Lang Du Friday Night with Flamenco

Every Fri night, 14 Jun – 16 Aug 2013, 9 – 10.30 pm

StarClub

87 Lang Ha (inside National Cinema Center)

Lãng Du Friday Night is a series of Friday music nights by Lang Du band. Each night will have a featured theme based on Flamenco performed by the band, in cooperation with two other artists and guests.

There can be additional dancers, or players of saxophone, violon, flute or other traditional music instruments aligned with the night theme.

Tentative themes

1. Flamenco Night – La Isla Bonita (14 Jun): Guest singer Ha Thuong – former president of FTU Music Club, Ly Minh Hieu – Latin singer of Lang Du band and dancers

2. Trinh Night – Dear I, don’t despair (21 Jun): Tentative singer Lo Thuy – Giang Chau with saxophonist Manh Hoa

3. Flamenco Night – Dance of string (28 Jun): Honor the stringed instruments in ensembles and New – Flamenco, tentative artists: Violinist Hai Van (Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra), monochord/36-string zither: Thanh Phuong (Pha lê Xanh band), plucked zither Minh Trang (Vietnam National Academy of Music)

4. Truong Quy Hai Night – Tu khuc ngay sinh (5 Jul): Guest singer: Huyen Dieu Thu, Minh Đuc, flutist Thuy Quynh

5. Flamenco Night– Volare (12 Jul): Come back to New – Flamenco with performance of Ha Thuong, Minh Hieu and dancers

6. Sao Mai Night – Downwind (19 Jul), tentative singers: Vu Ha Anh và Huong Giang Idol with crew

7. Flamenco Night – Bamboleo (26 Jul) – Lãng Du Band talk with Cảm xúc band, sublimation and the convergence of the best Flamenco Guitarist in Vietnam.

8. Lovers Night – The day was born by white night (2 Aug) – Tang Nhat Tue – Hai Yen Idol with band, contemporary dance

9. Flamenco Night – Without Love (9 Aug) – Đong Lan – Giang Chau performing France songs

10. Lyrical Night – Tender love song (16 Aug) – Thu Thuy, Minh Đuc, introduce love songs of Ngo Thuy Mien, Pham Duy

Tentative program

(The order is subject to change with arrangement of artistic producer Tran Viet Anh)

1. Bamboleo symphony – Lang Du Band

2. Volare – Singer: Minh Hieu and dancer

3. Perhaps – Singer: Ha Thuong

4. Caja de cerilla symphony- Lang Du Band

5. Black Magtic Woman – Singer: Minh Hieu

6. “Ngày yêu thương” – Singer: Ha Thuong

7. Espana Gandi symphony - Lang Du Band

8. Quando Quando – Singer: Minh Hieu

9. Juliet symphony – Lang Du Band

10. Sway – Singer: Ha Thuong

11. Parasol symphony - Lãng Du Band

12. Fall at your feet – Singer: Minh Hieu

13. Viens m’embrasser: Singer: Ha Thuong, French – Vietnamese

14. Eros symphony - Lang Du Band

15. Cascada symphony - Lang Du Band

16. La Isla Bonita – Singer: Ha Thuong and dancers

17. Oye Commo Va – Singer Minh Hieu and the whole Lang Du Band

Tickets/ Entrance fee

Entrance fee: VND 100,000 for live music and guests should pay for their own drinks.

Young Composers in Southeast Asia: Competition & Festival 2013

Deadline: 31 Jul 2013

Workshop / Festival / Award Ceremony: Dec 2013

For the third time, Goethe-Institut in Southeast Asia invites young composers of the region to present their compositions. The 2013 edition of the regional encounter is being organized in collaboration with the College of Music at Mahidol University in Salaya / Thailand.

An international jury will select ten outstanding pieces. These will be discussed in a workshop in Bangkok/Thailand in December 2013. The 10 composers will be invited to this workshop. Goethe-Institut is proud to announce once again the participation of the Berlin-based group for contemporary music “Ensemble Mosaik” during the workshop and the festival. After the workshop, the international jury will make a final decision and price-money will be awarded to three winners. Workshop and concerts will be held between December 09 and 15, 2013 at Mahidol University, Salaya (near Bangkok).

Call for Entries / Deadlines

We welcome composers from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam to send in their work. Deadline for entries is July 31, 2013. All entries should be addressed to the Goethe-Institut Bangkok.

Instrumentation

Western instruments:

Flute (also piccolo, alto and bassflute), Oboe (also englishhorn), Clarinet in Bb (also bassclarinet in Bb),

Percussion (see specification), Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello.

Percussion specification: Gran Cassa, Tamtam, 5 Tomtoms, standard octave of Crotales, 3 Woodblocks, two normal cymbals, wuhan cymbal, vibraphone; 3 Chinese Gongs (actually smaller tamtams), triangle.

Composers may use a selection of these. If a composer wants to use further instruments, he/she may ask the Goethe-Institut for availability. If the Goethe-Institut agrees, the additional instrument is allowed. If not, the piece will automatically be excluded.

Local instruments:

Each composer may include one local instrument/player of his/her respective cultural realm, provided that he/she can name a player who is able to collaborate with the Western musicians and will be present during the final workshop (travel expenses and board by the Goethe-Institut). In the score the part shall be written in Western notation, while the part for the player may use special local notation.

Basic Rules

• Composers from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam are allowed to participate.

• Composers who were born in the countries mentioned above but who are currently studying or working abroad are allowed to join the competition. However Goethe-Institut cannot provide international airfares in case of selection except from the Southeast Asian region of the participating countries.

• Composers who have won one of the first three prizes in 2009 or 2011 are NOT allowed to participate.

• All participants must be born after 1st of April 1978.

• The piece should not be longer than 5 minutes.

• The score may be hand-or computer written and must have clear explanations for everything. A score that cannot be read exactly is automatically dismissed.

• Every participant is allowed to send only one score.

• Each participant sends 6 copies of his/her score with an anonymous sign on it (no name no title), including a CD with the anonymous score as a digital PDF-file (if the score is hand written, please scan the complete score and add the anonymous sign). In a sealed envelope with the same sign, the participant provides his/her full address, copy of the passport (or a similar proof of age and nationality), email-address, phone numbers and a written statement about the authenticity of the score.

As mentioned above, all entries should be addressed to:

Goethe-Institut Bangkok

- Composition Competition -

18/1 Soi Goethe, Sathorn 1

Bangkok 10120, Thailand

Tel.: +66 – (0)2 – 287 0942/3/4

Fax: +66 – (0)2 – 287 1829

Email: kullaya.sriwatanarotai@bangkok.goethe.org

Deadline for the entries is 31st of July 2013 (post-stamp or similar prove).

The jury of the Composers Festival will be announced on the website of Goethe-Institut Bangkok. The jury will select ten pieces that will be discussed in the workshops in December 2013 together with the Ensemble Mosaik and possible additional musicians. After the workshop and the final performance, the jury will make a final decision of three selected pieces. All three prizes will be 2000,- Euro each. The decision of the jury is undisputable.

For further information please contact:

Goethe-Institut Bangkok

Ms. Kullaya Sriwatanarotai

18/1 Soi Goethe, Sathorn 1, Bangkok 10120, Thailand

Tel.: +66 – (0)2 – 287 0942/3/4 ext. 82

Fax: +66 – (0)2 – 287 1829

Email: kullaya.sriwatanarotai@bangkok.goethe.org

Screening of “Living in Fear”, “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset”

Screening of “Living in Fear”: Fri 14 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Screening of “Before Sunrise”, “Before Sunset”: Sat 15 Jun 2013, 2 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

You are invited to the two screening of TPD this week. At 8p.m. on Friday 14 Jun, TPD Center will organize a program on ‘Friday Night with Vietnam Cinema’ with the screening of the film Living in Fear (director Bui Thac Chuyen).

On Saturday June 15th 2013, TPD Centre will host next session of Two Thumbs Up Movie programme. We will screen Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004).

About Living in Fear (2005)

Director: Bui Thac Chuyen

Cast: Tran Huu Phuc, Hanh Thuy, My Uyen, Ngoc Phuong

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 110 mins

Plot: Post-war Vietnam was full of mines and unexploded bombs. Not everyone wants to risk his life clearing them up, but some had little choice. Such as Tai. As a former soldier for the NME, he can’t get a job and has two families to maintain. With true contempt for death, he starts disposing of mines. This is a dangerous, almost suicidal job, but thanks to his disregard for death, from that moment on Tai is able to earn his living. (Gertjan Zuilhof)

Awards:

- Asian New Talent Award in Shanghai Film Festival 2006

- Grand Jury Award in Asia-Pacific Film Festival 2006

- Best Supporting Actress in Vietnam Film Festival 2007

- Jury Award in Vietnam Film Festival 2007

- Golden Kite Award for Best Director – Vietnam Cinema Association

- Golden Kite Award for Best Screenplay – Vietnam Cinema Association

- Golden Kite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Vietnam Cinema Association

- Golden Kite Award for Best Actor – Vietnam Cinema Association

About Before Sunrise and Before Sunset

Before Sunrise is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse Wallace (Ethan Hawke), a young American, and Céline (Julie Delpy), a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and getting to know each other.

Like its predecessor, Before Sunset (2004) was directed by Richard Linklater. However, this time Linklater shares screenplay credit with both actors from the film, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. Linklater also shares story credit with the original Before Sunrise screenwriter Kim Krizan.

The film picks up the story in Before Sunrise where a young American man (Hawke) and a young French woman (Delpy) meet on a train and spend one night in Vienna. Nine years later in Before Sunset, their paths intersect again. It plays out in real time as they spend one afternoon together in Paris.

Before Sunset received broad acclaim, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Screening on Friday:

Film screening in Vietnamese with English Subtitle.

Booking: via email tpdmovie@gmail.com

Different from other non-profit screenings on Saturday afternoon, the program Friday with Vietnam Cinema is a fundraising event. In this program, we are calling out for audiences’ contribution to continue the operation of TPD Center in the future. Suggested Donation 50,000 VND

Screening on Saturday:

Agenda:

- 2p.m: Screening of Before Sunrise

- 4p.m: Screening of Before Sunset

In this program, we are calling out for audiences’ voluntary contribution to continue the operation of TPD Center in the future.

Streaming TEDGlobal 2013: Think again

Thu 13 Jun 2013, 8 – 9.30 pm

Manzi Art Space

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

On June 13th 2013, TEDxHoankiem proudly presents the world-renowned annual event TED Global 2013: Think again.

Streaming live from Edinburgh’s International Conference Centrer to Hanoi, the simulcast will feature session 4: Money talks with six speakers:

George Papandreou, Former Prime Minister of Greece

Annette Heuser, Rating agency reformer

Toby Eccles, Social investment visionary

Didier Sornette, Risk economist

Apollo Robbins, Gentleman thief

Mariana Mazzucato, Innovation economist.

Free entrance

Language: English. No subtitles will be used throughout the session.    

Exhibition “Young Sculptors 2013″ – Call for Submission

Deadline: 20 Jun 2013

Artists are invited to participate in Exhibition “Young Sculptors 2013″. The exhibition is for authors from 35 years old and below. All sculptures, installations, etc. with different sizes and materials are acceptable.

Kindly send photos of art works via email to: clbnghesitrevn@gmail.com hoặc thainhatminh.dk@gmail.com

Selected works will be displayed on the exhibition at the end of Jun.

Submission of real works on 28 – 29 Jun 2013

Opening the exhibition: 30 Jun 2013, 16:30

Exhibition: 30 Jun to 5 Jul 2013

Seminar: 8.30 – 11.30 am 5 Jul 2013

Work return: 6 Jul 2013

Venue: Art Exhibition Hall, 16 Ngo Quyen Street, Hanoi

Seminar International Trends in Television Production

Thu 20 Jun 2013, 8.30 am

I.C.E Room

2nd Floor, Friendship Cultural Palace, 91 Tran Hung Dao Str, Hanoi

You are invited to the seminar on “International Development Trends in Television Production”, with the participation of representatives from of well-known domestic and international broadcasters.

Mr. Vikram Channa – Vice President, Discovery Channel Asia Pacific

Ms. Keiko Bang – President of Organizing Committee of Asian Side of the Doc & Founder, Bang Productions

Mr. Imamura Kenichi – Senior Producer/ Commissioning Editor, NHK Japan

Mr. Đỗ Thanh Hải – Director of Vietnam Film Company, Vietnam National Television (VTV)

Moderator: Ms. Ha Thuc Van – Producer/CEO Redbridge TV & Film Production

The panel discussion will be in English and Vietnamese.

The seminar will point out the differences and similarities in television broadcasting among countries in the Asia Pacific region, including Vietnam. It will provide basic information about standards used among international broadcasters in order to bring domestic production closer to the international market.

Registration

RSVP before June, 17th, 2013 to:

Email: contact@redbridge.vn

Tel: (84-4) 39740314 (Ms. Linh)/ 39447399 (Ms. Thao)

The Dogma Prize in Self – Portraiture III

Deadline: Mon 16 Sep 2013, 5 pm

We are delighted to announce the staging of the third edition of the Dogma Prize in Self-Portraiture.

The prize was created with the principle aim of inspiring artists to explore the infinite possibilities that the challenge of producing a self-portrait provides, and to encourage the participation of young and emerging talent along with established members of the artistic community of Vietnam.

Last year, over 320 artists submitted works and we were very moved at the depth and quality of so much of the art received. We hope we may equal or even better that result this year.

The Dogma Prize 2013 winner receives 120 million vnd and three finalists receive Dogma Prize Special Recognition Awards of 15 million each.

This year, we are also delighted to present a new prize category – The Dogma New Media Award.

This is intended to attract artists who are exploring new and experimental ways to create, and that they may also turn their attention to pushing the boundaries of self-portraiture into new territory.

The Dogma Prize website posts all the rules and guide lines of the competition.

Submission will be accepted via the Dogma Prize website up till 5pm on Monday September 16, 2013.

Finalists will be posted on the Dogma prize website on Friday September 20 at 5pm.

“The Dogma Prize reflects our believe in the importance of bestowing recognition and awards to artists who demonstrate craft, skill and originality in the fields of contemporary painting and sculpture as well as photography and new media.”

Fusion Nights No.4 – Acoustic Night

Tue 11 Jun 2013, 6 – 11 pm

Pots ‘n Pans Restaurant & Bar

57 Bui Thi Xuan Str, Hanoi

It’s Tuesday tomorrow! This week we take a pleasure to present Mr Mike Nacario as our first Solo Acoustic Singer and Player at our Tuesday Fusion Nights. If you have already known him come and say “hi”, and if you haven’t met him….come anyway to meet him and listen to his music.

For more information, please telephone 043 944 0204/5 or email info@potsnpans.vn.

Screening of UK Documentary Film “Ping pong”

Hanoi: Tue 11 Jun 2013, 7 pm

National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film

465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi

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HCMC: Thu 27 Jun 2013, 7 pm

Hoa Sen University

93 Cao Thang Str, Ward 3, Dist 3, HCMC

Cinema fans in Hanoi and HCMC can enjoy a wide selection of documentary films at the EUNIC Documentary Film Festival 2013 catering for audiences of all ages.

The British Council is participating in the 5th EUNIC Documentary Film Festival in Hanoi and HCMC with ‘Ping Pong – Never too old for gold’ directed and produced by Hugh and Anson Hartford. This recent film was official selected at many documentary festivals such as Hotdocs, Sheffield Docs, Docs New York City, and Warsaw International Film Festival 2012.

Free entrance.

Synopsis

Pensioners from across the planet compete in the World over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia.

From retirement, care homes, mental and physical health to death and loneliness; 8 players from 4 continents, with 703 years between them; guide us through the extraordinary world of Veteran sports. The film interweaves the competition with intimate and candid portraits that explore the hope, passion, prejudice, and immediacy of growing old.

Terry (81) having been given a week to live, gets in sight of winning gold. Inge (89) has used table tennis to train her way out of the dementia ward she committed herself to. Australian legend Dorothy DeLow is 100, and finds herself a mega celebrity in this rarefied world and Texan Lisa Modlich, a new-comer at 85 years old, is determined to do whatever it takes to win her first gold. This film is as much about the tenacity of the human spirit as it is a meditation on mortality.

From the outset, the film challenges perceptions of what it is to grow old. With humour and sensitivity it emotionally engages us with the issues we all face in an ageing global population. Right now 1 in 6 people on the planet are over the age of 60. By 2030 that figure will be 1 in every 4.

REVIEWS

“Delightful, hilarious and completely inspirational”

Empire ****

“It is about ageing, mortality, friendship, ambition and love. The stories stay with you for hours, weeks, after the credits have rolled. But perhaps its most powerful achievement is to leave us with a more humane conception of sport, and of life itself.”

Matthew Syed – The Times

Who could have imagined there were people over 100 years old with more passion and determination than most people 1/5th their age! The film is baffling, inspiring and sweet, and it’s wonderful to see how ping-pong has transformed their lives.”

Susan Sarandon    

Solo Exhibition by Vietnamese Artist in Canada

Opening: Wed 12 Jun, 5 – 8 pm

Exhibition: 12 Jun – 14 Jul 2013

The East Gallery

334 Dundas St. W.(across from the AGO), Toronto, Canada

Returning artist Dinh Thi Tham Poong’s work is deeply influenced by her Muong ethnic minority roots and her childhood growing up in a remote mountainous region on the border of Vietnam with China. In this exhibition, Tham Poong uses vivid images, striking contrasts and intricate patterns to bring her strong connection to these roots to life. Her poetic watercolours on handmade ‘Dzo’ paper are almost surreal, erasing boundaries between humans and nature.

“In my mind everything has two halves. Everything contains each other, is intertwined with each other. What makes me happy are the customs of the minority people who I grew up with, their spirituality and musicality, the sounds and smells of nature”, she says. “I am now living in a big city but these memories and experiences have a special place inside me. Through my paintings I express my love and admiration for the close connectedness that minority people in their beautifully patterned clothes have with nature”.

One of Vietnam’s most successful contemporary artists, Tham Poong has had 17 international exhibitions over the last 15 years including shows in Berlin, New York City, London, Miami, Tokyo, Helsinki and Manila.

Exhibition “Water Color”

Opening: Sat 08 Jun 2013, 10 am

Exhibition: 08 – 28 Jun 2013

Tu do Gallery

53 Ho Tung Mau, Dis. 1, HCMC

Theater Performance “White Sheet”

You are welcome to art exhibition by Ho Van Hung. He said: “In the footsteps of wandering roads that can’t be remembered, when returning to my quiet countryside, I want to walk bare feet on shore grass and be a kid herding his buffaloes, with blonde hair and dark skin by harsh winds and sun.

Childhood, folk verses, proverbs and vague lyrics of mother’s lullaby are always my inspiration!”

Artist HO VAN HUNG

Born in 1981 in Nghe An

Graduated from Hue college of Arts in 2005

Email: hohung37watercolor@gmail.com   

09, 10 and 11 Jun 2013, 8.30 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

A theatrical experience that melds genres and the arts to share a vision of an everyday happening.

A woman and her memories dissolve in an arcane reality. The powers that be grasp for control as barriers are torn down and the audience gets sucked in to a whirlwind of absurdity.

Set at the edge of dreamtime, this story must be lived, not told!

Tickets:

100,000 VND presale at Hanoi Rock City, 21 North, Ete Bar.

130,000 VND at door.   

Photo Exhibition “The Pink Choice” by Vietnamese Photographer in Tokyo

(C) Yumi Goto / Reminders Photography Stronghold

Exhibition: 08 Jun – 04 Aug 2013

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

1-13-3 Mita Meguro-ku, 153-0062, Tokyo, Japan

+81 332 80 0031

Monday: Closed

Tuesday – Wednesday, Saturday – Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00

Thursday – Friday: 10.00 – 20.00

“The Pink Choice” is an exceptional collection of photographs capturing daily activities as well as private moments of several homosexual couples in Vietnam.This photo series is a project by Maika Elan (Nguyen Thanh Hai), who has a sociology background but has been a professional photographer since 2006.

With her first documentary photography project “The Pink Choice”, Maika has not only shown her sharp eyes and perfect photography skills but also addressed one of the burning issues in current societies, rights for the homosexual.

Voicing about a global concern, the photo album was awarded 1st prize under category ‘Contemporary Issues, Stories’ by prestigious World Press Photo Contest in early 2013 and has been touring around the world since.

The collection is currently exhibited in Tokyo together with other World Press Photo Contest winners. See full event schedule by World Press Photo here.

Artist’s statement and a few photos in the collection come below:

    “I want to tell the story by going into the great depth of love and intimacy. I want to avoid stereotypes of homosexuality. I also want to avoid the tabloid/shocking news style. I want to show simply how they care and love each other in daily activities. More strongly, I want to show that their loving and caring for each other is nothing deviant. They are all normal and natural behaviors, attitudes, thoughts and emotions.

    Love is beautiful, and we can only claim ourselves supportive of homosexuality when we accept their love – and see it beautiful as it naturally is!”

- Maika Elan -

“The pink choice” was also exhibited in Goethe Institut Hanoi in November 2011.

Work Room Four Opening

Wed 12 Jun 2013, 6 – 8 pm

 Work Room Four

Building E, Floor 4

9 Tran Thanh Tong, Hanoi

The people behind Work Room Four would like to invite you see Hanoi’s latest creative space this coming Wednesday 12th June. Please join us for a drink between 6 and 8pm at number 9 Tran Thanh Tong.

Work Room Four is a versatile contemporary work space in the newly vibrant Tran Thanh Tong complex providing artist studios, learning projects, classes and courses, design/exhibition space and creative events.

Work Room Four was set up by four people who happened upon the same idea and a shared belief.

Our belief is that creating and learning makes people happy and life more interesting. Our idea is that Hanoi needs a dedicated environment that would provide a workspace and creative hub for people of all ages and walks of life to share and enjoy. The project will provide a productive and collaborative space for creatives, learners and educators.

Come down and have a look. It would be great to see you for a free drink, chat, look at some work and consider the possibilities.

We will be putting out a call to artists to make a show stopper exhibition in September.

Future Living Studio: A Sustainable Design Exploration in Vietnam

Opening: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 2 pm

Exhibition: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 2 – 9 pm

Lectures: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 6.30 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

On the 12th of June, the Goethe-Institut will be exhibiting a collection of new products & furniture for future offices; end results of the 3rd edition of Future Living Studio.

Future Living Studio (FLS) is a temporary design studio, it establishes a team of 3 local designers and 3 international designers from France, Australia and Germany who collaborate closely with some Vietnamese bamboo and rattan companies during 3 months in order to develop a series of new products. FLS is a sub-project of SPIN (Sustainable Product Innovation project), funded by EU SWITCH-Asia. The 1st and 2nd editions of FLS were organised in Ho-Chi-Minh City. The 3rd edition of FLS is now running for the first time in Hanoi.  

FLS also aspires to transfer design capacity to the companies by involving them in every step of the design process, from extensive user research to co-design with factory workers. Doing so will help Vietnamese products to compete for their design value and not just on cost price or on volume.

Considering their capacity for innovation, the designers have been developing new products and furniture for green offices that induce different levels of innovation: from redesign to product system. They have defined a vision for the future of offices in Vietnam and decided to explore adaptability, playfulness, flexibility and cultural heritage in the usage of products such as a multi-position chair, a moving desk, an expandable partition.

Lectures:

+ Story of FLS (objectives & design process):

by Shauna Jin, FLS founder and FLS1 & FLS2 project manager

and Astrid Hauton, FLS3 project manager

+ Story of the designs: by FLS3 design team

Contacts:

Ta Quang Buu Library Building, Bach Khoa University, 1 Dai Co Viet, Hanoi

www.futurelivingstudio.com/www.spin-asia.org

www.facebook.com/FutureLivingStudio

info@futurelivingstudio.com

Ms. Astrid Hauton: 01 29 22 42 830/An : 09 12 66 00 92

Free entrance.

Best of Documentaries from Southeast Asia

Sun 09 Jun 2013, 4 and 7 pm

National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film

465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi

Within the framework of the 5th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival the Goethe Institut and DocNet present the “ChopShots Southeast Asia Travelling Festival” in Hanoi. “ChopShots” is an international festival for documentary films focusing on the area Southeast Asia that is annually taking place in Jakarta. On 9th June selected films from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines will be screened in Hanoi. For this occasion several of the filmmakers will present.

Free admission for all screenings.

Screening | 09.06.2013, 4 pm

ChopShots Travelling Festival

The Hills Are Alive (Indonesia, 2011,15 minutes)

Director Steve Pillar Setiabudi

Language/Subtitles Indonesian/ Vietnamese & English

The film takes a look at the life of a family living in Srunen Village at the time of the eruption of Mount Merapi in 2010. Things come and go as if life could start anytime and anywhere. Time just doesn’t seem to exist.

The stage (Philippines, 2011, 30 minutes)

Director Emil James Mijares

Language/Subtitles Philippine/Vietnamese & English

“Entablado”, the stage, looks into the lives of people who depend on the informal economy brought about by Philippine elections and shows how poor people, in times of election, hope to earn a meagre income even for just a short period of time. Revealing the struggles of the common people amidst the glitters and promises of a political candidate’s stage show, the film takes a look behind the façade of glamour.

The Right of the Dead (Malaysia, 2012, 28 minutes)

Director Tricia Yeoh

Language/Subtitles Malaysian/ Vietnamese & English

In 2009, the dead body of Teoh Beng Hock (TBH), political aide of a Selangor Executive Councillor, was found outside of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building, where he had been held overnight for interrogation. Tricia Yeoh takes a close look at the circumstances that led to TBH’s death and the investigation that followed using archival footage, photographs, and interviews of family and friends.

Two Girls Against the Rain (Cambodia, 2012, 11 minutes)

Director Sao Sopheak

Language/Subtitles Camodian/ Vietnamese and English

Soth Yun (57) and Sem Eang (58) met during the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. More than two million people died during the Khmer Rouge times. Soth and Sem, the lesbian couple, survived. There has been a long fight for respect by fellow villagers and their families. “Two Girls Against the Rain” tells a true story about two women struggling hard for their love.

The Social Game (Myanmar, 2012, 11 minutes)

Director Seng Mai

Language/Subtitles Burmese/ Vietnamese and English

“The Social Game” takes its audience on a journey into the refugee camps in Kachin State. In Myanmar, the Kachin Independence Army and Military Government have been involved in an armed conflict since 9 June 2011.. The documentary reveals different answers to the question ‘What is the most important thing for our country?’ They all reflect stories of lives in Myanmar. At the same time the answers turn into questions for the viewer.

Screening | 09.06.2013, 7 pm

ChopShots Travelling Festival

Child, we apologize to you! (Vietnam, 2011, 37minutes)

Director Phan Huyền Thư

Language/Subtitles Vietnamese/English

Tong Phuoc Phuc and his volunteers do a great and reputable job. Around the city Nha Trang in the province Khanh Hoa they help mothers, who are excluded from society and abandoned children. They also have been burying over 9,000 aborted fetuses with honour.

Denok & Gareng Indonesia, 2012, 89 minutes)

Director Dwi Sujanti Nugraheni

Language/Subtitles Indonesian/ Vietnamese and English

Synopsis In the constant cycle of hoping, failing and making new plans, former street kids Denok and Gareng stay united in their passionate struggle to one day get on top. Looking for a stroke of luck for the family, the young couple starts a small pig business – in the middle of Muslim Jakarta. New challenges of course arise, putting their cheerfulness and patience to the test. “Denok & Gareng” explores a strong loving relationship inside a strikingly vivid family that sticks together, fights back and laughs about what others would call a Sisyphus fate.    

Workshop Fire and Movement

Sat 08 Jun 2013, 1 – 7 pm

Madake

81 Xuan Dieu Str, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

Fire and Movement is a workshop designed for movement artists to construct fire gear, learn fire-spinning and develop fire spinning performances and battles. Tricks are based on fire-spinning techniques and Arnise martial-art techniques.

Rohan Smyth – an artist from Australia will conduct a Fire and Movement workshop for those who are keen to explore this style of performing art.

The following contents will be provided in the workshop:

• Fire-Spinning Techniques

• Striking Techniques

• Basic Acrobatic Techniques with Sticks

• Fire Breathing Techniques

• Devising and Performance

Participants: People interested in learning skill-based movement, fire-spinning, great for breakers, dancers, circus artists, martial-artists and actors.

Fee (supported): VND100,000 
(Excluding food and drink)

Language: Vietnamese, English

Registration: 04 62757 088 / 0985 538854 (Ms. Phuong)

Note: Each should bring a lighter, wear loose fitting clothes   

DocNet Southeast Asia: Summer School in Hanoi

08 – 17 Jun 2013, 9 am – 5 pm

Goethe-Institut Hanoi

56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học

Ba Đình, Hà Nội

The 2nd DocNet Southeast Asia Summer School 2013 is jointly hosted by Vicas and the Goethe-Institut in Hanoi. In a 10-day workshop twenty documentary filmmakers from all over Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam) will get the chance to work together, exchange their knowledge and get inspired by 2 renowned international experts.

Aurélie Ricard is a Paris based film editor. Starting in the late-60s during French Nouvelle Vague, she has been a professional in her field for more than 40 years. Ricard has worked as a cutter for cinema and TV productions, fictional films and documentaries.

Leonard Retel Helmrich is a Dutch cinematographer and film director. His documentary films have received highest honours worldwide, including the World Documentary Award at Sundance Film Festival. Helmrich developed the so-called “Single Shot Cinema”, a cinematographic technique of long takes with a hand-held but smooth camera recording from various angles.

DocNet Southeast Asia is a project initiated by the Goethe-Institut Southeast Asia and funded by the EuropeAid programme “Investing in People” to support and professionalize documentary filmmaking in Southeast Asia.

For more information, visit DocNet Southeast Asia’s website.

Contact: Ms. Thái Mai Lan | Mobile: +84 1644403536 | mailan.thai@hanoi.goethe.org

German Film at Documentary Film Festival “The Goalgetter’s Ship”

Hanoi: Fri 14 Jun 2013, 7 pm

National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film

465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi

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HCMC: Tue 11 Jun 2013, 7 pm

Hoa Sen University

93 Cao Thang Str, Ward 3, Dist 3, HCMC

Come to the screening of German film at Documentary Film Festival “The Goalgetter’s Ship” presented by director Heidi Specogna.

Child labour and child trafficking are bitter reality in the poor countries of West Africa, although governments keep denying. Change of scenery: During the late 90s, Nigerian Jonathan Akpoborie is a star in Germany’s first football league. In 2001, in order to provide a steady income for his family, Akporobie buys a ship, which his brothers use as a ferry on the West African coast. Through an incident it comes to light that on board more than 200 children were deported as drudges from their home countries. International organisations raise the alarm. When it is revealed, that the ship is owned by famous football player Akpoborie, his career is over and he returns to Nigeria. But how much did he really know, does he bear any blame at all? How are the lives of the saved children proceeding? The film pursues these questions from various angles, in Africa and in Germany. Meanwhile the remains of the ship get covered with water and sand…

Free admission.    

Music Night with WHITE NOIZ

Fri 07 Jun 2013, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Make no mistake. White Noiz are one of the sexiest, most seasoned bands in Vietnam.

This classic four piece and their filthy rock are blowing up in HCMC right now. Heading North side to seduce the capital, you’ll be blown away this Friday. Bring your inner animal. Only the crazies don’t make it over for this :)

Support by Hanoi’s Lethal ZiLO

:::WHITE NOIZ :::

Delivering an enormous, palpable stage presence that immediately grabs the attention of diverse audiences, White Noiz possess seemingly boundless energy and passion that will appeal to even the toughest critics. Leaving nothing left in the tank, the band are known for giving everything they have on stage. White Noiz perform sets that merge a healthy dose of originals with their distinct take on a diverse range of covers and popular songs.

You can listen to their songs at their soundcloud.

Tickets: 50,000 VND at door.

Fire in Hell IV – Rock Show of the Hellraisers

Sun 09 Jun 2013, 7 pm

Darts Club

224a Pasteur, Dist 3, HCMC

Fire in Hell is already a well-known series show to rock fans in Ho Chi Minh City, now presenting the 4th show after a period of 5 months. With 6 bands from 6 different genres, Fire in Hell promises to bring you a crazy and unforgettable rock show.

9th Dimension – Metalcore

The 9th dimension, also known as the last dimension of the universe, is where the gravity equals zero. With that in mind, 9th Dimension wants to bring to the audience a new music atmosphere and experience. The audience will float above the air, be elevated just like what the name suggests: No-gravity dimension. The band will present their debut “Every time I lose” at the show. 9th Dimension is also participating in this year Tiger Translate – Battle of the bands.

Ares – Power Metal

The band named themselves after the ancient Greek god of war. It’s also the main theme of their music – the marches, the mythological soldiers, the epic stories. Their piece “Dao san ho” will be presented in the show.

Day A Week – Grunge

Formed in 2011, DAW had played various shows in Saigon Rock Club – the anniversary organized by Rock Passion. Their style is  influenced by Seether, Slipknot, Drowning Pool, Puddle of mud.

Eternal Night – Gothic

The central theme of the band is about love and human life. Their music is melancholy, romantic, but at times gets intense, epic.

Phieu Linh Band – Heavy

Though the band includes young members, they all love Glam metal of the 80s. They previously performed at RFC, RockStorm, Festival AEguitar 2.

SagoMetaLI – Death

This time, beside their own compositions of deathmetal, the band will cover some Slayer songs to commemorate guitarist Jeff Hanneman.

Coupon (at show) : 100.000 VND (includ 1 beer)

Early tickets available till 6 Jun : 90.000 VND at

Cafe Folksy 420 Trường Sa, Dist. Phú Nhuận

Cafe Vesly 24 Tăng Bạt Hổ, Dist. Bình Thạnh

Cafe Nhảm 40 Trường Sa, Dist. 1

Club Dart 224 Pasteur, Dist. 3

Trà Chanh 63 Pasteur, Dist. 1

Music Night with Jordan Senior

Sat 15 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

Playing crisp melodies with rolling, summery and urban lyrics, Jordan will take you to a place where the sun shines through your bedroom window on a lazy weekend afternoon.

Polished, professional and smart – come and enjoy a very rare sample of contemporary London folk, right here in Hanoi. Get there early or you will miss out!

Tickets: 100.000 VND

Screening of “A Clockwork Orange”

Sat 08 Jun 2013, 7.30 pm

Ca Phe Thu Bay

via Trung Nguyen Coffee

19B Pham Ngoc Thach, Dist 3, HCMC

You are invited to the film screening “A CLOCKWORK ORANGE”.

The violence, sexual coercion and classical music are combined to a great extent that only audience having nerves of steel can enjoy it.

Historically, only 2 X-rated films are nominated for Oscar Best Pictures. The first one is “Midnight Cowboy” (1969).  A Clockwork Orange (1971) is the other. The controversial masterpiece can’t be missed although the audience are likely to leave any time before ending!

The film “A CLOCKWORK ORANGE”

Director: STANLEY KUBRICK

Stars: Malcolm McDowell – Patrick Magee – Adrienne Corri – Miriam Karlin

With a budget of $ 2.2 million, A Clockwork Orange earned $ 26.6 million and became one of the highest-earning films in 1971 in general and the best money maker of Warner Brothers that year in particular. The film was nominated 4 important Academy Awards including  Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing.

Speaker & Chairman: Director Ba Vu – drama movie critic.

Language: original language with Vietnamese subtitles.

Before the screening, we will introduce briefly about the film. Discussion after screening.

Due to limited space, please contact Mr. Duy Thang, phone number: 01217799316

Screening of “Adrift” and “Casablanca” at TPD

Fri 07 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents

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

You are invited to the two screening of TPD this week. At 8p.m. on Friday 7th June 2011, TPD Center will organize a program on ‘Friday Night with Vietnam Cinema’ with the screening of the film Adrift (director Bui Thac Chuyen) with English subtitles.

On Saturday June 8th 2013, TPD Centre will host next session of Two Thumbs Up Movie programme. We will screen Casablanca (1942).

About Adrift (2009)

Director: Bui Thac Chuyen

Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Duy Khoa, Pham Linh Dan, Johnny Tri Nguyen

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 110 mins

Plot: Duyen is getting married. She thinks she loves her fiance, who is two years younger. But what does that actually mean? The tempestuous wedding ends without romance. The naive bridegroom turns out to be a mother’s boy. He is carried into the bedroom blind drunk and is later incapable of consummating the marriage. Through a jealous girlfriend, Duyen finds herself in the circles of a charming man of the world who has no respect for faithfulness or morality and who awakens confusing feelings in her. The inexperienced husband has meanwhile crossed the path of a teenage girl who fled her father.

Awards:

- FIPRESCI Prize Award – Venice Film Festival

- Three nomination of Asia film award for best scrift writer, Best Director of photographie, Best Composer.

- Gold Kite for Best Cinematography – Vietnam Cinema Association

- Golden Kite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Vietnam Cinema Association

“…a subtle, melancholy exploration of erotic angst and uncomfortable awakening. “Adrift” evokes a culture whose puritanical restraints have begun to loosen, allowing dangerous sparks to fly. Once desire has been unleashed, smugly settling for less is no longer a comfortable option.” (Stephen Holden- The New York Times)

About Casablanca (1942)

Casablanca is a American film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the unpublished stage play Everybody Comes to Rick’s by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison. The film stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in the words of one character, “love and virtue”. He must choose between his love for a woman and helping her Czech Resistance leader husband escape the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis.

Although Casablanca was an A-list film with established stars and first-rate writers, no one involved with its production expected it to be anything out of the ordinary. It was just one of hundreds of pictures produced by Hollywood every year. Casablanca had its world premiere on November 26, 1942 in New York City, and was released on January 23, 1943, in the United States. Casablanca won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Its lead character, memorable lines, and pervasive theme song have all become iconic. The film has consistently ranked near the top of lists of the greatest films of all time.

Screening on Friday: Different from other non-profit screenings on Saturday afternoon, the program Friday with Vietnam Cinema is a fundraising event. In this program, we are calling out for audiences’ contribution to continue the operation of TPD Center in the future. Suggested Donation 50,000 VND

Screening on Saturday: In this program, we are calling out for audiences’ contribution to continue the operation of TPD Center in the future.

Proposals for Solo/Group Exhibition

Deadline: July 4th 2013

Established in December 2012 as an independent art space aiming to support contemporary Vietnamese art, manzi encourages diversity, creativity and co-creation in the arts & culture.

From June 2013, we are calling for proposals for solo/group exhibitions from young Vietnamese artists. Successful applicants will then work with our team to further develop and realize their proposals before their exhibitions, which will take place at the end of this year.

Manzi will provide successful applicants with an exhibition venue, some production money, and travelling and living expenses (only for artists not based in Hanoi).

Send us your proposal before July 4th 2013 via email at: manzihanoi@gmail.com or via post to: manzi art space, 14 Phan Huy Ich street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

Criteria:

• Artwork must be original and not have been exhibited in Vietnam or abroad.

• Any medium can be used.

• Artist should take into consideration the architecture of our space.

• Open only to Vietnamese artists under 40 years of age

• Proposals can be from either individual or a collective of artists.

Proposals should include:

• Brief description of the proposed project, including a budget (no more than two A4 pages)

• Sketches or images of proposed work(s).

• Images of past or present works (no more than 5 images).

• CV of artist(s)

Please note:

• Proposals will not be returned to artist(s).

• Proposals will be considered and chosen by manzi and our team of advisors.

• Deadline for proposals: July 4th 2013.

• We accept proposals via email at: manzihanoi@gmail.com or via post at: manzi art space, 14 Phan Huy Ich street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

International Artist in Residence in Beppu (JAPAN) call for application

Deadline: 21 Jun 2013 (before midnight, Japan Time)

The next KASHIMA 2013＃2 (International Artistic Residency) will take place from September to October 2013 (dates to be confirmed). We invite artists from various disciplines in the contemporary art field to submit their project.

Artists should think their projects on the theme ”SPACE-TIME”. The project will be shown in one or two streets in Beppu downtown in collaboration with the local activity (small shops, café, restaurant). Also, artists will be invited to participate to a forum-discussion with local population to talk and exchange ideas about the art work.

The Beppu Project is an international artistic residency programme. It encourages international artists to nurture a creation while in residency. The residency will provide artistic fee, production cost, travel and transportation, accommodation in Beppu, per diem and studios.

All the applications for this residency will be looked through with attention to the required documents (proposal, artist profile and example of a previous art work). The selection results will be published on our website by July 15, 2013.

Burning Night

Thu 13 Jun 2013, 8.30 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

 

 

 

It’s probably not necessary to introduce much about the well-known sound artist Vu Nhat Tan. He has worked with, and his music used by, a lot artists all over the world from traditional Instrument đàn tranh; đàn bầu; đàn nguyệt to violin, drum, guitar…

Also this time, VNTG will present an extremely talented violinist who comes from the young Symphony orchestra Rhapsody Philharmonic.

FatB have an amazing freestyling ability with his instrument. He said:” I am very willing to experiment with new music, as long as it’s good music I’ll play it”

This collaboration between FatB and Vu Nhat Tan, blending contemporary electronic music with violin, will promise to bring a great great night and with very relaxing chillout/jazz/ambient music.

Apart from this, we’re honoured to bring you 3 very bright young DJs with their uplifting performances: DJ Red Bear, Milk Danger and Slowz.

DJ Slowz comes from S.I.N.E Entertaiment, he started his career in 2009 and since he is a dancer, there is no doubt about the his experience with tones, his specialty being: Funk Music; Trap Music; Hiphop For Battle; Oldschool Hiphop

DJ Red Bear and Milk Danger comes from Loop2Group, with leader DJ JangLoa. Both of them are very young and talented, they also have 3 years experience working with Fuse Bar, La Casa Bar and Dragonfly Bar.

Let’s come and enjoy with us on Thursday 13th June at Hanoi Rock City!!

Entry Fee: 150k including 1 drink.

Film Casting “Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere”

Fri 07 Jun 2013, 08.30 am – 1 pm

Sat 08 Jun 2013, 08.30 am – 5 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

You are welcome to film casting “Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere”  directed by Nguyen Hoang Diep.

You can come during casting time or contact to schedule the best plan for you: Ms Nhu Trang: 01224246848

Gati Summer Dance Residency

Residency period: 17 Aug – 19 Oct 2013

Deadline: 10 Jun 2013

If you are a dancer who has always wanted to create your own work  If you think you would benefit from exchanging ideas and receiving feedback from peers and experienced artists in the field  If you seek to discover a personal dance language  If you are trained in a form and want to experiment with it or extend its boundaries  If you want to explore the space between dance and other disciplines

Then the Gati Summer Dance Residency may be for you!

GSDR is an annual 10-week residency that provides emerging dance choreo-graphers in India with an opportunity to create and stage their own performance.

Applications are invited from choreographers or dancers working in the classical and/or contemporary dance fields to submit an idea for a new 
choreographic work.

GSDR supports selected residents with feedback and assistance from established mentors. A mentor in this context is someone who helps raise questions, throw up ideas and introduce other perspectives during the choreographic process of the residents.

If you would like to apply, write to us at applications.gsdr@gmail.com.

Fusion Nights No.3 – Jazz and Pop

Tue 04 Jun 2013, 6 – 11 pm

Pots ‘n Pans Restaurant & Bar

57 Bui Thi Xuan Str, Hanoi

We are excited to announce, from now on, Fusion Nights is ON every Tuesday Night. This week, it is Fusion Nights No.3 with Jazz and Pop live band.

For more information, please telephone 043 944 0204/5 or email info@potsnpans.vn.

Sàn Art Laboratory – Session 4 Open Call

Sàn Art Laboratory – Session 4 Open Call

Deadline: 01 Jul 2013

San Art seeks your application for ‘San Art Laboratory: Session 4’! All artists 40 years of age and under can now apply!

Begun in May 2012, ‘San Art Laboratory’ is Vietnam’s first studio/residency program. It aims to provide 3 Vietnamese artists (under 40) with studio and living space for 6 months each. An additional studio and apartment is dedicated to international residents.

During each ‘lab session’ (residency period), participating Vietnamese artists must be willing to participate in regular writing and discussion regarding their work and ideas with a specific ‘talking partner’.

Successful Vietnamese applicants will be granted USD1000 production money, a studio to make their art, separate living quarters and a small living allowance.

Each lab session will end with a group exhibition at San Art showcasing realized work. The ‘San Art Laboratory’ Advisory Board will assess all applications for successful applicants.

(International applications will be considered with particular terms and conditions)

Lab Session 4 will take place from 6 December 2013 to 23 May 2014

Please see here for more information and how to apply or contact us at hello@san-art.org

Art House Cinema – The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Tue 04 Jun 2013, 7.30 pm

Snap Cafe

32 Tran Ngoc Dien, Thao Dien Ward, Dist 2

You are invited to the film screening “The Night James Brown Saved Boston”(2008).

Days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., soul legend James Brown held a historic concert in the city of Boston. This is the story of a city about to explode, and the means by which music quelled the potentially volatile situation.

This film does not have Vietnamese subtitles, this film is not suitable for children.

Free entry. (Donations for our chosen charity Wildlife at Risk are gladly accepted)

Concert with Conductor Jan Stulen

Sun 09 Jun 2013, 8 pm

HCMC Opera House

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

In this wonderful concert, conductor Jan Stulen and many artists from HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will introduce Symphony No. 1 of German composer Johannes Brahms and some famous arias from operas of F.Lehar, W.A.Mozart, V.Bellini… The performance also involves Korean artists For Hae Ryong as vocalist. For more information about the program, you can see below:

Program

Part I:

Hendrik Andriessen “Variations and fugue on the theme of Kuhnau” for Strings

Đàm Thanh Bird bringing good news

Vincenzo Bellini ”Eccomi in lieta vesta” from the Opera ”I Capuleti e I Montecchi”

Franz Lehar ”Meine lippen sie kussen so heiss” from the operetta ”Giuditta”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ”Parto ma tu ben mio” from the opera “La Clemenza di Tito”

Part II:

Johannes Brahms Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68

About Conductor Jan Stulen

Jan Stulen was born in 1942 in Amsterdam, where he studied conducting and piano and violin at the Music Academy. In 1970 Jan Stulen became chief conductor of the “Nederlands Ballet Orkest” in Amsterdam, and the “Nederlands Dans Theater“.

From 1976 till 1992 he was permanent conductor of Radio Hilversum. During this period he made radio productions of over 1000 compositions. With the orchestra’s and choirs he gave many public performances with all kinds of repertoire, ranging from Bach to contemporary and jazz.

From 1992 till 2002 Jan Stulen was principal conductor of the Deutsches Kammer Orchester Frankfurt am Main. From 1998 till 2003 he was chief conductor of the “Nederlands Promenade Orkest”. As guest conductor he works with the State Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir in Cluj (Rumania), the Symphonie Orkest van Vlaanderen (Bruges) and the Cairo Symphony Orchestra. Stulen has also extensively worked in the operatic field, conducting opera’s from Gluck till Menotti.

From 2006 till 2008 he was chief conductor of the Amsterdam RAI Opera Company. As a guest conductor Stulen has appeared with all Dutch orchestra’s as well as orchestra’s in Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Egypt, Greece , Korea, Turkey, Denmark, Hungary and Rumania.

As a teacher he is active at the Conservatories of Maastricht and Rotterdam. Jan Stulen did many TV-appearances in long running series like “Una Voce Particolare”. Jan Stulen has made many CD’s and DVD with a wide variety of compositions.

Tickets

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

All tickets are available at:

Ticket Counter, HCMC Opera House, 7 Lam Son Square, D.1, HCMC, Tel: 08. 38237419

Screening of “J’aime Regarder les Filles”

Fri 14 June 2013, 8pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Welcome to the screening of “J’aime Regarder les Filles” (French, 2011 , 92’) by Frédéric Louf. Paris Match newspaper comments on the movie: “Hilarious, this movie stopped impracticable dreams by a strong catalyst!”.

Kindly see the synopsis (in French).

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle.

Tickets:

Ticket price: 20 000 VND

Special discount for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Concert with Charles Pasi

Tue 11 Jun 2013, 8 pm

IDECAF

28 Le Thanh Ton, Distr 1, HCMC

You are invited to a jazz-rock concert with a singer and harmonicist Charles Pasi. Parisian Charles Pasi’s interest in music started at age 17 in a gospel choir. Singer, guitarist and harmonicist, he has a passion for blues, jazz, rock and world music.

The concert is a part of the 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam.

After his education at the Saint Louis Jazz School, he continues at Jazz School CIM and Atla School for contemporary music in Paris. Engaged on the tour of Carla Bruni and invited to various jazz and blues festivals, Charles Pasi quickly made a name for himself.

Writing his own music, he attracts attention of the professional musicians and film maker who entrust him for the music of the movie “Actrices” by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and “Cineman” by Yann Moix. His first album “Mainly Blue” was unanimously welcomed in the musical community and made it to the final of the Memphis International Blues Challenge on February 2007.

Also on the scene in France, with his EP record “Uncaged” on October 2010, the singer Charles Pasi distils with talent his wide influences and invites in the passage the legendary Archie Shepp’s saxophone for two titles, among which “Better With Butter”. Theses songs are replayed in his album “Uncaged » on March 2011.

Program

1. Up to us

2. Better with butter

3. Farewell my love

4. Old lady Paris

5. Lost generation

6.Things have changed

7. While you’re dancing

8. Remember the day

9. Wild it up

10. Une berceuse

11. Dream a little dream of me

Tickets

Entrance: 100.000 VND (50% discount for students)

Tickets on sale at the IDECAF. Tel : (08) 38 23 99 68

Charles Pasi will also play at L’Espace Hanoi on Thu 13 Jun.

Jazz Rock Concert with Charles Pasi

Thu 13 June 2013, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to a Jazz Rock Concert with Charles Pasi. Having a voice like a black American singer, astonishingly charming, and refined managing Jazz , Blues and Rock’ tunes, a great harmonica player, all of those things make Charles Pasi become a phenomenal artist of new French music.

With sad lyrics on a music theme which is like Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Otis Redding and Bob Dylan’ music, he tells us about an era that people under 30 may like to know …

Tickets:

Ticket price: 120 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Performance “Tiger Tiger Burning Bright”

Fri 07 Jun 2013, 8 pm

L’Espace

24 Trang Tien, Ha Noi

You are invited to the performance of the dance group Kubilai Khan. Six dancers, the music is mixed from various material, the show will bring the audience a polyphonic dance, emphasize on the body shape and elegance.

The concert is a part of the 40 year celebration of diplomatic relation of France – Vietnam.

In this varying era, the Tiger Tiger Burning Bright shows a vision of urban life and the works there. Speed is a main factor, escaping speed, communication speed, maximum speed or minimum speed, a shocking speed or surprising speed, as well as the cracking speed. The art work raises questions about the location of our body, our mind and our desire in this society and urban’ structure.

Managing, choreography: Frank Micheletti

Dancers: Viktoria Andersson, Idio Chichava, Péter Juhasz, Ikue Nakagawa, Sara Tan, Csaba Varga

Music: Frank Micheletti

Light: Ivan Mathis

Costumes: Alexandra Bertaut

Ticket price: 120.000/100.000 VND

Price for members of L’Espace and students: 60.000/50.000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace from 7 May.

Meet the Winner of Audi Star Creation 2013

Thu 06 Jun 2013, 4.30 pm

London College for Fashion Studies (Hanoi)

No. 48 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Hanoi

You are welcome to “Thirsty Thursday” no. 6 to meet and talk with young designer Vu Ta Linh, a graduate from LCFS Ha Noi.

His works are inspired by Vietnam cultural heritage combined with exquisite ethnic fabrics in a modern way. These factors made his collection stand out at the Vietnam Fashion Week 2013 and especially, he was also the first ever Vietnamese designer to have won the Star Creation Award in Singapore.

Language: Vietnamese and English.

Register with hang@fashionstudies.com.vn. Deadline: 03 Jun.

Program of FVH in June

According to the Vietnamese calendar, summer is here – and the weather is proving it! I guess I could use the cliché that FVH is bringing you a hot program to match the hot summer!

- We start off with a walk around that gem of Hanoi history, culture, and lore: Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

- The following week, bright and early, we take you out to the Tam Đảo Bear Rescue Center – both the bears and the center now rescued from extinction. They are cute, furry, cuddly, playful, and endlessly fun to watch! And, it’s really important we support the center with our presence.

- 2 films by young and emerging Vietnamese cinematographers put you in the cool of Cinematheque while giving you a fresh new perspective on some old

- And, to round out our year, the Japanese section will take those of us who can speak Japanese to the 2nd floor of the Museum of History to bring you up-to-date from the Cham through the Nguyen.

This is our final program for the 2012-2013 season. We hope you join us – sign up early as space is always limited – and get your summer off to a good start! Look for us again in September.

For details please download this file: June 2013 Program

Summer Gala Concert and Ballet

Thu 06 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the Summer Gala Concert and Ballet with conductor Graham Sutcliffe and Orchestra and Choir of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, the Hanoi International Choir. You will have a chance to enjoy famous works by G.Verdi, R.Wagner, P.Mascagni and the Ballet “Rite of Spring”.

Part I:

G.Verdi Nabucco – Overture

G.Verdi Nabucco – Gli Arredi Festivi

G.Verdi Nabucco – Va pensiero

R.Wagner Der Fliegene Hollaender – Sailor’s Chorus

R.Wagner Lohengrin – Treulich gefuehrt ziehet dahin

R.Wagner Tristan&Isolde – Prelude

G.Verdi La Traviata – Gypsies Chorus

G.Verdi La Traviata – Matador’s Chorus

G.Verdi I Lombardi – O Signore dal netto Natio

P.Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana – Easter Hymn

Performed by Orchestra and Choir of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet, the Hanoi International Choir,

Interval

Part II

The Ballet “Rite of Spring”

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Choreographer: Pham Minh

Perfomed by Thuy Hang, Phan Luong, Viet An, Han Giang – Dancers of Vietnam National Orchestra Ballet.

Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 450000, 600000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Special Concert with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

Sat 15 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

The Orchestre des Champs-Elysées is devoted to the performance of music written from the mid XVIII to the early XX centuries (Haydn-Mahler) played on the instruments that existed during the composer’s lifetime.

This program is to celebrate 40 year of diplomatic relation between France and Vietnam.

For several years, the Orchestra has been in residence at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, performed in almost all the major concert halls such as the Musikverein (Vienna), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), the Barbican Centre (London), Alter Oper (Frankfurt), the Philharmonic Halls in Berlin and Munich, the Gewandhaus (Leipzig), the Lincoln Center (New York), Parco della Musica (Rome) and the Auditoriums of Dijon and Lucerne. The orchestra also toured Japan, Corea, China and Australia and South America.

Philippe Herreweghe is the artistic director and principal conductor, but the orchestra played under several guest conductors, among them Daniel Harding, Christian Zacharias, Louis Langrée, Christophe Coin, and René Jacobs.

The Orchestre des Champs-Elysées feels passionately about offering an innovative approach to music and therefore, at each one of its concerts it offers the possibility of public rehearsals, conferences, or meetings and workshops with classes of school children.

The Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, partner of the TAP – Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, is funded by the French Ministry of Culture and the government of the Poitou-Charentes region.

Conductor: MOCCIA Alessandro

Main actor/actress: Clarinette Solo: BOUD Nicola

Program

H. J. RIGEL Symphony n°10 in D minor op.21 n°2 – 15’

W.A. MOZART Concerto for Clarinette and Orchestra in A major M K.622 – 31’

W.A. MOZART Symphony n°40 in G minor K. 550 – 30’

Tickets

Ticket prices: 350,000; 450,000; 600,000; 800,000 VND.

Special tickets: 150,000 VND.

All tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

5th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival

Hanoi: 05 – 14 Jun 2013

National Studio for Documentary and Scientific Film

465 Hoang Hoa Tham, Hanoi    

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HCMC: 10 – 29 Jun 2013

Hoa Sen University

93 Cao Thang Str, Ward 3, Dist 3, HCMC

Following the success of the preceding festivals, the European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary. Besides this year’s focus on Belgian films, seven further European countries (Germany, Sweden, France, Poland, Spain, Switzerland and UK) in association with the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio of Vietnam will present the 5th International Documentary Film Festival in Vietnam, from 5th-14th June in Hanoi and from 10th-29th June in Ho Chi Minh City.

The German film “The Goalgetter’s Ship” examines the connection of a former professional football player to a child labour scandal in West Africa. In a subtile way director Heidi Specogna

Within the framework of the 5th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival the Goethe Institut and DocNet present the “ChopShots Southeast Asia Travelling Festival” in Hanoi. “ChopShots” is an international festival for documentary films focusing on the area Southeast Asia that is annually taking place in Jakarta. On 9th June selected films from Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia and the Philippines will be screened in Hanoi. For this occasion several of the filmmakers will present.

Film schedule in Hanoi

Screening | 09.06.2013, 4pm.

ChopShots Travelling Festival

    The Hills Are Alive

    The Stage

    The Social Game

    The Rights Of The Dead

    Two Girls Against The Rain

Screening | 09.06.2013, 7pm.

ChopShots Travelling Festival

    Child, We Apologize To You

    Denok & Gareng

Screening | 14.06.2013, 7pm.

The Goalgetter’s Ship

Free entrance to all screenings.

Exhibition “Cargo”

Opening: Thu 06 Jun, 7 pm

Exhibition: 06 Jun – 10 Jul 2013

DeciBel Lounge

79/2/5 Phan Ke Binh, D1, HCMC

Come to an art exhibition “Cargo” by Barbara Pellizzari Anchisi. Since Barbara came to Saigon, she has been fascinated by the positive energy released by the city with its mix of sounds and colours and its melting pot of religions. All this combined with the placid calm of the boats that ply the infinite variety of paths flowing through and around the city, are the theme of her latest works, expressed by using a combination of printmaking and tempera technique on Chinese paper.

Born in Turin, Barbara has a Diploma in Fashion and Theatre Design and a Diploma in Painting Conservation. She started and consolidated her career as a painting restorer by working on many masterpieces from the Italian Renaissance under the guidance of prominent restorer Edo Masini, Head of the Restoration Department at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence. Later she worked in the field of Art Restoration at Institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kunst Akademie in Linz, Austria, the Karachi Art Museum in Pakistan and the Italian Embassy of Beijing. While cultivating her passion for painting, she taught Art for four years at SCIS in Shanghai. In 2007 she joined Dulwich College Beijing, where she taught Art in Junior and Senior school until 2012.

Since her arrival in China in 1996, she has exhibited her work in two solo exhibitions at Enterdit Creation, Shanghai. A third exhibition, titled“ Da Levante a Levante”, took place in Italy and has been the starting point for her exploration of working with pebbles and Chinese ink, which found its conclusion with the exhibition “Pebbles in my pocket” in Yishu8, Beijing in 2011.

In September 2012 Barbara and her family moved to Vietnam. She is currently running art projects at Pho Cap School for street children in the Binh Thanh district.    

A Night of Contemporary Ballet

Tue 04 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Opera House

1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to an evening of contemporary dance, featuring a full-length original version of “Rite of Spring” choreographed by Cao Duc Toan and Ha Thai Son. Also on the program will be another original piece, “Nina Simone Suite” (six songs of Nina Simone) choreographed by Marisa Hayes and danced by Cao Chi Thanh and guest soloist, American dancer Cassidy Isaacson.

Cassidy Isaacson is a dancer with the Grand Rapids Ballet (Michigan, USA) under the artistic direction of Patricia Barker. She studied ballet for fourteen years in her hometown of Redmond, Washington. Cassidy has performed soloist and pas de deux roles in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire, Company B, The Envelope, Con Amore, in Rachael Riley’s Dreams, in Olivier Wevers’ The Sofa and Four Little Swans in Mario Radacovsky’s contemporary version ofSwan Lake. Cassidy has also studied with Deborah Hadley at Pacific Northwest Ballet, Long Beach Ballet in China and on scholarship at the Julliard School in New York. Cassidy is delighted to be dancing Natural Phenomena: Nina Simone Suite again after performing in its Paris premiere last summer.

Marisa C. Hayes is an award winning choreographer and dance filmmaker based in France. Her choreography has been commissioned throughout Europe, North America and Asia for diverse venues including recent performances at Paris’ Grand Palais during the International Contemporary Art Fair, the Centre National de la Danse, and at the American Dance Festival. She was recently named choreographer in residence at Dussedorf’s state theatre for dance (Germany) where she created a new version of The Rite of Spring featuring dancers of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal. Marisa’s recent honors include the Susan Braun Award from the New York Dance Films Association (shared with Franck Boulègue, her husband and collaborator), CEC Arts Link New York Fellow, New York Theatre Communications Group Fellow, and being named Cultural Ambassador to Hong Kong by the Regional Government of Burgundy (France). Marisa has also contributed to five books on dance history and dance films, in addition to co-directring the International Video Dance Festival of Burgundy and Body Cinéma Dance Theatre.

Program

1. Natural Phenomena-Nina Simone Suite

Choreography by Marisa Hayes

Soundscape by Frank Boulegue

Music: Nina Simone

2. An Impovisation

Choreography by Le Vu Long

Percussion by Ha Dinh Huy

3. Echoes

Choreography by Cao Duc Toan

Music: Bui Anh Dung

Interval

4. Rite of Spring

Choreography by Ha Thai Son and Cao Duc Toan

Music: Igor Stravinsky

Tickets

Ticket prices: 250.000, 350.000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over ticketvn@gmail.com

For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996.

Contemporary Art Exhibition from Japan: WINTER GARDEN

HANOI: Opening: Fri 07 Jun, 6 pm

Exhibition: 08 – 23 Jun 2013, 8.30 am – 4.45 pm

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum

66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

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HCMC: Opening: Sat 06 Jul, 10 am

Exhibition: 06 – 21 Jul 2013, 9 am – 7 pm

Ho Chi Minh City Labor Culture Palace

55B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1, HCMC

In celebration of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Year 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and Consulate-General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, proudly present the cutting-edge contemporary art exhibition “Winter Garden” from Saturday 8 June to Sunday 21 July 2013 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Curated by art critic Midori Matsui, the exhibition “Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art” features 35 works – drawings, paintings, and video works – by 14 young Japanese artists active from the latter half of the 1990s throughout the first decade of the 21st century.

The artists presenting their distinctive views of the world through the combination of fragments and imbuing the obsolete or the commonplace with new functions or meanings, share the similar style of expression, which Ms. Matsui calls “Micropop.”

It is noteworthy that this exhibition includes three video works by Koki Tanaka, who has been selected as the representative artist for the Japan pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia in Italy (The biennale runs from 1 June to 28 November 2013).

How do Japan’s artists, living in an increasingly globalized world and in a time when shared values are hard to establish, see our contemporary world? We hope that visitors to “Winter Garden” will nurture the understanding of empathy with the insights and perspectives of the artists through the exhibited works.

Curated by: Midori Matsui

Introduced artists in the exhibition:

Ryoko Aoki / Masaya Chiba / Chim ↑ Pom / Masanori Handa / Taro Izumi / Makiko Kudo / Mahomi Kunikata / Tam Ochiai / Hiroe Saeki / Hiroshi Sugito / Aya Takano / Koki Tanaka / Keisuke Yamamoto / Lyota Yagi

Cub Scouts Live from Brisbane

Sat 01 Jun 2013, 9 pm

Hanoi Rock City

27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Australia’s latest indie pop sensation aim to steal hearts like Cupid by bringing their catchy set to Hanoi Rock City.

Debut single Evie saw them enjoy heavy rotation on Australia’s premier indie radio station Triple J, and catapulted them on a tour which took in the whole of their native country and beyond. Most recently the youthful 5-piece stood out at Sounds Australia’s The Great Escape showcase in Brighton. Sporting backwards caps that leave you wondering if they really did meet at cub scouts, the group won over the crowd with saccharine chorus’s sweeter than Brisbane honey.

Looks like Hanoi’s got a night of dreamy summer pop, just in time for summer.

“sweet, seductive indie pop that feels like a shot of honey in your earhole” – Radar Music

Tickets: 100,000 VND at door.

Ecomia Fashion Show

Wed 05 Jun 2013, 6 pm

Sum Villa

10 Dang Thai Mai, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

ECOMIA FASHION SHOW will put you into beautiful world of natural materials. The Hanoi young designers diversify their collections through different shades. The show partly erases the thought of these materials being barriers to creativity.

In addition, you will have chance to talk to Professor Hoang Thi Linh, who invented dying technique from leaves, to understand its unique and great value as well as the effort of her during decades.

ECOMIA FASHION SHOW is more than a fashion show. Undoubtedly, Ecomia fashion will become the future trend that shapes the new fashion industry which will be modern, environment-friendly and safe for all users.

The English for Artists Workshop

An experimental English teaching course specialized in Art: 09 – 16 Jun 2013

Deadline to register: 08 Jun 2013

Come to an experimental English teaching course specialized in Art. These courses will be for artists, or for someone who need to use English to do research on contemporary art (journalists, for example)

These courses are in a project named “Seven Days in English for Art”, a project we collaborate with artist Nguyen Tran Uu Dam, who will be the main teacher for the course.

This course is focus on skill of communication, understanding terminilogies, self-presentation/promotion in English

Artist and curator Nguyen Nhu Huy from ZeroStation will be responsible in explaining/interpreting English aesthetics/artistic/cultural terminologies that have been often used in international contemporary art forum, while artist Nguyen Tran Uu Dam will be responsible in helping participants to speak/listen correctly in terms of grammar/pronunciation in English, etc.

Particularly speaking, this is the English course that does not try to provide ALL English skills as in a normal course. On the contrary, this course only tries to find way to furnish necessary and practical skills for ARTIST in order to help him/her in practical art world situations. For this reason, the course only focus in SOME areas of vocabulary and specialised skill.

The tentative time for the first course will be 09th -16th June 2013. Each day we will study for three hours (after 90 minutes we will have a 15 minutes break) from 7:00pm-10:00pm at ZeroStation (quarter 288 Nam Ki Khoi Nghia, ward 8, district 3, HCMC)

For the whole course, each participant must pay 70 USD. And if being selected to the course, all payments must pay in advance one time on the first meeting day.

For best result, we regret to limit the number of participants to 8 persons. We will select participants by application. Anyone who would like to attend this course must send application to us by email at: huybeo@gmail.com or zerostationvietnam@gmail.com (the best way is you should try to send to both these email add)

THE CONTENT OF APPLICATION

Application must be written in English. Applicants should let us know where have you studied English before and which level you are at right now? (1- reading and communicating fluently, 2- communicating is ok, reading OK, 3-can only read with a dictionary and need to write to communicate). We also need to know why you would like to participate in the course? You also must let us know your postal mail address, your phone number so that we could contact to you.

We will give priority to young artists, cultural journalists, or the one who are working/studying in creative industry or literature field. The one who are selected in the course will be contacted directly by phone and email. The one who missed this time will not be contacted, but we will keep and prioritize your applications for the future course.

Photo Exhibition “BB Forever – Brigitte Bardot, la Légende”

Exhibition: 10 May – 10 Jul 2013

Lobby, Boudoir, Floor 2

Sofitel Saigon Plaza

17 Le Duan Str, Dist 1, HCMC

Come to the unique photo exhibition, BB Forever – Brigitte Bardot, la légende, which is presented across its eight properties in Asia this year. Conceived in collaboration with journalist and writer Henry-Jean Servat, the exhibition traces the life of the famous French actress.

BB Forever – Brigitte Bardot, la légende features an exclusive collection of close to 30 photos that trace her career, when becoming one of the leading figures of 20th Century cinema and being described as a “locomotive of women’s history”. Through never-before-seen snapshots, visitors can admire the different facets of the actress, who throughout her career distinguished herself through her beauty, spontaneity and carefree spirit, and whose personality led her to be regarded not only as a legend and sex symbol, but also as the embodiment of women’s liberation.

The Learning Project Asia Summer Programme Updates

Duration: Mon to Fri from 17 Jun to 26 Jul, 8.30 am – 4 pm

Concordia International School Hanoi

CMC Building, Duy Tan Street, Cau Giay District

 

 

 

Participants in both the Digital Storytelling and Summer Project Programme for 8 – 11 year olds can now get 20% off the registration fee if they (i) Sign up as a group of 3 or more (ii) Sign up for three weeks or more.

And remember to participate in a short documentary film and earn a free place for a week in a Digital Storytelling Workshop. Deadline: 05 Jun 2013.

The Learning Project Asia is making a short film about young people in Hanoi between the ages of 15 and 18. We are looking for  volunteers that are willing to be filmed talking about their ambitions, interests and ideas for the future.

We are especially interested in people with a hobby or pastime that they would enjoy talking about, such as film, fashion, photography, music or a community project they are engaged in. Please email Alex (alex.h.leonard@gmail.com) if you are interested in being part of the film by the 5th of June.

Seconds Sale of Mekong Quilts&Mekong Creations

01 and 02 Jun 2013, 10 am – 8 pm

Mekong Quilts&Mekong Creations

13 Hang Bac and 58 Hang Trong Str, Hanoi

This “once-in-a-year” event is a chance for Mekong Quilts&Mekong Creations to show our appreciation to all customers, who have supported the projects wholeheartedly year after year. This is the chance for our customers to buy high quality, hand-crafted bed covers, accessories and gift wares at incredibly low prices.

On the occasion of International Children day, there will be lovely gifts for your little kids as well.   

Trio Ze Champagne Unicorns at Hanoi Social Club

Sat 01 Jun 2013, 8 pm

Hanoi Social Club

6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

We like different things here at The Hanoi Social Club. We like worlds colliding. We like collaboration. We like Ze Champagne Unicorns.

Often referred to as “the world’s finest Franco-Scots-Canadian ukecellosax band”, this trio will certainly be strutting their stuff at HSC. Their unique blend of cultures and musical instruments will put a smile on your face if nothing else. With Liz on cello, Antoine on flute and sax amongst other things, and the inimitable Zippy on uke this is going to be an awesomely fun gig.

Tickets: 100,000 VND

Chic&Cheap Flea Market 5: Beach Please!

Sat 01 Jun 2013, 11 am – 9 pm

Hang Day Staditum

Trinh Hoai Duc St, Dong Da Dist., Hanoi

Chic&Cheap Flea Market 5 expands into more dynamic space, features 100 stalls of vintage fashions, handmade products and some services like portrait drawing, spray tattoo, tarot reading…Furthermore, a chance to win a Fujifillm Instax camera worth $125.00 when joining the gameshow.

10% of ticket revenue will be donated to Phuc Tue Centre where is homes to a hundred of autism, down syndrome kids.

Tickets: 20.000 VND. Ticket comes with 01 coke and 01 fruits pudding, open air cinema from 7 pm.

Hotline ticket: 094-360-0070.