Add Respect to the Repertoire
The concert was already underway in Malang when the VIP guests arrived an hour late with a large entourage. A...
Arts/Entertainment
Li Cunxin, The Ballet Star Who Could Never Really Leave the Stage
Chinese-Australian dancer Li Cunxin has been enjoying his long yet productive retirement for years, and he has chosen to trade...
Classic Indonesian Films – What to Watch
Makbul Mubarak, a film director and lecturer at Multimedia Nusantara University, shares his perspective on Indonesia’s golden ages in film...
Art Deco in Indonesia
The term “Art Deco” was named after the unique and modern visual style exhibited in Paris in 1925 during the...
Jakarta Biennale to Showcase Creative Spirit of the Soul
This year’s Jakarta Biennale is set to open on Saturday at Gudang Sarinah Ekosistem in South Jakarta and will adopt...
Pizza e Birra Ended ?Oktoberfest e Birra 2017? with a BANG!
After a month filled with authentic German delicacies, a surreal amount of beer, and fun games, Pizza e Birra ended...
Will Indonesia Run Dry?
For most of 2017, distributors of imported alcohol have been met quietly with resistance by various ministries and the government...
When Indonesia and Japan Take Centre Stage
Indonesia and Japan are solidifying their bilateral relationship by co-producing a theatre show, directed by Japanese theatre maestro Tadashi Suzuki....
Rockefeller and the Demise of Ibu Pertiwi
It was towards the end of my tour at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta when, in 1969, West Papua became...
Jazz Gunung Bromo: The Yin And Yang of Music And Nature
Jazz Gunung Bromo, one of the country’s largest musical festival which has become a stalwart of the cultural calendar, will...
Expats Looking Forward to Lombok’ First Jazz Festival
The first international Lombok Jazz Festival is predicted to attract a slew of foreigners. The event is hoped to become...
8 Nightclubs in Jakarta and Bali That Foreigners Will Love
Some locals advise not to spend too many ?days? in the nightclubs. Expats won?t know what this means until they...
Here’ Why Expats in Indonesia Will Find McConaughey’ Movie ?Gold? Interesting
The 2016 movie Gold, starring Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez, is a fictionalized account of the infamous Bre-X mining scandal in...
Why Indonesia Should Support its Arts and Culture Sector
As we see a growing interest in arts and culture in Indonesia, creative institutions are now working harder to come...
An Expat’s Look into Bali’s Vibrant Weekend Market Scene
Bali’s weekend market scene has really taken off over the past few years with boutique bazaars popping up all over...
Puteri Indonesia to Represent ‘Unity in Diversity’ with Garuda Costume at Miss Universe 2016
Puteri Indonesia 2016 Kezia Warouw will be gracing the stage in a stunning garuda national costume at this year’s celebration...
Miss Indonesia Places Third at Miss World 2016
Miss Indonesia Natasha Mannuela Halim bagged the third place in the prestigious Miss World competition held in in Oxon Hill,...
Jamie James and The Glamour of Strangeness
Jamie James’ book “The Glamour of Strangeness” is a global survey of exotes, artists and writers who “roam the world...
Recruit To Revolution
John Coast was 31 when he flew to Bukittinggi in 1948. His life’s journey until that point had been one...
Artpreciation: Preserving Culture through Tourism
The Internationally recognized Agung Rai Museum of Art is one of the venues for a new type of tour called...
Indonesia’s First Modern and Contemporary Art Museum Reveals Design for 2017
Set to open in 2017, The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara, or Museum MACAN, finally unveils its...