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- Check Out 8Picks: A New App from SmartShanghai for Our Chinese-Language Readers
  
  Hello, followers of important cultural happenings around town who also happen to read Chinese! SmartShanghai is happy to announce the launch of a new app for iPhones called 8Picks, which is a weekly release outlining 8 wonderful things happening around you in Shanghai. Concerts, events, shows, performances, new restaurants, retail sales, great deals -- all that kind of stuff, curated and itemized into a nifty little package by our very own SmSh editor Jin Qian. She barely likes anything in the world so rest assured you're only getting recommendations of really good stuff. Note! No ads, no advertorials, no paid content or any of that shit! It's SmSh's 8Picks, a neat little platform for Chinese readers to stay in-the-know about cool stuff happening in the city. Click here to go to the download page for that.
- Mobike Reveals What Its Shared Car Looks Like
  
  Yesterday evening, Mobike unveiled its new shared car in Beijing. It's not called Mocar, it's called DEV1. The vehicle, created by a year-old electric car company out of Guizhou called SITECH, is actually called the "DEV1 Shared Version," though it'll be available commercially, like a regular car, under the moniker "DEV1 Ultimate". There's no date on when we can expect them to start clogging up the streets of Shanghai. More pics and deets on these little red suckers after the jump. Read on
- If You Need a Cake Between May 7 and May 13 Get it from Ritz Carlton Pudong
  
  If you're looking to celebrate something or someone wonderful with a cake between May 7 and May 13, you should get it from the Ritz Carlton in Pudong. They're selling cakes (!) and for that time period, every cake they sell, they donate 100% of proceeds to an international medical charity that helps kids get surgery for cleft lips and other facial deformities. The charitable initiative is called Smile Asia week. Since 2014, more than 40,000 cakes have been sold. This contributed to over 1,500 life-changing surgeries. So yeah. Their cakes are 298rmb. Raspberry Cheese Cakes. You can call the hotel to make orders at 2020 1130, from Anna Gao, 10.30am to 7pm. Transform your party with a cake; transform a life with a smile!
- Check Out Jaime Hayon's Playful, Fantastical Works at Modern Art Musuem Shanghai
  
  Despite his background in formal industrial design, Spanish artist Jaime Hayon champions the impractical in his whimsical furniture and appliance pieces. "Fun over function" as Designindaba described him, is a perfect summary of his works, although his child-like imagination is undercut with social commentary. His passion for traditional craftsmanship also allows him to apply inspirations from ancient culture to unexpected modern subjects. Read on
- More F&B Closures: Cafe Montmartre Closes; Table No. 1 Rebrands to Oxalis
  
  Quite a week. One of Shanghai's most iconic and longest-running French restaurants Cafe Montmartre is closing suddenly today with purported plans to relocate and open up again somewhere else. They cannot say when; they cannot say where. Evidently, the entire building is being renovated. Lots of upheaval on Wulumuqi Lu these days. Read on
  
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- ShanghaiPRIDE Returns for Its 10th Year June 8 to June 18
  
  Just what it says in the title: Shanghai's favorite festival of love, ShanghaiPRIDE returns to venues around town for June 8 to June 18. They're celebrating 10 years of raising awareness and promoting tolerance with community events, sports, shows, film screenings, music, parties, and more, more, more. They're spreading the message further than ever before: "This year ShanghaiPRIDE will join LGBTQ organizations in other Chinese cities toehold events throughout the month of June in conjunction with CnPRIDE." The broad strokes are already in place and smaller events are coming in as well. Full details at their official webpage here.
- Community Chest
  
  By Sarah Boorboor
  
  Spit-Tunes' Shanghai Debut, Shanghai Soup, and More Community Events
  
  Keeping it short and sweet, here are four things to do this week that'll make you happy. There's the launch of TSLR and Spittoon's live music event Spit-Tunes, more menstrual cup and period talk with Zero Waste Shanghai, a charity event to fund a new animal shelter, and the first Shanghai Soup of 2018. Read on
- Fanboys Assemble: Iron Man, ~~Thor~~ Spiderman, The Hulk, and Loki on the Red Carpet in Shanghai Tomorrow
  
  The superheroes who play Robert Downey Jr., ~~Chris Hemsworth~~ Tom Holland, Mark Ruffalo and Tom Hiddletydiddelty, will be attending a full-on media blowout red carpet event at Disneytown this Thursday, to promote their upcoming documentary, Avengers: Infinity War, releasing next month in China. And it's open to the public. That includes you. More details, plus where to watch the all-day 360 degree livestreams, after the jump. Read on
  
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- CinnaSwirl Opens in Pudong
  
  Shanghai’s premier cinnamon bun makers CinnaSwirl have opened a second store, this one in Pudong, shortening the commute for hard-core cinnamon bun fans who live out east. The new store, in under-construction shopping centre Century Link, attached to the Century Avenue subway station, represents a kind of return or graduation back into the bun’s natural habitat, as it were: the Americanized shopping mall. Read on
- This Looks Good: Beijing Lit Collective Spittoon Is in Town for a Thursday Night Show
  
  Here's a good event to go to for Thursday evening if you're looking for inroads into local expat writers groups and publications. Beijing-based poetry and performance collective Spittoon is in town hosting event with Shanghai's own Literary Review. They're spinning up a musical element to their usual bookish endeavors, staging live music performances along with poetry readings. "Featuring poets Matthew Byrne, Alexandra Holub, Robbie Yan, and Elena Sichrovsky, as as as musical artists Fiao, Pourquoi Pas?!, Slushat Diru, and Jukka Ahonen." Don't miss out on that if you're looking for a China-based support network for your own poetry / literature, or just looking for a great show. Music / reading from 7.30pm to 10pm; party till late. Costs 50rmb in advance and 60rmb at the door. Scan the QR code on the flyer right here.
- More F&B Shakeups: Happy Buddha & Co. Closing in May
  
  Front-loading this week with all your F&B doomsaying; Healthy Hub, where Sprout Lifestyle, Lizzy's All Natural and Happy Buddha live, will be shutting down at the end of May, as the lease has expired and the new landlord reportedly wanted two years' rent up front to renew. Really pushing back against the stereotypes there, guy. The news comes a few months after Happy Buddha's successful crowdfunding campaign to relocate downstairs and spruce the place up a bit. The venues will be looking for a new spot to continue working together, but they haven't found one yet. In the meantime, Happy Buddha'll be having a daily pop-up at Bordertown, starting Saturday.
- Theater Shows Specially Adapted for Kids with Special Needs
  
  Here's a ticketing thing that made us feel all mushy inside for a change. The Shanghai Children's Art Theatre is hosting in a couple of immersive experiences designed for children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD). Two shows, adapted from classic stories, are told in an inclusive manner to an audience of just six kids and their accompanying guardian. Details after the jump. Read on
- This Week's Tickets: Bruno Mars, 2018 Spartan Race, Lydmor
  
  Lots of great concerts as we gear up for May holidays. Cram 'em in while you can! We've got pre-sale tickets for the aforementioned concerts, as well as the big Wine Lips mixer this Thursday and a slew of orchestral performances. For people with refined tastes. Click through for details. Read on
- F&B Shake Ups: Sichuan Citizen Lead Donghu Exodus; Little Catch, Brothers Kebab, and More Lose Leases on Wulumuqi
  
  Some significant changes out there in restaurant land. More leasing and landlord shenanigans are compelling restaurants to move locations from their popular, central areas in Shanghai. First up, entry-level Sichuan favorite Sichuan Citizen have announced that they are departing from their Donghu Lu location after 10 years of business on one of Shanghai's busiest bar and restaurant strips. Read on
  
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- What's Happening Down At The Cool Docks These Days?
  
  We're catching a little gossip from the community about Cool Docks, that place you sort of remember exists on the South Bund. Evidently, the construction work that's been dogging the area for ages is winding down. We took our first trip to Waima Lu in like a year to see what's up. Read on
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