It might suck to be away from home on this fine Thanksgiving day (blue skies in Shanghai!), but don't you worry, because Rocksgiving's got you covered! Make sure you come out tonight to see 7 fantastic bands and get a little tipsy for charity! Proceeds from the evening will go to BEAN and the Concordia Welfare & Education Fund's migrant school meal programs. 50RMB // TONIGHT, 8pm // Yuyintang // 851 Kaixuan Lu (凯旋路851号，近延安西路) more ›

For those in Shanghai who want to experience a delicious, drool-worthy Thanksgiving feast this year, restaurants and hotels all over the city are cooking up a little something to commemorate the holiday. We've created a hand-picked list of where to get the most delicious Thanksgiving meals in Shanghai. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: BEAN's Rocksgiving takes place at Yuyintang, oyster-shucking extravaganzas, L.A. Theatre Works stages the infamous "Pentagon Papers", a chance to show-off your hidden performing arts talent, and Thanksgiving with a gourmet spin. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

Happy Thanksgiving, our Rocksgiving charity concert is today, folks! While you've already read about the bands you will be hearing and the raffle prizes you may be winning, a part of you is probably wondering: but where is all my hard-earned cash being donated towards? more ›

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Shanghaiist lists all the live music performances you might want to check out from now to Sunday this week. For fun things that aren't live music, take a peek at our Pencil This In (out every Monday!) or the all-inclusive calendar. more ›

Sure, you could spend the night gorging on turkey and smearing cranberry sauce all over your face, and we wouldn't judge you for it - but in case you were into a more low cal, active and philanthropic mood, here's something to consider: We and the awesome folks over at BEAN Shanghai have decided to make this year's American Thankgiving actually about giving. more ›

For all you Americans out there, this week usually means turkey, family, American football, and deadly Walmart shopping stampedes. In Shanghai, this week means some of those things too! Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

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 ›

A few weeks ago the metro stop at People's Square was turned from a bastion of commercialism into a moving display of environmental art. Check out the large installation, which featured work designed for the China Environmental Protection Foundation, and wish it was there instead of Haibao looming at you. [China Environmental Blog] more ›

Friends of ours have joked before that they didn't believe Thomas L. Friedman when he proclaimed that "The World is Flat" till they saw the chests of the girls waitressing at Hooters here. Adrian Baschuk from Current TV checks out the Shanghai outlet (which has the distinction of being China's very first Hooters). He seemed to really like it and was even thinking of going back there for Thanksgiving!
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For all displaced Americans and tryptophan lovers, consider these lovely Thanksgiving dinner options for tomorrow night in our cozy little Chinese metropolis: more ›

Torontoist has some awesome, cutting edge news: A movie is being made about a gay hockey player - filmmakers even got approval from the NHL and the Toronto Maple Leafs! Also awesome: Toronto's "Do the Sneeze Sleeve Campaign". And most awesome is this dreamy photograph of Toronto's skyline in fog. more ›

Photo by Shanghai Sky taken from the Shanghaiist Contribute page. To see your photos on our Contribute page, use Flickr and tag your photos “shanghaiist”. Or you can email your photos to photos@shanghaiist.com and they will automatically appear on our site. more ›

Big Bird! The Thanksgiving week has been, appropriately, quite busy in regards to China's ongoing bout against the deadly avian influenza virus. Even our precious hometown Shanghai is beginning to feel the pinch. more ›

Hungry for turkey? more ›