7:30 pm, Jan 25. Poly Theater, Poly Plaza, Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng district.
7:30 pm, Jan 5. National Center for the Performing Arts, west of Tian'anmen Square.
7:30 pm. Jan 1 and 2, 2014. Forbidden City Concert Hall in Zhongshan Park, northwest of Tian'anmen Square.
10 am-6 pm, until Jan 5. Art Gallery of Chinese Academy of Oil Painting, 1704 Wenhua Yishuxin Jie (Street), Gaobeidian, Chaoyang district, Beijing.
Until Feb 17. Gehua Design Center, 13F Building A, Gehua Tower, No 1 Qinglong Bystreet, Dongcheng district, Beijing.
9 am-5 pm, no admission after 4 pm, closed on Mondays, until Feb 22. National Museum of China, east of Tian'anmen Square, 16 East Chang'an Avenue.
Dates: Jan 31-Feb 3
Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts
Date: Jan 17-Feb 3
Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts
Cheng Fangyuan studied erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle) at the Central Conservatory of Music in 1977.
A group of cross-talk performers, including Kang Songguang, Jiang Kun, Li Zhengrui and Chang Guitian, will gather for a show to celebrate the late crosstalk master Wang Changyou's centennial.
Date: 9 am-5 pm, daily except Monday until June 16. Venue: Capital Museum, 16 Fuxingmenwai Street, Xicheng district, Beijing.
National Theater of China has joined hands with Arts Center Melbourne to give a fresh interpretation of the story of Madame Butterfly.
The National Art Museum of China invites viewers to appreciate the beauty of calligraphy and literature with a display of more than 100 refined couplets, or yinglian.
7:30 pm, Jan 22 to 27. Poly Theater, Poly Plaza, Dongsishitiao, Dongcheng district, Beijing.
Date: 9 am-4:30 pm, except Monday, until Jan 12.
Venue: Floor 2, Studio of Glorious Treasures Mansion, No 19 Liulichang Xijie, Xicheng district, Beijing.