This one’s for the kids…well at least partially. The big news for little ones is the Hand in Hand International Children's Music Festival is returning for its third tour and Sport For Life is offering free trials to try new sports (yay sports). For adults, GoEast has got Winter Immersion Chinese Courses (New Year's resolutions!), Xinfab hosts a lecture on designer stuff, Green Initiatives screens an education doc, ELG is taking volunteers, and Ladies Who Tech puts on a free event at eBay.

*** Hand in Hand International Children's Music Festival returns for a winter tour, featuring the same line up as the last time around. Emmy award winning and Grammy-nominated Lucky Dias and the Family Jam Band and kid-friendly rock band Hippe Gasten. Two shows, one starts at 10am for the early risers, the other at 1pm. Tickets range from 160rmb, to 260rmb, to 360. You can read a bit more about the festival here. New Year, new you, new sport. Sport for Life is opening all their sports to new and existing customers to try out something new for free. This offer is good from January 8 to February 10, there's dancing, basketball, soccer and more for various age groups check out all teams and locations on their site. In other kid-related news, there’s another mindfulness workshop on the books for young ones this week, learn more here. This year's the year you commit to Chinese classes...right?? GoEast is offering Winter Immersion Courses that last 4 weeks, while your resolve is still strong. There are three levels from beginner to intermediate, check out all the dets right here. Xinfab and Openmake are teaming up to offer a talk on open source design and digital fabrication, sounds maybe like it'd be exciting for designer types; Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher from AtFAB will be in the house and the event is free for Xinfab members (or start membership for 30rmb) register at the event at 6.30pm, starts at 7pm. Green Initiatives is screening Alphabet, a documentary on the modern educational system, more specifically how it's failing our children by stifling their creativity. Check out the trailer (VPN on). The movie pops off at 7pm followed by a short discussion. Costs 50rmb for people and 20rmb for students if you register before the event and 70rmb for all at the door. ELG (or Engage, Learn, Grow) is a social enterprise dedicated to providing high quality education for students with special needs. If this sounds like something you'd like to get involved with they're having an open day for info on jobs, internships, and volunteer opportunities, the day is chopped up running from 10.30am-12pm, 2-3.30pm, and 6-7.30pm.

Something to Look Forward To...

Ladies Who Tech in Action's hosting an event at eBay with women from the tech industry sharing their stories. Both men and women are welcome to join the event, but as a free event is has the tendency to fill up quickly. Follow the link for the QR code to save a spot.