Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — The Bangkok City Library is at last looking to open 24 hours a day.

BANGKOK — Either it’s Beyonce’s “Drunk In Love,” Eminem medley or Chinese-style trap music, the French beatbox champions can nail them all in their own styles.

BANGKOK — A new art space-photo studio will open its door this weekend with a Japanese rope bondage performance.

BANGKOK — Smash a pinata, bottom up a margarita and pull out your Latin side to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.

BANGKOK — On April 4, 1979, Santi walked into Lido to watch Chuck Norris action vehicle “Good Guys Wear Black.” He graded the movie a C. Two years later, at the same cinema, “Star Wars” got a B and “Grease” an A.

BANGKOK — During the Songkran holiday, three bartenders joined an 800-kilometer journey north to Chiang Rai to find new ingredients for their special drinks.

BANGKOK — Classical music lovers will be serenaded to works from German composer Johannes Brahms when a Japanese violinist plays in the capital next month.

It was only in the mid-2000s that Mark Lawrence – then a relatively unknown producer – gained worldwide fame as a South London dubstep icon.

RIYADH — The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood's blockbuster "Black Panther" premiered in Saudi Arabia's first movie theater.

On Saturday, record stores worldwide will go all out for a day of meet and greets, as staff get to meet their customers, bands meet and perform for fans and – most importantly – limited edition vinyl, album re-issues and CDs are made for a day dedicated to old school music platforms.