Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa to attend Taipei Poetry Festival
Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa is set to grace this year’s Taipei Poetry Festival, which will kick off a series of poetry events around the city beginning Oct. 18th. The 82-year-old poet and translator, one of the most widely-read poets in Japan, will give talks and field questions from audience members in addition to attending the...Continue reading
Elephant Gym Leads Indie Music Award Nominations
Taiwan band Elephant Gym leads the pack with eight nominations for the 5th Golden Indie Music Awards. The Ministry of Culture’s Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development sats the bass-driven band from Kaohsiung received nominations for best album, best band, best rock single, best jazz single, album with the best style and single with...Continue reading
Taiwan European Film Festival Opens
The Taiwan European Film Festival opened yesterday with free showing of films around Taiwan, in an effort to promote the European Union’s diverse cultures, arts and languages. The annual festival, now in its 10th year, is screening 17 films from 17 EU countries, including France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy. Over 400 screenings will be held...Continue reading
Diao Yinan Leads Nominations for Golden Horse Awards
Chinese director Diao Yinan’s thriller “Black Coal, Thin Ice” leads the pack for this year’s Golden Horse Awards, with eight nominations, including best feature film. The film, about a series of murders that are all linked to a mysterious woman played by Taiwan’s Gwei Lunmei, also garnered nominations for best director, best lead actor, best...Continue reading
International Theater Festival begins in Taipei
The 2014 International Theater Festival, featuring stage performances from Taiwan and international troupes, begins tomorrow at the National Theater and Concert Hall. Kicking off the annual festival, is London-based Shakespeare’s Globe, performing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, a comedy written by Shakespeare in the 1590’s. Shows will continue each weekend throughout October and November, culminating with...Continue reading
Sistine Chapel Choir to perform today in Taipei
The Sistine Chapel Choir, the Pope’s personal choir that is based in Vatican City, is scheduled to make its debut in Taiwan today. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the concert is part of an effort to promote bilateral cultural exchanges. The choir, one of the world’s oldest religious choirs, will stage its only performance...Continue reading
Israeli musicians to perform at Daniel Pearl memorial concert this month
A group of Israeli musicians will be featured at this year’s Daniel Pearl memorial concert in Taipei later this month to commemorate late Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was captured and beheaded in Pakistan while on assignment in 2002. Several musicians on the Idan Raichel Project, initiated by Israeli musician Idan Raichel, will...Continue reading
Penghu County tops happiness index for Taiwan cities and counties
A survey released yesterday says Penghu County scored the highest this year in a happiness index, with high levels of life satisfaction. The survey, conducted by the Chinese-language Economic Daily News and NanShan Life Insurance, is based on the Better Life Index of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The index, which surveyed 22...Continue reading
The 10th Taiwan European Film Festival
Foreign film lovers, the 10th Taiwan European Film Festival (TEFF) will be lighting up silver screens across Taiwan between October 8 and November 9. The film festival will feature recent movies from countries in the European Union such as Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain and more! There will be up to 450 screenings at 30...Continue reading
Taiwan Designs Win at Red Dot Communication Design Awards
A Taiwan design company has won several awards at this year’s Red Dot Communication Design Awards, including a “Best of the Best” title given only to the top designs. “Rice Cake,” the Best of the Best design by Proad Identity, features carps printed on the two sides of a box that holds “niangao” — sticky...Continue reading
Hou Hsiaohsien films to be screened at New York museum
Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture has been working with a New York museum to screen films by Taiwan director Hou Hsiaohsien, starting today. The Museum of the Moving Image in New York will screen 18 films directed by Hou, and five others that he either acted in, wrote the screenplay for, or produced. The international touring...Continue reading
Taipei Biennial 2014 opening at TFAM and around the city
Fans of modern and contemporary art should be excited to hear that the Taipei Biennial 2014 will begin this Saturday at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and throughout the city. The exhibition this year is curated by French art critic Nicolas Bourriaud, with the theme of “Art and Its New Ecosystem: A Global Set of...Continue reading
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