Opening: Fri 19 Mar, 6 pm
Exhibition: 19 – 26 Mar
Exhibition Hall
45 Trang Tien, Hanoi

In January 2010, Vietnamese social NGO, CSAGA brought together 24 members of their support clubs for women who have experienced domestic violence to do a creative project using mask making, storytelling, drawing, singing, theatre games and photography. The aim was to help the women explore their lives, past and present, and then to share the outcomes with a wider audience.

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Theprintspace gallery Photography exhibition: Call for Submissions
Submission Deadline: 31 Mar

Theprintspace gallery is looking for a diverse selection of images to participate in the final exhibition this September. We want to see the best you have to offer – whatever the subject, context or style. The show will feature photography selected exclusively from the images submitted to our page on Flickr.

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Location: Due west of Hanoi near Sài Sơn. Turn left at the Daewoo Hotel and proceed straight past Big C out of Hanoi on the Láng – Hòa Lạc Highway, currently under construction. When you see the first karst formation on the right, turn right at the Đáy river into the village. Or, take bus #216.

Not so far from Hanoi, away from the road under construction, across the rice field, is a smallish lake. On the far side of the lake lies a village and behind it rises a karst mountain covered with vegetation. In the lake, as if floating on the water, is the pagoda-style water puppet theater. Upon the peninsula on the right shore of the lake, within garden landscaped grounds sits a pagoda. Each building of the pagoda is higher than the one before it, each roof swooping in a gentle curve.

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4 Apr, 3 – 6 pm
Hanoi International School

Would you like to get involved with the Hanoi International Theatre Society? Would you like to have a go at acting? used to act at school or university? never acted before? just won an Oscar or always been involved with theatre?

Whatever your experience, we encourage you to come along and give it a go. This is a no pressure, totally safe place to have fun and hopefully learn along the way too.

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Sat 13 Mar, 9 pm
Vasco’s
74/7D Hai Ba Trung, Dist 1, HCMC

Tired of weekend with all Hip hop or house music? This week Vasco’s will bring to you a new atmosphere. 2 Djs will keep the crowded with all the best and purest BritPop Indie – Punk – Funk – SKA, Kaiser T and Tây Ninh, back on this weekend with their best collection from early till last. Make sure to blow your mind with all of their best choice.

Sun 14 Mar, 3 – 5 pm
The Bui Gallery

Tran Luong was one the pioneers of new art in Vietnam through his role with the notorious Gang of Five in the 1990s. He is one of Vietnam’s most exciting artists and one of the few stepping forward to motivate and organize young contemporary artists. His support and dedication for new media art has increasingly led him to curate, besides continuing to work as an artist.

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Sat 13 Mar, 8 pm
Press Cafe

Press Cafe cordially invites you to a film roundtable and screening of “Child, We are Sorry” (with English subtitle), written and directed by Phan Huyen Thu.

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Opening: Sun 14 Mar, 4.30 pm
CHIEU E Gallery
89 Minh Mang Str., Hue
054 (3) 88 50 14
Organized by NEW SPACE ARTS Foundation (N.S.A.F.)

This exhibition showcases some of the best works on canvas by 11 up-coming and established Hue-based artists.

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Sat 13 Mar, 2 pm
TPD

In the first meeting of “From Book to Movie” in 2010, we will screen Atonement (by Joe Wright) – a film adaption of Ian McEwan’s novel of the same name, followed by discussion with our special guests about the adaption.

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Fri 19 Mar, 8 pm
Le Cooperative
46 An Duong, Hanoi

An all-original instrumental group performance (3 guitars, drum kit and laptop), playing music to a visual projection of animated clips and Vietnam footage that has been ’symmetrically effectualized’ and compiled by Lolo Zazar.

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