Aging Youth Productions’ first installment of Choking The Chicken will feature musical acts that bravely tread the fine line that divides different genres. Expect a clash of electronic, post rock and ambient in an evening that will entice the audience to redefine their genre pigeon holes. D+A+K+A+I, Bani Haykal, Indus Gendi and Breakbeat Theory. 17 May, 8pm at Earshot
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Indie-pop-punk legends, Plainsunset will be celebrating their album launch on June 13th, 8pm at Zouk. Entry is only allowed for those 18 and above. Every CD purchased comes with a pair of tickets to the launch party (limited to first 500 on entry). Tickets will be sold at the door at S$15. - #
The Fast & Fresh festival is a youth-oriented version of Short & Sweet, Australia's premier ten minute play competition. It will be launched in Singapore by Word Forward Limited. Featuring plays written, directed, produced and enacted by teenagers (18 and under), Fast & Fresh is a competition that showcases and gives the best young talents the exposure and guidance necessary to stage quality productions, while connecting them to the theatre scene. 23 May, 7-9pm, Play Den @ The Arts House. - #
Renowned jewelry designer Shing, of cult label argentum, creates her second installation My Last Adornment, using jewelry to reflect on themes of vanity and mortality. Viewers are invited to step into the installation and put on their last adornment inside a photo booth and contemplate the transience of life. This act becomes less about vanity and more a reminder of their mortality and how precious lives are. 1-15 Jun, 11am to 8pm daily at The Substation Gallery - #
Be inspired by selected pieces of furniture from the FDA 2008 Students and Young Designers Category finalists and discover how they interpreted the theme 'TENSION'. Also on display are the winning designs of the 4th FL!P Challenge held late last year, where student designers were given two types of wood to work with - American red oak and yellow poplar. 29 May-14 Jun, 10am to 9pm daily at The National Museum of Singapore - The Concourse, Level 1. Admission is free. - #
Rock The Sub! presents a total of 12 fantastic Singapore bands and featuring 8 excellent bands who have appeared on the Rock Your World acoustic stage. This time around, all cables will be plugged in for an evening of full on rock music. Gibson Stage (The Substation Theatre): 6.15pm-7.00pm Armchair Critic 7.30pm-8.15pm Allura 8.45pm-9.30pm Fishtank 10.00pm-10.45pm Tiramisu 11.15pm-12.00am Zero Sequence 12.30am-1.15am Vertical Rush Timbre Stage: 7.00pm-7.45pm You and Whose Army? 8.15pm-9.00pm Heritage 9.30pm-10.15pm Kevin Mathews & The Groovy People 10.45pm-11.30pm Lunarin 12.00am-12.45am Giants Must Fall 1.15am-2.00am West Grand Boulevard. 7 June, 6.00pm-2.00am. Tickets: $15 (inclusive of one drink). - #
The 6th Furniture Design Forum (FDF) will see a panel of distinguished international design gurus as well as local design personalities gathered to share their design experiences and latest trends. Eminent speaker at the forum is renowned Japanese Designer, Naoto Fukasawa who will take you on a journey through the "Core of Awareness". 13 Jun, 2pm-6pm at Gallery Theatre, Basement National Museum of Singapore. Click here for more information and registration. - #
A performance beyond the walls of the museum, bringing body art into the city. Renowned celebrity Japanese artist Ai Yamaguchi, local artists ZERO and Joanne Lim present their latest creations using bodies as canvases. Be spotted with the body art models by the Polaroid crew, get your pictures taken and stand to win 3 attractive N Series Nokia mobile phones. Take home with you limited edition Fiction@Love collectible! 11 May, 12.00pm – 2.00pm (Outside Caltex House) • 3.00pm – 5.00pm (Outside Plaza Singapura/Atrium); 13 May, 1.00pm – 3.00pm (Outside Ngee Ann City) • 4.00pm – 6.00pm (Outside Shaw House). Limited free Polaroid instant pictures. Announcement of winners and selected entries will be displayed at SAM from 20 May. - #Aging Youth Productions' first installment of Choking The Chicken will feature musical acts that bravely tread the fine line that divides different genres. Expect a clash of electronic, post rock and ambient in an evening that will entice the audience to redefine their genre pigeon holes. D+A+K+A+I, Bani Haykal, Indus Gendi and Breakbeat Theory. 17 May, 8pm at Earshot - #
URA's exhibition, “Singapore 1:1 Island” highlights the city's architectural and urban design uniqueness through a selection of architectural projects completed island-wide, outside of the city centre, over the past four decades. Untill 11 Apr at the URA Centre. - #Browse our archives by month.
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