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Heritage Exhibition
View this splendid display of the vibrant multi-ethnic cultures of Singapore. Visitors can gain insights into the lifestyles of the four ethnic groups by trying their hands on the traditional instruments, ethnic costumes and even walk on a five-footway (corridor) of a traditional shop-house, all within one gallery. Daily utilitarian items from yesteryears are also on display.
The museum is open from 9am to 6pm, Tuesdays through Sundays.

Imaging Selves
This exhibition inaugurates the Singapore Art Museum's Permanent Collection Exhibition Programme. Five galleries are dedicated to the display of the museum's fine collection of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. Featuring up to 100 works of art, Imaging Selves takes a look at the construction and representation of identity and self through the genre of portraiture.

The Peranakan Legacy
This exhibition showcases the unique material heritage of the Peranakan or "local-born" Chinese in Singapore, Malaysia and the Indonesian Archipelago. Visitors will find dedicated displays on the textile, beadwork, silverwork, porcelain, betel-chewing and jewellery traditions of the Peranakan. Highlights include an exquisite silver and porcelain pieces from the holdings of the Mariette Collection; a major private collection of Peranakan art.

History on Canvas!
Glimpses of the Past Through Historical Paintings
This exhibition illustrates Singapore's colonial history through significant historical landscape paintings and portraits of governers. The portrait of Sir Swettenham was commissioned by the Straits Association to commemorate his long period of service in Singapore. It is one of the most valuable treasures in the Singapore History Museum's collection.

Sacred Threads: Ceremonial Textiles of Southeast Asia
Sacred Threads is an exhibition of 30 pieces of traditional woven textiles, dating between 70 to 100 years old. Alongside the exhibit is a small selection of ceremonial accessories. The pieces featured are primarily from the main and outer islands of Indonesia, with a small representation from Laos, Kampuchea and Burma.

Celebration Singapore
Must celebration last only a day? Not in New Asia - Singapore! From 10 Nov 2001 through 26 Feb 2002, Celebration Singapore brings you four months of dazzling festive celebrations and popular events. Bask in the brilliant light-ups, witness the excitement of diverse cultural celebrations, delight in the thrill of family entertainment topped off with an explosive array of events...Come and experience the fun for yourself. Make your dream come through with Celebration Singapore!

MY UNIVERSE, MY ART - Retrospective Art Exhibition of Sun Yu-li
The exhibition features 80 over works featuring the development of Sun Yu-li's entire artistic career. Encompassing his extensive body of work, the retrospective exhibition showcases not only his finished artworks but his preparatory sketches and drawings as well. His works will be arranged chronologically in the exhibition which span from 1987 to 2001. On display will be: - Marquette in plaster/polystyronefoam; - Marquette in cardboard layers; - Small and medium size bronze works; - Forged steel pieces; - BC-AD series (bronze work); - "Cosmic dance" mobile works; - Steel works; - Samples realizing his art on sandblast / inlay slabs, slump glass pieces, V.E. panels; - Paintings of various size with different medium;

Nokia Singapore Art 2001
Nokia Singapore Art 2001 (NSA01), Singapore's premier visual arts festival will open from 8 December 2001 - 3 February 2002. Celebrating the diversity of visual art practices and displaying the latest contemporary art developments in Singapore, NSA01 has been revamped to attract a wider variety of participants, with works of high quality.

With an exciting new theme of Histories/Identities/Technologies/Spaces (HITS): Singapore Art Today, for two months, NAS01 will showcase a series of curated exhibitions hosted within an art precinct. The festival will include affiliate and in-conjunction exhibitions across the island, as well as interesting talks and forums in a weekend series. An international Symposium providing a platform for dialogue and exchange featuring internationally renowned speakers will also be part of the festival.

Film Benefit - "Himalaya"
'Film Benefit Himalaya' was shot entirely in north Nepal by French, Swiss and British talents, nominated for the 1999 Oscar for Best Foreign Film, and won two Cesar Awards in the same year - one for Best Original Music, and the other for Best Cinematography. This proclaimed film is a tale of incomparable beauty, human pride and courage. A tale of such integrity and authencity deserves to be shared with many people whom have not been to Nepal.

SHADOWHOUSES - A dance requieum in five reflections
SHADOWHOUSES is a dance theatre piece that ponders on the constancy and security of the notion of shelter in our age. The performance features the luminous but stringent compositions of Arvo Part's Spiegel im Spiegel and Fur Alina. The reflective tonal space of Part's music provides the choreographers with interesting dance space that unfolds like a room within a room.

To foil the serene reveries of the five Choreographers' solo pieces, Artistic Director Angela Liong begins the performance with a new dance piece based on the unnerving electric strings of George Crumb's Black Angels.

SHADOWHOUSES recalls memories of lost innocence , loneliness of self-confinement, and the tedium and routine of modern living with powerful dance images. The performance also hopes to look for the lights that filter through the current colossal tragedy and grief, and to find the calm shelter within humanity.

Flower Garden Fair
Ushering the Lunar New Year, Albert Mall comes alive with a bustling flower market offering the best of tropical flowering plants and exotic species from the region.

Be dazzled by hundreds of butterflies in the butterfly aviary, which sets to complement the garden atmosphere. Not to be missed are the flower arrangement competition and song bird singing competition held on 2nd and 3rd February. Over 500 singing birds will compete for the top prizes. Catch the cultural performances over the weekends as well!

A treat for all flora and bird enthusiasts!

Lunar New Year Light-Up 2002
Give your senses a treat during this month-long fiesta culminating in the biggest day of the Chinese calendar because when it comes to celebrating the arrival of spring, the Chinese tend to paint the town red - literally. Head down to the goodie-packed bazaar in Chinatown, soak up the atmosphere, feast on mouth-watering delicacies and enjoy the brilliant lights amidst a sea of shopfront banners and eye-grabbing decorations. Indeed, Chinatown as it bustles towards the Year of the Horse is an experience quite like no other.

AMERICAN WOMEN - KAREN LOFTUS
Karen Loftus is a favourite in the stand up comedy scene in America and overseas. She was the only American female stand up sharing a stand up bill with Australian comedian Julia Morris at The Gilded Balloon at the 2000 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. At Singapore's International Comedy Festival 2001, the only female in the festival, Karen's solo stand up show "American Women" played to sold out crowds. Karen is warm and engaging, but her act is high energy and hilarious, as she successfully dances the fine line between smart and silly. Her razor sharp observations, her crazy characters and stories, make her a winner every time.

Thaipusam
Witness the faith, devotion and religious fervour of Hindu devotees at this dramatic festival. On this day, the birthday of Lord Murugan, devotees pierce their tongues with skewers and carry "kavadis" (a semi-circular metal structure) on their shoulders as a mark of thanksgiving and penance.

Other devotees pull chariots with their bare bodies while spikes and hooks are embedded in their backs. Look closely and be awed that no blood is drawn and the entranced devotees feel no pain as they walk the three-kilometre route to the chanting and encouragement of families and friends. The procession starts from the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple at Serangoon Road, Little India and ends at the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple at Tank Road. At the end of the pilgrimage, devotees experience a sense of peace and joy while visitors marvel at the power of faith.

Lunar New Year Celebrations 2002
Experience the festive season with a visit to the traditional bazaar and various cultural events. Enjoy a wide range of festive goodies such as traditional home-baked goodies, barbecued sweet meats and Chinese sausages. Bring home a couplet by a calligrapher, have your fortune told by a fortune-teller or simply soak in the electrifying festive mood and be dazzled by the lighting effects, elaborate street decorations and daily cultural performances.