Tamara Fielding: Wayang Puppeteer
Tamara Fielding was born in 1934 in Cimahi, West Java, in the Dutch East Indies to a Dutch father and...
Arts/Entertainment
Made Bayak, an Artistic Role Model
Born in 1980 in Tampaksiring, Central Bali, Bayak studied fine art at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) in...
Tommee Balukea: Jungle Music with a Laid-Back Vibe
When I first came across Tommee Balukea, the internationally acclaimed musician was playing an acoustic set at Crystal Palace bar...
Through Darkness to Light: Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2013
The Ubud Readers and Writers Festival opened for the tenth year on October 11th with an all female gamelan orchestra....
Broadway Ke Java
Broadway may have its roots in the quintessential iconography of New York City, but the charm, excitement, and artistry of...
Writing by Kids and for Kids
The article looks at some simple ways to turn your son or daughter into a famous writer by using the...
Writing Words that Strain and Fail to Rhyme
Why is it that writers come to Bali to pen a novel, a poem or a memoir? I simply don?t...
Meet Judy Chapman
Meet Judy Chapman. The Author of ?My Singapore Lover?, a contemporary love story in which Singapore is the main character....
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski: Redheads
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski was born in 1947 in Brooklyn and grew up in suburban New Jersey. His earliest memory is...
Crazy Little Heaven: An Indonesian Journey
With his fellow Tasmanian wife and their two young children, Mark Heyward arrived in East Kalimantan in 1992 to teach...
Michael Tenzer
I must admit the first time I came across a gamelan orchestra I thought the band that had been booked...
If Music be the Food of Love, Go Seek it Out!
A few weeks ago, my wife and I were invited to a ?party? by Leo and Liz Sinatra at their...
Meet Funktastic Maick
Meet Funktastic Maick. Resident DJ of La Plancha and Favela, Maick Rodriguez shares his love of Music and Bali....
Family Fun
Are you bored with watching your children's boredom as they play boring video games? Do you send your children emails...
Casa Vintage
Anyone can walk into a department store and pick a mass-produced item of clothing and probably walk into a party...
Riding the Trade Winds
Welcome to Bali’s largest kite festival! On cue, as if summoned, in early July the trade winds arrive. One day...
Kite Surfing and Stand-up Paddle Fun
Looking for an exciting new sport? Before you go and buy new equipment, take a course at Rip Curl...
Ubud’s Museum Mile for Art Lovers
Neka Art Museum Setting out on a Sunday in the slow season, an unexpectedly ideal day to visit museums, the...
Meet Lawrence Blair
Born during the Blitz, swimming in the Mediterranean when it still had fish in it, schooled in Mexico and France...
Sexy Rio Sidik Jazz Quartet
Rio Sidik is Indonesia’s most famous jazz and fusion musician and singer, well known too on the International music scene....
Meet Fantuzzi
Meet Fantuzzi, the man who believes in changing the world through music. How long have you been bringing your talent...