Clear your calendar - It's going down! Something To Write Home About kicks off on September 12th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities of Singaporean arts, theater, dance, film, music, literature and food. La MaMa is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Full artist and program details on our website ☞
12 September | Tuesday
7.30pm - 10.30pm | Opening Reception
Our big night! Come celebrate with us.The night will also feature an authentic Peranakan food reception prepared by chef Larry Reutens.
FREE
13 September | Sunday
12pm - 6pm | Symposium on Singapore Studies
Critical conversation about Singaporean arts and culture
organized by Professor Eng-Kiong Tan
7.30pm - 9.30pm | Take Out, Take Home:
Footloose Writers on Food and the Sense of Belonging
Literary Arts presentation moderated by Jee-Leong Koh
FREE
14 to 22 September |
Saturday to Tuesday
12pm - 5pm | Visual Arts Exhibition
Featuring Sheryo, Angie Tan & Gregory Burns,
Jonathan Teo and Hong-Ling Wee, Curated by Jacelyn Kee
FREE
14 September | Monday
7.30pm - 9.30pm | 5 Short Films curated by Kirsten Tan
A range of deeply Singaporean films exploring topics from military service to religion curated by film director Kirsten Tan
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15 September | Tuesday
7.30pm - 10.30pm | Dance Celebration:
An Evening of Cultural and Contemporary Dance
Featuring Maya Dance Theatre, Singai Tamil Sangam & Yun-Chun Chua
Followed by Indian Food Reception by Chef Larry Reutens
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16 September | Wednesday
7.30pm - 9.30pm | Taking The Long Way Home:
An Evening of Music
A showcase of Singaporean musical talent in Indie, R&B, Blues & Jazz featuring Eli Tyler, Tammy Ying, Shun Ng
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17 September | Thursday
7.30pm - 9.30pm | Playwrights and Their Works
Three Perspectives: Damon Chua, Haresh Sharma and Huzir Sulaiman
FREE
18 to 20 September |
Friday to Sunday
7.30pm - 9.30pm | Best Of by The Necessary Stage
One woman show by award winning actress Siti Khalijah Zainal
The 18th performance is followed by Singaporean Food Reception and will end by 10.30pm.
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21 September | Monday
7.30pm - 9.30pm | Recalling Mother by Checkpoint Theatre
Performed by Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohammed
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22 September | Tuesday
7.30pm - 10.30pm | Storytelling
Cursed Earth by Verena Tay
Followed by Festival Closing + Food Reception
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Organized by Professor Eng-Kiong Tan -- With the growing visibility of Singapore as a global city and a hub for transnational networks over the past decade, Singapore studies has gain much currency in the arts and the humanities due to its unique multiethnic and multilingual social makeup, colonial history, urban development and cultural diversity. This symposium hopes to unfold a critical conversation about Singapore arts and culture, and how practitioners, organizations and policy makers can collaborate to utilize the arts as powerful catalysts for social change.
12 pm to 6 pm
Venue TBD
Literary Arts: Take Out, Take Home: Footloose Writers on Food and the Sense of Belonging
This presentation of literary works moderated by Jee-Leong Koh aims to showcase and build awareness of Singaporean writing in New York. The event provides a wonderful opportunity to hear and engage with the most distinctive voices coming out of the Little Red Dot.
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Venue TBD
A boy on the cusp of adulthood entering compulsory military service. The end of an era in Mandarin radio. Two schoolgirls and an autograph book. The compressed lifespan of a woman from the 1960s to present day. Film school friends in an honestly side-splitting interrogation of religion. Each film in my selection seems wildly different from the next, but they are all deeply Singaporean in their own specificity. In presenting a range of diverse films that are entertainingly watchable yet socially sharp, they stack up to reveal a jigsaw portrait of Singapore that may not square with official domestic narratives nor foreign media generalities, that is to be taken on its own terms.
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Venue: La MaMa, Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10013
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Dance Celebration: An evening of cultural and contemporary dance by Maya Dance Theatre, Singai Tamil Sangam & Yun-Chun Chua (Chun)
Artistically directed by Kavitha Krishnan, this performance takes the audience on a journey through Singapore's arts and culture with performances by traditional and contemporary dance artists and musicians. The performance features dancers Shahrin Johry, Bernice Lee and Eva Tey, Sreedevy and Anu Rajendren with musician Kailin Yong and flautist Raghavendra, together with NYC-based Bharathanatyam artist Kiran Rajagopalan. The performances will also feature the collaboration with NY-based artists and choreographers Janis Brenner and Esme Boyce. The dances are specially designed to celebrate the connections and friendships build through the arts.
7:30 pm to 10:30 pm + a Singaporean Food Reception after the performance
Venue: La MaMa, Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10013
