'Blue Violet' debuts at Bacchus today
SINGER, C. Huff from the United States, is teaming up with Tracy Ashman from Britain to make their debut tonight at the newly opened Bacchus restaurant/bar inside the Regal International East Asia Hotel.
Noble flower orchid on show
IN the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) of Chinese history, renowned philosopher Confucius compared the orchid flower to a man of noble character and praised its fragrance as "the scent of king flower."
Events
Lantern Festival The Yuyuan Garden area is displaying thousands of lanterns in celebration of the lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival tomorrow. Many performances are also being staged. Admission: 20-30 yuan Tel: 6355-9999 Ink painting Shanghai artist Yuan Longhai is exhibiting some 30 of his ink paintings at the Ton Hall through this month. Place: 162 Maoming Road S. Tel: 6415-0227 AA Gallery Artists Xu Mangyao, Ding Dongya, Ding Zhe and Yu Zhongbao are showing their paintings at the AA Gallery on the 4th floor of the Shanghai Centre. Time: 10:30am-9:00pm Monday to Friday 1:00pm-9:00pm Saturday and Sunday Place: 1376 Nanjing Road W. Tel: 6279-8600 ext 6735 Oil creations Wuhan artist Wei Guangqing is displaying his oil and multi-media creations at the ShanghART gallery throughout this month. Time: 10:00am-10:00pm Place: 2A Gaolan Road Tel: 6359-3923 Modernity The Eastlink will present the works of six young Chinese artists starting tomorrow. Time: 10:00am-6:30pm Place: 70 Fuxing Road W. Tel: 6437-1255 Sex culture Shanghai's only sex museum, opened by Liu Dalin, professor of Shanghai University, has a display of exhibits that reflect Chinese sex culture over the past 5,000 years. Time: 10am-9pm Place: 479 Nanjing Road E. (next to Hotel Sofitel) Admission: 50 yuan Tel: 6351-4381 German carnival Charlie's Pub on the lobby level of Crowne Plaza Shanghai will stage a German Carnival Fest on February 26. Buy two beers or German schnapps and get the third one free. Time: 9:00pm Place: 400 Panyu Road Tel: 6280-8888 Mardi Gras Bourbon Street will be marking the decadent New Orleans street festival Mardi Gras with a series of events running from Friday March 3 to the following Tuesday, March 7. Place: 191 Hengshan Road Tel: 6445-7556 Culture seminars The China International Intelligence Company is offering a series of lectures on traditional Chinese culture including lectures on Beijing opera on March 14 (1:30pm-3:30pm), tea culture on March 28 (1:30pm-3:00pm) and Shanghai religious architecture on April 11 (1:30pm-3:30pm) and Chinese embroidery art on April 25 (1:30pm-3:30pm). Venues vary. For more information please contact Jane Jian Email: ciic53@21cn.com Tel: 6427-2460, 6486-8282 ext 240 Fax: 6428-0719 Carpet fair A carpet fair featuring cut pile and weaved carpets from all over China is being held at Intex Shanghai until Sunday. Time: 9am-5pm daily Place: 88 Loushanguan Road Tel: 6275-5800
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