New Year races

    Local running group Run Fit is organizing several races for the morning of Jan. 1 in Nanshan District to welcome the New Year. The categories are 5km and 10km races inside Shenzhen Bay Park and 8km from Seaworld to Chiwan. Runners must be between the ages of 12 and 65 years old and all applications should be submitted via WeChat to the account “run-fit.”

    Pillow fight

    Time: 7:30-9 p.m.,

    9:30-11:30 p.m., Dec. 24

    Tickets: 148-180 yuan (including a pillow)

    Inquiries: 8320-7913

    Venue: Brown Sugar Jar, Block 5, Huangguanyuan, Tairan Road 9, Chegongmiao, Futian District (福田区车公庙泰然九路皇冠园5栋红糖罐)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Chegongmiao Station (车公庙站), Exit C

    Old school disco party

    Get warm with disco in this cold weather! Take your good pal, put on vintage clothes, wear bling bling sunglasses and sway your hips. Disco-themed movies will be shown at 7:30 p.m. followed by a dance party!

    Time: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 25

    Venue: Whatever Coffee, Block E6, OCT-LOFT (华侨城创意园E6栋如盒咖啡店)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A

    Jazz night

    Chinese saxophonist Li Gaoyang will collaborate with U.S. drummer Adam Nussbaum and Danish pianist Carl Winther for a jazz show.

    Time: 8 p.m., Dec. 25

    Tickets: 280-1,080 yuan

    Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, 2106 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2106号南山文体中心)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B

    PJ Bruyniks

    Dutch artist PJ Bruyniks is exhibiting his four large sculpture installations created during the past three months at Da Wang Culture Highland. His installations incorporate bamboo, ceramics, paper, silk and wood.

    Dates: Until Feb. 28

    Venue: Da Wang Culture Highland, Wangtong Road 1188, Luohu District (罗湖区望桐路1188号大望文化高地)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Guomao Station (国贸站) and then take bus 211

    Shin Matsunaga

    More than 200 poster designs and 51 paintings by Japanese graphic designer Shin Matsunaga are on exhibition. The posters are a review of the achievements of the 75-year-old master designer.

    Time: Until Dec. 29

    Venue: OCT Art & Design Gallery, 9009-1 Shennan Boulevard, Overseas Chinese Town (南山区华侨城深南大道9009-1号)

    Metro: Luobao Line, OCT Station (华侨城站), Exit C