Taichung Metropolitan Opera House to open Sunday
The Taichung Metropolitan Opera House is scheduled to open to the public this Sunday. The city’s Cultural Bureau says it has invited the Taiwanese folk opera group Ming Hwa Yuan for the opening charity performance as part of the opening celebration. Taichung officials say they have already lined up a schedule of performances well into...Continue reading
Taiwan Animated Series Nominated for Asian Television Awards
An animated series from Taiwan that highlights the issue of climate change has been nominated as the best 3D animated program for the Asian Television Awards. “Weather Boy!”, produced by director Chiu Liwei at his Tainan-based Studio 2 Animation Lab, follows the adventures of a Taiwan schoolboy who, along with his meteorologist father, is taken...Continue reading
National Ballet of China flash mob dances for Ximending pedestrians
Fifty Chinese ballet dancers and 30 local arts students put on a surprise show for early shoppers yesterday at Taipei’s bustling Ximending pedestrian area. The members of the visiting National Ballet of China and students from Taipei National University of the Arts and National Taiwan University of the Arts converged at a plaza outside Taipei...Continue reading
Jay Chou to Star in “Now You See Me 2”
#139163850 / gettyimages.com Taiwan singer-songwriter Jay Chou will star in “Now You See Me 2,” the sequel to director Louis Leterrier’s successful 2013 caper film. An announcement of the film’s Facebook page says the movie, to be directed by Jon M. Chu, will star Chou, Daniel Radcliffe of “Harry Potter” fame and Lizzy Caplan...Continue reading
Taichung lauded as movie capital by website
A local website is lauding Taichung as Taiwan’s “capital of the new movies,” as the city’s shooting locations account for half of those on the list of the “10 top locations for made-in-Taiwan movies.” The DailyView used the frequency of key words used in searches between April and Oct. to gauge netizens’ responses to the...Continue reading
New Taipei City Public Library to open for 24 hours starting next year
The New Taipei City Public Library, located in the city’s Banqiao District, will soon turn a new leaf and ditch its traditional hours of 9 am to 5 pm for 24 hour operations. The city’s cultural affairs bureau says starting next year, various sections of the library will open at different times throughout the day,...Continue reading
Qing dynasty academy opened to the public
A repaired historic site, featuring re-creations of classrooms during the Qing Dynasty, attracted more than 10-thousand visitors during its opening in Kaohsiung this weekend. The Greater Kaohsiung Fongyi Academy was built in 1814, during the 19th year of Qing emporer Jiaqing, and contains a small temple dedicated to the Taoist god of culture and literature,...Continue reading
Lee Youngae to receive “Love of Lives Medal” in Taiwan
Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Education Foundation announced yesterday, that South Korean actress Lee Young-ae will be awarded the “Love of Lives Medal”. The actress is being awarded for her generous donation in July to help a Taiwan family stranded in Seoul pay off a hospital bill to return home. The foundation plans to invite...Continue reading
Golden Horse Film Festival – Biggest Film Festival in Taiwan
Map of the Stars The biggest film festival in Taiwan, the Golden Horse Film Fetsival, is right around the corner (11/6 ~ 11/27) and if you have not managed to get the tickets, you may not need to bother. I tried to get hold of just ONE ticket for the restored “Paris, Texas” and the new...Continue reading
Mark Morris Dance Group in Taiwan
The world-renowned Mark Morris Dance Group will visit Taiwan from November 1st to 6th, as part of the U.S. Department of State’s DanceMotion USA program. The Dance Group will present two free public events –” Let’s Move Taipei” and “Let’s Move Yilan” — the general public is invited to dance, exercise, and move their bodies...Continue reading
YG Popstars Wrap Taoyuan Performance
South Korean pop sensation Psy and other performers from the country left Taiwan yesterday, after a performance at Taoyuan County Stadium. The “YG Family 2014 Galaxy Tour: Power in Taiwan” concert a day earlier featured Psy, BIGBANG, girl group 2NE1, alternative hip-hop group Epik High and male group WINNER, among others. The entertainers belted out...Continue reading
Top 5 Quick and Clever Halloween Costume Ideas
As with all my other grand and elaborate plans, Halloween prep has gone from an extensive project involving sewing, arts and crafts, and make-up, to….whatever I have laying around the house. If you’ve procrastinated your way onto that same boat, here’s a ranking of the top 5 quick and clever costumes that you can throw...Continue reading
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