, 1555 Huaihai Road. (021) 6445-5555
Aug 30 / Beijing
Posters on show
The ongoing First International Performing Arts Poster Design Exhibition, which began on August 10, will wrap up by September 5, which leaves just one more week to catch it. The display features 100 posters made by 14 of the top designers in the world.
Until September 5, National Center for Performing Arts, Xicheng district. (010) 6579-7690
Aug 31 / Shanghai
Shaffer's Sleuth
Sleuth, a Tony award-winning play by British playwright Anthony Shaffer, is presented in Chinese. A mystery writer obsessed with deception and mind games convinces his wife's lover to stage a robbery of her jewelry. This sets off a chain of events that quickly spirals out of control. 80 yuan - 200 yuan, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, 288 Anfu Road. (021) 6473-0123
Sept 1 / Shanghai
Sassy in spotlight
Sassy Kraimspri and her band from Norway, Tricky Dick, takes the stage. The punk-blues performers first played together in Australia, and have also performed in the US and Canada.
9 pm, 50 yuan, Yuyintang, 851 Kaixuan Road. (021)5237-8662
Sept 2 / Beijing
Beijing book swap
The Hezhong Library is holding a book exchange for both Chinese and foreign language books. Participants will also have the chance to discuss the books.
8 pm, Hezhong Library, Jianwai SOHO, Chaoyang district
Sept 3 / Beijing
789 Festival Young
It has nothing to do with 798, the famous art colony in Beijing, but The 798 Festival Young is still a gala for the young and energetic.
It will include talks, exhibitions, band performances and workshops. Writers' discussions will explore pop culture trends. Until September 4, Fangjia Hutong, Dongcheng district.
Sept 4 / Hong Kong
Insect calls
The Hong Kong Wetland Park is organizing an event called Insect Chorus. Visitors will explore the interesting lives of wetland-eco system insects, some of which have been on earth for more than 380 million years.
10 am-5 pm, daily until October 4 (closed Tuesdays). Hong Kong Wetland Park, Wetland Park Road, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories. (852) 2708-8885