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GIGS four-hour dialysis sessions. WHERE: OCBC Square @ Singapore Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent recommends Sports Hub, 1 Stadium Drive Boyzone Live MRT: Stadium WHEN: Sept 15, 2 - 8pm In celebration of their 25th ADMISSION: Individuals: $10 - $15; anniversary, popular Irish boyband groups of four: $50 INFO: Register at Picks Boyzone return to Singapore for a nkfs.org/event/sit-a-thon_2018 one-night concert. Formed in 1993,

Boyzone became one of the most Gigs successful boybands in the world. TALKS The group split at the end of 1999, but made a comeback in 2007 and Supporting You In Your have sold two million records since. IVF Journey WHERE: Singapore Indoor Stadium, Fertility specialists at this forum 2 Stadium Walk MRT: Stadium will cover topics such as the role of WHEN: Aug 21, 8pm ADMISSION: $98 - surgery in fertility treatment; $188, tickets from Singapore Indoor understanding male fertility and Stadium Box Office & all SingPost sexual health; getting ready for your outlets TEL: 3158-7888 IVF journey; and getting good INFO: www.sportshubtix.sg maternal nutrition right from the start. Unforgettable Country Greats WHERE: KKH Auditorium (Training With Matthew & The Mandarins Centre), Level 1 Women’s Tower, Singapore country band Matthew & 100 Bukit Timah Road The Mandarins return for a special MRT: Little India WHEN: Aug 18, edition of the Esplanade’s concert 1 - 5pm ADMISSION: $11 a person, series, Coffee Morning & Afternoon $15 a couple TEL: 6394-1268 Tea. The group will perform classic (weekdays: 9.30am - 4pm) country hits by legends such as Merle INFO: www.kkh.com.sg Haggard, John Denver, Conway Twitty and Johnny Cash. Coffee and tea will be provided at the Concert Hall Foyer CLASSES before the performance. WHERE: Esplanade Concert Hall, ST English MasterClass 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade/ (The Executive Edition) City Hall WHEN: Sept 3, 3pm The seven-hour course covers writing ADMISSION: $15 TEL: 6828-8389 simply and effectively; avoiding (for group booking of more than 20 common language errors; composing tickets) INFO: www.esplanade.com e-mail messages to get things done; and how to get your message through Egoist Live In Singapore to your reader. It is conducted by Japanese vocal supergroup Egoist The Straits Times journalist Angelina return to perform their hits from Choy, who has more than 30 years of popular anime such as Psycho-Pass, experience in editing, writing, Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress and visual journalism and training. Fate/Apocrypha, among others. WHERE: SPH News Centre, 1000 Toa WHERE: Zepp@BigBox, 1 Venture Payoh North MRT: Braddell Avenue MRT: Jurong East WHEN: Aug 16 & 29, Sept 11, 19 & 26 WHEN: Sept 8, 7pm (10am - 6pm) ADMISSION: $499 a ADMISSION/INFO: $98 - $128, person (lunch, tea breaks included); tickets from apactix.com sign up at stskills.sg at least 10 working days in advance TEL: 6319-5076 INFO: E-mail CHARITY stmasterclass@ sph.com.sg

Dover Park Hospice Engaging With The Child In You Sunflower Gala Ball Engaging with children as a parent AT HOME WITH SUNGHA JUNG Dover Park Hospice’s annual calls for creativity, passion and skills – South Korean fingerstyle guitarist signature ball is the concluding event all of which begins with rediscovering Sungha Jung (above) found fame for its 25th-anniversary celebrations the child within. This interactive through YouTube and his videos have and it hopes to raise $1.1 million workshop for parents of children collectively clocked more than through the event. The guest of younger than eight years old explores 1.5 billion views. The 21-year-old honour is President Halimah Yacob. topics such as learning to connect returns to Singapore for a show Besides a four-course dinner crafted with the child in you, having fun being that is part of his global tour to by Shangri-La Hotel’s resident chefs, a child again, learning a few great promote his newest , Andante. there will also be performances. art techniques and being a step WHERE: Singapore Chinese Cultural WHERE: Shangri-La Hotel Singapore, ahead in helping your child realise Centre, 1 Straits Boulevard 22 Orange Grove Road MRT: Stevens/ his/her true potential. MRT: Tanjong Pagar WHEN: Today, Orchard WHEN: Sun, 7 - 10pm WHERE: 02-01 Lubritrade Building, 8pm ADMISSION: $76 and $96 from ADMISSION: $600 - $3,600 a person 408 North Bridge Road MRT: Bugis/ Sistic (go to www.sistic.com.sg or $6,000 - $36,000 a table; further City Hall WHEN: Aug 17 or 18, or call 6348-5555) donations via tinyurl.com/dphgala; 9am - 1pm ADMISSION/INFO: $75, dress code: Garden Party Formal tickets from goo.gl/MfGCNz TEL: 6500-7275 INFO: E-mail [email protected] Pie-Making Clinic In this hands-on pie-making clinic NKF Sit-A-Thon with Asian Pies’ cookbook co-author, The event will see participants being participants will learn to make and confined to a chair for four hours to assemble pork and pineapple curry CLEAN BANDIT LIVE IN SINGAPORE drive home the experiences of kidney pot pie and sambal petai and prawn patients during their thrice-weekly, handpies. They will also make yogurt British classical/electronic pop trio Clean Bandit are back PHOTOS: AUREUS shortcrust pastry from scratch and to play a make-up show after they cancelled their PRODUCTIONS, learn about handpies and pastry performance here in January due to drummer Luke BRIAN ZIFF, ingredients, as well as how to roll out Patterson (above left) contracting chickenpox. The band, OFFICIAL/ dough, pleat pies and store them. also comprising Grace Chatto and Jack Patterson (both FACEBOOK, UKULELE WHERE: 67 Spottiswoode Park Road above), are known for No. 1 hits like Rather Be, which won MOVEMENT MRT: Outram Park WHEN: Aug 26, Best Dance Recording at the 2015 Grammy Awards. Their Library talks by seasoned 2.45 - 6.45 pm ADMISSION: $130 nett collaboration with pop singer Demi Lovato, Solo, is in the journalists a person (includes personal pie to pop charts. WHERE: The Star Theatre, 1 Vista Exchange Green CO-ORGANISED BY take home) TEL: 9476-7177 (Evonne) MRT: Buona Vista WHEN: Wednesday, 8pm THE STRAITS TIMES AND NATIONAL LIBRARY BOARD SPORTS ADMISSION: $68 to $188 from Sistic

Singapore American Football AT ZEPP @ League Programme BIGBOX SINGAPORE The league is inviting students aged American alternative rock band seven to 18 years to register for its Walk The Moon, known for hits such as you ask, upcoming season from this month Shut Up And Dance, and we answer, to October. Football fees are $875 a One Foot, will play their sophomore person for World Conference (14 - 18 show in Singapore. They released come listen years old) and National Conference their third and most recent album, (10 - 14 years old) and $250 for , last year. They first Flag Football (seven - 10 years old). played here at Fort Canning Park Cheerleading fees are $850 (World in 2016. News gathering, Conference) and $350 (National WHERE: Zepp @ Bigbox Singapore, Conference and Flag Football). 1 Venture Avenue MRT: Jurong East reporting and No experience is required and WHEN: Thursday, 8pm participants will be placed in teams ADMISSION: From $65 for single story telling in based on age. Teams will be balanced tickets, $59 each for two or to ensure fairness of play and more tickets; from Apactix participation for everyone. (www.apactix.com) the digital age WHERE: Singapore American School, 40 Woodlands Street 41 Central Public Library MRT: Marsiling WHEN: Till Oct 31, 100 Victoria Street games on Fri & Sat, practices on #B1-01 Programme Zone weekday afternoons; register by RADWIMPS ASIA LIVE TOUR Sept 1 ADMISSION: $250 - $875, Japanese rockers Radwimps are Friday, August 31, 2018 coaching & uniforms included returning to Singapore with a show 7pm to 8.30pm INFO: E-mail [email protected] or that is part of the Japan Music (Registration starts at 6pm) go to www.safl.sg Festival series of gigs. The band have been making their name in recent Sign up at M1 Asian Netball years for works such as their http://str.sg/askMarc Championships soundtrack for acclaimed 2016 For more information, go to The M1 Asian Netball Championships animated film Your Name, as well as 2018, the region’s most prestigious , their latest album www.straitstimes.com/askst netball championship, promises to be released in the same year. the most competitive yet as, for the WHERE: Zepp @ Bigbox Singapore, first time, 12 Asian nations will be 1 Venture Avenue MRT: Jurong East competing. WHEN: Monday, 8pm WHERE: OCBC Arena Hall 2, Singapore ADMISSION: $98 to $128 from Apactix Sports Hub, 5 Stadium Drive MRT: Stadium WHEN: Sept 1 - 9, Marc Lim various times ADMISSION: Season: News Editor $65 for adults, $18 for children (five - 12 years old), $35 for students & seniors; daily tickets: $6 - $20 for adults, $2 - $6 for children (five - 12 years old), $4 - $12 for students & seniors; tickets from bit.ly/M1ANC2018Tickets INFO: www.netball.org.sg