As most of the Americans around town are well aware, it's Thanksgiving week! Warm up for the fun with another round of the Shanghaiist Scrabble Happy Hour on Tuesday, stuff your face silly on Thursday, then emerge from a tryptophan coma in time to help raise money for The Library Project. Whatever you do, enjoy the time with your friends and family! Love, your friends at Shanghaiist. more ›

We mentioned it briefly in this week's Pencil It In, but figured it bears repeating since it combines two things we love: charity and trivia. This Thursday, the Rotaract Club Shanghai and Hilton Shanghai are hosting a World Trivia Night with 100% of the proceeds going to various local charities. more ›

Here's a good new way to help out a local charity, and avoid paying the scandalous prices some businesses are now charging for carrier bags (we're looking at you Waga's...) more ›

Shanghaiist wants to spread the word about an upcoming charity event this Saturday night organised by members of Shanghai's Flickr community. Local Flickr identities ShanghaiSky, ThomasTribe, OppoHash (among others*) have organised a fund-raising night for local student charity, Shanghai Sunrise. more ›

Still recovering from your May Holiday partying? Well, there's no respite. Here are a few things that Shanghaiist is keeping an eye on over the coming week. more ›

Shanghai Sunrise, a local non-profit charity established in 1995, is looking for board members and volunteers. Shanghai Sunrise aims to help remove Shanghai families from the poverty cycle by providing education scholarships for disadvantaged students. Despite China’s compulsory education law stating that no tuition fees will be charged for nine years of education, the reality facing many families in Shanghai and throughout China that this does not cover tuition fees for high school. Often, the extra costs incurred when sending a student onto high school and university can present overwhelming difficulties for families living below Shanghai’s poverty line. In situations like this, Shanghai Sunrise provides assistance so a student can reach their potential. more ›

We've written about Bubba's Texas-Style Bar-B-Que & Saloon, college football and chili before. And now, all three combine in some kind of crazy mixed up Sunday afternoon stew. We are pressed for time -- we are a judge in today's Shanghai Chili Cook-off -- so we will do what we know best: copy and paste: more ›

Here's the lineup for the concert: more ›