Festive & Fashionable: Where to Get Modern Cheongsams & Qipaos in Singapore
With Chinese New Year right around the corner, celebration preparations are in full swing. Whether you’ve decided on a low-key CNY at home, or reunion…
Culture
City Nomads’ guides, reviews and recommendations on cultural activities around the world – The Arts, Theatre, Shows, Concerts, Performances.
Designs On Asia: Sinan Books Poetry Store, A Shrine To Poetry In An Abandoned Church In Shanghai
The modernist poet Wallace Stevens once said that 'the poet is the priest of the invisible', and one church-turned-poetry bookstore in Shanghai is tes…
On The Same Page: The Valentine’s Day 2021 Edition – Love Stories From Page To Screen
Chinese New Year aside, February brings with it Valentine's Day, a time for some good old fashioned romancing. While the go-to might be to pop on one of our favourite romantic films, we urge you to ta…
Film of the Month: Assassins, A Bizarre Documentary On The Women Who Killed Kim Jong-Nam As “A Prank”
How do you assassinate someone – unintentionally? Reality is sometimes far stranger than fiction, and Ryan White's latest documentary proves it in chi…
5 Things To Do in Singapore This Week: 1st February to 7th February 2021
This week's events are extremely exciting, with exhibitions galore and as a bonus, the much anticipated Star Wars Identities display. There are mult…
Bespectacled Chic: Where To Buy Stylish Eyewear In Singapore
Geek-chic is just one way to pull off the bespectacled look – these days, you can jazz up your look with anything from avant-garde shapes to retro frames. Planning to ditch the contact lenses and make…
5 Things To Do in Singapore This Week: 25th January to 31st January 2021
The new week brings an exciting arts line-up for the aesthetes among us. Local artists bring us some innovative productions, from contemporary dance t…
Eye Candy: We Talk Inspirations & the Tattoo Industry with Artist Ian Damien of Iron Fist Tattoo
Bold ornamental tattoos, sleeves of crisp blackwork and giant back pieces of geometric shapes - these are the specialties of Ian Damien, who injects a…
Travel Trends For 2021: We Chat with Nuno Guerreiro, Regional Director for South Asia Pacific at Booking.com
COVID-19 hasn't just thrown a wrench into all our holiday plans – it's reset the global travel landscape, perhaps for years to come. With vaccines on the horizon but the question of travel still up …
5 Things To Do in Singapore This Week: 18th January to 24th January 2021
Art comes in all its myriad forms this week, from film to augmented reality filters, theatre to rock music. With a wonderful new showing from Asian Fi…