Review: Firebird – Piano Sensation Tony Yike Yang Solo Recital (Huayi 2020)
★★★★☆ (Performance attended 2/2/20) Piano prodigy’s plays like a majestic phoenix rising from the flames. Playing as part of the Esplanade’s 2020 Huayi – Chinese Festival of the Arts, award-winning piano prodigy Tony Yike Yang made his Southeast Asian debut at the Esplanade Recital Studio last weekend. With expectations running high for the youngest-ever laureate at the Chopin International Piano Competition, the 21-year old made it … Continue reading Review: Firebird – Piano Sensation Tony Yike Yang Solo Recital (Huayi 2020)
Food For Thought: Brewerkz Launches Afterburner Pacific Pale Ale For Singapore Air Show 2020
At the Singapore Airshow 2020, Brewerkz and Experia Events are kicking the event in to high gear with an event-exclusive brew in Asia – The Brewerkz Afterburner Pacific Pale Ale. Inspired by the powerful jet fuel which thrusts planes into high speed, the classic pale ale bears a distinct hoppy fragrance and leaves a refreshing lipsmacking honeydew and pine aftertaste. Conceptualising this brew with Experia … Continue reading Food For Thought: Brewerkz Launches Afterburner Pacific Pale Ale For Singapore Air Show 2020
Food For Thought: Valentine’s Day celebrations with Rang Mahal and Table Restaurant & Bar
This year, as the world celebrates Valentine’s Day, Rang Mahal Restaurants – comprising Rang Mahal located at Pan Pacific Singapore and Table Restaurant & Bar housed within Naumi Hotel Singapore – look to provide the perfect evening setting with their showcase of contemporary Indian specialties complemented by designer interiors. Some say that love is the spice of life and this is what Rang Mahal conveys … Continue reading Food For Thought: Valentine’s Day celebrations with Rang Mahal and Table Restaurant & Bar
Art in Indonesia 2020: Art Moments Jakarta 2020 Returns This April With All-New 7 “Moments” Programmes
JAKARTA – With the ever-growing number of art fairs available throughout the year, it’s hard not to be spoilt for choice when it comes to the sheer amount of works available to collectors to purchase. And even for the non-collectors, art fairs often offer a chance to see rare pieces gathered all in one place. With the return of premium Indonesian art fair Art Moments Jakarta … Continue reading Art in Indonesia 2020: Art Moments Jakarta 2020 Returns This April With All-New 7 “Moments” Programmes
travelXculture: NYC & Company Invites You To Book 2-For-1 Theatre Tickets For NYC Off-Broadway Week
New York – NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organization, in partnership with Mastercard, today announced that NYC Off-Broadway Week 2-for-1 tickets are on sale to the public at nycgo.com/off-broadway-week. Participating shows are offering 2-for-1 tickets beginning February 10 and continuing for nearly two weeks through February 23. Locals and travelers are encouraged to see any of 33 intimate Off-Broadway productions, more than … Continue reading travelXculture: NYC & Company Invites You To Book 2-For-1 Theatre Tickets For NYC Off-Broadway Week
Arts News: National Arts Council Launches Two Co-Working Spaces As Part of Arts Resource Hub Initiative; Third To Open Later In 2020
Two co-working spaces at Goodman Arts Centre (GAC) and Stamford Arts Centre (SAC) have opened as part of the National Arts Council’s (NAC) Arts Resource Hub (ARH) initiative. The dedicated spaces provide arts freelancers with enhanced access to shared services, as well as facilitate collaborations and networking among the freelance arts community. This complements the full suite of offerings on the ARH website, first introduced … Continue reading Arts News: National Arts Council Launches Two Co-Working Spaces As Part of Arts Resource Hub Initiative; Third To Open Later In 2020
Art What!: If Walls Could Speak: – An Exhibition of 30 Award Winning Artists From Asia at the Ion Art Gallery (Preview)
This February, MAYINART presents If Walls Could Speak, an exhibition showcasing works of South East Asian artists. The exhibition focuses predominantly on the work of Indonesian artists from Java island, as well as Indian and leading Singapore artists of the modern era, and is held at Ion Art Gallery. Of the 30 featured artists, works that will be displayed will include those from the likes … Continue reading Art What!: If Walls Could Speak: – An Exhibition of 30 Award Winning Artists From Asia at the Ion Art Gallery (Preview)
In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Takeover Festival by The Upsetters and Bunker Theatre (Preview)
LONDON – This February, The Upsetters are taking over the Bunker Theatre for one week to present a festival dedicated to celebrating artists of colour. This festival will mark the first ever Takeover Festival, an annual week-long touring festival which takes over a new theatre venue each year around the country with the aim of presenting new work by artists of colour while engaging with the next … Continue reading In London’s (Off) West End 2020: The Takeover Festival by The Upsetters and Bunker Theatre (Preview)
Review: 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七贤 by Toy Factory (Huayi 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 31/1/20) Allegorical tale of a dystopian surveillance state preaches the value of the arts, but loses itself in a myriad of subplots along the way. During the rule of the Three Kingdoms, the seven sages of the bamboo grove were a group of scholars and artists who chose to counter the bureaucracies and corruption of the time in the only way they knew … Continue reading Review: 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove 竹林七贤 by Toy Factory (Huayi 2020)
Review: Prism of Truth 眾相 by Ground Z-0 (Huayi 2020)
★★★☆☆ (Performance attended 31/1/20) Modern rework of Rashomon allows audience to play jury in a multimedia social experiment. In the field of conspiracy theory, so long as a claim cannot be disproven, the possibility of it being true exists, allowing the idea of multiple relative ‘truths’ to exist simultaneously without conforming to an absolute. Perhaps one of the earliest versions of this comes in the form … Continue reading Review: Prism of Truth 眾相 by Ground Z-0 (Huayi 2020)
