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CultureSeptember 18, 2017July 25, 2024

Review: West Side Story Is A Modern Day Romeo and Juliet Musical Extravaganza

For classical music lovers, Leonard Berstein’s score for West Side Story is always unadulterated aural pleasure. His signature theatrical jazz and pop…

InterviewsSeptember 15, 2017July 22, 2024

EYE CANDY: We Chat with Yeo Xi Yang, Singapore’s Best French Wine Sommelier

Even before attaining his Certified Specialist in Wine accreditation in 2013, Yeo Xi Yang had been working at Les Amis, the two-Michelin-starred Frenc…

CultureSeptember 14, 2017May 12, 2023

Where to Shop in Tokyo: Shinjuku, Harajuku, Ginza, Nakameguro, and More

When it comes to shopping, Tokyo has it all: wild uninhibited fashion as worn by the cool youth of Harajuku, vintage gems in Shimokitazawa, traditional crafts perfected through generations, gadgets on…

CultureSeptember 10, 2017December 15, 2024

5 Things to Do in Singapore This Week: 11 September to 17 September 2017

This week, rev up for the jam-packed F1 weekend with a series of eminent exhibitions and parties. From the ArtScience Museum’s latest SERPENTIForm exh…

City Nomads RadioSeptember 8, 2017August 19, 2024

City Nomads Radio: Ulysses

Co-founder of the quartet, MUGIC and currently the Music Consultant for Potato Head Singapore, Ulysses is never one to play it safe. He draws from a w…

CultureSeptember 3, 2017May 14, 2018

5 Things to Do This Week in Singapore: 4 September to 10 September 2017

As the country’s biggest public art festivals draw to a close and we move on from the height of Singapore’s art calendar, why not take a crack at some alternative artistic experiences? From an eye-ope…

Art & DesignSeptember 2, 2017September 2, 2017

Review: SIFA 2017’s Guilty Landscapes III Is A Pointed Examination of the Politics of Seeing

Consider the triad of relations between art, its subject, and its audience. Now consider the dynamics that lies within. “It is seeing,” as John Berger…

CultureAugust 31, 2017July 25, 2024

Review: ANDSOFORTH’s The Imaginarium of Disco David, A Theatre Dining Experience That Surpasses All Imagination

When I first step into David’s disco, I'm not entirely sure what is going on. As I leave, two hours later, I'm not much the wiser. Having been to seve…

DrinksAugust 30, 2017July 24, 2024

Live Jazz Music Venues in Singapore: 7 Groovy Bars & Restaurants to Check Out

Whether it’s sultry soloists, fusion, or bebop trios, Singapore has in recent years proven that it too can do jazz. With an encouraging array of intimate music venues dishing out quality live tunes ev…

CultureAugust 29, 2017August 29, 2017

Secondhand Bookstores in Singapore Every Book Lover Should Know About

They say to never judge a book by its cover, and certainly, this rule-of-thumb comes in particularly handy when ploughing through mountainous stacks o…

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