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Cannes 2024 highlights
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/05/2024
» From Francis Ford Coppola's new epic to a Taiwanese drama starring a Thai actor and a Pol Pot drama, we pick hot titles from the French film festival that kicks off today.
A taste of art
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 25/04/2024
» We were told from the beginning to not think of Street Food Theatre as performing art, but rather an "experience". We were also informed of the belief of the project's creator that art can take place everywhere.
AI art exhibition focuses on female empowerment
Life, Published on 25/03/2024
» Interested women are invited to get inspired and empower their counterparts during "Shepossible AI Portrait Exhibition", which is running on the 1st floor of Central@CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, until Sunday.
Getting soft power right
Life, Published on 08/01/2024
» After three months in office, the Srettha Thavisin government has raved on about populist policies in the guise of digital wallets and soft power projects that will create income to boost our declining economy. With optimism, we learned that Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Pheu Thai party leader and head of the National Soft Power Strategy Committee (NSPSC), has drafted a budget of 5.1 billion baht to boost festivals and creative industries. It is welcoming news to hear this government is priortising art, music, literature, design, fashion, film, food, games, sports and festivals as essential sources for the creative economy. Where this enormous chunk of budget will come from, like digital wallets, remains to be seen.
Creating change through music
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 05/06/2023
» Noom* auditioned for many singing groups, but he was always rejected since he did not have a degree in singing. Meanwhile, at a tender age, Ton* experienced an embarrassing moment while singing onstage as his trousers were unzipped and the audience laughed at him. Since then, he has given up singing in public.
David Bowie archive to open in 2025
Published on 23/02/2023
» LONDON: A six-decade archive charting pop icon David Bowie’s career will open in London in 2025, providing a “new source book for the Bowies of tomorrow”, a museum director said on Wednesday.
Folk-rock pioneer David Crosby dies at 81: US media
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» NEW YORK: David Crosby, the trailblazing singer-songwriter whose time with The Byrds and later Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young expanded rock's range, has died, US media reported. He was 81.
BMS returns with a tribute concert to Queen Elizabeth
Life, Published on 05/10/2022
» The Bangkok Music Society Choir (BMS), one of the oldest choral groups in Thailand, begins its first full season of events since the pandemic with a memorial concert on Saturday at 6pm. The venue is Christ Church on Convent Road, Silom.
Siam Sinfonietta presents anti-war piece
Life, Published on 16/06/2022
» As part of Siam Sinfonietta's regular "Mozart And More Mini-Festival", now in its 10th outing, Somtow Sucharitkul has chosen to conduct a rare and beautiful work, Joseph Haydn's Mass In Time Of War, at the Thailand Cultural Centre's Small Hall, Ratchadaphisek Road on Saturday and Sunday at 8pm.
Art exhibition to help raise funds
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 02/12/2021
» According to research by Imperial College London, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed millions of lives and orphaned a child every 12 seconds around the world. As a result, the bedding brand Pasaya has teamed up with Mother's Spiritual Museum to present the "Art Of Love: Matarak" exhibition, which will be on view from tomorrow until Jan 9 at Iconsiam's Iconluxe Gallery.