Take a Deeper Taste of Bangkok’s Chinatown
BANGKOK — Chinatown is no longer a working center of Thai-Chinese businesses. During the past few years, it has evolved into a tourist attraction in its own right. For the uninitiated, there’s more to do than to eat noodles and gaze at the neon-saturated nightscape.
The Hua Lamphong Continuum: Photog Stakes Out Platform for 6 Months
BANGKOK — A Thai-Indian street photographer will show off what he got from capturing photos at a Hua Lamphong terminal platform at 10am for over six months at an exhibition this month.
Done in 60 Seconds: Submissions Open For Mini Film Fest
BANGKOK — A call’s gone out for filmmakers to submit their work in any style for an upcoming festival with one catch: They only have 60 seconds to tell the story.
Go Cherry Picking at Jim Thompson Farm This Cool Season
NAKHON RATCHASIMA — Taste the Isaan life and see fields of pink flowers, pumpkin patches, silkworms, antique wooden houses and more starting next month.
Cash ‘Flow’ Issues Force Bangkok Surfing Joint Out of Business
BANGKOK — Urban surfers got bad news as Flow House Bangkok, the capital’s only beach club and surfing center, has announced it will close later this month.
‘Motel’ Missed: TrueVisions Refuses to Release Film It Helped Make
BANGKOK — A new art film was banned for sexually suggestive scenes one day before its Thursday release, this time not by government censors but the production studio that funded it.
Bangkok Calligraphers Rediscover Beauty Made by Hand
When Chaiwat “Nine” Sriwilard took up calligraphy to impress a crush in a land far away, he didn’t know he would end up falling for the artform and quitting his job to teach others the craft.
Get Seared by the Fiery Photos of ‘Burning Love’ Saturday
BANGKOK — Love may burn the heart in flames, but not in every relationship is serene romance found. A rising photographer reflects on unconventional aspects of love through photos at an exhibition launching Saturday.
Witness Swiss Artist’s ‘Triumph of Fame’ in 15 Mins
BANGKOK — For 15 minutes, nothing separates audience and artist in the empty room, where they sit across from each other while inevitability is revealed.
That One Time Michael Jackson Came to Bangkok 20 Years Ago
BANGKOK — Wirintip Siriratanaanan remained in her seat for all of three songs. After that, with the world’s biggest superstar on stage, the high school sophomore leaped from of her seat when the funky bass line of “Smooth Criminal” began and ran to the stage.