Residential Story—Xia Keliang’s painting exhibition
May 13-28th
Ningbo Museum of Art 宁波美术馆
122 Renmin Lu 人民路122号
Tel: 0574-8764-3222
Most of the works exhibited come from the scene sketches, and some of them are later creations. The painter wants to show the charm of residential areas. The works use pen, brush, watercolors, colored pencils, and so on. Tickets ¥10.

Chinese Painted Pottery and Mural Art Exhibition
中国彩陶与壁画艺术展
May 16-Jun 3rd
Ningbo Museum of Art 宁波美术馆
122 Renmin Lu 人民路122号
Tel: 0574-8764-3222
This show selected more than 70 painted pottery from the Qinghai Museum collection, most of them belong to the Ma Jia Yao culture that existed about 4-5000 years ago. They had the a great history and a placed a high value on art. The mural structure is rigorous and colors are bright. Tickets ¥10.

AIAN Fine Arts Night
Harborland Stage 凤凰山主题乐园
728 Liaohe Lu, Beilun District 北仑区辽河路728号
Tel:0574-8686-9999
The public is invited a show involving all 200 students of AIAN showcasing their talents. The Middle School and High School students will perform a rendition of The High School Musical by Disney.

Update 3:30pm Thursday - all ¥100 seats have sold out. You can still attend, but it will be "standing room only". There are still seats available for tables at the ¥5000 level of sponsorship, call now to reserve!

Crowne Plaza City Center Ningbo, Ningbo's premier meeting place and Ningbo Guide, Ningbo's most powerful English media, have organized a charity event on Friday, May 16 at 6pm. The venue will be BBQ Tonight, in the courtyard of Crowne Plaza City Center Ningbo at 129 Yaohang Jie. Food, beverages and entertainment will be provided at the venue at ¥100 per person.

The goal of the event is to consolidate Ningbo's business community's financial support in response to the Earthquake disaster. 100% of proceeds from this event will be donated to charity. The Ningbo city government has sanctioned this event and will attend. Please come and show your support for the relief effort.

For more detailed information or reservations, please call the Crowne Plaza City Center Ningbo at +86-574-5619-9079.

Going all Pop this May! Dress up like any Pop Icon and the people at Z Place think your dressing is cool, you'll get something special! Also holding Z Idol competition on the night itself – if you think you are sexy and you can sing and you can make the crowd go wild – let the staff know and they'll send you up on stage! – as long as you participate, you will get a beer on the house! Event starts at 8pm.

Do join the people at Z Place for a popolicious event!
For reservations, please call 0574-87701911/87728000 or email  webmaster@zplace.cn

The Swamp Band China Tour
1982 Rock Pub
2F, opposite Wangfu Shipu Restaurant, next to Blue Sky Bar, Gulou
鼓楼王府石浦饭店对面二楼
Tel: 130-9593-1395
The Swamp, a famous indie band from China. Take the progressive rock, post rock and various avant-garde electronic music into a furnace, show it dark and beautiful poetry, and you get The Swamp. Tickets ¥35.