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German Fashion Designer Ana Frau's Punk Look
by Tracy You (Shanghai Style) Name: Ana Frau Occupation: Fashion and accessory designer Nationality: German A person's style is the key to their soul," says German fashion designer Ana ... Read more » |
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Great DVD finds off the mean streets of Shanghai for the Two Weeks
by Tracy You (Showtime) One Last Dance This Singaporean crime flick has a strong Hong Kong influence but is helmed by Brazilian director Max Makowski. Nominated for the Sundance Film Festival in 2006, the film features Francis Ng as T, a retiring hitman who’s involved in a kidnapping. Things go from bad to ... Read more » |
Chocolatier Jay Pan on Laris' Program for Deaf-Mutes
by Geoff Ng (Shanghai Dining) How did you find out about the program? I studied in the Shanghai Youth Technical School for Deaf-Mutes. Our teacher heard that they were looking for six people from our school, so I signed up, and now I’m here! I always wanted to be a chocolatier–in fact, I ... Read more » |
Eggs Came First: Hunting down Shanghai’s best egg dishes
by Geoff Ng (The Dish) With Easter upon us, it’s time to pay homage to the humble egg. So often it plays best supporting actor, so rarely is it star of the show, and yet without it, where would we be? No cakes, custard, or quiche. No meringue or mayonnaise. Heck, no breakfast fry-ups ... Read more » |
Wood Lovin’: Shanghai's Best Wood Oven Pizzas
by Geoff Ng (Shanghai Dining) Italian | Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo Helmed by a chef hailing from Naples–the birthplace of the Italian thin crust pie–Kitchen Salvatore Cuomo knows pizza. Cuomo’s crusts are crisp and well-executed in their copper wood fired oven and are well worth the trek across the Huangpu. Boasting imported buffalo mozzarella ... Read more » |
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Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland Hitting Local Cinemas Week
by Tracy You (Showtime) If you’re experiencing post-Avatar withdrawal, mark March 26 on your calendar because that’s when Tim Burton’s highly anticipated 3-D film Alice in Wonderland hits local theaters. Burton’s version is not your typical fairy tale; it’s dark, scary and psychedelic. A combination of live action ... Read more » |
Vines of Christ: A Wine for Easter
by Geoff Ng (Shanghai Dining) Wine doesn’t usually have much to do with Easter, but our wine this issue relates directly to Christ. The Vigne de L’Enfant Jésus (literally meaning “Vineyards of Baby Jesus”) is a red Burgundy red made from grapes from a small four hectare vineyard that’s been in existence ... Read more » |
Shanghai Concert Hall to Celebrate its 80 Anniversary This Friday
by Tracy You (Showtime) China’s most talked-about young soloists gather under one roof along with Tang Muhai, one of China’s most famous conductors, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Shanghai Concert Hall. Expect to see the best of the next generation of classical music talent on display, including Menuhin competition winner ... Read more » |
Dagu Lu Selling Legitimate DVDs for A Month
by Tracy You (CW Radar) It seems like everyone is talking about the situation of the DVD shops on Dagu Lu. We dropped by the street last weekend and got you some first-hand updates. “From today till the end of April, we will only sell legitimate DVDs because the authority is checking on us every ... Read more » |
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2010 SILF: Live Blogging with Terry Bennett
by litjunkie (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) 12:12 Q&A The audience asks about the photographic equipment used during this era, about sources for collectors of such photography, about assistants to the professional photographers, about transcriptions of the text on the photos, about itinerant photographers in Southeast Asia, and about conservation of these photographs. Terry answers ... Read more » |
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2010 SILF: Liveblogging with Louis de Bernières
by litjunkie (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) 12:53 | Anticipation Glamour Bar is filling up. There's hushed chatter as people choose seats and start to discuss the talk ahead among themselves, curious as to what Louis de Bernières will have to say about the relationship between music and writing. No sign of the man himself yet ... Read more » |
2010 SILF: Liveblogging with Mo Zhihong
by litjunkie (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) 4:10 | Getting started Mo Zhihong was supposed to start late because Fred Wah started late. Mo started on time. Mo is talking about the old guys who do water calligraphy in Chinese parks. 4:25 | Chinese characters Asked by the moderator, Mo introduces two of his main characters, a ... Read more » |
2010 SILF: Liveblogging with Fred Wah
by litjunkie (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) 3:10 | Getting started Turnout is small. Michelle urges everyone to come sit closer to the front. The Canadian Consul-General takes the floor and introduces Fred Wah as one of the “intellectually sexy” Canadian. 3:15 | Roots Wah does a reading that explains his surname – the challenges of being part ... Read more » |
2010 SILF: LIveblogging with Mandla Langa
by litjunkie (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) 2:08 Getting Started Introduction of Mandla Langa. Langa encourages those in the back of the small group to move forward, saying, "There's no freedom of movement here." Langa was born in part South Africa, which remains a huge part of his identity (as evidenced by both his short ... Read more » |
New Bar - Game*Bling
by Nick Taylor (Shanghai Nightlife) ★★★★✩ With Game*Bling, the people at Bar Rouge are gunning for the Chinese market, armed with gleaming chrome, KTV rooms, VIP everything, dice up the wazoo and plenty of opportunities to make ostentatious displays of wealth. OK, it’s not meant for the scummy, beer-drinking laowais but, if you want ... Read more » |
New Bar - OZNZ
by Nick Taylor (Shanghai Nightlife) ★★★★✩ A new watering hole has popped up from Down Under, backed by Dada, Half Bar and C’s. Warm hospitality pulls you by the collar into this three-floor frat house. Get your drink (RMB15 beers; RMB30 for cocktails) and then it’s time to play. Two Wiis, a pool table ... Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcasts Up: Check out the first round of mp3s from your favorite SILF speakers
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) Better late than never, so if you missed out on the SILF action, take a listen to the MP3s of the sessions on the SILF blog (week 2 to be added soon!). March 6th Sarah Brennan: The Tale of Temujin - A Tale of Tigers, Terror and Tantrums! Ken Smith: Fate ... Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Junot Diaz: The Eternal Quest for Home
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) Dominican-American fiction writer Junot Diaz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, discussed something familiar to us expatriates–the eternal quest for home. His novel is about a Dominican-American immigrant family, and jumps seamlessly between the past and present. It's not your ... Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Bi Feiyu: Writing the Female Pysche
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) Well-known Chinese author Bi Feiyu is a man intriguingly called "China's best male writer on the female psyche", a topic he discussed at SILF. Bi is the two-time winner of the Lu Xun Literary Prize, co-scriptwriter of the international award-winning film Shanghai Triad and author of acclaimed novels Moon ... Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Paul French: The Down and Dirty Secrets of Seedy Shanghai and Perverted Peking
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) French transports readers to a time in Shanghai full of drugs, sex and and wild streets. Gangsters, gamblers, pimps, prostitutes - they're all covered in Dirty Secrets of Seedy Shanghai and Perverted Peking. Click here to listen. Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Amy Sommers: China's Literary Legacy
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) A well-known speaker on Chinese affairs, the bilingual Sommers will speak about China's expatriates' literary legacy by highlighting past memoirs, many of them from the '30s and '40s, and about life as an outsider looking into China. Click here to listen. Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Alexis Wright: The Changing World of the Novel
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) Alexis Wright is an Indigenous Australian writer best known for winning the Miles Franklin Award for her 2006 novel Carpentaria. The book took two years to conceive and more than six years to write. It was rejected by every major publisher in Australia before independent publisher Giramondo published it in ... Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Kristin Bair O'Keeffe: The Art of Social Networking for Authors
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) American Kristin Bair O’Keeffe has been living in Shanghai since April 2006. She is the author of Thirsty and has had her work published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Poets & Writers Magazine, The Baltimore Review and The Gettysburg Review. Kristin Twitters, Facebooks and blogs and says you can too. Click ... Read more » |
2010 SILF: Riitta Jalonen: Creating Teenage Fiction
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) This author’s illustrated short story Tundra Mouse Mountain won the 2004 Finlandia Junior Prize for the year's best children's book. Jalonen's workshop focused on all the tricks to creating engaging teen fiction. Click here to listen. Read more » |
2010 SILF Podcast: Sarah Brennan: Kids Workshop: How to Write a Riveting Story
by Sophie Friedman (Shanghai International Literary Fest (SILF)) In her second (out of three) SILF sessions, popular Hong Kong-based childrens' author Brennan hosts a writing workshop for kids ages 9-12, teaching them how to write a riveting story. Brennan is best known for her Chinese zodiac-inspired series. Click here to listen. Read more » |
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