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Tan Shih Thoe Talks About the Business of Art at Hin Bus Depot

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HIN BUS DEPOT celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and so, Penang Monthly thinks it a great occasion to sit down with Tan Shih Thoe, the brain (and the br...

Do Nothing and It Shall Be Done: Placemaking in Balik Pulau

6 min read

THE DRIVE TO Nada Natural Farming café itself is a treat. Past the Balik Pulau old town, you make a turn that takes you winding through traditional Malay villag...

Humanity at the AI Crossroads: Balancing Privacy, Bias and Progress

5 min read

WE ARE APPROACHING a turning point in artificial intelligence (AI) development. As computers become increasingly omnipresent, and as algorithms grow uncannily p...

Hin Bus Depot: A Decade of Stimulating Creative Resurgence in Penang

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NESTLED IN THE heart of George Town, Hin Bus Depot is more than a historic landmark; it is a pulsating creative community hub sprawling over 60,000 ft2 , exposi...

Penang Offers Spaces for Musicians to Dare to Grow

4 min read

FROM TRADITIONAL Chinese Malaysiana folk music to modern jazz, Penang Island has been home to many genres of music for generations. And not dissimilar to other...

Ernest Zacharevic’s Decade of Art, Rubbish and Transformation

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10 YEARS AGO, Ernest Zacharevic debuted his first solo art exhibition, “Art is Rubbish is Art”, at Hin Bus Depot (HBD), setting into motion a chain of events th...

The Bel Retiro Roundtable Wonders about Penang’s Far Future

4 min read

SURVIVING THE MULTI-DIMENSIONAL crises of these past years, it would be all too understandable if Penangites doubled down and dug into the trenches to just surv...

Armwrestling Gets A Grip In Penang

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Photos by Arieff Zafir

Yoga: From Ancient Traditions to Modern Healing

2 min read

“SOMETIMES, you have to slow down in order to speed up,” says Jojo Struys, a former television host turned wellness speaker and yoga teacher. She spent 20 years...

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Readings@Tanjong: Experiential Waves of Stories and Poetry

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READINGS@TANJONG was established in 2023 as a bimonthly reading event featuring literary works by Penang writers. Produced by Dabble Dabble Jer Collective (DDJ....

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