Month in Review: October at Shanghaiist

Shanghaiist compiles some of the more popular features and news pieces we collected during the month of October. Take a gander back and enjoy!

FOOD & DRINK

• [Review] Gourmet Cafe Cozies up to the Portman
• [Review] Bistro Burger: Small place, big tatse
• [Review] Southern Bell: Only if you have time to be "chili'n"
• [Review] The other KFC: KyoChon and its Korean fried chicken
• El Willy on TV (and other food news)
• Threesday Foodie Edition: Wonton recommendations from Shanghai papers

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• [Review] Simple script, shallow plot, but still quite charming - It's not theater, so call it by its name!
• [Interview]Dennis Lyxzén on life in Sweden's grooviest, socialist rock band: The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• [Interview]Dee Dee Bridgewater
• [Interview]Alan Greig: thoughts from a choreographer
• [Interview]We're on a YACHT at YYT
• [Interview]Kid Koala climbing to Shelter
• Timelapse: China's 60th National Day Parade
• Shanghai's Worst Nightmare: A Haunted House
• Photos: Shanghai Dance Festival 2009
• The state of the Chinese book industry
• Photos: Lu Guang's "Pollution in China"

POPULAR NEWS

• A Candy Caper with hints of The Crying Game
• Berlin Twitter Wall overtaken by "Take down this GFW" requests
• Schoolgirl beatings now filmed in Shanghai too
• Teacher uses syringes to discipline five-year-olds
• Somalian pirates hijack Chinese carrier
• Facebook traffic from China shrivels up
• Shanghai born Kao wins Nobel Physics Prize
• What Western media had to say about the National Day Parade

EDITOR'S PICKS

• Hotelist: An URBN Oasis
• Shanghaiist Halloween Party: Halloween Rampage!
• Just how welcome are Uyghurs in their own country?
• Just where in China does one get poppers? Why, Taobao of course!
• Photos: China in 1980
• Photos: China in 1981