After more than a year without in-person events, which meant numerous cancelled art events, Jersey City hosted its first major outdoor art festival. The Jersey City Mural Festival introduced 50 new murals around the city on June 5-6, with most of them under the highway overpass to the Holland Tunnel. Jersey City already had plenty […]
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Enjoying more than a few beers at the Pastrytown beer festival in Brooklyn. Most of the beers available were strong and based on pastry flavors.
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“Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.” – Charles Bukowski I hadn’t been to a beer festival in many years, unless you count the poorly-organized Taipei beer festival that was crammed into a small outdoor space and attracted thousands, making it
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On May 7, I participated in the Taipei 101 Run Up, a race up 91 floors of Taiwan’s tallest building and the fourth-tallest building in the world.
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My friend and I are running in the Taipei 101 Run Up on May 7 and will be raising money for the Cambodian Landmine Relief Fund.
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I headed to the opening of the 2017 Taipei Lantern Festival in Ximending. The crowd was difficult to navigate as I attempted to enjoy the celebration.
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Recalling a visit to the War Remnants Museum in Saigon on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War.
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“I’ve had enough of reading things By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth” -John Lennon, Just Gimme Some Truth I arrived in time for the political campaigns in Taiwan. There are campaign offices everywhere around the city and trucks driving around with loudspeakers telling people to vote
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“And the riot squad they’re restless They need somewhere to go” – Bob Dylan, Desolation Row On this Monday morning I’m still catching up on the chaos in Hong Kong. The Occupy Central and pro-democracy movements came together on September 28, marching through the business districts in Central. The peaceful protest even attempted to leave
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I finally got to see a baseball game in Korea. My first ballgame in Asia was quite an experience.
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On my way to find something new for dinner, I encountered yet another protest in Taipei. This is again related to the China-Taiwan cross-straits trade deal. If we count the anti-nuclear protest during my second week here, this would be the fourth the protest I’ve witnessed. Unlike the previous protests, this one seemed less organized,
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Paulo Grangeon’s paper pandas for the World Wildlife Fund at the National Theater in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Encountering the continuation of the student protests (Sunflower Movement) in Taipei as the protesters marched along the street next to Peace Park.
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Students protest and occupy the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan. They are protesting President Ma’s executive order for a new trade pact with China.
On a tour of the Princeton campus, I encountered the artwork of Chinese activist Ai Weiwei. There are his Chinese zodiac heads.
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