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2022-08-12 15:30:36 Join our TikTok and stand to win $20 worth of shopping vouchers!

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2022-08-12 13:01:41 "Why had we come to this sorry pass? What did the future hold for Singapore?" – Lee Kuan Yew, Founding Prime Minister of Singapore

Join Senior Lecturer Eugene Lim as he sheds light on the history of Singapore and how we can contribute to our country’s continued success.
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Histories: From Third World to First – The Struggles & Success of Singapore
Fri, 16 Sep 2022
6 pm – 7 pm
Zoom Open / Comment

2022-08-11 13:00:38 Join Dr Nick Aplin, Deputy Director of Sports Heritage at Sport Singapore as he examines the development of sport through football.
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Archives Invites: Dr Nick Aplin – Sport in Singapore and the Malaya Cup
Thu, 15 Sep 2022
6 pm – 7 pm
Zoom Open / Comment

2022-08-10 15:25:44 Why is it that some people can easily master new skills? Uncover the secrets of effective learning with these tips!

Read more here: https://medium.com/publiclibrarysg/how-to-get-good-at-anything-1f11937a28e5 Open / Comment

2022-08-07 14:00:35 Experience Singapore’s familiar spaces and venues in fresh ways at Curiocity Encounters: Singapore Night Festival 2022. Unearth old and new stories of the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct through a series of creative installations, programmes, tours and digital content.

19-27 Aug 2022
National Archives Building and various locations in the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct

Free programmes: https://bit.ly/3zOHoes
Precinct tour: https://bit.ly/3zxIl9R
About Curiocity Encounters: https://bit.ly/3SrG5JJ Open / Comment

2022-08-06 13:01:44 For many Singaporeans, singing National Day songs is a rite of passage whenever the 9th of August comes around. But is there more to National Day songs? Join Librarian Melissa Heng, singer/music producer Clement Chow and music scholar Dr Eugene Dairianathan as they unpack the narratives behind National Day songs. Open / Comment

2022-08-04 13:01:31 Rediscover the value of human touch in a Zoom-bified world. Presented by Specialists Sheerin Mustapa and John Choo at the Oral History Centre.
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Archives Unlocked: Rediscovering Value of Human Touch in Zoom-bified World
Tue, 6 Sep 2022
6 pm – 7 pm
Zoom Open / Comment

2022-08-03 13:01:36 Do you remember the first time you watched a movie at the cinema? What was your experience like? Join senior manager Mei Chen as she revisits Singapore’s cinematic history in the 1950s and 1960s through the photographs of billboards painted by Gay Yau Studio.

Read more here: https://medium.com/the-national-library-blog/larger-than-life-hand-painted-movie-billboards-of-the-past-4b1a278233bc Open / Comment

2022-07-27 13:00:31 Aren’t enjoying music as much as you used to? Perhaps you’ve exhausted your playlists, or repeated them too many times. Perhaps your taste in music has changed or matured, and it’s time to explore other genres. Whatever the reason, here are three ways to revive your enjoyment of music!

Read more here: https://medium.com/publiclibrarysg/book-it-out-reviving-your-enjoyment-of-music-83673bcad705 Open / Comment

2022-07-21 13:00:53 Singapore’s first truly public institutions for swimming were only established in the early 1930s, based on then-modern ideas of what swimming is. But, in fact, people in Singapore have always swum wherever they could access water. Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow Jesse O'Neill traces the history of swimming and bathing in colonial Singapore, from the foundation of the British settlement until the outbreak of war in 1942.

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Pools, Pagars, Baths and Standpipes: The Landscape of Bathing in Colonial Singapore
Tue, 23 Aug 2022
4 pm – 5 pm
Zoom Open / Comment