Head over to Zhongshan Park for viewing Yuan Xiao Jie lanterns at night.

The Lantern Festival falls on February 6 in the Year of the Dragon (2012).

Relevant Links:
Lantern Festival (Tang Yuan Recipe)
Lantern Festival Traditions

Photo Credit@ James Elaine

When: February 1, 7.30 pm
Venue: Qingdao Concert Hall
Location 1 Lanshan Lu / 青岛音乐厅, 蓝山路1号
Tickets: 50 yuan (RMB)
Info: 136.8532.0970

The Qingdao Concert Hall is a vintage venue at 1 Lanshan Lu (corner of Zhejiang Lu just down the road from the Catholic Church and across from Zhan Qiao pier). The deco structure is also known as the Qingdao Music Hall. Call 8287.7050 for theater info and directions (Mandarin).

Relevant Links:
More info on Wang Zixuan Concert in Qingdao (Chinese)
Qingdao Concert Hall on Google Maps

When: January 28, 2 pm
Venue: Meet at Crowne Plaza

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 260 – January 28, 2012

Hare/s: Premature Finnish (Timo) & Pleases the Court (Sarah)

Costs: Run: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors up to 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: Meet at 2.00 PM at Crowne Plaza for a 2.15 PM hare off! This run will start at Shazikou fishing village on the road to Lao Shan. The start will be at the bus stop (西姜‎) Xi Jiang on Laoshan Lu. From Crown Plaza buses 104 & 304. From Maidao on you also can take 301

Shi Lao Ren Residents: Please take any of the buses mentioned above and plan to be directly at the start - (西姜‎) Xi Jiang bus stop by 2.45 PM SHARP!

Run starts at 3 PM SHARP!

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one!

Receding Hareline:
Run No. 261 – February 4 - Catch me if you can: Live set with hares chosen by lot at the beginning
Run No. 262 – Love is in the air Valentine Run, After Party at Lennon Bar - February 11 -  Loopy (Linda)
Run No. 263 - February 18 – Horny Hunchback (Dean)

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
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Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

When: February 5, 2012 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan students, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
CBA Official Website (Chinese)
Qingdao Double Star Official Website (Chinese)

When: January 21, 2 pm
Venue: Meet at Crowne Plaza

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 259 – January 21, 2012

Hare/s: Yellow Submarine (Sean)

Costs: Run: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors up to 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: Meet at 2.00 PM at Crowne Plaza for a 2.15 PM hare off! Take #104/304/321 bus to the Da Ju Yuan bus stop on Hong Kong East Road across from Kilin Crowne Hotel

Shi Lao Ren Residents: Please plan to be at the bus stop above at 2.45 PM SHARP!

Run starts at 3 PM SHARP!

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
This is an A-A birthday run for Yellow Submarine, we will have a place to store clothes and bags near the start/finish. We will have a warm place for the circle. Age related abuse before, during and after the run is encouraged. This will be a strong, hilly, adventure filled run. Come prepared. If anyone wants to assist Yellow Submarine as the hare for the walker trail, please let us know. The walker hare can set up some “bail out” routes for those less inclined towards a hard, long run.

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one!

Receding Hareline:
Run No. 260 Ball Breaker Run (be prepared) – January 28 – Well Hung Jury (Steve) & Premature Finnish (Timo)

WE NEED HARES FOR FEBRUARY – please let Well Hung Jury know if you are available to hare a run, thanks!
Run No. 261 – February 4 – ???
Run No. 262 Love is in the air Valentine Run – February 11 – ???
Run No. 263 – February 18 – ???
Run No. 264 – February 25 – ???

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
–

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

Chinese New Year’s Eve, or Da Nian Sanshi, is January 22, 2012. The following day is the actual New Year’s Day, called Chu Yi. The Spring Festival arrives in Qingdao once more. Check out more info and photos below, including a video from Youku of an ear numbing display of fireworks in China.

Happy New Year – Xin Nian Kuai Le – 新年快乐 !!!

Firecrackers And Other Artillery

The firecrackers are most intense around midnight, right when everyone is getting ready to have the jiaozi (dumplings) made for the special occasion. Eating jiaozi is a must on the eve of Da Nian 30 – as are the massive firework pyrotechnics that sometimes stretch to dawn. The first and last evenings of Spring Festival are the heaviest fireworks nights.

Usually before people start to have the formal dinner on New Year’s Eve, they set off firecrackers for about 5 to 10 minutes.

Door Couplets (dui lian/对联)

These Spring Couplets are seen on doors, usually with black characters on red paper. The short benedictions wish those entering the door prosperity, good fortune, health, wealth, and more. Many older people still gather a crowd at an informal dui lian market to write the traditional couplets. Check out more info on these poetic Spring Festival Distiches.

Jiaozi, Sticky Rice And Special New Year’s Foods

Spring Festival is a time to eat with everyone you meet, from the feast of New Year’s Eve to the meals shared over the first few days of the year as people visit family and friends. The most important food of the festival is jiaozi. Many people put a few coins into some of the dumplings to represent good luck and fortune.

The tail end of the Spring Festival brings Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie/元宵节), which is celebrated with tang yuan, a sticky rice ball in a sweet broth, with fillings of peanut, sesame, red bean, and more.

Eating sweet tang yuan on the night of the first full moon of the lunar year is symbolic of happiness and peace.

Lantern Festival

There is a myth about why people hang red lanterns on Lantern Festival (Yuan Xiao Jie/元宵节). Long, long ago there were many horrible beasts in human society which did nothing but hurt people. People got together to kill these beasts but accidentally a holy bird got lost in human society and was killed by mistake.

The Emperor of Heaven was very angry and ordered a big fire to be set to punish people. But his seventh daughter was too kind to see people suffering because of her father’s rage, so she came up with the idea of having people hang red lanterns everywhere to recreate the atmosphere of fire. Thereafter, people started to celebrate this day with the hanging of red lanterns.

Eating sticky rice dumplings (tang yuan) is the most important custom of Lantern Festival. The Chinese people want everything to have a happy ending, so eating sweet tang yuan on the night of the first full moon of the lunar year is symbolic of happiness and peace.

Relevant Links:
Spring Festival
Spring Festival Traditions
Lantern Festival (Tang Yuan Recipe)
Lantern Festival Traditions
Jiaozi Junkie

When: January 14, 2 pm
Venue: Meet at Crowne Plaza

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 258 – January 14, 2012

Hare/s: Whores’ Whisperer (Philip)

Costs: Run: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors up to 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: Meet at 2 PM at Crowne Plaza for a 2.15 PM hare off! The Run start point is at “Hai Shui Yu Chang / Number 1 Bathing Beach” – we will take one of these buses to reach there – 321/316/312/501

Run starts at 3 PM SHARP!

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
The hare suffices to say “It will be a funny trail, On on!”

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one!

Receding Hareline:
Run No. 259 – January 21 – Yellow Submarine (Sean)
Run No. 260 – January 28 – Well Hung Jury (Steve) & Premature Finnish (Timo)
WE NEED HARES FOR FEBRUARY – please let Well Hung Jury know if you are available to hare a run, thanks!
Run No. 261 – February 4 – ???
Run No. 262 Love is in the air Valentine Run – February 11 – ???
Run No. 263 – February 18 – ???
Run No. 264 – February 25 – ???

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
–

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

It’s an almost mandatory time to be with one’s family – expect huge traffic jams on the way home for the Little New Year. The Rabbit will be sent off here in Qingdao with the festival required jiaozi a week before Spring Festival and the Year of the Dragon.

Little New Year signals a slowdown in work as people are rushing about taking care of last minute preparations for the fireworks and feasts to come during Chinese New Year, so expect your office/school/factory to be winding down as well in the run up to one of the largest celebrations on Earth.

More information on Chinese Little New Year from China.org.cn:

Little New Year, which falls about a week before the lunar New Year, is also known as the Festival of the Kitchen God, the deity who oversees the moral character of each household. In one of the most distinctive traditions of Spring Festival, a paper image of the Kitchen God is burned on Little New Year, dispatching the god’s spirit to Heaven to report on the family’s conduct over the past year. The Kitchen God is then welcomed back by pasting a new paper image of him beside the stove. From this vantage point, the Kitchen God will oversee and protect the household for another year. The close association of the Kitchen God with the Lunar New Year has resulted in Kitchen God Festival being called Little New Year. Although very few families still make offerings to the Kitchen God on this day, many traditional holiday activities are still very popular.

Relevant Links:
Chinese Little New Year
Kitchen God

When: January 15, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan students, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
CBA Official Website (Chinese)
Qingdao Double Star Official Website (Chinese)
Xinjiang Flying Tigers Official Website (Chinese)
Xinjiang Flying Tigers on Wikipedia (English)

When: January 6, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)

When: January 4, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)

When: January 7, 12.15 pm
Venue: Meet at Crowne Plaza

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 257 – January 7, 2012

Hare/s: Hare/s: Straydog (Chris) & Here To Fork

Type: A to B, warm restaurant at the end!

Costs: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/head for horrors up to 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: PLEASE NOTE – JUST FOR THIS RUN: NOTE: Early meet up time, meet at 12.15 PM at Crowne Plaza for a 12.30 PM hareoff!

There are two reasons for the early start: 1) the run site is about one our away by bus and 2) we will make better use of the daylight this way. You can prepare some food and drinks for the long ride out.

Run starts as soon as we get to the run site!

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:

This run will take you to:
• Roads that you have been on but never walked on
• Places you have seen but never visited
• Air you have breathed in but never smelled
• Noises you have heard but never felt
• Nature you have driven through but never walked through

Come and join the Hash Run to a familiar place that you don’t know.

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one!

Receding Hareline:
WE NEED HARES FOR JANUARY – please let Well Hung Jury know if you are available to hare a run, thanks!

Dates here:
Run No. 258 – January 14 – OPEN
Run No. 259 – January 21 – Yellow Submarine (Sean)
Run No. 260 – January 28 – OPEN

Planned out of town specials:
In hiatus for Winter until March/April 2012 (weather permitting) we’ll be back then!! On on..

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
–

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

Happy New Year 2012 from QINGDAO(nese).

Another year over, a new one just begun. Enjoy the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Qingdao. There will be parties and countdowns to midnight at entertainment venues all over the city, including in Huangdao, Chengyang, Laoshan, and more.

If you’re in Shinan district and looking for a place with lots of music, drinking, and general merriment, check out the triangle of bars on Jiangxi Lu: ssLPG, Freeman, and Charlie’s. Just around the corner are the loud and youth oriented clubs Rain, Feeling, and Bund No. 1. The Corner Jazz Bar will be a popular late night destination – it’s on the corner of Minjiang and Minjiang Er Lu (aka Coffee Street).

Zhonglian Plaza (intersection of Ningxia and Nanjing Lu) has a handful of bars and clubs that will be rocking until early in the morning of January 1st. Try Vivi and Ye Chao for the biggest crowds. Angel and Time Bar are also in this large complex near the East West elevated highway.

On Hong Kong Middle Road, check out Club New York (near intersection of Fuzhou Lu) and Q Bar in Shangri La for bands and drinks specials until late 2011/early 2012. Restaurants including La Villa and Terrazzo will have specials on drinks and food to celebrate the coming of what some say will be our last year on the 3rd rock from the sun.

Forget 1999, party like it’s 2011. If you really believe the end is nigh, indulge yourself. And even if you are not sure about the end of the world, at least there’s a party tonight.

In Huangdao Kaifaqu, ring in the new year 2012 on the bar street (Wuyishan Lu). Check out Catch-22 and the Oriental Saloon for gatherings of expats and local friends.

Relevant Links:
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) on Xiami
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Info on Wikipedia
Happy New Year from Jimi Hendrix (Auld Lang Syne, Track 1, Disc 2)

When: December 31, 2 pm
Venue: Meet at Crowne Plaza

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

New Year Eve Farewell Party Run No. 256 – December 31, 2011

Hare/s: LIVE hares: Well Hung Jury (Steve) & Pleases the Court (Sarah)

Costs: Run: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors up to 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner: Plans are on to buy Pizza and beer cost of which will be shared equally by all staying back for Dinner. Hares will graciously provide a pot of chilli with tortillas and lasagna. Straydog & Loopy will be bringing some food as well, others are also encouraged to get non fussy, off the shelf food to share with everybody, come on guys, ’tis the festive season, spread the happiness, show that you care and above all, share

Meeting Place and Time: Meet in the lobby of Crowne Plaza Hotel at 2.00 PM sharp for a 2.15 PM hare off. We will take bus #104/304/321 to Da Ju Yuan/Qinling Lu bus stop across the road from Kilin Crowne Hotel, Shi Lao Ren

Shi Lao Residents: Please plan to be at Da Ju Yuan/Qinling Lu bus stop NO LATER than 2.45 PM

Run starts at 3 PM SHARP!

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
An A to A run starting and ending across from the Kylin Hotel (near Shilaoren Old Stone Man). People can leave clothing and the rest at WHJ’s office. After the run, we will have a circle at WHJ’s office followed by a new year party, good bye to GM Lost in Marks & Spencer (Nick Bright) at WHJ/PTC’s house.

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one!

Receding Hareline:
Run No. 257 – January 7 – Straydog (Chris) NOTE: Early meet up time, meet at 12.30 PM at Crowne Plaza for a 12.30 PM hareoff!
Run No. 258 – January 14 – OPEN
Run No. 259 – January 21 – Yellow Submarine (Sean)
Run No. 260 – January 28 – OPEN

Planned out of town specials:
In hiatus for Winter until March/April 2012 (weather permitting) we’ll be back then!! On on..

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
–

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

When: December 28, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)
Official Foshan Website (Chinese)

Jiang Xin uses the English name Jessica and is signed to the Modern Sky label. Her first album was entitled The Tenacious Flower (Hua Kai Bu Bai/花开不败), released in 1996. Since then Jiang Xin has built a steady following for her pop rock style and released albums including Purity and From Spring to Autumn.

Listen to the music of Jiang Xin on Xiami. Check out her blog (Chinese) on Sina. SY Theatre is on Shunxing Lu west of Amy’s Bakery and Gunshi Music Shop in Taidong near the Weihai Lu Pedestrian Street. See below for map link.

When: January 3, 7.30 pm
Venue: SY Theater / 青岛SY实验剧场
Location: 26 Shunxing Lu / 顺兴路26号
Tickets: 80-180 yuan (RMB)
More Info: 130.6141.0929

Relevant Links:
SY Qingdao Experimental Theatre on Google Maps

When: December 24, 2 pm
Venue: Meet at Crowne Plaza

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 255 – December 24, 2011

Hare/s: Angelina Zhao & Gerd

Costs: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors upto 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: Lobby of Crowne Plaza Hotel at 2.00 PM for 2.15 PM sharp hare off. We will take bus # 225 to the run start (old town Lutheran Church).

Run starts at 3 PM SHARP!

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
Hares say:

• It will be an A to A run (park next to Lutheran church) and we can leave our bags in a safe place with a friend of Angelina’s.
• The run will take us up and down the hills through the old town, past the Lutheran and the Catholic church (ideal opportunity to repent all the sins committed in 2011)
• The restaurant is just around the corner from the Lutheren Church.
• After dinner (and some beer) we shall go to a pub to celebrate Angelina’s birthday (some more beer).
• Gerd’s proposal: we shall sing a few Christmas carols before dinner and someone shall read the nativity story (he will volunteer, if no person more saintly is available). If anyone already has some Christmas carols in English and even the nativity story, he/she could email them to Hash email, if not, Gerd will check the Internet.

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one.

Receding Hareline:
New Year Eve Farewell Party Run No. 256 – December 31: Well Hung Jury (Steve) & Pleases the Court (Sarah) Dinner after at WHJ/PLC’s home. This is a farewell party for GM Lost in Marks and Spencer (Nick Bright)
Run No. 257 – January 7 – Straydog (Chris) NOTE: Early meet up time, meet at 12.30 PM at Crowne Plaza for a 12.30 PM hareoff!

WE NEED HARES FOR JANUARY – please let Well Hung Jury know if you are available to hare a run, thanks! Dates here:
Run No. 256 – January 14 – OPEN
Run No. 257 – January 21 – Yellow Submarine (Sean)
Run No. 258 – January 28 – OPEN

Planned out of town specials:
In hiatus for Winter until 2012, we’ll be back then!! On on..

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
–

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

Watch video of the band performing on their website. Tickets range from 200 to 1280 yuan (RMB). The Qingdao Grand Theatre is near the Qingdao Museum in Qingdao’s Laoshan district. For more info, call 8066.5555.

When: December 25, 7.30 pm
Venue: Qingdao Grand Theatre / 青岛大剧院
Location: 5 Yunling Lu, Laoshan district / 云岭路5号
Tickets: 200-1280 yuan (RMB)
More Info: 8066.5555

Relevant Links:
Vienna Strauss Orchestra Official Website
More Info on Qingdao Grand Theatre

When: January 2, 7.30 pm
Venue: Qingdao Grand Theatre / 青岛大剧院
Location: 5 Yunling Lu, Laoshan district / 云岭路5号
Tickets: 30-180 yuan (RMB)
More Info: 8066.5555

Quartet San Fancisco has gone through some lineup changes since debuting in 2001. The current quartet includes:

• Jeremy Cohen (violin), former student of Itzhak Perlman who has worked with Linda Ronstadt, Ray Charles, Aaron Neville, and more – he appeared on Carlos Santana’s “Supernatural” and the original “Star Wars” compilation CD with John Williams.
• Alisa Rose (violin) started playing at the age of three and won her first fiddle competition at age five. Alisa is a member of the Picasso Quartet, the Real Vocal String Quartet, Homespun Rowdy, 49 Special, and A.J. Roach and the Strange Pilgrims.
• Keith Lawrence (viola) studied viola at the Creative and Performing Arts Middle and High Schools in Pittsburgh, the Interlochen Arts Academy, and The Winchester Thurston School. After graduating from North Allegheny Senior High School in 1999, Lawrence enrolled as a viola performance major at the Oberlin Conservatory under the tutelage of Peter Slowik and Roger Chase where he received his undergraduate degree in 2003. Lawrence completed his graduate studies at the DePaul University School of Music as a student of Rami Solomonow in 2007.
• Michelle Kwon (cello) holds B.A. and M.M. degrees in Violoncello Performance from Stanford University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. A passionate ensemble player, she has collaborated with artists such as Kenny Endo and the Kenny Endo Taiko Ensemble, John Vanderslice, and bands Death Cab for Cutie and Hauschka. She recently performed at Carnegie Hall with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, and plays with the Fresno Philharmonic., the Oakland East Bay and Monterey symphonies, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, and the Magik*Magik Orchestra of San Francisco.

Relevant Links:
Quartet San Francisco Official Website
More Info on Qingdao Grand Theatre

Photo Credit @ Nicholas Wilson

Listen to the music of Yu and Jiang on Douban.

When: December 25, 8 pm
Venue: Freedom Cuba Live House
Location: 3 Tongshan Lu / 通山路三号
Tickets: 30 yuan (RMB) advance, 50 door
More Info: 136.6886.6600

Relevant Links:
Map to Freedom Cuba Live House (Chinese)

When: December 24, 8 pm
Venue: Old Church Lounge / 老教堂吧
Location: 31 Jining Lu / 济宁路31号
More info: 8284-5450

Relevant Links:
Old Church Lounge/Kaiyue Youth Hostel

Image Credit @ Thomas Kinkade

Freedom Cuba Live House is becoming the premier venue for original live music in Qingdao – check out some Shandong based bands for a rocking Christmas Eve this year. Any and all local performers are encouraged to join the stage; original or adapted compositions in a set of over 3 songs requested by the organizer. The music starts at 8 pm and goes to midnight, with an afterparty to follow. Tickets are 30 yuan RMB in advance and 50 at the door. Call 136.6886.6600 for more information.

When: December 24, 8 pm
Venue: Freedom Cuba Live House
Location: 3 Tongshan Lu / 通山路三号
More Info: 136.6886.6600

Relevant Links:
Map to Freedom Cuba Live House (Chinese)

When: December 17, 2.30 pm
Venue: Meet at Hisense Plaza carpark (between Donghai Lu/Aomen Lu)

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 254 – December 17, 2011

Hare/s: Horny Hunchback (Dean)

Costs: RMB 10/head for hashers & harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors upto 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: PLEASE NOTE – JUST FOR THIS RUN: We meet in the car park of Hisense Plaza at 2.30 PM sharp.

Run starts at 2.45 PM SHARP.

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
The hare will enlighten you on Saturday!

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one.

Receding Hareline:
Xmas Run No. 255 – December 24: Angelina Zhao & Gerd. Christmas Eve and Angelina’s birthday on the same day!!

WE NEED HARES FOR JANUARY – please let Well Hung Jury know if you are available to hare a run, thanks! Dates here:

Run No. 255 – January 7 – OPEN
Run No. 256 – January 14 – OPEN
Run No. 257 – January 21 – Yellow Submarine (Sean)
Run No. 258 – January 28 – OPEN

Planned out of town specials:
In hiatus for Winter until 2012, we’ll be back then!! On on..

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

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On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
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Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

When: December 16, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)

Photo Credit @ Osports.cn via nba247365.com

Watch videos of some of the performers on Youku and Tudou. This event features many of the Qingdao musicians from the Guitar Forums regularly held at Sonospace.

When: December 16, 7:30 pm
Venue: Sonospace Bookstore / 不是书店
Address: 100 Nanjing Lu (Creative 100) / 南京路100号创意园
Info: 8080.9565

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Guitar Blog
Sonospace Books
Creative 100
Fields of Gold Guitar School

When: December 14, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets (25 yuan, 60 regular, 200 VIP) are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). View the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Find the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast. Also, check out recaps of CBA games (with video) on Niubball.com.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)

When: December 11, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). Check out the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Check out the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)

When: December 10, 2 pm
Venue: Meet at the Crowne Plaza, 76 Xianggang Zhong Lu

From the Qingdao HHH official website: “Here in Qingdao, every week the Qingdao Hash House Harriers jog, walk, crawl and run a 60 to 90 minute fun run. They follow a trail marked with flour laid out by “hares” which ends at a “Down Down” circle.”

More info from the Qingdao HHH:

Run No. 253 – December 10, 2011

Hare/s: Straydog (Chris) hares his birthday run!

Travel/Transport:
劲松七路 (Jìnsōng qī lu) is the name of the bus stop on Yin Chuan road, over near the big Etsong/Conson stadium. From Crowne Plaza, we will take bus 314 which leaves over on Fuzhou road so we will have to walk a few meters. Other bus lines that go there are 223, 312 and 381.

Shi Lao Ren Residents: If you prefer to wait at the above bus stop, please keep in mind that it’s hard to say when exactly the rest of the pack will reach there and anyone who will wait there will have to do so in the cold weather so please be appropriately dressed/prepared. We estimate an arrival time of around 2:50 to 3 PM at Jinsong Qi Lu stop!

There WILL be a warm place for our circle and dinner – not to worry

Costs: Run: RMB 10/head for hashers, harriettes; RMB 5/ head for horrors up to 12 years old for bus & beers/water. Dinner is optional and will be at an added cost if you decide to stay.

Meeting Place and Time: Lobby of Crowne Plaza Hotel at 2.00 PM for 2.15 PM hare off.

Run starts at 3 PM SHARP.

Plan to attend? Please RSVP here.

More Info:
After running along almost every trail on the southern side of Fushan, this run will finally bring us to the northern side of that little mountain. After getting out of the bus along Yin Chuan Road the trail will lead along some of Qingdao’s local forests, small ponds and creeks. There might not always be a proper street or path for us, so some climbing might be needed. The run will finish up in the urban area nearby and there will be a restaurant to warm up. It is not an A to A run.

Still more info:
T-shirts are available for sale now, pleas drop us an email with your size request if you would like to buy one.

Receding Hareline:
Run No. 254 – December 17: Horny Hunchback (Dean) – This is the day before Dean flees China for a trip to the United States.
Xmas Run No. 255 – December 24: Angelina Zhao & Gerd. Christmas Eve and Angelina’s birthday on the same day!!
Run No. 256 – January 14 – OPEN
Run No. 257 – January 21 – OPEN
Run No. 258 – January 28 – OPEN

Planned out of town specials:
In hiatus for Winter until 2012, we’ll be back then!! On on..

Want to volunteer for haring? Know someone who wants to hare? Please contact our Hare Raiser “Well Hung Jury”.

–
On On !!
Well Hung Jury & Team
Hare Raiser/Trail Master – Qingdao Hash House Harriers
–

Relevant Links:
Qingdao Hash House Harriers Official Website
Crowne Plaza Qingdao Website
Qingdao HHH on Facebook

When: December 2, 2011 (7:30 pm Tip Off)
Venue: Qingdao University Arena
More Info: 8268-4351

Lester Hudson, one of the league limited three foreign players on the Qingdao squad, leads the CBA in scoring with an average of 35.4 points per game. Come out and cheer on the home team hoopsters as they try to improve on the dismal seasons of the past few years.

The teams meet at Qingdao’s CBA basketball venue, the Qingdao University Arena. Tickets are available at the gate (enter via south gate on Hong Kong East Road). Check out the full CBA standings on Asia-Basket.com. Check out the Qingdao University Arena location on Google Maps here.

Anyone interested in working as a part time commentator covering the CBA in Qingdao, check out this forum post by RT Sportscast.

Relevant Links:
NiuBBall (English)
Official CBA website (Chinese)
Official Qingdao Double Star website (Chinese)

Denali has Chinese subtitles and the 30 RMB entrance fee includes access to 3 “all you can drink” kegs of Tsingtao’s finest. Denali is being shown at Redstar in Creative 100, Room 401, Building 3 (100 Nanjing Lu just north of Jiangxi Lu).

For more info, call 8388.2269.

When: December 9, 2011, 7.30 pm
Venue: Redstar, Creative 100/ 红星创议100
Address:100 Nanjing Rd, Building 3, Rm 401 / 南京路100号三号楼401室
Tickets: 30 yuan (RMB)
Info: 8388.2269

Relevant Links:
InDeep Films