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Friday - Sunday: Father's Day specials at The Silver Spoon Café The Silver Spoon Café will be giving free drink cards out to all dads throughout the weekend. Friday: Hawaiian party at Speakeasy Bar Speakeasy Bar is throwing a Hawaiian party tonight with music provided by DJ Fan Yi, DJ Yan and MC Latino. There will also be Hawaiian dancers and prizes for the person with the most leis. The free party starts at 10 pm. Friday: Friday the 13th costume party at The Hump Bar Part Friday the 13th costume party, part farewell for Raphael, tonight The Hump Bar will feature music by As Done by Robots and DJ Starricos. Show up dressed as your favorite horror movie murderer – 10 yuan buys a glass of 'horror punch'. The free party starts at 10 pm. Saturday: Uprock reopening party Uprock reopens on Saturday night after being closed for renovations. DJ Tantrum and DJ Echoo will be joined onstage by MC Menace for a night of electronic dance. Saturday: Violin concert at TC/G Nordica Violinist Li Chaoqun of Yunnan Art Institute will play a free 8 pm concert at TC/G Nordica featuring the works of Mozart, Paganini and Chinese composers. Sunday: Father's Day buffet brunch and dinner at Grand Park Hotel Grand Park Hotel Kunming will be offering special brunch and dinner buffets on Sunday from 11:30 to 3:00 and 6:00 to 9:30, respectively. The buffet will take place at the hotel's Café Palmetto on the first floor and will cost 158 yuan for adults and 98 yuan for children (subject to 15% surcharge). Tags: As Done by Robots, DJ Starricos, DJ Tantrum, Father's Day, Grand Park Hotel Kunming, Li Chaoqun, Menace, TC/G Nordica, The Silver Spoon Cafe, Uprock, Yunnan Art Institute
Friday: English movie and discussion at Chicago Coffee Chicago Coffee will host its weekly English movie and discussion at 7pm. Admission is free with any purchase – call 5389288 for movie details. Friday: Live saxophone and new menu items The Silver Spoon Café in Kunming's Beichen area will be featuring live sax music from 6 to 9 pm tonight. The Silver Spoon has also recently added some items to its menu including white chocolate chunk raspberry cheesecake. Saturday: Uprock All-Stars Uprock will be holding another 'All-Stars' party featuring a big lineup of Kunming-based DJs playing shorter sets. Admission is free. This month: Yuansheng Studio minority music classes Throughout this month, Yuansheng Studio in the Loft art compound on Xiba Lu will be offering minority music and dancing courses taught by the studio's resident performers. The music program will feature instruction in a variety of instruments including the mouth harp, gourd flute, Chinese flute, leaf harp and more. Yuansheng's dancing program will focus on different Yi dances involving singing and drum playing. Classes are held daily, with weekday classes running from 3 to 5 pm and two sessions on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to noon and 3 to 5 pm. Class rates are 10 yuan/class or 150 yuan/month (120 yuan/month for students). For a look at some of what will be taught, check out this video post. For more information about classes, call Yuansheng at 4195697. Tags: Chicago Coffee, The Silver Spoon Café, Uprock, Yuansheng Studio
This weekend around Kunming there will be a meeting for language junkies, a couple of dance parties and even some parties for the kids. Here are some of the highlights of events around town this weekend: Friday: Polyglot language exchange at French Café Language exchange group Polyglot will hold its first meeting in Kunming at the French Café, on the corner of Wenlin Jie and Wenhua Xiang. The gathering will last from 8 to 10 pm and is aimed at promoting cultural exchange and friendship via language exchange. Admission is free with any purchase at French Café. Friday: 'Innocence' at The Hump Bar DJ Jezz (Ministry of Sound Radio) and DJ Menace are back at The Hump Bar for another of their 'Innocence' parties, featuring hiphop, breaks, house and electro. The free party begins at 10 pm, with gin tonics on special for 10 yuan. Friday: DJ Throwdown at Uprock The recently opened club Uprock will be holding its Friday DJ 'throwdown' tonight with DJ Kris (pictured above) working the dance floor upstairs and DJ DSK cutting vinyl downstairs in the lounge. The party begins at 10 pm, admission is free. Sunday: Kids' Spring Fling Party at The Silver Spoon Café The Silver Spoon Café will be holding several 'Spring Fling' parties for children on Sunday, featuring snacks, crafts and games. There will be English-language parties at 10 am, noon and 2 pm, with a Chinese-language party at 4 pm. Call 5738448 for enquiries and/or reservations. *Note: To have your weekend events listed on GoKunming, please notify us in advance – the earlier the better – via our contact form. Tags: DJ Kris, French Cafe, The Hump Bar, The Silver Spoon Café, Uprock Chinese New Year is over and the Spring City has finally been hit by a major cold front – the perfect excuse to find someone to snuggle with tomorrow on Valentine's Day. Here are some of the highlights of Valentine's events around town: The Silver Spoon Café will be offering a three-day Valentine's special from Thursday through Saturday nights, 5-9 pm. The set meals come complete with drinks, starters, main courses such as herb crusted pork tenderloin, or stuffed chicken breasts – plus a choice of one of six different chocolate desserts. The candlelit dinners are 90 yuan/person or 105 yuan if you prefer a cocktail with your meal. Reservations are encouraged: 5738448. Moonlight Corner Thai Cuisine - which tied with The Silver Spoon for best international restaurant in last year's Best of Kunming Awards - will be offering its own lovers' special on Thursday night. The set meal will feature a specially selected menu of Thai dishes and drinks for a set price of 498 yuan/couple. For menu details or reservations, call Moonlight Corner at 5013125. Best Bar winner The Hump Bar will be throwing a Valentine's party on Friday night beginning at 9 pm. According to the organizers, the party is the launch of a series of twice-monthly parties around Kunming – Friday's entertainment will feature DJ Jezz and Menace. Drinkwise, the bar will be offering three bottles' worth of free tequila shots as well as bar manager Fried's special Valentine's punch. GoKunming wishes its readers a happy and warm Valentine's Day. Tags: Moonlight Corner, The Hump Bar, The Silver Spoon Café, Valentine's Day The results are in and the winners have been decided in GoKunming's first-ever Best of Kunming reader survey. This year there were some close races, with two ties in the international restaurant and live music categories. There were also four winners with two awards each: Moonlight Corner, The Silver Spoon Café, Salvador's Coffee House and TC/G Nordica. Without further ado, here are the winners, as selected by GoKunming readers: Food: Best Chinese Restaurant Heavenly Manna Food: Best International Restaurant Moonlight Corner & The Silver Spoon Café (tie) Food: Best Fine Dining Moonlight Corner Food: Best New Restaurant The Silver Spoon Café Drink: Best Café Salvador's Coffee House Drink: Best Teahouse Yihuchun Cha Lou Drink: Best Bar The Hump Bar Drink: Best Cocktails Salvador's Coffee House Drink: Best Beer Selection Fisherman's Bar Drink: Best Wine Selection Pizza da Rocco Entertainment/Arts: Best Gallery TC/G Nordica Entertainment/Arts: Best Live Music Venue Laowo Bar & TC/G Nordica (tie) Entertainment/Arts: Best Dancing Venue Speakeasy Bar Thank you to all our readers who voted and congratulations to the winners. Winners will receive framed certificates commemorating their selection as the best of Kunming in early January. Tags: Best of Kunming, Fisherman's Bar, Heavenly Manna, Laowo Bar, Moonlight Corner, Pizza da Rocco, Salvador's Coffee House, Speakeasy Bar, TC/G Nordica, The Hump Bar, The Silver Spoon Café, Yihuchun Cha Lou |
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