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BACC hosts fundraiser for film on Thai art
Life, Published on 25/08/2025
» Artworks by a group of 21 leading Thai artists will be available for purchase with proceeds going towards a docudrama film project at the Multipurpose Hall, 1st floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan intersection, on Thursday, from 3pm to 7pm.
A creative plan to restore the glory of Khon Kaen's business district
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 01/06/2023
» 'Chuka, chuka, chuka." Gone are the days when people made their own garments, but sewing machines still hum from a narrow corner of an old shophouse. Stacks of different clothes and mannequins take up space on the ground floor. Staff cut fabric, engrave names and sew white uniforms in an assembly line. Aunt Wan graces them with buttonholes, producing hundreds of hospital gowns for doctors in Isan.
Art auction benefits Thailand's needy jumbos
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 24/08/2022
» Dozens of paintings by elephants will go under the hammer to raise funds for needy elephants in Thailand, at the Auditorium, 5th floor of Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Pathumwan intersection, on Sunday, from 4-8pm.
BACC to screen four international films
Life, Published on 09/06/2022
» Bangkok Art and Culture Centre will be screening four films from four countries during "Cinema Diverse 2022" at the Auditorium on the 5th floor on Saturday and SundayJune 11-12, starting at 2pm.
Pandemic's hidden dangers
Life, Story: Thana Boonlert, Published on 30/08/2021
» Pornchai Suwanjak has collected trash for eight years.
IconSiam will feature in your future
Life, Published on 29/10/2019
» Top fortune-tellers are gathering to give predictions for charity during "Siri Wattana Astrology For The Disabled", which is now running daily from 10.30am to 7pm, until this Sunday. The venue is Rassada Hall, 1st floor of IconSiam, Charoen Nakhon Road.
Fading out and fading back in
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/09/2019
» After closing its doors in RCA on Aug 31, the art-house cinema House Rama has found a new home as part of the launch of Samyan Mitrtown, the new mixed-use complex project developed by SET-listed Golden Land Property Development, located near the Sam Yan intersection, just 300m from MRT Sam Yan. The new cinema is set to open on Sept 20.
Not a high crime
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/04/2019
» At the age of 71, Daycha Siripatra needs no eyeglasses. His nearsightedness and astigmatism are things of the past. His hands that once showed an early sign of Parkinson's disease have no tremor. He says his brain, which once began to deteriorate, is now sharp.
The plight of the stateless
Life, Story: Paskorn Jumlongrach, Published on 14/08/2018
» Thanom's ancestors lived in what was Siamese territory, near Bang Saphan district in Prachuap Khiri Khan, over a century ago. Back then Burma, to the west, was a British colony and people who lived along the border crossed back and forth without much difficulty. When state boundaries were redrawn during the reign of King Rama V, his family was stuck on the other side. As a young man Thanom was a cattle herder, and he travelled around Karen villages to buy cattle and buffaloes and crossed over to sell them on the Thai side. When he started this job, a cow was just 20 baht and a buffalo was 50 baht.
Teaching aristocracy
Life, Siriporn Khanakorn, Published on 12/02/2018
» Last year, Lawan Upa-In became the first female National Artist in Visual Art. A stylish dresser, former model, actress and politically engaged artist who lived through one of the most tumultuous events in Thai history, and a woman in the male-dominated art scene, Lawan, 82, is a doyenne who has earned great respect and adulation over her half-a-century career, renowned especially for her mastery in portrait painting.