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LGBTQIA2S+ art festival kicks off amid Pride celebrations
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 29/05/2024
» Held alongside the greatly expanded Bangkok Pride Festival, the inaugural Homohaus Performing Arts Festival For Diversity 2024 presents LGBTQIA2S+ performing arts throughout Bangkok from Friday until June 9.
Kim Jae Hwan crash lands in Bangkok
Life, Published on 10/03/2020
» Among the members of the temporary group Wanna One, Kim Jae Hwan has appeared on Bangkok stage most often, winning the hearts of many Thai fans with his great quality singing and fantastic showmanship skills.
End on a high
Life, John Clewley, Published on 24/12/2019
» The entertainment business is in full swing as we come to the end of 2019 with lots of concerts and end-of-year parties not only in Bangkok but also around the country. Word Beat has been out and about to join in the fun. Here are some recent highlights.
Weekend watch
Muse, Published on 17/02/2018
» Parc Paragon, Siam ParagonRama I11am-9pm, until tomorrow
Subversive, perverse, funny, honest?
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 10/03/2017
» Joan Cornellà's art isn't for the sensitive of heart. Masked in bright colours and empty smiles of his characters, his comics are vile, controversial, politically incorrect and uncomfortable. But to the right kind of person, they're absolutely hilarious.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
Fit for a Kingdom
Life, Published on 07/08/2014
» To celebrate HM the Queen's 82nd birthday, Future Park is holding the "Arts of the Kingdom … the Motherland" fair, featuring Her Majesty's favourite healthy dishes, from today until Aug 17.
Pathum Thani's leaning tower of Lam Luk Ka
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 02/04/2013
» An apartment building under construction suddenly subsided Sunday night, tilting it an an angle similar to Italy's leaning tower of Pisa. The local version is likely to be demolished, however.
Don't be afraid
Guru, Published on 26/10/2012
» Halloween (Oct 31) is just around the dark corner. And since we're too old to trick-or-treat and too afraid to visit places that are actually haunted, here are alternative ways to have a bloody good time this Halloween without running the chance of encountering a real ghost (and losing all your hair in fright).
Colours clash
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 26/09/2012
» A scheduled police questioning of a yellow-shirt woman accused of defaming a red-shirt leader drew crowds of her supporters and rival red-shirts, a confrontation which quickly turned violent.