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Got tunes, got talent
Art Republic brings together 23 Thai and foreign artists in “Music Through Art” from Saturday to January 22. Adi Kirketerp, Audrey Welch, Chalit Nakpawan, Elsie Evans and GiokJeon, among others, will share their musical inspirations.
The gallery is on the third floor of the Peninsula Plaza off Rajdamri Road. It’s open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 to 7. Call (02) 652 1801 or visit www.ArtRepublicBKK.com.

Get rich while you age
We’ve got antiageing creams, cosmetic surgery, Botox and the promise of stemcell therapy, and we still look older by the day. Is there a business opportunity in this?
“Perishable Beauty” – at the Thailand Creative and Design Centre tomorrow through February 22 – looks at success sto¬ries in the world’s largest whole¬sale market.
The centre is on the sixth floor of the Emporium and open daily except Monday from 10.30 to 9. Call (02) 664 8448 or visit www.TCDC.or.th.

 
Selected short animated films by Japan’s Taku Furukawa will be screened on December 4 at 6.30 at the Lido Theatre 1, free of charge.
On December 3 at 1pm Furukawa will talk about “The History, Current Status and Future Perspectives of Independent Animation of Japan” at the art centre of Bangkok University’s Rangsit campus.
Call the Japan Foundation Bangkok at (02) 260 85603 or visit www.JfBkk.or.th, and find out more about Furukawa at http://takufurukawa.jp/blog.