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Nightlife

Zombie ApocalypseHalloween Party

Date: Oct 31 - 10 pm

Venue: The Local Bar & Grill, Courtyard 4, Gongti Beilu

Price: Phone for prices

When there is no more room in hell, the dead shall wander Sanlitun. We'll hand out free shots to those dressed in theme - as a Zombie or a Survivor. There'll be drink specials for everyone in costume, themed or otherwise. Prizes at midnight for best zombies and survivors. Bonus points for those dressed up as characters or zombies from their favorite zombie franchise.

Contact: 134 8880 4794

Email: beijingkenn@gmail.com

Website: beijing-local.com

Art

Cloud Gate DanceTheatre Pine Smoke

Date: Oct 18-19 - 7:15 pm

Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center, Shanghai

Price: RMB 180-880

Cloud Gate is the name of the oldest known dance in China. In 1973, choreographer Lin Hwai-min adopted this classical name for the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese speaking community. Honoring Lin Hwai-min with a Lifetime Achievement Award, the jury of the International Movimentos Dance Prize, Germany, calls Lin 'a foremost innovator of dance' and that "Lin Hwai-min ranks amongst artists of the century such as William Forsythe, George Balanchine, Birgit Cullberg".

Contact: 400-610-0600

Website: en.damai.cn/event/tickets_70851/

Bauhaus Collection of China Design Museum Exhibition

Date: Daily through Nov 8 - 12 pm

Venue: National Museum of China

Price: Free

Bauhaus is the source of modern design, for today nearly all textbooks in architecture, design and art begin with Bauhaus. Design as Enlightenment's collection is from the "Bauhas-Centered Western Modern and Contemporary History of Design Collection" introduced by the Hangzhou Municipal Government. This will be the largest exhibition yet of Asia's largest Bauhaus collection, which currently resides at the China Academy of Art. Approximately 300 exhibits will be displayed, covering all the works of the most outstanding modernism design masters.

Website: bjdw.org/en/