Nothing to do during Recess Week? Stressed from the mid-term tests that you’ve done or about to take? Fret not! The Ridge has compiled a list of stress-free activities for you to take a break from all that school work. From exotic music to local films and festivals, you’ll be spoilt for choice!
Music
Musical Theatre Open Mic
Blu Jaz Cafe is organising an amazing musical open mic night! Hear tunes from The Lion King, The Sound of Music and Grease. If you feel comfortable enough you can even take the stage and sing! If not, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Date: 25 Sept
Time: 8pm – 11pm
Venue: Blu Jaz Cafe
Price: $10
Check out this link for more information: http://www.blujazcafe.net/event-details/musical-theatre-open-mic-night-by-singtheatre-academy/
Songs from Latin America by Ireson Latin Band and Josse Manuel – Esplanade
Be wooed by sexy and romantic music from Latin America. Impress your date with your amazing taste in music by attending this performance with them. You will not regret it!
Date: 28 Sept
Time: 7pm and 8pm
Venue: Esplanade Concourse
Price: Free
Moonstruck Symphony Performance
The Art Fission Company will be performing a contemporary dance-theatre performance in conjunction with the Mid Autumn Festival celebrations. The dance performance will showcase the traditional story of Chang Er (Lady on the Moon) while whimsical and complex musical accompaniment is played by the orchestra.
Date: 30 Sept
Time: 7pm – 8pm
Venue: Botanic Gardens, Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
Price: Free
Films
In Time to Come
In Time to Come is a film directed by Tan Pin Pin and is an exploratory documentary that questions what Singapore should preserve in our history. It talks of rituals at school and work, full shopping centres that become empty, and a banyan tree being cut down. Most pressingly it asks, “What makes us, us?”
Date and Time:
28 Sep: 7.30pm
29 Sept – 30 Sept: 3.30pm, 7.30pm
1 Oct: 3pm, 7.20pm
*Includes Post-show Dialogue with Tan Pin Pin
Price: $9.50 (Weekday), $13 (Weekend)
Venue: Filmgarde Bugis +
Check for other film timings here: http://tickets.fgcineplex.com.sg/visInternetTicketing/visMovieInfo.aspx?MovieName=IN+TIME+TO+COME&CinemaID=2001&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
The Songs we Sang
This film follows the musical revolutions in the 80’s, a period often forgotten in Singapore’s history. Experience a time where disenchanted Chinese youth use the power of music in the face of changes to the country’s language and education policies.
Date: 29 Sept
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Projector
Price: $11.50 (Student Price)
POP AYE
A disenchanted architect meets an elephant on the streets of Bangkok. He then takes the lost elephant on a redemptive journey through Thailand in search of their childhood homes.
Date and Time:
30 Sept, 5.20pm
1st Oct, 2pm
Venue: The Projector
Price: $11.50 (Student Price)
Festivals
Spectra: Light and Water Show
Enjoy this beautiful symphony of music, water and light that is powered by advanced lasers, fountain jets and visual projectors. A 15 minute display shown everyday, Spectra portrays Singapore’s development into the multicultural and modern city she is now.
Price: Free
Venue: Event Plaza, Marina Bay Sands
Time: Sunday to Thursday – 8pm and 9pm
Friday & Saturday – 8pm, 9pm and 10pm
For more information: http://www.marinabaysands.com/entertainment/spectra.html
Autumn Harvest Floral Display
See countless normal and oddly shaped pumpkins in this Autumn and Halloween display. Some pumpkins are carved, decorated and painted while others will be shown in all their natural glory!
Date: 1 Sept – 29 Oct
Time: 9am – 9pm
Venue: Gardens by the Bay, Flower Dome
Price: $12 (single conservatory)
Promotion: Local residents receive an additional 10% off when purchasing tickets online
For more information: http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/whats-on/calendar-of-events/2017-autumn-harvest-floral-display.html
Mid-Autumn @ Gardens By the Bay
With four free events happening at Supertree Grove, you will have a jam-packed night absorbing all the sights and sounds of Gardens by the Bay. For the lantern display, see more than 4000 glowing paddy rice stalks, 250 water lily lanterns floating on the river and more than 100 dragonfly lanterns on the Supertrees! Blossoming Harvest is an art showcase presented in partnership with the National Arts Council, displaying a wide array of cultural performances every night. In Garden Rhapsody: Tales of the Moon, be enthralled by the beautiful light display emerging from the the Supertrees in perfect sync with classical soundtracks. Last but not least, there will be a bustling energy at the Food Street serving Asian delights!
Lantern Display
Date: 22 Sept – 8 Oct
Time: 7pm – 11pm
Venue: Gardens by the Bay
Price: Free
Blossoming Harvest
Date: 22 Sept – 8 Oct
Time: Varies
Venue: Gardens by the Bay, Supertree Grove
Price: Free
For the specific timing of the performances check the Programme Booklet here:
Food Street
Date: 22 Sept – 8 Oct
Time: 6pm – 9.30pm
Venue: Gardens by the Bay, Supertree Grove
Price: Free (Not free food, but you can go for free)
Garden Rhapsody: Tales of the Moon
Date: 22 Sept – 31 Oct
Time: 7.45pm, 8.45pm
Venue: Gardens by the Bay, Supertree Grove
Price: Free
For more information:
http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/whats-on/calendar-of-events/2017-Mid-autumn.html
Mid Autumn Festival Chinatown Street Light up
See Chinatown come to life at night with the stunning display of lanterns across the entire street.
Date: 23 Sept – 19 Oct
Time: Sunday – Thursday: 7pm – 12 am
Friday – Saturday: 7pm – 2am
Venue: Chinatown
Price: Free
Utter 2017 – Singapore Writers Festival
This festival will feature live-action and animated short films celebrating notable Singapore writers published before 1986. Through this festival you will even have a chance to meet writers, directors and producers to hear more about the process of adapting Singapore Literature.
Date: 29 Sept – 30 Sept
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Golden Village Suntec City
Price: $10 (Standard)
Check out this link for more information:
https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/nacswf/nacswf/Utter-2017.html
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