Laugh along when Dane Cook presents "The Perfectly Shattered Tour" Sunday at the Genesee Theatre. Plus, plan ahead for a variety of Earth Day events this weekend, Shen Yun at the Rosemont Theatre, the Professional Championship Bull Riders at the NOW Arena and more.
A military man who retired and took up rice farming took home the title of “champion rice” at a competition in Kaohsiung yesterday.
Retired sergeant major Wu Chang-kuei (巫璋貴) was named the winner at a ceremony in Meinong District (美濃), at which a special screening of The People in the Field was shown, a documentary about farmers in Meinong made by Hakka TV.
Five people advanced from the first round of the competition, in which farmers’ fields and the quality of their rice were judged.
The results of the final round were announced by Meinong Farmers’ Association head of staff Chung Ching-hui (鍾清輝)