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Nanjing massacre film set becomes China school holiday hotspot
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» SHANGHAI — The sound of machine gun fire rattled around collapsed buildings as schoolchildren eagerly explored the ravaged streets of 1930s Nanjing, delighted to be visiting the set of a Chinese blockbuster about a historic massacre.
'I'm a rock star now!': Dolly, Eminem join Rock Hall of Fame
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» Dolly Parton led a supergroup in a rousing rendition of "Jolene" as Eminem brought the entire room to its feet at Saturday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame gala, which inducted its most eclectic group of legends in years in an ode to rock's spirit.
Some enchanted evening
Life, James Keller, Published on 07/04/2020
» It isn't very often that a harpist sits in front of an orchestra, but such an attraction drew out a larger than normal audience in mid-February in the Small Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre for the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra's Classical Concert No.1 of the new season, conducted by Vanich Potavanich -- RBSO director since 2018.
A striking body of work at Toot Yung
Life, Published on 13/02/2020
» Thailand-based French curator and painter Myrtille Tibayrenc will mark the 10th anniversary of Toot Yung Art Center in Chiang Mai, which she founded, with her exhibition "Cadavres Exquis" from Sunday until May 18.
Woodstock, pinnacle of the hippie dream, turns 50
AFP, Published on 13/08/2019
» NEW YORK: A freewheeling weekend of indulgence. A New York farm transformed by idealistic youths into a mid-size city. A celebration of rock music and utopian ideals.
Hikotaro Yazaki returns for a series of Bangkok concerts
Life, Published on 22/03/2018
» Japanese conductor Hikotaro Yazaki will make a comeback to conduct the Pro Musica Orchestra during the "Transfigured Night" concert at Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel, Ratchadamri Road, on March 29 at 7.30pm.
Moral maze of modern Thailand
Life, Ariane Sutthavong, Published on 07/02/2018
» In Mit Jai Inn's "Beautiful Futures", one is encouraged to step on artworks, walk right through canvases or dip a finger into fresh paint. Indeed, reverence -- or irreverence -- is at the centre of the Chiang Mai-based artist's exhibition, as he reflects on power and status, both in art and in life.
Tremendous trombone
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 30/01/2018
» 'Never look directly at a trombone player," said the great composer Richard Strauss. "It only encourages them." Then again, the German composer was hardly being honest about an instrument which Felix Mendelssohn called "the most sacred and noble instrument in the orchestra".