Coming Up Soon: Creating art, cooking Japanese food and constructing a lightsaber

Junyi Qi

Denmark is holding the Star Wars fantasy game X-Wing System Open Series for the first time. Use the force and take the opportunity to build a lightsaber (June 11-12, 10:00-17:00; Ny Vestergade 10, Cph K; free adm)

Alternative business school Kaospilot is displaying the students’ projects at Kødbyen, ranging from sustainable fashion clothing to a series of guidebooks for entrepreneurs (June 10, 16:00- 21:00; Space10, Flæsketorvet 10, Cph V; free adm; kaospilot.dk)

Devour Japanese national dishes such as Onigiri (rice ball) and miso soup at Christiania. The ‘Cooking Japanese dishes by food wastes’ project includes other cultural and food activities (June 12, 11:00; Mælkebøtten 210, Cph K; 30kr, register by emailing at maikoshintani@gmail.com)

The Royal Theatre is selling off all its goodies at a flea market. Pick up lamps, costumes, hats, wigs, CDs and so on (June 10, 12:00-19:00, June 11, 10:00-15:00; S2 Hal, Refshalevej 173A, Cph K; 20kr)

Unleash your creativity at the launch event for ArtnSips. Organisers describe the proceedings as “a Painting, Drinks and Hugge event for all where no experience in painting is needed”. Start with a cocktail! It’s on the house (June 14, 19:00-21:00; Restaurant SULT, Vognmagergade 8, Cph K; 355kr, billetto.dk)

Enjoy music, dance and traditional Polish cuisine at the Polish Cultural Festival, which ends on June 18 (June 11, 11:00; Borgbjergsvej 26, Cph SV; 195kr; eventbrite.com)

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