Our picks for the best things to do in Bangkok this weekend

Movie night gets a dinner-table upgrade with La Famiglia Legacy: Table and Screen, a collaboration between Century Theatre Sukhumvit and Avani Sukhumvit Bangkok. The evening pairs The Godfather with an Italian meal, letting you watch Michael Corleone navigate the family business as plates arrive. Begin with a welcome drink before settling in for pasta, cannoli and other Italian dishes from Avani’s kitchen team. The film supplies most of the drama; the setting stays relaxed. If you’ve ever wanted to watch a mafia classic while eating what its characters might order, here’s your excuse.August 22-September 13. B1,550-1,650.  Book here. Century Theatre Sukhumvit. 7pm-10pm

Jazz and art meet in Jazz Conversation, an exhibition of oil paintings inspired by the look and atmosphere of the post-World War I era. Deep black, brown, indigo, rusty orange, wine red, muted yellow and olive green give the show its vintage character. The standout works explore  ‘Rawness’, using thick, forceful brushstrokes and distorted figures to capture the physical freedom of improvising musicians. Rather than simply recording a performance, the artist uses movement, colour and texture to suggest what happens when players abandon a fixed structure and respond to one another in the moment.  August 16-September 6. Free. Joyman Gallery. 11am-6pm

Thai artist, writer and traveller Juli Baker and Summer presents a solo exhibition drawn from her own family story and everyday experiences of care. Through mixed-media paintings and installations, she looks at the often overlooked work that keeps families going, from preparing meals to sitting beside someone when they need company. The starting point is a simple question from her grandmother, who never gets the chance to fly. The exhibition traces their relationship from childhood, when her grandmother cares for her, to later years when the roles reverse and she becomes her grandmother’s caregiver. August 13-September 20. Free entry. RCB Galleria 5, River City Bangkok. 10am-8pm

Tea Lounge at Capella Bangkok has joined forces with Valrhona for Éclat de Cacao, a limited-run afternoon tea by Executive Pastry Chef Paulo Bairan and Valrhona Regional Pastry Chef APAC Guillaume Lopvet. The menu explores chocolate in different styles and intensities, served in classic afternoon-tea form against a backdrop of Chao Phraya River views. It begins with a chocolate-and-citrus welcome drink before moving through scones, pastries, petits fours and mignardises. The creations range from bright cacao flavours to richer dark chocolate, accompanied by tea and herbal and floral infusions. Bringing together Capella’s pastry kitchen and Valrhona’s chocolate expertise, the menu plays with cacao through contrasting flavours and textures. August 8-October 9. Éclat de Cacao Afternoon Tea B1,800++ per person or B3,500++ for two. Tea Lounge, Capella Bangkok

Memories have a funny habit of sticking around, even when the details start to disappear. Kuala Lumpur-based artist Joey Wong, better known as d'peculiar, explores this idea in Preserved Feelings, a solo exhibition of paintings filled with familiar objects, distorted bodies and strange domestic scenes. Human organs appear beside everyday surroundings, rearranged in ways that invite a second look. Wong treats emotions and memories as things we can keep, alter and revisit over time, asking what happens when a past experience no longer looks quite the same but still carries the same emotional weight. Now-September 7. Free entry. GalileOasis. 9am-8pm

Three decades after Detective Conan first arrives on television, the long-running mystery series gets its first Southeast Asian anniversary exhibition. The show traces the anime's history from early sketches and storyboards to voice recording, music and final animation, offering a closer look at the work behind one of Japan's biggest franchises. Highlights include life-sized recreations of memorable scenes, a storyboard wall spanning 30 years and a screening room showing an exclusive anniversary film. Pick up an assigned collectible ticket on arrival, then finish with a browse through exclusive merchandise made specially for the exhibition. July 23-November 8. B250-900 via here. FreeAttraction Hall, ICONSIAM. 10am-9pm

There is something about a good hotel brunch that slowly wipes out the rest of your plans for the day, and Waldorf Astoria Bangkok seems fully aware of that. The hotel has launched a monthly Saturday Brunch at The Brasserie, running on the first Saturday of every month from noon-3pm, built for the sort of weekends where nobody is in any particular rush to leave. The seafood section lands first and unapologetically big, with towers stacked with oysters, lobster, river prawns, scallops alongside a roaming caviar trolley. Waldorf Astoria’s signature eggs benedict makes an appearance too, while foie gras stations and carving counters keep the whole thing firmly in leisurely celebration territory. From there, the menu shifts between international mains and richer Asian comfort dishes. Pan-seared snow fish, smoked duck breast, sous vide beef short rib and creamy crab capellini sit alongside Peking duck, suckling pig and barbecue pork. Dessert keeps the momentum going with a chocolate fountain, pastries, lychee-yuzu creations and enough cake to justify quietly cancelling your evening plans afterwards.From B3,550++ per person. The Brasserie, Waldorf Astoria Bangkok. Advance booking recommended. First Saturday of every month, 12pm-3pm. Upcoming dates include June 6, July 4, August 12 (special H.M. The Queen Mother’s Birthday edition), September 5, October 3, November 7 and December 5

Mooring examines how memories, beliefs and personal histories shift as they move between people, languages and generations. F four artists approach storytelling through their own experiences and practices, asking what happens to truth when a story changes with every retelling. The answer may depend as much on who speaks, who listens and what is remembered as on the facts themselves.  Until September 29. Free entry. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 2pm-8pm 

Bringing together Pemapsorn Kritsadacharoenpong and Wannita Tankeng, Permission to Feel takes a quieter look at emotion and everyday happiness. Pemapsorn’s raised impasto works give feelings a physical presence, with thick layers of paint that invite a closer look. Wannita’s semi-abstract paintings are lighter and more fluid, using colour and movement to suggest passing moods. Together, the two approaches ask us to slow down and notice ordinary pleasures, from a good cup of coffee to a quiet moment between conversations. No grand achievement required.August 8-September 6. Free entry. KYLA Gallery & Wine Bar. 3pm-midnight

An entire Akha house now stands in the middle of Bangkok, carefully dismantled from a village in northern Thailand and rebuilt piece by piece inside an art gallery. Roof panels, woven bedding, timber floors and weathered household objects all carry marks of the people who once lived among them, quietly tracing a way of life that grows more fragile with each passing generation. The Akha are an Indigenous ethnic group whose communities are spread across the mountains of northern Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and southern China, known for their intricate textiles, spiritual rituals and deep connection to land and ancestry. In recent decades, migration, tourism and rapid development have reshaped many of those traditions. Through memory, craftsmanship and personal histories, The Preservation of Fire by Busui Ajaw keeps those stories alive a little longer. May 15-November 1. Free entry. Bangkok Kunsthalle. 2pm-8pm