"Feel It" street culture festival celebrates local bands

“Feel It”, the street culture festival, will be held from 10am to 11.30pm on December 15 on the roof top of Q. Industries Building on Street No.7 in HCM City’s District 7. Photo ticketbox.vn

“Feel It”, the street culture festival, will be held from 10am to 11.30pm on December 15 on the roof top of Q. Industries Building on Street No.7 in HCM City’s District 7.

“Feel It” is a public arts and emerging music festival to celebrate street culture and honour vibrant local young bands.

Providence, Datmaniac, Thái Sơn Beatbox and bands Weed Elephant and Hem Hem will perform at the festival, an intersection of music, street arts & sports, crafts, creativity and originality.

Tickets are VNĐ175,000 each, including a free drink and free archery game. 

VCCA hosts two solo exhibitions

An installation entitled Họa Mi by Vietnamese-born French artist Trần Thu Vân. — Photo thethaovanhoa.vn

The Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) in Hà Nội will host the two solo exhibitions tomorrow, Bicycles by Vietnamese-born French artist Trần Thu Vân, and Ellipses by Hà Mạnh Thắng, a prominent Vietnamese artist.

Bicycles is Vân’s first solo installation exhibition in Việt Nam. All of her work in this exhibition is brand new. Inspired by a song from the artist’s childhood, the exhibition contains self-identification and history of the artist, as well as the desire to create a fictional world.

Ellipses presents new work from Thắng, inspired by poems from the Middle Age Chinese poets Li Bai and Du Fu. His work has the features of Western modern art, yet still holds an Asian spirit.

Both exhibitions will run until February. VCCA is located on level B1, Block R3, Vincom Mega Mall Royal City, 72A Nguyễn Trãi Road, Thanh Xuân District. 

‘Little Miss Sunshine’ at Family Movie Month

A scene from the comedy Little Miss Sunshine. — Photo wordpress.com

The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will open its ‘Family Movie Month” with a screening of the Little Miss Sunshine tomorrow night (Friday).

An American comedy-drama road trip film, the 2006 movie is also the directorial debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.

Father Richard (Greg Kinnear) is desperately trying to sell his motivational success program with no success. Meanwhile, "pro-honesty" mom Sheryl (Toni Collette) lends support to her eccentric family, including her depressed brother (Steve Carell), fresh out of the hospital after being jilted by his lover.

Then there are the younger Hoovers – the seven-year-old, would-be beauty queen Olive (Abigail Breslin) and Dwayne (Paul Dano), a Nietzsche-reading teen who has taken a vow of silence. Topping off the family is the foul-mouthed grandfather (Alan Arkin), whose outrageous behaviour recently got him evicted from his retirement home.

When Olive is invited to compete in the "Little Miss Sunshine" pageant in far-off California, the family piles into their rusted-out VW bus to rally behind her – with riotously funny results.

Little Miss Sunshine was an overwhelming box office success, earning US$100.5 million. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won two – Best Original Screenplay for Michael Arndt and Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin.

The film will be presented in its original English language with Vietnamese subtitles. The screening will start at 7.30pm. Donation (at the door): VNĐ20,000/person. TPD is at 51 Trần Hưng Đạo Street (4th floor). Tel: 024 3936 6559. 

"Santa Runs to Town" family race in Phú Mỹ Hưng

The "Santa Runs to Town" family run event will be held from 8am to 9am on Saturday (December 15) at Semicircle Lake Park in Phú Mỹ Hưng in HCM City’s District 7. Photo ticketbox.vn

The Family Run "Santa Runs to Town" will be held from 8am to 9am on Saturday (December 15) at the Semicircle Lake Park in Phú Mỹ Hưng in HCM City’s District 7.

Each family member will work closely together during the Snow Road, Blanket Run, and Three Legs races.

The event will also include face painting, a music show and a flash mob.

Tickets are VNĐ350,000 including T-shirts, face painting tools, and free ice cream and drinks. 

Christmas Dance Celebration at Hoa Sứ 2 restaurant

The Christmas Dance Celebration 2018 will be held from 5pm to 9.30pm on December 21 at Hoa Sứ 2 restaurant on 18 Hoàng Việt Street in HCM City’s Tân Bình District. Photo ticketbox.vn

The Christmas Dance Celebration 2018 will be held from 5pm to 9.30pm on December 21 at Hoa Sứ 2 restaurant on 18 Hoàng Việt Street in HCM City’s Tân Bình District.

The annual event, organised by the Dance Passion centre, has the theme "Road to the United Kingdom". It will replicate two well-known events, the UK Open and BlackPoll Team Match.

Tickets are VNĐ300,000 to VNĐ700,000, including finger food.