Cross Border Summit

    The Cross Border Summit is an annual conference bringing together top e-commerce cross-border business leaders from around the world to share about business strategy, marketing, team-building, and other strategies to stay ahead in today’s world.

    This conference is for businesses doing business from Asia and business selling into China. If you are doing either one of those or perhaps both, then this is your opportunity to meet quality people. Learn from speakers from Passagemaker, Netconcepts China, SC Storage, Hogo Digital, Genesis Global Marketing, an amazon seller, and a whole lot more!

    Time: 9 a.m.-6 p.m., April 16

    Booking: 158-1685-9376

    Venue: IBM Building Rooftop, 7/F, Block B, Technology Building Phrase II, Gongye Road 6, Nanhai Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南海大道工业六路科技大厦2期B座7层)

    Metro: Shekou Line, Shuiwan Station (水湾站), Exit D

    ‘Digging a Hole in China’

    “Digging a Hole in China” exhibition features a range of works produced in contemporary China that connect to the land. The exhibition attempts to expose and analyze the discrepancies between this genre of work and “conventional” land art as understood in the Western art historical context, thereby probing the potential of “land” as a cultural concept in artistic practice.

    Dates: Until June 26

    Venue: OCAT, OCT-LOFT, Enping Road, Overseas Chinese Town, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城恩平路创意文化园OCT当代艺术中心)

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

    European glass pieces

    Glass pieces on loan from the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague are on display, offering a thoughtful, expressive, and utterly breathtaking exploration of glassmaking in Europe from the 4th century B.C. to the present day. There is a large collection of Bohemian glass with enamel paintings and extravagantly cut glass bowls, plates, vases, goblets and bottles. Glass from other glassmaking regions of Europe are also on display.

    Dates: Until June 16

    Venue: Shenzhen Museum, Block A, Civic Center, Futian District (福田区市民中心A区深圳博物馆新馆)

    Metro: Shekou or Longhua Line, Civic Center Station (市民中心站), Exit B(SD News)

    Photography workshop

    Shenzhen Art Museum will hold a black-and-white photography workshop April 16 in Shekou and a darkroom workshop April 23. Participants should bring their own cameras and ILFORD HP5 film rolls and gather at Dongjiaotou Metro Station Exit A at 1 p.m. on April 16 to shoot photos in Shekou. The top five participants will be selected to attend the darkroom workshop April 23.

    To attend the April 16 activity, applicants should send a message of “name + age + cellphone + email + 外拍” to Shenzhen Art Museum’s official WeChat: szam1976. The two workshops will be carried out in Chinese.

    Reggae Beachfest

    At the Reggae Beachfest on Saturday, you can enjoy reggae, dancehall, roots, dub, jungle, ska, rocksteady, beers, soft drinks, pole dance contest, beer pong, jerk chicken, Western food, beach meditation, surfing sessions and live music. DJs will be One Lovetron, Ragga Dragon, Soul Power, Ras Tayta, Irie Anima and Jah Quest.

    Tickets: 200 yuan (roundtrip bus fares, beach entry, party, open beer bar & soft drinks)

    Tickets can be bought on the buses, which leave from Shopping Park Metro Station Exit D at 2 p.m. Saturday and return at 4 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday. If you come on your own to the beach in Xichong Hesou Village (西冲鹤薮村), you only pay 100 yuan at the party at Secret Spot.

    Booking: 136-0252-6285

    Maximilian Hecker

    German musician Maximilian Hecker will give a show Saturday. Known for ethereal pop or dream pop music, Hecker’s style is similar to Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Tom Baxter and Nick Drake. He describes his songs as “melancholy pop hymns.”

    Time: 8 p.m., April 16

    Tickets: 100-380 yuan

    Reservation: 400-185-8666

    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

    Asia Pet Fair

    More than 300 pet product companies will showcase their pet food, clothing and healthcare products at the three-day Asia Pet Fair in Bao’an District. Pet races, swimming and jumping contests will also be held.

    Dates: April 15-17

    Tickets: 30 yuan

    Venue: China Asia Conference and Exhibition Center, 29 Gangtou Road, Bao’an District (宝安区岗头路29号深圳中亚会展中心)

    Metro: Luobao Line, Airport East Station (机场东站), Exit B (then take a taxi or the fair’s free shuttle bus)(Cao Zhen)