Oil creations

Wuhan artist Wei Guangqing is displaying his oil and multi-media creations at the ShanghART gallery throughout this month.

Time: 10:00am-10:00pm

Place: 2A Gaolan Road

Tel: 6359-3923

Blue Violet

"Blue Violet" - a duo featuring singers C. Huff from the United States and Tracy Ashman from Britain - performs every day except Sundays at the new Bacchus bar/restaurant.

Time: 8:30pm-12:15am

Place: Rear of the lobby of Regal Int'l East Asia Hotel, 516 Hengshan Road

Tel: 6415-5588

AA Gallery

Artists Xu Mangyao, Ding Dongya, Ding Zhe and Yu Zhongbao are showing their paintings at the AA Gallery on the 4th floor of the Shanghai Centre.

Time: 10:30am-9:00pm Monday to Friday

1:00pm-9:00pm Saturday and Sunday

Place: 1376 Nanjing Road W.

Tel: 6279-8600 ext 6735

Mardi Gras

Bourbon Street will be marking the decadent New Orleans street festival Mardi Gras with a series of events running from Friday March 3 to the following Tuesday, March 7.

Place: 191 Hengshan Road

Tel: 6445-7556

German carnival

Charlie's Pub on the lobby level of Crowne Plaza Shanghai will stage a German Carnival Fest on February 26. Buy 2 Becks beers or German Schnapps and get the third one free.

Time: 9:00pm

Place: 400 Panyu Road

Tel: 6280-8888

Culture seminars

The China International Intelligence Company is offering a series of lectures on traditional Chinese culture including lectures on Beijing opera on March 14 (1:30pm-3:30pm), tea culture on March 28 (1:30pm-3:00pm) and Shanghai religious architecture on April 11 (1:30pm-3:30pm) and Chinese embroidery art on April 25 (1:30pm-3:30pm). Venues vary.

For more information please contact Jane Jian

Email: ciic53@21cn.com

Tel: 6427-2460, 6486-8282 ext 240

Fax: 6428-0719

East China Fair

The East China Fair, fast becoming the national foreign trade fair in the region, will be staged at the Shanghaimart, Intex Shanghai from March 5-11.

Place: Shanghaimart, 2299 Yan'an Road W. Tel: 6236-6888

Intex Shanghai, 88 Loushanguan Road, Tel: 6275-5800

Montrose wine club

The Montrose Wine Club will meet at Harbour Plaza on March 8. A 100-yuan ticket buys all-you-can drink wine with snacks.

Time: 7pm-9pm

Place: 2635 Yan'an Road W

Tel: 6270-1998