Hey drama queens (and kings), we just received word that East West Theatre is casting stage actors for a double-bill of absurdist one-act plays. They need: more ›

Another Friday, another Weekendist. Here's a roundup of Shanghaiist's picks for events this weekend. For live music, check out our Midweek Music Preview. Happy weekend! more ›

• We've found a mascot uglier than Haibao: Yabi, who represents the 2010 Taipei International Flora Expo. And the two of them standing together kind of looks like a turd floating in water. [CRI English]
• Hellooooo sailor, Fleet Week's here - U.S. Coast Guard cutter "Rush" is now throwing its uniformed men onto our shores. [CNN Go]
• Wanna see robot butlers, robot cooks, robot nurses and robot teachers? Check out the China International Industry Fair, which has come to the Shanghai New International Expo Center and lasts until Saturday. [Shanghai Daily]

Holy crazy week, Batman. Shanghai is teeming to the brim with talks and forums, tweetups and meetups, and some awesome music peppered throughout these next few days. To see what didn't make this week's Pencil This In (oh yes, there's more), check out the Shanghaiist calendar. If anyone so much as thinks the words, "I have nothing to do tonight," may an angry Haibao come down and smite you. more ›