Art Pairs With Booze When ‘Figure 8’ Opens Sunday
BANGKOK — Celebrate the opening of a new shophouse-cum-bar and gallery with Japanese rope bondage and late-romantic French poetry.
Swiss Woman Passes Off Thai Photog’s Work, Wins Awards
BANGKOK — Two international photo organizations stripped a Swiss photographer of awards after it came to light she passed off a Thai photographer’s images as her own.
Poet in Hot Water for Comparing Yingluck’s Ears to Her Vagina
BANGKOK — A poetry laureate and national artist is facing pressure to have his title removed for composed what was seen as a lewd poem which compared fugitive former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra’s ears to her vagina.
Photog Sees ‘Hope’ in Bangkok From His Window Perch
BANGKOK — A stranded motorist ponders his situation. A shirtless man in a plastic chair waters his garden with a yellow hose. Bangkok buildings sizzle under the summer sun and an orange sky.
Hate ‘Girl From Ipanema?’ This Bangkok Jazz Club is For You
No city more than Bangkok has had a more acute thirst for jazz yet wasted its potential, a Harlem-seasoned jazz trumpeter sermonized at the recent reopening of his jazz club.
New Dawn or Letdown? Iconic Temple Makeover Gets Mixed Reviews (Photos)
BANGKOK — Nopparat Petchchai has watched over the Temple of Dawn for over two decades.
The 50-year-old security guard from Uttaradit province, who keeps a...
Find Hidden Treasures From Bangkok’s Golden Age of Cinema (Photos)
BANGKOK — Back in the golden age of cinema, more than 100 cinema houses beckoned audiences throughout the capital.
But decades ago, as viewing became...
Designers Take OTOP Products From Nope to Dope
OTOP. The word conjures countless tourist-trap shops and fairs selling authentic yet forgettable knick knacks. Stuff that’s only interesting to first-time visitors or those who must have everything silk.
Too Woke for Bangkok’s Malls? Check Out ‘Warehouse 30’ (Photos)
BANGKOK — A riverside warehouse renovated into a creative lifestyle destination officially opened to the public Saturday.
After a one-day soft opening last month, Warehouse...
Tune Into ‘80s Nostalgia With Cyndi Seui’s ‘Summer FM’
Thai synth pop label Kitsch Cat puts out ‘80s-inspired synth pop and electro funk beats.
