15 wonderful things to do this week
Photograph: courtesy The Egg House
It's Monday. Let's get this over with, because after today there's the Stone Brewing grand opening party, the Klimt Experience, an open mic, an Elrow party and much more this week. More details below.
Food & Drink
Stone Brewing Grand Opening Party
Photograph: courtesy organiser
Stone Brewing Tap Room is celebrating the grand opening of its flagship in China with a boozy bash, featuring 28 tap beers on tap. A curated food menu of their world-inspired cuisine will also be served. For entertainment, POPASUDA Sound’s DJ Skinny Brown will be on deck, and Shanghai Tattoo will be offering on-the-spot tattoos. The first glass of beer is free for everyone. There will also be a raffle, and the biggest prize is free beer for a year.
📍Stone Brewing Tap Room Shanghai, 1107 Yuyuan Lu, near Zhenning Lu. Thu 26. 6.30pm-2am.
Wine Lips presents Lip Service Dinner Party
Photograph: courtesy Wine Lips
Wine Lips takes over a top-rated Shanghai-style noodle spot with a multi-course set menu featuring Australian natural wine pairings. Includes a glass of wine on arrival, soundtrack courtesy China Social Club and summer courtyard vibes.
📍Lao Longtang, 685 Dingxi Lu, near Panyu Lu. Wed 25. 7-10pm. 130RMB (presale); 150RMB (door). Follow 'WineLips' on WeChat to book.
BOSS LADY Breakfast with Chew Chan
Photograph: Brooke Lark on Unsplash
Chew Chan spent ten years as a professional athlete, competing at the highest level - the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Through gruelling training sessions, tough competition and injury, Chan learned resilience, dedication, and decision making. She's taken what she's learned from sport and applied it to her career transition into the corporate world. Hear Chan's inspiring story and valuable insights over breakfast. Registration is required.
📍Chin Chin by Wheat, 291 Fumin Lu, near Julu Lu. Thu 26. 8-10am. 130RMB. Extract QR code to book.
Music & Nightlife
Brasil in Trio
Photograph: courtesy Brasil in Trio
Brasil in Trio is making a pit stop in Shanghai on their China tour at Shake. The trio presents popular traditional Brazilian music with a modern twist. Catch the three musicians in action with Everton Luiz on the saxophone and flute, Diego Amaral on percussions and Julio Lemos on the seven-string guitar.
📍 Shake, Third Floor, 46 Maoming Nan Lu, near Jinxian Lu. Tue 24. 9pm-1am. 100RMB; 80RMB (presale).
Kashmere
Photograph: Ellen McGoran, courtesy 247Tickets
Kashmere, a four-piece 'indie doom rock' outfit from Stockport, England, make their first stop in Shanghai. The band, best known for the 2016 summer single 'Blow Your Mind' and 2017's 'Porcelain', blend stadium rock riffs with elements of synth-pop.
📍Yuyintang Livehouse, B102, 1398 Yuyuan Lu, near Jiangsu Lu. 9-11pm. Sun 29. 150RMB; 120RMB (presale). Extract QR code to book tickets.
Elrow: Sambowdromo do Brasil
Photograph: courtesy Netease Fever
Party brand Elrow claim to have been entertainers since 1870 - they have quite the storied history in showing people a good time. This weekend, they're bringing their Sambowdromo do Brasil show over two nights. It's a party that's part-carnival/circus and part-club night - actors, dancers, DJs and a ton of confetti, basically.
📍Modern Sky Lab, Third Floor, Ruihong Tiandi, 188 Ruihong Lu, near Tianhong Lu. Fri 27-Sat 28. 8pm-2am. 380RMB (presale). Extract QR code to book.
Do Hits: Howie Lee, Thoiid, Jason Hou and Miao Jing
Photograph: courtesy Howie Lee
Once again ALL serves up a brilliant night of insight into what some of China's most interesting audio visual talents are currently producing with Do Hits head honcho Howie Lee performing with Thoiid and Jason Hou and Miao Jing - who recently dove into ancient Egypt with their joint project [初] ZP TPJ - also combining. As if that wasn't enough, Billy Starman, C.A.I.N, DJ Kool Klone and veeeky are on the bill too. Do Hits, don't miss.
📍ALL, Second Floor, 17 Xiangyang Bei Lu, near Changle Lu. 10pm-late. Sat 28. Admission tba.
Things to Do
The Egg House
Photograph: courtesy The Egg House
The egg-themed pop-up that was a hit in New York City is now hatching in Shanghai. Filled with interactive installations and Instagrammable exhibits, this dreamscape is the weirdly wonderful imagined home of Ellis the Egg. This pop-up will be open for three months until Thursday 18 October.
📍 The Egg House, Third Floor, North Wing, Joy City, 166 Xizang Bei Lu, near Qufu Lu. Until Thu 18 Oct. 10am-10pm daily (last admission at 9pm). 68RMB (opening week); 88RMB (weekdays); 108RMB (weekends).
The Shanghai Literary Review Open Mic
Photograph: courtesy The Shanghai Literary Review
The Shanghai Literary Review hosts its semi-regular open mic at My Place Ruin Bar. Readings of any kind welcome, but limited to 5 minutes. To sign up for a reading slot, email shanghailiterary@gmail.com with your name and a short bio. Or just come and be a part of the audience. Starts at 7.30pm.
📍My Place Ruin Bar, 1788 Xinzha Lu, near Jiaozhou Lu. Wed 25. 7.30-9.30pm. Free.
The Common Store Pop Up
Photograph: courtesy Common Rare
The team behind Common Rare has opened their first pop-up store at Rockbund. For three weeks, they'll be selling a range of products from numerous brands, including home fragrance, jewellery, accessories, clothes and indie magazines. Pate and Grooow juice will be serving desserts, pastries and juice.
📍Next to Arabica, 169 Yuanmingyuan Lu, near Suzhou Nan Lu. Sat 21. 11am-7.30pm. Free.
KFK Spotlight: Mohammed Magdi – Brown Mirror
Photograph: courtesy organiser
Billed as not for the easily offended, US comic Matt Davis, as seen at Just For Laughs Montreal, San Francisco Sketchfest and more, comes to KFK for two headline shows, with support from Norah Yang, Andy Curtain and Mohammed Magdi (Friday 20) and Andy Curtain, Sarah Peng and Byron Murphy (Saturday 21).
📍Kung Fu Komedy Club, Fourth Floor, 1 Xiangyang Bei Lu, near Julu Lu. Sat 28. 8.30-10pm. 70RMB; 50RMB (presale).
Unravel: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Image: Mayura Jain
Hear stories of people pushing 'it' to the limit, or discovering their limits. This month's entry in Shanghai's Unravel storytelling series is themed 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger', hosted by Australian fitness brand F45 Training.
📍F45 Training (Jingan), B103, 98 Yanping Lu, near Wuding Lu. Thu 26. 6.30pm-late. 50RMB (presale); 60RMB (door). Extract QR code to book.
Art
Klimt Experience
Photograph: courtesy Klimt Experience
The Klimt Experience is a 45-minute multimedia installation involving video projection on to the floors and walls and a virtual reality experience that allows you to seemingly enter the artist's works. Discover the artist's breathtaking paintings with a mind-blowing tech-stravaganza that will leave after-images seared into your optic nerves.
📍Hongqiao Art Center, 888 Tianshan Lu, near Loushanguan Lu. Until Sat 13 Oct. 10am-10pm. 120RMB, 260RMB (family package).
Condo Shanghai: Hu Weiyi and Yoshua Okón
Image: Octopus, by Yoshua Okón; courtesy Don Gallery
As part of the first edition of Condo Complex in Shanghai, a gallery swap between locally-based galleries and international partners, Don Gallery and Ghebaly Gallery from Los Angeles co-host a dialogue between the video works of Chinese artist Hu Weiyi and Mexican artist Yoshua Okón about their video works. As keen observers of human behaviour, they experiment with the unstable relationship between performance, acting and action.
📍Don Gallery West Bund, Third Floor, Building 302, 2879 Longteng Dadao, near Fenggu Lu. Until Sun 12 Aug (every day except Mon). Free.
An Encounter
Photograph: courtesy Noeli Gallery
Completing her doctorate degree in the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Chinese contemporary artist Kristin Ng-Yang is having an exhibition at Noeli Gallery, featuring her charcoal drawings, lithography, watercolour, mono prints and photograph from 2013 through 2017. As a migrant artist, Kristin’s artwork is borderless and distinctive, influenced by African and Chinese culture.
📍Noeli Gallery, 150 Yueyang Lu, near Yongjia Lu. Until Fri 31 Aug (every day except Mon). Free.