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Fun stuff this weekend includes new Canton and Massillon art exhibits, country music artist Dustin Kines at Downtownhecks and Umbrella Alley art.

EAT: Your bite-sized guide to the best eats to be had in Beijing this week. At Las Musas, Cinco de Mayo is a whole three-day affair. In addition to buy-one-get-one-free tacos all day on May 3-4, they're running an all-you-can-eat-and-drink brunch on the day itself (which also happens to be a holiday). Be the master of your own meal with live cooking stations and build-your-own quesadillas, nachos, tacos, and skillets. Brunch is priced at RMB 328, including two hours of free-flow margaritas, beers, and soft drinks. The event is pre-ticketed and seats are limited; reserve now and find more inf...

Exactly how many cups of coffee can one person drink in a single day? Well, you have the opportunity to find out this weekend (Mar 19-21), as Woodstock of Eating, one of Beijing’s more creative event organizers, holds the 10,000 Possibility Coffee Market at Longfusi. Of course, don't actually expect 10,000 brands, but what you will find is booths from more than 40 boutique coffee shops and vendors, most of them independent, local brands. There’s not a single mass-market brand in the list of stalls – most are one-offs or small chains. Names you might have heard of include SOE, Metal...

“Chinese New Year is always about family. Our CNY traditions have vastly evolved over the years as we grew up. When we were young, our parents used to take us to their friends’ homes to bai leen [give our best wishes] and collect lai see. I remember learning about basic money management concepts and the importance of saving as a result of these customs. My mum opened bank accounts for us and would deposit our lai see money in there each year. By the time we were about eight years old, we learned to play the famous card game Chor Dai Dee, or Big Two as it’s called in English. In our teen...

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