Arts
Amazing lineup of comics @ Taipei Comedy Club
TAIPEI COMEDY CLUB’s English Language Comedy night is on Saturday, July 14th at 9pm. No.20, Ln. 553, Sec. 4, ZhongXiao E. Rd.,…
Writer
Trista di Genova
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Arts
The ‘Eight-ishth’ LuvStock this weekend!
LUVstock 201 is gonna knock your socks off July, Friday The 13th, 14 & 15, 2012. The LuvStock DJ list: BAND SCHEDULE…
Arts
‘War on Sleep’ now available through Lone Wolf Press
“The War on Sleep,” a collection of poetry by Trista di Genova (2010) Taipei: Lone Wolf Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-986-88302-2-6 Price: 200NT/US$8/e-book US$4…
Politics
Corruption of secretary-general undermines entire Ma administration: opposition
Tuesday, 3 July, 2012 With his face covered by a gauze mask, an expressionless Lin Yi-shih (林益世) was spirited by cover of…
News
Taiwan Crime Watch – Rate this cool new column!
These stories are just from a twelve-hour period from midnight to lunchtime, on Tuesday, July 3 and Wed., July 4, 2012. There…
History
‘Formosan Odyssey’ by John Ross: BOOK REVIEW
Formosan Odyssey: Taiwan, Past and Present by John Ross. RATING: 4.5 stars **** Paperback, 285 pages Published 2002 by Taiwan Adventure Publications…
News
‘Sleepwalking’ mansion burglar charged after trying to beguile police
The Wild East crime desk – TAIPEI A mysterious mansion burglar was brought to justice in Jiayi recently after engaging local police…
Society
Hospital head calls for ‘total revamp’ of Taiwan medical system
24 June, 2012, TAIPEI Taipei Veterans’ General Hospital Director Lin Fang-yu (林芳郁) joined in the chorus of medical leaders sounding the horn…
Comedy
‘The Great Scroll of Banciao’: BOOK REVIEW
“The Great Scroll of Banciao,” by Trista di Genova and Zoro A. Star. Illustrations: Mark Perrault Taipei: Lone Wolf Press, 2012 (Chapbook…
Arts
Catherine Dai’s ‘Under the Phoenix Tree’: BOOK REVIEW
Order on Bookman‘s website I S B N ： 9575860632 / NT$170 Rating: ***** This book was first published in 1990, and…
News
U.S. says visa-exempt agreement with Taiwan just around the bend
June 14, 2012 – TAIPEI, by Tsuei Shiao-hu, Wild East Politics Editor The U.S. has added Taiwan to its upcoming Visa Waiver…
Travel
The strange history of the sweet potato
The following is my interview with my Taiwanese friend, the famous guy, WuBai, about a mysterious vegetable that is central to Taiwanese…