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Friday: Metal Night II at Chapter One Tonight Chapter One will be hosting the return of Metal Night to Kunming. Chapter One's happy hour specials will be available throughout the evening, including Dali and Tsingtao for 7 yuan, single/double cocktails for 12/18 yuan and Chapter's house red for 12 yuan. Saturday: Back to school party at Speakeasy Bar DJ Professor Xiao Kris has once again prepared a special set of dance music to welcome teachers, students and class-skippers back to Kunming. Come dressed in your school best to Speakeasy Bar at 11 pm for a night of scholastic revelry. Entry is free. Sunday: Free afternoon documentaries at Yuansheng Studio Yuansheng Studio will continue to hold free afternoon showings of documentaries from the Yunfest archives on Sunday afternoon, from 2:00 to 6:00. An open discussion of the films will be held after the screenings. Monday: Singapore food festival at Grand Park Hotel Grand Park Hotel Kunming will be launching a two-week Singaporean buffet on Monday featuring authentic Singaporean dishes prepared by a Singaporean chef. The buffet will be held weekday nights from 6 pm to 9 pm at Café Palmetto on the hotel's ground floor. Adults pay 128 yuan plus 15 percent service charge, children between one meter and 1.2 meters get in for half off, kids under one meter eat for free. Each night there will also be a lucky draw. For reservations or more information call 5386688x3133/3171. Tags: Chapter One, Grand Park Hotel, Kris Ariel, Speakeasy Bar, Yuansheng Studio
Friday: Korean musical performance at TC/G Nordica The Korean musical performance group Han Dream will perform at 8 pm tonight at TC/G Nordica. According to Nordica, the performance will include Korean traditional dance, music and drum performances. Admission is 30 yuan for adults, 15 yuan for students and 10 yuan for children. For ticket sales or additional info, call 4114691 or 4114692. Friday: 80s Party at The Hump Bar The Hump Bar will be throwing an 80s party tonight with a 50 yuan bar tab for the best dressed man and woman, party starts at 10:30, admission is free. Saturday: No-car day Tomorrow is the last Saturday of the month, which means another no-car day in Kunming. All private cars are banned from operating within the first ring road from 9 am to 5 pm, all private cars with license plate numbers ending in odd numbers will also be excluded from operating within the second ring road during that time. Saturday: Speakeasy Bar 7th birthday party Speakeasy Bar turns seven on Saturday and his hosting a 'Chinese-style fancy dress' party to celebrate. Free alcoholic punch and snacks will be available beginning at 9 pm, supplies will be limited. Music will be provided by DJs Kris, Christian and Fan Yu. Admission is free. Tags: DJ Christian, DJ Fan Yu, Kris Ariel, no-car days, Speakeasy Bar, TC/G Nordica Thanks to Colin Flahive for providing us with video from the May 18 benefit for victims of the Wenchuan earthquake. The evening of music by Kunming-based performers raised 10,987 yuan, which was donated to the Chinese Red Cross. The above video features that evening's performance by Co Op Sol (邪作社) – video footage of performances by Synthatron, Kris Ariel and Cat and Colin are also available for viewing on YouTube. Tags: Cat and Colin, Chinese Red Cross, Co Op Sol, Colin Flahive, Kris Ariel, Speakeasy Bar, video, Wenchuan earthquake
Despite being held on a rainy Sunday evening with little notice, last night's Wenchuan earthquake benefit at Speakeasy Bar succeeded in raising 10,987 yuan (see above image) for the Chinese Red Cross and its efforts in the disaster zone. GoKunming would like to thank Speakeasy Bar for co-organizing and hosting the event – we also thank the talented musicians who gave their talents and efforts to the cause: Zhu Xiaolong, Eddie, Nicole, JP, Nevada Lundemo, Kat and Colin, Fang band, Synthatron, Co Op Sol, Li Fan and People's Rhythm. Special thanks also to Kris Ariel, who did double duty as a host of the event and a performer. We are also grateful to the Red Cross representatives who stayed on until late in the evening. Most importantly, GoKunming would like to thank everyone who showed up and donated what they could to assist in the recovery effort in Sichuan. Further donations to the Red Cross can be made here. For those that like to spread their donations around, the Chengdu Bookworm has outlined some very concrete needs of the recovery effort. See comments (below) for more. Today at 2:28 the government is asking people to fall silent as car, train and ship horns as well as air raid sirens sound in memory of the earthquake, which took place at 2:28 one week ago today. The Wenchuan earthquake, which China has recently revised to an 8.0 magnitude tremor, has killed an estimated 50,000 people, with thousands still missing beneath rubble. Tags: Co Op Sol, Fang band, JP, Kris Ariel, Li Fan, live music, Nevada Lundemo, People’s Rhythm, Red Cross, Sichuan, Speakeasy, Synthatron, Wenchuan earthquake, Zhu Xiaolong Kunming musicians come together for earthquake benefit tonightSunday, 18th May 2008 ~ Chris ~ Link ~ Comments (0)
A diverse and talented collection of local musicians will be donating their time and talents tonight at Speakeasy Bar to assist in the Wenchuan earthquake relief effort, with all proceeds from the 20-yuan admission fee to be donated to the Chinese Red Cross. The show starts at 8:00 pm and is co-organized by Speakeasy Bar and GoKunming. A representative of the Chinese Red Cross will be visiting the benefit at 10:30 to collect the door takings. Speakeasy Bar will also donate 30% of the bar takings from the evening. Performers scheduled to appear tonight include: Co Op Sol, Zhu Xiaolong, JP, Li Fan, People's Rhythm, Nevada Lundemo, Kat & Colin, Synthatron and Kris Ariel. The 20-yuan admission fee includes one complimentary bottle of Yanjing beer. GoKunming thanks Speakeasy Bar and tonight's performers for their help in organizing this event with just a few days' notice. We hope that any of our readers who have yet to contribute to the earthquake recovery effort come by to check out some good music for a good cause. For those who cannot make the benefit show, please consider donating directly to the Chinese Red Cross. Tags: Co Op Sol, JP, Kat & Colin, Kris Ariel, Li Fan, live music, Nevada Lundemo, People's Rhythm, Speakeasy Bar, Synthatron, Wenchuan earthquake, Zhu Xiaolong Here's some more footage from Yuanyang in southern Yunnan province. This follow-up to our recent post of video from Yuanyang features a Hani funeral passing through town, tobacco and jewelry vendors and locals just hanging out and chatting. Thanks to Kris Ariel for providing this video. If you have video content that you'd like to contribute to GoKunming, please send or contact us via our contact form. Tags: Kris Ariel, video, Yuanyang Yunnan Yuansheng Indigenous Music and Dance Studio is the only theater in Kunming dedicated to preserving and promoting the music and dance traditions of Yunnan's twenty-five ethnic minorities. Yuansheng Studio features 15 full-time performers from Yunnan's Yi and Wa minorities - many of whom are some of the last living masters of their musical traditions. The video clip above contains some of the numerous highlights of Yuansheng's performance of its production Sounds of the Yunnan Countryside. Filmed and edited by Kris Ariel, this performance from last Monday illustrates the remarkable vocal and instrumental versatility of each Yuansheng performer. Yuansheng Studio's summer season will be wrapping up in the coming weeks, but there will still be performances each week, including Thursday (Aug 30). Tickets for the 90-minute show cost 60 yuan and performances start at 8:30 pm. For more information about upcoming performances, contact Yuansheng Studio at 2400237 or 13354608051. Yuansheng Studio is located within the Loft/Chuang Ku art compound at 101 Xiba Lu. Yunnan Yuansheng Indigenous Music and Dance Studio 源生坊剧场 101 Xiba Lu (Inside the Loft) 西坝路101号（创库内） Tel: 2400237, 13354608051 Tags: arts and entertainment, ethnic minorities, Kris Ariel, Sounds of the Yunnan Countryside, video, Yuansheng Studio The town of Yuanyang (元阳), located in south-central Yunnan about 60 kilometers from the border with Vietnam, is a popular travel destination that's still a little off the beaten path. It is primarily home to the Hani and Yi ethnic minorities and is renowned for the beautiful terraced rice fields throughout the area. Kunming resident Kris Ariel has made a 10-minute video montage of clips from a recent trip to Yuanyang, posted above. If you have any video (or audio) that you would like to contribute to GoKunming, please contact us via our contact form. Tags: Kris Ariel, travel, video, Yuanyang Next 1 2 |
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