The 2019 Creative Expo Taiwan is taking place at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park and several cultural venues in Taipei between April 24 and May 5. To mark the 12-day expo, the still under construction Taipei Music Center held a test concert featuring Golden Melody Award winning band EggPlantEgg and various artists on Saturday.
The Taipei Music Center is divided into three parts, including the 6,000-capacity Performance Hall, the Pop Music Culture Hall and the Industrial Hall. The concert was also held to perform tests on the functions of the equipment. When the center starts trial operations in the fourth quarter of the year, it is set to become a new landmark in the city’s Nangang District.
Meanwhile, the Taipei City Government’s Department of Cultural Affairs announced last week that the Taipei Performing Arts Center in Shilin District will finally open in 2022 after years of delay. The long-awaited sphere-shaped theater complex with three auditoria is designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Rem Koolhaas.
Photo courtesy of the Taipei city government’s department of cultural affairs
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(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
二○一九年台灣文博會於四月二十四日至五月五日間,在台北市華山文創園區及數個文化據點登場,為了配合長達十二天的文博會,仍在興建中的「台北流行音樂中心」於上週六舉辦一場測試演唱會,邀請金曲獎最佳樂團茄子蛋等多組藝人表演。
北樂中心有三大場館,包括可容納約六千人的表演廳、一座流行音樂文化館和產業區。這次並藉由演唱會進行硬體功能測試,該中心預計在今年第四季試營運,屆時勢必成為南港區的新地標。
此外,台北市文化局在上週宣布,座落於士林區的「台北表演藝術中心」在工程延宕多年後,終於要在二○二二年開幕。這座期待已久的球頂綜合劇院共有三個劇場,由榮獲普利茲克獎的建築大師雷姆·庫哈斯所操刀設計。
(台北時報張聖恩)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival in June, the streets of Taiwan are filled with the delightful aroma of zongzi, a traditional snack made of sticky rice wrapped in leaves. The leaves are folded into a cone and then filled with sticky rice and other ingredients such as braised pork belly, peanuts and salted duck egg yolks. The filled leaves are then tightly tied with kitchen twine and ready for cooking. 每到六月端午時節,街頭巷尾就會飄出粽子的香氣。粽子是將糯米包進粽葉的傳統美食,先將粽葉折成圓錐狀塞入糯米,以及紅燒肉、花生、鹹鴨蛋黃等配料,用棉線綁緊後即可烹煮。 Dragon Boat Festival (n. phr.) 端午節 aroma
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