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Salsa lover’s come on down to the hippest place in town. Our live Salsa band will blow your mind and burn your heels. Our Salsa Shanghai teacher will also be on hand to give all beginners a hand in learning the finer art of Salsa dancing and will keep the regulars going all night long. Happy Hour (buy 1 get 1 free) 7 – 9pm 500rmb per bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Label (1 jug of soft drink) Free entrance fee Date: Every Monday Add: 697 Yongjia Lu Tel: BACKBACK BACKBACK

Drama "Rhinoceros in Love“ Date: 26 August – 4 September Time:19:30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre Add: No. 300 Renmin Da Dao, Shanghai CHINA Booking Hotline: BACKBACK BACKBACK

Comedy Drama "Flirting Schola" by Shanghai Comedy Expert Performance Workshop Date: 8 Sep – 26 Sep Time:19:30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre Add: No. 300 Renmin Da Dao, Shanghai Booking Hotline: BACKBACK BACKBACK

Der Ring des Nibelungen Date: 16 Sep – 24 Sep Time:19:30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre Add: No. 300 Renmin Da Dao, Shanghai CHINA Booking Hotline: BACKBACK BACKBACK

London Symphony Orchestra Shanghai Concert With Conductor Kristjan Jarvi at the helm, the world-class London Symphony is performing two nights in Shanghai. With soloists Jian Wang (Cello) and Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), the first evening features pieces by Britten, Shostakovich, and Bartok. The second evening features the Symphony performing pieces from Berstein (symphonic dances from West Side Story), Liszt, and Rachmaninov. Date: 9 Sep – 10 Sep Time:19:30 Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center Add: 425 Dingxiang Lu, near Century Blvd Booking Hotline: BACKBACK BACKBACK

Drama "The Life Attitude of Two Dogs" Date: 28 Sep – 30 Sep Time:19:30 Venue: Shanghai Grand Theatre Add: No. 300 Renmin Da Dao, Shanghai Booking Hotline: BACKBACK BACKBACK

Huang Xu Solo Show Creating distinctive suites of photo graphic images, Huang Xu's work takes issue with the changing face of Chinese culture. In one series discarded plastic bags are photo-graphed in a manner suggestive of the finest Chinese silk. Appearing like ghostly apparitions these sumptuous images are redolent with aesthetic and sociological allusions. Date: 4 Sep – 30 Sep Time: Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm, Closed on Mon Venue: Front Line Contemporary Add: 588 Yongjia Lu, near Yueyang Lu BACKBACK BACKBACK

ShContemporary 2010 The ShContemporary throws open its doors to the lowly public this weekend (September 9 and 10 are for VIP guests only). Three sections, 9 million galleries, and more art than you can shake a stick at. Cover: 50rmb. Date: 10 – 13 Sep Time: from 11am to 6pm on Saturday and 11am to 5pm on Sunday. Venue: Shanghai Exhibition center Add: 1000 Yan'an Lu, near Tongren Lu BACKBACK BACKBACK

Soliloquies: Solo Exhibition of Makoto Fujimura two cities gallery hosts “Soliloquies”, the first solo exhibition of Makoto Fujimura in mainland China. A collection of Nihonga paintings in the style of abstract expressionism, Fujimura’s paintings are at once luminous and layered. Date: 18 Sep Time: 10am to 5pm Venue: Two Cities Gallery Add: No. 300 Renmin Da Dao, Shanghai CHINA BACKBACK BACKBACK

SHREK Forever After Date: End 15 Sep Venue: Peace Cinema Add: Exit 14, People’s Square metro station BACKBACK BACKBACK

Shanghai Roots & Shoots' Day of Dance Learn new dance moves while giving back to the Earth! ARTIST Shanghai will be offering a full day of dance classes at a fraction of the cost. For RMB 50 per class, you can learn Ballet, Modern Dance, Belly Dance, Neo-Jazz and Hip Hop. Best of all, the proceeds will be used to plant trees to fight desertification and offset carbon emission through Shanghai Roots & Shoots' MillionTree Project! Contact: Dance Studio ARTIST Shanghai, Add: Room 02-03, F/5, No North Nan Quan Rd., Pudong District Date: 5 Sep Time: 11am to 5pm BACKBACK BACKBACK

Tiger beer Pub Crawl - Every Friday in September Free Tiger Beer on the party bus -2 free beer coupons for participating pubs -Pub passport -Special offers on Tiger beer such as 1-for-1 during the pub crawl -Games, tiger mask-painting, half-yard game, tiger girls -Gift basket (including a 6-pack Tiger and souvenirs!) -lucky draws and 3-in-10 chance to win five-star hotel room vouchers, watches, dental vouchers Tiger iceboxes, or spa vouchers) Special offer for group tickets: 2 ppl, 85RMB/per 4 ppl, 80RMB/per,8 ppl, 70RMB/per Over 10 ppl, 65RMB/per. To book tickets: Ms. Maggie Wong, or ext. 821 or send an to Time: 4:30pm to 11:30pm Add: Over 20 Participating pubs at Datong Mill on Julu Road in Jin An BACKBACK BACKBACK

The Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn is a very important Chinese festival. It falls on the 15th day of August. A few days before the festival, everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house. On the evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back for the union. After dinner, people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily. At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating moon-cakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together. It is said that there was a dragon in the sky. The dragon wanted to swallow up the moon. To protect the frighten the dragon away. BACKBACK BACKBACK