SINGAPORE – Like Peter Pan who never grows up, you can relive old Singapore this weekend (June 18 and 19) at Waterloo Street.
The second edition of the quarterly Bras Basah.Bugis Arts Sprawl is organised by the National Heritage Board, and will feature live reading sessions of well-loved titles such as James and The Giant Peach and Where the Wild Things Are.
Participants can also join craft-making workshops by FMS Fashion Makerspace to create personalised coin pouches and mini bean bags used in the traditional game of “five stones”.
Besides these arts and heritage offerings at Waterloo Street – a lively school district in the 1960s and 1970s – there will be an art market with 50 art and retail vendors selling items such as jewellery pieces, pins, as well as the Japanese Raindrop Cake, which has recently garnered immense online popularity.
There will also be music performances by home-grown multi-genre artistes such as Stranger Fox, Jean Goh, Twofoldsband and Stanley Ho.
Visit www.brasbasahbugis.sg for more info.
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