Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral by The Theatre Practice

Simply borrow 4 items from any (or even all!) of the participating public libraries below and stand a chance to win a pair of tickets to ‘Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral‘ by The Theatre Practice!

The participating libraries are:

1. library@esplanade (Where?)
2. Cheng San Public Library (Where?)
3. Central Public Library (Where?)
4. Toa Payoh Public Library (Where?)

You can find the loan promotion details at each of the 4 libraries, so look out for the special

Spotlight on OSHIMA Nagisa

This year’s Japanese Film Festival casts the spotlight on OSHIMA Nagisa, who many consider the leader of Japan’s ‘New Wave’ directors who rose to prominence in the 60s.

Over at Sense of Cinema, Nelson Kim gives us a detailed look at the man and his movies, while Strictly Film School highlights some of Oshima’s most prominent works.

What follows is a list of Oshima’s works that you can find at library@esplanade. All items are in the realm of your borrowing

library@esplanade celebrates Japanese Film Festival 2010!

In case you haven’t heard, the Japanese Film Festival is back in town. For all the hot picks and happening news, do head over to their official website and Facebook page!

To celebrate, we’ve tied up with Singapore Film Society to bring you another exciting JFF2010 loan promotion at library@esplanade. Simply borrow at least 4 items from the library, answer a simple quiz and you stand a chance to win tickets to some of JFF2010 most anticipated

library@esplanade ‘LIVE’

Overheard between the aisle of the shelves:

Patron A: Psst…did you know anything about the library@esplanade LIVE event happening this Saturday?

Patron B: Oh yes, I do. I’ve seen the poster and the little call cards at the counter. Why?

Patron A: I saw on the facebook event page that fantastic prizes are to be won, and …one of them is a guitar! How cool can it get?

Patron B: Really? All right, I’m so going to the library this Saturday! The event starts at 11 am, right.

Patron A: Righto! But first, you gotta

Jay Chou is Kato.

Empire Online has news on, well, the new international trailer for The Green Hornet remake, starring Seth Rogen (‘Knocked Up’) and Jay Chou (you prolly know his movies better than I do :) in a movie directed by Michel Gondry (‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’).

I am sad that Mr. Chow had to leave the production, but Mr. Chou looks the part at least. Here’s him joking about his English.

In any case, relive the classic Green Hornet with Bruce Lee in the role of Kato at library@esplanade!

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Title: The Green Hornet
Call No.:

Latin American and Spanish Guitar Concert

Sat, 17 Jul 2010
7.00 – 8.00pm
Open Stage, library@esplanade

Latin American and Spanish Guitar Concert
by Sebastian Pompilio & Justin Hyer

Argentine guitarist Sebastian Pompilio and British guitarist Justin Hyer perform a selection of solo and duo works by Spanish and Latin American composers. Concert to include works by Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Turina, Pereira, Gnattali and Sanchez.

Sebastian Pompilio is one of Argentina’s new generation of virtuoso performers. He has