Coconuts-curated events for the next seven days to add to your diary:
Monday
Shake off the Monday blues with a good laugh and discounted house pour spirits (S$9 nett) at this weekly open mic comedy night, hosted by Suzanne Lea Shepherd (Kansas) and BJ Fox (UK) at this long-standing Irish pub in Central Singapore. 8:30pm-10pm. Muddy Murphy’s, 111 Somerset Rd, +65 6735 0400. S$5 cover charge. More details.
Tuesday
Looking for the perfect lounge chair? Need inspiration for your next home renovation? Head to March Home! Furniture Fair 2015 and choose from over 100 international brands. 12nn-10pm. Till 8 March. Singapore Expo Hall 7, 1 Expo Drive, +65 6842 7266. Free admission. More details.
Wednesday
Release your artistic side at Portraits of the People where you can sketch yourself or your loved one. If it’s good enough, it could be engraved permanently in the Art Connector, a commemorative walkway that will span from City Hall MRT to the entrance of soon-to-open National Gallery. 11am-9pm. OneKM, 11 Tanjong Katong Road, +65 6690 9400. Free admission. More details.
Thursday
Kumar, Singapore’s iconic comedian slash drag queen, pops his cherry at Cloud, the newish bar and lounge on the corner of Scotts and Claymore Road. Leave your conservative side at the door. Kumar is notorious for his blunt jokes on racial and political issues. 9pm-4am. Cloud, 9 Scotts Road, #01-01, Pacific Plaza, +65 8522 4534. S$30 cover charge (presale), S$40 (at the door) includes standard drink. More details.
Friday
When happy hour’s over, where do you go? This weekend, head on to Tanjong Pagar, where you can get an artist from the Organisation of Illustrators Council paint a portrait of you. 7:30pm-10:30pm. MAAD Market, Red Dot Design Museum, 28 Maxwell Road. Free admission. More details.
Saturday
Mark the week with five of Singapore’s own Pop Punk bands at Internship Sucks! The line-up: Seasight, Morning Martians, Attention! The New Portsdown, Give In and Fader. 6:30pm-late. Pink Noize, 744 North Bridge Road, +65 9616 1857. S$10 cover charge. More details.
Sunday
It's time to treat your inner child with this theatre production of the great Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, a imaginative retelling based on his Revolting Rhymes poems. 1pm. Ulu Pandan CC Theatretee. S$30. More details.
Photo: www.portraitsofthepeople.sg
Coconuts-curated events for the next seven days to add to your diary:
Monday
Shake off the Monday blues with a good laugh and discounted house pour spirits (S$9 nett) at this weekly open mic comedy night, hosted by Suzanne Lea Shepherd (Kansas) and BJ Fox (UK) at this long-standing Irish pub in Central Singapore. 8:30pm-10pm. Muddy Murphy’s, 111 Somerset Rd, +65 6735 0400. S$5 cover charge. More details.
Tuesday
Looking for the perfect lounge chair? Need inspiration for your next home renovation? Head to March Home! Furniture Fair 2015 and choose from over 100 international brands. 12nn-10pm. Till 8 March. Singapore Expo Hall 7, 1 Expo Drive, +65 6842 7266. Free admission. More details.
Wednesday
Release your artistic side at Portraits of the People where you can sketch yourself or your loved one. If it’s good enough, it could be engraved permanently in the Art Connector, a commemorative walkway that will span from City Hall MRT to the entrance of soon-to-open National Gallery. 11am-9pm. OneKM, 11 Tanjong Katong Road, +65 6690 9400. Free admission. More details.
Thursday
Kumar, Singapore’s iconic comedian slash drag queen, pops his cherry at Cloud, the newish bar and lounge on the corner of Scotts and Claymore Road. Leave your conservative side at the door. Kumar is notorious for his blunt jokes on racial and political issues. 9pm-4am. Cloud, 9 Scotts Road, #01-01, Pacific Plaza, +65 8522 4534. S$30 cover charge (presale), S$40 (at the door) includes standard drink. More details.
Friday
When happy hour’s over, where do you go? This weekend, head on to Tanjong Pagar, where you can get an artist from the Organisation of Illustrators Council paint a portrait of you. 7:30pm-10:30pm. MAAD Market, Red Dot Design Museum, 28 Maxwell Road. Free admission. More details.
Saturday
Mark the week with five of Singapore’s own Pop Punk bands at Internship Sucks! The line-up: Seasight, Morning Martians, Attention! The New Portsdown, Give In and Fader. 6:30pm-late. Pink Noize, 744 North Bridge Road, +65 9616 1857. S$10 cover charge. More details.
Sunday
It's time to treat your inner child with this theatre production of the great Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs, a imaginative retelling based on his Revolting Rhymes poems. 1pm. Ulu Pandan CC Theatretee. S$30. More details.
Photo: www.portraitsofthepeople.sg