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City Nomads RadioMarch 5, 2016August 19, 2024

City Nomads Radio: Haan

Spurred by an interest in vinyl records, Haan's DJ-ing career began in 2008. In the last 8 years, Haan has made his way around Singapore's club circui…

CultureFebruary 29, 2016May 14, 2018

5 Things To Do This Week In Singapore: 29th February to 6th March 2016

Can you believe it's been four years since the last leap day? How time flies! This week, we see a Thai-Mex food mashup at Hombre Cantina, an exhibi…

Art & DesignFebruary 27, 2016June 2, 2020

The Wonderfruit Festival 2015 Experience

With the influx of big EDM festivals in Southeast Asia, more often than not with somewhat blah (and repeated) line-ups, Wonderfruit Festival stands out with its cross-cultural, sustainability driven e…

BaliFebruary 23, 2016June 2, 2020

5 Acts To Catch At Sing Jazz 2016

With the Singapore International Jazz Festival 2016 less than two weeks away, we hope you're just as excited as we are for the biggest jazz music cele…

CultureFebruary 22, 2016May 14, 2018

5 Things To Do This Week In Singapore: 22nd to 28th February 2016

Put on your best dancing shoes this week because there's so many beats to groove to: tropical tiki at Potato Head Folk; swaggy soul electronica at KOI…

InterviewsFebruary 19, 2016July 22, 2024

EYE CANDY: We Chat with Amanda Wong of Photography Series Beautiful Adieu

In this edition of Eye Candy, we speak with Amanda Wong, fashion and portrait photographer, and the mastermind behind Beautiful Adieu – a photographic series documenting sequences of her travels. H…

CultureFebruary 19, 2016July 25, 2024

The Effect by Pangdemonium: A Chemical Romance?

Following a highly successful run last year, Pangdemonium is launching its 2016 Season of Love with The Effect. A romantic drama written by British pl…

CultureFebruary 17, 2016July 25, 2024

Wife #11: A Marriage in Letters

Opening at The Arts House Play Den on 26 February 2016, World-in-Theatre is restaging local playwright Desmond Sim's Wife #11. Spanning 16 years of m…

CultureFebruary 14, 2016May 14, 2018

5 Things To Do This Week In Singapore: 15th to 21st February 2016

Get ready for a barrel of laughs as Russell Peters comes back to Singapore this Monday and the hilarious theatre production Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap returns for the fourth instalment. For somethi…

City Nomads RadioFebruary 12, 2016August 19, 2024

City Nomads Radio: Dean Chew aka Funk Bast*rd

Earning praises from the likes of Dam-Funk, Tama Sumo, San-Soda, Mike Huckaby, Jamie XX and 2562, Dean Chew aka the Funk Bast*rd (one half of the Cosa Nostra duo and co-founder of Singapore-based label Darker Than Wax) has been tirelessly pushing and promoting an alternative expression of leftfield …

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