Ong Sor Fern

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The writer with okra from her little plot in a community garden.

Green cure to virus blues

3 hours ago

The arts at your fingertips

Mar 24, 2020, 5:00 am
The West End hit, War Horse (left), was to have been staged at the Esplanade from April 24 to May 10.

Sifa, War Horse cancelled

Mar 24, 2020, 5:00 am
This hand-drawn map of the Kampong Gelam neighbourhood, featured in Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago, is a detailed depiction of the Malaysian artist's memories of the neighbourhood in Singapore where he grew up, complete with annotations for his favourite

Latiff Mohidin's Paris show comes to town

Mar 24, 2020, 5:00 am

The arts at your fingertips - from virtual museum tours to Broadway shows online

Mar 23, 2020, 4:45 pm

Coronavirus: Singapore International Festival of Arts and War Horse cancelled

Mar 23, 2020, 3:00 pm

Arts Picks: Singapo "Ren": Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture

Mar 20, 2020, 5:00 am

Arts Picks: Discover Chinese Singaporean culture, enjoy Railtrack Songmaps; meet author Timothy Barnard

Mar 19, 2020, 10:00 am

Galleries show works meant for Art Basel Hong Kong

Mar 19, 2020, 5:00 am

STPI goes digital, Gajah Gallery holds show after Art Basel Hong Kong cancels due to coronavirus fears

Mar 18, 2020, 3:10 pm

Arts groups prepare for another blow to box office

Mar 17, 2020, 5:00 am

Arts groups brace themselves for blow as stricter social distancing measures to prevent Covid-19 spread kick in

Mar 16, 2020, 4:00 pm
The Substation's directors through the years: Kuo Pao Kun (photo 1), Thirunalan Sasitharan (photo 2), Audrey Wong and Lee Weng Choy (both in photo 3), Noor Effendy Ibrahim (photo 4), Alan Oei (photo 5) and Raka Maitra and Woon Tien Wei (both right).

Charging up The Substation

Mar 10, 2020, 5:00 am
In the line-up: Brooklyn-based puppeteer Nick Lehane's Chimpanzee (above) tells the story of a lonely old female primate who grew up with a human family before being shipped off to a laboratory, while Only Bones (left) by New Zealand-born performer T

Fun meets serious at Flipside festival

Mar 10, 2020, 5:00 am
A large crowd gathered in Armenian Street in 2002 for a memorial for the late Kuo Pao Kun, founder of The Substation.

The Substation through the years

Mar 10, 2020, 5:00 am

Fun theatre acts at the Esplanade's Flipside festival carry more serious messages

Mar 9, 2020, 4:00 pm

The Substation turns 30: Is the arts centre still relevant in Singapore's changing arts landscape?

Mar 9, 2020, 3:05 pm

Arts Picks: Stories That Matter: Shroud

Mar 6, 2020, 5:00 am

Arts Picks: Hasan Elahi at Objectifs, Sriwana's Gading and The Opera People's Aids Quilt Songbook recital

Mar 5, 2020, 5:30 pm

Politics and economics of handmade work

Mar 3, 2020, 5:00 am

Culture Vulture: The politics and economics of handcrafted work

Mar 2, 2020, 3:35 pm
Musical Swings, the teaser for this year's Singapore International Festival of Arts, goes live at Dhoby Ghaut's Cathay Green from May 1. In the line-up: Revisor (top left), choreographed by Crystal Pite; Cold Blood (top), by choreographer Michele Ann

Swinging to an arty start

Feb 25, 2020, 5:00 am

Arts Picks: Roots of metalcraft: Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata, Japan

Feb 21, 2020, 5:00 am

Arts Picks: Japanese metalcraft at Nafa, Bosch documentary, Jawi script and free lunchtime recital at Victoria Concert Hall

Feb 20, 2020, 4:10 pm
Director of corporate social responsibility Edmond Wong from Kim Choo Kueh Chang says the company donated an estimated $20,000 worth of goods and services, such as edibles, last year to various causes. Pek Sin Choon tea company's fourth-generation ow

Help is sweet for arts groups

Feb 4, 2020, 5:00 am