By Trista di Genova, The Wild East (Pick up a copy of next month’s ‘Centered on Taipei’ magazine to see this interview in print.) Steven Crook, a Briton who’s been in Taiwan since 1991, is an amazingly versatile freelancer. He’s worked as a government project consultant, copy editor for Taiwan
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You're missing Earthfest right now!
The Wild East News Staff Where: Kunlun herb gardens, Taoyuan 崑崙藥用植物園（我們的派對避難所） 桃園縣龍潭鄉高平村一鄰八-二號 *交通資訊｜Map: http://www.earthfest.tw/map.htm Join us on a 40-hour rollercoaster ride, custom fitted with a huge 30,000 watt sound system, under the stars amongst the jungles of Taiwan, with amazing decor and art installations, lasers, fire dancers and other visual
Read moreThe ‘Hole’ Story: Part 2
The ‘Hole’ Story: My Two Months of Hell in the Taipei Detention Center By ‘M’ Read Part One here. So there I was in Sanxia… It was Christmas Eve, December 24th. We arrived there around 8 pm. There was a crew of police officers in different uniforms, more serious, cold
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Dear ‘M’, Do you have some time to write about your experience of spending 2 months in the Taipei Detention Center? We’d like to publish this on The Wild East, as it really concerns a lot of people, especially foreigners in Taiwan. Hi. Yes, sure, no biggie. I myself am
Read moreJudicial Reform to be debated @ Breakfast Club
Wild East news staff The Breakfast Club, a group founded by Professor Jerome Keating that invites scholars to speak and lead discussions on historical issues and current affairs, will be meeting Saturday, June 11, 10 am. Topic: From the Hsichih Trio to Judge Law Legislation The meeting is open to
Read more'Best Ever' Potluck in the Park yesterday
By Trista di Genova, The Wild East I’ve never been homesick in Taiwan, but once in a while — not often –something positive reminds me of ‘home’. In this case it was when people started improvising jazz in the park yesterday at the Potluck in DaAn. Brian Funshine’s done a
Read moreWriters, poets to gather en masse @ ‘The WRIT’ in Taichung
By Boston Paul, for The Wild East WHEN: Saturday, June 18 at 6:00pm – June 19 at 2:00am WHERE: The Refuge Community in Taichung @ Dakeng DongShan Paradise 東山樂園! 台中市北屯區東山路二段151之2號 東山樂園 Taichung Taiwan The Written Word is Solace, A Sword, A Universe in a World. Fellow Earthlings that spend a
Read more7th LUVstock coming up July 8-10
Wild East news staff “More than just a Festival, it’s a way of Life,” says Boston Paul, LUVstock’s (and the Taichung Refuge Community’s) founder. “In a world full of haggard politics we should all be thankful for another day that we are all still alive and reasonably well. Money may
Read moreRED ROOM literary gathering meets in Taipei
Stage Time and Wine @ The Red Room is a space where every month artists, writers, poets may gather and read aloud, sing, hear the words and music of others, and of all things, listen. You can bring something you have written or choose a passage from somewhere else that
Read moreParadise Lost? Orchid Island’s Rocky History
If the Tao people of Taiwan’s Orchid Island can overcome some modern-day challenges while celebrating and sharing their rich heritage, the future looks bright for this amazing but remote haven
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