Photo credit: sniderscion Torontoist spent its week uncovering who was behind mysterious ads for a drug called "Obay" that popped up across the country (Scientology? Frank Shepard Fairey?), first tracing them to an advocacy group called Colleges Ontario and then confirming their suspicions a few days later.Phillyist learned how to put on a puppet show – it's not as easy as you might think!Shanghaiist discovers that the average starting monthly pay for fresh graduates......

To round up the weekend here's some of our Flickr friends' shots of Chinese New year celebrations around town. From the parade on the Strand courtesy of CdL Creative's Flickrstream. I can see you.... courtesy of magda:)'s Flickrstream. RDFZ dance troupe perform in the Great Court, British Museum courtesy of McTumshie's Flickrstream.......

Photography courtesy of Phillie Casablanca via the Londonist pool on Flickr. Interested in your foodie photos appearing on Londonist? Click here.......

Is it just us or was January rubbish? Nice then that February, with its special extra day this year, commences with Brazilian Carnival, yummy pancakes and Chinese New Year... it's like a whole new start for 2008 and lots of it totally FREE! Monday: Get some Monday Love at the Inspiral Lounge, Camden Lock as UK Indymedia host their radical film, talk, and music night. Free entry for all those who still believe in......

The Chinese New Year Celebrations in Soho are undoubtedly one of the highspots of London’s cultural calendar, and this year there’s a load of extra stuff (some would say hype) going on ‘cos of the Beijing/London Olympic connection. Last year’s ceremonies were the biggest outside China, and this year’s look set to be even more impressive. So here’s a special Londonist round up of where to see and what to do…. 6th February: kick......

It was New Year's Eve. You stood looking up into the sky as the fireworks faded and the boom and crack of them rang faintly in your ears. That was it, you thought. That's the last party until spring time. But you were wrong! Because in London, you can have New Year's celebrations several times over before the clocks go forwards, starting with the Russian 'Old New Year' in Trafalgar Square this Sunday! And......

Over on our flickr group there has been some interesting discussion about Google Maps. It's web 2.0 crazy. Simon Crubellier began the thread ('Google Maps Strangeness') with, Has anyone looked at the maps.google.co.uk satellite photo of Trafalgar Square lately? What on earth is going on there? It's obviously the crack of dawn on a summer morning, all the surrounding streets are empty, but the place is packed... The images of London were last updated......

China has been in London for a long time, and it's not just been in the series of streets, shops and restaurants that constitute Chinatown. As well as a marvellous amount of fun things to see and do around Chinatown this weekend for Chinese New Year, it seems the whole of London wants to get involved. The Victoria & Albert museum, National Film Theatre, City Hall and the Trocadero are all hosting events and......

It's Chinese New Year this weekend and we will be saying goodbye to the Year of the Dog and welcoming the Year of the Pig. Pigs are considered lucky animals because all they seem to do is sleep, eat, hang around for a bit then eat some more and then take a nap. They lead carefree, calm and fattening lives, and we could all do with a bit of porcine serenity in our lives.......

Just when you thought you were done with Christmas and New Year celebrations, marking the end of the festivities by shredding your tree and wassailing your last wassails to the Green Man on 12th Night then along comes a few more New Year celebrations. It's the Russian Old New Year this weekend, by which we mean New Year according to the old Tsarist calendar which was abandoned after 1917. Still observed in Russia, the......

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week How To Grow Trees, at Gresham College Wikipedia has an amusingly impenetrable outlook when it comes to technical matters. It’s as though the wikislaves who lace it together are trying to out-jargon each other. While no-doubt correct, their definitions are of use to nobody but......

You may have noticed London was looking a bit festive in an Oriental style over the weekend. The Chinese lunar Year of the Cockerel ended on Saturday and on Sunday the Year of the Dog was ushered in with simultaneous events in Chinatown, Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square. In previous years the event has been celebrated only in Chinatown itself with restrictions on the amount of firecrackers and fireworks that could be used, keeping......

Everyone knows about Chinese New Year - when the novelty of Christmas and the western New Year wears off, along comes the feasting and lion dances and lucky red envelopes as well as a surge of interest in Chinese horoscopes. But there is far more in the Chinese lunar calendar to make a song and dance about - hey, who wants to party only once a year? The Chinese Autumn Moon Festival is celebrated......

Just a quick reminder to visit the London Photobloggers site if you haven't been there in a while. Recent updates have included some fantastic images from the Chinese New Year celebrations (image above by Onionbagblogger) and some great shots of Borough Market. Also - you may have noticed that we've recently added a sidebar on the left of the page which links directly to the latest shots from the brilliant Way We See It......

Although there are still a few days before Sunday, Londonist could not resist informing our readers of what could be a potentially riotous event. This Sunday at 9:00 pm, the Curzon Soho (a Londonist favorite) will be showing She Hate Me, Spike Lee’s most recent movie. Now why is it you ask that we mention this? Because this is no ordinary screening, it is the first Curzon Boo-A-Long(and once you hear the storyline you will......

Is there no limit to Ken Livingstone's ambitions? Not content with simply running one of the largest and most important cities on Earth, he's now conducting foreign policy as well. In an announcement timed to coincide with the Chinese New Year, Ken has announced that he is opening two embassies for London in the People's Republic. These far-flung outposts of the Livingstonian Empire - one in Beijing, the other in Shanghai - will promote investment......