Notebook and art lovers, take note: Esteemed Italian brand, Moleskine has approached a long list of creative types--world renowned artists, architects, film directors, graphic designers, illustrators, and writers--to decorate, draw and doodle on their notebooks. The collective result is a traveling art exhibition now showing on the ground floor of Bund 18. more ›

Taking exhibition art to a new level, 2011 TED Prize winner, the anonymous JR, is now making Shanghai his canvas by etching huge black and white photographs on the facades of crumbling or dilapidated buildings. His previous work follows the same style, using a team of volunteers to mount a collection of expressions onto various places in poverty stricken zones, spanning the globe from Rio to Kenya, while taking care to operate under the radar. In his travel to the Middle East, he mounted supposedly the largest illegal exhibition in the world on the wall marking the border between Israel and Palestine with comic expressions of a rabbi, a priest, and an imam. more ›

J. Whitmel Earley tells the truth about Bund vs French Concession art events. more ›

For those that were at ShanghaiPRIDE's opening bash this Saturday, how much fun was it? For those that weren't, live vicariously through this photo set from Vlatko Mitashev (click through for more, this is just a smattering) and, don't worry, there's much more fun to be had. Shanghai's second ever pride celebration will run until November 6. You'll have more than enough time to show your support at any number of ShanghaiPRIDE 2010 events. more ›

These three fantastic jazz vocalists will do a unique performance this Saturday night at a venue we haven't been to yet, called Lounge 18 (18 on the bund, 4F, 18 Zhongshan Dong Lu, near Nanjing Lu). Coco says it's a fantastic space, which means it should be perfect for the magical evening the group has planned for Saturday. Joining the three singers will be Tinho Pereira, the extraordinary Brazilian bass player who joined Coco and Heidi for their recent show at the Oriental Arts Center, as well as Willow Neilson, an Australian saxophonist who is not playing sax at this show but instead playing Mbira, which is the Zimbabwean thumb piano. It's quite a unique set of sounds to mix together, and a fantastic set of musicians, so expect an amazing night. more ›