Where To Go This Weekend – 21 August 2010

What To Do and Where To Go In Singapore This Weekend?

Weekend is here again     I have handpicked some interesting pro-family activities suitable for you and your family.  Hopefully you will enjoy the activities that I have recommended.   Most activities provide opportunities for family bonding, fun, educational and what’s more….. MOST activities are FREE!   

Wish you an enjoyable weekend… Enjoy 

 

Singapore HeritageFest 2010

For: Whole Family  Editor’s Choice

There are more than 200 programmes and activities during the Singapore HeritageFest 2010.  Singapore HeritageFest  (SHF) is happening from 11-22 August 2010 at various festival venues.  During this Festival, you could learn about our heritage cultures via the differently-themed exhibitions and performances.  This provide good learning opportunity especially for the younger generations.

See the Festival Events at a Glance.

For this weekend, don’t miss the grand crescendo of the festival – Heritage Sparkles In The City in the Arts & Heritage District.  For the first time in the seven year history of SHF,  you can get into the bustle with concerts, food fairs, heritage workshops for children and arts & craft bazaars.  Come down to the Singapore Management University (SMU) Campus Green and be part of the non-stop pulsating events and activities.

Beginning 20 August, you will be entertained with four mega concerts on one stage – English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil with a stunning line up of young and veteran local and regional artistes, a mega food fair with 18 stalls, an ethnic crafts fair, a contemporary art and crafts fair and craft demonstrations. There will also be cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, roving performances, games and children’s programmes which the whole family can take part in! You can also meet and interact with hawkers from the past.

Many of the Museum will be open till 10pm and they are offering free admission, check the following FREE admission.

Free admission from 7pm onwards on 20 August (Friday) and Free on 21 August (Saturday) till 10pm:

• National Museum of Singapore
• Singapore Art Museum
• Peranakan Museum

For Asian Civilisations Museum it is FREE admission from 9am-7pm.    For Singapore Philatelic Museum, you enjoy 50% off normal admission from 9am-7pm.

Do check out the list of children’s Programmes such as:

Children Programme	Venue	Date and Time
Children’s Drama Performances – Attack of the Swordfish	Singapore Art Museum, Glass Hall	21 Aug 2010 01:00 PM – 01:30 PM 3:30 PM – 04:00 PM 06:00 PM – 06:30 PM 22 Aug 2010 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM 02:30 PM – 03:00 PM 05:00 PM – 05:30 PM
Drum Circle Participation Performances	Singapore Art Museum, Glass Hall	21 Aug 2010 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM 04:30 PM – 05:30 PM 22 Aug 2010 01:00 PM – 02:00 PM 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM
Children’s Workshop – Singapore Clothes	Peranakan Museum, Ixora Room	21 Aug 2010 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM 22 Aug 2010 01:00 PM – 02:30 PM
Children’s Workshop – Singapore Food	Peranakan Museum, Ixora Room	21 Aug 2010 04:00 PM – 05:30 PM 22 Aug 2010 04:00 PM – 05:30 PM

 

Venue: Various locations

Date: Till 22 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: Various timing

Admission: Free and ticketed

Official Website: Heritage Fest

 

Flora And Fauna Quilt Exhibition

For: Flora lovers 

Are you interested in quilt with flora and fauna inspired design? Come down to the Botany Centre in the Gardens and catch this exhibition with more than 30 exquisite quilts.  Some as small as 60cm in width and 90cm in length and some as big as 2.5m x 2.5m in size.  These exquisite quilts are lovingly crafted by quilt specialist Ira Joseph and friends. You can also attend the daily quilt making demonstrations during the exhibition period.

Venue: Library of Botany and Horticulture, Botany Centre, Singapore Botanic Gardens

Date: 20 August 2010 (Friday)

Time: 9am – 5pm

Admission: FREE

 

Robinsons Sale

For: Whole Family

This is the last weekend for Robinson’s great bargains and deals on an array of products – men’s apparel, ladies’ fashion, children’s wear, household merchandise and more await you!  Hurry, don’t miss the Robinsons Sale!  Massive savings and deals awaits you!

Venue:  Singapore Expo hall 4

When: till 22 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 10.30am to 10pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

TCM Workshop   

Are you suffering from menstrual aches, fatigue, weakness, irregular menses during the period of the month, and menopause symptoms? How can you achieve better skin health & elasticity?

Whether you have the above health problems, we welcome all to join us in Ren Xin Tang TCM Workshop to better understand how TCM and its efficacies can help improve women’s and skin health!
Venue:  Woodlands National Library, Programme Atrium, Level 1, Woodlands Civic Centre (behind Causeway Point)

When: 21 August 2010 (Saturday)

Time:  9am to 1pm

Contact:    68874554

Admission:  Registration

 

Singapore 1960

For: Whole Family

If you have not seen this exhibition, this is the last weekend before it is gone. The exhibition take you through a groovy new multicolored nostalgia trip into Singapore’s early period of glitzy, post-colonial self-governance.   It is a excellent exhibition of the younger generations of Singaporean who have not seen how Singapore looks like in the 1960s.

Over 300 artifacts from 1960s Singapore documenting the nation’s history are on display. Politics and the struggle for one’s Independence have always been the defining corner-stone of the post-WW II chapter in the Singapore Story. Before tears were shed in that inevitable moment of anguish, hope and optimism were brimming in the air in 1960.  Compared to today, the population in 1960 stood at a sizeable 1.6 million, the result of a high crude birth rate of 37.5 per 1,000 persons and supported by a per capita gross national income of only $1,330.

Venue:  National Museum of Singapore

When: till 22 Aug

Time: 10am to 8pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

Touch

For: Arts Lovers

Four Thai photographers attempt to express and convey a sense of human intimacy and connection, as well as the rhythm of life through this collection of photographic images. 

Date: Till Aug 22

Time: 12pm to 9pm

Venue: The Substation Gallery, 45 Armenian Street

Admission:FREE !!!

 

Blood Donation

For: Blood donors 

Accidents and medical emergencies need blood every minute, every day of the year.  It is essential to keep enough blood to save precious life.  Come down to donate blood and possibly save a life.

Venue: Mediterranean Room at Level 6@ Pasir Ris East Community Club, Level 2, 1 Pasir Ris Drive 4.    Nearest MRT: Pasir Ris

Date: 21 August 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 10am – 4pm

Official Website: Singapore Bloodmobiles

 

Baybeats 2010

For: Music Lovers  Editor’s Choice

Now in its ninth year, Baybeats is back for three more nights of Asian indie-rock.  BAYBEATS is one of the most looked-forward-to music festivals in Singapore, hosting bands from countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia, USA, and of course, our very own Singaporean bands, drawing large audiences to the Esplanade each year.

Baybeat is Singapore’s own local annual alternative music festival presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay. It has sought to showcase good local, regional and international alternative bands, give them an opportunity to meet and exchange ideas, and bring to audiences a fun, 3-day celebration of great live alternative music in a variety of sounds such as post-rock, punk, emo, electro, indie-pop and hard rock.

Venue: Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay. Various locations.

Date: Till 22 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: Various Timings. 7.30pm-11.30pm

Admission: FREE !!!

Official Website: BayBeats

 

Heartland Public Talk : Starting a Business in Your HDB Flat

For: Entrepreneurs

Topics covered in the seminar include:

• HDB Home Office Scheme
• Government Support for Businesses
• Tax Obligations of a Self-Employed
• Medisave for the Self-Employed Scheme

Sharing of experience by a Home Office user.
Venue: Woodlands Community Club (Theatrette), No 1 Woodlands Street 81, Singapore 738526

Date: 21 August 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm

Admission: FREE !!!

Official Website: HDB

 

 The Apparels, Bags & Shoes Sales

For: Shoppers

Venue: Singapore Expo, Foyer 2 Level 2
Date: till 22 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 10am – 10pm

Admission: FREE !!!

 

 

Coach & Kate Spade Sale

For: Shoppers

Up to 70% sale for Coach & Kate Spade.  All sales are final and only  while stocks last.  Cash & NETS only!

Venue: Singapore Suntec, Rm 320 (Level 3)
Date: 22 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 10am – 6pm

Admission: FREE !!!

 

Singapore Youth Festival@ National Library

For: Whole Family

Catch performances by Singapore’s youths and children at the Singapore Youth Festival! Highlights include Ethnic Dances, Instrumental Ensembles, Fancy Foot Drills, and a Rock Band. There will also be a world-class Latin Dance item by two young dancers who attained the 4th position in the 2009 Asia Junior Latin Championships. Mark this date in your diary!

Venue:  National Library Building, Level 1 The Plaza, 100 Victoria Street
When: 21 August 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 5.30m to 6.30pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

 

MEGATEX 2010

For: Shoppers

It is claimed that it is the THE MOST COMPLETE ELECTRONICS & I.T.

SHOW in Singapore.  Why not come down and judge for yourself if this is true?   Anyway, it will be a great one stop shopping for your electronics and IT needs as there are more than 60 leading brands under the same roof.

Venue:  Singapore Expo hall 5B

When: till 22 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 10am to 10pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

YOG – Kids Sports Challenge

For:  Kids 5-12 Editor’s Choice

At Kids Sports Challenge, participants can try out sports in a fun environment, chat with Olympians and take part in games and quizzes. 

Sports featured at these stations emphasize on teamwork and technical skills:

• Ultimate Challenge
• Football Challenge
• Basketball Challenge
• Heavyweight Wrestling
• Bungee Run & Dunk
• Penalty Shoot-out

Game cards will be given out and stamps collected as participants go through the various stations can be used to redeem memorabilia.  And you could also meet your favourite Olympians in “Meet Your Icon” sessions”.

See More in Details about the Kids Sports Challenge

Venue:  The Promontory@Marina Bay, Marina Boulevard

When: Daily till 26 August 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 9 am to 12 noon; 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm

Admission:  FREE !!!  Walk in participants to register on site.

 

 

 

Wishing You A Happy Weekend

 

 

 

Photo: stormbirdstudio, Thómas Tan,Simply Wen,whitecat singapore

Source:  Singapore Expo,  Esplanade, YFEST, NUS, Peranakan Museum, Heritage Fest, Singapore Bloodmobiles, Safra, Ren Xin Tang, YOG