All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: The Cranberries come to Shanghai, FINA Swimming features Phelps all week, and Sesame Street Live debuts! Read on for details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

The 14th bi-annual FINA World Swimming Championship competition has been up and running for a week now, so instead of posting more updates about the competition's food and social networking controversies, we thought we should share some pictures from our personal favorite event: synchronized swimming! more ›

FINA continues this weekend and the swimming finally kicks off on Sunday! Phelps in the hizzouse. If swimming's not your bag, don't worry because there is plenty of other stuff going on around town to keep you occupied. Mesa & Manifesto is closing, TICT is throwing a beach party, and Dada's screening another North Korean film! Read on for details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

Human Fish sighting alert! 14-time Olympic Gold Medalist and confirmed party bro Michael Phelps arrived at Shanghai's Pudong International Airport yesterday. Phelps flew in from Australia, where he was training at the Gold Coast Aquatic Center in Queensland, in preparation for the royal ass-kicking he planned on doling out at the 14th FINA World Aquatics Championships now under way in Shanghai. more ›

Apparently, landing visas for non-Chinese nationals who can't get their papers in order are available, albeit under certain special circumstances. Shanghai Daily provides a useful listing of the conditions whereby a visitor might qualify for a special Shanghai-specific landing visa. more ›

The best swimmers in the world are in Shanghai for the FINA (Fédération International de Natation) championships. Some of them, like Michael Phelps, were in Beijing for the Olympics. Back then, Facebook and Twitter were allowed. more ›

It was confirmed yesterday that the Shanghai city government has found a solution to its FINA Swimming World Championship food controversy. How you might ask? The Times reports that Shanghai officials have released a list of 15 restaurants that are deemed safe for the swimmers to dine in. Xie Minqiang, vice director of Shanghai FDA and head of the FINA championships' food safety department, had this to say: "After we communicated with the teams and reported our strict measures on food safety, they have withdrawn their requests….We have promised that all raw materials, processing and cooking procedures in designated hotels and restaurants are under strict supervision to prevent food-borne accidents and banned chemicals. All selected material suppliers are under strict and whole-course administration." Does this mean any restaurant/hotel not designated a part of the "safe 15" is serving us dishes full of poisonous hormones? That third nipple makes so much sense now.... more ›

This weekend you can watch a German film or martial arts comedy, groove to the 90s with Leather Locklear, or enjoy world championship water sports! Continue reading for all the goings-on around town, or check out our calendar for more. more ›

Last week, China's diving team announced that it would skip the upcoming FINA Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale due to swine flu fears. more ›

After table tennis, diving was the sport that China dominated most during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. So this weekend, when the city of Changzhou hosts the China stop on this year's FINA Diving Grand Prix series, a good spectator turnout is expected, as well as some very high-caliber diving. more ›