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- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  Michelin Michelin Michelin? Michelin.
  
  It's the Being John Michelin edition. Thankfully, there's a bunch of other stuff happening, so I don't have to write about it! A non-Eataly Eataly opened up, a new Beer Lady is spotted, Kathleen's is closing tomorrow, Foreplay is shuttered after a short run, Dagu's got it's terraces back, just in time for rain, and a raft of anniversaries, parties and... oh, and Elefante's party got postponed. Bummer. So much stuff! Read on
  
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- This Week’s SmartDeals: XO Bar, Subconscious Spa, Floatasian, Z&B Fitness, and Urban Thai
  
  Another batch of SmartDeals that’ll be good till Sunday, October 1st. Get ‘em while they’re hot—there’s one for almost every day next week and a few open tickets too. XO Bar is opening the flood gates with free flow Italian craft Follina beer for 99rmb, Subconscious Day Spa’s offering 50% off 'Skin Rehab’ Facials, buy 2 get 1 personal training sessions at Z&B Fitness, discounted blowouts and Floatasian floating. Also deals on food at Urban Thai, Lychee, White Castle, Styx, and Beef & Liberty. Details and pricing after the jump. Read on
- Smash Is Closing
  
  Hate to relay some sad news ferrying you into your weekend, but here we are: Dingxi Lu alterna-cool hotspot Smash have told SmartShanghai.com that they'll be closing down for good shortly after the October holiday. That's... pretty sucky. More after the jump and the official statement from the club's management. Read on
- It's Like 'Sleep No More' But on a Boat: 'Ship of Dreams - The Titanic Experience' Is Coming in November
  
  Hello, fans of legitimate art. Do you like your lines between audience and performer blurred? Your expectations of narrative development challenged and upended? Your whole idea of modern theater shattered and revolutionized? Have I got a show for you. Here's the elevator pitch: There's this new show opening this November in Shanghai, it's like Sleep No More. You know with the audience and actors all running around the place getting into adventures and stuff. That whole thing. Here's the kicker: It's on a boat in the Huangpu. And it's Titanic-themed. Yes! Read on
- Community Chest
  
  By Sarah Boorboor
  
  IPWS is Back, WeChat Talks, and Boxing with More Than Aware: Community Events this Week
  
  Ladies, ladies, laaaadies. Seems like we're kicking butt lately in the way of community events. This week there'll be a charity boxing event for breast cancer prevention with More Than Aware and the International Professional Women's Society has got another event on for this weekend. There'll also be chances to learn more about WeChat and blue gold a.k.a water in Shanghai. This weekend, there'll be a market just for kids, and this is the final week for the SHQFF. Details after the jump. Read on
- And Now It's Postponed: 3rd Edition of Beernanza Beer Festival
  
  It's not a good month to be a Beer Festival. First BREW Beer Fest gets cancelled, and now this; the 3rd edition of the Beernanza Beer Festival, originally scheduled for October 20-22, it has been postponed until November 3-5. The promoters say it's due to "additional measures imposed by the central authorities for the month of October." They're quick to thank the local authorities for their help and support, though. But of course! To be sure!
- Canadian Hockey Legend Phil Esposito Is Hanging Out at The Blind Pig Tonight
  
  1970s Canadian hockey legend, Hall of Famer, digger in the corners, embodiment of TRUE GRIT, all-around class act Phil Esposito is in Shanghai tonight, being his living icon self at The Blind Pig (it's what the Big Bamboo on Nanyang is now). Phil Esposito: One of the all-time greats. First player to score 100 points in a season. Held the most goals in a season until Gretzky came along. Two-time Hart Memorial Trophy winner. Centered on two Stanley Cup teams with Bobby friggin' Orr. It's your boy Phil. In Shanghai. So yeah, he's at The Blind Pig tonight, just hanging out being a generally decent dude and shaking people's hands. Details: It's 150rmb to get in the place, which includes "hors d'oeuvres" and one drink. Damn, Phil, I know you played 18 seasons but 150rmb entry fee? You got Nicki Minaj guesting on your latest track or something?
- Shanghai Can Eat Again: The 2018 Michelin Guide Is Out
  
  If you've been wandering around the city like a zombie, starving, slamming your head into walls, delirious with starvation, unable to find a mall restaurant that can serve you world-class food, the Michelin Guide 2018 edition was released yesterday and can help with a few recommendations. Some back-story? The inaugural Shanghai Michelin Guide was released last year to some snide shrugs from the Shanghai F&B community -- they celebrated a lot of famous restaurants in malls and hotels that have their original locations in Hong Kong and are way, way better there; they didn't have too much to say on Chinese cuisine that isn't exorbitantly expensive and tacky; they shafted Paul Paret's Ultraviolet culinary celebration of unchecked egoism out of three stars. Onward, 2018! Long story short: First two, still the same; third thing they've amended. Ultraviolet joins T'ang Court in the Langham as a three-star anointed place to get food. The full list of Michelin honorees is right here. Can we expect 9,000 tertiary offshoot blogs from Shanghai lifestyle media platforms leeching off this list? "Top 3 Must-Try Michelin Restaurants To Visit Before You Blow Your Head Off?" Let's hope so!
  
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- Orangetheory Fitness Is Bringing the 'Best One Hour Workout' to Shanghai
  
  They’re coming. It was only a matter of time. Orangetheory, the it-girl of HIIT franchises is set to open their first Shanghai studio on Maoming Lu mid-November. Apart from the Traceys, Staceys, and Brendas of the world, the New York Times accredited them as having the ‘best one-hour workout in the U.S.’ So what can you expect? Details after the jump. Read on
  
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- 'We Are Here': This Week's Shanghai Queer Film Festival Events and Previews
  
  We're in for a full week of engaging, profound, provocative, and eddying cinema as the Shanghai Queer Film Festival enters the second week of its run in venues around the city. Basically, it's all about hopscotching all over town for screenings, workshops, and discussion forums until a final screening on Sunday night at The Pearl. Here's a listing on what's on for the SGFF this week. For more info, check their website right here. "We Are Here" indeed! Read on
- Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Events: Get Sorted for the High Holidays
  
  It’s just about the beginning of the Jewish New Year (starts September 20!). Community organizations Kehilat and Chabad are both holding services and events so you can feel at home during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We’re bringing you the list of events for the next two weeks, cause spots are limited and you gotta sign up — and you know, we like to plan ahead. Mozel! Read on
- 105 Years Young... Happy Birthday Shanghai American School!
  
  This is a piece of Shanghai modern history, folks. This past Sunday, Shanghai American School turned 105 years old — by jove, that is a lot of class. Their story in a nutshell: SAS was founded in 1912 as a consular school with just seven students and have had several locations around the city throughout their history, even operating within a Japanese interment camp during the Second World War. It was during that time they "shut down" (not really), and "re-opened" under several different monikers such as Private American School, American Private School, Private Community School, and a few others before eventually taking a hiatus and re-opening in the 1980s as their first namesake, Shanghai American School. They now occupy two campuses on both sides of the river. Happy birthday SAS!
- And Now It's Cancelled: BREW Beer Fest 2017
  
  Bad news for beer fans. As the mercury's sitting pretty at 34 degrees and the sky's (sort of) clear, the 9th Annual BREW Beer Fest 2017 has been canceled on account of the weather. The weather to come, really. Set to take place this weekend (September 23 and 24), it's not postponed, just cancelled, due to a 75% chance of rain and a "lack of space availability after those dates in 2017." Come back next year, they say. Gutsy move. Most festivals wait until the day before to make that call. And this raises all kinds of questions about the name. Will it be the 10th BREW Beer Fest in 2018? Or is it still the 9th then? Anyway, sorry Shanghai, find somewhere else to drink this weekend.
- The Chemical Brothers, Axwell + Ingrosso, Kygo, and Marshmello Confirmed for Storm Festival
  
  Shanghai's own massive, baffling EDM festival concert event Budweiser Storm returns this Saturday and Sunday to the Shendi Ecology Park, after hopping around the country to places like Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu, and beyond. Festival promoters have being pretty tight-lipped about the acts scheduled to play the electronic festival, only officially releasing their headliners last Saturday night. Confirmed: The Chemical Brothers. It's been an open rumor for a while that The Chems were going to be performing at Storm, but the official word has finally been released from the festival organizers that the Manchester duo will finally be making their China debut. Seems like a long time coming. Along with them, Storm's released that two of Swedish House Mafia will be performing, Axwell + Ingrosso, Ed Sheeran remixist Kygo in on the bill, and EDM guy with a thing on his head Marshmello is also playing. But yeah! Chemical Brothers! Storm is already this weekend. SmartShanghai has tickets right here.
  
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- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  Le Bordelais' 4th (5th?) Spot Opens, Midnight Burger's Open Too, and a Bunch More F&B Happenings
  
  It's another week in the city with the usual! Le Petit Bordelais has opened up, bringing the empire to a staggering four venues, Midnight Burger is in soft open, Mr. Banh Mi is shut, and it's District's second anniversary on Saturday! Whoop whoop. More after the jump. Read on
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