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By Ho Yi
Established in 1986 as Taiwan’s first professional percussion ensemble, Ju Percussion Group (朱宗慶打擊樂團) has been actively seeking new ways to push the boundaries of percussion music through crossover collaborations and incorporation of dramatic elements. Its latest work, Mulan (木蘭), combines an original score by composerFULL STORY
What women want?
By Ian Bartholomew
One of the flagship productions of the 2013 Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival (高雄春天藝術節), Forever Dialogue (愛。時尚), premiered in Kaohsiung last week, and will now tour Taiwan. The show, which mixes an exuberant celebration of consumer culture and an intimate portrait of three Chinese women, hasFULL STORY
Events and entertainment listings
By Ho Yi
Contemporary Legacy Taipei, located in a former warehouse at Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Comedy rockers Wonfu (旺福) and hipster pop rocker Sadon (山東) and The Fader hit the stage tonight. South Korean electro-pop band Clazziquai play onFULL STORY
Live Wire: Recordings at the end of an era
By Lars Berry
As its name implies, Underworld (地下社會) never aspired to be anything but below. Taipei’s classic purveyor of local and international independent music is literally and figuratively a basement. Still, despite its attachment to all things under, it has remained remarkably boisterous, even as gentrification threatensFULL STORY
Art exhibition listings
By Enru Lin
Mountain — Muchi Hsieh Solo Exhibition (山 — 謝牧岐個展) is a test in speed. Hsieh Mu-chi (謝牧岐) believes a painter should be able to rapidly capture scenes around him, much in the way of a Polaroid photographer. His results, on show now at the FotoauraFULL STORY
The Vinyl Word
By Marcus Aurelius
For more than 15 years, Underworld has lived up to its name with smoky air, begrimed basement floors, tagged-up walls, bands just getting off the ground and a bathroom that looks like the one in the heroin overdose scene in Trainspotting. For some, these characteristicsFULL STORY
Movie releases
Compiled by Ian Bartholomew
Fast & Furious 6 The Fast and the Furious franchise goes all the way back to 2001. Minus the definite article and with a sexy ampersand in the title, Fast & Furious 6 proudly proclaims that this silly bit of gearhead fluff has matured into oneFULL STORY
The sky’s the limit2013-05-23
By Sam Sky Wild
Hot air balloons may not immediately drift into mind when recalling Chinese history but these giants of the sky owe their origin in part to the gifted Chinese strategist Zhuge Liang (諸葛亮), also known as the Crouching Dragon (臥龍), who employed the first airborne lanternsFULL STORY
Bringing Taiwan to life2013-05-22
By Ian Bartholomew
Taiwan has worked hard over the last decade to promote itself as a tourism destination, but has long had difficulty competing with its near neighbors such as Thailand, China and Malaysia. The effort has had some impact, with inbound tourism numbers rising from 2.25 millionFULL STORY
CD reviews2013-05-21
By Jon Caramanica and Nate Chinen
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