6 Years and Jammin’: Indie Venue to Throw Musical HBD
BANGKOK — Since 2012, Dhyan Ho has seen his venue go from unknown hole-in-the-wall art-bar to one of Bangkok’s most relevant underground event spaces.
Quirk, Kink and Death Play in Shadow at ‘Maison Close’
he two-page spread shows gorecore dead bodies. Flip. Semi-nude models cower on the next page. Flip. Another page turn returns to violent carnage.
Last Call: Lido Cinema Adds Seats For Final Shows
Update May 30: Short film “45 Minutes to Hollywood” and Buster Keaton-starring comedy “Sherlock Jr." screening at 8:30pm Thursday have been booked out.
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City Hall Won’t Take Over BACC – Won’t Fund it Either
BANGKOK — Hours after prominent artists lent their voices to demands City Hall drop plans to seize control of a downtown arts venue, the governor who wanted to turn it into a coworking space caved in Tuesday afternoon.
Famed Artists Say No to City Hall Takeover of BACC
BANGKOK — About two dozen artists and enthusiasts of a downtown public cultural venue submitted a formal complaint to the junta leader Tuesday demanding the provincial governor abandon plans to take it over.
Feel the Pride at LGBT Film Fest
BANGKOK — From road-tripping drag queens in a 1994 dramedy to Parisian AIDS activists protesting their government, eight movies will screen in July at the LGBT+ Film Festival.
City Hall Signals Retreat on BACC Takeover Plan
BANGKOK — Bangkok’s governor may be retreating from a plan to take over Bangkok’s largest central arts venue after all.
Silent Film Festival to Close Lido Theater’s Long Run
BANGKOK — It’s midyear and two downtown indie cinemas will show nearly a dozen silent films – after which one will remain mute forever.
The City Actually Wants to Turn BACC Into a ‘Coworking Space’
BANGKOK — The director of the city’s largest downtown cultural center said that the city’s desire to take it over and turn it into a co-working space is ill-considered.
‘Gender Illumination’ Lights Thai LGBT Diversity
BANGKOK — Lipstick, high heels, Barbie dolls, cabaret costumes and a letter approving a transgender man to wear pants to an exam are among the Thai LGBT artifacts to be show at a museum.
