Nov 9, 2019 | Book Launch, Festivals, Food and Beverage, Jazz, Talk, Workshops
The award-winning George Town Literary Festival returns for its 9th year with the jam-packed schedule of book launches, workshops and conversations with writers over one weekend that we have come to expect. This year’s festival theme,...
Jun 1, 2019 | Art, Festivals, Talk
Open Studios Penang, happening this year for the first time, is a weekend packed full of exhibitions, talks, workshops, and of course artists opening their studios to the public. This article gives an over view of the various talks that are happening over the weekend...
Nov 8, 2018 | Art, Book Launch, Exhibitions, Festivals, Talk, Workshops
The George Town Literary Festival, founded only in 2011, has already become a cornerstone of Penang’s annual creative calendar. So well-organised that at this year’s London Book Awards it won “The International Excellence Award for a Literary...
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...
Jul 13, 2018 | Festivals, Heritage Walks, Hiking, Music, Nature, Photography, Talk, Yoga
Penang is introducing another new festival this year, and with its main objective as celebrating Penang Hill’s glorious history, natural habitat, and cultural heritage, it is a festival we hope will be success and repeated annually! A former colonial hill...
Feb 24, 2018 | Nature, Talk
What does an ancient rainforest in Kedah have to do with Penang’s water supply? Ulu Muda is a rainforest dating back 150-170 million years, and at twice the size of Singapore, it stretches from the Malaysian border with Thailand at Yala to Baling in the north of...