Returning for the 4th consecutive year is the Nanluoguxiang Street Festival! Adding to the uber trendy hutong area for this weekend will be special cultural performances and street vendors, as well as special promotions at NLGX.
持续了4年的南锣鼓巷文化艺术节，加上本土时尚胡同区域的周末，会是特别的文化演出，店家NLGX作出了特别的宣传。
Many of your favorite NLGX Design Originals are now available in long sleeve! Now available for sale at NLGX Design Store (#33 Nanluoguxiang, Beijing), UCCA Store (798 Art District, Beijing), and Novo Concept Stores (Shanghai, Kunming, Dalian, Harbin).
Free The Wax and NLGX are proud to present People Under The Stairs, February 21 at Yugong Yishan, 9pm. Tickets are on sale now! Door tickets 80 RMB, pre-sale tickets 50 RMB available at NLGX Design & Café, 33 Nanluoguxiang, Dongcheng District, Tel. 6404 8088, directions are here.
To win a free ticket and a NLGX T-shirt attend the Weliveinbeijing.com online contest and submit a picture of yourself under the stairs to mai@bloc.no
Hope to see you there!
NLGX is very excited to sponsor the DJ Babu event on Saturday, December 13 at Block 8 in Beijing. Brought in by Shanghai-based Free the Wax, DJ Babu is regarded as a true master in the art of vinyl manipulation, he battled his way through the DJ ranks producing some of the best indie hip-hop to come out in the past decade with his mind-blowing Dilated Peoples and master turntablists the Beat Junkies. Tickets at the door are 70 RMB, adv tickets are 50 RMB available now at NLGX Design & Café (6404 8088). Win a free NLGX T-shirt and a free entrance to the event at the Free the Wax online competition held at WeliveinBeijing.com. Pictures of the event are here.
Just today, we got word from local government officials that the much-delayed Nanluoguxiang Street Festival will indeed take place next weekend, October 24-26 (Friday to Sunday)! Given the last minute cancellations from the last two planned festivals, be sure to keep updated on our blog as we’ll give you the latest on both on the festival and other activities going on around NLGX and Nanluoguxiang. As of right now, we plan on having some special guests in for live music performances on next Saturday and Sunday afternoon so stay tuned!
Happy autumn weekend!
We’re going sailing! Come and join NLGX, Beijing Sailing Center, Cityweekend and CROCS on a fantastic weekend extravaganza.
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May 29, 2008 in
Events.
Another Uncle Blue event will be held at our NLGX store on May 31 at 8pm. Uncle Blue himself will introduce some of his new products and the singer Lucie Cheung and her band will set the right tone for this special occasion. Hope to see you there!
蓝叔叔漫游将于5月31日晚20：00在NLGX个小型展示，届时蓝叔叔本人将会到场介绍他的新产品和现场演出音乐作品，NLGX和蓝叔叔欢迎更多的朋友到场.
The following excerpt was taken from CHP’s introduction and event sign up form, which is located in our shop. Additional information can also be found on their website at www.bjchp.org or by emailing volunteer@bjchp.org.
In September 2003, the Beijing Historical and Cultural City Protection Plan, compiled by the Beijing Planning Committee, was approved by the Beijing Municipal Government. This plan is the key constituent to the protection of the historical and cultural districts for the Old City. The plan concerns “historical and cultural protection districts” which are defined as “a specific block, buildings, villages, or towns which have traditional appearances or ethnic character.”
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May 25, 2008 in
Events.
With respect to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake, NLGX & Uncle Blue are holding a little charity event at our shop. The event started this weekend and will carry on until June 1. Some of the Uncle Blue design products are on special sale with all the profits going to charity organizations in China. Thanks a lot for buying his products and donating money!
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Topic: The Mosuo Minority and Sustainable Cultural Development
Speaker: John Lombard
Language: English
Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Time: 9:30am – 12 noon
Venue: NLGX, 33 Nanluoguxiang, Jiaodaokou, Dongcheng District, Beijiing
RSVP: Please email volunteer@bjchp.org or call +86 10-6403 6532/606 to confirm your seat due to limited space.
According to the event announcement posted on BCHP’s website:
The Mosuo are one of China’s less known but very unique minority cultures. They are best known for the fact that they are one of the few remaining matriarchal cultures left in the world and have no system of marriage within their culture. Within the Mosuo culture, women are the head of the family and own all property and men and women alike are free to choose and change partners as they please.
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Hello all! We’ve gotten word from local neighborhood organizers of the first Nanluoguxiang Street Festival for 2008! This weekend will celebrate the Nanluoguxiang neighborhood with street vendors, live music, and potentially another hutong cat walk fashion show from our friends at Plastered. Make sure you save the dates for April 12 and 13!
Stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted on the latest updates for the first Nanluoguxiang Street Festival of the year.
Here is an article from CRI about last year’s festival at Nanluoguxiang. Below is a picture from the first cultural festival at Nanluoguxiang back in 2006.
The Nanluoguxiang Street Festival has been postponed as of April 1st. We are awaiting word from the local government as to when the festival will take place. We will keep you posted, so stay tuned!
