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Temples, tables, and the calendar that actually runs this island.
Culture
Friday, September 25 is a holiday. The interesting part is the three weeks before it: pomelos in the supermarket, a balcony invitation, and the question of what you are supposed to bring.
4 min read · Sep 4
Culture
Taichung’s free outdoor festival opens Friday with local big bands and imported trios through the 25th.
2 min read · Oct 16
Culture
The city festival runs Friday through Sunday, with bowls you can actually eat.
2 min read · Oct 9
Culture
Three nights of main-stage sets, October 9–11, end a citywide run that started in early September at docks, parks, and club rooms.
2 min read · Oct 2
Culture
The Taipei Jazz Festival is still on through 11 October. The shopping-district carnival takes Expo Park for the long weekend.
2 min read · Sep 24
Culture
The invitation will be casual, late, and easy to decline. Don’t. Fruit, something that can sit on tile, and showing up is the whole custom.
3 min read · Sep 18
Culture
CPBL nights are one of the cheapest good evenings in the country. Pick a park, learn the last MRT, and stay for the losing innings.
4 min read · Sep 11
Culture
It is not a canceled afternoon. It is a pause. Learn to stand under the arcade like everyone else.
3 min read · Sep 3
Culture
Tourists line up for the famous stall. Residents have a second map: the stall that is good on Tuesdays, the one that closed, the one that moved two streets over.
3 min read · Sep 2