All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: It's Shanghaiist Scrabble time again so see you at Cotton's! We've got some interesting people dropping into Shanghai. First, there's Ed Wang, the very first Chinese football player to be drafted into the NFL hosting a happy hour at the Boxing Cat, and the Macau Playboy bunnies doing an appearance at M1NT. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

It's that time of month again! We're breaking out the giant scrabble board and giving you great drink specials at Cotton's on Xinhua, so come enjoy a warm night by the fire with some friends and fancy wordplay. Rules rehash:
• Each Happy Hour drink gets you five tiles. You can wait until you've got a couple orders under your belt - heck, we're not putting a limit on how many tiles you can come up to the board with - but just know that someone might take that triple word score from you if you wait too long.
• We'll be using the SOWPODS dictionary. If you don't know what that means, don't worry too much about it.
• You can come up to the board as many times as you like between 6pm and 10pm. But you can't make words consecutively, you'll have to wait until at least one other person has tried first.

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It's that time of month again! We're breaking out the giant scrabble board and giving you great drink specials at Cotton's on Xinhua, so come enjoy a warm night by the fire with some friends and fancy wordplay. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: our monthly Shanghaiist Scrabble night, some professional ladies drinking beer, and loads of local rockers gathering for a concert! Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

It's that time of month again! We're breaking out the giant scrabble board and giving you great drink specials at Cotton's on Xinhua, so come enjoy this undoubtedly beautiful night with some friends and fancy wordplay. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: LoGo's last week, a few scary movies, and Shanghai PRIDE gives it up for the ladies. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

From 6pm to 10pm, we'll be hoisting up our giant scrabble board and inviting everyone to engage in cunning word play. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday to Thursday in Shanghai. On the schedule this week: quiz nights, DPRK movie nights, talks about how fat China's getting and... of course, our super awesome Shanghaiist Scrabble Happy Hour! Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

Congratulation Hoo Hoos, for blasting past the competition at our most recent Shanghaiist Scrabble night! The five of you managed to throw up 1004 points worth of words onto the board, effectively beating out everyone else by quite a large margin! Hope you enjoyed the 250RMB worth of drinks and join us again for the next Shanghaiist Scrabble on September 28th. more ›

From 6pm to 10pm, we'll be hoisting up our giant scrabble board and inviting everyone to engage in cunning word play. Rules rehash:
• Each Happy Hour drink gets you five tiles. You can wait until you've got a couple orders under your belt - heck, we're not putting a limit on how many tiles you can come up to the board with - but just know that someone might take that triple word score from you if you wait too long.
• We'll be using the SOWPODS dictionary. If you don't know what that means, don't worry too much about it.
• You can come up to the board as many times as you like between 6pm and 10pm. But you can't make words consecutively, you'll have to wait until at least one other person has tried first.

The team of Adam (lumber baron) and Griff (Haibao trader) proved too mighty last night at the Shanghaiist Scrabble Happy Hour at Cotton's on Xinhua Lu. The duo rode fancy words such as "saltpeter" and "xeroxing" to a record-setting win. Nine-hundred-and-forty-six points! That's a lot of 2-for-1 beverages. For their efforts, Adam and Griff get to share an RMB 250 Cotton's gift certificate. Check out some "action" photos! more ›

We mentioned it briefly in our Pencil This In, but we figured we'd give it a louder shout out too: tomorrow is our monthly Shanghaiist Scrabble Night, where all you wizened wordsmiths can pit your wits against each other on our especially oversized Shanghaiist Scrabble board! more ›

Every Monday, we pick some of the coolest or most interesting events for the week, and this week is no different. Things to look forward to: a show by Shanghai's renowned street photographer, the weekly Swap Meet art-and-artist fiesta at Shelter and... our awesome Shanghaiist Scrabble night, of course. more ›

Hey guys! Looking for something to do? Come tonight to Cotton's Xinhua to play scrabble with us! The weather may be frightful, but inside Cotton's it's delightful! Plus, we'll be playing a newly compiled setlist of the best indie rock songs from 2010 (in case you wanted to check out The National or Titus Andronicus' new albums). more ›

Yes, yes, we know. The World Cup is still a-playing so most of you already have your plans set down for the week (and they all start at 10pm in any bar with a big screen). But in case you're not a football fan, willing to try something new and it's Tuesday and you love scrabble (ahem ahem), here's a list of the best events to check out this week. more ›

Every Friday, we bring you a roundup of the Shanghaiist's picks of the best upcoming events this weekend. For live music, check out the Midweek Music Preview. more ›

So full disclosure: Back when I was in High School here in Shanghai, my friends and I started a charity project to help provide scholarships for disadvantaged kids in Yunnan Province. Flash forward about seven years and two out of our original founders are here living in Shanghai - I'm on this website and my friend is working for the non-profit that helped us distribute our funds to disadvantaged kids in Yunnan. And this weekend we're coming together for our own little fund-raise-a-thon. more ›

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Sure this entire weekend has been rainy and gross, but if weather reports are accurate, Tuesday is set to be a thoroughly decent 21C. So if you happen to want to have a couple of after hour drinks that night, why not head over to Shanghaiist Scrabble at Cotton's Xinhua? Plan it in, folks! You may just win a 250RMB voucher for even MORE drinks at Cotton's. more ›

It's the last Tuesday of the month, and that means it's time for Shanghaiist Scrabble! Come out to Cotton's on Xinhua Lu tonight to imbibe in both booze and the brains of your fellow compatriots (no zombie). While it's a little rainy right now, hopefully the weather will clear up in time for us to maybe host the Scrabble night outside! more ›

It's Scrabble week again! After the excitement of wordsmithing passes, there's more to check out this week, including a Thai photoexhibit, a French fashion show, and drinking for a cause. more ›

This Shanghaiist Scrabble set a couple of records for us. First, it was the first time we've seen where there were more people who had come specifically to partake in our scrabble game than random wanderers into Cotton's that thought "Hey, that board looks fun, I will participate." It makes me weep with joy. more ›

It's the last Tuesday of the month, and that means it's time for Shanghaiist Scrabble! Come out to Cotton's on Xinhua Lu tonight to partake in a couple of after work drinks and word smithery! The day has been warm, so the night should be wonderful. more ›

Looking for something to do this week? Shanghaiist has got you covered, from poker and arm wrestling tournaments to a night dedicated to The Dude. Of course, we hope to see you show off your Scrabble skills at the Shanghaiist Happy Hour on Tuesday! more ›

Egads, could it be? Our first Shanghaiist Scrabble TEAM NAME? Whoever the mysterious L/J/N/H were, they managed to win this session with a pretty spectacular 348 points. Unfortunately, since they didn't leave an email (tsk tsk, guys), we have no idea who they are and how to give them the 250RMB Cotton's voucher they deserve for words like PICQUET, QUEEREST and a 62 point QAT. Man, they got a lot of Qs. more ›

We know where you're gonna be tonight. Or at least, we know where we hope you're going to be tonight: at Shanghaiist Scrabble having a drink and making ten dollar words on our shiny Shanghaiist-specific scrabble board! Yes, after a month of waiting, Scrabble night is here again, so come on over to Cotton's and prove yourself the cunningest linguist in the city. more ›

Life is going to become pretty hectic in the next couple weeks, so take advantage of the calm before the storm with these local happenings, from an orchestral chamber music concert to another JUCCCE Green Idea Lab. Of course, don't forget the best way to relax is always over Scrabble and 2-for-1 drinks at the Shanghaiist Happy Hour! more ›

Hey y'all, another month has passed and it's almost time for the next Shanghaiist Scrabble Happy Hour! Same rules, same time, same deal, same everything, but in case you needed a rehash, here's how we play the game: more ›

Oops, so we had meant to post the winners of our Shanghaiist Scrabble happy hour earlier last week... but, well, holidays called. It's a shame, because this last time was a doozy. Not only did we manage to use up all our Shanghaiist Scrabble tiles before the end of the night, but our winners got the highest score ever reached so far: 372. None of their words were particularly large scorers; nope, these guys won through sheer persistence, coming up to our Scrabble board 14 times in the two-and-a-half hours they were there. more ›