A 'whale' of a time
Join Thai PBS and music acts T-Bone, Billy Ogan, Pod of Moderndog, the sincharoen Brothers, Tor Saksit and Som Amara this afternoon from 4 at Siam Paragon's Parc Paragon for the charity concert "Nam Jai...Nam Khuen Hai Reeb Jad".
You can bring along your very own flood photo to showcase at the event and while you’re there, pick up one of the 2,000 T-shirts depicting the Roo Su Flood team’s cute blue whales. They cost Bt300.
If you’re marooned or otherwise engaged, check it out at LiveThaiPBS.or.th.
All proceeds go to flood-relief projects. Find out more at (02) 790 2000 or Facebook.com/RooSuFlood.
Art for the floods
Choowong Asaphol leads a group of Thai artists in donating their paintings to a charity sale to raise fund for the Thai Red Cross’ Friends of Pa Foundation’s flood relief fund.
Participating artist include Thawal Praman, Saroj Tang, Vaderut Kowattanakul and Tossawath Hatthavichitkul.
The art exhibition will be held in December with the date and venue to be announced in due course.
Other artists are invited to get involved. E-mail [email protected] or call (081) 488 6001.
Designs for survival
Anyone with a cool idea for a functional flood device is invited to enter Design for Disaster’s “Survive!” contest and compete for a Bt60,000 cash prize.
Design for Disasters, (D4D) is a non-profit research team, which focuses on disaster risk management through design.
You can get an idea of what kind of thing they do from their current “Survive!” show, which is part of the “Muang Jom Nam” (“Let’s Panic”) exhibition at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre until November 25.
Eventually, the winning designs will be implemented and displayed and all entries will be published in a “Disaster Survival Handbook”.
The submission deadline is December 23. Find out more at www.DesignForDisasters.org.
The BACC is also hosting talks on flood survival issues every Saturday from 2pm. Check out www.BACC.or.th.
