All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: You've got a very very wide range of film screenings, from old school Chinese wu xia to design documentaries and a Woody Allen picture--best of all, they're all free. Gotta love this town. We're also convinced now that good things come in twos. We had two chefs battle it out over the weekend, and this Thursday, Brian Tan of HoF and Marc Johnson of Fulton Place put their creative minds together for a special one-off dinner. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

Creative consultancy group Spirit House and movie-loving coffee spot Vienna Café are putting together an entire months-worth of indie documentary film screenings to "share with Shanghai those fragments and viewpoints that we normally do not see, a different side of China, another state of life." more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: There's a free lion dance show being put on at Times Square while Vienna Cafe is starting up their China indie film showings. There's an Oscar-awarded musical concert and also your last chance to see Wilson Yap's New York photo exhibition. 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: 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 ›

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 ›

Looks like an alliterative week ahead as everyone slowly stumbles into work again from the holiday. Ease back into the 'Hai with these events- from Bollywood and Berlin to swing and classical- that will keep your spirits up and your diverse musical cravings satisfied. more ›