The founder and CEO of the Y+ Yoga Centers walks us through a peaceful weekend of eating, snapping and stretching in the FCC
Fans of the ever-popular Tuesday night Sub-Cinema movie nights at Dada, they've got a special December in store for you: a full month of classic...
The Acclaimed Polish-American photo-composer opens a retrospective exhibition of his works at Wheelock Square
Tonight at The Tavern in the Radisson, the Royal Asiatic Society hosts in Beijing-based, American photographer, Matthew Niederhauser in to...
Guess it's anniversary season... this Saturday night, delightful Xinjiang restaurant, Xibo turns one with free food and drinks from 6pm to 10pm....
Local photog Tim Franco hosts another installment of his "Shanghai Photographers Night" this Wednesday at Dada. On the big (recalibrated)...
Everyone at least once in their life has fantasized about becoming a professional photographer. Whether it was after buying a swanky new...
On August 6 and 7, is FREXH, a two-day showcase of "emerging" international and Mainland artists, working in a variety of fields: visual arts,...
m97 hosts the first Shanghai solo exhibition since 2004 by one of Beijing's most famous photographers, Han Lei. His "The Light of Day" is...

One of the key fringe members of the Beijing music scene is Beijing-based photographer Matthew Niederhauser. After taking in his first show...

OMG, it's like soooo nice outside! The weather's is sooo *warm*, I can't even handle it! The long winter is like, totally finally behind us!

Tim Franco is a Shanghai-based photographer. His work has appeared previously on SmartShanghai (click here and here), as well as numerous...

Attention analog types: the Lomography Store on Jinxian Lu -- aka the road of fengshui excellence -- has recently expanded in a big way.

One of the most famous DJs in the country, Ben Huang's music career mirrors the slow and steady rise of clubbing in China in the '90s and...
A trip to White Factory, the new gallery space in 696 Weihai Lu turned out to be surprisingly worth it, and their opening exhibition,...

In Shanghai, you can count on about ten people to turn up for every single live music show, no matter where it is or what band is playing. ...
Unlike the sweeping majority of Shanghai's galleries, Andrew James Art is conveniently located. Residing in a colonial mansion on Maoming Lu...
Shanghai can be a pretty soul-sucking city. So often does creativity bow to profitability in the city's clubs, theatres, live music venues and...
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