The Wild East / Entertainment Canada’s prairie balladeer Scott Cook is back in Taiwan, fresh from a tour of Australia, in the company of fellow Canadian songwriter and roustabout Scotty Dunbar! Sunday, March 30’s lineup: 8:30pm Scott Cook w/ Thomas Squires 9:15pm The Vicious Cabaret 10:15pm Scotty Dunbar 11:00pm The
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Lessons for Taiwan: The HIV/AIDS pandemic
by Joseph Limoli Deyama MD – Harmony Home Volunteer The largest and most important meeting on AIDS in Asia, the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), was held August 9-13, 2009 on beautiful Bali Island, Indonesia. Harmony Home was well represented, with 12 volunteers and
Read moreThe Wild East stands in solidarity today against mass surveillance.
The day we fight back: https://thedaywefightback.org/ The NSA “has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world.” — THE NEW YORK TIMES The NSA “is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging accounts around the
Read moreLetters from a tense Thailand
By Kevin MacCash (listen to his music here) Jan 23. Phuket is like Detroit. A city they built for a population that isn’t coming anymore. A faded beauty. Since the protests started the people are coming less and less and since they declared a state of emergency in Bangkok and
Read moreDihua street (迪化街) abuzz every Chinese New Year
Via pristine.net The name “Dihua” was given in 1947 by the Republic of China government, in reference to the city of Dihua (now called Ürümqi) in Xinjiang, and effectively joins a string of older streets in this area of Taipei existing prior to the Chinese Civil War. Locals living in
Read moreThe Writing Cure: A Conversation with Trista di Genova
When the TIBE (Taipei International Book Exhibition) comes to town Feb. 5-10, 2014 two local expat writers will be represented, L. Farrah Furtado and Trista di Genova. In a joint interview published in the February 2014 issue of Centered on Taipei magazine, they ask each other candidly about their work,
Read moreHow to tell someone off in Chinese
吵架必备汉语 The must-learn Chinese words when you are fighting with someone. 1. Go to hell. qù sǐ ba 。 去死吧。 2. You’re a jerk! nǐ shì gè fèi wù / hún qiú ！ 你是个废物/混球！ 3. Who do you think you are? nǐ yǐ wéi nǐ shì sheí ？ 你以为你是谁？ 4.
Read moreExpat author Furtado to present at Taipei Intl Book Exhibition
L. Farrah Furtado is an award-winning author living in Taiwan since 2002. First generation Canadian, her parents immigrated during the 1960’s to British Columbia to escape poverty and the Salazar fascist regime. FURTADO is a nominee for the Camoes prize, viewed in some countries as the equivalent to the Nobel
Read more‘Gonzo’ returns for night of glee @ Taipei Comedy Club
Dan “Gonzo” Machanik in Association with The Taipei Comedy Club Presents “Gonzo Returns to Treasure Island” 10pm Friday 10th January, $200, Taipei 卡米地 comedy club. 忠孝東路4段553巷20號, Taipei, Taiwan 110. Nearest MRT: Taipei City Hall. One Night Only, Taiwan Comedy Legend Dan “Gonzo” Machanik brings his no-holes-barred, brand of Ex-Pat humor
Read moreLiterary high felt at Taichung ‘Writ’ events
The Writ is a quarterly literary event that takes place at the Taichung Refuge, in the exotic setting of the former Dongshan Amusement Park. In December, “This may be The LAST Writ at The Refuge Community, so we want to make it a good one!” says Boston Paul, Refuge director.
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