CHRIS: I would change the television. The TV here is atrocious. There’s nothing to stimulate people; it doesn’t have anything to offer the viewer.
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Back on Cloud 9 for the upcoming dance season
Cloud Gate dance company gears up for Taiwan, international tour By Trista di Genova Originally published in The China Post After rising from the flames of a devastating fire to their Bali rehearsal studio on Feb. 11, Taiwan’s world-class dance company Cloud Gate Dance Theatre provided a poignant glimpse of
Read moreParty of The Year: Review of The Wild East Show @ The Beat Studio, Taipei
Review Of The Wild East Art Show Staff Reporter, Wildeast.net This review focuses on the WiLd EaSt Art Opening, Jan. 19th, although the exhibition runs for 3 weeks, by appointment: (02) 2765-9470 SAT/SUN, FEB. 2-3: LAST WEEKEND PRIVATE VIEWING OF ALL THE WORKS AT ‘THE WILD EAST ART SHOW.’ Sat.
Read moreWild East Meets West in Taipei Artists’ Show
There’s a motion, there’s a move, a trend.
But what’s the chord? Where’s the heart?
Saturday night is opening night for “The Wild East” art show, in which twenty-four local artists have come together to show work inspired by the theme of “celebrating the clash between East and West civilizations,” as organizers put it.
‘One Year at Sappho’ defines the musical moment
By Trista di Genova The China Post The entrance stairwell at Sappho’s is thrown into black and white relief, a woman tarries there, listening to a man gesturing below her; perhaps she has just arrived or is being welcomed. Another half-figure is more transient, mounting the stairs. It’s one of
Read moreArt for Politic’s Sake: A Kenbo Liao Retrospective
Kenbo Liao retrospective explores unknown Taiwan By Trista di Genova The China Post “Second Republic,” a retrospective of award-winning filmmaker Kenbo Liao opens Saturday night at the Beat Studio in Taipei, promising to be a controversial evening of film, animation and digital-inspired works offering a rare glimpse of contemporary Taiwan.
Read moreNew Orleans meets the Far East
By Trista di Genova The China Post The Kenyatta Trio will be turning Taipei into their very own jazz island Saturday night, at Sappho de Base Lounge Bar, where they’ve been performing once a month. “My work is an expression of life,” said Nbugu Kenyatta, a New Orleans native and
Read more‘Coach’ will take you to Funkytown
By Trista di Genova The China Post Watching Coach perform at The Wall tonight with Public Radio will be a ride through Funkytown you won’t want to miss. This is a rare funk-rock Taiwanese act that has perfected its sound by playing at venues around the island for four years
Read more‘Riverboat Queen’ Kathy Lamar has secret class act
By Trista di Genova The China Post From Las Vegas to Taipei is a long road for the best R&B vocalist around. For the past six weeks, Kathy Lamar’s been rocking the boat — literally — as THE entertainment act on maiden voyages for the new Mark-Twain era, Mississippi-style Great
Read more‘Not a Thing’ Turns Perception on Its Head
LOCAL ARTIST CHANG NAI-WEN (張乃文) EXAMINES, CHALLENGES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN NEW EXHIBITION OF SCULPTURES By Trista di Genova The China Post, 7.20.07 ‘Not a Thing’ is a powerful new exhibition by artist Chang Nai-wen (張乃文), opening Saturday at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM). The Taipei National University of Art
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