Aug 22, 2018 | Community, Festivals, Food and Beverage
The Penang Street Food Festival is back for a second year, with two days dedicated to Penang’s favourite cuisine. This year’s food extravaganza will bring together around 120 hawkers, with something to appeal to everyone’s taste buds, all crammed...
Aug 18, 2018 | Exhibitions, Festivals, Photography, Talk, Workshops
The OBSCURA Festival of Photography returns to George Town for its sixth year this August. It is one of the leading photography festivals in South East Asia, and keeps getting bigger every year, incorporating more exhibitions, talks and workshops. Although the overall...
Aug 13, 2018 | Art, Festivals, Photography
S.C. Shekar, a renowned photojournalist, has his latest exhibition ‘Grit and Grace; The Grandeur of Monochrome Malaysia’ in the George Town Festival this year, and it is undoubtedly worth a visit. Over his 30 year career he has published 25 books, and has worked in...
Aug 11, 2018 | Festivals, Puppetry, Theatre
Ombak-Ombak Art Studio is a collective of multi-ethnic artists and producers who mount contemporary performances projecting Malaysian identity and creativity. One of their most popular productions, Kisa Pulau Pinang (the Penang Story) debuted last year at George Town...
Aug 10, 2018 | Circus, Festivals
Thunar Circus, a well respected troupe in Taiwan, will be bringing one of their latest performances to George Town during this years festival. ‘Kaxabu: A Language No Longer Spoken?’ grapples with issues of identity and marginalised cultures in the modern age. The...
Aug 7, 2018 | Art, Exhibitions, Festivals, Photography
Dennis Lau’s exhibition ‘Borneo People’ opened this weekend at Black Kettle, on Beach Street, and is well worth visiting before it closes on the 18th of August. The photos span five decades and document the changes to society in Sarawak and Sabah over that period. Lau...
