Recent Entries in Arts/Entertainment
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Midweek Music Preview: November 25 - November 29
Shanghaiist lists all the live music performances you might want to check out from now until Sunday this week. For fun things that aren't live music, take a peek at our Pencil This In that's out every Monday! WEDNESDAY The Theo Crocker Sextet (headed by Theo Crocker, grandson of Jazz trumpet legend Doc Cheatham) will be playing New Orleans Jazz tonight. Formed in 2006, the group has released three albums to international acclaim since,...
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Photo of the Day: Let it grow
Photo by Sean Hanratty More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here)....
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China's High School Musical actually College Freshman Musical
Thanks in part to the immense popularity High School Musical enjoyed whilst it was on the stage in Shanghai, Disney is now working with Shanghai Media Group and Huayi Bro.s on a Chinese-version of the made-for-TV movie - and it's based in our city! But those looking for a direct translation of the show will be pretty disappointed - it's being vastly adjusted to fit Chinese culture and sensibilities: First of all, the Shanghai...
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Interview: Kerry Ann Lee, culture shock = inspiration
Meet Kerry Ann Lee, Kiwi cultural philosopher and rising artist, who confuses her neighbors with her I-like-Rockabilly style and inability to speak Mandarin Chinese (despite a Chinese ethnic heritage). She's here in Shanghai for three months as part of the Wellington Asia Residency Exchange (WARE), an initiative developed by Asia New Zealand Foundation and Wellington City Council New Zealand, after solo shows in Dunedin and New York. She just unveiled two new pieces at...
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Photo of the Day: Amongst the rubble
Photo by hannah power More photos on the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site (and here)....
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Pencil This In: November 23-27
As most of the Americans around town are well aware, it's Thanksgiving week! Warm up for the fun with another round of the Shanghaiist Scrabble Happy Hour on Tuesday, stuff your face silly on Thursday, then emerge from a tryptophan coma in time to help raise money for The Library Project. Whatever you do, enjoy the time with your friends and family! Love, your friends at Shanghaiist. Monday: Jazz Jamshow It's time again for...
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Cinematheque: Mulan is finally Chinese again! (and other film news)
Mulan, the old Chinese tale that was made into a Disney movie in 1998, is finally finding its way back home to its original country. Under the direction of Jingle Ma and with Zhao Wei in the leading role, the movie about the female warrior goes up on cinemas starting Friday. Who can resist another epic costume drama from China?! We guess it´s about time Chinese film makers took back their legendary woman-warrior Hua...
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Interview: Coco Zhao, from jazz to M. Butterfly
Coco Zhao is a veteran jazz musician, and a great one at that - he has earned world renown for his smooth blend of Chinese tunes and Western elements, and is a fixture in international jazz festivals. This week, he mixes it up, starring in David Henry Hwang's Pulitzer Prize winning M. Butterfly, directed by Daniel Roy Connelly, about a torrid affair between a French diplomat and a Peking Opera star, who... spoiler alert...happens...
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Philanthropist: Rockin' with Roots & Shoots
In Shanghaiist's Philanthropist feature, we highlight individuals and groups doing interesting things to make the world a little bit of a better place. This week we talk to one of the organizers of the third annual Rock for Roots & Shoots concert. Rock for Roots & Shoots is a charity concert benefitting the Million Tree Project.Where: Yuyintang, 1731 Yanan Xi Lu, near Kaixuan Lu. 延安西路1731号(凯旋路) 中山公园小白楼 When: Saturday, November 21, 6PM to late Cover:...
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Weekendist: Wig party, pub crawl, art openings and more!
Yet another jam-packed weekend hits Shanghai. In case you're looking for something to do that's not related to all the live music choices available this week, we present you with some sweet alternatives. Ranging from a wig party, to a pub crawl, to yet another new art exhibit, we're sure you'll find something to keep yourself occupied. Friday: Wig out at Dada, boogie nights at Bar Rouge Find the craziest wig you can (Taobao...
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'Stateless in Shanghai': Nov. 21 and 22
Stateless in Shanghai Cover Shanghai-born Dr. Liliane Willens will be speaking twice this weekend about her newly published book, Stateless in Shanghai at several venues around the city. But first, a word of explanation about what "stateless in Shanghai" really means: In the first half of the twentieth century, the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai contained the world's largest foreign population. They were, rather ironically, "stateless" persons: persons without citizenship in any country. Though most...
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Around Shanghai: Globetrotters hit Shanghai, power overload around city, more on Obama
Get lost Yao Ming. Alright, stick around. But make room for the Harlem Globetrotters, playing at Yuanshen Sports Center on December 12! If you're not b-ball buff some quick stats: the Globetrotters were formed in 1926, have lost only two games between 1968 to 2000, and have a current winning percentage of 98.4%. Details on how to get tickets coming soon! [Urbanatomy] Many were left a bit disappointed by Obama's Town Hall in Shanghai:...
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Interview: Rich Medina funks up the Shelter
Rich Medina, a veteran of the New York music scene, is tearing up the Shelter on Friday night - a party you definitely don't want to miss. Who is he? Besides being the resident DJ at New York's super-hip APT club on Wednesday night, he also holds it down with Q-tip, of a Tribe Called Quest, at Santo's Party House. This past summer he and Bobbito Garcia hosted "Happy Feet" at New York's Le...
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Electrolist: Berlin 8-bit retroblaster tonight
Electrolist, by Shanghai Ultra of the VOID crew, gives the lowdown on the Shanghai electronic music scene each week, with picks, tips, news, and other rumors. Thanks to the Phreaktion Crew, Roni Size and his sidekick Dynamite MC packed a white-hot Shelter last weekend. Electrolist couldn't make it due to a football-related incident, so we asked the first person we could find who did. City raver Orlando Crowcroft, from the UK Channel Island of...
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Zhang Shuai and the future of Chinese tennis
Zhang Shuai awaits the serve at the China Tennis Grand Prix in Nanjing, November 2009 Last weekend, the finals of the China Tennis Grand Prix took place in Nanjing. It was the culmination of a week-long event, which was actually the culmination of several months of tennis played at multiple levels in cities across China. In its fourth year, and its second with Mercedes-Benz as title sponsor, this event is the training ground for...
