Where to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Bangkok?
BANGKOK — Celebrate the Year of Rooster at events traditional, festive and outrageous this week.
Waraporn Surawadee, Folk Museum Savior, 81
BANGKOK — After a lifetime as steward to Bangkok’s past and a recent bout of fame for her efforts to save the Bangkok Folk Museum, former owner Waraporn Surawadee died Wednesday afternoon.
Chinese New Year to Skip Chinatown
BANGKOK — The Year of the Rooster will have less to crow about this year as for the first time in many years, Chinese New Year will not be celebrated on Yaowarat Road.
Thai Craft Beer’s New Strategy: Keep Brewing Until Law Catches Up
BANGKOK — “Can you eat Khao Man Gai (Chicken and Rice) every day? Can you eat Som Tam every day? No, but you can drink beer every day,” a man says as he pours a chestnut and brown sugar stout from the tap.
Explore Historic Home of the ‘Father of Modern Thai Art’
BANGKOK — For the first time, the public is invited to tour the historic mansion where some of Thailand’s best-known sculptures and monuments were conceived.
Pore Over Every Pixel of Germany’s Best Photo Books
BANGKOK — Nineteen award-winning photo books from prestigious German awards are lying to be looked pixel by pixel at an exhibition in Phayathai.
Women Fighters to Smash Bangkok as MMA Penetrates Homeland of Muay Thai
BANGKOK — Mixed Martial Arts is kicking deeper into the land of Muay Thai with a tournament to be held March 11 headlined by women and Thai MMA fighters.
Ride the Rails to 2 Nights of Art, Music, Meet-Ups in Bangkok (And Chiang...
BANGKOK — Hop on, hop off, grasshopper. By BTS Skytrain, river ferry or tuk-tuk, go exploring at 45 galleries and art spaces next month at the fourth annual Galleries Night.
Singing Mermaids and Mad Tea Parties at Bangkok’s Fantasy Cafes
Drive past Don Mueang Airport and Rangsit University, and among uniform townhouses on Ek Charoen Road it’s hard to miss the burst of bright...
Somtow’s Back to Conduct ‘Chariot of Heaven’
BANGKOK — After conducting the royal anthem for audiences in the Sanam Luang and on a plane, composer Somtow Sucharitkul is back on the opera track with his latest work commemorating the 100-day anniversary of King Rama IX’s death.
