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Here's a list of urgent arts and culture issues that should be at the top of the Tourism, Arts and Culture minister's in-tray

A documentary on Penang's favourite pop group Alleycats titled 'Hingga Akhir Nanti' is a highlight on April 4. Photo: Handout Interstate travels may not be allowed just yet but that doesn’t mean you can’t "walk about" the island state of Penang this weekend. O:PEN - A Weekend in Penang is all set to give vacation-deprived Malaysians the break we need with a line-up of online and physical events from today till Sunday (April 4). This new initiative by the Penang Arts Council (PAC) is supported by the Penang State Exco for Tourism and Creative Economy (PETACE). “O:PEN is a testimony of th...

Facing torture, a servant girl turns her eyes to the heavens and sings of love. Her soprano voice swirls high and fills the room as she declares her resolve of unrequited devotion to a prince in disguise. After her heart-wrenching aria, there is a moment of stunned silence before the audience erupts in applause. Such was a scene from Puccini’s Turandot staged at Penang’s Dewan Sri Pinang in 2003. The opera, followed by Carmen that was staged the year after, was among the last large-scale performances by the Penang Arts Council (PAC) that brought numerous operas and operettas to Penang.

March 07, 2021 Closed shophouses in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Strict coronavirus lockdown has left many businesses struggling to survive. South China Morning Post It has become a familiar scene on Chulia Street: Mamak Indian Muslim workers sweat behind face masks as they fill brown paper bags with rice and curry, feeding residents who would prefer not to – and indeed, until a month ago, could not – dine in restaurants. Chinese uncles and aunties wait behind kerbside stalls for the next rider of a sputtering motorcycle, who will exchange a few ringgit for a plastic bag filled with ho...

Location: Singapore  Impact statement: Shaking up Singaporean poetry with an uncompromising attitude and a no holds barred approach Poet Marylyn Tan is breaking down all sorts of barriers in Singapore’s literary scene. The first woman to win the Singapore Literature Prize for English poetry in its 28 year history, she is known for her iconoclastic, witty, outspoken take on subjects including gender politics, and consistently shows a willingness to take on taboo subjects, many of them sexual and religious. A former stand-up comic, she is also the founder of arts collective Dis/Content. Phot...