Music Night with Gede Robi from Indonesian grunge rock band NAVICULA

Fri 10 Jul 2015, 9 pm

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Gede Robi, lead guitarist and vocalist of one of the top Indonesian grunge bands – Navicula – will be in Hanoi with Joe Cummings from Love Bone – a Bangkok-based hard driving blues outfit, teaming up with funk bass player Daniel Eiland. The trio pump out a hard driving set of classics, originals and contemporary electric guitar sounds with strong vocal stylings from Robi.

Having played in Thailand (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pai), Myanmar (Yangon), playing solo in Phnom Penh and on regular tour in his home Indonesia, Robi is a crowd connector and any performance he gives is fun, funny and interactive with the audience who respond to his somehow cheeky delivery and soulful renditions of tunes from Placebo and Meat Puppets, just as enthusiastically as they do the rock hard originals and covers from the Velvet Underground to Pearl Jam.

Gigs in Hanoi will be followed by gigs in Hoi An at Soul Kitchen and Minsk in Da Nang…

Joining the rock and roll spirit will be local bands and musicians. The Lola Zolas and Tips Lips are already confirmed to play a set, it’ll be an awesome night!

Admission: 100,000 VND at door, 50% off before 10 pm

All proceeds to contribute to artists’ tour.

Folk music Program “Chầu Văn – Nghi thức thờ Mẫu trong các giá đồng”

Thu 09 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

You are invited to the folk music program titled “Chầu văn – Nghi thức thờ Mẫu trong các giá đồng” (Chầu Văn – mother goddess worship rites) with the participation of Chau Van artists: Van Chung, Xuan Dau, Minh Thong, Duc Huy, Xuan Quynh, Tran Hung.

Manager: M.A. Van Ty

Art Director: Musician Thao Giang

The artists will perform Xẩm and Chầu Văn songs about the history of gods: Hoàng Bảy Bảo Hà, cô Đôi Cam Đường, chúa Nguyệt Hồ, cô bé Đông Cuông.

Ticket

Ticket price: 150,000 VND/pax. Student: 100,000 VND

Another chầu văn program had taken place at L’Espace Hanoi back in 2012.

Film Screening “Trainspotting” by Danny Boyle

Fri 10 Jul 2015, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

In the second week of the British directors month, you are invited to the film screening of “Trainspotting” – a groundbreaking work of director Danny Boyle. Not suitable for children under 16 years old.

About film:

“Trainspotting” is a 1996 British dark comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald. Based on the novel with the same name by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February, 1996.

The Academy Award nominated screenplay, by John Hodge, follows a group of heroin addicts in a late 1980s economically depressed area of Edinburgh and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film are the exploration of the urban poverty and the squalor of the “culturally rich” Edinburgh.

Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)

Exhibition “Đáy sóng 3″ by Trang Thanh Hien

Exhibition: 09 – 20 Jul 2015

Hong Hac Gallery

23 Ly Tu Trong, District 1, HCMC

“Đáy sóng 3″ will close the exhibition series “Đáy sóng” which have taken place in Hanoi (Aug 2014), Hue (May 2015) and now HCMC (Jul 2015). More than 20 ink paintings on bark paper by Trang Thanh Hien in the collection of about 60 paintings created during 2011 and 2013 continue to be exhibited.

A Moveable-Screening “The West Lake Tour: The Vietnam Films of Vincent Moon”

Sun 05 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Various locations around Hanoi’s West Lake

The Onion Cellar and Petites Planètes present:

A moveable-screening THE WEST LAKE TOUR: THE VIETNAM FILMS OF VINCENT MOON

Meeting point to be announced on this event page – list of locations only available on the day at the meeting point.

FREE ‘ENTRY’

A very special screening of the music films Vincent Moon shot in Vietnam in October/November 2013.

The screening will not take place at any single venue – rather, audience members (i.e you) – in 2 groups – will traverse with us through a number of locations around the West Lake (using whatever means of transport you see fit – special prize for the most creative), discovering paths less traveled, spots of relative obscurity where no film screening has ever materialised.

To celebrate all the help and support and all the beautiful collaborations that have gone into the shooting of these films, VINCENT MOON and THE ONION CELLAR are releasing a DVD including these Vietnam films, in a beautiful physical package hand-made with traditional Vietnamese materials.

30 of these DVDs will be available at the WEST LAKE event on 5 July (the pricing will be such that all proceeds will have been solely used to cover the cost of production).

This release also marks the first edition of GRAMOPHONE UNDER THE SEA, a new shape-shifting ‘thing’ from THE ONION CELLAR.

Workshop “Tò he và Tu huýt” for children in Hanoi

Sun 05 Jul 2015, 4 pm – 6 pm

Chula

6 Nhat Chieu, near Water Park, Tay Ho, Hanoi

A small workshop for children from 6 to 15 years old themed on Tò he and Tu huýt will be organized on Sunday, 05 Jul, 2015.

Tu huýt is a toy created by artists from Tver region – Russia. They are decorated brightly and look outstanding on earthen brown base.

Tò he is a kind of folk toys for children in Vietnam. There are many types of Tò he such as Tò he by rice flour, by clay, etc… Tò he is familiar with Vietnamese children across the country.

The children will experience two different art forms, two kinds of toys belonging to two different cultures but sharing the same material – CLAY.

Cost: 200,000 VND/pax. Tí Toáy student: 100,000 VND/pax

Hotline: 0916 56 29 30

Photography exhibition “Hometown”

Exhibition: 01 – 15 Jul 2015

Hang Da Galleria

1 Hang Da Str, Hanoi

Who does not have a hometown to which he belongs? We can live in hundreds of places but have only one birthplace. We go thousands of miles, departing from our one and only hometown. Photography exhibition “Hometown” by photographers Ngoc Thai, Kim Son and Vuong Nien capturing scenes of Vietnamese hometowns and those of their own. 30 artworks by the 3 artists are 30 different ways of seeing and seizing their love for Vietnam.

Participating photographers: Ngoc Thai, Kim Son, Vuong Nien

Guest: Le Thiet Cuong

Contact information: Le Thanh Thao – Program secretary, email: gallery39a@gmail.com   

Painting Exhibition by Ty (Mai Hoang Minh)

Opening: Fri 03 Jul 2015, 4 pm

Exhibition: 03 – 28 Jul 2015

Tu Do Gallery

53 Ho Tung Mau Street, District 1, HCMC

The exhibition showcases Ty’s (real name Mai Hoang Minh) 20 choice artworks, created during the period 2006 to 2012. The subject of most Ty’s paintings are daily activities of farmers and fishermen: scarecrow, duck-raising, fish-market, praying for fishes… His images of people and animals are completely stylized and simplified, serving merely as vehicles to express the artist’s innermost feelings.

The paintings of Ty convey the author’s deepest emotions, as well as those of his characters. They have entered several exhibitions in France and the USA; and are quickly becoming collectors’ favorite.

Music Story of the Old Quarter in July

Fri 10 Jul 2015, 8 pm

Center of the Old Quarter’s culture exchange

50 Dao Duy Tu, Hanoi

Hanoi – The capital city of Vietnam has its proud 1000-year-old history and tradition. The music born here shares the same richness as the city’s history itself: diversified, unique and original.

“Music Story of the Old Quarter” is a chain of music shows whose objective is to introduce generally to the world the evolution of the Hanoi’s music, past to present.

The shows are to replicate the footsteps of the city’s music through the history, using traditional voices, rhythms and beats combined with contemporary installation arts. The performance will be delivered by the top class singers and musicians.

Through portraying Vietnamese’s unique music, The Old Quarter’s story of music hopes to successfully communicate the core values inside Hanoi’s culture, history and humans to the audiences, both foreign and native.

Incentive Idea: Vu Nhat Tam, Dam Minh

Create & arrange the show: People’s Artist Xuan Hoach, Thanh Hoa, Thanh Binh, Cong Hung and the team “Dong Kinh Co Nhac”

Artist: Ly Truc Son, Tran Duy Hung, Trinh Tin…

Entry fee: 200,000 VND

Film Screening “Atonement” by Joe Wright

Fri 03 Jul 2015, 7.30 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

51 Tran Hung Dao Str (4th floor), Hanoi

In the first week of British director, you are invited to the film screening “Atonement” directed by Joe Wright. Not allowed for children under 16 years old. English with Vietnamese subtitles.

About film:

ATONEMENT is a 2007 British romantic drama war film directed by Joe Wright and based on Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel of with same name. The film stars James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, and Vanessa Redgrave and chronicles a crime and its consequences over the course of six decades, beginning in the 1930s.

ATONEMENT won an Oscar for Best Original Score at the 80th Academy Awards, and was nominated for six others. It also garnered fourteen nominations at the 61st British Academy Film Awards, winning both Best Film and Production Design, and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)

Live Music with Taylor Moore and Young Buffalo

Thu 02 Jul 2015, 8.30 – 10.30 pm

O’Learys Vietnam

38 Bà Triệu, Hanoi

Taylor Moore and Young Buffalo bring their distinct Americana-tinged brand of blues/rock to Hanoi!

Taylor mixes his guitar-heavy original material with covers from Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Rolling Stones, Dick Dale, Bob Dylan, and more.

Taylor Moore and Young Buffalo participated in the Autumn Live Music Mini Fest in Hanoi in Sep 2014.

Free entry.

Hotline: 090 226 9938

Exhibition “Lên đồng” by Vu Thanh Nghi

Exhibition: 09 – 23 Jul 2015

Heritage Space

Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh, My Dinh, Ha Noi

Influenced by Mother Goddesses religion and its ethereality, through his artistic soul and incredible hands, Vu Thanh Nghi has created 25 paintings, 25 separating morphology with 2 different styles.

Mother Goddesses religion has long been a special belief of Vietnamese, which meets the needs and aspirations of people in daily life. It is close to people from the north to the south to protect, sympathy, share, protect and save them.

Vu Thanh Nghi was born in 1972 in Hai Phong, graduated from Vietnam University of Arts in 1998. He has 2 solo exhibitions in 2008 entitled “Lên đồng” and “The journey of soul”.

Fundraising Photo Exhibition: Orphans of the Temple

Sat 11 Jul 2015, 4 – 10 pm

Spacebar Cafe

15/76 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

Over 2 decades ago, a Buddhist monk took it upon himself to raise an orphaned child at Thinh Dai temple in Ha Nam province. Today, his family of orphans has grown to over 30 children. A collection of 25 Portraits of these kids taken by Emily Sumner will be displayed on the Saturday of July 11th.

Next to each portrait of the kid is a short story about her/him (nickname, age, characteristic, how he/she became an orphan, and what he/she needs for the school year of 2015–2016). All stories are written by Quan (a boy raised in the temple and now studying in Hanoi) in Vietnamese and translated into English by volunteers.

Ticket available at door on July 11th for 50,000 VND/each. All funds donated to Thinh Dai orphanage.

Film Screening “Il était une Forêt” by Luc Jacquet

Fri 10 Jul 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Il était une Forêt” (France, 2013, 78 mins) directed by Luc Jacquet.

Luc Jacquet created the image and soundtrack to immerse viewers into an unknown but welcoming and exciting world.

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets:

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Acoustic Show with Indonesian grunge rocker Gede Robi

Thu 09 Jul 2015, 8 pm

ATK

73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Grunge rocker Gede Robi Supriyanto ventures to Vietnam for the first time. Lead guitarist and vocalist with top indie Indonesian band NAVICULA now stops off in Hanoi in his Vietnam tour!

Robi is traveling with Joe Cummings of Love Bone and Daniel Eiland, funk bassist. His aim is to share his grunge rock music whilst meeting and collaborating with local musicians.

“The collaboration between great musicians becomes a conversation that takes place between the artist and the audience. The energy goes both ways and it is in this space – created by sound – that the unraveling of boundaries takes place.”

This is the intention of the tour – to take some music, some musicians and ideas, and unravel some magic. The ultimate goal is to have a great deal of fun… Because, “If it is not fun, it is not rock and roll.”

Tickets: 50,000 VND at door

Contemporary Concert and Dance program at HCMC Opera House

Thu 09 Jul 2015, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

No. 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC

You are invited to the contemporary concert and dance program at the HCMC Opera House.

Two new dance pieces titled “Vọng phu biển” – “Waiting for Husband on the Shore” choreographed by Nguyen Phuc Hai and Nguyen Phuc Hung will be featured in this program. The faithfulness of Vietnamese women in marriage is expressed in the most touching way through the image of the “Vong Phu” (“waiting for husband”) stone.

In addition, the program also introduces some contemporary music compositions by young talented musicians coached in professional environment of music: Nguyen Manh Duy Linh, Vu Viet Anh, Nguyen Do Anh Tuan, etc.

Tickets

Ticket price: 550,000 – 400,000 – 350,000 – 200,000 – 80,000 VND (for students only)

Booking and delivery: 08 38237419, Ms. Huong: 0989874517, Ms. Huong Ly: 0908057972

Lecture & Talk: “Dolls, Dreams, and Drives: Sexual Subjectivity in the Films of Kim Kyung-Mook”

Thu 09 Jul 2015, 7 pm

Nha San Collective

2nd floor, 24 Ly Quoc Su, Hanoi

Queer Forever and Nhà Sàn Collective are excited to invite you to a lecture and talk with Prof. Earl Jackson, Jr.:

“Dolls, Dreams, and Drives:

Sexual Subjectivity in the Films of Kim Kyung-Mook.”

Earl Jackson, Jr.

National Chiao Tung University

Trans-Asian Screen Cultures Institute

Any description of the films of Kim Kyung-Mook must be immediately qualified. His films emanate from an unapologetically “gay” perspective, yet their significance extends beyond an identity politics. One of recurrent motifs in his films involve the attempt of a young gay man to find sexual and emotional fulfillment from an older married man only partially available. Yet the films are neither a lament nor a victimology. Instead, these situations contribute to a more extensive understanding of a sexual scenario as a structural disequilibrium. Furthermore, desire is not an urge to be quelled either by physiological satisfaction or the closure of a psychological narrative; instead, desire remains an open question – destabilizing in its constitutive effects and affects.

This paper will examine Kim’s films to draw out the inscription of sexual subjectivity and the self-constitution of the subject as object of the other’s desire. Although the primary focus is on male-male sexuality outside of an identity politics, the struggles for recognition within a given pairing as well as within a subject’s self-understanding illustrate viscerally that sexuality itself is inherently political – here in its adjudication of submission, dominance, accommodation and resistance.

Round-table Discussion: “Window – A strange Look on the Familiar Hanoi” by Ta Huy Long

Wed 08 Jul 2015, 6 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the round-table discussion entitled: “Window – A strange Look on the Familiar Hanoi”, with the participation of Ta Huy Long, illustrator and author of the book, and Nguyen Hoang Dieu Thuy, publisher.

“Window”, the latest work of Ta Huy Long – one of the leading comic illustrators in Viet Nam – tells the story of Hanoi some decades ago when Trang Tien Miscellaneous Goods Store was still open, electric trains still tinkled on the streets, and bicycle was the main transportation of Hanoians. The mischievous, ambiguous paintings which bear the metaphor of re-birth and life transformation, flashing by as fast as a dream in their busy lives will take the audience to a familiar, yet strange Hanoi as it was a few decades ago.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entry.

Classical Concert with Song Hong Chamber, Duo Mây, and Friends and the Red Steinway

Tue 07 Jul 2015, 8 pm

New concert hall

Vietnam National Academy of Music

You are invited to the classical concert with the participation of Song Hong Chamber, Duo Mây, Friends and the Red Steinway.

The young artists will perform compositions by J Haydn, W.A.Mozart, F Schubert, F.Chopin, A.Drovak and Dang Huu Phuc.

Ticket

Ticket price: 100 000 VND, 200 000 VND

Contact for ticket sale: 090 323 0685/090 347 0179 or email sonviolin@yahoo.com.

Concert – Conference “Guimet Museum or Vietnamese Cultural Presence in Paris”

Tue 07 Jul 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

Guimet museum (Musée Guimet) is home to the most beautiful collections of Asian art. For this special evening, Hubert Laot, Artistic Director of the Museum, will make a brief introduction about Vietnamese collections of the museum, and then focus on the recent exhibitions of Vietnamese arts and finally present the work done for recognition of Vietnamese arts scene.

In the second part of the evening, musician Huong Thanh will present traditional music of Vietnam, together with artists Thanh Binh, Cong Hung, Vu Ngoc and Thanh Ha as well as a duet with Jason Carter.

Tickets

Ticket price: 160,000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 80,000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Singapore Food Festival 2015 in Hanoi

08 Jul – 02 Aug 2015

Oven D’Or restaurant, Sheraton Hanoi

Lane 1 Au Co, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

Come to Singapore food festival from July 8th to August 2nd, 2015. The food festival at will showcase Singapore’s famous cuisines and our unique food culture.

The organizer will contribute 30% of its ticket sales on opening night – July 8th – to one of charities of their choice named Hagar International Vietnam for supporting women and children who undergone human trafficking, sexual exploitation and domestic violence. Hagar’s sole ambition is to provide the clients with the tools to reclaim the life that was taken from them and enjoy the kind of happiness that so many of us take for granted.

The ticket price is 990,000 VND which includes buffet dinner, soft drinks and beers.

Please contact Ms. Hang via hang.tranthuy@hagarinternational.org or 043.7282342 – ext. 0 to purchase tickets.

Film Screening “Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas” by Laurent Tirard

Sun 05 Jul 2015, 4 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Nicholas on Holiday” (France, 2014, 97 mins) directed by Laurent Tirard.

The sequel to the 2009 film “Little Nicholas” – after the famous adventures of Nicholas. Repeatedly silly and extremely funny antics would make both children and adult laugh out loud.

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

US Independence Day Picnic in Hanoi

Sat 04 Jul 2015, 4 pm

The American Club

19-21 Hai Ba Trung Sreet, Hanoi

From the organizer:

To celebrate US Independence Day:

Enjoy live music, circus, games and contests, lucky-draw, food, drinks, fun!

Featuring the BIGGEST and Best Lucky-Draw in Hanoi

Over 100 prizes will be given away for FREE!

Buy tickets at the AmCham Office – Call 04.3934 2790

Adult tickets: 500,000 VND

Children tickets: 250,000 VND

Children under 3: Free

Tickets include unlimited food and drinks!

Special Concert at Vietnam National Academy of Music

Sat 04 Jul 2015, 8 pm

The Grand Concert Hall

Vietnam National Academy of Music

You are invited to a special concert at Vietnam National Academy of Music with:

Conductor: Tran Vuong Thach

Violoin Soloist: Tran Le Quang Tien

and the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra

Program

Felix Mendelssohn

– Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64

Interval

Antonin Dvorak

– Symphony No.7 in D major, op.60

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200,000 – 350,000 – 500000 VND. All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House or can book online at ticketvn.com.

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Enjoy a part of the Violin Concerto in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn:

March 2015 also marks a lovely “mini concert” by students at the Jazz Department of Vietnam National Academy of Music and two renowned saxophonists from Denmark and Australia: Martin Jacobsen and Danny Healy.   

Vietnam National Academy of Music

77 Hao Nam Str., Dong Da Distr., Ha Noi

Solo Sculpture Exhibition “Invisible Movements” by Khong Do Tuyen

Opening: Fri 03 Jul 2015, 5.30 pm

Artist talk: Sun 05 Jul 2015, 3 pm

Exhibition: 03 – 10 Jul 2015

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc St., Hanoi

To people who concern about contemporary sculpture in Vietnam, Khong Do Tuyen is a familiar name. His career starts very early in group exhibitions, workshops, local and international camps. It can be said that Tuyen is one of the mature sculptors of his generation.

Khong Do Tuyen uses several materials professionally, in which metal has been most frequently used, and steel seems to be the only type of metal able to express and fulfill his creative need. Khong Do Tuyen breathes life into steel.

Khong Do Tuyen made careful and serious decision about organizing the first solo sculpture exhibition. It’s hard to think of any other title that is more suitable than “Invisible Movements” for his “steel game” this time. A raging movement is hidden under the shapes, struggle, and pain of the heavy and cold steel…

Khong Do Tuyen also participated in the experimental contemporary sculpture project “NEW FORM” (2012-2014) and had his works exhibited in both phase 1 and phase 2 of the project.

Film Screening “Colt 45″ at L’Espace

Fri 03 Jul 2015, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “Colt 45″ (France, 2014, 85 mins) directed by Fabrice Du Welz.

“A classic, dark and violent thriller, led by duo Lanvin – Joey Starr” – Le Dauphiné Libéré

For more information about synopsis, please see L’Espace website (in French) or refer to the Vietnamese version of this post.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets

Ticket price: 50 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 40 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Round-table Discussion: “Prose is fast food?” at L’Espace

Wed 01 Jul 2015, 6 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the round-table discussion entitled: “Prose is fast food?” with the participation of writer and painter Do Phan, Nguyen Truong Quy, moderator Pham Xuan Nguyen.

Today the prose stays at the heart of the Vietnamese literary creation. Its influence is real and therefore attracts authors in search of success. On the book market, the reader likes the prose, which deals with contemporary issues, usually short and lends itself to discussion on social networks. Does the prose become a fast consuming good?

Language: Vietnamese

Free entry.