Where to go, what to do this week in Shanghai
MONDAY
Chefs, Trends, and Tastes at the World’s Best Restaurants: a Talk with Crystyl Mo @ naked Hub
China’s rapid economic growth generated a boom in Shanghai’s fine dining scene over the past 15 years, attracting international chefs and dining concepts from around the world. Taking stock of all these is food expert Crystyl Mo, who will be giving a talk on April 9 covering international fine dining trends.
🕒 7pm
💰 ￥200
📍 1237 Middle Fuxing Road |复兴中路1237号
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Dior: The Art of Color @ Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai
Take a trip around the color wheel through the lens of Dior Beauty's three creative directors. From Serge Luten's start in 1967 to Peter Peter Philips' reign today, their work makes a case for every shade under the sun.
💰 ￥40
📍 231 West Nanjing Road | 南京西路231号
TUESDAY
The Music of Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie Bruce Harris Quintet @ Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai
Bruce Harris' affinity for Jazz music began as a child listening to his grandfather play the alto sax in his family's south Bronx apartment. After viewing Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues, Bruce's intrigue with the trumpet grew and his relationship with his instrument has been star-crossed since.
🕒 7pm
💰 ￥180 - 308
📍 139 East Nanjing Road | 南京东路139号
Natural Cosmetics with My Beauty Farm @ Craft'd
It has become increasingly hard to know where your beauty products come from and what ingredients they contain. So why not have a go at making your own, using all natural ingredients, such as essential oils, coconut oil and shea butter!
🕒 7pm
💰 ￥450
📍 1288 Middle Fuxing Road | 复兴中路1288号
WEDNESDAY
Shanghai Opera House: Verdi's Nabucco @ Shanghai Grand Theatre
Nabucco, King of Babylon, takes Jerusalem in his war with the Israelites – but his daughter Fenena loves the Israelite Ismaele. She releases their prisoners, leading her vengeful half-sister Abigaille to plot to take power. Nabucco declares himself a god and is struck by a bolt of lightning. Abigaille tricks the now feeble king into signing a death warrant for the Israelites, including Fenena and Ismaele. Nabucco prays to the God of Israel for forgiveness; his sanity is restored and he saves the prisoners from death. He converts himself and his people, while Abigaille commits suicide.
🕒 7:15pm
💰 ￥180 - 880
📍 300 Renmin Avenue | 人民大道300号
Mrs. Jet-Set's South Bund Fabric Market Tour @ The South Bund Fabric Market
Have you ever wondered why cashmere is so expensive? What’s the difference between an Italian and English cut suit? How can you make a copy of a designer dress you saw in the pages of Vogue? You’ll hear all these answers and more on a tour of the South Bund Fabric Market with Shanghai’s Shopping Expert, Mrs. Jet-Set. She will introduce you to the best tailors for fine cashmere coats, suits, women's casual and formal dresses, leather, fur and trench coats, cotton shirts and traditional Chinese clothing.
🕒 10:30am
💰 ￥250
📍 399 Lujiabang Road | 陆家浜路399号
THURSDAY
Bill Bailey Live in Shanghai @ Cages Bar and Sports
Bill Bailey Live in Asia 2018 is a compendium of travelers’ tales and the general shenanigans of twenty years as a traveling comedian. With brand new material interlaced with Bill Bailey’s signature musical virtuosity, surreal tangents and trademark intelligence, Bill Bailey tackles politics, philosophy and the pursuit of happiness.
🕒 9pm
💰 ￥300 - 750
📍 428 Jiangning Road | 江宁路428号
Vini Vici @ Linx
Vini Vici is the brand new project of Aviram Saharai & Matan Kadosh, Both well known & experienced electronic music producers for over a decade. The concept of 'Vini Vici' was formed as an attempt by the boys to express their love for the old school sound paired with their progressive ideas. 'Iboga Records' and 'FM Bookings’, widely considered to be the biggest PSY Trance label and booking agency, was the first to see the potential of the project and invite them to be part of their well respected family alongside such names as: Ace Ventura, Liquid Soul, Ticon, Captain Hook, Atmos, and the like.
🕒 10:30pm
💰 ￥180
📍 98 Middle Huaihai Road | 淮海中路98号
FRIDAY
Travelers Society 4th Anniversary/Birthday Party @ Little Creatures
Get ready for an evening full of music, drinks, games, and prizes! There will be a huge lottery, and giving away amazing prizes to the winners, including a free Travelers Society trip, a 3-month gym pass, a wine basket, and much more!
🕒 6:30pm
💰 Free
📍 158 Julu Road | 巨鹿路158号
DVBBS @ TAXX
The electronic duo DVBBS (pronounced "dubs") comprises brothers Christopher and Alex van den Hoef from Ontario, Canada. In the early stages of their career, the siblings joined forces with DJ Martin Sinotte, calling themselves Dubbs. In 2010, the group released the Generation Party EP and went on to tour with the likes of Steve Aoki and LMFAO. Sinotte left the group in 2012, prompting the brothers to change their name slightly from Dubbs to DVBBS. Under the new name, they released the EP Initio, fusing a variety of influences in house, electro, reggae, and dub. Their first major success came in 2013 with the track "Tsunami," a collaboration with DJ and producer Borgeous, released on Sander van Doorn's label Doorn Records.
🕒 10:30pm
💰 ￥180 - 350
📍 158 Julu Road | 巨鹿路158号
Tiempo Libre Live Concert @ Cadillac·Shanghai Concert Hall
Three-time Grammy-nominated Afro-Caribbean music group Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest Latin bands today. Equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs, festival stages and dance venues, Tiempo Libre is celebrated for its sophisticated tropical music featuring an irresistible, exhilarating mix of jazz harmonies, contemporary sonorities and seductive Latin rhythms.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥280 - 680
📍 523 East Yan'an Road | 延安东路523号
SATURDAY
Daydream Festival China @ Shanghai International Music Park
Overwhelmed by the love of dreamers across the world, the festival has continued its journey to Mexico, Spain, and the Netherlands. Now, they're thrilled to announce that for the first time in history, Daydream Festival is on the road to China!
💰 ￥580
📍 399 East Shendi Road | 申迪东路399号
TAO Dance Theatre: 6 & 9 @ Shanghai International Dance Center
A rising star of contemporary dance in China, choreographer Tao Ye with his TAO Dance Theater has successfully drawn the attention of the globe. He is well known for seeking possibilities of the body to its limits as well as developing a dance style of formally rigorous, reduced abstractions that are nonetheless open to free association by the audience.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥180 - 680
📍 1650 Hongqiao Road | 虹桥路1650号
Alexei Kornienko & Elena Denisova Piano Violin Concert @ Cadillac·Shanghai Concert Hall
Alexei Kornienko is an outstanding musician whose work is characterized both by an unconditional and joyful attention to text and also a boldness in interpretation. This seeming contradiction, in fact, stands the Austrian conductor Kornienko in very good stead. Elena Denisova is an Austrian violinist and festival director of Russian descent.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥120 - 380
📍 523 East Yan'an Road | 延安东路523号
SUNDAY
Frozen Planet in Concert @ Shanghai Children's Art Theatre
This is the ultimate portrait of the polar regions - the planet's last great wilderness - captured in high definition film and featuring live orchestral music alongside breath-taking big-screen footage from the landmark David Attenborough - fronted BBC television series. Conducted and narrated by the composer, the richly evocative musical score accompanies some of the most memorable film images of the natural world ever shown in what the Los Angeles Times described as "a dizzying immersion into a glorious twist- up of nature, cinematography and music".
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥180 - 480
📍 800 Miaojiang Road | 苗江路800号
Alter. Rooftop Party ft. Young Marco @ POP American Brasserie
Alter. is the ambitious idea of two international event planners Yu Yang and Enzo Grasso, who between them over the years, have hosted hundreds of events across China. Alter. will commence with a series of vibrant events featuring electronic music from international and local DJs; live performances and mesmerizing visuals in cozy, inviting and intimate surroundings.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥180 - 480
📍 17 Guangdong Road | 广东路17号
Archery Battle @ Putuo Stadium
Welcome to the new era of extreme dodgeball: with a bow and foam-tipped arrows, you can chase after, run from, shoot and tag your friends Robin Hood style.
🕒 6pm
💰 ￥90 - 100
📍 400 Caoyang Road | 曹杨路400号
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