What’s on This Weekend?

Posted: 25 May 2012

Don’t forget these events to watch for this weekend:

The Girl from Maxims

HITS – New Play!

25, 26, 27, 31 May and 01, 03 Jun
Nhà hát kịch

The Girl from Maxim’s is coming this weekennd. An unaccustomed night of drinking leads to misunderstandings and Dr Petypon is forced to pretend showgirl Shrimp is his wife at a society wedding – trying to keep the truth from his uncle (the General), the congregation and, not to mention, Dr Petypon’s actual wife!

Cabaret Night May

Cabaret Night in May

Sat 26 May 2012, 8.30 – 9.30 pm
L’Espace

Don’t forget Cabaret Night at L’Espace, the stage for new music talents. Come to L’Espace to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.

MTV Exit Concert

MTV EXIT Free Concert

Sat 26 May 2012, 4 pm
My Dinh National Stadium

Come to the free concert of MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking). The massive concert features international artists to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking.

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Bookworm Festival of Ideas and Writing
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Bangkok 1980 © Jamie Maxtone-Graham

Wed 30 May 2012, 7.30 pm
Bookworm

From Bookworm:

The photographic portrait and the ethical issues for photographer, subject and viewer.

Jamie will use examples of his recent portrait work and discuss his influences.

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logo lespaceconcert with success

Thu 31 May 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Trang Tien, Hanoi

From L’Espace:

Don’t forget to attend Concert with SuccessAfter 3 year of establishment with hundreds of performances, the style of the band combining rock’n’roll and electronic music has left great impression on the audiences in France and many European countries.

L’ESPACE IN COLLABORATION WITH HANOIGRAPEVINE WILL GIVE AWAY 10 TICKETS (EACH TICKET IS FOR 2 PERSONS) FOR 10 FASTEST REGISTRATION TO: Nguyen.Thi.Hong@espace-ccfhanoi.org

Deadline for registration: 28 May.

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Silk Road to Motherland

Fri 25 May 2012, 6.30 – 9 pm
Vietnamese Women’s Museum
36 Ly Thuong Kiet Str, Hanoi

From the organizer:
A special fashion show featuring garments made from a unique Mekong Delta silk called To Xuyen.

This special black silk is a one of a kind fabric only found in the Mekong Delta area. This beautiful silk takes us back in time to the appreciation of the traditional handwork of Vietnam. The pure silk is dyed with natural black substance and dried in natural sunlight. The production of this silk from beginning to end takes at least 3 months, weather permitting. The dyeing and pounding procedures require patience and experience to bring our perfect silk to the highest quality in order to preserve traditional expectations.

Ticket: 500 000 VND

RSVP: MS. GENNY: GENNYSKA@GMAIL.COM or MS. MARIANNE: MAREDL@HOTMAIL.COM

disorientated

Sat 02 Jun 2012, 8 pm
Cinematheque

From the organizer:

DISORIENTATED is the seventh documentary of Project Black. It features Nguyen Quang Thang the scion of a long line of calligraphers from the village of Phu Tho county outside Hanoi. From his studies  as an archivist in the Institute of Han Nom Research he now explores through his art the ramifications of a culture being lost through a script that is no longer read as Nom was replaced by the current Romanization of Vietnamese.

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CAMA LogoCAMA Festival Advance Tickets

Sat 02 Jun 2012, 1 pm
American Club
19-21 Hai Ba Trung Str, Hanoi

From CAMA:

Advance tickets for CAMA Festival 6 are available from today 24 May.
Save 100 000 VND off the door price.

Tickets:
300 000 VND advance
400,000 VND at the door (on the day of the show)
200,000 VND for stu­dents with valid Viet­namese stu­dent ID on the day of the show
Kids under 10 free
300,000 VND (tick­ets in advance)
Tick­ets go on sale from Sat­ur­day 24th May (lim­ited advance tick­ets available)

Avail­able from:
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Exhibition about Lotus

Posted: 25 May 2012

lotus exhibition

Opening: 8 – 10 pm, Thu 24 May
Exhibition: 24 May – 07 Jun 2012
Puku
16 – 18 Tong Duy Tan, Hanoi

From the organizer:
Come to the exhibition about lotus of artist Nguyen Thi Dinh. In Buddhism, the lotus flower is known as the symbol of purity and spiritual awakening as well as a sign of rebirth. The flower is considered pure as it is able to emerge from murky water in the morning and be perfectly clean.

The paintings of lotus show light sadness but it still strongly represents the beliefs in life, people as well as in our beautiful life and future. Though, we have to face a lot of difficulties in our life, we have to look forward to nice future.
The growth cycle of lotus flowers, the changing of the nature, the movement of time, the relations between the new and old in our lifespan are all chosen and depicted in the “Lotus” collection.

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(Shortened Vietnamese version available)

KVT picks his favorites by the young sculptors

Sometimes when the Young Artists’ Club does exhibitions at 16 Ngo Quyen they are a mish mash…sometimes a little crowded and chaotic for the gallery space available. Usually you find one or two gems shining through and one particular year, way back, a beautifully curated show heralded the coming into the limelight of a few of today’s major young turks.

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Skank The Tank

Posted: 24 May 2012

HRC LogoSkank the Tank

Sat 26 May 2012, 9pm
Hanoi Rock City

From Hanoi Rock City:
When it comes to reggae music, there’s really only two options: either you like it, or you love it!

Hanoi’s number one and best loved reggae event Skank the Tank returns for 2012 and is ready to reburn brighter than ever. This year we are going live – and to celebrate, HRC welcomes over a very special guest, Dr. Dapookaster from Thailand’s top reggae band, The Sticky Rice, for a one-off headline performance of live folk dub, which will include original tracks and soulful renditions rare Jamaican dub songs. Dr. Pook will be joined by Hanoi’s own big reggae hitters, Zamina, and a host of local dub, jungle, ragga DJs for a sensational, sizzling start to the summer.
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VN Tribes Hit CAMA ATK

Posted: 24 May 2012

VN Tribes

Fri 25 May 2012, 9 pm
ATK

From the organizer:

This Friday 25 May, VN Tribes will be performing at CAMA ATK as part of Synergy’s monthly residency.

VN Tribes’ mix of beats and live melodic vocals have made them quite simply one of the most exciting live acts on the Hanoi circuit. Influenced by the sounds that surround them in Vietnam, the duo incorporate Dan ca, Hat Ru, Vong Co, Cai Luong, Nhac Tai Tu, Quan Ho, Ca Tru and even the atonal drones of funeral music with dance floor grade beats.

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