EventActivities
Trisha Brown: In Plain Site
Trisha Brown Dance Company brings early works into the architecture and public space of Power Station of Art.
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PlaceCulture
The Paramount
Art Deco architecture and Shanghai’s dance-hall history meet at this landmark beside Jing’an Temple.
EventConcerts
Reactor Grand Opening Weekend
Reactor marks its official opening with two overnight programmes across the Dome and Pocket rooms at C·PARK.
EventActivities
TAO Dance Theater: 15 & 18
TAO Dance Theater pairs two Numerical Series works exploring collective formation, circular movement and calligraphic space.
PlaceCulture
The Jazz Bar at Fairmont Peace Hotel
The Old Jazz Band gives the Peace Hotel’s ground-floor bar an intimate live-music identity beside the Bund.
EventConcerts
Aby’ss × FaQ: Rebekah
Rebekah leads a hard-edged electronic night at Aby’ss beneath TX Huaihai, with a full supporting bill.
EventActivities
Tianchan Yifu: Dragon and Phoenix
Peking opera artists from across China assemble for a celebratory staging of Dragon and Phoenix.
PlaceCulture
Sinan Books
English and Chinese books fill several floors of a preserved villa near Sinan Road.
EventActivities
Love Letters with Fang Xu and Zhao Qian
Two actors and a live cello trace decades of affection through a sequence of more than seventy letters.
PlaceCulture
Duoyun Books at Shanghai Tower
A bookshop on Shanghai Tower’s 52nd floor pairs browsing with an elevated view of Lujiazui.
EventConcerts
Alex Banks × Wu Zhuoling: A/V Live
Alex Banks and Wu Zhuoling share a live electronic programme at Future House inside Star Culture Centre.
EventConcerts
Khatia Buniatishvili Piano Recital
Khatia Buniatishvili takes the solo stage at Shanghai Oriental Art Center.
PlaceCulture
Aby’ss Shanghai
Techno and harder electronic programmes take over the basement beneath TX Huaihai.
RestaurantCantonese
Ji Pin Court
Ji Pin Court puts Chinese cooking on the map at 3F, 55 South Wulumuqi Road, Xuhui.
RestaurantCantonese
T'ang Court
Make room for another side of Shanghai’s food scene: T'ang Court is an address for Chinese cooking.
RestaurantItalian
8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana
Italian cooking at 8 ½ Otto e Mezzo Bombana, with the exact address ready for your city route.
RestaurantInnovative
Obscura
Obscura puts contemporary cooking on the map at Tangxiang Cultural Space, 538 Xikang Road, Jingan.
RestaurantFrench Contemporary
Vivant by Johnny Pham
Make room for another side of Shanghai’s food scene: Vivant by Johnny Pham is an address for French cooking.
RestaurantSteakhouse
1515 West Chophouse
1515 West Chophouse puts grilled meat on the map at 4F, Jing An Shangri-La Hotel, 1218 Middle Yan'an Road, Jingan.
RestaurantShanghainese
Lao Xing Xian (Huangpu)
Make room for another side of Shanghai’s food scene: Lao Xing Xian (Huangpu) is an address for Chinese cooking.
RestaurantEuropean Contemporary
Pop
Contemporary cooking at Pop, with the exact address ready for your city route.
RestaurantYakitori
Torikaze
Make room for another side of Shanghai’s food scene: Torikaze is an address for Japanese cooking.