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Jazz, Blues, and Kungfu with Willow Nelson
Fri May 16th 2008 by SmSh
Willow Nelson is a professional saxophone player and a teacher at the JZ School.
Being a musician, my weekend is more like the start of my working week. But being in an occupation that essentially makes my "vacation my vocation," usually the places within which I work are places that I could enjoy in my leisure times.
On Friday afternoons I do Kungfu in People's Park with my teacher Wu Ma Gui. He is a very serious practitioner and has many great stories of training in People's Park, a time when many people practiced Kungfu and were eager to test their mettle upon one another in bloody show downs. Master Wu seems to omit any stories of him ever being beaten (if he has in fact ever been beaten) and most of the stories end with his opponent bloodied and in pain. Kungfu lessons are the living out my childhood fantasies that were fueled by badly dubbed Hong Kong Kungfu films and shows like Monkey Magic (an obscure dubbed Japanese version of the Monkey King that only Australians over 25 remember).
After Kungfu I usually go home and work on my music until it is time for dinner. I have a love for Chinese food and have a few places I end up going to all the time that are pretty standard fare but tasty nevertheless. My favorite Sichuan place is on Fuxing right near the corner of Maoming. I love the way they fry corn in egg and the fish in the oil is so good. The pepper corns would be great with a Shiraz, and I need to find out how to ask if BYOB is okay in Chinese. The advantage of this place is that you can specify for the food to not be too spicy if you are a little chilly shy. Near there is a Cantonese chain called Sweetie, on Maoming near Huaihai, that has great desserts that I have not been able to find anywhere else, such as the Mango Pudding in black rice -- so delicious and not too sweet.
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more of Willow's weekend here
Fri 16
By MorganFIAT Cup 2008On Saturday, May 24, two Italian teams from something called "Serie A" -- Juventus and Parma -- will be playing some soccer games against each other and the Chinese Shen Hua FC team. The tourney is called the "FIAT Cup 2008." They'll be bringing th.. [read on...]On Saturday, May 24, two Italian teams from something called "Serie A" -- Juventus and Parma -- will be playing some soccer games against each other and the Chinese Shen Hua FC team. The tourney is called the "FIAT Cup 2008." They'll be bringing their best available players, excluding those injured or involved with the team's bid for the European Football Championship.
The tournament is described with the sexiest sounding phrase I've heard all week: "three-way international friendly."
God, that's dirty! Tickets to the three-way are between 30rmb and 200rmb, and it all goes down at the Shanghai Stadium. Check out the full details at the official website here.
Fri 16
By MelanieChildren's Art at Flying StartFlying Start, Shanghai's brand-new children's center, holds inspiring and educational art classes for anyone ranging in age from 18mths to 9yrs. With fun activities, such as .. [read on...]
Flying Start, Shanghai's brand-new children's center, holds inspiring and educational art classes for anyone ranging in age from 18mths to 9yrs. With fun activities, such as painting, sculpture and sketching help the little ones develop artistic and communication skills. Flying start has an international staff, and all classes are taught by qualified, experienced teachers.Flying Start is a new and exciting centre that holds creative art workshops for kids from 18mths to 9yrs. You can book a half price trial class starting now. For more information click here or call 021 6437 0971.
Summer Workshops
Workshops for kid¡¯s aged 1.5yrs-2.5 yrs. running from July 2¨CAugust 21. Cost 650 RMB/term (1 term is 4 mornings/wk).
Workshops for kid¡¯s aged 2.5-4yrs running from June 30¨CAugust 22. Cost 800 RMB/term (1 term is 4 mornings/wk).
Workshops for kids aged 4-9yrs running from June 30¨CAugust 29. Cost 950 RMB/term (1 term is 5 half-days/week).
Dragon Boat Arty Workshop
Let your little one's imaginations set sail this summer at the festive Dragon Boat Arty Workshop on Sunday the 8th of June. For kids aged 2 and 1/2 to 9yrs old. Workshops cost 250RMB for 2 hrs between 3pm - 5pm. Please call to reserve a spot for your child. Thu 15
By MorganLive Music in SH this WeekendA fairly packed weekend of live music this weekend in Shanghers with both local and touring bands playing shows on stages across town. At Yuyintang, Friday sees Yuguo (Flying Fruit) performing (starts 9:30pm, 30rmb). They've been around Shan.. [read on...]A fairly packed weekend of live music this weekend in Shanghers with both local and touring bands playing shows on stages across town. At Yuyintang, Friday sees Yuguo (Flying Fruit) performing (starts 9:30pm, 30rmb). They've been around Shanghai for a while (maybe you saw them when they opened for The Go! Team last year) and play alt rock in the vein of Muse. Saturday, they've got the SMZB album release party, and that's going to be a good one (starts 9:30pm, 30rmb). Old school Wuhan punkers SMZB always put on a good show and they get the kids out. On Sunday, they've thrown together a relief concert for the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake, with about 900 bands performing from 6pm onwards. Banana Monkey is the highlight of the lineup, but it's also a good opportunity to check out some newer bands you might not have seen before and to give money to a good cause.
A genre-defying weekend for Live Bar as they host a folk show on Friday with Hong Qi (40rmb, starts at 9:30pm), alt-industrial band The Swamp on Saturday (40rmb, starts at 9:30pm), and the latest installment of NOIShanghai featuring the city's most huggable band, Torturing Nurse, and American harshnoise band Winters in Osaka on Sunday. Head on down for that for some really warm and gentle music on a nice, Christian Sunday afternoon (30rmb, starts 2:30pm).
Also on Friday is the "Night of Earth" party (article here), and the after party is at LOgO and Anar -- and in all the surrounding Kedi marts.
Also on Saturday, JQKA, a band you will remember as the "Red Hot Chinese Peppers" (how delightful), will be playing a big boat cruise party. The event is called "Rock the Boat II - Bacchanalia '08" and is also a toga party (TOGA! TOGA! -- repeat as desired). Tickets are 200rmb (300rmb if you don't wear a toga) and you RSVP to Kate at kate_mcfarlin@yahoo.com. And you should do that now if you want on. The boat is parked on the PuDong Docks (FuCheng Lu intersection of DongChang Lu). Show up at 7:30pm. It leaves at 8pm and comes back at 11pm.
Next weekend, watch out for Guali and band from BJ, booked by S.T.D. -- they're supposedly pretty good but I haven't had a listen yet. Also, No Name is back in town next weekend as well, having an album release party (it's just the hip thing to do these days, I guess). And Windows Underground opens May 31, so clear your calendars for that. Rock over Bejing. Rock on Shanghai.
Thu 15
By Ben¡°And1 Tour¡± in SHAmerica's best streetballers are in town tomorrow for what I can confirm will be this week's best event. No. Further. Text. Now, I would be happy just to leave it at that. You know, maybe give you the particulars, like where and when and move on. But.. [read on...]America's best streetballers are in town tomorrow for what I can confirm will be this week's best event. No. Further. Text. Now, I would be happy just to leave it at that. You know, maybe give you the particulars, like where and when and move on. But in the spirit of good sensationalism, I wont...
So here's the deal. Friday night at the Shanghai LuWan Gym sees the boys from the world's foremost streetball "crew" showcasing their balling skills. "What is Streetball?" I hear you cry! Well, streetball is like basketball on steroids. Now that doesn't mean that the players are actually on performance enhancing drugs. No, that would be illegal. It does mean that the courts are smaller, the games are faster, the action is more aggressive and the showboating ridiculously outrageous. And I'm not even a basketball fan. In fact, my knowledge of the sport kinda starts and ends with Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes.
But the best thing is you don't even need to believe me. Just check it out for yourself here
The details are as follows: Luwan Stadium at 7.30pm tomorrow (Friday) night. Tickets are 100, 200, 300, 500, 880 and 1280rmb and can be booked two ways: Online at Chinese-language website www.shemgod.com.cn or at the door.
Wed 14
By MelanieThe Picasso Mansion: Flowers and Gallery
On May 9 Jason and Eva's Flower Shop opened on the ground floor of the purple Picasso Mansion on Fuxing Xi Lu. This spacious shop with wood paneled walls and flawless pink roses is a far cry from the hectic, disorganized flower markets on Shaanxi Lu. Florist Hazel is delightfully helpful. With it's pricey bouquets, Jason and Eva's may not be the ideal place to go for your daily floral needs, but is a worth keeping in mind next time you have to bring a gift over to a friend's house.
Climb up the Mansion's spiral staircase to the second floor where you'll find 246 Gallery Space, a brand new spin off the Avshalom art consultancy business. Avshalom usually shows Chinese artists but for the opening show in the mansion brings 25 of Salvador Dali's lesser known lithographs. This show ends May 18. More Recent Articles
Cut Chemist performs tonight at The Shelter - Thu May 15th
Morgan - Tonight, the doctor is IN as Cut Chemist takes the decks at The Shelter for some hardcore wika-wika-wika turntabalism. The biggest name they've had in for a while (hey, even I've heard of him), Cut Chemist broke in an international way as part of Jurassic 5, the melting pot group of the new hip hop underground in L.A. in the mid 90s.
... more with Cut Chemist here
Sichuan Earthquake Charity Events in Shanghai - Wed May 14th
Morgan - Shanghai is reacting in a very Shanghai way to the tragedy of the Sichuan Earthquake -- throwing a bunch of parties. Promoters and venues are putting together events to get the clubbers out putting their drinking money to good use. And what's wrong with that? Hey, you were probably going to get lit up this weekend anyways -- you might as well get lit up for a good cause.
... more charity events here
Exhibition Preview & After-Party at MoCA this Friday - Tue May 13th
Jay Mark - This Friday, " Night On Earth" exhibition opens at MoCA, and there's more than cheese and crackers: five electronic music acts and 2 VJs will perform at "Art Lab," MoCA's new alternative art space.
Night On Earth is a three-part exhibition touring Berlin, Shanghai, and Helsinki. The exhibition is named after the Jim Jarmusch movie that follows five cabbies in five cities around the world on one crazy night. For their Shanghai stop, Asian and European artists thread together the urban cultures of three cities in one crazy exhibition.
... more on Night on Earth here
Even in its simplest forms, poetry has always been for the elite - Mon May 12th
Melanie - With his new-age E.V.A. hanger (pictured after the jump), Korean designer Ha Jihoon addresses the perennial question, "where to toss the coat and keys after work?"
Entrepreneurs and innovation hopefuls have spent decades tackling this conundrum with electronic remotes, fluted coat racks, and the ever-ineffectual closet. Morning after morning we find our coats rumpled on a couch and our keys missing altogether. So maybe this is not the biggest problem the world ever faced, but it's one worth solving.
... more on Ha's design exhibition here
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