Night Life & Activities

Miracle: The Bellini Family and the Renaissance in Shanghai

Date: Jan 6-23 - 10 am

Venue: Shanghai Himalayas Museum

Price: 10/80 yuan

Curated by Dr Luigi Bellini, director of the Bellini Museum and the 21st-generation successor of the Bellini Family, and Shen Qibin, founding director and chairman of the board of the Shanghai Himalayas Museum, Miracle: the Bellini Family and the Renaissance will feature 459 masterpieces of art from the Renaissance onward, including paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, furniture, decorations, tapestries and tableware as well as crowns from noble families. Other than the presentation of artworks and treasures, the exhibition, by the use of new media and AR technologies, will "re-create" the Bellini Museum in Shanghai, offering audience a chance to vividly experience the culture and life scenes of the Florentine during the Renaissance.

Contact: 021-5456-2471

Workshop: Emotional Flexibility for People Under Stress in Beijing

Date: Jan 8 - 6:30 pm

Venue: Yale Center

Price: 20-80 yuan

Emotions play an important part of our everyday life, but each day is different from the one before it. How do people become flexible to cope with the different types of stress and challenges that are an inherent part of life? In this talk, Dr Burton will present his research on emotional flexibility - the ability to experience and regulate a variety of emotions - and their relationship to mental health. Audience members will learn about the theoretical model of emotional flexibility, how it is measured, and its application to different types of stress. The language of this event will be English.

Contact: yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu

Comedy Club China Presents Hutong Heroes Vol 4 at US-China Comedy Center

Date: Jan 6 - 8 pm

Venue: Project Pengyou Courtyard

Price: 50 yuan

Saturday January 6th, embrace your inner hutong hoodrat with Comedy Club China at the US-China Comedy Center. Beijing's most adorable one named comedian Lee hosts a night of big laughs in this cozy venue for the first stand-up show of 2018.

Contact: 010-6516-7574