ARTS
BOOKS
Rex Shelley's The Shrimp People
As part of the How To Fall In Love With Classics (Novels) series, poet Gwee Li Sui examines Rex Shelley's The Shrimp People (1991) for its historical and literary significance. The first volume of a fiction quartet based on the lives of Singapore's Eurasians, it traces the lineage of Portuguese Eurasians and focuses on the Rodrigues family in the 1950s and 1960s.
WHERE: Possibility Room, Level 5 National Library Building, 100 Victoria Street
MRT: City Hall/Bugis
WHEN: Feb 9, 7 - 8.30pm
ADMISSION: Free with registration
INFO: www.facebook.com/howtofallinlovewithclassics
CONCERTS
Hana Hou, US Air Force Band Of The Pacific
Hana Hou is a popular 11-member, top 40 music ensemble of the United States Air Force Band of the Pacific-Hawaii. The cover band's shows are designed to engage diverse audiences.
WHERE: Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens
MRT: Botanic Gardens
WHEN: Tomorrow, 6 - 7pm
ADMISSION: Free
INFO: E-mail nparks_sbg_visitor_services@nparks.gov.sg
Mozartian Experience
The Mozartian Experience concert returns with the Addo Chamber Orchestra and maestro Clarence Tan performing. Also returning is actress Sabrina Zuber as the ghost of Anna Maria Mozart, who shares anecdotes of her famous husband and son.
WHERE: Chamber @ The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane
MRT: Raffles Place
WHEN: Feb 9, 8pm
ADMISSION: $30 ($96 for four people) from Mozart2018.peatix.com
INFO: addo.sg/mozartian2018
Vocal Traditions Of India
Vocal Traditions Of India - The Best Of Hindustani Classical Music is presented by Engage Arts. Raghunandan Panshikar and Nandini Bedekar pay tribute to their guru, Kishori Amonkar, and are accompanied by Bharat Kamat (tabla) and Suyog Kundalkar (harmonium).
WHERE: Esplanade Recital Studio, 1 Esplanade Drive
MRT: Esplanade/ City Hall
WHEN: Feb 11, 5pm
ADMISSION: $50 ($180 for four people)
TEL: Call, SMS or WhatsApp 8118-7757/9662-4689
INFO: E-mail engagearts@gmail.com
DANCE
Leap
Co-presented by telco M1, Leap is an annual performance platform for the dance scholarship recipients of the M1-Frontier Danceland Pulse Programme. These dance scholars have been successfully shortlisted through auditions and have undergone one year of training with dance company Frontier Danceland.
WHERE: Goodman Arts Centre Black Box, 90 Goodman Road
MRT: Mountbatten
WHEN: Today, 8pm, tomorrow, 3 & 8pm
ADMISSION: $18 from www.frontierdanceland.com
INFO: facebook.com/frontier.danceland
Anugamanam... In The Footsteps Of The Guru
The Temple of Fine Arts - in collaboration with Srjan of Bhubaneshwar in India, the centre of Odissi dance - will present its inaugural dance offering, a celebration of the legacy of dance left by the late Odissi guru, Sri Kelucharan Mohapatra.
WHERE: Victoria Theatre, 9 Empress Place
MRT: City Hall
WHEN: Feb 23 & 24, 7.30pm
ADMISSION: Donations welcome, by invitation via bit.ly/2yuYUX5 (online) or from 01-03 Central Square, 20 Havelock Road
TEL: 6535-0509
INFO: E-mail admin@tfasg.org
EXHIBITIONS (MUSEUM)
Chinatown Heritage Centre's Grandpa's Shop
Grandfathers will share with visitors their memories of Chinatown and Singapore in the early days, including the childhood games they used to play. Grandpa's Shop includes a mini comics library along a five-foot way and the grandfathers will converse in a smattering of Mandarin, Chinese dialects, Malay and Singlish.
WHERE: Chinatown Heritage Centre, 48 Pagoda Street
MRT: Chinatown
WHEN: Till Feb 15 (weekdays: 1 - 8pm; weekends: 9am - 10pm)
ADMISSION: $2 - $5 TEL: 6224-3928
INFO: E-mail enquiry@chinatownhc.com.sg
Our SG Heritage Plan Travelling Exhibition
The National Heritage Board's travelling exhibition features Our SG Heritage Plan, the first masterplan to chart the direction of Singapore's heritage for the next five years and beyond.
WHERE (MRT)/WHEN: Our Tampines Hub (Tampines): Till Sun, 10am - 9pm; National Museum of Singapore: Mon - Feb 19, 10am - 9pm
ADMISSION: Free
INFO: oursgheritage.sg
EXHIBITIONS (GALLERIES)
Art Week Auction
Art Week Auction, presented by 33 Auction, showcases a selection of works roughly divided into the categories of Singapore art, Chinese contemporary art, American modern art and Indonesian modern art. Featured artists include Anthony Poon, Cheong Soo Pieng, Iskandar Jalil and the late pioneer sculptor Ng Eng Teng, as well as Chinese contemporary artists Xin Dongwang, Chen Junde and Li Fuyuan.
WHERE: Grand Salon 2, Level 2 Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road
MRT: Orchard
WHEN: Sun, 1pm; preview at 27A Loewen Road: today & tomorrow, 10am - 8pm
ADMISSION: Free
TEL: 6747-4555
INFO: E-mail cheryl.ong@33auction.com or go to 33auction.com
Pictures At An Exhibition: Ng Geok Seng
AC43 gallery is presenting the Singapore artist's first solo exhibition. Titled after the classical 1874 piano suite by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, the show celebrates the artist's life-long dedication to education in the arts, encapsulated in more than 20 oil and acrylic paintings.
WHERE: Artcommune Gallery, 03-39 Bras Basah Complex, 231 Bain Street
MRT: Bras Basah/City Hall
WHEN: Feb 9, 7pm, Feb 10 - 27, noon - 7pm
ADMISSION: Free
TEL: 6336-4240/8127-3984
ShanghArt Singapore is hosting Timoribus, a solo exhibition by Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo. Also featured is her performance, Transaction Of Hollows.
WHERE: ShanghArt Singapore, 02-22 Gillman Barracks, 9 Lock Road
MRT: Labrador Park
WHEN: Timoribus (till March 25), Transaction Of Hollows (till Feb 25), 11am - 7pm daily, closed on Mon, Tue & public holidays
ADMISSION: Free
TEL: 6734-9537
INFO: E-mail info@shanghartsingapore.com
EXHIBITIONS (SHOWS)
Food & Beverage Fair
Local, Asian and international favourites are back at Food & Beverage Fair, which will also feature newly launched delicacies and the new Drink-Up! Beverage Fest that will showcase products such as tea, coffee, carbonated and energy drinks, beers, spirits and wine.
WHERE: Hall 5 Singapore Expo, 1 Expo Drive
MRT: Expo
WHEN: March 15 - 18, 11am - 10pm
ADMISSION: Free
TEL: 6747-4620
INFO: E-mail sales@singaporefoodshows.com.sg or go to singaporefoodshows.com.sg
Natas Travel Fair
The National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) will hold its next travel fair, Travel 2018, next month. More information will be announced soon.
WHERE: Halls 4 & 5A Singapore Expo, 1 Expo Drive
MRT: Expo
WHEN: March 23 - 25, 10am - 9.30pm
ADMISSION: Free
TEL: 6534-0187
INFO: E-mail events@natas.travel or go to natastravelfair.travel
THEATRE
Talk To Me And I Slap You
Playing on the anticipation of what happens when theatre-goers talk back, this production threads together live audience encounters with stories of loneliness and domestic violence.
WHERE: Gallery, The Substation, 45 Armenian Street MRT: Bras Basah/ City Hall WHEN: Feb 24, 3 & 8pm, Feb 25, 3pm ADMISSION: $27 (students, seniors, full-time national servicemen: $22) from peatix.com or oddpuppies.com
INFO: oddpuppies.weebly.com
That's The Story Of My Life
This original play presented by Method Productions takes the audience on a journey of narratives - personal and fictional - and weaves their stories into the play. It features 10 actors and 10 stories, all inspired by Singapore literature.
WHERE: Haque Centre of Acting & Creativity, 89A Desker Road
MRT: Jalan Besar
WHEN: March 2 - 4 & March 10 & 11, 3 & 7.30pm
ADMISSION: $15 ($12 early-bird price ends on Feb 11)
TEL: 9166-2390
INFO: E-mail producer@methodproductions.sg
