All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: Jason Chen's China tour reaches Shanghai, a chicken wing eating competition, Dada presents La Planete Sauvage, and the 100 most influential men in history as never seen before. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: It's Halloween! While most of the ragers were on Friday and Saturday, tonight Mural hosts a dance party, Dada hosts a horror triple-feature, and the Shanghai Aquarium gets spooky. Plus some healthy Beijing-Shanghai rivalry on Wendesday, Dia de los Muertos on Thursday, and plenty of other stuff going down in between. Read on or check out our calendar for more. more ›

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 ›

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 ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. First off, happy Qing Ming Festival! If you're not off sweeping your ancestor's graves today, here's all the great stuff waiting for you to do: Some really great cinema flicks are on for free--from wu xia flicks to Koryo's North Korea documentary and a French language piece with a discussion to follow. Meanwhile, you can get your late night fill of parties from Yuyintang and Shiva who both have special acts on during the week. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! 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 ›

That was some weekend, wasn't it? For some ideas on how to take it easy the next few days (besides vegging out and watching the Olympics), check out this week's events, from pool to indie music to back-to-back kung fu movies. more ›

Have you discovered Sub-Cinema, the new bi-weekly film screenings that started taking place at Dada last month? Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month you can watch cult classics, B-movies, independent cinema and documentaries - all for free! This week it´s time for Babylon, Franco Rosso´s film about black youth growing up in South London. more ›

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 ›