Arts & Culture

KHON KAEN — Old hippies or those with old hippie souls should get up to Khon Kaen this November for some rock and roll, reggae and blues out in nature with the mountains, rivers, meadows and open sky.

BANGKOK — A man searches for meaning in a prostitute. Two girls in a world where any form of self-expression is punishable by death. Four friends share ghost stories with one condition: There must be 10 listening or “uninvited guests” show up.

LONDON — Grime musician Skepta won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize on Thursday for his fourth album, "Konnichiwa."

BANGKOK — Tour a century-old timber building on Rue de Brest – aka Soi Charoen Krung 36 – Sunday, that technically sits on French soil.

BANGKOK — Walking through the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre this Friday, don’t be shocked to see people sleeping there – and don’t be shy to join them.

BANGKOK — Get in the mood for the season of scare with some cinematic chills by slating your bloodlust with a roster of creepy, mostly European horror films.

BANGKOK — In New York, they drew lipstick penises in subway stations to protest the art world’s gender imbalance. In South Korea, they struck at its democratic principles. In Bangkok, they marched on the Democracy Monument a day before the charter referendum.

BANGKOK — Flames erupted over the Chao Phraya River again when one of the nation’s top architects pointed out that recently unveiled plans for a structure anchoring a controversial river redevelopment project were identical to that of a famous British architect.

BANGKOK — Living in a dying Russian city where everyone gets married by 25 and retires to watch soap operas at home, a nurse turned photographer decided to travel the world in a quest for beauty.

BANGKOK — Four hundred years after Shakespeare shuffled off this mortal coil, his legacy endures not only in words but music. Several arrangements inspired by the famous poet will be performed Wednesday as part of “Shakespeare after 400.”