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ST/LIFE/PAGE<LIF-004> D4 life happenings | THE STRAITS TIMES | FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 2019 | Boon Chan Media Correspondent recommends Picks Gig WING & PAUL IMPULSE CONCERT LIVE IN SINGAPORE 2019, CELEBRATING 36 YEARS OF LEGENDARY BEYOND SONGS Seminal Hong Kong band Beyond were formed in 1983, and while their lead singer Wong Ka Kui died tragically in an accident in 1993, their songs, such as Glorious Years as well as Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies, continue to be touchstones for a generation of fans. Guitarist Paul Wong (above) and drummer Yip Sai Wing from the original line-up team up for this concert for a blast of nostalgic rock. WHERE: Resorts World Ballroom, Resorts World Convention Centre, 8 Sentosa Gateway MRT: HarbourFront WHEN: Tomorrow, 8pm ADMISSION: $48 to $198 from Sistic (go to www.sistic.com.sg or call 6348-5555) SINCE 5566 LIVE IN SINGAPORE 2019 (2003), for which they sang Legend and Existence. PHOTOS: LIVE For nostalgia-seekers of a later era, there is Taiwanese boy WHERE: Singapore Indoor Stadium, 2 Stadium Walk NATION SINGAPORE, band 5566 (above). They rocketed to fame with the MRT: Stadium ROCKSTAR LIVE, basketball idol drama My MVP Valentine (2002), both WHEN: July 6, 7.30pm SAMKIMMUSIC/ starring in it and singing tracks such as I’m Sad. The ADMISSION: $128 to $228 from Sports Hub Tix. FACEBOOK, winning formula continued with hit series Westside Story Go to www.sportshubtix.sg or call 3158-7888 TCR MUSIC CROSS-OVER X SAM KIM: SUN AND MOON CONCERT Sam Kim (right), runner-up of reality show K-pop Star 3 (2013 to 2014), is one to watch in the South Korean R&B scene with hits such as Make Up. The Korean-American singer-songwriter kick-starts a new concert series, cross-over, by local record label Cross Ratio Entertainment. WHERE: Zouk Singapore, The Cannery, SINGAPORE BICENTENNIAL 3C River Valley Road COMMEMORATIVE CONCERT MRT: Clarke Quay The singers taking part in this celebratory concert WHEN: July 26, 7pm span several generations of the local Mandopop scene. ADMISSION: $75 from The line-up includes Mavis Hee (above, Moonlight In cross-over.peatix.com The City), Roy Loi (Wait For You Till My Heart Aches), Maggie Theng (Leading Along) and more. WHERE: Singapore Indoor Stadium, 2 Stadium Walk MRT: Stadium WHEN: June 30, 7pm ADMISSION: $48 to $118 from Sports Hub Tix GIGS December and tickets to all 20 shows TEL: 6375-2940 INFO: E-mail Hall/Bugis WHEN: June 20, 7 - 8.30pm and assessment for children with were sold out shortly after going on [email protected] ADMISSION: Free, register at specific learning needs. sale. str.sg/askYongChuan WHERE (MRT): Pre-conference: Sing.Lang Concert WHERE: Singapore Indoor Stadium, TALKS INFO: straitstimes.com/askst Rex Learning Centre, 05-01, The concert, which highlights the 2 Stadium Walk MRT: Stadium 73 Bukit Timah Road (Little India); Singapore connection to the mega WHEN: Sept 25 - 28, 8pm SkillsFuture Forum: Innovating conference: Lifelong Learning hits and superstars of the Chinese ADMISSION: $168 - $368, tickets from Biology & Conservation Of Sea For The Future Of Work Institute, 11 Eunos Road 8 (Paya Lebar) music world, will feature artists the Singapore Indoor Stadium Box Turtles In The 21st Century This forum will focus on how WHEN: Pre-conference: June 26, such as Kit Chan, A-Do, Nathan Office & SingPost outlets Dr Nicolas Pilcher, a renowned technology can move the needle 9am - 4pm; conference day 1: June 27, Hartono, Derrick Hoh, Gentle Bones, TEL: 3158-7888 regional turtle expert working in when it comes to transforming your 9am - 5pm; conference day 2: June The Freshman, Boon Hui Lu, INFO: www.sportshubtix.sg Sabah and Sarawak with close to 30 workforce. Mr Chee Hong Tat, 28, 9am - 1.30pm TheLionCityBoy and Akeem Jahat. years of experience in marine turtle Senior Minister of State (Trade & ADMISSION: $265 - $375 a person, WHERE: National Stadium, Singapore We Are Singers 2 management in the region, talks Industry and Education), will lead a register at bit.ly/2VWkJWl Sports Hub, 1 Stadium Drive This concert brings together about the management and panel comprising OCBC Group CEO INFO: bit.ly/2EKeb7I MRT: Stadium WHEN: Tomorrow, Taiwanese veteran rock singer conservation of the creatures. Samuel Tsien, Ninja Van CEO Lai 7.30pm ADMISSION: Free Chao Chuan and Taiwanese WHERE: Level 1 Function Hall, Botany Chang Wen, Lazada Singapore CEO SPORTS INFO: sportshub.com.sg Mandopop singer Julia Peng. Centre, Singapore Botanic Gardens, James Chang and Institute for WHERE: Compass Ballroom, Resorts 1 Cluny Road MRT: Botanic Gardens Human Resource Professionals Parental Guidance By PG World Convention Centre, 8 Sentosa WHEN: Sun, 2 - 4pm ADMISSION: Free chairman Goh Swee Chen. WWE Live Singapore A group of Esplanade programmers Gateway MRT: HarbourFront INFO: E-mail marinepark@ WHERE: University Cultural Centre, Following shows in 2015 and 2017, WWE Live returns to the Singapore will perform their own arrangements WHEN: Oct 5, 8pm nparks.gov.sg National University of Singapore, Indoor Stadium. Matches include of popular tunes with a mix of ADMISSION: $28 - $188 50 Kent Ridge Crescent MRT: Kent those for the Universal Championship instruments and music from TEL: 6348-5555 INFO: sistic.com.sg Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan Ridge WHEN: June 28, 9am - noon (Seth Rollins vs Shinsuke Nakamura), The Beatles, Schubert and more. One Year On ADMISSION: Free INFO: bit.ly/2ZmjIsK WHERE: Esplanade Concourse, Fei Yu Qing Farewell Concert Mr Ibrahim Suffian, co-founder and RAW Women’s Championship (Becky Lynch vs Alexa Bliss) and WWE 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade/ Evergreen Taiwanese balladeer Fei Yu programme director of Merdeka HDB Heartland Talk Women’s Tag Team Championship. City Hall WHEN: June 24, 6.45 & Qing will be back in Singapore for an Centre for Opinion Research, – Enriching Your Golden Years There is also a Six Man Tag Team. 7.45pm ADMISSION: Free discusses how Malaysia’s new Learn about the housing policies for encore show at the Singapore Indoor WHERE: Singapore Indoor Stadium, INFO: esplanade.com Pakatan Harapan government under Stadium. This show is available only in the elderly, the use of Central 2 Stadium Walk MRT: Stadium Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has fared four cities: Taipei, Shanghai, Macau Provident Fund for retirement and WHEN: June 27, 7.30pm The Manhattan Transfer in its first year in office. and Singapore. the essentials of planning for the ADMISSION: $48 - $498, tickets from Eight years ago at the Esplanade, jazz WHERE: Iseas Seminar Room 2, WHERE: Singapore Indoor Stadium, future. Take along your laptop, mobile Singapore Indoor Stadium Box Office vocal group The Manhattan Transfer 2 Stadium Walk MRT: Stadium Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute, 30 Heng phone or other electronic devices to & SingPost outlets TEL: 3158-7888 swept audiences at the Mosaic Music WHEN: Oct 12, 8pm ADMISSION: $98 - Mui Keng Terrace MRT: Kent Ridge download the e-briefing materials via INFO: www.sportshubtix.sg Festival off their feet. This September, $258, tickets from Singapore Indoor WHEN: Wed, 10 - 11.30am Wireless@SG before the event. the group, which have sold out tours Stadium Box Office & SingPost outlets ADMISSION: Free, register at WHERE: HDB Auditorium, Basement 1 and millions of records, will return to TEL: 3158-7888 www.iseas.edu.sg TEL: 6778-0955 HDB Hub, 480 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh FESTIVALS Singapore. INFO: www.sportshubtix.sg INFO: E-mail [email protected] MRT: Toa Payoh WHEN: June 29, 2 - WHERE: Esplanade Theatre, 5.30pm ADMISSION: Free, register at Kamcheng Peranakan Festival 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade/ CHARITY Back To School At 50 bit.ly/hdbht by June 27 The event features Eurasian City Hall WHEN: Sept 10, 8pm The Straits Times’ executive Peranakan menus ($45++ a person), ADMISSION: $48 - $108 sub-editor Toh Yong Chuan started CLASSES a wine and sake pairing dinner menu INFO: esplanade.com Beyond Social Services part-time studies at the Singapore ($150++ a person), culinary Charity Movie Screening University of Social Sciences’ School workshops ($60 a session), cultural My Love Andy Lau World Tour This movie screening of animated film of Law in January. What drove him to Helping Children With talks, a two-day Baba Nyonya Literary Hong Kong Heavenly King Andy Lau The Lion King is a fund-raising go back to school at age 50? He will Specific Learning Needs Festival ($30 to $50) and a Gelek will perform for four nights at the initiative to assist Beyond Social share his journey of making a The Uniting Ideas In Teaching Gelek High Tea Dance ($50 a person). Singapore Indoor Stadium in Services in supporting more than mid-career switch in 2011 and the ups Excellence Specific Learning WHERE: Level 2 Claymore Connect, September. Close to 40 containers 6,800 children and youth from and downs of going back to school Differences (Unite SPLD) conference 442 Orchard Road MRT: Orchard will be shipped in for the concerts. disadvantaged backgrounds. this year. will showcase the latest global WHEN: Till July 31, various times The tour, which marks the superstar’s WHERE: The Cathay Cineplex, 2 Handy WHERE: Programme Zone, Central research covering aspects of ADMISSION: Various prices return to Singapore after 11 years, Road MRT: Dhoby Ghaut WHEN: July Public Library, B1-01 National Library behaviour, literacy and emotional TEL: 6262-4428 INFO: E-mail kicked off in Hong Kong last 20, 2pm ADMISSION: $80 donation Board, 100 Victoria Street MRT: City support, as well as intervention [email protected].
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