Opening: Sat 10 Jan 2009 8pm Exhibition: To celebrate and well start this New Year, Cage organizes a Japanese Music Festival in 2 parts (2nd part will be after Tet).

11-15 Jan 2009 Due to the overwhelming demand for our films during the German Film Fetsival Hanoi 2008 we want to offer another possibility in January to see three of the most popular films again. Screenings take place in the Goethe-Institut Hanoi.

A Black and White Affair What a good way to be welcomed back to wintry Hanoi. I step off the plane and am taken to the Green Palm Gallery in Trang Tien to see Tran Nhat Thang’s exhibition “Portraits of Freedom“. It’s a theatrical experience wandering through the gallery, a drama in black and white. [...]

KVT takes a look back at 2008 and lists his choices for the best of the year. Disclaimer and Thanks: As Hanoi Grapevine and its author rate a mention or two in this list, I would like to emphasize that KVT expresses solely his own opinions without influence or remuneration from the Grapevine, and that [...]

Tues 13 & Wed 14 Jan, 8pm Hanoi Opera House

“Dance and Verse” by the bellydance troupe ISIS For more details click on the image above for a larger version.

Sat 17 Jan 2009 Haggis, whiskey, Scottish dancing – what more could you ask for? Get your tickets for the annual Hanoi Burns Supper, this year celebrating the 250th anniversary of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns.

Fri 02 Jan, 6.30pm Notice: a few weeks ago we couldn’t screen this film, so here it goes this time!

Opening: Sat 03 Jan, 6pm Exhibition: 03-08 Jan 2009 Solo exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings by painter Trần Nhật Thăng, including two pieces which are 8.5 square metres and four triptyches of 6.3 square metres.