Fridae grabs DJ Kate Monroe, who swept partygoers at the last Nation party in Phuket off their feet, for a quick chat about her newborn baby and being back this year at the closing party to give partygoers a power-packed farewell!
Fridae talks to the director of the upcoming lesbian film, My Summer of Love, a mesmerising and dangerous journey into the world of teenage passion. The Oct 16 charity screening will benefit the Association of Women for Action and Research and the Cat Welfare Society.
A premier event for the women, by the women, W@Nation is the girl's answer to a Nation weekend of roaring good time. Co-organised by famed women's party organiser Two Queens of Singapore, the line-up promises to be a blast with DJs Lisa C and Kate Monroe where women can party alongside one another.
A life-long Madonna fanatic was in Tokyo last week to catch Her Madgesty's Confessions Tour and learns a few life lessons along the way like always check where your seats are before buying the tickets.
From the creator of Rent, Jonathan Larson, Tick, Tick...BOOM! is a moving autobiographical musical about living the edgy life of a New York artist. Featuring a cast drawn from the original West End and Off-Broadway productions, including Hollywood star Christian Campbell, it'll be playing at Victoria Theatre from October 4-8.
The first Singapore Biennale, an international contemporary art festival, is on from 4 September to 12 November 2006. Fridae interviews three openly gay artists participating in the Biennale: the Filipinos Jos Legaspi and Yason Banal, as well as Australian Philip Brophy.
LA-based DJ De Len who's making his Asian debut at Nation in Phuket talks to nightlife writer Tony Giampetruzzi about the DJ industry in the US, and taking risks and trying new things to deliver a fresh experience for Nation partygoers.
China's first out lesbian artist, who also operates Beijing's longest-running dyke bar, has released her first single "Ai bu fen" (爱不分) along with a music video depicting two women in love.
Tony Moran is, by every measure, a talent that sets him apart from the rest. He tells Fridae about the "special mixes" he is going to debut at Nation.VI in October, his recurring discomfort from an old stab wound, and how the turntables and writing "You're So Beautiful" with Donna Summer and other material changed him.
With a new three week-long festival of Singapore plays starting today, theatre critic Ng Yi-Sheng reflects on how the gay theatre of the early 90s may have made a key difference in the cultural shift toward a society more accepting of homosexuality.
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