Chingay
Coinciding with Chinese New Year, this annual street parade sees over 10,000 performers and floats take to the streets. This year’s theme is We Heart SG. To participate, Singaporeans can craft flowers from used plastic bags to represent their good wishes for the nation.
Tarot Meetup
This get-together for tarot card readers offers free readings on the spot. Participants are encouraged to bring their decks, deck clothes, books or any other material to share with fellow enthusiasts. Newbies are welcome as well. For directions, call organizer Rowan at 9387-6159. Photo by Chris Gladis
Enter The Void Deck: Sungei Road Edition
Homegrown MC and R&B musician Kevin Lester (a.k.a. Thelioncityboy) headlines this recurring local hip hop festival that aims to promote Singaporean “void deck” culture. Also playing: local hip hop artist Nicco Homaili, beatboxer VKSFX, acoustic band Swiitch and other upstarts.
Comedy Kampong
Hood Bar’s standup comedy night Comedy Kampong is back, and its latest edition is a double bill with New York-based Singaporean funnywoman Jocelyn Chia, who’s performed on Sirius FM, and the Philippines’ Orion Perez, who’s played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and our recent Readers’ Choice Awards.
ArtScience Late: Hypermnesia
Shunsuke Francois Nanjo, Kensuke Christophe Nanjo, Nicolas Charbonnier collaborate with well-known Filipino choreographer Eisa Jocson in an interactive piece for this edition of ArtScience Late, ArtScience Museum’s monthly experimental/performance art event. The latter manipulates the installation and soundscape using body heat and movement. Shows start at 8pm and 9pm.
Mr. Turner
In acclaimed English director Mike Leigh’s lengthy biopic of English artist J. M. W. Turner, the titular artist (Timothy Spall, whom millennials will recognize as Peter Pettigrew from Harry Potter) is an ogre through and through, all grunts, callousness and sexual abuse. How can paintings so sublime and beautiful come out of someone so low […]
Charli XCX is coming to Singapore
The singer-songwriter of "Fancy" fame is coming. We can only hope the show doesn't get cancelled.
Charli XCX
The British synth-pop singer-songwriter has been making waves since her debut in 2013 with singles like “I Love It”, although you may know her from the collab with Iggy Azalea in “Fancy”. This time, she’s performing songs from her second album Sucker with hits like “Boom Clap”.
Skip corny Valentine’s Day for a night out with Christina Perri*
We know love isn’t always easy. And if you’re averse to the gooey and traditional V-Day gestures, there’s a great date idea happening a couple weeks later.
Rocksteady Friday
How about some funky reggae beats with your Japanese food? Dub Skank’in Hifi hosts of a night of ska, rocksteady and reggae with Jamaican tunes from the ’60s to the ’90s, all the way to early digital dancehall. On the decks are Rumshot, with his eclectic mix of raggae, ska, Brazilian and Afrobeat rhythms, and […]