Singapore Contemporary focuses on affordable mid-tier contemporary artworks, with a focus on Asian artists. It is being held from 21 to 24 January 2016 at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore.
Singapore: Art Week Set for 16 – 24 January 2016
Artists, art collectors, art galleries, and art lovers from around the world will travel to Singapore to participate in Singapore Art Week, which will run from 16 to 24 January 2016. The anchor event will be Art Stage Singapore.
United States: Did Harper Lee Really Write ‘Go Set a Watchman’?
The publication of Go Set a Watchman’ by Harper Lee, whose only other novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is an American classic, was one of the most anticipated literary events of 2015. Does it live up to expectations?
Hong Kong: ‘Il Trovatore’ Gets Two Thumbs Up from a Skeptical Opera Goer
Il Trovatore by Verdi is staged at Hong Kong City Hall in an intimate production that combines a wonderful score with soaring arias, moving recitatives, and dramatic duets. The wonderful Anvil Chorus is pure magic.
Bali: 700 Year Old Village Keeps Culture Alive While Welcoming Tourists
Tenganan Village is home to the Bali Aga, descendants of the original pre-Hindu inhabitants of the Island of the Gods. Most of the Bali Aga reside in the regency of Karangasem on the island’s Eastern tip.
Israel: Hanukkah, What It Is and Why It’s Celebrated
Hanukkah is a joyful 8-day Jewish celebration, which is held on the 25th day of the month of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar. Hanukkah can occur as early as late November and as late as late December in the Gregorian calendar.
Bali: Shopping Till You Drop in Oh, So Sophisticated (and NOT So Expensive) Seminyak
Seminyak is Bali's answer to Beverly Hills, as the guide books promise, except there are fewer boutiques selling designer labels, more authenticity, some very cool merchandise, much lower prices, and friendlier sales people.
Bali: Serendipitous Lunch with Balinese Characteristics
Hindu ceremony provides a colourful backdrop to mouth-watering lunch at a small cafe, evoking nostalgia in a repeat visitor to the Island of the Gods. Sometimes it pays off not to read things too carefully!
15th Annual Ubud Writers and Readers Festival Scheduled for 25 – 29 October 2018
If the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival is one of the most important literary events on the Southeast Asian cultural calendar, the 2015 edition was mired in controversy.
Bali: Day One in the Cultural Heart of the Island of the Gods
Rice paddies in Bali are thousands of years old, and they are watered by a democratic irrigation system that ensures an even distribution of water to all farmers from the uppermost source in the island's highlands to the sea.