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    • Educate Yourself: Phoebe Han and UnTour Are Doing a Baijiu Masterclass On Sunday

      Fact: Baijiu is more complex than you think it is. Fact: Baijiu is good, actually. Fact: Phoebe Han of HEALER has teamed up with UnTour Food Tours to do a masterclass on the single most popular alcohol in the world (by volume sold), and it's happening on World Baijiu Day — Sunday, August 9. Phoebe Han, one of Shanghai's best proponents for Chinese alcohol, walks nascent baijiu fans through the fascinating history of baijiu and how it became so popular, explain the different styles and aromas, how to infuse baijiu, and how to integrate the... let's say "robust" flavors of some Chinese ingredients into cocktails. Here's your chance to re-examine your biases against the sorghum liquor under Phoebe's capable guidance. It's 250rmb presale, including a baijiu flight and custom baijiu cocktail, or 300rmb on the door. Starts 5pm. Sign-up on the event listing.

    • Freezing Bushes: JSquared Does Private, Male-Only and Queer-Friendly Hair Removal Therapy

      Fella. My man. Can I share something with you? I wish there was some way to maintain the dolphin-like sheen of my skin without getting sharp objects near my goolies. I am also uncomfortable visiting hair management strategists; most are women, working in spas and clinics which cater to women. Wonder if that has anything to do with the constant, disproportionate pressure on women to keep hair strictly limited to the top of the head and maybe above the eyes. Many men have resorted to shaving with the same razor I — uh, I mean they — use for my — uh, their — morning shave. Not good. Brothers, if you'd like to keep yourself baby-smooth, there's a quiet, low-key little salon behind Jing'an Temple that could be your thing. Read on

    • M1NT Closes Its Doors, Possibly For Good

      Lot of talk swirling around this one, so here's what we know: after reopening in May, one of Shanghai's longest-standing and opulent Bund club/restaurants M1NT has apparently closed its doors over the weekend. Possibly permanently. They aren't accepting reservations any longer, and their Official WeChat posted a cryptic, uncaptioned picture on Sunday. We can speculate that the lack of international travelers hit their bottom line pretty hard. However, when we reached out, we were told they were "just on hold." There are noises about coming back, but at least for now — if not permanently — M1NT is closed.

    • New Charity Group FLY Society Wants To Dine and Do Good

      Here's a little feelgood sumthin-sumthin to get your week started. A new charity fundraising group, FLY Society, is holding a dinner at Colca North Bund. The group's composed of a handful of media types and general F&B goons looking to put together something new and light-hearted. The dinner this Wednesday at 7pm is the non-profit group’s first event; full dinner buffet of Spanish Spanish salmoerjo soup, Peruvian solterito salad, Cuban grilled chicken, shepherd's pie, Peruvian pork adobo, flan and apple pie, plus laughter yoga, stand-up comedy sets and live ukulele music from the Ukuladies. All proceeds of the evening will benefit Heart to Heart Shanghai, a fund providing corrective surgery for Chinese children with congenital heart disease. Tickets are 300rmb a seat, including one drink. Scan the event poster's QR code to reserve.

    • ChinaJoy Happening This Weekend, If You're Into That Sort Of Thing

      We sure are! ChinaJoy 2020, this year's edition of the original mainland Chinese video game, tech and animuuuu~ convention, is still happening! Despite COVID-19 and everything! That's the resilience of nerds for you. The China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference is occupying the Shanghai New International Expo Center from July 31 to August 3 (for the B2C segment, the B2B segment ends August 2). If you want to see the latest in global Smart Entertainment hardware, VR and AR; the Comic & Animation World Amazing Expo; the 2020 Shanghai TOYSHOW (where they're selling 520rmb cartoon cracker figurines); see the latest from video game companies like Bandai Namco, NETEase Games, UBISOFT and hardware from Qualcom; or just snap photos of whatever cosplayers are still hanging around like it's 2011, this is your gig. You're either a ChinaJoyer, or you're not. More information, including how to register, available on their WeChat. One-day passes on the weekend start at 180rmb.

    • This is Where the New Riink, Homeslice, Azul, Bubba's and More Will Be

      There's a lot happening on one block in Jing'an. Once a construction materials market, 358 Kangding Lu, at the intersection with Shaanxi Lu, is in the final stages of being re-developed at Shankang Li. What's going in there? What's not! New Jing'an locations for Homeslice, Alimentari and Madeleine; Eduardo Vargas's new Azul; the reincarnation of rollerskating bar Riink; beer and wine from Tap House and Pudao; and the return of Ken Walker's Bubba's brand, this time as Bubba's Food Co. Interior decoration is in the final stages and most restaurants and bars are planning to open in August; Azul may need a little longer, they say. Expect to find yourself there in the coming months! Hit the jump for renderings of the project. Read on

    • Hot Club News! ZHAI Opens Friday; BANDIT and MASTER Coming Soon; and CE LA VI Returns(?)

      Four(ish) options to add to your rotation of caps locks CLUBS. The space that once was Arkham in Found 158 has instead become ZHAI, courtesy of at least one person from ASL, described as the nightclub you'd put into the basement of your mansion if you could afford it — wait a minute — laid out with tiered table-seating, and integrating some sort of a membership program. That's opening Friday, July 31. Exciting! Up near Wuding/Jiaozhou Lu, the group behind Barbarian and MANIA are opening a three-floor club called BANDIT. First floor is meant to be a cafe/brunch spot, second floor is a house/techno club and cocktail lounge, and the third floor is a terrace. Soft opening expected around mid-August. Going into TX Mall is a new club in collaboration with teamLAB. It's called MASTER and is described as a "24h immersive art space" in a club, incorporating teamLAB technology, which sounds... absolutely insane. Not to be mistaken with the quartet of DJs they currently have playing in the actual teamLAB location; this is a different, 3,500sqm space which will be separated into three distinct music sections for EDM, hip hop and techno. When we first mentioned it last year, it was scheduled for "early 2020," but then, you know, stuff happened. Finally, the rumor is that CE LA VI, the short-lived tripartite Bund club is meant to be coming back? Maybe?! Is that all we know, or is it all we can share?! Speculation! Club gossip!

    • New Zine Alert: Volume 1 of ALL MY IDOLS From New Indie Publisher UNION PRESS This Saturday

      Hey arty people. New zine launch, if you're touch-starved for physical media. PLUSMINUS — a small ad/design company slash creative collective — has launched its own publishing label called UNION PRESS. The first edition, titled ALL MY IDOLS, is launching this weekend. Limited run of 600 copies, 80 pages collecting the works of 30 Shanghai-based artists, photographers, designers, cartoonist and general creative types. "Stuff that we like from the people that we rate," says editor-in-chief Maurice. The plan is to release these annually (or biannually, if they can manage it), on top of their other projects, like a graphic novel based on Chinese folklore planned for later this year, and their ongoing Cosmonaut series. There's a launch event for Vol I on Saturday, August 1, if you want to check out the work. We've got some of it after the jump. Read on

    • Mongolian Rockers Hanggai and A Bunch of Awesome Chinese Folk Musicians Taking the Stage This August

      Two very radical concerts coming up in the middle of August for fans of Chinese folk music. On August 14-15, a veritable cornucopia of folk musicians are playing at the Shanghai Culture Square: on the bill for Till I Hear The Folk are big names like Hebei musician Xiao He and Shanghai's beloved ChaCha as well as other folk favorites including Wan Xiaoli, Little Tiger (Xiao Laohu), Zhang Weiwei and Beijing's blind poet and folk singer Zhou Yunpeng. The second day will add extra live sets from musicians outside the folk world, like Lu Chen, Mo Xi Zi Shi from the Yi ethnic group in Sichuan province and experimental hip hop artist Jfever. Then on August 17, superlative Inner Mongolian folk slash punk rockers Hanggai are taking the stage at Poly Grand Theater for throat-singing, impassioned odes to the rolling grasslands and sick guitar solos. Tickets to both shows available over on SmartTicket.

    • The Old el Willy Villa on Donghu Lu is Coming Back with New Restaurants

      The beautiful garden villa at 20 Donghu Lu has seen a lot in the last 10+ years. You may know it as the site of the first el Willy restaurant and also sushi superlative Oyama. It shuttered in 2018 but, hey now, it's coming back to life this fall! Things are hush-hush at the moment, but what's for sure is that the people from NAPA Wine Bar (which plans to reopen its Bund 22 location in early 2021), is going to be moving in on the first floor with a new wine bar and casual restaurant; Simon Briens from a certain popular crepe place will be doing a new restaurant (NOT A CREPE PLACE), also on the first floor; and Justin Xu from High Yaki will be doing an izakaya on the whole of the second floor. Construction starts in August, and they're fingers crossed for an October opening.

    • Homeslice is Doing a Thai Fried Chicken Pop-Up. Here's Why.

      Things you might not know about Homeslice founder Nat Alexander: He has been DJ'ing for a decade as part of the VOID techno crew; he knows an awful lot about Chinese pig breeds; and he cooks excellent Thai food. In fact, when he was casting about for new ventures after his first restaurant, he was choosing between something Thai and something Pizza. Pizza won, and Homeslice was born. But Alexander has been going to Thailand regularly for more than 20 years and is an accomplished cook in his own right, as those who might remember his Yangjingbang series of Chinese-Western pop-ups will know. It's not all pizza. So this Sunday, he's showing off another side, having some fun with a Thai fried chicken pop-up, and serving two Thai-inspired pizzas alongside. Like the best street carts in Thailand, he's doing a limited amount, so when the fried chicken with sweet chili dipping sauce is gone, that's it. Starts just after noon at the Found 158 store this Sunday, August 2, so get down there early if you want to secure a thigh.

    • It's Official: Hakkasan is Coming Back, Says Hakkasan HQ

      The news that Hakkasan is coming back after closing in April has been floating around the internet for the last day, though the powers that be continue to claim it's not official. Well, it is now. Hakkasan headquarters has confirmed via email to SmartShanghai that the luxe Chinese restaurant "will be re-opening" but they are "unsure when at this time". They are not taking reservations just yet. "Check back closer to September", they say. This comes after the Hakkasan Group hit a major roadblock with COVID, laying off 1,600 employees in Las Vegas alone and closing restaurants around the world.

    • Mikkeller Launches Its Own Running Club, Gets You Discounts And A Sweet T-shirt

      The Mikkeller Running Club is a worldwide community of beer snobs fighting a futile battle against their beer gut, or at least that's how people who aren't in it might describe it. The motto's self-explanatory: "keep up the good spirit, run and drink a lot of beers." Now that Shanghai has a Mikkeller Bar, it obviously needs a chapter of the Running Club. Starting from Saturday, August 1, you can drop by and ask to join at the bar on Yanping Lu: the 500rmb annual membership comes with a special t-shirt (new year, new shirt, new color) as well as a 10% discount on the Mikkeller webshop and at all Mikkeller bars and restaurants in the world (assuming you'll be able to travel before next August). They're going to start with a 5k route (plan is eventually to work their way up to a 10k option) beginning and ending at the bar... with a beer. Naturally. That's how this works. You know, if you joined this, the Rooster Run every Thursday and the Charlie's Run every Tuesday, you might even manage to lose weight. Read on

    • The Camel Announces New Location On An Already Packed Bar Street

      There goes the neighborhood. The Camel, which announced earlier this month that it was relocating at the end of July, has revealed its new location: 97 Xiangyang Bei Lu, a five minute bike-ride from its Yueyang Lu spot. It's occupying a street-side spot in the same building that currently contains, count them, four other bars (The Broken Dagger, Tap That, Plan B and Laundry Co., as well as Yasmine's), a block from the packed Fumin Axis, just down the street from ALL and Tastebuds and two hundred meters from IAPM. If this keeps going, the whole block is liable to sink under the weight of all these bars. Xiangyang 158. The Beer Atlantis! See you in August, Camel.

    • SCAA Really Needs Foster Parents for Its Cats and Dogs. Maybe You?

      Ever thought about taking in an animal but can't do it forever? Maybe you'd make a good foster parent! And that would be great, because Second Chance Animal Aid really needs fosters right now, as some of their foster parents are leaving Shanghai for good or are taking extended trips around China. That means several cats and dogs need help, like a pair of foster cats who stay together, some single foster cats, a friendly dog who needs a stable commitment, and a well-trained dog whose foster family is away until August. If you can provide a safe and attentive home to healthy rescues, get in touch and they'll do their best to match you with the right cat or dog. Apply to be a foster here or email them: foster@scaashanghai.org.
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