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InterviewsNovember 22, 2019July 22, 2024

Eye Candy: We Chat With Tech Entrepreneur Kiyan Foroughi

In the age of cryptocurrency, automation, and artificial intelligence (Hello, Funan), tech is king. But entrepreneur Kiyan Foroughi isn't interested j…

East AsiaNovember 18, 2019July 25, 2024

Off Menu Hong Kong 2019: Five Ingredients Championed at the Debut of T. Dining’s Food Festival at The Peak Galleria

The past weekend saw the inaugural edition of Off Menu Hong Kong at the Peak Galleria, a celebration of Hong Kong’s dynamic dining scene…

Art & DesignNovember 16, 2019January 21, 2020

Singapore Biennale 2019: Imagining Change With Soundscapes, VR Worlds & Interactive Works

Art, the poet Cesar Cruz once said, should comfort the disturbed – and disturb the comfortable. There's certainly plenty to unsettle and sooth our souls at the Singapore Biennale 2019, one of Asia's b…

CultureNovember 11, 2019July 25, 2024

What To Expect At Neon Lights 2019: Singapore’s Premier Music and Arts Festival

You know the drill. Neon Lights Festival is back once again and the scene is set for a sensational musical line-up — think Mumford & Sons kind of …

CultureNovember 4, 2019July 25, 2024

Singapore Media Festival 2019 Returns With Comic Con and International Film Festival

An ideal weekend night nowadays probably involves you sitting at your computer and bingeing hour after hour of films on Netflix. Or maybe you’re chill…

Art & DesignNovember 1, 2019July 22, 2024

Designs on Asia: Kyoto’s Node Hotel Looks Like A Private Art Gallery

There are hotels with dedicated art galleries in their premises, and then there are hotels that could very well pass off for art galleries themselves. Node Hotel, the new 25-room boutique property on …

CultureOctober 30, 2019July 25, 2024

Film Of The Month: The Cat Rescuers, A Poignant Paw-trait Of New York’s Street Cats And Their Heroic Helpers

Like many a card-carrying cat lover, I'm friends with the stray kitties that live around my block of flats. There's the friendly ginger living among t…

East AsiaOctober 29, 2019July 22, 2024

10 Questions With Jeannie Cho Lee, The First Asian Master of Wine

Not many Asians can claim to have contributed to the study of wine and winemaking as much as Jeannie Cho Lee, who's the first ethnic Asian to receive …

Bar Hopping in AsiaOctober 26, 2019May 18, 2020

Bar Review: Maduro Is A ‘Living Room’ For Live Jazz On Dempsey Hill, Singapore

For a city that’s supposedly heavily invested into the arts, jazz bars are far and few between in Singapore. Even the iconic music venue Blu Jaz Cafe had to stop hosting gigs after its entertainment l…

City Nomads RadioOctober 25, 2019August 19, 2024

City Nomads Radio: MAQman, Vietnam

Swiss-born and Vietnam-based, Minh Anh Quach is MAQman. The DJ and producer has been adding to to his ever-growing collection of black music classics …

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