HRC UR2 ROCKERZ

Fri 30 Nov, 07 and 14 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

To start the series of events under the name “UR2” to celebrate Hanoi Rock City turning to 2 years old, we’re having not just 1 or 2 rock shows but 3 will be celebrated every Friday of the week from 30th November.

There were many music activities that have been hold in Hanoi in this year: the most joyful rock night, the moments of sublimation, cosiest and the most memorable time.

The Hanoi rockers, each one of them, they all have the same belief in only one word “Rock” – the symbol of passion, experiences, sacrifice, loss as well as achievements and union.

Especially there’ll be the participation of the famous band as their return the music: ROSEWOOD. It’s also the first time they playing on Hanoi Rock City stage. Don’t miss out this special night.

We honour to introduce the series of events:

UR2 ROCKERZ!

► Friday 30th November

::: 18+
::: ORINGCHAINS
::: EPIONE

►Friday 7th December

::: NURANIUM
::: THRASHER
::: 18+

►Friday 14th December

::: ROSEWOOD
::: RECYCLE
::: THỦY TRIỀU ĐỎ

Ticket price: 50k or 100k for 3 tickets package or (@door).
Please contact info@hanoirockcity.com

“KÍ” Workshop

Fri 30 Nov 2012, 6 pm
La 4uatrieme
4th floor, 95, Giang Văn Minh, Ba Đình, Hà Nội

” KÍ ” workshop (or sketch workshop) is a project for a group of young artists to share and work in a very basic way of doing art: sketching. This workshop is the combination of rough ideas for an installation, a painting, a photography/film project, land art, poetry or an art work in general. The artists in the group have been working together in team or individual for 1 month, since October 2012. The project includes art talk about team work, group discussion, outdoor activities, and the show of the group’s work in the one month.

Normally at art exhibition, people see completed art work but they rarely see the sketch of it or the very early stage of the idea. Sometimes, it is the idea, the sketch which tells a lot about the work and the thought and feelings of an artists. With this in mind, the ” KÍ ” group wants to show their sketches as real art work and share with the viewers how an idea is formed and developed.

Kode9 with Dirty Fingrz

Fri 30 Nov 2012, 7.30 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De Str, Hanoi

UK dubstep legend Kode9 is coming to Hanoi for a one off show. As the founder of one of the world’s most influential labels, Hyperdub and a music pioneer who was a major player in the forming of a new genre, Kode9 deserves all his hype. Support comes from Dirty Fingrz, the Vietnamese national is a regular spinner around the capital.

Entry: VND 100,000

Experimental Music Night with Vu Nhat Tan

Thu 29 Nov 2012, 9 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De Str, Hanoi

The Vu Nhat Tan Group (VNTG) return for their monthly performance, unveiling as always, some fresh experimental talent from Hanoi. This Thursday’s set will feature solo performances from Vu Nhat Tan (laptop and keyboards), Jrg_01 (electronic sound machines), Pham Hoai Anh (electric guitar) and Daniel Henneberry (electric guitar).

For the first time, Electronic Music Night will be open floor from 11pm for any musicians to join in for an improvised jam. All instruments welcome.

Entry VND50,000 (All entry money is for the artists)

A Night at the Opera – La Traviata

Fri 30 Nov 2012, 7.30 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

The Hanoi Opera Guild continues our monthly screening of an opera in cooperation with Hanoi Cinematheque, taking advantage of their intimate venue with exquisite audio and video equipment. The next screening will be Friday November 30th, and we will screen a unique production of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata.

Composed in 1853, La Traviata has been in the standard repertory since shortly after its premiere and is the most frequently performed Italian language opera. One opera historian suggested that La Traviata has been performed somewhere in the world every day for more than 100 years.

The opera is based on a play that is based on an Alexandre Dumas story “La Dame aux camélias”, which in turn is based on Marie Duplessis, the real-life lover of Dumas. The drama centers on a young man from a respectable family who falls for a young courtesan. The young man’s father intercedes for the dignity and reputation of the family resulting in
misunderstandings and mistakes made by all characters involved.

For those on the Cinematheque mailing list, make a reservation as usual. A limited number of free tickets are also available through the Opera Guild, send an email to info@hanoioperaguild.com, tel 04.39362648

Seminar for the Book Series “The Hobby of Thinking”

Thu 29 Nov 2012, 5.30 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

The seminar to launch the 5 books in a series called “The Hobby of Thinking” with the participation of the researchers and translators Pham Toan, Nguyen Phuong Loan will be held in L’Espace. The series “The Hobby of Thinking” by philosopher Myriam Revault d’Allones opens a new door for children to approach to philosophy with interesting content and humorous pictures.

Along with the launch of the series, we also hold discussion for children to find out more about philosophy and thoughts of mankind about the human race. Each child will have his/her own questions and wonders and that makes him a philosopher. In November 2012, we continue to add 4 books about beauty, weirdness, fairness and death and the series “The Hobby of Thinking” with 20 topics that every child would be wondering about.

List of new books:
- It’s Not Fair by Céline Spector
- Is it Enough of a Reason to Be a Devil? Author: Denis Kambouchner
- Why Death? Author: Françoise Dastur
- It’s too Beautiful – Author: Fabienne Brugère
- When an Animal looks at Us – Author: Elisabeth de Fontenay

Language: Vietnamese.

Free entrance.

Screening of Music Documentary “Backyard”

Wed 28 Nov 2012, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

We are very proud to present the official Vietnam premiere of BACKYARD – a music documentary about a bunch of Icelandic hips.., err, artists, having fun playing music in a backyard and on a roof!

BACKYARD – The Movie is a realisation and celebration of Reykjavík’s creative spirit. It is the embodiment of what happens when a group of friends works hard at implementing and executing an idea, and it is simply because they’re having fun! It is pure joy on celluloid, and you should join this party, which features performances by Múm, FM Belfast, Sin Fang, Hjaltalín, Retro Stefson, Borko & Reykjavík! Most of them are internationally known due to their releases on Morr Music and Kimi Records.

This is what happened: After he had successfully organized a concert (featuring eight bands in twelve hours), Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson (of FM Belfast fame) found himself pretty amazed by the energy and velocity of his local scene. He thought: “I should throw a party like this in my own backyard. So he invited all his friends and favourite local bands to play a show in his small backyard over the course of a couple of days. And he also invited filmmaker Árni Sveinsson who captured everything that happened with BACKYARD.

The bands don’t sound anything alike – they are all doing their own thing. What they share is a friendship, a mentality and approach that surpasses any superficial differences. This is not so much what you would call a ‘scene’. It’s a group of friends (who in their spare time play football or go swimming together): take Borko kicking off the movie with his lo-fi majesty against Hjaltalín‘s intricate baroque; múm‘s delicate patchwork against Reykjavík!‘s drunken artwork or FM Belfast‘s ungovernable will to party (which marks the finale grande here). It’s all there, and it works together because the shared idea is not a sound, but a feeling. This feeling is perfectly captured in Backyard.

The screening features a return performance from local favourite Phuong Dang, whose beautiful crooning Beth Gibbons-ish voice and baroque pop songs played on piano surely you will fall in love with. This is her first live appearance after a long hiatus due to becoming a mother. Not to be missed.

(BACKYARD’s introduction courtesy of icelandicmusicmaffia.blogspot.co.uk)

With a live performance from Phuong Dang

Language: Icelandic, with English subtitles

Entry: 50,000 VND (all proceeds go to support Phuong Dang)

Screening of Documentary “Mekong”

Goethe Institut VietnamDocumentary Mekong
Thu 29 Nov 2012, 9 – 11 am
University of Science – Vietnam National University
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Fri 30 Nov 2012, 9 – 11 am
Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hall C2

In the context of Science Film Festival 2012 Goethe-Institut in cooperation with IUCN and CPWF presents the screening of the film Mekong (52 Min) of director Douglas Varchol with discussion at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology and at the National University Hanoi.

The film deals with the Mekong Region, which is a massive ecosystem that is the lifeline for more than 60 million people across six countries: Cambodia, China, Laos, Burma/Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. For the people in the Lower Mekong Basin, it provides more fish to more people than any other river in the world. With an estimated commercial value exceeding US$2 billion per year, it is the world’s most valuable inland fishery.

At the same time, more than 140 dams are currently planned, under construction or commissioned for different rivers in the basin. If constructed, this will radically alter the basin’s hydrology, its ecology and, consequently, the lives of millions who depend upon it. The question is how can these seemingly opposite demands be met: sustainable development of a region and the rising demands for energy and economic growth?

Mekong is a one-hour documentary on the Mekong River, examining the issues of hydropower development and its impact on Mekong citizen’s lives.

The film was shot in four countries and four languages and features stories of Mekong Citizen’s up and down the river, from fishers on the Tonle Sap, activists still fighting at the Pak Mun dam in Thailand, to a vice minister from Laos convinced he can build the region’s most “river-transparent” dam.

Free entrance.

University of Science – Vietnam National University
334 Nguyen Trai Street, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi

Hanoi University of Science and Technology
1 Dai Co Viet, Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Custom Made – Artisan Christmas Market

Sun 02 Dec 2012, 10 am – 4 pm
The Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi

Buying unique gifts in Hanoi just got a whole lot easier. For the second year The Hanoi Social Club will be hosting a curated Christmas market. A selection of Hanoi’s established and up coming designers will be selling a variety of beautiful products including: men and women’s clothing, jewellery, cards & wrappings, handmade toys, children’s products and ceramics.

Show In the Mood for Mai Khoi

Sat 24 Nov 2012, 8.30 pm
Chula House
6 Nhat Chieu, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Southern sensual singer/ songwriter sensation Mai Khoi will organise a live show with international acid rock band (Daniel Hennebery and Dave Payne) and Hanoi-based Latin acoustic trio (Linh Nguyen, Hiep Nguyen, Truong Chinh) on Saturday November 24 at Chula House (6 Nhat Chieu, Ho Tay). The event is part of an ongoing international cultural exchange program led by Spanish clothing designer Chula that has seen the likes of Tri Minh and Le Cat Trong Ly perform earlier this year.

Mai Khoi will play for the first time recent compositions that span acoustic, latin, folk and acid rock genres.

Tickets are 250,000VND
(alcohol and soft drinks included) and can be purchased on the door or from Chula (tel 0437101102).

Movember - Bass Streets

Sat 24 Nov 2012, 9 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Bass Streets will make a booming return this Movember as five fine DJs and selectors line up to tickle your weekend hairs.

If Hanoi parties were moustache styles, Bass Streets has the crisp suave of a Salvador Dali, the sassy sexiness of a JD Samson, the rough gruff of a Freddy Mercury and the energetic charm of a Charlie Chaplin. Lining up original international artists and Hanoi’s boldest and best electronic acts alongside innovative visual and street art, this piping hot regular dance night is about to get tache tastic.

Our Mo Brothers and Mo Sista are working on their facial designs and DJ sets as you read this, ready to rip the dance floor raw with delightful grooves and cuts night-wide. Each displaying distinct styles and electrifying tastes, Bass Streets Movember will pull together a tinted mix of several genres and all their shades – house, hip hop, grime, d’n'b, breakbeat – you want it, you got it.

Best of all, this month the Bass Streets party will be free to encourage your generous giving to the Movember cause via our arty farty Mo donation boxes across the venue on the night.

Dress up!! A free bottle of wine will be awarded to the most impressive male or female moustache outfit of the night.

Free entry.

Painting Exhibition “Mot, Hai, Ba”

Opening: Sat 24 Nov, 4.30 pm
Exhibition: 24 Nov – 01 Dec 2012
Art Talk Cafe
12 Quan Su Str, Hanoi

A lacquer painting exhibition by 3 contemporary lacquer painters, TRẦN TUẤN LONG, TRẦN DÂN, and CHU VIỆT CƯỜNG will be held at Art Talk Cafe.

TRẦN TUẤN LONG, TRẦN DÂN, and CHU VIỆT CƯỜNG are the lacquer painters who are consistently seeking and experimenting a new way to appreciate a contemporary art aspect of lacquer painting, beyond traditional/modern/commercial art. Their attempts are varied : studying and researching on concepts, objects, methods, skills, and etc.

Please come and enjoy 3 artists’ new art works, and the result of experiments to broaden up the possibility of lacquer painting.

Special Lineup of Hanoi Musicians Live

Thu 22 Nov 2012, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

On the bill are Sebastien Gesell, Josh Kopecek, Dan Henneberry, James Goodman and Luong Hue Trinh.

The music will feature everything from field recordings to circuit bent homemade instruments and even an American improvising on a dan bau. Should be interesting…Trinh is a very talented musician who very rarely has the chance to perform as her music is of a genre almost completely unknown here. Nowadays she has started tailoring to make money as she can’t make any from music!

Free entry.

Hue – Exhibition “Wooden Fish, Imaginary Cake and Fine Fresh Fish”

Artist Talk: Sat 24 Nov, 3 pm
Opening: Sat 24 Nov, 5 pm
Exhibition: 24 Nov – 04 Dec 2012
New Space Arts Foundation, Hue
2nd Floor, 15 Le Loi Street, Hue City

You are invited to art exhibition “Wooden Fish, Imaginary Cake and Fine Fresh Fish” of artist Le Kinh Tai. According to the artist “ People try to find the best, the newest and the most expensive to be better than other and spend more money for these lies. It can be seen as “wooden fish, imaginary cake or fresh meat. This is what my paintings are about: a society that lives on the concept of materialism and desired objects from the Western world.”   

Performance of Bossa Nova Music of Brazil

Sat 25 Nov 2012, 12 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Junichiro Matsumoto will perform Bossa Nova music of Brazil at noon on Sunday the 25th of November at THBC. Join us for a fun night of fantastic music and great drinks + food!  For those who do not know about Bossa Nova music, Bossa Nova means “new trend” in Portugese, and refers to a style of music popularized in Brazil in the late 1950s. Using elements of Samba and Jazz, Bossa Nova has had an indelible influence on Jazz since the 1960s.

Ticket price: 100.000 VND (including one soft drink)

Limited seats available.

Hanoi International Film Festival 2012

Hanoi International Film Festival: 25 – 29 Nov 2012

Hanoi International Film Festival is a chance to honor outstanding cinematographic group rich in humanity and artistic value. The festival aims to explore and encourage new Vietnamese talents in the countries in Asia – Pacific region for exchange of experience among film industries in these countries. Vietnam has 2 works to contribute to the festival: God-Destined Hero and Passion.


Weekly Performances of Ca Tru

Ca tru club
Every Wed, Fri, Sun, 8 – 9 pm
42 – 44 Hang Bac, Hanoi

Ca tru Hanoi club was established in 1990. Since then the club has been organizing performances as well as making some serious efforts in preserving and spreading the art of Ca tru. In 2009, Ca tru was officially recognized by UNESCO as the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Ms. Le Thi Bach Van, the director of the club, was awarded the title of “Excellent Artist” by the Vietnamese government in 2012 in recognition of her contribution to this ancient art.

Performances are held every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday night from 8pm – 9pm at 42-44 Hang Bac street. Tickets can be purchased anytime at the door at 180.000VND/person with special discount for students. All songs are in Vietnamese but English introduction and translation are available. During the break, audiences can learn more about the history of Ca tru, instruments used in the performance as well as have a chance to try their hands at the instruments.

All questions, comments and reservation can be sent to catruhanoiclub@gmail.com

Phone number: 0167 569 7800

Noi Hanoi: Four Poets, Two Languages

Sun 25 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Tadioto
12 Truong Han Sieu, Hanoi

Please join us for the latest chapter of Noi Hanoi, an evening of spoken word in Vietnamese and English. This month’s reading will be slightly different from previous Noi Hanoi events. We’ll be focusing on the work of just four poets: Vietnamese writers Thuy Hang and Nha Thuyen, plus American writers Jacob Evans and Claire Barnard. Prior to the event, the four poets met to talk about each other’s work. What they will present may not be conventional translations, but will illustrate one of the many ways that poetry can be in dialogue across language and culture. The readings will be followed by a question-and-answer session plus and an open mic. Come have a drink, enjoy some poetry, and enter the tangled messy web that is translation.

HCMC – Future Shorts Autumn Film Screenings

Sat 24 Nov 2012, 7.30 pm
I’m Yours Cafe
29/27 Doan Thi Diem, Ward 1, Phu Nhuan Dist, HCMC
Wed 28 Nov 2012, 7.30 pm
Snap Cafe
32 Tran Ngoc Dien, Thao Dien Ward, Dist 2

SEE THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY…. through the eyes of filmmakers all over the globe. On Saturday, Nov. 24th, Future Shorts will have a screening at I’m Yours Cafe, along with an art exhibit and live music. An encore screening will happen on Wednesday Nov. 28th at Snap Cafe.

Future Shorts celebrates Autumn in Ho Chi Minh City by bringing an intoxicating mix of award winning short film.

Films include Winner of the Special Jury Mention at the Tribeca Film Festival, “Cafe Regular, Cairo”, which follows a young couple in a city where the old and new meet. “Black Balloon” explores the complicated lives of New Yorkers in this sci-fi urban fable, which was awarded Sundance’s Short Filmmaking Award.

In our local program, we are proud to include Bui Hoang Nga’s “And Life Goes On”, “Dancing in the Park” by Henry Mochida and Mike Douglass, and Nguyen Thi Nam Phuong’s “Innocent Memory”.

(*Note: I’m Yours Cafe is a bit smaller and more intimate than our previous venues, so seating is limited. Please come on time to avoid disappointment.)

Tickets

60,000 VND
30,000 VND – students (w/ID)
FREE for filmmakers (must bring copy of work)

European Music Festival 2012

European Music Festival 2012: 22 Nov – 02 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Youth Theatre, Hanoi
HCMC Conservatory of Music, HCMC

Over the past ten years, the European Music Festival in Vietnam has introduced a remarkably diverse line-up of concerts to its stage in November in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Bringing together musical talents from the European Union, the European Music Festival aims at reaching a diversified audience with a varied repertoire to celebrate the richness of European culture. This year, the Festival once again invites artists and audiences of all ages to experience music in established and conventional settings, exploring the combination of classic and contemporary rhythms.

Over more than past 20 years, relations between the European Union (EU) and Vietnam have developed vigorously. Relations extend far beyond commercial, investment and development ties. The two sides continue to strengthen linkages and build bridges between the peoples of the European Union and the Vietnamese people, across the board

Cultural exchanges and public diplomacy activities are an important part of these efforts. Events such as the present European Music Festival showcase the European Union’s strength, its “unity in diversity” and, more generally, the richness of European culture, contributing to better understanding and reciprocal knowledge, thus reinforcing relations between Europe and Vietnam.

This year’s Festival will feature musicians from Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium), Germany, Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom, embracing classical music, jazz, and pop.

The Festival will be opened in Hanoi on 22 November with a performance by the German pianists, Duo d’Accord. The Duo premiered their performance in Vietnam, at the Europe Day Concert in 2011, which was highly acclaimed by Vietnamese spectators. The two pianists Lucia Huang and Sebastian Euler from Duo d’Accord play virtuoso works for two pianos as passionately as compositions for piano, four hands can be. In addition to their own arrangements, the duo performs works composed specifically for them and remarkable revivals of classic pieces.

For fans of classical music, two piano concerts by Hungarian pianist György Oravecz and Polish pianist Karol Radziwonowicz respectively will no doubt captivate their musical soul with remarkable compositions.

Hungarian pianist György Oravecz, started his piano studies at the age of eight. He graduated from the Franz Liszt Music Academy, where he studied under professors István Lantos and Zoltán Kocsis.  He was prize winner of the Hungarian Radio Piano Competition in 1985 as well as being awarded the Cziffra Prize connected with a scholarship, while Polish pianist Karol Radziwonowicz – a pianist educated in Poland and the USA, with years of performing experience in various musical centers throughout Europe, North and South America, Australia, and Asia. After graduation from The Fryderyk Chopin National Music Academy in Warsaw with the highest honors, Radziwonowicz has won prizes at a number of important competitions, as well as the American Scholarship Fulbright Competition.

The Festival continues with performances by musicians of Manuel Hermia Trio from Wallonia Brussels and the British band Empirical that will take audiences into sophisticated jazz melodies with great passion.
Manuel Hermia Trio from Wallonia Brussels

Trio Manuel Hermia will take audiences into a jazzy world rooted in the tradition and at the same time open to all influences, music both modern and risk-loving, but still accessible. In the meanwhile, the unique music by Empirical manages to be both timeless and totally. In just a few short years they have carved out a place as one of jazz’s most exciting young bands and they have won numerous awards including the 2010 MOBO for best jazz act and Jazzwise and Mojo albums of the year.

The band from the Netherlands Yori Swart will present Yori Swart, who has won Holland’s most important prize for singer/songwriters.
The Netherlands Yori Swart

The Festival will be closed on 2 December with a performance by the Swedish artist Emma Tranströmer. The mezzo soprano Ms Emma Tranströmer is the daughter of the Swedish Nobel Laureate for Literature Mr Tomas Tranströmer. She performs musical interpretations of her father’s acclaimed poetry putting each strophe in focus.

H.E.Mr Franz Jessen, Ambassador – Head of the Delegation of the European Union said, “The event is an annual celebration of music excellence that makes the joy of music accessible to all. Whether your primary interest is in serious contemporary music, world music, jazz, international cultural development or just enjoying fantastic entertainment, the European Music Festival offers unforgettable concerts to connect with.”

Full information about the event can be found at: http://www.eumusicfestival.com
Photos of the bands can be found at: www.flickr.com/photos/eudelvietnam

Admission is free. Tickets can be reserved and collected from 19 November 2012 onwards at:

Hanoi:

Goethe Institute
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Tel: 04- 3 7 34 2251/52

British Council
20 Thụy Khuê. Tel: 04 38436780

HCMC:

Goethe Institut
18 Đường số 1, Cư xá Đô Thành, Phường 4, Quận 3, Tel: 08 36009587

British Council
25 Lê Duẩn, Quận 1, Tel.: 08 38232862

Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi

HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Str, Dist 1, HCMC

HCMC – Concert “Across the Ages”

Wed 21 Nov 2012, 8 pm
HCMC Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, HCMC

You are invited to the concert titled “Across the Ages” performed by musicians from Singapore and HCMC Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor : Adrian Tan Chee Kang

Pianists: Koh Jia Hwei & Lim Yan and HCMC Symphony Orchestra

Tickets
Ticket price: 250 000, 200 000, 50 000 VND (for students)

Contact:

Skank the Tank Reggae Charity Day Party

Sun 25 Nov 2012, 2 pm
Chez Xuan
41/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Sub Elements are holding an all-day free-entry reggae event to raise funds for the Australian Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation charity.

Bar proceeds will go to the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation.

Featuring live bands Zamina and the Raggamuffins and supported by DJs Polo (France), Slo-Lo (Vietnam), Selecta Elpee (France), JC (UK) and Spectrum (UK).

Free entry.

Xinh Xanh Song Competition

Fri 16 Nov 2012, 8 pm Sat 8 Dec 2012, 8pm
Hanoi Social Club
6 Hoi Vu Str, Hanoi

We’re holding a song writing competition at the café. Anyone can enter. The requirements are as follows, 1. The songs must focus on life in Hanoi; 2. The mandatory lyric, “It happened again today”, must feature somewhere in the song; 3. The song must include one of the following places Tay Ho, Lotteria, Phuc Tan, Ciputra, Hoan Kiem, Red River, Hang Bong, Doi Can, Water ParK, Fivimart, Truc Bach, Vincom, Mausoleum. There’re plenty of free drinks and fun prizes for the competitors. We’d love to make a call out for entrants.

Free entry.

Artist Talk of Exhibition “THE PINK CHOICE”

Artist Talk: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 6.30 pm
Goethe Institut

Don’t forget artist talk with Maika Elan (Nguyen Thanh Hai) about her exhibition “THE PINK CHOICE”. Maika focuses on living spaces, the affectionate touches, and more importantly, the synchronized rhythm of lovers sharing life together. Viewers may not see much of personalities of the people in the photos but they can feel the warmth of love and caring. In another way, in this project, she wants to show what she saw from homosexual people and not to show how homosexual people see themselves.

“Suburban Night” of Nguyen Tuan

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

Come and enjoy the new successful, meaningful, peculiar lyrics but friendly songs of the artist Nguyễn Tuấn.

In this night, you’ll also have a chance to experience the suburban scene by the small exhibition of paintings of the old charming Hanoi.

“Suburban night in half baked brick color
Stay watching on the dome, the barn-own
Peeping at someone’s house with the light on
Eyes and eyes missing each other and detaching in own thoughts
Bold letters fall into an unfamiliar paper”

(Lyrics and music by Nguyễn Tuấn)

Ticket

Ticket price: 100.000 VND (including one beer/ one soft drink)

HCMC – Spanish Cultural Week

Join Spanish Cultural Week in HCMC on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations Vietnam- Spain. The cultural week will have film festival, guitar gala and photography exhibition. For detailed program, see below:

Spanish Film Festival – Limited tickets
Time: 19 – 23 Nov 2012, 6.30 pm
Fafilm Cinema, Thai Van Lung D.1 HCMC

Programme:

Monday: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios
Tuesday:La Lenguade las mariposas
Wednesday: Los lunes al Sol
Thursday: Muerte de un ciclista
Friday: El Orfanato

Tickets can be collected from Monday to Friday at Jaleo-Escuela de español 38 Hoa Su, W.2, Phu Nhuan District from 09:00-13.00 and from 16:30-20:30.

Spanish Guitar Gala- very limited tickets

Wed 21 Nov, 7 pm
HCMC Opera House

El Fuego & La Pasión
Guitar: Hang Nguyen
Piano: Lý Giai Hoa

Very limited number of tickets available can be collected  only on 21st from 9 a.m to 11.30 a.m and from 2.30 p.m to 4.30 p.m  at:

Department of Spanish Linguistics and Literature USSH
University of Social Sciences and Humanities
10 -12 Dinh Tien Hoang Street, D.1. HCMC

Spanish Photography Exhibition
Exhibition: 21 – 25 Nov 2012, 8 am – 5 pm
Atr 120, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Str, D3, HCMC

Exhibition by Do Tuan Anh

Opening: Tue 20 Nov, 7 pm
Exhibition: 21 Nov – 21 Dec 2012
Hanoi Cooking Centre, 44 Chau Long, Hanoi

Hanoi contemporary artist Do Tuan Anh presents some new and unusual paintings, showing the artist’s quirky side, pairing up people and vegetables with wit and irony.

Opening with music by Pham Quang Tran Minh.

Manzi – Hanoi’s Newest Independent Art Space

Manzi is Hanoi’s newest independent art space, café and bar. Housed in an elegant turn of the 20th century French villa with a shady yard in a quiet lane near the Water Tower, it’s your perfect living room to spend your day reading or working on your laptop among paintings and art installations of well-known and emerging Vietnamese visual artists.

Come in the evening for a drink, and you may well catch an exhibition opening, a book introduction, a film screening or a music performance. The art shop offers little art works of top Vietnamese artists at affordable prices. Run by local cultural activists, Manzi is one of Hanoi’s coolest watering holes infused with a heavy dose of art.

14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi
Bar café: 9:00 – 24:00 everyday
Artshop: 10:00 – 18:00 everyday

IllustraBrazil Exhibition

The Embassy of Brazil in Hanoi proudly presents “IllustraBrazil!” – a beautiful, colorful and insightful illustration exhibition by 100 most important Brazilian illustrators.

Opening: Thu 22 Nov, 6.30 pm
Exhibition: 22 – 29 Nov 2012
Vietnam Women’s Museum
36 Lý Thường Kiệt, Hà Nội

“IllustraBrazil!” is a special edition of the Society of Illustrators of Brazil – SIB’s annual event IlustraBrasil!, that will be presented for the first time in Vietnam by the Embassy of Brazil in Hanoi. Held in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro since 2004, the IB! has won twice one of the most traditional national awards in the creative industry, the HQ Mix Awards, in the category “Best Event”.

This international version of the IB! consists of an exhibition of artwork by 100 of the finest Brazilian editorial and advertising illustrators, comic book artists and animators, complemented by a series of lectures and workshops

The exhibition will take place in Hanoi from the 22nd to 29th of November at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum , and the lectures and workshops will feature Brazilian Illustrator Rogerio Soud.

The most well known aspects of Brazil are displayed in the exhibition, such as its striking nature and wildlife, its sports stars and references to its lively music. It’s an opportunity to see soccer stars such as Ronaldinho, Kaká and 1950s Dino Santos portrayed in different styles by painters, digital artists and caricaturists. Discover the many scenarios the continental country has, from the Amazon Forest and the Northeast countryside to the paradise-like beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, and famous cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, São Paulo, Recife and Curitiba, drawn as cartoons, advertisements, comics, realistic paintings and carvings. Find out more about the myths, legends and folkloric characters known to Brazilian people as the legend of Saint Gióng is to the Vietnamese.

Biography of the illustrator: Rogério Soud was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1967 and has lived in São Paulo since1988. With experience in the comics and animation industries, nowadays he works mostly in editorial illustration for local and international clients. He has received several distinguished illustration awards in Brazil and was nominated in the USA for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work and as a Gold Medal Recipient for Mom’s Choice Awards. He is a member of the Board of Directors of SIB – Society of Illustrators of Brazil since 2004, and has been strongly involved with its exhibitions, seminars and publications. He was a co-curator for the international exhibition IllustraBrazil.

If you have further questions, please contact:

Embassy of Brazil in Hanoi
Phone: 38432544 – brasemb.hanoi@itamaraty.gov.br
Secretary Lucas Sversut – lucas.sversut@itamaraty.gov.br
Cultural Assistant: Luu Ly (Celia) – luulybra@gmail.com and t. 38432544 (ext 111)

Creative Workshop with University of the Arts London

HANOI: Fri 23 Nov 2012, 6 – 9 pm
Movenpick Hotel
83A Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hanoi
HCMC: Sun 25 Nov 2012, 9 am – 12 pm
Caravelle Hotel
19 Lam Son Square, Dist 1, HCMC

University of the Arts London (UAL) brings together six of the world’s most prominent colleges for the study of art, design, fashion, communications and performing arts. Ms Kate-Rose Carrick, International Academic Coordinator at UAL, will be holding a presentation on the colleges and current student work, followed by a workshop for creative thinkers entitled ‘Creative thinking – East meets West’ in Hanoi and HCMC.

Student inteview will be carried out on the same days in both cities.

TEDxHanoi Event

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 7.30 – 10.30 pm
Hanoi Cinematheque
22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội

This year’s TEDxHanoi will be the city’s first ever to address a variety of subjects, featuring talks concerning social entrepreneurship, psychology, leadership, IT, education and personal development. The night will conclude with performances by some of Hanoi’s hottest musical acts.
Our aim is to bring an original, inspiring, and accessible event to the Hanoian community and to spread valuable ideas throughout. Promoting important projects, sharing real-life experiences, enriching minds, sparking initiative and bringing people together.

The event will be held entirely in English.

Ticket

Entrance Fee: 100K regular fee and 50K reduced fee for students
Parking space provided. Non-alcoholic drinks and cake included

The tickets for TEDxHanoi can be purchased at Hanoi Social Club (6 Hoi Vu), The Bookworm (44 Chau Long), The Hanoi Bicycle Collective (44 Ngõ 31 Xuân Diệu), Cinematheque (22A Hai Ba Trung – after 5pm).

Diwali 2012

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 5.30 pm
American Club
19-21 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi

Once again, the Indian community in Hanoi celebrates Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, with music, dance, food and entertainment.

Ticket price: 200,000 VND. Call 04 37724248 for details.    

Rock Show “Red Revolution” in Danang

Fri 16 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Danabeach, Da Nang

The rock show “Red Revolution” will be held for one night with the performance of 2 Vietnamese rock bands Microwave and Unlimited right on Danabeach. They will bring to the audience “true speed, true music and true pleasure”.

Free entrance.
    
HCMC – Rock Concert with GaBLé

Thu 15 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City
112 Nguyen Du, Q1, HCMC

You are invited to a rock performance with GaBLé group. They have been invited to perform in many big rock festivals in France and all over the world. GaBLé is an unique and the most energetic group to date.

Ticket

Entrance: 100.000 VND (50% discount for students)
Ticket point: Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City, everyday from Monday to Sunday from 8 am to 8 pm.
Address: 112 Nguyen Du, Q1, Hô Chi Minh-Ville, tel: 3822 5841 (ext. 102).

Screening of “Little Nicolas”

Fri 30 Nov 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening of  “Little Nicolas” (France, 2010, 90 minutes) of director Laurent Tirard. The film has been nominated for the César Award 2010 for the Best Adapted Screenplay for Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron. For more information, see below:
Film’s synopsis: Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing to changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant!. He panics and envisions the worst.

Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Cabaret Night in November

Sat 24 Nov 2012, 8.30 – 9.30 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Cabaret Night at L’Espace is the stage for new music talents. Come here to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.

If you are a song-writer, singer or you can sing in French, Vietnamese or English, contact Cédric Drouard to participate in the Cabaret Music Night at L’Espace: cedminimum@hotmail.fr.

Free admission.

Screening of “Intouchables”

Fri 23 Nov 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “1+1” (France, 2011, 112 minutes)  of director Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache. The film has received 14 awards and 18 nominations in many film festivals. The film is “the second success in the French cinema history!”. For more information, see below:

Film’s synopsis: A rich quadriplegic, living in a mansion in Paris, requires a live-in carer. A young offender turns up for an interview, but he is not really looking to get the job. However, to his surprise, he is hired. The two men then develop a close friendship.

Language: French with Vietnamese subtitle

Ticket price: 20 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Open Academy Europe 2012

Goethe Institut Vietnam
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Workshops with the German artist Christiane Baumgartner and the Dutch design researchers Dr. Richard van Tol and Dr. Sander Huiberts: 20 Oct – 16 Nov 2012
HCMC, Hue, Hanoi

In the context of “Open Academy Europe”, an alliance of European Culture-Institutes and Embassies with the Academies of Fine Arts in Hanoi, Hue and HCMC, the Goethe-Institute present in cooperation with the Embassy of Netherlands innovative topics: a workshop with the theme „woodcut in the digital age“ for several days with the artist Christiane Baumgartner and a „Game Jam“ with the design researcher Dr. Richard van Tol und Dr. Sander Huiberts from the Utrecht School of the Arts.

Workshop: Woodcut in the digital age – Photography, Video and electronic media combined with the traditional printmaking. The participants will create a handmade artist`s book.

Game Jam: Design of a multimedia game with self-designed music

HCMC:

    29.10. – 2.11.2012: Fine Arts Academy (Woodcut)

University of Fine Arts, 5 Phan Dang Luu, Dictrict Binh Thanh, HCMC

Tel. 08-3841 7542, Email: hcmufa@gmail.com

    05.11. – 09.11.2012 FPT Arena Multimedia (Game Jam)

79B Ly Thuong Kiet, P8, Distrikt Tan Binh (CMC Plaza), HCMC

Tel: (08)62935101, Email: arena@fpt.com.vn

HUE

    5.11. – 9.11.2012: Academy of Fine Arts (Woodcut)

University of Fine Arts Hue, 10 To Ngoc Van, Hue City

Tel.: 054-3522315. Email: hue-dhnt@dng.vnn.vn

HANOI:

    12.11. – 16.11. 2012

Fine Arts University (Woodcut)

Academy of Fine Arts, 42 Yet Kieu, Hanoi

Tel.: 84 44 25 75 98. Email: buithanhtam72@gmail.com

FPT Arena Multimedia (Game Jam)

4th Floor, Institute for Mechanics, 264 Doi Can, Hanoi

Tel. 04.37629680, Email: fpt-arena@fpt.com.vn

Christiane Baumgartner, born 1967, studied from 1988 to 1994 at the School of Visual Arts in Leipzig and from 1997 to 1999 at the Royal College of Art, London. Her main artistic medium is printmaking. Particularly well known are her woodcuts. For these she usually works from her own video recordings, producing stills in the form of woodcuts, often in very large formats. Christiane Baumgartner is internationally known and has been honored with awards, her works are in museums in Leipzig, Vienna, London, New York, Amsterdam.

Following the invitation of the Goethe-Institut, Baumgartner will perform a workshop for several days at the Academies of Fine Arts in HCMC, Hue and Hanoi. Theme is the combination of traditional printing techniques with digital media. At the end the work of the participants will be presented in an exhibition. Additional Baumgartner gives a talk to the students about the development of her creative work, from Video and serial digital photography to woodcuts after digital submittals. Her preferred pictorial themes are visual perception, speed and associated motives like planes and freeways.

Dr. Richard van Tol, is a design researcher at the Utracht School of the Arts, faculty of Arts, Media and Technology, where he focuses on the design of play in a wide range of fields and disciplines. He teaches courses in game audio design and pursued as doctorate on this topic. In 2011 Richard was responsible for the first iteration of the Cultures at Play Game Jam, an intercultural multidisciplinary game jam with both Turkish and Dutch students in Istanbul (Turkey). He researched the accessibility of games for gamers with disabilities at the Bartiméus Accessibility Foundation (Netherlands). 2001 he developed together with Dr. Sander Huiberts “Drive”, a racing game for the blind.

Dr. Sander Huiberts, is music designer and researcher. He received a PhD degree from the University of Portsmouth in the UK for investigating the role of audio for immersion in games and currently studies at the Utracht School of the Arts the design of adaptive music systems. He teaches in game audio design, adaptive game music and audio interfacing to game development. In 2008 he published a framework IEZA for the conceptualization of game audio, which is used at the Utrecht School of the Arts as well as other universities around the world. His research interests now include the development of systems that provide sound and music for non-linear contexts as well as the design processes.

The design researchers Dr. Richard van Tol and Dr. Sander Huiberts will organize a “Game Jam”. The goal is to come together and make a video game and music for this game, or non-digital game like a board game or card game. The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking to result in small but innovative and experimental games. Although having computer skills is helpful, code experience is not necessary. The new games will be presented in the end of the workshop-week and all students are invites to participate.

Contact/ info:

Goethe-Institut: Ms. Pham Thi Kim Chung, kimchung.pham@hanoi.goethe.org
Embassy of the Netherland: Ms. Pham Thu Giang, pham-thu.giang@minbuza.nl

Annual Charity Bazaar 2012

Sun 25 Nov 2012, 10 am – 3.30 pm
UNIS in Ciputra, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi

On Sunday, November 25th from 10 am to 3:30 pm, the Hanoi International Women’s Club (HIWC) will host its 21st Annual Charity Bazaar at UNIS in Ciputra for which all proceeds go directly to the many charity projects supported by the HIWC Community Aid Committee in Hanoi and in Northern Vietnam.

A fun-filled day of shopping, eating, drinking, taking in live entertainment and activities for kids, the bazaar is an outing for every one. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore Hanoi’s multicultural community, to taste food and drink from around the world, to bid on fabulous items at the silent auction donated by the HIWC’s generous sponsors, and to do much more. With a wide range of country, charity and commercial tables signed up, the bazaar is shaping up to be a signature event.

Join us at this year’s HIWC Annual Charity Bazaar. There is something for everyone.

Contact: Jenny Sawyer bazaarpr@hanoi-iwc.com

Ticket

Tickets for the Annual Charity Bazaar are on sale: Adults 120,000VND (presale) and 150,000VND at the gate, Children 50,000VND (ages 3-12, children under 3 are free).

Tickets can be purchased at J.A.F.A., Jaspas, Oasis, Pure Heaven and Southgate. Make the most of the discounted Adult presale price by purchasing your tickets today.

Performance of Opera “CO SAO”

24 and 25 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the performance of Opera “Cô Sao” – new version by Đỗ Hồng Quân – with the performance of conductor HONNA Tetsuji, Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and The Vietnam National Opera and Ballet.

Program

Opera “Cô Sao” new version by Đỗ Hồng Quân
Ticket

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over  www.ticketvn.com, ticketvn@gmail.com
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Deutschlandfest 2012

17 and 18 Nov 2012
National History Museum of Vietnam
01 Pham Ngu Lao Str, Hanoi

On November 17th and 18th, the Deutschlandfest 2012 will take place in the National History Museum of Vietnam in Hanoi. During two days we invite you to discover and experience Germany together with your friends and family.

German institutions and companies will present themselves and their work here inVietnamand answer your questions. A wide range of activities for younger and older visitors will give you the opportunity to experience German culture and enjoy yourself in a relaxed atmosphere.

Entry is free, food and beverages will be on sale.
        
An Evening of Opera at LUNA – Programme 24

Luna d'Autunno

Wed 21 Nov 2012, 8.30 pm
Luna d’Autunno
78 Tho Nhuom
Hoan Kiem Distr. – Ha Noi

Another evening for lovers of opera at Luna d’Autunno.

This is a monthly event, and a great chance to enjoy live opera in an informal and intimate setting.
This month: An Evening with Giuseppe Verdi

Detailed program below:




Oriental Dance Night

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 9 – 10.30 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

An amazing night of Middle East music and breathtaking performances at THBC.

(And the Hanoi Bicycle Collective also hosts an information booth at the HanoiGrapevine’s 5th birthday party!)

We’re very pleased to present the Oriental Dance Night by Apsara Dance Studio!

Don’t miss out on the best life has to offer, good music, good people, good food and drink, witnessing live art, and dancing to the music.

Ticket

Ticket price: 100 000 VND (including one soft drink).

Spanish Contemporary Dance

Fri 16 Nov 2012, 7.30 pm
Au Co Arts Center
08 Huynh Thuc Khang Str, Hanoi

LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE is a compilation of several fragments from Teresa Nieto & Co. latest pieces. Special moments portraying a representative synthesis of the work, style and ‘landscape’ of the company: a journey through its twenty year long history.

The show is meant to be an ode to the enjoyment of dance and its beauty, embracing the audience with an eclectic and vibrant music selection.

“The performance provides us precious moments, feeling, the beauty of mundance image in its calmness. Teresa Nieto handles the aesthetic aspect well and it is clearly reflected in the layout of the show, the use of space as well as creating elegant and sexy dance. The selection of music also increases the dance’s depth and its humanity value.

This spectacle has been organised by Instituto Cervantes and the Embassy of Spain with the cooperation of the Spain Vietnam Friendship Association and the sponsorship of Vitexco, and is one of the events celebrating 35 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Spain.

ABOUT TERESA NIETO

She is a board member of Cía Bocanada Dance group, co-director and dancer for Cía Arrieritos dance group.

Guest choreographer for dance groups including: Cía. Flamenca Antonio Canales, Ballet Nacional de España, Ballet Nacional de Paraguay, Cía. Flamenca Belén Maya, Cía. Aracaladanza, Cía. Larumbe Danza.

Collaborated with other dance shows with various stage directors including: Gustavo Tambascio, Paco Suárez, Salvador Collado, Ricard Salvat, José Sámano, Miguel Narros.

Special Certificate for the best choreographer in the first choreo Contest for Choregraphers in Festival Flamenco de Jerez in 1999 (“No me quiero dormir” Cía Arrieritos).

Stage Director Association Award for the best choreographer “Estado hormonal”.

Madrid’s Cultural Award in 2002.

National Dance Award in 2004.

Villa de Madrid Award in 2007 for the best choreographer.

Max Award in 2007 and 2009 for the best female dancer

2 Max Awards in 2009 for Best Choreographer for “De cabeza” and Best Female Dance “Teresa Nieto”.

Ticket
Free tickets can be collected at Embassy of Spain from 9 am – 1 pm and Cervantes Institut from 8.30 am to 16.30 pm.
A limited number of tickets are available on a first come, first served basis.

Embassy of Spain
No 4 Le Hong Phong Street
Ba Dinh District, Hanoi
04 3771 52 07 (tel)
Email: Emb.Hanoi@maec.es, embajadaesp@vnn.vn

Cervantes Institut
Hanoi University, Room 511, Building C
Tel: 04 35530730

Screening of Documentary Film “Transnational Team”

Goethe Institut VietnamTransnational Team
Fri 16 Nov 2012, 6.30 pm
Goethe Institut Vietnam         
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội

The Goethe-Institute invites you to the documentaryTransnationalmannschaft including a lecture by Dr. Rolf Husmann, anthropologist with a specialisation in ethnographic filmmaking at the University in Göttingen and Co-Director of the International Ethnigraphic Film Festival in Göttingen. Afterwards there is the opportunity to ask questions to Dr. Husmann and discuss about the film.

Seven protagonists portray their personal perception of the tournament, their cultural origin being as many-faceted as that of the German national team: Of the 23 players on the German World Cup team in South Africa, eleven could have opted to play for other nations earlier in their careers. They are all German, their parents are not – the analytical concept of transnationalism locates their identity in two nations.

The film provides insight into a part of town with a migrant population of over 60% and documents the relationship of its protagonists towards the German national team. The film asks what terms likehome, native country and nation mean to them and gives viewers a chance to see Germany, its society and this specific community through the eyes of these modern-day locals.

Transnationalmannschaft thus outlines the identity of a multiethnic neighborhood in a large German city, leaving the sovereignty of interpretation to its protagonists. Socially relevant and highly urgent issues such as whether you can have two home countries or what it actually means to be German are brought into focus via the emotional detour of national teams and the Football World Cup.

Transnationalmannschaft is a Heimatfilm that investigates 21st century social reality in German and European cities and last but not least celebrates football as a passion beyond all ethnic boundaries.

Free admission.

Positive Mass

For more information, click the poster




Fri 30 Nov 2012, 8 pm
St. Joseph Cathedral
Nha Chung Str, Hanoi

Exhibition “Metamorphosis of Japan After the War” in Hanoi

IN HANOI: Opening: Tue 20 Nov, 6 pm
Exhibition: 21 – 29 Nov 2012, 8.30 am – 5.30 pm
Ngo Quyen Exhibition Hall

Don’t forget a photography exhibition “Metamorphosis of Japan After the War: 1945-1964” in Hanoi. This South-East and South Asia’s premier exhibition showcases 123 black-and white photographs by 11 renowned photographers to make a retrospective review of the Japanese society with full of creativity and energy during the turbulent period spanning from 1945 to 1964 that followed the World War II.

Sculpture Exhibition “Hanoi – Saigon”

Opening: Thu 15 Nov, 5 pm
Exhibition: 15 – 25 Nov 2012.
Talk with artist: Fri 16 Nov, 9 am
Exhibition Room, Hanoi University for Culture
418 La Thanh, Dong Da District, Ha Noi

You are invited to the sculpture exhibition of 16 artists from both the north and south of Vietnam. This exhibition is organized two times a year and will be held in both the south and north consecutively. The idea to organize such exhibition is to create a platform for art exchange for artists.
The first exhibition was held in 2010 in HCMC. This time, the exhibition displays more than 30 new art works.

Hanoi (9 artists) Dao Chau Hai, Nguyen Ngoc Lam, Thai Nhat Minh, Vu Quang Sang, Nguyen Huy Tinh, Khong Do Tuyen, Luong Van Viet, Pham Thai Binh and Tran Trong Tri.

HCMC (9 artists): Bui Hai Son, Phan Phuong, Hoang Tuong Minh, Tran Viet Hung, Vinh Do, Nguyen Hoai Huyen Vu and Tran Mai Quoc Khanh,

Live Jazz Phuong L Pham and Friends

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Youth Theatre
11 Ngo Thi Nham Str, Hanoi

You are invited to a live jazz concert with Phuong L Pham and Friends (Quyền Thiện Đắc, Phan Trung Kiên, Phạm Đức Duy, Nguyễn Trung Đông, Đoàn Việt Dũng, Phạm Thị Quỳnh). Phuong Le Pham lives in Chicago, IL. USA. He is a jazz pianist. At the age of six, he started to play classical piano. He had played in many concerts, bars and jazz club with Mr. Quyen Van Minh, a well-known jazz saxophonist and many other friends. In this concert, he and friends introduce to Hanoi audiences a program emphasized in funky and smooth jazz. The program includes famous pieces written by contemporary jazz artists, traditional melodies arranged in jazz and original tunes.

Ticket

Ticket prices: 200 000 VND, 100 000 VND.
Contact: Ms Pham Quynh Trang 0903 470 179

Ticket Giveaways for Rock Performance with Gablé

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace

Don’t forget the rock performance with Gablé group. They have been invited to perform in many big rock festival in France and all over the world. Gablé is an unique and the most energetic group to date.

Ticket
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Especially, L’Espace in collaboration with Hanoi Grapevine will give away 10 invitation tickets (1 invitation ticket for 2 people) for 10 earliest readers who register by leaving comments under this post. Don’t miss this chance!!!

Exhibition “Frontier Area”

Opening: Sat 17 Nov, 5 pm
Exhibition: 17 – 25 Nov 2012
Nguyen Art Gallery
No 31 Van Mieu road, Hanoi

Come to the “FRONTIER AREA” painting exhibition by the painter Mai Huy Dzung. The artist said “I am a giddy person. When I feel tired of the whirl of modern life, I take my backpack to escape away, sometimes with friends, sometimes by myself.

It is not too difficult to imagine how the mountains in Northern area enchanted me, from the harsh but spectacular nature to simple but warm-hearted people. I don’t know when it starts but just seeing the sign at the border area “Frontier area”, I always feel very excited.

I absolutely admired people who are living here. Although their lives are so hard, people are full of vigor. I miss the eyes, the smiles, the sweats rolling on their faces in the freezing winter morning. I miss the bowls of corn wine, “mèn mén” (Specialty from the hill tribes’ made of corn),” thắng cố” (the dish of horses’ intestine, liver, kidney…in a big pan and server right in the market) and the simple foods when I go to the hill tribe market. Markets in mountainous area where everyone are friends, people don’t glare at each other like in Hanoi pubs, where you can drink wine in bowls and shoulder by  shoulder to others, where the affection between people become a specialty, where … never told to the end. I would be an ungrateful person if I didn’t paint them. They are my special friends, my loves; those gave me food to eat, places to live, and inspired me a lot.

I have wondered should I be sad or happy when seeing the hardship lives but full of loves and humanity. I still have not found the answer yet. Until now the portraits I painted are still bittersweet, strips of brightly fresh color but still burnished austerity. I am not ashamed of confusion, because it is my true feeling. If someone asked whether my paintings transfer a great idea, whether it contains any message or not, I would answer: No, my paintings only have sincerity.”

Three Improvisation Workshops

Thu 15, 22 and 29 Nov 2012, 7 – 9 pm
Chez Xuan
No 41 /76 lane, An Duong Str, Tay Ho, Hanoi    

That’s right, come join us for the next three THURSDAYS of this month for an evening of Improvisation!

You can come once, you can come twice or you can even come ALL three times :)

Zippy and Nadia – Hanoi theater lovers are coming together to bring to you an evening workshop where you get to let loose, have some fun, roll on the ground and have a few laughs!

Each workshop session will begin with a series of warm ups, a short introduction of what it means to say YES to improv?! And will end with a few more activities and games to get you more familiar and excited about this wonderful thing called IMPROVISATION!

Contact: hits.hanoi@gmail.com

Events at ATK this Week

Screening of Exit Through the Gift Shop: Wed 14 Nov 2012, 8.30 pm
Tandem: Fri 16 Nov 2012, 8 pm
DMN SLYR with Slo-Lo: Sat 17 Nov 2012, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De, Hanoi

Come to 3 events at ATK this week. On Wed 07 Nov,  a free screening of comedy documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop will be presented. Banksy, Britain’s most famous graffiti artist’s, first foray into cinema is a documentary gem that showcases the artist’s mischievous humour and anti-authoritarian attitude.



On Fri 16 Nov, The Tandem collective continue their run of parties round the capital with a return to ATK.

On Sat17 Nov, DJ, visual artist and all round dude, DMN SLYR will perform. Support will come from Vietnam’s finest, DJ Slo-Lo

Ticket

Event on Wed and Fri: Free entry

Event on Sat: Entry VND 50,000.

Rock Performance with Gablé

Sat 17 Nov 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the rock performance with Gablé group. They have been invited to perform in many big rock festival in France and all over the world. Gablé is an unique and the most energetic group to date.

Their first three albums were self-made CDs with hand-made covers until LoAF – a British venture recording studio discovered them. They have introduced albumn Seven Guitars and a Cloud of Milk (CQFD award of Inrocks Magazine in 2008), and then another more elaborated album I’m Ok in 2009.

Their latest album tittled CuTe HoRSe CuT in collaboration with LoAF and distribution in France by Module, will be released in March 2012.

From 2008 until now, GaBLé has performed about 100 music shows in France (Trans Musicales, Eurockéennes, Rockomotives, 3 Éléphants, Festival de Marne, Art Rock…) and overseas (Big Chill and Great Escape in the UK, Les Nuits Botaniques in Bruxelles, Spot Festival in Denmark, FME Festival in Canada, Iceland Airwaves in Iceland).

Ticket
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.    

HCMC – Rock Concert with GaBLé

Thu 15 Nov 2012, 8 pm
Ho Chi Minh Conservatory of Music
112 Nguyen Du Street, Ward 1, HCMC

Come to a rock performance with GaBLé group at the Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City on November 15th, 8 pm. They have been invited to perform in many big rock festivals in France and all over the world. GaBLé is an unique and the most energetic group to date.

Their first three albums were self-made CDs with hand-made covers until LoAF – a British venture recording studio discovered them. They have introduced album “Seven Guitars and a Cloud of Milk” (CQFD award of Inrocks Magazine in 2008), and then another more elaborated album “I’m Ok” in 2009.

Their latest album titled “CuTe HoRSe CuT” in collaboration with LoAF and distribution in France by Module will be released on March 2012.

From 2008 until now, GaBLé has performed about 100 music shows in France (Trans Musicales, Eurockéennes, Rockomotives, 3 Éléphants, Festival de Marne, Art Rock…) and overseas (Big Chill and Great Escape in the UK, Les Nuits Botaniques in Bruxelles, Spot Festival in Denmark, FME Festival in Canada, Iceland Airwaves in Iceland).

Ticket
Entrance: 100.000 VND (50% discount for students)
Ticket office: Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City, everyday from Monday to Sunday from 8 am to 8 pm.
Address: 112 Nguyen Du, D.1, Ho Chi Minh-Ville, tel: 3822 5841 (ext. 102).