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Straits Times
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Show Picks: Concerts by Pat Metheny and Ernie Zakri, Fudge party
(Clockwise from top left) American jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny, home-grown singer-songwriter Dita Jacob and Malaysian singer Ernie Zakri. PHOTOS: PAT METHENY/FACEBOOK, GROOVETOP, SAH ENTERTAINMENT Esplanade Presents – Mosaic Music Series – Pat Metheny Dream Box/MoonDial Tour American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will be back in Singapore. This time for a show that is part of his global tour in support of his last two albums, Dream Box (2023) and MoonDial (2024). The 20-time Grammy winner will play songs off the two albums, as well as cuts from his extensive and genre-stretching discography. MoonDial, which comprises songs written while he was on a tour for Dream Box, features him playing solo with a custom-built nylon-string baritone guitar. He will perform originals, as well as covers such as US jazz great Chick Corea's You're Everything and The Beatles' Here, There And Everywhere. Metheny last performed in Singapore at the same venue in March 2020, right before live concerts were cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Where: Esplanade Concert Hall, 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade When: May 30, 8pm Admission: From $65 via Sistic (go to or call 6348-5555) Aura: Ernie Zakri – Live In Concert Singapore Malaysian singer Ernie Zakri will stage her first solo concert in Singapore. PHOTO: SAH ENTERTAINMENT Malaysian singing powerhouse Ernie Zakri's upcoming show will be her first solo concert in Singapore. The 32-year-old first made her name after she won prominent Malaysian singing competition Bintang RTM in 2009. She has since racked up hits such as Aku Cinta (2017), a duet with her husband and fellow singer Syamel; Gundah (2019); and Masing Masing (2023), a duet with Indonesian singer Ade Govinda. The singer has won multiple awards throughout her career, the latest being the Best Vocal prize at the 39th Anugerah Juara Lagu awards in February. Where: The Theatre at Mediacorp, 1 Stars Avenue MRT: one-north When: May 31, 8pm Admission: $78 via Sistic Fudge Home-grown singer-songwriter Dita Jacob is one of the acts performing at Fudge, a party celebrating Indian and South Asian music. PHOTO: GROOVETOP Billed as a multisensory celebration of Indian and South Asian music, Fudge is a multi-genre party that brings together some stellar talents from the home-grown music scene. The music ranges from classical ragas and hip-hop to house music and electronica, and the line-up feature s live musicians and DJs. They include singer-songwriter Dita Jacob, guitar virtuoso Isuru Wijesoma and veteran percussionist DrummerNoor, as well as DJs Ramesh, Tashasan and NashD. There will also be henna artists as well as dosa tacos from Maha Co, the Mexican-Indian eatery co-founded by Singapore rapper Yung Raja. Where: Ida's Bar, 02-21 Gillman Barracks, 9 Lock Road MRT: Labrador Park When: May 31, 6pm Admission: From $40, go to Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
The Irish Sun
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Huge Brit pop star teases massive bombshells in new memoir & reveals she broke down in tears ‘a lot' while writing it
BRITISH music icon Lulu says writing her memoir has forced her into therapy because it was so distressing. Advertisement 3 Lulu says writing her memoir has forced her into therapy because it was so distressing Credit: Getty 3 Lulu with The Sun's Howell Davies Credit: Supplied During an exclusive chat with Bizarre's Howell yesterday, 'The message I got was, 'Don't tell anybody anything. "Keep it to yourself'. So they became secrets. 'Everything was a secret and it was pushed down. And I've had issues. Advertisement read more on lulu 'There's a lot of things in my life I have never spoken about that I talk about in this book. "So it's been intense. I've had to go into therapy. "It's been quite a thing this past year. 'It came about because somebody said to me, 'People think Advertisement Most read in Bizarre "Because I keep things to myself. 'I push them down and actually dislodging them, pulling them up, dredging them up, it was not easy. Huge British pop icon announces shock retirement after glittering 60-year career "That was like, Oh my god. That took a lot of physical, mental effort.' She added: 'I know I would hide it, but I always felt different, awkward, and alone. Advertisement 'And now, you don't have to feel that way.' The experience has encouraged her to launch charitable fund Lulu's Mental Health Trust. Her first initiative was a walk across London yesterday, which raised more than £15,000. It started at the school in Shadwell, East London where she filmed 1967 movie To Sir With Love, and ended at the old studio in Camden, North London, where she recorded Shout. Advertisement Lulu, who posed with her cockapoo Fudge at the start is busier than ever as she also has a popular podcast and has just announced Lulu said: 'Through the difficulties I have had help, I have survived, and not just survived. "I am probably in a better place than I have ever been in my whole life. 'CRAZY WOMAN' 'Part of me likes getting older, although part of me still thinks she's 15. I'm kind of incorrigible, you know, I'm a crazy woman.' Advertisement Remarkably, it is 56 years since she won Lulu said: 'I can't bear to watch it and us lose again. I just can't. 'I have to wait and say, did we win? Oh, we won! Then I can watch it back. 'But those lovely girls, Advertisement ' And as for what the UK should do for its entry next year? Lulu said: 'See if they can get Elton to write a song, or Gary Barlow.' She might just be on to something. Advertisement 3 Lulu with her cockapoo Fudge Credit: PA Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme - Sun Club.
CBC
19-02-2025
- Climate
- CBC
Land & Sea: One step ahead of nature
It's a crisp morning in November and an early frost has come over the fields at Mountain View Farms in Wooddale, just outside Grand Falls-Windsor. It's turned the harvest into a bit of a slog. But that's just the kind of thing Kent Fudge has gotten used to. "I guess if you wanna be a farmer, you better love the outdoors. You better love all types of weather. If you don't like it, it's going to be a living hell," said Fudge. Fudge grew up farming alongside his father. His mother still owns the farm next door, and his brother the farm next to that. It's not an easy life, or an easy business, but it's one his family wouldn't trade. "There's nothing better than plowing over the ground first thing in the spring, and then you plant your crop and it's starting to come up and everything looks nice ... it just makes you feel good," said Fudge. WATCH | Check out the full episode of Land & Sea: Seeing those first shoots is never a sure thing in Newfoundland and Labrador where the weather can be unpredictable. But for the past several years, vegetable farmers have had more certainty about their yield thanks to a program at the Centre for Agricultural and Forestry Development, also located in Wooddale. Vegetables are grown inside greenhouses in the early spring, then those young plants are distributed to farmers to be transplanted in their outdoor fields. The centre had been focused on growing tree seedlings since 1974, but when the departments of forestry and agriculture merged in 2017, a seed of an idea began to grow. If the centre could nurture young trees, why not young vegetables too? "It was realized that there were periods of the tree production cycle that there are greenhouses actually empty. So we saw an opportunity at that time to establish the vegetable transplant program," said Sabrina Elsworth, provincial director of agricultural production and research. She says the demand from farmers is growing faster than the vegetables, "so we give them the head start on these plants, which means they can get the plant in the ground. So for a short-season crop, they can get the full maturity out of the crop, and they can harvest earlier." "I'll take advantage of the government's program, because I'm getting the plants, good good quality plants that I can use. So I'm putting in almost all transplant rutabagas where years ago I put in the seeded stuff. But the plants are already six weeks old, five or six weeks old. So you get a five or six week head start," she said. This past season there were nine kinds of veggies sprouting at the centre, including leeks, potatoes, and cabbage. More than 120 farms across the province are now receiving shipments of vegetables ready for planting. In June, Fudge's fields are lush and ready for new growth. He and his crew sew seeds the way they've always done, but they also plant vegetable transplants. Fudge knows which crops are the better bet. "The problem is, if it gets too hot or too dry or the seed's too wet, they could rot or dry up, you don't know exactly what you're getting. Whereas with the transplant program, you're putting in transplants, the plant's already grown, half your battle is conquered already," said Fudge. The vegetable transplant program has produced more than 2.7 million kilograms of food, so far. Every kilogram of food grown from transplant veggies is a kilogram that doesn't have to be imported. "The stores don't have very much storage. What you see on the shelf is mostly what they have. The warehouses have enough for Newfoundland for about three days. If we don't grow it ourselves, after three days we're in trouble," said Fudge. A farmer's good fortune is a province's increased food security. A big win from tiny seeds.
CairoScene
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Egyptian Lifestyle Brand ‘Not Toys' Drops Playful Capsule Collection
It seems like 'Not Toys' mascots Fudge and Gigi just got a whole new wardrobe… You've likely seen them all over Instagram, you've potentially toyed with them on your friends' shelves, but you've definitely snagged a picture with them at 5A by the Waterway. Not Toys, the playful masterminds behind Fudge, Gigi and their cousins, the larger-than-life collectible 'toys' taking over Cairo, have decided to toy around in a brand new playground: fashion. Launching their very first fashion capsule collection, Not Toys sought to give its signature mascots a wardrobe haul. The collection comprises a series of comfy streetwear; with not-so-basic basic hoodies, sweats, and loungewear pieces emblazoned with sketch artwork showcasing Not Toys' collectibles (with a few mathematical equations scribbled throughout because this is science, people.) 'At its core, Not Toys is a lifestyle brand that extends beyond collectibles and sculptures, we're now actualising that with our very first clothing drop.' Ahmed Khalifa, Not Toys' Art Director, tells SceneStyled. 'It's minimalist, cosy, and self-referential.' Though this capsule collection may be Not Toys' first, it's certainly not their last, yet further details remain under wraps, safely guarded by a certain Fudge and Gigi.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Yahoo
Maine Mall shoppers, workers concerned but resolved in wake of shooting
Feb. 6—SOUTH PORTLAND — Shoppers and workers returned to The Maine Mall with mixed emotions on Thursday, after a shooting injured one person and led to the evacuation of the shopping center on Wednesday afternoon. "It's kinda freaky," said Ann Marie King, 69, as she munched on pepperoni pizza from Amato's in the food court. King was at the mall just before noon Thursday, as she is most days, riding the bus from her home in Portland. She wasn't there Wednesday, but she saw the news about the shooting and it frightened her. She described the mall as her "home away from home." The shooting threatened that sense of comfort, she said, but it couldn't keep her away. "I was a little nervous coming here today because I didn't know what to expect," King said. "The bus was a little late, so I thought the mall might have been closed." The mall was open as usual from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, although some stores closed early because of a midday snowstorm. By Thursday morning, police announced that they had identified a shooting suspect, Ahmed Basheer Awad, 20, of Westbrook, and had issued a warrant for his arrest on a charge of elevated aggravated assault. The shooting happened shortly before 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, when one man was shot in a bathroom near the food court. Awad was captured on surveillance video leaving through the food court exit, police said. Awad was still at large Thursday. The man who was shot underwent surgery Wednesday night for a wound in his upper right leg and is expected to survive, police said. Kathy Welle isn't sure whether she heard shots fired Wednesday afternoon, but she was at work Thursday regardless. The owner of What the Actual Fudge said she saw people running past her shop and other store operators closing their doors. She saw security personnel passing by and police arriving. She left when the mall was evacuated around 4:20 p.m. "Clearly something had happened, but we never felt in danger," said Welle, 59, of Freeport. "It could have happened anywhere. It didn't happen here because the mall is an unsafe place." Welle returned to her gourmet sweet shop on Thursday, unwilling to let the shooting further diminish her business or her spirit. "This is our place," she said. "This is where we do business. This guy came in yesterday and hurt someone and scared a lot of people and destroyed our business day. We've given him enough. He doesn't get to take more. That's it." Akash Patel manages two kiosks in the mall — one selling crystal items and the other selling Croc charms. He didn't work Wednesday, but he admits he had some reservations going to work Thursday. His boss advised him to be calm and stay safe, he said. "You sort of have to be comfortable," said Patel, 23, of Portland. "It's the only option we have." Andrew Plummer, 20, stopped by to grab lunch to go from Panda Express in the food court on Thursday. The Limington resident recently switched jobs and used to work at a restaurant near the mall. Plummer said he was shocked when he heard about the shooting on Wednesday. He immediately thought of the shooting that occurred last December outside Kobe Japanese Restaurant, which is next to the mall. No one was injured in that incident. A suspect was arrested in January. "I was like, 'What's happening to Maine?' " Plummer said. "When I was growing up, these things didn't happen here." Plummer shops at the mall at least weekly and was drawn there Thursday to see if it was even open, he said. He wondered whether anyone would be shopping or having lunch. He found the food court pretty quiet just before noon, with snow starting to fall as he returned to his car. The shooting has left him feeling unsettled and vulnerable, he said. "It makes you realize there's not a lot of security in places like this," Plummer said. "Maybe there should be more. Maybe not metal detectors, but more security guards." Copy the Story Link
