Northeastern Cool: Isaan Spirit Fest Coming to Bangkok
BANGKOK — A spacious art venue in west Bangkok will host a weeks-long festival celebrating all things cool about Thailand’s northeast.
Soviet Arthouse ‘Battleship Potemkin’ Coming to Bangkok
BANGKOK — Shout in socialist outrage for the massacred babushkas silently screaming as a baby pram careens down the stairs when a 1925 Soviet silent film charges into a Bangkok film house this month.
Trans Survivor of Nazi Germany’s Story Coming to Bangkok
BANGKOK — Relive the harrowing drama faced by a transgender German woman who survived repression by both the Nazis and Soviets in Bangkok.
Relive the Ole Days At King Rama X Songkran Fest
BANGKOK — Revel like in the old days when a retro Thai New Year festival is held in the capital later this month.
‘Super Sharp’ Zinc to Drop Beats Not Bombs at De Commune
For this week’s NFTU, I head into the no-go zone of self-promo to chat with a producer who’s been making dancefloor-smashing beats from the dawn of ‘90s jungle to the bass music scene of today.
Now Running: New Gallery Crops Up Along Rama III
BANGKOK — The riverside area along Rama III in south Bangkok is welcoming the debut exhibition of a new gallery in a part of town not known for cultural venues.
Wild ‘Art.mosphere’ of Fashion, Music to Fill Rooftop
BANGKOK — Get intimate and a little freaky next month with body art, fashion and music.
Far From Belfast, Gaelic Football Keeps Their Irish Up
The woman receives the ball and barges past a couple of players. Facing the H-shaped goal, she sets herself up and blasts it between the posts.
Stomp Jacked-Up Techno Beats With Mark Broom
Since the ‘90s, British techno pioneer Mark Broom has dropped one groundbreaking track after another on labels such as Warp, R&S and even James Lavelle’s legendary Mo’ Wax imprint.
Throw Coups, Deny Visas at Political Games Exhibit
BANGKOK — As the immigration officer of an authoritarian country, smash the “visa denied” stamp onto passports of huddled masses waiting in line. As an agent for Big Brother, tap into phones and stalk social media accounts. As the pet cat of Iran’s first democratically elected prime minister, meow along as the CIA ignites a coup to end his reign.
