Indonesia: Destination Unknown
One of the first panels at this year’s Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Destination Unknown was really a dynamic confluence of three great thinkers intimate …
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Breakfast with the Archbishop – In Conversation with Desmond Tutu
Recently South Africa’s Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in Ubud on a stopover. Ubud Now and Then’s Rio Helmi had breakfast with him. …
TEDxUbud 2014: The Line Up (5th and final)
TEDxUbud returns to Bali on Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The fourth edition will feature another amazing lineup of Indonesian and international entrepreneurs, designers, storytellers, and …
TEDxUbud 2014: The Line Up (3)
TEDxUbud returns to Bali on Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The fourth edition will feature another amazing lineup of Indonesian and international entrepreneurs, designers, storytellers, and …
The Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2014 Warm-up
The Ubud Village Jazz Festival 2014 is just around the corner (8th and 9th of August), and we’ve had a couple of warm up pre-events …
TEDxUbud 2014: The Line Up (2)
TEDxUbud returns to Bali on Saturday, September 6th, 2014. The fourth edition will feature another amazing lineup of Indonesian and international entrepreneurs, designers, storytellers, and …
PORTRAIT OF LIFE – AN EXHIBITION FROM THE PAST
by Rio Helmi First of all, if you haven’t been to see this exhibition at the “Rumah Topeng dan Wayang Setiadharma” in Tengkulak near Mas, …
The Traffic Whinge
Rio Helmi rants (again) and makes his debut as a cartoonist (maybe just once). The furthest I ever ride without a helmet these days is …
Ubud Village Jazz Festival – Gearing Up for Year Two
Ubud Village Jazz Festival had its first outing in August last year. In order to catch up with the latest, Catriona Mitchell spoke to Astrid …
In Memoriam: Anak Agung Gde Putra Rangki
By Rucina Ballinger Detra Rangki was born in 1956 in a tiny village near Kapal, Mengwi, the third …