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Sex-filled SXSW now gets app for hooking up with strangers

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:20:00 GMT

Austin's annual music, film and interactive fest South by Southwest (SXSW) -- dubbed spring break for geeks -- now has a whole new way for attendees to hook up with each other, a sex app called Bang with SXSW, a spinoff of the recently launched Bang with Friends.

Novel interpretation of a classic

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Last last month, Opera Siam celebrated Verdi's 200th birthday by mounting the Southeast Asian premiere of Otello, considered by many to be the master's masterpiece. Aware that, in this Verdi year, he needed a new twist, artistic director Somtow Sucharitkul went to Phya Rachawangsan, a play by King Rama VI which is adapted from Shakespeare's Othello and which just happens to be having its own 100th...

Kaleidoscope of instrumental hues

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Listening to almost anything written by the modern French composer Henri Dutilleux it is hard to understand why his work was a specialists' preserve for so long.

Food for thought

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Eating is the most important activity for humans, both individually and socially. Food is not only necessary to maintain survival but also reflects society and culture.

Never gonna give the 80s up

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Looking at the line-up, you can predict the "Big 80s Rewind Festival" will become the concert of the year.

Dreams in motion

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

H Gallery Chiang Mai presents the "Dreams And Other Thoughts: Art By Children In Refuge" exhibition, which showcases a collection of fine art prints by children and teenagers from three ethnic groups living in the border region of northern Thailand _ Shan, Lahu and Palaung.

Searching for the inner soul

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Koi Art Gallery presents "Inner Soul", an exhibition of the latest art works by critically acclaimed Thai artist Attasit Pokpong whose close-up portraits depict the beauty of the Asian women, both inside and out.

Anchored in Angkor

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Since his first visit to Angkor Wat in 1969, former Washington Post correspondent John Burgess was captivated by the beauty and mystery of the world's largest religious monument. Ten years in the making, his latest novel, Woman Of Angkor, peels back the layers of time to reveal the personal histories of the people living in Angkor during the 12th century.

That word again

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

I was taught in school that the most commonly used letter in the English language is "e" and the word most often spoken or written is "the". However, from what I learned in the real world I must disagree. Actually, "eff" is the most basic, essential, keyword _ employed as noun, verb, adverb, adjective.

Mozart comes to life

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

The Siam Society is hosting the "Mozart: The Piano Quartets" concert, which features two great works by Mozart _ Piano Quartet KV 478 and Piano Quartet KV 493 _ in the evening programme on March 27 at 7pm.

Italian pianist makes thai debut

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Italian classical pianist Carlo Levi Minzi will be performing his first piano recital in the Kingdom at Goethe Institute Bangkok on March 22 from 8pm.

Two men with love for the ladies

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

On their impressive debut album, the enigmatic LA-based neo-soul duo Rhye deliver with a collection of sultry lullabies that express their affection for the fairer sex.

Jin's love triangle, Mother knows best, Faint was no ploy

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Forgiveness after the end of the affair

Wheely impressive feet

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

There are some crazy people who travel around the globe either with their two feet or with a bicycle. But Rob Lilwall, former door-to-door salesman and geography teacher, conquered the world in both ways. He's written a short piece on pros and cons about two modes of travel in "Walking v cycling: Which is better for travel?" at http://travel.cnn.com/walking-vs-cycling-470646. The 27-year-old set...

Designing paradise

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Resort design can be challenging. And it can be even more challenging if the theme is the sea. A common task for most designers who lay out a luxury resort is to make the most of the wonderful natural surroundings of its location while incorporating man-made elements in a way that respects the local culture, as well as the beauty of the setting. To achieve the goal, the designers need to come up...

In the Spotlight

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Budding talent Miti Ruangkritya's photography addresses issues close to his heart. While the 31-year-old's work is yet to make waves on home turf, his photographs, which usually deal with social and political issues, have received recognition in Europe, especially in England where he completed much of his formal education. In Asia, he has showcased his craft at workshops and group exhibitions.

Gate Crasher

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Welcome to Guru 's Gate Crasher, your ultimate guide to finding something fresh to do in this big city.

Romancing Kung Fu

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Wong Kar-wai's long-awaited biopic of Yip Man is an elegant, elegiac and soulful romance of the kung fu kingdom. It's a swirl of movements, limbs, smoke, droplets, embroidered hems; the fighting is a cubist deconstruction of fists and legs, more sensuous than violent, all atmospheric, a state of mind rather than a corporal brawl.

Add follows in the footsteps of his rock idol

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

'I was keenly interested in politics. Back then the guitar was a weapon, and music could cause a revolution."

Black magic men

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Perhaps we should make this an annual rite: Carlos Santana in Bangkok, unleashing black magic men and women with his voodoo thunderbolts, eliciting a mass worship to his rhythmic hellfire while the man himself, as projected on the screens in psychedelic alterations, assumes the multi-limbed avatars of developing-world deities. Ganesh? Jah? Ohm? Quetzalcoatl?

Spirits show their blithe side

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

One of the world's most popular stage comedies, Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, is coming to Bangkok as another wonderful evening of dinner theatre, staged by the Bangkok Community Theatre (BCT) at the British Club this March.

The game of parenthood

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Nophand Boonyai's work always excites audiences with the various ways it throws out the rules and conventions of theatre. Last year, he brought together art therapists and actors in Therapy (After The Flood), where we got to see the therapists treat the characters created by the performers. Each unscripted show was a progression from the previous show, like actual therapy sessions.

Scala goes digital

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

For 42 years Scala cinema has projected films as film was supposed to be projected: with 35mm print, rolled into a plate as light beams through the strips and atomises the moving pictures that hit the screen. Now the theatre has evolved, along with the whole world.

Cultural crossover takes centre stage

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Three artists from different backgrounds, languages and nationalities will perform in the "The Giordano Bruno Project", a cross-cultural artistic encounter between music, movement and philosophy.

Japanese drama extravaganza

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:00 GMT

Drama fans should prepare for the return of Japanese fever.