the Beijinger Gallery
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Nov 22,2008 On Saturday night, The Beijinger gathered about 300 persons at the Tsingtao Beer Palace in Solana for a “Tsingtao Brewery Tour and Tasting”. Attendees enjoyed all the fresh Tsingtao beer they could drink from 7pm to 10pm and a tour of the Tsingtao beer Palace’s microbrewery. They also won the Beijinger prizes taking the Tsingtao Draft vs Bottle taste test and some challenged themselves in a beer-drinking contest to win vouchers kindly offered by the Tsingtao Beer Palace for… more beer at the Tsingtao Beer Palace!
photos by: Judy Zhou
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Nov 21,2008 French DJ Wax Tailor accompanied by cellist Marina Quaisse, flautist Ludivine Issambourg and vocalist Charlotte Savary entertained a French heavy crowd with their down-tempo beats at Yugong Yishan on Nov 21.
photos by: Mary Dennis
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Nov 16,2008 The ninth CCTV-MTV Music Awards ceremony were held at Beijing Workers' Gymnasium on Nov 16. The star-studded after Party took place at Zeta Bar with Wu Jianhao of F4 fame and HK movie star Du Wenze in attendance.
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Nov 15,2008 French DJ Stephane Pompuognac spins at Zeta Bar.
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Nov 14,2008 "Hush Hush - Lithe Venezuelan DJ Ngelik has been acclaimed by Maxim as one of the “sexiest DJs in the world.” On Nov 14 she took to the decks at Zeta Bar for the first of four Friday night residencies in November."
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Nov 13-15,2008 Centro celebrated five years on the Beijing scene with the help of a seven-piece funk band and plenty of cocktails.
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Nov 9,2008 The opening of the Common Ground Digital Art Exhibition took place at Huan Tie Art Museum. The exhibition aims to increase awareness and raise funds for environmental organizations by showcasing the works of 1,000 artists from 40 countries. Nonprofit partners include the World Wildlife Fund, Global Giving and the Global Environmental Institute. More details here.
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Nov 8,2008 SwissCham and the Swiss Society heated up Swissotel's Grand Ballroom with the“Red & White - Fire & Ice”Swiss Ball.
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November 8, 2008 The 2nd annual Pride in Beijing Fun Run was held on Nov 8th at Dragon Bay Villa in Shunyi near the International School of Beijing. This year’s Fun Run attracted four times more people than the year before. 300 runners took part in different races, and over 400 people were gathered at the height of the event! Events included 10k/5K run, 2km run-walk and a 500M kids bicycle race. Post race festivities included student rockbands, kids games, food, as well as etiquette reminder cards. All money raised will go towards the Pride Project, an initiative from the non-profit organization, the Pride Institute. Their aim is to encourage courtesy and promote positive peer pressure in day-to-day life.
More info here
Images by Song Yang and Courtesy of Event Organizer
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Nov 1, 2008 Multi-Grammy-award winning rapper and producer-extraordinaire Kanye West finally made it to Beijing, performing at the Workers' Gymnasium on Nov 1.
photos by: Iain Shaw
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Nov 1, 2008 A-Z Kids hosted a gruesome Beijingkids Halloween party on November 1st. The kids entered a costume contest to win beautiful prizes from Capri Sun, Big Dog, A-Z Kids, the Beijing Playhouse and Beijingkids, and received trick-or-treat candy. More photos, see our gallery on Beijingkids website.
photos by: Joe Qiao
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Oct 31,2008 The most outrageously costumed of Beijing's Halloween bashes took place at Star Live with Dio, Mickey Zhang, Yangbing, Usami, Blackie and more working the decks.
Photos by: Courtesy of Event Organizer
