MARSHALL OF SINGAPORE: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE & TIMES OF DAVID SAUL MARSHALL (1908 - 1995). -- ST PHOTO
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MARSHALL OF SINGAPORE: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE & TIMES OF DAVID SAUL MARSHALL (1908 - 1995)
Learn more about Singapore's first Chief Minister, the brilliant, ebullient and charismatic David Marshall, who was a lawyer and one of the most important leaders of Singapore's Jewish community and won accolades as the nation?s first ambassador to France late in life.
Where: National Library Building, Promenade Level 10, Victoria Street MRT: City Hall/Bugis When: Till Jan 12, 10am - 9pm daily except public holidays Admission: Free Tel: 6332-3255
Applications
THE ART INCUBATOR - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Budding artists can apply for three art residencies worth a total of $30,000. The Art Incubator programme is a two-month visual arts residency for Singaporeans under 35, which includes a living stipend of $4,000, art materials and production fees of up to $3,000, a mentor, and a platform to exhibit their completed work at a group show later.
Info: Visit www.theartincubator.org for information and to download an application form. Deadline for entries is Jan 15. The programme is supported by Creative Community Singapore, Objectifs: Centre for Photography and Filmmaking, Grey Projects and Philip Morris Singapore.
Art
DECCAN'S ART & SOUL
Get a glimpse of contemporary art from south-central India's Deccan Plateau at this retrospective exhibition showcasing works by 14 established and up-and-coming Indian artists.
Where: Art Mosaic Gallery, 01-02, MICA Building, 140 Hill Street MRT: Clarke Quay/Hill Street When: Till Sat (Jan 10), 11am - 6pm (Mon - Sat), closed on Sun Admission: Free Tel: 6336-6406
Transfer
PERCEIVING TRANQUILITY I (ART OF BUDDHA)
Chinese realistic painter Chen Yun Xiao's fascination with the art form of the Buddha inspired his first series of works.
Where: Alliance Francaise, SG Private Banking Gallery, 1 Sarkies Road MRT: Newton When: Thu (Jan 8)- Jan 21, 11am - 7pm (Mon - Fri) 11am - 5pm (Sat), closed on Sun & public holidays Admisssion: Free Tel: 6833-9314 Info: E-mail AFexhibitions@alliancefrancaise.org.sg
THE SPLENDOUR OF SHOUSHAN STONE CARVINGS
This exhibition features the Shoushan stone carvings by master artistes Lin Hengyun, Lin Wenju and Lin Dong from China. Lin Hengyun excels in carving bears and the underwater world while Lin Wenju specialises in par-relief carving and Lin Dong works in figurine stone carving.
Where: Loong Hua Arts & Crafts, 05 -27 Paragon shopping centre, Orchard Road MRT: Somerset/Orchard When: Till Sun (Jan 11), 11.30am - 7.30pm daily Admission: Free Tel: 6736-3339
SONGS FROM THE HEART - OILS BY SHEN YU DONG
Love for nature is the inspiration behind the artworks of Chinese oil painter Yu Dong Shen whose works feature Chinese landscapes, scenery and portraits, including animals such as donkeys, cattle, sheep, dogs and cats.
Where: Dynasties Antique & Art Gallery, 01 -09 Mica Building, 140 Hill Street MRT: Clarke Quay/City Hall When: Till Jan 13, 11am - 7pm daily Admission: Free Tel: 6738-3268
Charity
LAUNCH OF GOOD LIFE RECIPE BOOK WITH A HEART
Buy any of more than 30,000 copies of the Good Life Recipe Book at any of FairPrice supermarket and hypermarket in Singapore and help raise more than $100,000 for The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund which helps needy schoolchilden here.
Where: All FairPrice supermarkets and hypermarkets in Singapore When: While stocks last Admission: Pay $12.80 for the book or $3.90 with purchases of $25 and above Tel: 1800-5522-722 (9am - 5pm on weekdays)
Info: The book contains 16 innovative recipes by local celebrity chefs, including Violet Oon, Chan Kwok, Sam Leong, Angelo Sanelli and Chookiat Kantha who collaborated with Fairprice and Peter Knipp Holdings in this project for the needy.
WILL THE BULL CHARGE IN THE YEAR OF THE OX?
Get insights from Hong Kong's Feng Shui Grand Master Raymond Lo on the coming Chinese Year of the Ox. For each premium ticket sold for this session, Singapore Pools will donate $50 to the President's Challenge, which helps more than 40 charities, including the needy and the disabled.
Where: Singapore Conference Hall, Singapore Chinese Orchestra Concert Hall, 7 Shenton Way MRT: Tanjong Pagar When: Thu (Jan 8), 7.30 - 9.15pm Admission: $20 (standard ticket) & $68 (premium ticket) Tel: 6786-6688 Info: The premium ticket includes a special pre-event dinner, a private group interaction session with Raymond Lo and a goodie bag. Visit www.singaporepools.com.sg
Transfer
KIDZ 4 KIDZ MYSTAMP
Pay $20 for a limited edition of the Kidz 4 Kidz MyStamp charity stamp sheet featuring the children of MediaCorp artiste Zoe Tay and her celebrity friends and the money will help special needs children at Asian Women?s Welfare Association (AWWA).
Info: The stamps will be available at all post offices here till Jan 31, while stocks last. Place your order by visiting shop.vpost.com.sg
SALE OF CARDS FOR CHARITY
Buy Chinese New Year greeting cards from the Singapore Cancer Society at $1.10 each and 50 cents will go to the Singapore Cancer Society Cancer Treatment Fund.
Tel: 6421-5859 Info: E-mail aeran_lee@singaporecancersociety.org.sg for inquiry and to purchase. View the greeting cards on the Singapore Cancer Society website - www.singaporecancersociety.org.sg
Chinese New Year
LUNAR RETAIL FAIR
View the new series of 2009 Year of the Ox Almanac Coins issued by the Monetary Authority of Macau and minted and marketed by The Singapore Mint at this Lunar Retail Fair at Suntec City Mall's Tropics Atrium.
Where: Suntec City Mall, Tropics Atrium MRT: City Hall When: Till Sun (Jan 11: 11am - 9pm daily Admission: Free Tel: 6825-2668
Info: The fair also includes The Largest Ox Family Contest which offers a prize of a Chinese New Year Set Meal for 10 persons worth more than $1,000 and an Ox-picious Lucky Draw which offers a prize worth more than $2,000 to the winner who buys $100 and more worth of coins at the fair.
ROADSHOWS BY SINGAPORE MINT
Check out various roadshows around Singapore showcasing the 2009 Macau Year of the Ox coins which present the Chinese Almanac animals with a modern touch on one side while the reverse side depict a different design representing each of the 12 selected heritage sites of Macau.
Where: HDB Hub, MRT: Toa Payoh When: Till Jan 24: 11am - 8.30pm, Jurong Point, Level 1, MRT: Boon Lay When: Till Jan 24, 11am - 8.30pm, Parkway Parade, basement, MRT: Eunos, Tue (Jan 6)- Jan 24, 11am - 8.30pm Bugis Junction, Level 1 MRT: Bugis When: Tue (Jan 6) - Jan 24, 11am - 8.30pm, Ang Mo Kio Hub, Basement 1 MRT: Ang Mo Kio When: Thu (Jan 8) - Jan 24), 11am - 8.30pm, Compass Point, Level 1, MRT: Sengkang When: Thu (Jan 8) - Jan 24, 11am - 8.30pm, Suntec City Mall, Tropics Atrium MRT: City Hall When: Jan 12 - 24: 11am - 8.30pm Admission: Free Tel: 6566-2626
TELL YOUR FORTUNE: AN OX-PICIOUS YEAR OR NOT?
Do you have the makings of a president? If you are born in the coming Chinese Zodiac Year of the Ox, you may find that you have similarities with famous personalities such as United States President elect Barack Obama, who is strong, spirited and highly motivated. Just visit the Fraser Centrepoint Malls and check your fortune through fortune-telling methods such as palm and handwriting reading, tarot card reading and fengshui reading.
Info: Shoppers who spend $50 at any of the malls can win a Chevrolet Spark car in a lucky draw while those spending $100 can redeem a limited edition Chinese New year traditional Japanese gift-wrapping cloth (Furoshiki) to wrap Mandarin oranges. Spend $120 and get a limited edition Tiger Glass or spend at least $1,500 to receive a coveted Guess watch worth $195.
OX-PICIOUS LUCKY DRAW
Spend $50 at China Square Central and you might take home a top cash prize of $888 in the shopping centre's Ox-Picious Lucky Draw.
Where: China Square Central, 18 Cross Street, junction of China Street & Cross Street MRT: Chinatown/Raffles Place When: Till Jan 24, 10am - 10pm Admission: Free Tel: 6327-4810
Class
YMCA ADULT INTRODUCTORY EPEE
Learn the basics of fencing to enhance your powers of concentration and help you think fast on your feet. The instructor is world class Russian coach Maria Bobok.
Where: YMCA of Singapore, Orchard Road MRT: Dhoby Ghaut When: Wed (Jan 7, 7.30 - 9pm Admission: $140 (four sessions) plus annual subscription of $21.40 (adult) & $10.70 (youths under 21), including equipment and apparel rental Tel: 6586-2323 Info: E-mail melissaseet@ymca.org.sg
Transfer
BASIC WATERCOLOUR PAINTING FOR SENIORS
Senior citizens aged 50 and above can get a basic grasp of water colour painting and learn to appreciate art by joining this class by trainer Madam Rosma Mahyudin Guha, a member of the Singapore Watercolour Society and committee member of the International Women's Art Association.
Where: Centre For Seniors, Junction 8 Office Tower, 10 -02, 9 Bishan Place MRT: Bishan When: Thu (Jan 8), 10.30am - 12.30pm Admission: $48 (eight sessions) Tel: 6478-5010
Club
CITIBANK SINGER - SONGWRITERS: DAPHNE KHOO
Keep a date with pop-rock singer-songwriter Daphne Khoo, a runner-up at the 2004 Singapore Idol contest and former lead singer of indie band West Grand Bouleward, at Timbre @ The Substation on Wednesday (Jan 7). She is Power 98 Singapore Music Award 2008's Best Breakout Solo Artist with a debut album, Desperate with 11 self-composed tracks about teenage angst, love, joy and hurt. Presented by Jack & Rai.
Where: Timbre@ The Substation Garden, 45 Armenian Street MRT: City Hall When Wed, 7.30pm Admission: Free (pay for drinks) Tel: 6338-8277 Info: www.timbre.com.sg
Contest
SEARCH FOR A SINGAPORE FAMILY
Wanted: a Singaporean family embodying strong family values to show Australians families a different approach to parenting in a new television series about parenting teenagers based on the BBC?s series The World?s Strictest Parents. The Seven Network, Australia's Number television network, and a leading Australian casting agency, A Cast Of Thousands, wants to place two headstrong Australian teenagers to spend eight days with the family to experience their rules and way of life for the series.
Info: The ideal family should have school-aged children living at home with at least one teenager aged 14 to 18 and a strong and clear command of English. It must also enforce strict standards of behaviour on themselves and their children and be willing to host the two teenagers in their homes and integrate them into their family and routine and they must be willing to be filmed as they go about their busy lives for a week in March and April.
Those keen on the project can visit www.acastofthousands.com.au/singapore to read more about the show Info: They can e-mail a little about their family and why they would be ideal to nicole@acastofthousands.com.au Submit applications by Jan 31.
WHAT WILL WE DEFEND?
What do you hold dear in your heart and want to defend? Join this Online Video Contest and say what you want to defend in times of crisis in a short video clip of less than two minutes for a chance to win the top prize of a MacBook laptop worth $1,588. As winning entries are selected by public voting, do create videos that tug at people's heartstrings. Organised by Singapore Press Holdings' RazorTV and NEXUS, the central co-ordinating agency for National Education.
Info: Submit entries by Feb 15. You can use your latest mobile phone, digital camcorder or digital camera and shoot as many videos as you like. Edit it and add in cool effects and music and make sure that your final video file is in 3GP, AVI, MPEG or WMV format and less than 5MB.
Visit http://www.whatwilludefend.sg/takepart to submit your video and then vote for the best of the rest that Singapore has submitted for the competition by Feb 28. Visit SPH Razor TV or browse through http://www.whatwilludefend.sg to find out more about Total Defence and what you can do to play you part
'TRANQUILLITY IN A BUSTLING CITY' PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Fancy winning the grand prize of a two-night Villa Package worth $5,100 at The Sentosa Resort & Spa? For a chance to win, avid photographers can submit innovative pictures capturing Singapore as a resort getaway amidst a cosmopolitan city.
Info: Entry is free. Submit entries in both print and digital formats saved in a CD-rom by noon on Feb 28. You can submit up to five entries and send them by hand or mail together with completed entry forms. Visit www.thesentosa.com for more information. Winning entries will be announced and featured online on the resort's new website www.thesentosa.com from April 2.
Gig
STARS - LIVE!
Keep a date with Stars, a critically acclaimed Canadian indie band whose music has been decribed as 'beautiful' and 'eloquent' with lush intrumentation and nuanced vocals. Last year, they released the album In Our Bedroom After The War.
Where: Esplanade Concert Hall MRT: City Hall When: Wed (Jan 7), 9pm Admission: $71 - $151 Tel: 6348-5555 Visit www.sistic.com.sg
M1 Singapore Fringe Fest
FROZEN ANGELS
What impact do developments in stem cell research and artificial intelligence have on human life and relationships? Playwright Haresh Sharma explores these issues in a thought-provoking play directed by Alvin Tan.
Where: National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre, Stamford Road MRT: Dhoby Ghaut When: Wed Jan 7) - Sat (Jan 10), 8pm, Sat (Jan 10) & Sun (Jan 11), 3pm Admission: $30 Tel: 6348-5555 Info: Visit www.singaporefringe.com or e-mail info@singaporefringe.com
MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS
Don't break down if someone breaks your heart. Be positive and get ideas on how to overcome broken love relationships through art creation at this special museum.
Where: Esplanade, Jendela MRT: City Hall When: Wed (Jan 7) - Jan 18, 11am - 8.30pm daily Admission: Free Tel: 6828-8377 Info: www.brokenrelationships.com
WITHIN. WITHOUT
Explore the emotional and psychological aspects in a family unit and what it means to be an individual within a family through this contemporary dance by 2007 Young artist Award recipient Kuik Swee Boon.
Where: Esplanade Theatre Studio MRT: City Hall When: Wed (Jan 7) - Thu (Jan 8), 8pm Admission: $20 & $30 Tel: 6348-5555
LOOMING MEMORY Set in Greece and Australia, this play is a theatrical memory of one man's struggle growing up with his heart in two parts of the world, and how our family stories play an integral part in shaping who we are. The play won the Best production and the 2007 Blue Room Theatre Awards in Australia.
Where: Guinness Theare, The Substation, Armenian Street MRT: City Hall When: Wed (Jan 7) & Thu (Jan 8), 8pm Admission: $20 Tel: 6348-5555
Transfer
DAYS WITH MY FATHER
This exhibition will give you an intensely powerful, heartwrenching and yet hopeful glimpse into the personal journey of British photographer Phillip Toledano and his father as they struggle to make sense of the latter's gradual loss of memory and their remaining time together.
Where: Esplanade Tunnel MRT: City Hall When: Wed (Jan 7) - Jan 18, 6am - midnight daily Admission: Free Tel: 6828-8377 Info: www.dayswithmyfather.com and www.mrtoledano.com
Open House
REPUBLIC POLYTECHNIC 2009 OPEN HOUSE
Taste brainpower-boosting Omega-3 ice-cream, see award-winning underwater and pet-nanny robots and uncover the secrets of grooming super athletes and world-class champions. O-level and secondary school students can do all these and also get insights into the polytechnic's 30 diploma courses at this Open House at Repulic Polytechnic's Open House on Wednesday (Jan 7).
EXPECT, EXPLORE, EXCEL (PIONEER JUNIOR COLLEGE OPEN HOUSE 2009)
Secondary three and four students can check out Pioneer Junior College's Open House where they can immerse themselves in the learning culture of the college and challenge the colleges' sportsmen to friendly matches, such as the Hoop Classic 3-On-3 Basketball or try out other sports such as rugby, netball, floorball, volleyball, tennis and archery.
The ordinary lives of people with HIV/Aids in the face of challenges and discrimination are captured in this first Aids photo exhibition launched by the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Held in collaboration with the Deputy Picture Editor of The Straits Times Stephanie Yeow, and the Chief Photographer of Lianhe Zaobao Lee Tiah Khee.
Where: Central Lending Library, Level B1, National Library, Victoria Street MRT: Bugis/City Hall When: Till Jan 15, 10am - 9pm daily Admission: Free Tel: 6332-3255
Talk
LEADERSHIP IN CHALLENGING TIMES
Learn how to stay ahead of these challenging times at three ST701 workshops at the Singapore Press Holdings New Centre. Designed for those in leadership position from supervisors and project leaders to heads of departments and senior management, these workshops are conducted by trainer Manoj Sharma, an organisation strategist.
Where: Singapore Press Holdings News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North MRT: Braddell When: Jan 20, 9am - 5pm (Knowing The Global Leadership Game In Challenging Times - Transformational Leadership Through the Storm) When: Jan 22, 9am - 5pm (Knowing Transformational Leadership In Volatile Times - Leading Yourself, Leading Your Teams And Leading Leaders) When: Feb 19, 9am - 5pm Knowing Transformational leadership Communication In A Disruptive Future- Transforming Your Leadership Communication Style) Admission: pay an early bird fee of $359 with GST (ST701 member) and $419 with GST (non-member) per workshop or a special bundle price of $588 (usual: $718) for ST701 member and $712 (usual: $838) for non-member for any two workshops or special bundle price of $861 (usual: $1,077) for ST701 member and $1,043 (usual $1,257) for non-member for all three workshops by Jan 15, after that pay $419 with GST (St701 member) and $489 with GST (non-member) per workshop Tel: 6319-55924 (office hours) Info: Visit jobs.st701.com or e-mail st701@sph.com.sg
Theatre
CINDERELLA
The international tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella featuring Tony Award winner Lea Salonga. Directed by Bobby Garcia of Disney's Beauty & The Beast fame.
Where: Esplanade Theatre MRT: City Hall When: Till Jan 22, 8pm, also 3pm on Sat & Sun Admission: $38 - $183 Tel: 6348-5555
Voting
MMSING TALENT CONTEST (VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE SINGER)
Vote for your favourite online singer in the MMSing Talent Contest and he or she might be richer by as much as $20,000. This online singing contest is organised by Stomp, Asia's No 1. social networking and citizen-journalism website.
Info: You can vote until March 31, Visit www.stomp.com.sg/mmsing3 and click on the relevant button to vote. The first prize for Category A for online singers aged more than 15 is $20,000 while the top winner in Category B for those aged under 15, will take home $3,000
Web
THE REAL SINGAPORE
Want to know the real Singapore? Go to Singapore Seen for local content that affects you. Info: Visit singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/index.jsp
Compiled by Magdalene Lum
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