EVENT
The Wings of the Takasago Giyutai will be screened tomorrow at the National Taiwan University’s Museum of Anthropology. The film explores the life of Roen, an Amis Aboriginal who fought for the Japanese in New Guinea during World War II, his life thereafter and his mission to erect a sculpture on a grave to Aboriginal soldiers (whose unit was know as Takasago Giyutai) that are buried there. There will be a Q&A with its director, Futuru Tsai (蔡政良), following the screening. At 4pm there will be a performance by Amis singer Sufin Paylang.
■ National Taiwan University Museum of Anthropology, 1, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段1號)
Photo courtesy of New Aspect
■ Admission is free. The film screening begins tomorrow at noon and the performance begins at 4pm. Visitor information (Chinese and English), including map, can be found at: www.museum.ntu.edu.tw
Registration for the talk to be given on Nov. 22 by UN Messenger of Peace, world-renowned primatologist and environmental activist Jane Goodall at Taipei’s National Taiwan University of Science and Technology has closed temporarily due to popularity. The discussion, about the challenges young people face in an uncertain future, will be streamed live and seats will come available if there are any cancellations. Goodall, 82, will cover issues such as climate change, war and violence, discrimination and intolerance, poverty and the degradation of our natural environment.
■ Sports Stadium at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 44 Keelung Rd, Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市基隆路四段44號)
Photo courtesy of Misi Ke
■ Nov. 22 from 7:30pm to 9pm. Complete details can be found at: www.facebook.com/events/159618954504362/
CONTEMPORARY
The indie rock scene will head to the mountains of New Taipei City tomorrow for Love Love Rock Festival (愛愛搖滾帳篷音樂節), a three-day music festival beginning today that features some of Taiwan’s top acts playing on five stages. The Muddy Basin Ramblers, Mary Bites Kerry, The Forest Party, Inhuman, Skaraoke and The Tic Tac are among the dozens of bands who will take the stage.
Photo courtesy of Skip Skip Ben Ben
■ Wenshan Farms (文山農場), located at 100 Huzinei Rd, New Taipei City (新北市湖子內路100號)
■ Today starting at 2:30pm and tomorrow and Sunday starting at 1pm
■ One-day tickets are NT$1,200 and a three-day pass is NT$2,999, available through www.indievox.com
Pop punks Pa Pun Band (怕胖團) play a set on Sunday at Legacy Taipei, a venue that hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts.
■ Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), Center Five Hall (中五館), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號).
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$700. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Indie rock bands Mary See the Future (先知瑪莉) and Revolver with Kimogi (一種心情), trip-hop/dream pop act Kingdom of Rain (雨國), Paiwan fingerstyle guitarist Baobu Badulu (保卜), among others, will take the stage tomorrow at the The Wall (這牆), a prominent venue in Taipei for indie rock artists. On Sunday, it is sound artist Ruby Fatale (鹿比— 吠陀), punk rock group Lung Cancer (謝謝你得肺癌) and rockers Cui Ruo Shao Nu Zu (脆弱少女組).
■ B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1), tel: (02) 2930-0162. On the Net: thewall.tw
■ Show starts at 4:30pm tomorrow and 4pm on Sunday
■ Both shows are free
The Holiday Punk Party Tour continues tomorrow at APA Mini (小地方展演空間), featuring Orange Up (橘起來樂團), TNTbox and post-punk/grunge group Zebra Man (斑馬人大樂隊). On Sunday it is Kids n Cats, an electronic pop band from Austria, whose musical tastes cover pop, rock, electro and hip-hop. Electro folk trio The Other (他者) will provide support.
■ B1,147, Hangzhou S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市杭州南路一段147號B1), tel: (02) 2327-8658. On the Net: www.facebook.com/apamini
■ Shows starts tomorrow at 7:30pm and Sunday at 8pm
■ Admission is TN$350 tomorrow and NT$600 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
There are two parties tonight at indie rock club Revolver. The first begins 9:30 with some blue rock and indie music by 88 Balaz (88顆芭樂籽). At 11:50pm DJ Xuxu will play house and dance. Saturday’s early party, beginning at 8pm, has grunge and alternative rock on the menu with Reversing into the Garage, MoZiGon (寞子宮) and Banqiaoren (板橋人). Hip hop, house and dance are featured later in the evening with Puzzle Man, Conehead, Taro and Leo37, among others. Sunday evening’s show is J Pop with Holy Bulldogs, Philia and P.P.P.
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678. On the Net: www.facebook.com/revolver.taipei
■ Show starts tonight at 9:30pm and 11:50pm, tomorrow at 8pm and 11pm and Sunday at 6:30pm
■ Admission is NT$400 for tonight’s early show and NT$150 for the late show, NT$300 for tomorrow’s early show and NT$400 for the late show and NT$200 for Sunday’s performance
Garage/shoegaze act Skip Skip Ben Ben and electronic folk ensemble The Other (他者) will take the stage tomorrow at Kafka by the Sea (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue.
■ 2F, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號2樓). On the Net: www.kafkabythe.blogspot.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ Admission is NT$400, available online through www.indievox.com
Mando-pop singer Jing Chang (張芸京) croons tonight at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館). On Sunday, the Andy Timmons Band, a group from the US fronted by guitarist Andy Timmons, who has played for glam metal act Danger Danger will take the stage. Indie rockers Monkey Pilot (猴子飛行員) performs on Wednesday.
■ 177 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路177號), tel: (02) 2370-8805. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Show starts tonight at 8:30pm, Sunday at 4pm and Wednesday at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$650 tonight and NT$500 to NT$2,500 on Sunday and NT$400 on Wednesday, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Acoustic trio Voice Of The Streets (街頭之聲) play tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Tomorrow it is acid jazz band Acid Marie (微酸瑪莉). Sunday’s lineup includes Taichung rockers Nowhere and Sweet John.
■ B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號B1), next to Taipower Building (台電大樓), tel: (02) 2368-7310. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Show starts tonight at 8pm, 9pm tomorrow and Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow and NT$450 on Sunday, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Jazz quartet Horoscope Series Project — Scorpio perform tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Tomorrow it is The Reggae Riddims, who will give their lively interpretation of classic reggae and ska. UK singer-songwriter Be Charlotte will give a free 30-minute performance on Sunday.
■ B1, 1, Ln 102, Anhe Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市安和路一段 102 巷1號 B1), tel: (02) 2700-5411. On the Net: www.sappholive.com
■ Shows start at 9:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow and free on Sunday
The Muddy Basin Ramblers (泥灘地浪人) will tomorrow play original songs inspired by the classic sounds of blues songsters, jug bands and swing jazz groups from the early 20th century at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Taoyuan.
■ B1, 454, Fuxing Rd, Taoyuan City (桃園市復興路454號B1), tel: (03) 339-8819.
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$600, available online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Ciao, Joanna (遇見喬安娜 拉丁) will perform new compositions influenced by Latin, Tango and Flamenco tonight at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei
■ 117, Anhe Rd, Taichung City (台中市安和路117號), tel: (04) 2359-8780. On the Net: www.legacy.com.tw/taichung.
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$800, available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Post-rock band Forget the G from Macao and Taiwan’s new metal/post-hardcore act Way of Puzzle (謎路人) play tomorrow at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan.
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Tainan City (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238.
■ Show starts 8pm
■ Admission is NT$300, available at www.indievox.com
Pop rocker Misi Ke (柯泯薰) appears tomorrow at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區). US guitarist Reonda is also on the bill.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Tickets are NT$500, available through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Lee Yu-huang (李雨寰) will play some electro dance tunes tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City. Psychedelic rock act The Gigantic Roar (巨大的轟鳴) perform tomorrow. Kacedas plays an acoustic set on Sunday.
■ 26, Ln 135, Sinsheng Rd, Taitung City (台東市新生路135巷26號), tel: (089) 343-393. On the Net: www.tiehua.com.tw
■ Shows start at 8pm, except Sunday which begins at 7:30pm. Music venue and crafts shops are open 2pm to 10pm Tuesdays through Sundays
■ Entrance is NT$250 tonight and tomorrow and NT$120, available online at tickets.books.com.tw
CLASSICAL
Violinists Joyce Chang (張瓊尹) and Richard Liu (劉中) will play a duet tonight at the National Recital Hall with Fan Chen-lin (范珍綾) on piano. The program includes Christian Sinding’s Serenade for Two Violins and Piano, Op.92, Henri Wieniawski’s Etudes Caprices for Two Violins and Eugene Ysaye’s Sonata for Two Violins.
■ National Recital Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$500 (NT$800 and NT$1,000 tickets are sold out), available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com
Taiwanese-born Cynthia Yeh (葉孟芸), principal percussionist of the Chicago Symphony, takes center stage tonight at Taipei’s National Concert Hall to tap, hit, bang, rattle, rustle and bonk a wide array of instruments in Jennifer Higdon’s extremely popular Percussion Concerto. Chen Mei-ann (陳美安) will conduct in a program that also includes Michael Gandolfi’s Fourth Chickasaw Variations and Sergei Rachmanninoff’s Symphonic Dances, op. 45.
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,500, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com
The San Francisco Symphony will play a concert tomorrow in Tainan and a concert on Sunday in Taipei. Led by musical director Michael Tilson Thomas, the program includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in c minor, op 67, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in f minor, op. 21 with Yuja Wang on piano and Stravinsky’s The Firebrand Suite (1919 edition).
■ Tomorrow at Tainan Municipal Cultural Center (台南市立台南文化中心國際廳原生劇場) at 332 Zhonghua E Rd (台南市中華東路3段332號) and Sunday at National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets for the Tainan performance are NT$800 to NT$3,689; Taipei tickets are NT$800 to NT$4,280, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com
Spanish musician and conductor Josep Caballe Domenech will perform on Monday with the Philharmonia Moment Musical (樂興之時管絃樂團) at Taipei’s National Concert Hall in a program that includes Enriques Granados’s Tres Danzas Espanolas, Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, op. 25, Maurice Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole and Alberto Ginastera’s Dances from Estancia, op. 8a.
■ National Concert Hall. Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,800, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com
Internationally renowned chamber music ensemble The American Brass Quintet will perform at the National Concert Hall on Tuesday in a wide-ranging program that includes Three Venetian Canzoni, Claudio Monteverdi’s Three Madrigals, Osvaldo Lacerda’s Quinteto Concertante and Eric Ewazen’s Colchester Fantasy.
■ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
■ Tickets are NT$500 to NT$2,500, available through NTCH ticketing and online at www.artsticket.com
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