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25/05/2012 : Welcome to Guru ’s Gate Crasher, your ultimate guide to finding something fresh to do in this big city.
Singing a different tune

25/05/2012 : With The Star passing its eighth season, and True Academy Fantasia 9 coming soon to be followed by the 22nd KPN Award, do we really need more talent shows on the small screen?

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Making a splash
10/04/2012 : For the first time, Bangkok Airways will join Chiang Mai's Songkran festival from April 13 to 15. The airline will transform the front of Hotel M on Tapae Gate into Bangkok Airways Splash Station.
Band celebrates Buddha's enlightenment
10/04/2012 : The public are invited to attend the "G-One Band Buddha" concert to mark the 2,600th anniversary of the Lord Buddha's enlightenment. Enjoy a dharma music band featuring special guests, including Meesuk Jangmeesuk, Teerayut Vejchreonying, Issariya Kuprasert, Nupap Savantracha, G-One Senior and Junior.
Top musicians provide a cool Blast
10/04/2012 : Siam Paragon invites all music lovers to celebrate the Songkran festival at the "Siam Paragon Summer Blast Festival", which will feature a series of music performances by 20 top Thai artists, plus live electronic beats spun by popular deejays. The three-day fun will take place at the Parc Paragon this Friday until April 15, starting at 3pm.
Local take on Shakespearean classic
09/04/2012 : To celebrate its 13th anniversary, local avant-garde contemporary theatre troupe B-Floor will stage a short run of Lear & His 3 Daughters in the courtyard of the Pridi Banomyong Institute located on Sukhumvit Soi 55. There will be performances daily, starting at 7:30pm, from April 26 to May 7 (except on May 1 and May 2). Inspired by Shakespeare's King Lear, this dance-drama piece retells the story of King Lear by exploring the love- and hatred-fuelled relationships within his family.
Plenty of smiles, But a little Soul-Light
08/04/2012 : Compared to her debut, Pixie Lott's second album, 'Young Foolish Happy' has its moments but suffers from a lack of originality
Traditional Thai puppet workshop
06/04/2012 : The Baan Tookkatoon Hoonkrabok Thai Puppet Museum will be holding a three-day puppetry workshop designed for those above the age of 13 between April 20 and 22 from 9am-5pm.
THE BUZZ
Hope in the darkness
05/04/2012 : Mahidol University's College of Music invites members of the public to the "Piano Senior Recital" which will feature Ubolwan Piakaew, a visually-impaired student with musical talents, in Room A407 on April 12 from 11-11:45am.
MUSICREVIEW
Terrific Prokofiev
05/04/2012 : It was a triumph of determination, technique and sensitivity. That was how Artas Balakauskas won kudos from the audience for his interpretation and execution of Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8, in a recital performed last Sunday at the Goethe Institute.
THEATRE REVIEW
Movement seen as voices
05/04/2012 : Sunon Wachirawarakarn and Thanapol Virulhakul aren't new to Bangkok's small and scattered dance scene. Sunon is a disciple of Janaprakal Chaundruang and Pichet Klunchun, while Thanapol has danced for Patravadi Theatre and co-choreographed a few dance pieces in Bangkok. With their new creations staged in mid- and late-March, the two young artists have officially stepped out of whatever shadow those giants may have cast over them and can now command their own spotlight.
Young musos in concert
04/04/2012 : An orchestra formed from students attending the Silpakorn Summer Music School (SSMS) will give a concert on April 11 in SCB Park Plaza's Mahisorn Hall.