Sunday, 27 Dec 2009

Still can’t get enough X’mas shopping? Want more? Or are you trying to find new threads, new look for 2010?

Fret not! Flea-Mania is heading to the Arts House right after X’mas and just before the New Year.

70 stalls of apparels, accessories and gifts, the biggest Flea-Mania has ever done.

Venue: The Arts House

Time: 1100H – 1800H

Admission: FREE!

source: Facebook

• By Bus: North Bridge Road (Opposite Funan Centre or Outside MITA Building): 32, 51, 61, 63, 80, 103, 124, 145, 166, 174, 195, 197, 603, 851, 961 – Collyer Quay (At, or Opposite Clifford Pier; Fullerton Square; Opposite Singapore Cricket Club or outside Victoria Concert Hall): 10, 70, 75, 100, 107,130, 131, 162, 167, 196, 605, 607, 608
• By MRT: From Raffles Place Station, take exit H and walk across Cavenagh Bridge. From City Hall Station, take exit B (in front of capitol building), turn left, walk towards Funan Centre and turn left again upon reaching the present Parliament house.

We are no strangers to carrier bags made from paper or plastic as a common form of packaging. Paper carrier bags were first locally made in the 1950s for provision shops. Its survival was then challenged by plastic bags as the latter became increasingly popular in the 1970s.

These carrier bags were created for the customer’s convenience and as alternatives to the rattan basket, newspapers and leaves used to hold food and sundry items. Some households and street peddlers in the past also recycled the carrier bags to store personal effects and trade tools.

This exhibition showcases over 60 paper and plastic bags in the National Museum’s collection, many on display for the first time. Together with contextual photos, the display will highlight different uses of the ubiquitous carrier bag, its role as a mobile advertisement, and also shed light on the paper bag business in Singapore – a much forgotten trade that is still surviving today.

Venue: National Museum – The Balcony, Level 2

Time: 1000H – 2000H

Admission: FREE!

source: National Museum

• Nearest MRT: Dhoby Ghaut
  
• Bus-stop (Stamford Road): 7, 14, 14E, 16, 36, 111, 124, 131, 147, 162, 166, 174,
  174E, 502, 77, 106, 167, 171, 190, 700, 700A, 857
• Bus-stop (YMCA): 7, 14, 14E, 16, 36, 64, 65, 111, 124, 139, 162, 174, 174E,
  502, 521, 77, 106, 167, 171, 190, 700, 700A, NR6, NR7

Seize the day and grab imagination by its horns! Explore 13 installations at the *SCAPE Youth Park which invite you to find gold nuggets, scribble on tree trunks, dip your hands in plaster, sit on grass chairs and play a funky game of tic tac toe. But hurry, because artworks are designed to deteriorate by varying degrees over time!

This exhibition is in collaboration with the Visual and Performing Arts Academic Group in the National Institute of Education (NIE).

Installation workshops are available! Contact ripple_sim@scape.com.sg for details.

Venue: *SCAPE Youth Park

Time: All Day

Admission: FREE!

source: *Scape

• By Bus: 7, 14, 16, 36, 65, 111, 123, 174, 174e, 175
  
• By MRT: Somerset Station

The Fritz Quartet is a Singapore-based string quartet, made up of four young and classically trained musicians. Effectively protean with a wide range of repertoire from Classical, Tango, Jazz to Pop, the Fritz Quartet is a self-managed group, focused primarily on sharing its love for music with its audiences and exploring new frontiers through collaborations with other artistes.

Most recently, at the invitation of the Singapore Arts Festival and National Arts Council, the Fritz Quartet made its Singapore Arts Festival debut as the only string quartet featured in “Arts on the Move”, an outreach programme of the Singapore Arts Festival 2009.

Venue: The Esplanade – Concourse

Time: 5.15 – 5.45pm, 6.15 – 6.45pm, 7.15 – 7.45pm

Admission: FREE!

source: Esplanade

• Nearest MRT: City Hall
  
• By Bus: 36, 56, 70M, 97, 111, 133, 162M, 195, 502, 531, 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N, 75, 77, 106, 700A, 857, 960, 961, NR1, NR2, NR5, NR6, NR7, NR8