Bukit Brown’s first family day on Sunday 11 March had “children” of all ages exploring nature and culture in the open air classroom of life – Heritage, Habitat,History given full expression And the reason it was running late was because at the first station, Peter was loathed to let them go, at least not before a group photo! Meanwhile at the Art Station…… The children had moved on to a spot of Haiku composing And […]
Post script: In her hands she cradles a pair of binoculars, she holds the vision for our future. Let Bukit Brown be her legacy. Give her a chance to decide what she wants to do with this legacy. Dateline Monday 27 Feb, 2012 Chasing away Monday Blues at Bukit Brown, is our Accidental Photographer aka Georgina Chin. She claims Bukit Brown as her backyard and it is where she is often to be found bird watching, or happily snapping away […]
Calling all heritage and photography buffs: 23 February 2012, Thursday, 7.00pm, NUS MUSEUM Admission free. To register email: museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 / 8429 A Panel Discussion Speakers: Ken Cheong and Zann Huang In this second installment of THE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES, we explore the role of photography in relation to heritage, a much-discussed concept that comprises investigation into aspects of history, memory, spaces, and rituals. Used as an instrument of documentation, photography becomes a medium through which these are immortalised […]
On the menu on Wednesday 22nd, 7 pm @ Blu Jaz in Bali Lane: For more details visit here Talk 1: Bukit Brown: The Hidden Treasure of Southeast Asia by SOS Bukit Brown Description: Bukit Brown is both a 200-hectare green lung which is home to diverse wildlife and a 180-year-old cemetery which is the final resting place of 100,000 of our forefathers and foremothers. In this talk, members of SOS Bukit Brown discuss various aspects of this hidden […]
