#MYWriters BookFest2015
This book festival on Sunday at MPH Nu Sentral celebrates the Malaysian local writing community regardless of genre, language, medium and experience. #MYWriters BookFest2015 gives people the opportunity to meet and mingle with writers in the local scene and purchase their books. The session will feature writers such as Azida Ishak, Fadzlishah Johanabas, Gavin Yap, Zan Azlee, Carol Fung, and Lydia Teh. #MYWriters BookFest2015 will take place from 3pm to 5pm, tomorrow and Sunday. There will be a lucky draw and a chance to win autographed books by the authors attending. MPH Nu Sentral is located in Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. For more information, visit www.mywritersbookfest2015.wordpress.com.

KL Eco Film Fest 2015
The 8th Eco Film Fest is back from today until Sunday at Publika Shopping Gallery. The annual festival provides a platform to highlight environmental issues through film and documentary screenings, workshops, exhibitions and talks. Approximately 116 films will be screened this year, all in the running to win the top awards, such as Best Feature, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Public Service Announcement. Films worth checking out this year include The True Cost, Sumatra’s Last Tigers and Dancing with Thoreau. Publika is located at 1 Jalan Dutamas 1, Kuala Lumpur. Check the schedule, film line-up and to register for the workshops at www.ecofilmfest.my.

Xiong@Musica Popular Brasileira
Meet Xiong, an unassuming, quiet and humble singer that plays even sweeter bossa nova music, who will be performing at Alexis Bistro tonight and tomorrow at 10pm. Xiong is an accomplished guitarist and composer, who has worked with the likes of Harvey Maliholo and Kris Dayanti, and graced the stages of the Kuala Lumpur Arts Festival, Sarawak Rainforest Music Festival and Penang Jazz Festival. Alexis Bistro is located in Great Eastern Mall, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. To make a reservation, call (03) 4260 2288.

Adil Johan Quartet featuring Dasha Logan
Head to No Black Tie tonight to catch Adil Johan back in action and performing his own blend of jazz, funk, R & B and pop. He will be joined by Dasha Logan on the No Black Tie stage, with the intention of playing music that touches the soul and blurs musical genres. They will be reinterpreting non-jazz songs by reimagining them with a jazzy edge, as well as a mixture of covers and original material. Let these two musicians who are bursting with musical charisma entertain you this weekend. The performance starts at 10pm and there will be a cover charge of RM50. No Black Tie is located at 17 Jalan Mesui, off Jalan Nagasari, Kuala Lumpur. To make a reservation, please call (03) 2142 3737.

Kuala Lumpur City Opera — Fundraising Concert
Catch the Kuala Lumpur City Opera this weekend at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (klpac), held to raise funds for its future works. Formerly known as The Eat, Sing & Travel People or EST Opera, the company plans to stage a full production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), a song festival and an opera open day — the shows that the funds from this concert will be channelled to. The concert will feature local talents, such as Ang Mei Foog, Yeoh Ker Ker, Jane Soong, Lim Yee Fen, Solomon Chong and Yap Jin Hin. The concert will be on at Pentas 1 from tonight until Sunday at 8.30pm and 3pm. Tickets are priced at RM68, RM88, RM108 and RM128. klpac is located in Jalan Strachan, Kuala Lumpur. To purchase tickets, visit www.ticketpro.com.my.

Crimson Peak
If you are a fan of gothic romance films, catch Crimson Peak, set in the rural, misty and mountainous setting of 19th century Cumbria, England. It follows Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), who falls in love with Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston) and finds out that her new husband hides a mysterious past. The mansion which they live in is also home to a range of mysterious secrets and ghostly entities that her husband and sister Lady Lucille Sharpe (Jessica Chastain) keep trying to hide. For screening times, visit www.gsc.com.my.

Mr Holmes
Legendary actor Sir Ian Mckellan plays the title role of Sherlock Holmes in yet another film adaptation of Britain’s most famous detective, but a version very different to the one we are more familiar with. In this delightfully witty yet moving film, Holmes is at the grand old age of 93, and is living in remote Sussex with a housekeeper and her son for company. With his failing memory, he tries to recall his last case which led to his retirement and his trip to Hiroshima, Japan.