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Art & DesignOctober 27, 2017July 24, 2024

German DJ Roman Flügel To Headline Escape 56’s Parties in Singapore and Bangkok

If you’ve lived in Singapore long enough, you would have known that the city's event calendar is simply flourishing with top parties and top-notch int…

Art & DesignOctober 26, 2017July 23, 2024

Red Dot Design Museum Singapore Reopens Its Doors at Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade

Once a fiery red landmark in the heart of Tanjong Pagar, the iconic Red Dot Design Museum now sits within a futuristic glass building at one of Singap…

InterviewsOctober 25, 2017July 22, 2024

10 Questions with Charmaine Leung, Author of 17A Keong Saik Road and Daughter of an Ex-Brothel Owner

I remember watching Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's 2004 documentary Born into Brothels in my visual ethnography class in university; and it was life-changing to see the world from the perspectives of…

Art & DesignOctober 23, 2017July 24, 2024

5 Things To Do This Week in Singapore: 23 October to 29 October 2017

Wow, is it nearing the end of the month already? As we round off October, make a trip to the Esplanade to watch some of the world's most photogenic an…

CultureOctober 23, 2017October 15, 2017

What To Expect at Singapore Writers Festival 2017: ‘Aram’, Workshops, and Celebrity Authors

You don't need to be a voracious reader and intellectual to attend and appreciate the annual Singapore Writers Festival. The 10-day event, which celeb…

InterviewsOctober 20, 2017July 22, 2024

Eye Candy: Marie Soh, Founder of Make-Up Label INGA by 27A

As a professional make-up artist with her own consultancy, 27A, for the last five years, Marie Soh understands better than anyone that while there are a plethora of lipstick brands available in Singap…

InterviewsOctober 19, 2017July 22, 2024

10 Questions with Alvin Chong, The Man Behind Meal Replacement Drink Lembas

Imagine it's lunchtime and you're in the middle of an important task. You're feeling peckish, but you don't want to step out to grab a bite, so instea…

CultureOctober 18, 2017July 25, 2024

Review: Singapore’s Perspectives Film Festival Looks at The Haunting Rise of ISIS in Opening Film City of Ghosts

Terrifying but so important; such is Matthew Heineman's powerful new documentary about the rise of the Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa durin…

CultureOctober 15, 2017May 14, 2018

5 Things To Do This Week in Singapore: 16 October to 22 October 2017

This week, celebrate Symmetry's fifth birthday with free-flow BBQ at Kampong Glam and watch some of the world's most thought-provoking films at Singapore's only student-run film festival. Feel the itc…

City Nomads RadioOctober 13, 2017August 19, 2024

City Nomads Radio: Hawt Hand

Artist by day, DJ by night. Hawt Hand (also known as Dennis) a Singaporean DJ who has just started his weekly gigs at Singapore's house and techno clu…

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