Arts & Culture

BANGKOK — A soda pop bottle. A naval officer’s cigarette case. A desk lamp owned by the second prime minister made from a iridescent shell.

BANGKOK — Unable to bear the melodic wailing of Chinese opera, condo residents called the police on a performance at a city center shrine Tuesday night.

BANGKOK — An emerging gay dance company from Cambodia will perform a story of inspired by Angkorian folklore about a Khmer king who mated with a naga to ensure the land’s fertility at an Asian theatre festival beginning later this month in Bangkok.

BANGKOK — We can’t get enough reissued albums, remade films and recycled fashion. With each step into the future, our longing for the past has us trying to turn back the clock.

BANGKOK — Ascend a pedestrian bridge over Sukhumvit Road and find a junta deputy chairman staring from a clock.

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.

BANGKOK — All hail ‘90’s kids! Revisit the way it was once again at a ‘90s flashback show recalling the pre-Y2K Bangkok club scene featuring Eurodance band Vengaboys.

BANGKOK — The Land of Smiles will grin wider with a stand-up comedy fest packed with international comedians later this month.

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.

BANGKOK — The Gay and Lesbian Film Festival canceled its third edition scheduled for next month in part due to a censor review process that is increasingly unwieldy and disadvantages independent organizers.