Entries for March 2010

2nd TEDxKL "What Malaysia Needs"

From - March 26, 2010

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

In the spirit of “ideas worth spreading,” TED has launched a program that enables individuals and organizations to create and host their own local TED-like events. These events will be branded TEDx, the x standing for Independently Organized TED Events.
This is the 2nd TEDx Kuala Lumpur, featuring an exciting line up of speakers with ideas that go beyond just Technology, Entertainment and Design.

Theme: What Malaysia Needs
Date: 27th march 2010
Time: 10.00 AM till 4.00 PM
Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 29, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur

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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

From - March 26, 2010

A Malaysia - Singapore Contemporary Photography Exchange
Photography Exhibition
"Time: Chinatown" by John Clang

Sun 21 Mar to Sun 4 Apr
[Hours: Sun to Thu: 11am to 8pm]
Presented by The Annexe Gallery and 2902 Gallery
Admission Free

This collaborative exhibition between The Annexe Gallery & 2902 Galler features works by eight gifted photographers from Malaysia and Singapore, enabling a visual dialogue between the two countries.

Singaporean photographers: John Clang, Teo Chai Guan, Ore Hui Ying, Muhammad Nuruddin. Malaysian photographers: Bernice Chauly, Lim Thian Leong, Minstrel Kuik, Tan Chee Hon. Thematically, the works by Malaysians deals with the photographers' relationships to the country and the imaging/imagining of this home. Responding to representations of national aspirations and terror, they play with degrees of irony, wit and personal involvement. On the other hand, the works by Singaporeans presents distinctive and acutely clear voices on their affiliation with the land revealing detachment, exploration of identity in relation to their environment, nostalgia and memories all within a spatial context. Collectively, the single thread of commonality that these images share is that in communicating a sense of space and place, their works reveals the photographers' relationship and response to their environment.

For enquiries, please call:
Pang Khee Teik (Arts Programme Director): 012 305 1135
Jerome Kugan (Media Manager): 016 802 7347
Lim Chung Wei (Arts Manager): 012 207 5140

The Annexe Gallery
1st & 2nd Floor, Central Market Annexe
Jalan Hang Kasturi
Kuala Lumpur
Tel +603-2070 1137
www.annexegallery.com

TORCH SONG MASSACRE

From - March 26, 2010

Bad Romance Edition
Music Concert

Fri 9, Sat 10 & Sun 11 Apr, 8.30pm
Presented by Seksualiti Merdeka & The Annexe Gallery

Admission by donation RM35 (Presale), RM40 (Door)
Get your presale passes now!

“I want your love and I want your revenge, you and me could write a bad romance!”

Last year, we massacred you with torch songs weepy and funny. Now we're back to add "bloody" to the list. So, instead of torturing y’all with songs about lovers doomed to wander heartbroken corridors, this year we’re gonna torch those bastards who torched us first! If you’ve ever been dumped via Twitter, blocked on Facebook, forgotten by bastards who claim to have photographic memory, then this is for you! Get even honey! Let them cry you a river! Rail against the injustice! Scream! Drama!

Come join us at The Annexe Gallery as we present "Torch Song Massacre 2010: Bad Romance Edition", three nights of tragic love songs and comedy as performed by some of KL's best music and stage talents, including: Aaron Khaled, Alex Koh, Ayam Fared, Ida Mariana, Izlyn Ramli, Maya Abdullah, Will Quah, Wong Siew Jye, Yudi, Zalina Lee plus the band "Brown Sugar" and your fabulous host SHELAH!!!

3RD KUALA LUMPUR TANGO FESTIVAL 2010

From - March 26, 2010

Tango Workshops

Fri 2–Sun 4 Apr
Presented by the Tango Club Of Kuala Lumpur

Sensual and dramatic, tango is the ultimate expression of romance. It’s also a lot of fun! Back for its third year, the Kuala Lumpur Tango Festival this year presents three highly skilled tango couples hailing from Buenos Aires: Fernanda Ghi & Guillermo Merlo; Adrian Veredice & Alejandra Hobert; and Nito & Elba Garcia. As it was in the previous two years, this year’s installment of the Festival is packed with an exciting program of performances, workshops and milongas (tango socials where you can dance the night away) to be held at The Annexe Gallery and the Royal Selangor Golf Club. At The Annexe Gallery, the three tango couples will be facilitating workshops for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced levels.

ASIAN PRODUCERS MEETING

From - March 26, 2010

Engage, Exchange & Collaborate
Forum

Sat 27 & Sun 28 Mar
Presented by Asian Theatre Centre for Creation and Research & The Japan Foundation
Supported by Five Arts Centre
Admission Free, by email registration to fiveartscentre@gmail.com

The Asian Producers Meeting is a two-day programme of talks, presentations and forums for producers and art presenters from around Asia to engage with each other and exchange practices, experiences and models for working; allowing for the possibility of creating the means to collaborate in the future. Invited speakers will lead discussions about production practices, experiences and cross-national collaboration as a platform for exchange between producers. Entry point will be the Malaysian and Japanese experience with special attention for discussion with producers from other countries. This event would be beneficial to those keen on producing/presenting contemporary performing arts, producing models and intercultural collaborations.

SUN 28 MAR

10am – Session 4: Establishing Means for Intercultural Collaborations. Chairpersons: June Tan, Matsui Kentaro & Ken Takiguchi

1pm – Session 5 (Closed Session): Setting the Infrastructure for Intercultural Collaborations. Chairpersons: June Tan, Matsui Kentaro & Ken Takiguchi

Malaysia Airlines starts non-stop daily flights to Paris

From - March 08, 2010

Subang (8 March 2010) – Malaysia Airlines will be offering additional 2 non-stop daily services to its existing 5 times weekly flights from Kuala Lumpur to Paris, starting 28 March 2010. These new flights will depart Kuala Lumpur at 11.35pm (local time) and arrive in Paris at 6.40am (local time) everyday. Tickets are now available for purchase at www.malaysiaairlines.com

Malaysia Airlines Senior General Manager, Network and Revenue Management, Dr Amin Khan said, “We have seen an increase in demand and as the result, forward bookings are also much healthier compared to last year. Our load factor is strong at about 80% and thus, we want to take this opportunity to cater for this growth.

“This daily non-stop flight to Paris is suitable for both leisure and business travellers. Passengers will arrive early in the morning, giving them ample time to maximise their stay in Paris. Alternatively, they can catch the earliest connecting flight to other parts of France, Europe and the UK. Bottom line, passengers will have more flexibility in their travels.

“I would advise everyone to check out our website (www.malaysiaairlines.com) regularly to catch the best deals. In fact, our ‘Get-the-Deal’ offers the lowest fares all the time, so you can pay less and still enjoy all the comforts of a full service carrier,” he said.