Our correspondent KVT has some uplifting thoughts about a ‘spiritual’ exhibition. “Just when I was about to write a stinging piece asking why the major, commercial galleries seemed to be ignoring female Vietnamese artists, the staff at Art Vietnam, led so ably by Suzanne Lecht, have mounted a visually stunning show by Chinh Le.” Read [...]

Fri 28 Nov 2008, 6:30pm TPD Center, 2nd Floor 22A Hai Ba Trung (above Hanoi Cinematheque) “Still Life” by Chinese film artist Jia Zhang-Ke (2006). This film won the Golden Lion in Venice in 2006. Running time 108 min. First screening of a regular biweekly screening of independent, experimental and art films and videos.

Sat 29 and Sun 30 Nov, 8pm Hanoi Opera House From the Cinematheque members email: We very rarely recommend an event outside Hanoi Cinematheque, but we would like to draw your attention to a special concert at Hanoi Opera House on November 29 and 30. Those who witnessed the Russian pianist Ilya Rashkovsky’s solo recital [...]

04 Dec 2008, 8pm

Dates: 29 Nov – 12 Dec 2008 Eight outstanding recent movies from Argentina. From the Cinematheque members email: Although their resources are dwarfed by those of North America and Europe, Latin American countries are currently producing some of the best and most commercially successful cinema in the world. We are pleased to present eight outstanding [...]

01-02 Dec 2008 BETWEEN ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: THE CINEMA OF SILVIO SOLDIN Film projections at the Temple of Literature!

Thurs 27 Nov, 7pm S9 Studio, Vietnam Television, 844 De La Thanh invitations available from the British Council, 20 Thuy Khue ‘Faceless Cities?’ British Council’s Citytalk November

3 Ngày – 3 Nghệ sỹ Exhibition: 26-28 Nov, 6-9pm Discussion: Thurs 27 Nov 2008 – 7.30pm This month the regular L’Espace feature 3 Days 3 Artists morphs into 3 Nights 6 Artists with a ‘Conceptual Video Show’ by Hanoi’s well-known artist cooperative HanoiLink. Free admission L’Espace – Centre Culturel Français de Hanoi Ambassade de [...]

EU Music Festival CARLO MURATORI IN CONCERT Wed 26 Nov 2008, 8pm

Sat 29 Nov 2008 Depart Hanoi 8am, return 4pm GreenZoom Open Tour Introduction – 2008 GZ Open Tour no 1 “Tho Ha old Village”