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Taipei International Book Exhibition, Day 3

Literature Is Alive and Well in Taiwan!

By: Joshua Samuel Brown 2019-02-262019-03-13

Editor's Pick, Festivals, History & Culture, 未分類Art, Culture, EventLeave a Comment

Though it’s become fashionable to declare the death of print media, visitors to this year’s Taipei International Book Exhibition would probably disagree with the sentiment. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, 580,000 people attended the 2019 event, which ran from February twelfth through the seventeenth. It’s an impressive number, but not totally shocking. Taiwan is…

Taiwan’s Architecture Comes of Age

By: Taiwan Scene 2018-08-292019-03-13

Activities, Festivals, History & CultureArt, History, Taiwan1 Comment

Architecturally speaking, Taiwan was looking towards the future.So what does the future hold for Taiwan’s Architecture Scene?

An Island of Festivals – Exciting Music Events Around Taiwan

By: Taiwan Scene 2017-09-122019-03-15

Activities, Urban Exploration & ExhibitionsArt, Event, TaiwanLeave a Comment

Taiwan might not yet have the summer open-air music-festival culture of Europe, nor do its major cities yet boast the 24/7, all-genres-all-the-time live-music culture of aural hubs such as New York, London, or Berlin. However, recent years have witnessed a surge in the number of fests, which are being put on all over the island. …

Taichung: City on the Move

By: Taiwan Scene 2015-09-222019-03-15

Central Taiwan, PlacesArt, Food, Night Market, Taichung2 Comments

Long a city with an unusual hybrid blue-collar/academic character, serving the factories that powered Taiwan’s famed economic miracle and home to numerous universities, Taichung is fast reinventing itself as a city of dynamic cultural sophistication. Everywhere you look, it seems, you see cranes and crews putting up new buildings or fixing and prettying up old ones.