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- Julu Lu Villa Owner Fined 30.5 Million RMB for Extensively 'Refurbishing' Historic Building
  
  Many are citing it as the largest fine ever levied by the local government in a case of home renovations: The private owner of the villa at 888 Julu Lu was recently fined a hefty 30.5 million RMB (over 4.45 million USD) after almost entirely demolishing the building illegally. Read on
- Boiler Room Is Coming Back Around to Shanghai
  
  Online music broadcasting platform Boiler Room is returning to Shanghai, "in collaboration with Budweiser to bring their cutting-edge alternative livestreamed parties to the hyperlocal Chinese music scene." Read on
- This Week's Tickets: Moliere’s ‘L’Avare’, Anne Evenou's Jazz Divas, and Felguk at M2
  
  Onward with those big-ticket cultural, family, and clubbing events. Here's what we're moving this week on SmartTicket. French comedy, a big-name EDM duo from Brazil, and a big band show at The Pearl, among other wonderful things. Click on the jump for details. Read on
- Red Town Concert Venue On Stage to Close July 2
  
  This one's been in the cards for some time now and the venue's management has officially announced it via their official WeChat account: On Stage is closing July 2. Owned by the JZ corp., the venue is joining the mass migration away from the Red Town area, following news that the property's management is re-purposing the area. There's been some muttering about office blocks. A quick translation of their official statement after the jump. Read on
- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  The Cut Rooftop Reopens Soon, Boya Closes, Camel Group Buys Wolverine's Goddamn Gym
  
  Yup. They've finally revealed the endgame of their decades of Shanghai operations, all the opening and closing of Bull & Claws and The Camels; Buying Hugh Jackman's gym. Okay, what else do we have. A... single entendre? A rooftop (re)opens soon, a decent place in a mall closes, and website announces that Shanghai has some really, really good bars (no shit!). Deets after the jump. Read on
  
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- Community Chest
  
  By Sarah Boorboor
  
  Shelter From the Storm: Indoor Community Events Happening this Weekend
  
  Looks like it’s gonna be a rainy one Shanghai. But, hey, in these trying times, don't let your mood grow as dark as the sky. Here are some community events on for this weekend that might make things a bit brighter. We got a day of free work outs at Z&B, a yoga-brunch hybrid, a Green Initiatives' flea market, the Anken Life Summer Fest, and BULA at NakedHub. Read on for details. *** Read on
- [Self Help]: Fhiit Lab: Row. Lift. Run. Have Your Heart Rate Monitored. Throw Up a Little.
  
  Brain meets brawn at Fhiit Lab where you can get a tech savvy work out, complete with a heart monitor. That's the central conceit with this workout: For the course of the session, your heart rate is monitored and projected on to a big screen, along with everyone else's. So that's... something different. Centered around running, lifting, and rowing the "Hiit" in Fhiit stands for high intensity interval training. The work out gets your heart rate up in short intense bursts for optimal calorie burning. Classes are offered in English and Chinese, dependent on the day. Read on for the sweaty details. Read on
  
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- Free Brazilians Alert (!)
  
  ...and that's the first time we've ever typed that! Free Brazilians, Shanghai! Free Brazilians! (We mean the style of waxing not the actual people. Free Brazilian waxing, is what we mean.) This Sunday, the aptly named Strip salon on Xinle Lu is dishing out free bush prunings to the first 30 women (And men? We'll say men too. UPDATE: No, not men. Sad.) who turn up to their shop. Breaks down like this: "First 10 customers get: 1. Free Brazilian Wax; 2. 1000rmb Waxing PKG 3; 35% off on ice cream / Mineral Body Polish; 4. Friend Referral Voucher. The next 11 to 30 customers get: 1. Free Brazilian Wax; 2. ¥ 100 Waxing PKG; 3. 35% off on ice cream / Mineral Body Polish; 4. Friend Referral Voucher. The next 30 to 100 customers get 1. ¥ 150 Brazilian Voucher; 2. 100rmb Waxing PKG; 3. Friend Referral Voucher." Starts at noon. Sounds amazing. Think we'll send out a party photographer. They want your hair! Huzzah!
- 3 Family Friendly Events to Mark in Your Calendar
  
  Hey Shanghai, here are three things to do with your kids that -- bonus -- you will also find enjoyable. Great stuff here: family magic shows, the second annual YoMo Youth Mobile Festival for the next generation of scientists and technologists, and a modern dance stage show about the natural world. Educational (mostly), culturally rich (definitely) and great bonding opportunities for the whole family. Read on for details. Read on
- The Shanghai Bakery Is Now Open for Your Delicious Baked Goods Needs
  
  Since shuttering their Jing'an venue last year, The Shanghai Bakery has bounced around town to a few pop-up places but it looks like they've now found a more permanent home in the city center. Open today, The Shanghai Bakery, run by long-time scene staple, French expat Ox, now has their own window at 210 Jinxian Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu. They've got a window at the gate of La Maison's lovely lane house there. Read on
- This Week's Tickets: Color Up Garage Party, Fete de la Musique, and a Steampunk Themed Market
  
  Lots of wonderful and interesting things on for the next week in Shanghai. Get yourself sorted for some pre-sale tickets and save money at the entrance gate. We're also dealing in e-tickets for most of these events, so it's even easier to get yourself sorted. We're looking forward to a big EDM color concert party, the yearly Fete de la Musique event, and a steampunk-themed pup-up market called "Time Machine - Nautilus's Carnival". Details on these and more after the jump. Read on
- Kool & The Gang, Andy Summers, and More Announced for JZ Festival
  
  JZ Festival's released its first line-up of musicians, confirming Kool & The Gang, Andy Summers and the Blue Falcons, Chris Dave's Drumhedz and Jeff Lorber will be performing. A mainstay of the musical calendar, and Asia's second biggest jazz festival, JZ Festival has upgraded itself to seven stages this year, with more than 50 international performance artists and groups pledging to swing, croon, funk, bebop and... fuse? Whatever the verb for "fusion" would be. Read on
- The Yang Jing Bang Pop-Up Returns This Weekend, Sounds Like It's Going to Taste Good
  
  After well-received and mostly sold out seatings at a slew of restaurants in 2016 -- Egg, Pirata, The Grumpy Pig, Commune Social, and Tomatito, among others -- local restaurateur Nat Alexander is bringing back the Yang Jing Bang Pop-Up dining event this Saturday and Sunday at Elefante. The mandate is still tongue-in-cheek "inauthentic Chinese cuisine" presented as a six-course lunch on those two days. A few more details after the jump. Read on
- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  Midnight Burger Moving In Downstairs, Beef & Liberty Down the Street, A Couple Reinventions and Street-Specific Dramas
  
  Hey Shanghai. Mirror and UVA Wine Bar are reinventing themselves, there's some nonsense going on on Dagu Lu and Wulumuqi Lu (you may have already read about it), and Midnight Burger is closing! Which is fantastic. Just outstanding. Because they're moving in with us instead, basically, while a new Beef & Liberty moves in down the street. It's going to be a good time to live on Xiangyang Bei Lu. Deets after the asterisk. Read on
- There's This Big 'Foodie Festival' on Right Now Called Yummy Planet and They Sent Me 'Cause I'm an Expert on World Cuisines
  
  You know how I like my cuisine? Worldly. I like it "worldly", Shanghai. I like my delicacies to come from distant lands flown in on twin-engine planes on beds of ice like important organ transplants; I like my caviar to come in briefcases chained to some guy's wrist; I like my back truffles hustled from ancient forests in rural France. Or England. Or wherever those things are from. Germany? Anyway. The Yummy Planet Foodie Festival is on. Right now. At the ShanghaiMart in Gubei. Here's our Report from the Ground. Read on
  
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