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The Community Services Center in Taipei will host a workshop, Tradition, Culture and Language: Celebrating Lantern Festival, on Feb. 10. The 90-minute class will explore why Taiwanese celebrate the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar with elaborate displays of brightly colored lanterns. Participants will learn about this holiday, which marks the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, discover how people prepare for the start of the New Year, gain a deeper understanding of how ancestors are worshiped and where to see lanterns and taste some of the special foods eaten during this auspicious festival. The official Taiwan Lantern Festival will be held in Yunlin County and focuses on the themes “friendly earth,” “diversified cultures” and “lantern festival hometown.” The festival is to open on Monday and runs through Feb. 19 at Yunlin Agriculture Expo Park.
■ Community Services Center at 25, Ln 290, Zhongshan N Rd Sec 6, Taipei City (台北市中山北路六段290巷25號)
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■ Feb. 10 from 12:30pm to 2pm; tickets are NT$700, available by calling (02) 2836-8134 or by registering on the Center’s Web site: www.communitycenter.org.tw
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American electronica/post-rock act The Album Leaf will perform songs off their new album on Wednesday at The Wall (這牆), a prominent Taipei venue for indie rock artists. It’s a night of techno and house tonight at Korner, a venue located inside The Wall. The lineup features Lyova Lyubov, Umbra, Minijay, Masato and Luu. The techno and house extravaganza continues tomorrow with the UK’s James Ruskin, Al Burro, Initials B.B. and Yoshi Nori, among others.
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■ 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
■ The Wall show starts at 8pm; Korner shows begin at 11:59pm
■ Tickets for The Wall cost NT$1,500; Korner tickets are NT$200 tonight and NT$550 tomorrow, available through thewall.tw
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Punk and rock are on the menu tonight at indie rock club Revolver, with B.B. Bomb, Waynesosad and the Sino Hearts. The venue will feature two shows tomorrow. The first, beginning at 7:30pm includes the alternative rock, pop rock and funk of Mowa (毛襪 ), Crockers (鱷魚樂團) and disco funk group Taiwan Soul Band (台灣爽樂團). It’s hip-hop, dance and funk for the late act, which begins at 11pm and includes Kiss (耳鳴), Cosimoz, Schizyway (Brain Zapp) and special guests. On Sunday there will be alternative and electronic music with Vagabond. Alternative punk and rock with ChicKNUP (奇克拿樂團), punk band Peace Punk (痞子旁分) and The Leaper play on Wednesday.
■ 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
■ Shows start tonight at 9:30pm, tomorrow at 7:30pm and 11pm, Sunday at 8:30 pm and Wednesday at 9:30pm
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight, NT$300 tomorrow at 7:30pm and NT$400 at 11pm and NT$300 on Sunday and Wednesday
Acoustic guitarist and singer Mark Darvill will give a solo performance tonight at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub in Taipei. Tomorrow it is EDM live music with Project X.
■ 77, Heping E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市和平東路三段77號), tel: (02) 2377-1772
■ Shows start at 10pm
■ Admission is free tonight and NT$300 tomorrow
Acoustic musician Zhang Ya-chun (張雅淳) plays tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Experimental electronic outfit Sonic Deadhorse (音速死馬) will take the stage tomorrow.
■ 7, Ln 56, Xinsheng S Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市新生南路三段56巷7號), tel: (02) 2362-5494. On the Net: www.witchhouse.org
■ Shows start at 9:30pm. Restaurant/bar with queer/feminist bookstore and large collection of board games, open 11am to midnight Sundays through Wednesdays, 11am to 1am Thursdays through Saturdays
■ Entrance for music shows is NT$350
Folk group A Root (A Root 同根生) performs tomorrow at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館). Crooner Vic Yang (楊程鈞) performs on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 9pm tomorrow and 2pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$350 tomorrow and NT$500 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Veteran jazz combo JEG (這個爵士樂團) plays standards, latin, funk and rock tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Studio and session guitarist Geddy Lin (林正如) will play with friends, including guitarists Li Fang-hsu (李芳旭) and Jeff Yen (嚴和邦), tomorrow. Captain P (屁孩隊長) and The Flying Dutchman (飛行荷蘭人) will rock ‘n’ roll on Sunday. Alternative/folk rock group I am not Dorothy (不是桃樂絲) and new age electric, rap and hip-hop group Nine Point Eight (自由引力) will take to the stage on Thursday.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 9:30pm tonight and 9pm tomorrow, Sunday and Thursday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow and NT$350 on Sunday and Thursday, available through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Five-piece band Poor House play a rich blend of rock, blues, swing and country tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. JJ & the Catz play an eclectic collection of blues, jazz and Latin tomorrow. Thelonious Monkey fuses traditional jazz, middle eastern grooves and rock and roll on Thursday.
■ 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 NT$300 on Thursday
Hong Kong-based drummer Huang Tzu-yu (黃子瑜) performs tomorrow 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$600, available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
The Long Winded Trousers with New Zealand guitarist Dave Mathews will perform their “nu wave indie cowboy chique” 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$250, available at www.indievox.com
Taiwanese math rock band Elephant Gym (大象體操) takes the stage tomorrow at The Mercury (水星酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung.
■ 46 Liwen Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市立文路46號), tel: (07) 550-8617.
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$350, available at www.indievox.com
Indie rockers Mixer (麋先生) perform tomorrow at Live Warehouse, a venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區).
■ 2-5 Dayi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市大義街2-5號), tel: (07) 521-8114. On the Net: livewarehouse.tw
■ Show starts 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$950, available through tickets.books.com.tw
Folk act Djaljelje perform tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City. They will be joined by guitarist Anu. Fadetay (發熱帶) and Warmer# play tomorrow. Folk rocker Cliff (克里夫, real name Huang Ke-wei 黃科維) performs 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. Music venue and crafts shops are open 2pm to 10pm Tuesdays through Sundays
■ Entrance is NT$120 for each performance, available at tickets.books.com.tw
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