Home | SHmag.cn

<b>Star of stripes:</b> Hidemi Shimura's fiber-coil barcodes

Star of stripes: Hidemi Shimura's fiber-coil barcodes

<b>Pronto New York-style Italian:</b> Big Apple or white elephant?

Pronto New York-style Italian: Big Apple or white elephant?

<b>Backstreet Boys:</b> This Is Us Tour comes to Shanghai

Backstreet Boys: This Is Us Tour comes to Shanghai

<b>LTJ Bukem:</b> Drum ’n’ bass pioneer rules The Shelter

LTJ Bukem: Drum ’n’ bass pioneer rules The Shelter

<b>Get Naked, go green:</b> Green Initative Month led by Naked Retreats

Get Naked, go green: Green Initative Month led by Naked Retreats

Is it spring yet? We’re thoroughly sick of the cold now. The nice weather better come along soon. In the meantime, we might as well enjoy the last vestiges of winter.

We checked out New York-style Italian eatery Pronto this week, but couldn’t work out where the Italian aspect came in. We also road tested the grandiose-sounding Family Li Imperial Cuisine in Huangpu Parl. Read our reviews here.

Animal lovers - a date for your diaries. Jaiya’s Animal Rescue (JAR) which we featured in a recent blog post, is holding an adoption day on 18^th April at Papas Bierstube in Hongqiao. They’ll be bringing along animals looking for new homes, so if you’re after a new pet and are committed to helping animals in need, go along and meet the gang.

Don't forget - you can follow us on Twitter and join our Facebook group, and our newsletter will be back up and running soon.

EVENTS

Want your event listed? Email it to events@asia-city.com.cn

What's On... Stage

Made in China: Return of the Soul

The Jin Xing Dance Theatre is rapidly gaining a reputation for staging beautiful, high-caliber dance shows. Made in China looks to continue in this vein with their latest performance. It’s based on an act from Kunqu opera “The Peony Pavilion” called “Dream in the Garden”. 50-380 RMB. Mar 13^th @ 7.15pm. Shanghai Grand Theatre, 286 Huangpi Lu. www.shgtheatre.com

What's On... Art

Silent Invaders

Born in Japan but working in Shanghai, fiber artist Hidemi Shimura exhibits at M50 for the first time in her career. Through coils of colorful material attached to an acrylic board to form barcodes, Shimura asks questions about consumerism and materialism. Mar 13^th – 31^st. Yard Gallery, 1/F Building 4-B, M50, 50 Moganshan Lu. www.ycgallery.com
Where to treat your ears this week

St. Vincent - Although it sounds 100 percent masculine, St. Vincent is actually the alter ego of Annie Clark, a talented female singer/songwriter from Texas. With her first album ‘Marry Me’ two years ago, she soon won accolades with its precocious arrangements and elegant lyrics. If you like pop music with a dreamy twist, this is the show for you. Mar 13, 9pm. 120rmb. Yuyintang.

(more)

DINING

Open Door: Pronto

The buzz: New Italian restaurant, describing itself as “New York Italian dining”.

The décor: Slightly sparse and sterile for a place trying to emulate a New York vibe. We were expecting something a little brighter and more upbeat. The severe, square tables and stark walls seem to imply fine dining, which this place certainly isn’t.

Open Door: Family Li's Imperial Cuisine

The buzz: Founded by Li Shanlin, an offspring of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty, Family Li's Imperial Cuisine is the only place in town where you can sample the exclusive imperial cuisine from the Forbidden City. Its re-opening after almost one year of adjustment means you can literally eat like a queen or king yet again.

(more)

NIGHTLIFE

Where to drink, dance & mingle this week

Ladies’ Night – Green St. Patrick’s Day - Mural is going green tonight, and ladies get special treatment. Complementary green cocktails for ladies till midnight while guys enjoy RMB25 green draft beer all night. DJ Trix plays groovy house. Dress code: green. Mar 17, 9pm-late. Free entry. Mural.

Open Bar: Guandi & 4K Club

The buzz: Once a favorite of Shanghai's party animals and Chinese celebrities, Guandi in Fuxing Park is back in the game with a complete facelift and even a new name - Guandi & 4K Club.

(more)

LIVING

Open Store: Juice
Juice is not a juice store. It's a brand new streetwear boutique opened by former movie star Edison Chen, who quit the Hong Kong show business after his 'sexy photo gate' scandal in 2008. Obviously the scandal hasn't tarnished his image as a fashion icon. The opening party of Juice Shanghai was packed with street fashion fans as well as famous desingers and stars like Hiroshi Fujiwara and Sam Lee.