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- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  Some Bars, Some Deals, And M2 Turns Freaking 10 Years Old
  
  Hey ya'll. Bars to drink at have opened. You know what to do. M2 turns goddamn 10 years old, and second-best-part-of-John-Wick-2 Ruby Rose will be DJing. Read on
- Cafe Del Volcan's Turning 5 and Doing Half-Off All Coffee Today
  
  If you're in the vicinity of the now-surprisingly-quaint-and-quiet Yongkang Lu, you might know Cafe Del Volcan. They're pretty popular. They do good coffee. They're also turning five years old this weekend and therefore have decided to do 50% off all their coffees and bags of coffee for today. On top of that, they're doing an open-house at their coffee roastery in Minhang tomorrow. Breaking coffee news! Read on
- [Tested] Cook in Shanghai
  
  Cook in Shanghai’s been around for a minute. They started giving small classes in 2012 and have grown to include over a dozen classes, from how to make lamian to natural tie-dying. We joined their 'Healthy Cooking Class and Wet Market Tour', presented in 3 acts: first buy your ingredients at a wet market, then cook 3 healthy(ish) Chinese dishes, and end with eating your culinary creations. Read on
- Jailed Farine Employee Laurent Fortin's Family Launch Petition To Get Him Released
  
  The family of Frenchman Laurent Fortin have started a strongly worded petition addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean Yves Le Drian, asking for their support in securing his immediate release. Laurent Fortin, who started working at Farine last year, has been behind bars since his arrest on March 23 as a result of the expired flour scandal that hit Franck Pecol's bakery chain. Read on
  
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- Community Chest
  
  By Sarah Boorboor
  
  ShanghaiPRIDE, Stand-up Comedy, Pet Adoption and Yoga - brunch
  
  ShanghaiPRIDE is back to screen shorts from their June film festival and Best Friends China resume their monthly adoption day with 30 cats and dogs looking for a new home. Also some of the best medicine with Zainab Johnson, a Saturday Yoga-Brunch, and a documentary screening from Green Initiatives. Read on
- Photofairs is coming up and CreativeHunt has invites to the VIP opening
  
  Hey creative types, our sister site CreativeHunt (Shanghai's largest creative industries directory) has teamed up with PHOTOFAIRS, and they're providing tickets for the VIP opening night to creative agencies. PHOTOFAIRS, if you don't know, is the city's top art fair for photography, ranging from from vintage work to contemporary visuals. On the opening night, there'll be photographers, artists, curators, collectors, gallery representatives, oh, and an open bar. Find out how you get your hands on a ticket after the jump. Read on
- Green Initiatives Celebrates Its 80th Film Screening with Award-Winning 'Garbage Dreams'
  
  The weather is nice(r) and you should go out more. This Thursday night, Green Drinks (organized by Green Initiatives) will be organizing their 80th movie screening, Garbage Dreams, followed by a short discussion with Jonathan Cruysberghs, co-founder of a local waste collection service called Feibao. The movie follows the lives of three teenage boys who have grown up in Egypt’s garbage village -- also the world's largest garbage village -- located in the suburbs of Cairo. The people who live there are called "Zabbaleen" (garbage people), and they relied on garbage recycling to make a living for decades. Until globalization happened... Read on
- SmartDeals: A Very Important Platform For Your Life is Launching Today
  
  Starting today, you can get your hands on some sweet discount action on SmartTicket with our new product, SmartDeals. We're launching with 5 different deals this week including Sabor and Happy Buddha. There are only 10 tickets available each day this week. No pushing in line. Click past the fold for the deal deets. Read on
- New Ticket(s) Alert: West Side Story, Cirque Du Soleil, and Revel’s World of Shakespeare
  
  Can you hear the synchronized snapping? West Side Story is hitting the stage this fall, along with Revel’s World of Shakespeare and Cirque Du Soleil’s show KOOZA. Plan ahead and get your tickets, niftily available right now on SmartTicket. There’s one for September, October, snd November—so you know, you can have a super cultured autumn. More details on the shows and tickets after the jump. Read on
- Community Chest
  
  By Sarah Boorboor
  
  Bookworms, Your Weekend Is Now: Muse Mart, Art Book. Also Dodgeball and Other Community Events
  
  Hey, you guys like to read right? There's not one, but two indie-book events going on this weekend including ABC Art Book Fair and a Muse Mart pop-up. Also beginner's dodgeball at Cages and Cocktail Cinema with Social Supply up for next week. Details after the jump. Read on
- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  [UPDATED] Whampoa Club Closes As Well, ~~Beef & Liberty Has A Launch Date~~, And Kathleen's Is Crossing the River
  
  Another August weekend. Such peace. Such quietude. Just kidding. Two F&BSs in one week, Shanghai! So much F&BS. Whampoa Club's shut, Kathleen's is now definitely moving across the river (but update: not shut yet), and in better news, Beef & Liberty ~~is opening up on the 20th~~ still doesn't have an opening date. Meanwhile, undo your belt and wallet in anticipation. Read on
  
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- Do You Like to Build Things? Xinfab’s Got a New Space
  
  Shanghai shed a single tear when Xinfab shuttered its doors last month. Grab a handkerchief, it’s back! The non-profit creative space has found itself a cosy new home on Kangding Dong Lu. After a quick turn-around, volunteers at Xinfab are once-again offering 3D printers, laser cutters, and all kinds of power tools to scratch your DIY itch. More details on membership, workshops, and fab labs after the jump. Read on
- Munchies IS the Best, Celebrating Bestness, Offering 2-4-1 Deal
  
  The greatest part about traveling to new and interesting countries and cultures is like… experiencing new and interesting cultures and countries! It’s… the best. One of my own personal best pleasures in moving to Shanghai and experiencing this exciting new culture and country, 7 years ago, was experiencing Munchies — delivery — and watching all the available Fast and Furious movies at the time. Which was only four. If you can even believe it! Which to my estimation was a pretty cultural thing. It’s been a journey. A fast and furious one. (Not so fast and wondering if I should go back and try to get into law school furious one.) So… Read on
  
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- A Bunch of F&Bs
  
  By Alex Panayotopoulos
  
  Charlie's Dreams of Empire, Rumblings on Laowaijie, And Commune Social Needs A Head Chef
  
  Hey Shanghai. Do you like Charlie's? How about more Charlie's? Like four more Charlie's? Sound good? Great, just skip to the bottom of the article. Meanwhile, The Blind Pig shut its doors on Laowaijie. It's part of a general sort-of-closing-down that's been happening along the eastern length of that street. And Commune Social has posted a job offer for new Head Chef on the best damndest jobs board in the city (that's ours). All this BS, and more, could be yours, if you only... Read on
  
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- Concrete & Grass Music Festival Line-Up Announced, Gacharic Spin, Gallops, Motorama, Princess Nokia, Bunch More
  
  Splitworks have made their first line-up announcement for the Concrete & Grass Music Festival in September, and it's a doozy. Colorful all-female Japanese rock band Gacharic Spin, Welsh experimental electronica/rock band Gallops, post-punk Motorama, Destiny Frasqueri (formerly "Wavy Spice," "Destiny", now better known as Princess Nokia), and Shanghai's own Boys Climbing Ropes omnishambles reunites just for the occasion. There're more announcements to come but check out the full line up as it stands after the jump. Read on
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