Edna Zhou

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• Posted Pencil This In: November 2-6 to Shanghaiist
  Distract yourself from the rapidly dropping temperatures in Shanghai this week with a smattering of eclectic events, from Chinese performing Hitchcock and Koreans performing Italian opera to Norwegian jazz and the International Puppet Festival. Monday: Monday Evening Writers Every week the Monday Evening Writers gather to share their literary work and discuss ideas. All are welcome, whether you're aiming to finish a novel by the end of the month, a la NaNoWriMo, or simply...
• Posted Pencil This In: October 26-30 to Shanghaiist
  With Halloween days away, we know it's hard to think about anything besides the awesome costumes and parties that lay ahead. So here are some suggestions to make the days go by faster this week, including jazz nights, handball, and of course, the Scrabblelicious Shanghaiist Happy Hour! Monday: Handball If you haven't noticed by now, Shanghai offers some non-traditional sports: Gaelic football, Ultimate Frisbee...and now Handball. Not the boring American kind where you throw...
• Posted Pencil This In: October 19-23 to Shanghaiist
  If you're feeling warm and generous, there's multiple chances to give back to the community this week, be it through flea market shopping, beer drinking, or wine tasting. After you stimulate the social economy a bit, indulge your international side with writers from Ireland, a comedian from New Zealand, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Monday: Charity flea market, Foosball tournament Head to Jing'an for a flea market offering homemade food, crafts, clothes, toys, art,...
• Commented on Trailer: Made in China, an indie adventure movie about an American entrepreneur
  For an actually enlightening documentary of a similar nature, check out "Mardi Gras: Made in China". An American takes a videocamera to Fuzhou factories where Mardi Gras beads are made and shows the factory girls' working and living conditions. Then...
• Posted Buy a Smoothie, Plant a Tree! to Shanghaiist
  Did you know today is the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction? The UN designated it back in 1989 as a day to "promote a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness." In this vein, Element Fresh has partnered with environmental organization Roots & Shoots so that for every smoothie sold today, Element Fresh will to donate one tree to The Million Tree Project. Every one of these trees...