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Identidad Latina Cada Domingo

Date: Sept 7; 3 pm

Venue: J Space Art Media Center, B1-510, Bldg 5, Sanlitun Soho

Price: Further details on the inquiry

Come to the J Space Art Media Center every Sunday afternoon to celebrate Latin American culture and identity with the Latin American and Caribbean Center. There will be Latin musicians lighting it up with salsa, bachata and bossa nova music. A space just for kids will have games and gifts for little ones. If they get hungry, there are sandwiches, chorizo, milkshakes, ice cream (and cocktails for the padres).

Contact: 010-5785-3051

Email: info@laccenter.org

Mei Lanfang's 120th Anniversary: Peking Opera Legend of Goddess Chang'e

Date: Sept 8; 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Tickets: RMB 80-380

Peking Opera Goddess Chang'e Flying to the Moon was created by the great Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang. He wrote the play according to the folk legend about Chang'e and the Tang Dynasty poem lines "Chang'e must regret stealing the elixir, as she broods in loneliness night after night." In the play, Chang'e's lines are forlorn and full of loneliness, mainly reflecting her homesickness and her regret over stealing the elixir and coming to the moon.

Contact: 010-6655-0000.