Watch Acclaimed Swedish Play ‘Miss Julie’ Thursday
BANGKOK — An ‘80s classic play on affairs and Darwinism by a prolific Swedish playwright will be performed by Indian actors in Bangkok starting Thursday.
Virtual Thailand: Tour TCDC’s New Riverside Home (VR)
BANGKOK — Take a virtual reality tour of the new Thailand Creative and Design Center, or TCDC, which reopened May 5 near the Chao Phraya River in the imposing Grand Postal Building, a modern, brutalist structure dating back to 1940.
Soldiers Remove Artworks From Bangkok Gallery
BANGKOK — Soldiers visited two art galleries in downtown Bangkok Thursday and ordered one to remove three photographs from an exhibition without citing any reason.
Chiang Mai Barista’s Fancy Foam Art Named World’s Best
BANGKOK — A Chiang Mai barista brought woodland critters to life in fancy foam to claim victory Thursday as the world’s best latte artist.
LumyaiGate: Teen’s Golden Hot Pants Overheat Culture Wars
BANGKOK — After the prime minister became preoccupied with a teen luk thung singer’s sexuality and apparently dispatched police to cover her up and count her hip thrusts, Lumyai Hai Thongkam has become an icon of the national cultural wars.
Explore Art-Packed Hotel (And Meet a Robot)
BANGKOK — Art on a bed, on a toilet or just hanging here and there throughout five floors of a Thong Lor hotel will be discoverable next week. Not to mention a robot.
Get Inspired by Those Overcoming Great Adversity at ‘DocTalks’
BANGKOK — The different plights and struggles of a former American footballer and Syrian refugees reflected in two acclaimed docs will screen and be discussed this month.
Fiesta Deliciosa: Have a One-Night Mexican Stand at Whiteline
BANGKOK — In Mexico City, Mariana Villalobos Torres ate her family’s cooking, such as rajas tamales, chicken mole and traditional guacamole. This wasn’t the typical guacamole found at the Tex-Mex style restaurants which have sprouted up in Bangkok.
Totally Kafka: Artists Interpret Writer at Traveling Fest
BANGKOK — Exhibitions, installations and performances in various disciplines interpreting the works of German writer Franz Kafka are coming to Bangkok and Chiang Mai in November.
Sadako: Hip-Hop, Butoh, Origami Recalls Atomic Tragedy
BANGKOK — A bittersweet Japanese story of a girl folding 1,000 paper cranes after Hiroshima was leveled by an atomic bomb will be brought to life through a contemporary mix of hip-hop, butoh and origami.
