Coming up
Stage
Out of Order
The award-winning play by British playwright Ray Cooney will be staged in Chinese. The story is about a politician who dates his lover, the secretary of his rival politician. At the hotel, where they secretly meet, he finds a dead body on the window ledge. He tries to cover it up, but one lie leads to another and the situation eventually gets out of control.
Aug 5-15, 7:30 pm
Shanghai Dramatic Art Center
288 Anfu Road
安福路288号，上海话剧艺术中心
Tel: 6217-2426, 6473-0123
Shaun concert
Shaun is a Chinese singer famous for his sentimental love songs. He returns to the scene after leaving the Chinese music scene after writing and performing a few popular pieces that are still played in Karaoke pubs today.
Aug 28, 7:30 pm
Majestic Theater
66 Jiangning Road
江宁路66号，美琪大戏院
Tel: 6217-2426
Grasshoppers
Hong Kong male pop group the Grasshoppers was popular across China in the 80s and early 90s. Back then they were known for their unique variety in dance rhythms. After disappearing from the scene in the mid-90s, they return to the mainland with a big concert that fans will not want to miss.
Aug 29, 7:30 pm
Shanghai Grand Stage
1111 Caoxi Road N
漕溪北路1111号，上海大舞台
Tel: 6217-2426
Tickets: 280-1,080
Exhibitions
Iconology of Identity
Seven Chinese artists present their perception and understanding of the visual identity belonging to the Yangtze River region. Their paintings present diverse lifestyles and cultural backgrounds depicting various areas along the river.
Aug 8-18
Duolun Museum of Modern Art
27 Duolun Road
多伦路27号，多伦美术馆
Tel: 6587-5996
Lu Meng
A retrospective exhibition for Lu Meng is held. He started by drawing cartoon posters with a clear message against the Japanese invasion in the 1930s and later went on to create wood prints and comic strips. When his health deteriorated in the 1980s, Lu managed to continue painting with his left hand, creating freestyle water-ink Chinese paintings.
Until Aug18
Shanghai Art Museum
325 Nanjing Road W.
南京西路325号，上海美术馆
Tel: 6327-2829
On paper
The exhibition features drawings, sketches, water-ink and other art work on paper by a group of 10 artists. All of them have previously worked with ShanghART gallery.
Opening: Aug 8, 3 pm
Until Aug 31, 10 am- 7 pm
ShanghART
796 Huaihai Road M.
淮海中路796号，香格纳画廊
Tel: 3395-0808
Zheng Rongrong
Artist Zheng Rongrong, also a professional model and actress as well as owner of an advertising company, holds an art exhibit displaying her works. While her water-color paintings often feature flowers and plants with vivid colors, her oil paintings are powerful abstract renderings of landscapes.
Club One, Xintiandi
181 Taicang Road
太仓路181弄，新天地壹号会所
50-80
J Art Gallery opens in a new venue with an exhibition featuring six local artists born between the 1950s and the 1980s: Chen Xiao'an, Xu Yimei, Chen Weide, Ann Niu, Tang Yunhui and Wang Wendong. The different social environment and lifestyle have resulted in completely different approaches to art among the artists.
140 Tianlin Road
田林路140号，杰画廊
Tel: 3367-6516
Events
German movies
The German Consulate Cultural Office screens three 2006 German movies with English subtitles this month. There is no admission charge and audiences need not make reservations ahead of time, but should arrive early as seats are limited.
A Friend of Mine (directed by Sebastian Schipper; 84 min)
Aug 14, 7 pm
Emma's Happiness (directed by Sven Taddicken; 103 min)
Aug 21, 7 pm
Tough Enough (directed by Detlev Buck; 98 min)
Aug 28, 7 pm
German Consulate Cultural Office
102A, 318 Fuzhou Road
Tel: 6391-2068
Luxury cruise
A "flowing resort on the Yangtze River" officially opens to serves as the first luxury cruise route along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It will afford visitors a five-night and six-day trip from Shanghai's Wusong Transportation Center in Baoshan district to Jiujiang of Jiangxi province. The five-star cruise can hold 280 passengers as it tours various locations including Yangzhou, Nanjing, Jiuhua Mountain and Lushan Mountain.
Tel: 5617-0116
Book fair
The annual Shanghai Book Fair will present 100,000 written materials from China's 470 publishing houses. The week-long exhibit will include books, newspapers, magazines and electronic publications. Meanwhile seminars and a number of activities, including author-signings, will also be held.
Aug 13 – 19, 10 am – 5 pm
Shanghai Exhibition Center
1000 Yan'an Road M.
延安中路1000，上海展览中心
Tel: 6279-0279
Starbucks goes wireless
Guests can finally enjoy the convenience of wireless Internet at all Starbuck outlets in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces. China Mobile cell phone subscribers will be able to apply for a free username and password, which they will receive by short message service.
Expo previews
German pavilion
A model of the German Pavilion for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai is being exhibited at the Cultural office of the German Consulate in Shanghai. The miniature version presents the 13 exhibition halls of the country's pavilion while a computer plays a short film about the exhibition halls in three languages: German, Chinese and English.
Until Aug 20, 9 am-6 pm
German Consulate Cultural Office
102A, 318 Fuzhou Road
福州路318号，102A，德国领事馆文化处
Tel: 6391-2068
Pavilion tour
Bund 18 is giving a glimpse into Shanghai's expo pavilions at its Sibilla Café. The Belgium and European Union pavilions are now on display.
Sibilla Café, Bund 18
Atrium, 18 Zhongshan Road E1
外滩18号大堂
Tel: 6329-9338
(China Daily 08/08/2009 page14)
