Bangkok Quickies: Where to Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day
BANGKOK — The capital will run green late this week through early next week to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Panther Protest Kept Alive as Property Owners Offer Space
First it was a black panther with a gunshot wound stenciled at a construction site. Then a black cat’s head appeared on a street...
Khon Kaen to Host Weird-Ass Music and Vegetable Festival
KHON KAEN — It will be a weird weekend in Khon Kaen when an alternative music festival returns later this month to the heart of Isaan.
Get Woke at 4-Day Coffee Fest
BANGKOK — Coffee from around the country will make waking up easier the next three days when more than 100 brands spill the beans at a downtown convention center.
Kiss My Axe: Hurl Deadly Bladed Terror at Bangkok Range
BANGKOK — Got an axe to grind? Put both your mitts around the shaft and raise it behind your head, like you’re holding a back scratcher instead of a razor-sharp weapon. Take a moment to access your deepest rage and then hurl that thing.
RMA Institute Bids Farewell to Bangkok Art Scene
BANGKOK — A creative venue home to exhibitions, workshops, screenings and more bidded farewell to Soi Sukhumvit 22 last week.
New Sukhumvit Theater Wants to Show Thai Movies Don’t Suck
BANGKOK — Think all Thai movies are big studio teen ghost comedies? Step into a new building near BTS Phrom Pong later this month and get engrossed in gripping true stories and out-there alternative cinema that can’t be found in any “major” cinemas.
Jewelry Brand Brings Beauty From Blight of Khlong Toei Slums
BANGKOK — Once a month, a train creeps slowly between the narrow press of homes. In the days in between, children play between the grassy tracks and skip back home to hot rooms where families gather around small TVs.
Dark Bar’s Underground Spirit Lives on After Death
The capital’s underground music scene mourned the loss of a former nightlife institution last year after Dark Bar shut its doors once and for all, afflicted by authorities’ progressively tougher measures to quieten the after hours party scene in Bangkok.
Bangkok Quickies: Must-See March Movies
BANGKOK — While the fearsome return of Lara Croft in the “Tomb Raider” reboot and robot smash of “Pacific Rim Uprising” will own the March box office, an array of alternative films will screen throughout the capital.
