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takes a sweeping look at the next month in Shanghai and selects the big events in the respective categories of dining, music, art, and more, more, more. Here鈥檚 your socio-culture calendar for the next month in Shanghai.




Shanghai's brightest crochet queen is back with a brand new collection of wooly goodies for the winter season. Celia B's pop-up shop opens at The Source this weekend, kicking off in style with a sangria-fuelled fiesta 鈥� more on that . This is the Spaniard's second collaboration with the streetwear store, and features knitted jackets, dresses and accessories, as well as embroidered skirts crafted from textiles sourced across Asia 鈥� they start from around 890rmb. It's all typically fabulous, although what made us really swoon was Celia's new line in baby wear. Comprising darling mittens, hats and shoes, it's what all the most stylish sprogs are wearing this season...

And also... Right in time for Christmas shopping conundrums, there's a bevy of festive markets lined up for the next few weeks. While it may not be the best in terms of gift-buying, Paulaner's Christkindlmarkt comes up trumps for bringing on fuzzy festive feelings, goodwill to all men, and all that crapola. Pricey but potent gluhwein may hold some answers in that regard, but it's also just a nice, Christmassy shopping event, complete with wreathes, trees, decorations and lots of German-style snack food.

And also, also... Holiday parties call for new glad-rags, and lots of them. Happily, Yueyang Lu womenswear boutique, The Villa, have started their seasonal sales early this year, and for the entire month of December are offering a welcome 25% off selected winter goodies. It's all pretty high-end, and discounted designers include Altuzarra, Derek Lam, Opening Ceremony and Rag & Bone. More on that here.




Not a bad month in the way of visiting DJs. You have Justice this weekend, of course, then Dubfire at Mook next Friday, on the same night as UK chart dance sensation Example, who is playing at G+ in another of their recent, balls-out bookings (). But we鈥檙e going for the DJ Caspa show at Arkham, which, quite coincidentally, is also next Friday, on December 14.

Caspa鈥檚 not been here before, which is something of a surprise, considering how many times UK dubstep heads have come through with Sub-Culture. Caspa is hailed as one of the originators. He鈥檚 been sniffing around the scene since well before its current global popularity. While many of the others who nurtured the style have mutated their sound into the darker, more abstract post-dubstep stuff, Caspa still slings the rougher sound that draws on grime and two-step influences and touches on UK funky. In any case, I like it because it fits the venue well 鈥� this show鈥檚 at Arkham, which, with its high ceilings and grungy vibe, feels right for the music.

He鈥檚 joined for the night by Dynamite MC, who was one of the original MCs from Roni Size鈥檚 Reprezent outfit, plus a ton of Shanghai heads: Cavia, Roo, Tourettez, Steven Lorenz, Siesta... Arkham鈥檚 second room will be DnB with EMPFAB, Q-Kraft and Resinate, and the third will be UK funky from Wonky Kong DJs Alta, Arthur Fox and Beardslap. Looks like a big, tough night of dirty British rave music. Pukka. Sorted. Fuck off you muppet.

And also鈥� 滨迟鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Eve, of course. As usual, we probably won鈥檛 have any international guests in town for the night. They鈥檙e just too damn expensive and they鈥檙e all booked up playing mega-domes to trillions of gurning 13-year-olds over in the Western world. So, as usual, there are three ways to do it in Shanghai.

Go cheap. Pick a party at a local dive bar where the drinks are affordable and the door charge is minimal, if not free. This year, Jane Siesta and her Wonky Kong Crew have a free party at Lune. Conrank and his grimy lot have a free party at Dada, and there鈥檚 talk of a live set from ChaCha at the Shelter. That won鈥檛 be free, but it won鈥檛 be huge bucks. Then there鈥檚 the new LOgO, the new, new one, which will open at around 2am for a general after-show piss up with a bunch of DJs who know and love the vibe there. More on that as it firms up. The Ice Cream Truck won鈥檛 be doing a party. Ding Dong Disco are talking to Ben Huang and Otacrew, who are all planning a joint party. That might be the big one, though they are still murky on the venue details 鈥� the original space just fell through.

Or you could do it posh, rent a tux, go up the Bund and have a big sit-down, champagne and bow-tie night. So far, Riviera / MVP鈥檚 bash at the Peninsula, called Jet Set, looks set to be a big one and the tickets aren鈥檛 crazy money 鈥� 698rmb in advance including free-flow all night, with free bottles of champagne if you buy a package (). As does Three on the Bund鈥檚 party, The Great Gatsby, which includes dinner at New Heights and then a champagne-soaked party for the rest of the night. Again, . More of these big, glitzy dos are sure to pop up, but for now kudos to Unico, who have a free party with Jazzamar and the Ponies, plus three other live acts for free. That鈥檚 free. On the Bund. On New Year鈥檚 Eve. Jolly decent of them.

Or there鈥檚 option three. Which is when you pull the covers over your head and stay safely inside, ignoring this tiresome annual ritual. Maybe watch a bit of telly, you know. Let鈥檚 face it, you鈥檙e not getting any younger.




High-profile openings will be on hold until at least after the first of the year. But it's celebration season. Let's start with two in the immediate future. Popular purveyor of Cali-style sushi turns six this Thursday night. They'll be celebrating with their usual soiree of unlimited sushi, sake, beer and cocktails along with circus performances and tune-age by DJ Studs. 200rmb gets you in the door, 150rmb if you buy tickets in advance. Details on that .

On the following night, is throwing down for its second anniversary. They'll be serving Malaysian snacks and other signature canapes with drink deals. Music will be provided by the incomparable DJ Ben Huang. More on that .

Shortly thereafter, the holidays begin to kick into high gear. Right now, we've got a slow and steady trickle of dining events on our . By next week we expect a flood. In the meantime, here are a few events that have caught our eye.

Chef Matthew Ona of Shook! is cooking a Christmas dinner featuring smoked Pacific salmon salad and a butternut and kabocha squash veloute, then a choice of main course: either slow-roasted organic honey-glazed black ham, cabernet sauvignon-braised roast beef or a roast turkey. Each one comes with various accompaniments, and dinner is finished with a winter harvest fruit crumble and cinnamon caramel swirl ice cream. That's a three-course meal for 323rmb. More on that .

Roosevelt Sky on the Bund is serving a menu that includes smoked salmon, crab and avocado salad with smoked salmon mousse; pan-seared foie gras and hash browns with creamy potato soup and black truffle; Australian rib eye and honey glazed bone ham and more. That's all for 888rmb per person. Details .

And also... If you're keen to learn how to prepare your own Christmas Dinner, there is Bocuse. The culinary school / restaurant opens its kitchen to civilians every Tuesday night for themed cooking classes. On December 11, the theme is a French Christmas. For 580rmb you'll get a welcome drink, a class and a meal of everything you've learned to cook. Deets .




Really not much in the way of big live shows this month. After last month鈥檚 big J.Lo / Elton / Blue / Fray circle jerk, it seems Shanghai has pulled its head in. The guitars have fallen silent. The piano lid has come crashing down.

But there鈥檚 a live show by this cool guy Henry Krinkle at Arkham on December 22 and it鈥檚 got so much going for it we just had to put it in. Krinkle鈥檚 not a guitar-rock-punk live sort of guy. He鈥檚 an electronic artist who makes deep, soulful disco music. But he will be playing live, and this is the first live show at this new venue, which hopes to be as much of a livehouse as it is a DJ venue.

But what sold us about this party are the add ons: promoters are billing it as an 鈥渦gly sweater party鈥� and the first 100 people who come through the door wearing the sort of fugly knitted crap that are traditionally given by deranged grandparents to ungrateful children at Christmas get a free pair of Urbanears headphones. Sorry, no, that was too much Christmas cheer right there. The first 100 people get free cider from Gold Cider. The people with the ugliest sweaters, like the most ugly few sweaters in the club, they get the headphones. So maybe dig that sweater out. Head down the Ironic Sweater Market and go nuts. Those Urbanears phones are good-ups.

Anyway, ironic sweaters, free stuff and beautifully lush disco house crafted live by this man Krinkle. Is that a real name? I think it鈥檚 made up. 滨迟鈥檚 like Kringle, and isn鈥檛 that some American term for Santa Claus? Sounds like the nearest thing to Christmas this bitter hack鈥檚 likely to have this year.

And also鈥� Moving on鈥� December also sees another Wooozy Sessions, number nine in the series of events curated by the Split Works team. This one features Elenore, a Beijing band that take their cues from the 90s Britpop scene but stir in a little Middle Eastern influence. They play their fuzzy guitar stuff at 390 Panyu Lu on December 15. Tickets are a snip at 30rmb or 20rmb for students, and as usual, Wooozy flings a portion of that to a Chinese charity.

And also, also鈥� at 390, the night before, there鈥檚 a show by White Plus, something of a super-group formed from some of the members of Carsick Cars, probably the most internationally heralded Chinese rock band of the past decade. White Plus is made up of the front man of Carsick Cars plus the drummer of The Gar. The sound is electro punk; harsh and minimal. Support from Stalin Gardens, Xiao Xin Yi Yi and 鈥� coming in with our new favorite band name ever 鈥� Dog God. That show鈥檚 60rmb on the door, or 40rmb presale from Uptown.




First, there was Millet, Courbet and Naturalism, on show at China Art Palace and comprising loans from the Mus茅e d'Orsay, and now, exactly one month later, another big exhibition from Paris opens up on the opposite bank of the Huangpu river. Electric Fields: Surrealism and Beyond launches at the still kinda new Power Station of Art on 16 December. On display will be around 100 works from the Centre Pompidou in Paris, presented in six sections inspired by Andr茅 Breton and Philippe Soupault's 1919 work, The Magnetic Fields, widely credited as a founding manifesto for surrealism.

Thus, you've got Collage; Eros; Automatism; Night; Objects; and Words & Images, each prefaced by a seminal surrealist work 鈥� Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte, et al. It's inside, though, where things really get interesting, with some unexpected pieces by more contemporary artists whose practise expands upon the doctrine of those early surrealists. Expect works from German photographer Andreas Gursky, American painter and printmaker Frank Stella, and also from the US, Edward Ruscha. China gets a look in, too, courtesy of Hubei-born Wang Du (Le Baiser, above, is by him), and renowned avant-garde painter, Huang Yongping. Sounds pretty great to us.

And also鈥� Elsewhere, tons of exhibitions opened up this past week, not least at Minsheng Art Museum: three shows just opened up there, all of which are well worth a visit. You've got Shanghai artist collective MadeIn's temporary relocation; Dutch talent Gabriel Lester's first China solo; and from Hong Kong, Lee Kit. Looking ahead, an exhibition of work by Fred Eerdekens opens at Gallery Magda Danysz this weekend. Hailing from Belgium, he's best known for complex works layering light, shadow and language.

And also, also鈥� Finally, for a completely different creative approach to the written word, calligraphy by Xinjiang creative Qin Feng goes on show at the Shanghai Art Museum this Saturday, alongside paintings and sculpture by the oft-exhibited artist. For a full roundup of arts goings-on, check the Art Calendar.

Stage-side, Shanghai Repertory Theatre's annual Christmas show this year is C.S. Lewis' classic The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. Telling the tale of the plucky Pevensie children, the discovery of a wintery kingdom in their closet and the magical creatures therein, this version is an all-singing, all-dancing affair, featuring a cast of children and adults. On at Ke Center until Sunday 9 December, it's good, family fun.