To celebrate Tainan Cultural Center's 35th Anniversary, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government spent almost one year to prepare and edit a picture book named "Salute to the Theatre (敬劇場)" to share its story with readers. Tainan Cultural Center was established in 1984. To celebrate its 35th anniversary, Cultural Affairs Bureau invited the video worker Tseng Yi-jen(曾怡甄), the writer Tsao Ting-ting(曹婷婷), illustrators Chang Ching-yuan(張瀞元) and Chang Jui-feng(張瑞峰) to cooperate with the staff of Tainan Cultural Center. This book introduces the different kinds of arts and different venues and equipment by creating an adventure story of a boy in Tainan Cultural Center. At the press conference of this book publishing on January 10th, the Director-general Yeh Tse-shan(葉澤山) highly valued this book and its educational meaning. The Chief of Tainan Cultural Center Fang Min-hua(方敏華) said, "this book tries to invite readers to open it, to know its past, to be a part of its present, and to imagine its future." This book was published in Chinese version and English version at the same time. Tainan Cultural Affairs Bureau will send it to join in some international book fairs and competitions to share the cultural achievement of Tainan with more countries.

The Taikang Cultural Center (TKC), the first multifunctional cultural center which contains a performing theater, a library, and a community university, is founded in response to the local need and call of neighborhood communities, educational & cultural professionals and temples, and is initiated and organized by them from bottom to top. Located at the intersection of An-ji Road and An-zhong Road in the Annan District, having competed after three years’construction, the TKC is scheduled for its trial run during the months of January and March and will be officially in operation on April 13, 2019. During the trial run period, Taikang Performing Theater, outdoor square, and the library will open to the public with a variety of multiple and colorful programs being organized. For example in March, at the theater, the performing program on March 2-3 is the “Love Tale of Anping” by the joint presentation of the Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company and Hsieh Ming-you. The main content and theme are adopted from the lyrics written by Chen Da-ru in 1951 and the song entitled “Anping Memories Reverie,” composed by Xi Shi, that depicts the An-Ping in end of 19th Century about the love story about Mother of Miss King’s and a medical doctor met with each other in a Dutch ship. Also the native Tainan music composer and teacher Hsieh Ming-you has specially written the lyrics and composed the song made for the singing part. And to go with the dancing theatre combined with inventive multiple media images to demonstrate the changing sense of alternating time and space between reality and fantasy in dancing. On March 9 in the “Wukong: Before the Journey to the West” performed by FOCA Formosa Circus Art is an all brand-new program made by the group in 2019, featuring Wu Cheng-en’s “The Journey to the West” as the base blue-plan, and recreating the adventurous story of Monkey King Sun Wu-kong. The entire drama will be presented by such playing schemes or skills as satin thread suspension, huge rings, earth circles plus high degree of difficult somersault and other stunts, thus interpreting the stories told by the Monkey King in his continuously challenging his own self and the authority. For more information on the TKC programs or activities, please visit the official website (https://tkcc.tnc.gov.tw/) and Facebook page(https://www.facebook.com/TaikangCulturalCenter). Event: Love Tale of Anping Time: March 2-3 Event: Wukong: Before the Journey to the West Time: March 9 Venue: the Theater in Taikang Cultural Center Organizer: Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government Source: Yonghua Cultural Center Management Division, YANG,CHIEN-FANG (楊倩芳) Tel: 06-2558136 ext.105 E-MAIL: 760930@mail.tainan.gov.tw

There is one very special space in the basement of the Performance Hall of Tainan Cultural Center - Art Salon. In addition to providing comfortable reading space and abundant reading media, you can enjoy a cup of afternoon tea on the weekend every month. To encounter with Art and literature, audience can open up the imagination of the senses through various intellectual and arts events. This year, Art Salon will celebrate its anniversary. In the first half of the year, it will be planned for the "Arts and Literature Lecture Hall". The six lectures which will invite different types of artists in terms of traditional drama, paper-cutting and music. Moreover, they have close chats with citizens. Plus, they will share their creative experience in the field of artistic. On January 5th and February 23rd, "Best Male Lead in Taiwan Kunqu - Yang Khan-ru(楊汗如)" who praised by Mr. Pai Hsien-yung(白先勇) will bring the wonderful Kunqu Opera. On March 9th, the paper-cut artist "Yang Shi-yi(楊士毅)" came to the audience with a beautiful heart. On April 6th, May 25th and June 1st, "Chen Hui-mei(陳惠湄)" who is the flute musician will introduce the classical music. These artists not only "speak" but also "play", let the audience immerse themselves in the theater atmosphere during the sharing process, enjoy a cup of afternoon tea full of artistic taste, and feel contented on the weekend. Posted: 2019-01-13 Source: Yonghua Cultural Center Management Division, Yang Shao-wei(楊劭暐) Tel: 06-2692864 ext.511 E-MAIL: weiyang0625@mail.tainan.gov.tw Yang Khan-ru(楊汗如) Yang Shi-yi(楊士毅) Chen Hui-mei(陳惠湄)

Taiwan Soloist Symphony Orchestra (TSSO, 台灣獨奏家交響樂團) was founded in 2000 by conductor Hsiao Pang-hsing (蕭邦享). It was their ambition to continue working together and pursuing parallel careers as soloists, members of orchestras, tutors and professors of music conservatories. In this concert, TSSO will cooperate with the famous Russian violinist, Ariadna Anchevskaya, to interpret many classic works, including "Tchaikovsky : Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture," "Sarasate : Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 for Violin and Orchestra," "Saint-Saens : Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra," "Sarasate : Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra," and "Rimsky-Korsakoff：Capriccio Espagnol Op.34." These classic works will bring you different experience and imagination of Spain and Russia. Please come and join us to enjoy the wonderful performance and celebrate a new year! For more information about this concert, please visit the website: http://www.taiwansoloists.org/ Event: Capriccio Espagnol-New Year Concert 2019 (西班牙綺想—2019新年音樂會) Time: 19: 30, Sunday, January 13th, 2019 Venue: Tainan Cultural Center Performance Hall(臺南文化中心演藝廳) Ticket: 300/500/800/1200/1600/2000