New openings and the latest stories from around the city.
The first Singapore Book Street runs 2–8 November at VivoCity. Entry is free, and more than 1,200 Singapore titles can be paid for with Culture Pass credits.
Glowing Oceans is a dark, wet room where live plankton light up blue as you walk through them. Residents pay from S$7 on off-peak days.
Japan’s life-size dinosaur show plays Resorts World Sentosa from 3 to 6 December. Tickets from S$58, family package S$320.
A licensed Studio Ghibli exhibition opens on the West Lawn on Friday 18 December and runs to 4 July 2027: 12 scenes, Totoro, the Cat Bus and a Spirited Away bathhouse. Residents S$39, children S$29. Book January, not opening weekend.
Deepavali is on Sunday 8 November, so Monday 9 November is a public holiday for most workers: a three-day weekend.
The 7–8 November starter parade at Jewel has been and gone, but the free PokéXciting displays in Forest Valley, including a 3-metre Pikachu and the Snorlax Zone, stay until 31 January 2027, and the card-game trail runs to 3 January.
National Gallery has put the dates up: the free Civic District festival runs 15–31 January 2027, themed around its Pop after Pop show.
The group behind one-star Nae:um has opened a Korean-accented Italian osteria next door, with half the seats kept for walk-ins. Lunch now runs Thursday to Saturday, 11.30am to 2pm.
An NC16 orchestral concert at Esplanade in November, then the Japanese stage musical at Sands Theatre in April. Neither is for young fans.
The couple behind Lao Liang at Berseh Food Centre are retiring on 31 October. If trotter jelly is your dish, go this month.
SGIFF runs 21 October to 1 November. Tickets are online only, and doors lock 20 minutes after the film starts.
A 400-year-old Shizuoka tea family and a Gaia Group patisserie share 15 seats at The Star Vista. Order the flight of three matchas, and go on a weekday afternoon if you want a chair.
