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Follow the light for a good time and a good cause
Life, Published on 24/05/2013
» The Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy, Thammasat University, is bringing back its annual charity concert to raise funds for the Foundation for the Employment Promotion of the Blind early next month.
Brotherly love: the soap that's gripped the nation
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 17/05/2013
» Not many new faces can make an impressive debut, but 19-year-old Jirayu "James" Tangsrisuk shines as Khun Chai Puttiphat in the Suparbburuth Chutathep period drama series on Channel 3.
Mr Everywhere
Life, Onsiri Pravattiyagul, Published on 03/04/2013
» You can't escape Nadech Kugimiya. The guy's everywhere, from larger-than-life expressway billboards, magazine racks, television commercials, prime-time soaps to fried banana bags made out of old newspapers, Nadech's perfectly chiselled, flawless face is forever beaming at you like the sun and the moon combined.
Playing with the gods
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 31/03/2013
» The paintings of "The Player" exhibition contain elements of thangka art and other Himalayan forms, pop art, surrealism, traditional Ramakien and personal inventions _ all in multicoloured oils on canvas. The photographs on adjacent walls are more subdued _ black and white travel portraits with emphasis on light and darkness and the inner nature of their subjects.
Pillars of shame to go
Life, Yanapon Musiket, Published on 20/02/2013
» They're known, sarcastically, as Bangkok's Stonehenge. The abandoned Hopewell pillars have graced _ or disgraced _ our north-bound highway like shameful, or shameless, monuments that everybody wishes to forget. These unused pillars stand awkwardly to remind us, souvenirs of failure and corruption over the past 20 years.
The power of five comes alive
Life, Published on 28/01/2013
» Five noted musicians are pooling their talents for a night of chamber music to remember.
Weekend of drama at Bangkok University
Life, Published on 21/01/2013
» To encourage Thais to learn more about the culture of neighbouring countries, as the start-up date for the AEC (Asean Economic Community) gets ever closer, Bangkok University is hosting an international theatre festival and a series of workshops collectively entitled "World Symposium: Global Encounters in Southeast Asian Performing Arts".
Infinity and beyond: gathering for the love of jazz
Life, Published on 07/01/2013
» Mahidol University's College of Music will bring world-renowned and Thai artists to the 5th Thailand International Jazz Conference (TIJC 2013) which will take place at its Salaya campus between Feb 1 and 3.
Their wildest dreams come true
B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 07/10/2012
» Harvesting rice in a golden landscape, driving through the rain, a frog ready to leap out of the canvas. The concept and title of a new exhibition is "Untamed" _ in a sense an artistic return to the beauty, colours and diversity of the natural world _ and features work by 10 artists from V64 Art Studio. There are cityscapes and human figures, but even here the elements of nature _ rain, sun, ageing, regrowth _ are in the ascendant.
Pride of place
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 05/10/2012
» Twenty-five Thai films were yesterday listed as National Cinematographic Heritage under a Thai Film Archive project, now in its second year, that seeks to recognise and preserve films of historical and cultural importance. The objective is to raise awareness about the need for conservation of the country's audio-visual treasures in a world increasingly ruled by fleetingness and evanescence.