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Some picks from JPlus for the week aheadAN UNUSUALLY LITERARY VALENTINEâS DAY Tired of celebrating Valentineâs Day in the usual way? Khatulistiwa Award-winning novelist Okky Madasari will celebrate Valentineâs Day a little differentlyâat her home in a South Jakarta suburb with an event called Sastra Masuk Kampung (Literature Goes to the Suburbs) themed Cinta yang Tidak Biasa (Unusual Love)
Some picks from JPlus for the week ahead
AN UNUSUALLY LITERARY VALENTINE'S DAY
Tired of celebrating Valentine's Day in the usual way? Khatulistiwa Award-winning novelist Okky Madasari will celebrate Valentine's Day a little differently'at her home in a South Jakarta suburb with an event called Sastra Masuk Kampung (Literature Goes to the Suburbs) themed Cinta yang Tidak Biasa (Unusual Love). Participants can take part in a 'serious' discussion session with Okky, then proceed to an open mic poetry reading, which involves local residents, from housewives to young children.
Date: Feb. 14, from 3 p.m.
Location: Jl. Muara No. 11 RT 02/RW 03 Rancho, Tanjung Barat, South Jakarta
Contact: Ranita 0838 7322 3560,
@RumahMuara on Twitter
INDIE MOVIES AT KINSOAURUS
Non-mainstream movie lovers now have a wonderful place to hang out. The place is called Kinosaurus and it is located inside the famed Aksara bookstore in Kemang, South Jakarta. The venue screens rare, independent and restored movies in a daily basis and they typically screen every title more than once so that nobody will miss out on a title. Until Feb. 14, they'll be screening local indie movies like About a Woman, picked by Tempo weekly magazine as Movie of the Year 2015; Babi Buta Ingin Terbang (Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly) and Something in the Way, among others. A number of international indie films are also being screened. Follow their Instagram for details. Admission is Rp 50,000 per screening.
Location: Kinosaurus, inside Aksara bookstore Kemang, Jl. Kemang Raya No. 8B, South Jakarta
Instagram @Kinosaurus
'NO-PORK' DIM-SUM AT TIM HO WAN
The Michelin-starred dim sum restaurant chain Tim Ho Wan recently opened a second outlet in Indonesia, in West Mall Grand Indonesia, following the success of its first outlet, launched in Pantai Indah Kapuk, last year. The opening also marked the launch of the chain's first barbeque chicken bun, not yet available at any other Tim Ho Wan restaurant. Different from Tim Ho Wan outlets overseas, such as those in Hong Kong and Singapore, here in Indonesia; they serve a 'no-pork' menu, which includes chicken wings with prawn sauce, vegetable-filled fried wantons, chicken wantons with garlic spinach, chicken mushroom rice and more.
Location: West Mall Grand Indonesia, timhowan.co.id
