Shanghaiist usually waits until Friday to update you on this weekend's live shows, but this week we decided to actually get something in a timely manner (actually we are going to Beijing for the Pop Festival so will be partying way too hard to write this later). Yuyintang, those stalwart music promoters, are back with a show tonight (Thursday) at the Zendai Moma out in Pudong. If this morning's weather holds out it should be a great night to make the schlep out to the boonies and catch Norwegian, brit-popish band, Flare and Shanghai based Boys Climbing Ropes. We have also heard from various sources that 2nd Hand Rose will be in town playing at some sort of art function tonight. more ›

Tomorrow marks the arrival of the Shanghai Creative Bazaar, which as dutifully reported in our local English-language rags, is a celebration of those brave souls who flout conventional wisdom and revel in offbeatedness. (Otherwise known as artisans.) Forty designers and 30 shops of handcrafted zaniness, y'all. We’d be amiss, however, if we didn’t mention that in addition to sartorial sizzle, there’s plenty of sizzling food to be had as well. The luncheon, which runs in conjunction with the rest of the festivities (from 10 am to 3 pm, with an afterparty to commence at 7:30 pm) showcases a cornucopia of organic food’s finest, and yes, we’re here to break down exactly what that means. To start, a half-leek, half-spinach soup, followed by a squash and sweet potato sformato (similar to a soufflé), and then, the piece(s) de resistance: a Panini duo. Beef tenderloin with tonnato sauce (no, that’s not a typo), and for veggie lovers (and lovers of peppers), a roasted pepper sandwich. Oh, and in case the sformato didn’t tip you off, this is definitely Italian, and we’re not talking Ruzzi either, although the one-price-buys-all (50 kuai for the whole shebang) might lead you to think that. more ›

Rising up from the soulless Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and McDonald's doldrums of "Thumb Plaza" in Pudong is the Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art's international new media exhibition, ElectroScape. Only in operation for six weeks, it has created one of the first avant-art footprints in Shanghai with its premier. Don't know about you, but creating a discourse between the digital and organic usually makes Shanghaiist's stomach go to tizzies. While this exhibition falls well short of inducing a state of tizziness, it is well worth checking out if you enjoy such exercises in mental masturbation. And if you want to support the Shanghai art scene, it's the place to be before August 25. more ›