Play It Up! Carnival

Join them for an exciting afternoon of games, creativity and performances at Play It Up! Carnival, presented by Brahm Centre with grovve, SHINE, Limitless and TOUCH😊

Enjoy VR games, carnival booths, art & craft corners, a New Year magic walk-through, snacks, live performances and a stamp rally with prizes✨

The carnival also highlights mental health support available at grovve, the Youth Integrated Wellness Centre at SCAPE🙂

🔴31 Jan 26, Saturday
🔵2pm-5pm
🗺️grovve SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #04-06, S (237978)
💵FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/playitup

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Modern Man's Book Club: The Feminist

In this session of the book club, you will be discussing this book features viral short story by Tony Tulathimutte in his short story collection, Rejection. The story depicts the radicalisation of its titular character, an ostensible feminist, in the face of romantic rejection🙌🏻

Tulathimutte's short story is an excellent read that asks uncomfortable questions and refuses to give comforting answers🤔

All are welcome to join this engaging discussion about masculinity and feminism, the manosphere, relationships, and more🤝

🔴 14 Dec 25, Sunday
🔵 1pm-3pm
🗺️ Casual Poet Library, 123 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-110, S(150123)
💵FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/modernmansbookclub

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AI Awda Movie Screening

Al Awda is a feature documentary that offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the 2018 Freedom Flotilla mission to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza blockade🪧Among the activists on the boat was filmmaker Jason Soo and Singaporean exile Dr Ang Swee Chai💪🏻

🔴 13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵 8pm
🗺️ Carnival Cinemas, Golden Mile Tower, Level 3
💵$17

Purchase your tickets at: https://carnivalcinemas.sg/#/

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The Cost of Growth virtual discussion by the International Degrowth Network (IDN)'s Asia Circle

What is the actual price paid by humanity and the planet for endless economic growth?💰📈

This film connects local struggles in Europe against extractivism with broader debates on justice, democracy, and building alternatives to an economy not driven by profit, but by well-being💪

🎥 Stream the film on Kinema anytime before 18 Dec, 7pm, for USD 1 at: https://kinema.com/events/The-Cost-of-Growth-p-h234

🔴18 Dec 25, Thursday
🔵 7pm-8.30pm
🗺️ Onine
💵FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/costofgrowthdiscussion

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Aphasia: Reframed

Join them for a heartfelt event that sheds light on the real stories behind living with Aphasia🫶 Through an afternoon of learning, reflection, and connection, explore the lived experiences of Persons with Aphasia through film, dialogue, and interactive activities✨

🎞 Film Premiere – “Can You Hear Me?” takes a tender and honest look at what it means to live with aphasia — from the inside out.

📚 Mixed Media Human Library features stories and raw truths from people who live through the experiences

💬Dialogue with caregivers and their cast, the people who walk this journey with courage every day.

🔴13 Dec 25, Saturday
🔵3.30pm-5.30pm
🗺️SMU CIS B1 Event Space
💵FOC

Sign up at: tiny.cc/apahsiareframed

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Wild Conversations: Final Session of 2025 Wrap up the year together with an evening of grounding stories, community, and hope. ✨

Regenerating soils, foods, and lives begins with a simple act: reconnecting with the land. Through their living campus, Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) nurtures this reconnection through reviving soils, cultivating mindful relationships with food, and inspiring everyday regenerative practices.

For this closing session, Kampung Architect Bingyu will share how GUI’s kampung spirit and land-based initiatives spark responsibility, belonging, and a deeper hope for a sustainable future. 🌱

📅 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 ⏰ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 📍 Stranger Conversations 🏡 195 Pearl's Hill Terrace, #02-38D 💰 Min. $5 donation to GUI
🔗 Register: Wildspace.sg/joinconvos

End the year in conversation and in connection with the land. 🌾

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🌿 A Soft Reset: Year-End Community Hang 🌿

End the year with a soft reset — no big resolutions, no pressure to reinvent yourself. Just a cosy community space to pause, reflect on what shaped your year, and build one small, kind system for January.

Join Ning Collective to explore:
✨ why resolutions can feel overwhelming
✨ what consistency looks like when it honours real energy
✨ how to notice patterns without judgement
✨ how to turn intention into tiny, doable experiments

Come as you are and leave with a calmer, more grounded plan for your next season. 🤍

📅 20 Dec
⏰ 1:00 – 2:30 PM
📍27 Ann Siang
🔗 http://tiny.cc/thegreatunwind

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💸 From Self-Worth to Net Worth: What’s Really Worth It?

As 2026 begins, let’s pause for an honest conversation about money, meaning, and happiness. Join @thewokesalaryman and Happiness Initiative to explore how money shapes our choices, our sense of self-worth, and what we truly value in life.

Expect a thoughtful and engaging afternoon with:
🎨 a comic reading
🃏 What Truly Matters (money edition) conversational game
🔥 a fireside chat with the founders

Come curious, come reflective as we consider what net worth means to us 💛

📅 Sat, 10 Jan 2026
⏰ 2:00 – 4:00 PM
📍 SCAPE, Trampoline at Access (Level 5)
💰 Free (RSVP required)
👥 Limited slots available: http://tiny.cc/Canmoneybuyhappiness

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🚨 Have you seen this Straits Times article on young homelessness?

It’s sparked a lot of conversation, and we’re really curious what you think.

Haven’t read it yet? Take a quick look here: http://tiny.cc/STyounghomeslessness, then come back and share your take with us!

Jump into the poll below and let us know your thoughts! 👇🏼

Sorry we had a typo for one of the options, it should be “family mediation”

Wowwww the responses are very very interesting!! Keep your eyes 👀 peeled for a summary tonight and something else? ✨

Those who haven’t voted and interested to share your views can still do so until we summarise the results tonight~

Omg sorry guys, was adulting and missed the time and only realised it’s past 12am! But here is the results of the poll so far (we’re keeping the polls open still to see if anything else changes!)

We have some curiosities as we were extracting the polls and would like to hear thoughts from you guys!

1. What are your is overall impression of the poll results? (Anything expected / unexpected?!)

2. Interestingly, only 22% of you voted family mediation as a solution, although 79% see family conflict as the top few reasons for young homelessness. Why is that so?

Good morning and happy (sobs 🤪) Monday! Thank you all for engaging so thoughtfully in the conversation on young homelessness 🤍

What really stood out from this discussion was how many of you pointed to the misexpectation of family support in our society. The assumption that family will always be safe, available, and able to help. Yet that doesn’t reflect the reality for some.

There was also an important point raised about the tension between choosing self and choosing family. In our cultural context, holding onto a sense of self while maintaining family harmony is often a quiet, unspoken struggle. While counselling services in Singapore do meaningful and important work, there’s also a growing sense that support could be better contextualised to our local family dynamics, cultural expectations, and power structures so that practitioners are even more equipped to support individuals and families navigating these complexities.

If this conversation resonates with you and you’d like to support the issue beyond this space, here are a couple of organisations supporting the needs of individuals with housing challenges:

Homeless Hearts Singapore: a secular homeless befriending group, open to all, that takes a relational approach to supporting homeless individuals in navigating support systems.

The Last Resort Singapore: supporting young individuals facing housing instability, often when family support has broken down

They share ways to contribute through volunteering, donations, and public education.

Beyond volunteering and donation, advocacy is also an important form of support. And advocacy doesn’t always have to look big. Sometimes it’s about being a more informed, compassionate voice, gently questioning the default narratives around “family as first line of support,” being mindful of how we talk about homelessness, or holding space when someone shares that family isn’t a safe option for them.

Thank you to everyone who shared their views courageously and for helping to make this a thoughtful and respectful space.

Conversations like these may seem small, but they matter. We’re really glad to be able to have them with all of you! 💬🤍

Career Panel: Technology & AI 101

Thinking about a future in Tech or AI, but not sure what that really looks like?💻

Praxium invites students and youths under 30 who want to explore different industries and make more informed career decisions💪 Expect real-world insights, career pathways, and honest perspectives😊

🔴17 Jan 26, Saturday
🔵 2pm-3.30pm
🗺️ National Library Building Level 7
💵FOC

Sign up at: https://forms.gle/dMmgT3YfbrhRKjGu5

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