It was a late midsummer night.  Winkel & Balktick searched block after block for the nocturnal paradise of their dreams.  With each passing hour, the hope that the bottle service swindles would give way to dens of pleasure and imagination faded.

As they were about to concede defeat, they noticed faint emanations of celestial sound and light from a nearby waterfront street.  As they drew near, the sensations of synesthesia grew stronger.  Finally, with heads full of kaleidoscopic colors and tones, a man in a red silk robe greeted them with a mischievous grin.  “We’ve been expecting you.”

The robed gatekeeper threw open an imperial steel gate.  What they beheld next brought tears of joy to their eyes: A clandestine metropolis of dynastic grandeur and libertine attractions.  Scantily-clad citizens and eccentric shopkeepers kept them fed with the forbidden fruit of their creative revelry till broad daylight.

On Saturday, September 4th, Winkel & Balktick will share their discovery with a select group of brave urban explorers.  Dare you enter the Forbidden City and risk leaving the mundane world behind for good?