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Zespri SunGold 1new dumpling creations by award- larger-than-life screen, accompanied by KiwiFest features activities for all ages winning Master Chef Lap Fai, such as heart-thumping Gamelan music beneath like pilates and Vinyasa-style yoga Rice Dumpling with Braised Pork Trotters, the starry night sky. Guests can also classes, a picnic and game stations Dried Japanese Bonito and Peanuts. For create their own Wayang Kulit. for kids. reservations or takeaway orders, call Hua FREE! DBS MARINA SAFRA Toa Payoh, 293 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 Empress Lawn (in front of Victoria Ting Restaurant at 6739 6666 or E-mail Concert Hall), 9 Empress Place, [email protected]. www.wakeupwithzespri.com Hua Ting Restaurant, 442 Orchard Rd REGATTA 2016 28-29 May & 4-5 Jun, FREE! FREE! AVATARS & CLOUD 3 11am-10pm BABIES Besides the region’s top dragon-boating KEONG 8-9 Jun, 10am-10pm SHANG PALACE PRESENTS teams battling it out, DBS Marina Regatta Avatars & Cloud Babies is a public 2016 will also see an artisan market with 6 SAIK art-making event for children and 2 SIX NEW RICE DUMPLING unique handmade pieces by Singapore families. Come join a fun doodling designers, a food village featuring rising session, and a children’s art exhibition FLAVOURS young chefs, children’s activities and a CARNIVAL 28 May, 12pm- with giant board game and standee Until 9 Jun sunset concert with emerging musicians. avatars. Shang Palace introduces six new rice The Promontory @ Marina Bay, 10.30pm Get ready for ION Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn, Level 4 dumpling flavours, including Bird’s Nest 11 Marina Blvd ION Art Gallery Rice Dumpling with Salted Egg Yolk and an exciting day Custard, alongside traditional favourites of fun, culture, shopping like its Signature Rice Dumpling. Master and dining. Look out for a street bazaar SALES & FAIRS Chef Steven Ng has also crafted a seven- CHERRY GARDEN of popular street fashion labels and collector goods, award-winning bars course Dragon Boat Festive Set Menu, FREE! BABY 4 and restaurants and art and cultural available for lunch and dinner. DELECTABLE FLAVOURS BONANZA @ Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, 22 Orange 30 May - 9 Jun activities. Setting the mood are live DOWNTOWN EAST Grove Rd Cherry Garden showcases three performances by musical artistes and 27-29 May, 11am-9pm delectable flavours, including Black Garlic acclaimed DJs. Shop for everything Glutinous Rice Dumpling with pork belly Keong Saik Road under one roof for you and bamboo charcoal powder, as well as and your little ones, Red Yeast Glutinous Rice Dumpling with from motion sensors minced chicken. Back by popular demand FAMILY to educational and is the restaurant signature, Golden play packages, at Pearl Dumpling, packed with premium ASIAN FESTIVal of Children’s deals of up to 60 per ingredients. CONTENT cent off. In addition, Marina Square, 5 Raffles Ave 25-29 May, various timings, NTUC Plus! members enjoy special daily various prices giveaways and more offers on top of the The Asian Festival of Children’s Content regular deals. (AFCC) returns to celebrate children’s D’Marquee @ Downtown East, books and content with a focus on 1 Pasir Ris Close Asian themes. Parents can visit the AFCC Book Fair and join the FREE! GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK Parents Forum to acquire tips POP-UP on nurturing early learning and 28 May, 9am-3pm bilingualism at home. A short preview of the conscious festival, Various locations, Green Is The New Black Asia, this afcc.com.sg/2016 pop-up will feature talks, workshops, stage performances, a marketplace and SENTOSA FUNFEST 2016 grub for all to enjoy. Participation in Until 5 Jun, 10am-7pm, workshops come with a small fee. $18 (child) & $28 (adult) The Working Capitol, 1 Keong Saik Road Singapore’s biggest beach festival will return for its second edition ROBINSONS THE HEEREN on Palawan Green at Sentosa. On ROADSHOW the island of sun, sea and sand, 28-29 May families can enjoy endless fun at Head down to Robinsons The Heeren this giant play area with larger- for the Volvo Roadshow and take part in than-life inflatables, water-oriented Robinsons’ sure-win lucky dip. There are fun, obstacle courses and more. up to $3,000 worth of prizes to be won, Palawan Beach, Sentosa Island and every $150 spent qualifies you for a chance to win a Volvo XC60 in Robinsons’ FLIPSIDE 2016 main Great Singapore Sale lucky draw. Until 5 Jun, various timings, Robinsons The Heeren, 260 Orchard Rd various prices Take an imaginative leap and discover PAGE 3 weekender.com.sg FREE! W.E. X TOGETHERLY POP-UP STORE Until 30 Jun Togetherly and W.E. (Workshop Element) present Singapore’s largest pop-up store yet, featuring fashion labels, a makers’ market and an art gallery. On weekends, the store will transform into a vibrant market with workshops, live acoustic performances and other fun activities for visitors of all ages. Isetan @ Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road, Isetan Level 1 FOOD FREE! WORLD OF WINES 2016 29 May, 4pm-9pm At World of Wines, guests will be given a peek into Visitors are taught the right way to handle the inner workings butterflies, allowing them to land on their shirt, of the wine arms or even face. industry, and are invited to sample the diverse range of wine Singapore’s first labels sourced from wineries worldwide while they interact with winemakers. Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, 8 Sentosa butterfly vivarium opens Gateway, The Coliseum KEBAB & BIRYANI FESTIVAL Interact with hundreds of butterflies One of the highlights is the “Research Until 5 Jun, various timings, from $60 at “Butterflies Up-Close” at Science Pod” where visitors can observe butterfly The popular Kebab and Biryani Festival Centre Singapore specimens under microscopes. Through returns to Tiffin Room where a symphony this, you’d be able to learn about the of Indian flavours comes alive in a buffet Our nation’s first butterfly vivarium — a butterfly’s anatomy, the iridescence of of perfectly-grilled and succulent kebabs, 600sqm indoor butterfly park where you their wings and how it views the world. can get personal with over 500 butterflies This butterfly has a similar hue as peacock wholesome slow-cooked biryani and You’ll also be taught the right way to feathers, hence its name “Swift Peacock”. marinated meats, seafood and vegetables — has recently opened. handle butterflies, allowing them to land coming together for a fragrant finish. By showcasing this beautiful insect on your shirt, arms or even face. Raffles Singapore, 1 Beach Rd, Tiffin Room species, Science Centre Singapore At the opening, Associate Professor hopes that more people, especially Lim Tit Meng, CEO, Science Centre SINGAPORE COFFEE FESTIVAL 2016 children, can come to understand and to Singapore, emphasised the importance 10-12 Jun, 11am-9pm, from $13 appreciate insects. of insects in the development of science. The interactive Singapore Coffee Festival This butterfly sanctuary was developed For instance, beetles and butterflies will feature more than 100 exhibitors from in partnership with Sentosa’s Butterfly have often helped to pave the way in the local coffee and lifestyle scene. Visitors and Insect Kingdom, which brought in 16 making new discoveries about how can also sign up for Lab Sessions, held from butterfly species from the region. Most paint coats can be developed for the Friday to Sunday, which cover workshops are local species that can be found in automobile industry. on all things coffee, such as “Latte Art” and gardens and nature reserves. By getting young aspiring scientists “Fundamental Barista Skills”. interested in butterflies, it could spur BUTTERFLIES UP-CLOSE & The staff shows how to pin butterflies to keep F1 Pit Building, 1 Republic Boulevard, exciting innovations in the future.