Aug 24, 2019 | Jazz, Music
Good news: the third instalment of Jazz Showcase is set to return to Penang on 14th and 15th September 2019 at penangpac. This edition will see the unprecedented collaboration of Malaysia’s leading jazz band, The WVC Malaysian Jazz Ensemble, and the local Big Band of...
Aug 17, 2019 | Art, art installation, Exhibitions, Photography, Sculpture
Not just home to a profusion of cakes, ChinaHouse is currently also home to a profusion of antiques. Nestled above the café is an Aladdin’s cave of relics crammed into the small corridors of the traditional townhouse. Here there are 1000+ antiques, to be exact. This...
Aug 14, 2019 | art installation, Exhibitions, Festivals, Photography
The Obscura Photography Festival is an independent project based in Penang. This month sees its seventh instalment since it was established by Vignes Balasingam in 2013. The festival holds a variety of events, including photography exhibitions held at Hin Bus Depot...
Aug 10, 2019 | Community, Festivals, opera, Theatre
You will want to watch out this month in Penang. The gates of hell have been opened — according to Chinese Buddhist and Taoist beliefs — and ghosts are roaming freely. These long-necked spirits are hungry, both for food and entertainment. And it is the role of the...
Aug 1, 2019 | Art, Exhibitions
Enter the Daiichi Art Space and you’ll find yourself stared at by a plethora of small faces. FACES, the new exhibition of paintings by Khoo Sui Hoe, is, well, what the title might lead you to believe: a lot of paintings of a lot of faces. But there is...
