This photo was taken this morning on Yongfu Lu near Fuxing Lu. Nothing screams “Better City, Better Life” like walking on some blacktop. A local business owner said this ugly, quick-fix approach to city planning could be a sign that Shanghai is really feeling the crunch as it tries to get its myriad [...]
Life is going to become pretty hectic in the next couple weeks, so take advantage of the calm before the storm with these local happenings, from an orchestral chamber music concert to another JUCCCE Green Idea Lab. Of course, don’t forget the best way to relax is always over Scrabble and 2-for-1 drinks [...]
Uh oh: though we pretty much expected it, it looks like twenty percent of the expo pavilions won’t be ready for the Expo’s scheduled May opening. While Shanghai Daily reassures us that it won’t matter because it’s mostly solitary national pavilions and corporate pavilions long underfunded, it’s still a pretty high percentage, around twice that [...]
Li Na (李娜) and Zheng Jie (郑洁) reached the quarterfinals of this year’s Australian Open, currently going on. Today, Li Na, the number 16 seed, advanced by defeating the world’s number 4, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, 6-4, 6-3. However, Li is not the first Chinese woman to reach the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. That [...]
Last week, Claire Barco interviewed the director of East West Theater’s new production, Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things. She then went to go see it. Below, her impressions of the event.
On an unseasonably warm Wednesday evening in January, a small performance space tucked away from the rush of Nanjing Lu was filled [...]
We know a lot of you have been racking your brains, trying to figure out how else you can help the ongoing relief efforts in Port au Prince. While we’ve outlined some of the ways you can donate in this article, city-wide volunteer organization BEAN is now organizing a way to donate while [...]
The Mack, a classic blaxploitation flick from 1973 is up for a free Tuesday screening at Dada.
Blaxploitation was a film genre which especially addressed an audience of urban black people and became popular in America during the 1970s. These films were the first to feature soundtracks of funk and soul [...]
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LAist braved the rain to join the rally to save CoCo, aka Conan O’Brien, and gathered with hundreds of chanting supporters of the now-ousted Tonight Show host.
DCist was in a bittersweet mood after learning that the National Zoo’s farewell event for panda Tai Shan, or as he’s better [...]
We counted you as part of the Chinese census, expat reader.
We checked out what Julie’s Food Experience, a Canadian restaurant in town, was all aboot.
We went crazy sexting just in case it gets banned, which it seems like it will.
We lost “Tallest Man in the World” to a Turk, but don’t worry–we still [...]