Sep 10, 2020 | Film, Jazz, Music
Penang’s jazz scene hit a setback back in 2018 when the long-running Penang Island Jazz Festival was cancelled. The current pandemic-related restrictions on live entertainment have made things extraordinarily difficult for all live performers, jazz musicians included....
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,...
Feb 24, 2019 | Open Mic, Poetry
Penang’s poets and writers have been short of a platform for the last couple of years, ever since the regular monthly Say It Like You Mean It events came to an end in mid-2017. The energetic team at Hikayat, led by Ismail Gareth Richard and Bettina...
