Justine Karp

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• Posted Antidote: Vietnam's Jetlag Pho-king up the Shelter to Shanghaiist
  The people who brought us the absolutely awesome Antidote music festival in Zhujiajiao are now hitting up Shelter with three live music acts in one night. On Saturday, Vietnam acts JETLAG (a.k.a. MicMac vs.MauDen), and American electro indie popper Thruoutin will be rocking the space and our bodies. Jetlag, consisting of DJs MicMac and MauDen, has been busy in Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City (Saigon) creating a party scene that people cannot stop...
• Posted Photos: July 4th Celebration @ Boxing Cat Brewery to Shanghaiist
  The weather held up, Carlton J. Smith made everyone shake their booties, and lots walked away with fabulous prizes (the Crocs had their own cheerleading team). All in all, it was an incredibly successful Fourth of July celebration! PLUS, we raised 15000RMB for charity. 12 teams competed in the charity chug off, drinking for the Rotary Club, Red Cross for Sichuan Earthquake Relief, Bo Ai Kids, BEAN, The Library Project, Chi Heng Foundation, Compassion for...
• Posted Interview: Carlton J. Smith celebrating American soul in Shanghai to Shanghaiist
  Carlton J. Smith will help us celebrate the United States' 233rd birthday by performing at the Boxing Cat Brewery Fourth of July party. Born and raised in New York, New York, this R&B artist is a dynamic and engaging performer who writes, produces, and sings all his own music. Strongly influenced by a James Brown concert he went to as a child, his funky beats have given him the nickname "Soul Brother Number New" (first coined by James Brown's road manager), and he makes sure to live up to that name every time he steps on stage.
• Posted Despite Beijing worries, Hong Kong July 1 march being held without restrictions to Shanghaiist
  Today marks the 12 year anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China and to commemorate it, they're holding their annual protest rally led by the Civil Human Rights Front (a tradition that has gone on since 1997). In 2003, the march gained a whole new meaning as Hong Kongers protested the proposal of a government anti-subversion law, Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23, which stated: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws...
• Posted Early morning coincidences: Train crash and bridge collapse happen at same time to Shanghaiist
  Is 2:34am the witching hour in China? In a bizarre and terrible coincidence for infrastructure, a bridge in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province collapsed at the exact same minute as two passenger trains crashing into each other in the central province of Hunan, if reports are to be believed. The train crash, which happened in Chenzhou, Hunan, killed at least three people and injured 60. Train K9017 from provincial capital Changsha to Shenzhen, Guangdong Province,...