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- Here Are a Handful of Places to Celebrate the Quietest French National Day in a While
  
  The cries of "vive la France" are a little muted this year, judging by our events section. Still, a couple of Francophile centers around town are summoning up whatever elan they can muster and celebrating Bastille Day. Paul Pairet's Xintiandi cafe Polux is doing 50% off rose all day. Fellas is partnering with MVP for a decadent French rooftop party overlooking the Bund with French pop, electro and drink deals/dinner set menus. Mr. & Mrs. Bund are celebrating for the entire week except, uh July 14, when it's closed. seul&Seul is doing buy-one-get-one on champagne until Sunday. The biggest party, as usual, will probably be down in the Pit, where the unofficial French (Belgian but whatever) consulate Cafe des Stagieres is celebrating with L'Apero Du 14e Julliet with three hours of free-flow wine and finger foods for 250rmb. Wave that little tricolore, Shanghai.
- Mamahuhu Is (Maybe) Done Forever But Their 30-Minute Grand Finale is Definitely Showing This Weekend
  
  It's been three years since Mamahuhu made its big triumphant comeback. We did an interview with them back then in a bar that doesn't exist anymore about their plans for their funny comedy YouTube channel. Three years and 148 videos later, they've racked up 194,000 subscribers and nearly 20 million views on YouTube, before deciding to to call it a day. Episode 149 is done, but it hasn't been released yet. In fact, you probably won't find it online for a while. Scarlett, Shanghai and Me, the last episode of Mamahuhu, will only be shown this weekend at Real Shanghai Bar (where several Mamahuhu episodes were shot). So, we got a handful of the film's cast members in on a Zoom call: Mamahuhu co-founders Matt Mcgill and Alessio Avezzano (the director), sheltered on an island in Scotland; Adam Hamilton, still in Shanghai; and Yumi Chu, who's in California. We asked them about the pandemic, about Laowai Bao'an 2, about ending Mamahuhu and the film they're calling their "Grand Finale." Matt and Adam promised to be nice to each other and just about managed it. Read on
- This Place Lets You Have a Fifth Floor Barefoot Picnic (With Dogs!) Overlooking Jing'an Temple
  
  The new, reimagined Wheelock Square has replaced their original tenants (10 Corso Como, Dozo) with a number of things, including Shanghai Brew House and super-lounge KOR Shanghai. You know what it was missing though? A picnic space. What luck, then, that a picnic space is exactly what café La Moda has just put into the fifth floor that used to hold the restaurant. We went. To have a picnic! That’s right! Picnicking while overlooking the golden rooftops of Jing’an Temple and hustle and bustle of downtown Shanghai, surrounded by fresh flowers. What whimsy! Read on
- Original Camel Sports Bar Closing End of July, Moving Somewhere SUPER SECRET
  
  Camel group announced that their original location on Yueyang Lu will closing down at the end of this month, and moving on to greener oases. That's the end of a full decade as the tent peg that kept the whole Pushkin triangle from flying away in the breeze. The official closing party is on Saturday, July 25. They'll be announcing their new location at 9pm on the night. So mysterious! So secret. Final day of service is Friday, July 31, and they've got something special planned for that day too. We can only hope it's no-holds barred cage rugby in the backroom, moderated by Ned Kelly. Full statement after the jump. Read on
- Ridiculously Popular and Twee Korean Place to Open Second Location
  
  Around the end of 2019, the Korean boy band-lookalikes that run Jeju Izakaya and the Korean Belloco group opened an achingly cute little restaurant near People's Square. They called it Botong Sikdang, or something like Common Canteen, being all humble about their grilled pork belly and seriously delicious niangao. They may have made it too cheap; about five minutes after they opened the restaurant, an hours-long line formed and has basically never stopped. The good news is, they are opening a second Botong Sikdang at 88 Tongren Lu, on that strip opposite the Jing'an Shangri-La, in the coming weeks, which they hope will go some way towards allowing people to dine in their restaurant without spending a week in line. It will be "100% same" as the boys told me. Same grandma cooking, same Korean cuteness. Will the lines double or halve? We'll know in August.
- Hey, Here Are Two Trendy Food Items of Varying Degrees of Gross-ness
  
  Food! Is it for people? Or is it for Moments? Trick question, it's both. Every few ~~days~~ hours, some hot new thing to eat (often made by combining two already hot edible things) scrolls its away across our screens and, like a crustacean in an angler fish's lure, we have to get closer to investigate. Here are two: ice cream and corn on the cob from Tea Funny, and Oreos on croissants at Our Bakery. Are either of them fit for consumption by either the person or, more importantly, the camera? Read on
- Celebrating Fourth o' July: The Greatest Country In The World Is Doing Just Fine, Thanks!
  
  That's right. Canada! Inferno isn't satisfied with just one day to celebrate the red, white and white, and they're hosting a night of Canadian Metal Night, with maple flag man-thongs guaranteed and — oh, is there another country celebrating the Fourth of July? Just kidding! Beer, hot dogs, barbecue and rock'n'roll happening all over Shanghai on Saturday, July 4. Here are just a couple things going down. Read on
- 1221, a Shanghainese Restaurant Enigma, Has Closed After 23 Years in Business
  
  1221, the first stop in Shanghai for Lonely Planet, TripAdvisor and others who would lead you astray, has closed after 23 years of serving aggressively average Shanghainese food. And I'm a big champion of Shanghainese food. I took a table of old China hands to the place in 2018 and we left kind of confused — how was this place ever a thing? I guess it speaks to the great leaps and bounds Shanghai restaurants have made since 1997? Was all food in the 90s so bad? There's way more interesting legacy Shanghainese food out there. Like this place. Or if you're stranded for tourist-friendly options, maybe try Jianguo 328, the old Jesse restaurant or even Xindalu at Hyatt on the Bund? I mean, there are a million other options. Or a million minus one. The restaurant may come back next year in a new location, the guy on the phone told me this morning when I called to confirm the closing, but we all know how those type of plans work out. Anyway, 23 years is a long time. Zai jian, 1221!
  
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- It's Been One Year Since Garbage Sorting Started. This is How We Did!
  
  It’s been exactly one year since the garbage-sorting law came into effect in Shanghai. A full year of picking out chicken bones and unwrapping stuff. Three hundred and sixty five days of double trash cans (or more) at home. In 2018, the city government announced a two-year plan in which we would: sort more than 6,300 tons of wet trash per day, keep dry trash at 11,800 tons per day or less, and recycle more than 1,100 tons of garbage per day. For comparison’s sake, a Boeing 747 without passengers weighs about 378 tons. So, how did we do? Read on
- Mac Doctor Moves Across the Park As Shinesun Digital Plaza Closes
  
  Shinesun Digital Plaza has closed. Several floors of tech shops and stalls have had to relocate. Among them is Mac Doctor, who's had to move less than half a kilometer away, to a new stall in Neon Kids Plaza, along with several other refugees. Together, they've set up a bit of a mini-Shinesun to the right as you enter through the gates. We went down to say hi. Read on
- Tickets to the Grandest Ever Swan Lake on Sale, Probably Going to Go Quick
  
  For five years, the Shanghai Ballet has been performing a "Grand Version" of one of the two ballets you can name off the top of your head. Not the Nutcracker. The other one. Swan Lake. First premiered in December 2015 as "The Greatest Swan Lake In the World," and directed by Derek Deane, this take on the classic piece features 80 dancers and doubles the number of swans from the traditional 24 to 48. 48 swans! Who could resist that many swans? I'll tell you. Prince Siegfried sure can't (there's only one of him). The show is on for just three nights at Shanghai International Dance Center, from July 30 - August 1. We have tickets to Grand Version Swan Lake on SmartTicket, and they're bound to go fast: they only have the 280rmb ones left.
- Whisky Rabbit is a Whisky Paradise Opened by a Baijiu Company
  
  Physical locations for e-commerce enterprises! From the street (Weihai Lu, to be precise), Whisky Rabbit Express looks like your typical spirits shop: tile floors and brightly lit wooden shelves packed with dark brown liquid. That's because it is a spirits shop! But it's better, because it's cheaper. Ironic that this superior whisky store is brought to us by Cityson, who are *gasp* producers of clear liquid. They've got a shelf of the sorghum stuff to themselves in the back. Don't worry, whisky snobs! Papa Beam Suntory is involved, and the rest of the shelves are packed with names you know; Laphroaig, Dalmore, Bushmills, Teeling, Macallan. Some you might not know as well; Loch Lomond, Blackadder, Kinahans, Benromach, and some bourbons we'd never seen before, like Fighting Cock and Larceny. All consistently cheaper than you'd get online. Mellow Corn, 100 Proof straight Kentucky corn whisky, for like 150rmb a bottle! Wowee! Read on
- Looking for Some Last Minute Getaway Ideas? See Where We've Been and Recommend
  
  Still not booked anything for the upcoming holiday? Or feeling a little stuck in Shanghai and want some inspiration for July? Then, hey, maybe take a look at our Outbound page, where we cover trips across the region, from an amazing hiking network in Zhejiang to the B&Bs in southern Anhui, to a full-on guide to Moganshan, an abandoned "abandoned" fishing village in the islands off the coast of Shanghai, an excellent guide to Zhujiajiao and more more more! Click here for that.
- Hey, We Have This Great Deal to See the Cirque Du Soleil Show in Hangzhou!
  
  Looking for something to do this Dragon Boat Festival? How about going to see the Cirque Du Soleil show in Hangzhou, in a crazy theater custom-built just for the show? Your health code won't change color, we've got a great package deal on tickets plus a very nice nearby hotel (so you can make a two-day trip out of it), Hangzhou is beautiful and you should probably take a break from Shanghai anyways, right? Click the jump to see what we're talking about and how good the deal is! Read on
- Many Pools Will Stay Closed This Summer. Here's the Ones That Are Open!
  
  Outdoor pools are another thing the virus won’t let us have. Mass gatherings of people bobbing about in the same water is not considered this safe this year, no matter how chlorinated. Understandable. Still a bummer. Dino Beach water park isn't opening at all this year. The popular Mandarin City Pool is contemplating doing the same. But there's a little hope! We checked in with as many pools as we could find, and, lo and behold, some are open! Click the jump to see where to swim and tan this weekend. Read on
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French Decadence Party

French pop and electro on the terrace for National Day, with a deal on cocktails: two for 120rmb. Dinner menu for 288rmb.

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L'Apero du 14 Juillet

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French National Week

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French National Week

Mr & Mrs Bund is celebrating French National Day all week. Deals on Champagne, half-off on French wine selections, all day, everyday... except July 13-14. Set menus f...

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French National Week

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Rosé Wine Night

Buy a platter to share (cold cuts, cheese or mezze) and add 100rmb per person for a free-flow on rosé wine. Free-flow goes until midnight.

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BBQ Thursday Smoke Out

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Uncorked Thursdays

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Cocktail Creation Station

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Taps & Tracks

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Flower Power Party on the Bund

MVP EVENTS and FoS are bringing back that free-spirit vibe! FLOWER POWER is happening at Wanda Reign's rooftop terrace, RIUKU. Psychedelic decors and live sounds will tra...

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Dirty Boots Indie Night

It's indie, darling, Dirty Boots for the sonic youth. Get your plaid out. Starts on 10pm.

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XIA 下

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- July 11, 2020
  
  MVP Pervert Party
  
  @ M1NT
- July 4, 2020
  
  Alter Connect Ep.6
  
  @ Fosun Foundation
- July 4, 2020
  
  Roof Garden Opening
  
  @ The Shanghai EDITION
- July 4, 2020
  
  Independence Day
  
  @ The Pearl
- June 27, 2020
  
  Fiesta Party
  
  @ Havana Chino Latino
- October 23, 2019
  
  Shanghai United Family Hospital
  
  @ Shanghai United Family Hospital (Hongqiao)
- October 23, 2019
  
  Shanghai United Family Hospital- Babies & Children
  
  @ Shanghai United Family Hospital (Hongqiao)
- May 30, 2019
  
  SCIS Events
  
  @ Shanghai Community International School (SCIS) Hongqiao Campus
- May 30, 2019
  
  SCIS Campus
  
  @ Shanghai Community International School (SCIS) Hongqiao Campus
- May 28, 2019
  
  BISS
  
  @ British International School Shanghai (Puxi)