A Talk by Prof Nora A. Taylor

Sun 30 Dec 2012, 6 pm
Manzi Art Space
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Come to attend a talk by Prof. Nora A. Taylor: Artists in Hanoi from 1992-2012: A view onto Vietnamese Art History from the Perspective of an Outsider”. Nora A. Taylor is a Chicago-based art historian of modern and contemporary Vietnamese art and professor of Southeast Asian Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

She has taugh at the Arizona State University, University of California, Los Angeles and the National University of Singapore. Having lived and researched in Vietnam for 20 years, she speaks fluent Vietnamese and writes intesively on both modern and contemporary Vietnamese art. She is the author of Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art and editor of Studies in Southeast Asian Art: Essays in Honor of Stanley O’Connor, as well as numerous articles and essays. She has curated various exhibitions including Changing Identity: Recent Work by Women Artists from Vietnam (traveling 2007-2009) and Blue Memory: Tran Trong Vu (2004, ASU Art Museum).

“On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of my first visit to Vietnam in 1992, this talk will speak about the experiences of an international art historian conducting research in Hanoi for 20 years. I will mostly speak about my itinerary, how I developed my ideas about Vietnamese art and how my ideas have changed since the 1990s.”

Please register with us at [email protected] before 3pm Sat December 29th if you would like to participate.

HCMC – Suboi Live Concert + “Run” Album Launch

Sat 29 Dec 2012, 4.30 pm
Q4
7a Nguyen Tat Thanh, District 4, HCMC

This will be Suboi’s first ever solo concert with special acts.

After 3 years since the release of her first album ‘WALK’ in 2009, Suboi will launch her 2nd album of what is going to be a long-awaited sequel ‘RUN’!

2 shows in 1 Day
Under 18′s: 4:30-6:30pm | VND200,000
Over 18′s: 8:00-11:00pm | VND250,000

Pre-order your tickets by emailing: [email protected]

Hanoi Flea Market #3

Sun 30 Dec 2012, 9 am – 5 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho, Ha Noi

The 3rd exciting Hanoi Flea Market Opening is here.

Come out and party with us to celebrate the year-end of 2012. It is where old meets new, a great get together with friends and family. There will be wine, live music, art activities. And the most important thing, you can’t go home without grabbing something that’s unique, long-seeked for, either old or new at this market.

A market says NO to plastic bags. NO car parking available.

Tickets in advance: 20.000 VND
Tickets on the door: 30.000 VND

Limited amount of advance tickets are now available at:
1. Hanoi Rock City Bar – 27/52 To Ngoc Van str., Ba Dinh dist
2. Rosie Vintage – Clothing Store – lane 656 Hoang Hoa Tham str., Ba Đình dist.
3. Chắp Vá Boutique & Domestica – 14 Duong Thanh str., Hoan Kiem dist.
4. Pato – Fast Food Restaurant – 3B Bao Khanh str., Hoan Kiem dist.
5. HC Leather – 93 Ly Nam De str., Ba Dinh dist
6. Tu es belle – 104 Mai Hac De str., Hai Ba Trung dist.

Ticket hotline: 0966 268 612

HCMC – Liveshow “Route 7 – Road of Passion”

Fri 28 Dec 2012, 7 pm
RFC Bar
25C Tu Xuong, District 3, HCMC

Route 7 – Road of Passion is a liveshow to mark the 7th anniversary of RockPassion.Vn. The show will be held in HCMC with the performance of local rock bands such as Parasite, In Your Eyes and Day A Week.

Coupon: 100.000 VND (including 1 drink)

Concert “The Shepherd on the Rock”

Wed 26 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Vietnam Cultural Space
16 Le Thai To, Hanoi

You are invited to a classical music event “The Shepherd on the Rock” at Vietnam Cultural Space, 16 Le Thai To.

Free for everyone. Please note that even though the admission is free, you still need ticket to get through. Please contact this email ([email protected]) or ([email protected]) for free tickets.

Steal Christmas

Mon 24 Dec 2012, 8 pm
ATK
73a Mai Hac De Str, Hanoi

Come to Christmas night guarded by two dastardly DJs, Vaughan and Spektrum. Dance-grade doses of house-infused electronica and deep bass vibes combined with hot Swedish Glogg are causing mild drunkenness and dangerous levels of fun.

Free Entry.

Exhibition “Rebirth”

Opening: Sat 22 Dec 2012, 3 pm
Exhibition: 22 – 31 Dec 2012
Tadioto
12 Truong Han Sieu, Hanoi

You are invited to the exhibition “Rebirth” by two Indian artists. Sawant & Sweety Joshis (Mumbai, India) are two resident artists at eNAME Art Center from 4 Dec to 2 Jan 2013.

Performance “Mali and Vietnam Fusion”

Fri 21 Dec 2012, 8 pm 9 pm
Chez Xuan
41/76 An Duong, Tay Ho, Hanoi

Come to the concert ¨Mali & Vietnam Fusion¨ performed by a band of Mali and Vietnamese Musicians.

Ticket: VND 100,000 (one drink included)

Buddha Boxing Workshop

Sun 23 Dec 2012, 2 pm
Manzi
14 Phan Huy Ich, Hanoi

Buddha Boxing is a ‘sound art game’ devised by the electronic music duo FM3 (Christiaan Virant + Zhang Jian). Inspired by the strategic elements of Xiangqi (cờ tướng), the game features two players duelling over a card table, with Buddha Machines (in their ‘On’ mode) used as the chess pieces. Each player takes turns to either place a new Buddha Machine on the board, or make adjustments to Machines already in play and/or move them to a different position – all the while watched by the surrounding spectators, resembling a normal chess game in just about every street corner. Except that the (de)synchronization of a host of Buddha Machines being played at the same time creates a meditative and surreal experience not like anything you come across in everyday life. After a demonstration game between Christiaan and Zhang, the audience would be invited to take on the role of a Buddha Boxing player (and in a way, a sound artist) themselves. Don’t miss this very special and intimate (and utterly fun) workshop.

Tickets: FREE ENTRY for ticket-holders of I AM THE COSMOS. 50,000 VND otherwise.

Entry is on first come first served basis. Due to limited capacity (30-35) the audience is recommended to come early.

Vietnamese Rock Storm 2012

Rock Storm 2012: 23 Dec 2012 – 31 Jan 2013
Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Danang, Bien Hoa, Sai Gon, Can Tho

Rock Storm is the biggest rock event in Vietnam and is organized every year since 2008. Rock Storm 2012 will be the focal point of leading rock bands in Vietnam such as the Wall, Ngu Cung, Unlimited, Microwave, KOP, 18+, i-tễu, Oringchains, Hot Sky and Black Infinity. They will perform in 7 cities and provinces in Vietnam and is expected to attract thousands of people.

Ticket: 30 000 VND (all money will be donated to Operation Smile and the poor student fund of the Central Youth Union)

Concert of Vietnamese Young Piano Talents
 
Mon 24 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to the concert of Vietnamese young Piano Talents on Christmas night. For more information about the program and ticket, see below:

Program

1. Diabelli: Sonatina Op. 163 for Piano 4 hands
Piano Soloists: Pham Tran Trang Anh & Nguyen Gia Dang

2. C.Webber: Rondo Brilliant Op.62
Piano Soloist: Phan Thien Bach Anh.
3. Chopin: Impromptu – Fantasia Op.66, No.4
Piano Soloist: Nguyen The Vinh
4. S. Rachmaninoff: Humoresque Op.10, No.5
Piano Soloist: Tran Dieu Linh
5. F. Lizst-Verdi: Rigoletto
Piano Soloist: Ngo Phuong Vi
6. Chopin: Scherzo Op.31, No.2
Piano Soloist: Tran Dieu An
7. Chopin Ballade Op.23 No.1 in G minor
Piano Soloist: Vu Dang Minh Anh
8. Chopin: Etude Op.10, No.5
Piano Soloist: Nguyen Viet Trung
9. F. Lizst Venezia e Napoli: Taratella
Piano Soloist: Do Hoang Linh Chi
Tickets

Ticket prices: 300 000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over  www.ticketvn.com, [email protected]
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Flying Skylines

Fri 21 Dec 2012, 6 pm
Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam
27 Quang Trung
Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội

The final day of open studio. The first day of showing the achievements.

The multiplex project of contemporary art “Skylines With Flying People” is now reaching to another climax called “FLYING SKYLINES” in which the artists will show the final achievements of their works (some are still “work-in-progress”) at their studios in the Japan Foundation.

The artists could fly or not? Please witness them with your own eyes!

The studios are accessible until Sunday 6 January 2013.

[Opening hours] 09:00 – 18:00 (closed on 29/12-3/1)

Hanoi International Choir 2013

Hanoi International Choir calls for new members

Next rehearsal is on Monday 7th January when we will start rehearsing the Opera programme to be performed on April 12 and 13th at the Hanoi Opera House with VNSO conducted my Graham

This programme requires a large and strong chorus, and includes some choruses for male voices only.

HANOI INTERNATIONAL CHOIR NEW SEASON

Begins January 7th 2013 (Admission also possible after TET 2013)

Programme

OPERA ANNIVERSARIES

Programme of well-known opera choruses to celebrate the bi-centenaries of Verdi and Wagner

including choruses from Verdi’s AIDA and Wagner’s TANNHAEUSER

Concerts at the HANOI OPERA HOUSE on 12th and 13 April 2013 with
Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Graham Sutcliffe

Rehearsals every Monday evening at 7.30p, at VNOB – Nha Hat Nhac Vu Kich, 11 Ngo Nui Truc, Hanoi)

Twice weekly reheasals likely after TET (including sectionals)

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME (Men and Women!)

Some choral experience and ability to read music is useful. No formal auditions

Please contact Graham Sutcliffe – [email protected] for further information

Traditional Music Program

Each Mon from 01 Dec 2012 – 28 Feb 2013, 3 – 4 pm
Vietnam Women’s Museum
36 Lý Thường Kiệt, Hà Nội

Welcome to a traditional art performance for domestic and international audiences in order to preserve and promote Vietnamese intangible cultural values.

The performance will be frequently held on Monday mornings, begining on December 1st, 2012 with the participation of famous singers such as: Elite artists Thanh Ngoan, Van Quyền and Thu Hiền…

Performers

Ensemble of Traditional Musical Instruments: “Lưu thủy – Kim tiền – Xuân phong – Long hổ”     Traditional music orchestra
Xẩm Singing on Train: “Vui nhất Hà thành”     Group of artists
“Ru con -Nambộ”     Artist Thu Hiền
Hat Van Words: “Hương sơn phong cảnh”     Artist Hiền Thảo
Ensemble of Traditional Musical Instruments: “Luyện năm cung”     Traditional music orchestra
Chèo singing: “Đò đưa”     Elite aritst Thanh Ngoan, artist Kim Liên, artist Thanh Mai
“Lý hoài nam”     Artist Hữu Trung
Xẩm singing: “Thập ân”     Artist Ngọc Bích, Hiền Thảo, Thanh Mai
Gods’ Incarnation: “Chúa Thác Bờ, Quan Hoàng Mười, Cô Bé Đông Cuông”     Artist Kim Liên and dance troupe

Artist Thành Lê

For more information, please contact

PR and Education Department, Vietnam Women’s Museum, tel 043.9361869

Contact to buy tickets: Mrs. Bích Hằng: 0983621974

(If you order more than 10 tickets, you can get free delivery)

Cinexin Hanoi

19, 25 and 26 Dec 2012, 8 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Cinexin Hanoi is the new little movie night we open at THBC. Three films will be presented: Freaks, Life of Brian and To Be or Not to Be. See more details below:

19 Dec 2012

Cinexin Hanoi : FREAKS, 1932 by Tod Browning

FReaks THBC
The genesis of MGM’s Freaks was a magazine piece by Ted Robbins titled Spurs. The story involved a terrible revenge enacted by a mean-spirited circus midget upon his normal-sized wife. In adapting Spurs for the screen, writers Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Wolf, and Al Boasberg retained the circus setting and the little man-big woman wedding, all the while de-vilifying the midget and transforming the woman into the true “heavy” of the pie ce. German “little person” Harry Earles plays Hans, who falls in love with long-legged trapeze artist Cleopatra (Olga Baclanova). Discovering that Hans is heir to a fortune, Cleopatra inveigles him into a marriage, all the while planning to bump off her new husband and run away with brutish strongman Hercules (Henry Victor). What she doesn’t reckon with is the code of honor among circus freaks: “offend one, offend them all.” What set this film apart from director Tod Browning’s earlier efforts was the fact that genuine circus and carnival sideshow performers were cast as the freaks: Harry Earles and his equally diminutive sister Daisy, Siamese twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, legless Johnny Eck, armless-legless Randian (who rolls cigarettes with his teeth), androgynous Josephine-Joseph, “pinheads” Schlitzie, Elvira, Jennie Lee Snow, and so on. Upon its initial release, Freaks was greeted with such revulsion from movie-house audiences that MGM spent the next 30 years distancing themselves as far from the project as possible. For many years available only in a truncated reissue version titled Nature’s Mistakes, Freaks was eventually restored to its original release print.

25 Dec 2012

Cinexin Hanoi : Life of Brian (1979), Monty Python’s
On a midnight clear 2,000 years ago, three wise men enter a manger where a babe is wrapped in swaddling clothes. It is an infant called Brian…and the three wise men are in the wrong manger. For the rest of his life, Brian (Graham Chapman) finds himself regarded as something of a messiah — yet he’s always in the shadow of this other guy from Galilee. Brian is witness to the Sermon of the Mount, but his seat is in such a bad location that he can’t hear any of it (“Blessed are the cheesemakers?”). Ultimately, he is brought before Pontius Pilate and sentenced to crucifixion, which takes place at that crowded, nonexclusive execution site a few blocks shy of Calvary. Rather than utter the Last Six Words, Brian leads his fellow crucifixees in a spirited rendition of a British music-hall cheer-up song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.” The whole Monty Python gang (Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Terry Gilliam) are on hand in multiple roles, playing such sacred characters as Stan Called Loretta, Biggus Dickus, Deadly Dirk, Casts the First Stone, and Intensely Dull Youth; also showing up are Goon Show veteran Spike Milligan and a Liverpool musician named George Harrison

26 Dec 2012

Cinexin Hanoi : To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch directs the 1942 political satire classic To Be or Not to Be, which marked the final screen appearance of comedienne Carole Lombard. In Warsaw at the beginning of WWII, Maria Tura (Lombard) and husband Joseph (Jack Benny) perform anti-Nazi plays with their theater troupe until they are forced to switch to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Lt. Stanislav Sobinski (Robert Stack) falls for Maria and meets up with her during Joseph’s famous “To Be or Not to Be” speech as Hamlet. When Stanislav is eventually dispatched for war, he implicates Maria with Professor Siletsky (Stanley Ridges), who has a secret plan to destroy the Warsaw resistance. The Polish theater troupe is then forced to use their theatrical skills to ensure their survival. Eventually, they turn to impersonating Nazi officers — and even Hitler himself — in order to outwit the enemy and keep the resistance safe from spies. To Be or Not to Be opened to a controversial release in 1942, when the U.S. was still very much involved in WWII. It was remade in 1983 starring Mel Brooks and real-life wife Anne Bancroft.

Free entry.

Exhibition of Mr Tira Vanictheeranoont’s Collection

Opening: Thu 20 Dec, 8 pm
Exhibition: 20 – 26 Dec 2012
Vietnam Fine Arts Museum
66 Nguyen Thai Học

You are invited to the exhibition of artworks by Vietnamese leading artists belonging to the collection of Mr. Tira Vanictheeranoont. His collection is getting bigger. Most of the artists had passed away and not many people have known about their artworks. A few of them had become famous and their artworks have been duplicated which make people suspect more about their values. The collector focuses more on the sketches and outlines because they seem to have more life. Mr Tira treasures this collection and considers it an invaluable history document.

End of the World Jam Session

Thu 20 Dec 2012, 7 – 10 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective

We do not believe on it, but just in case if Friday we’ll disappear, we decided to organize a music night with several artist. Great musicians like Janak, Dana, Evan will be playing, and we will have the special and first performance in town Musbaba Band.

Musbaba has recently been able to invite 2 other musicians from Mali who used to perform with him before. It will be a great night of live music in a unique building in Hanoi.

Tickets: 50 000 VND

Meeting with writer Le Minh Khue

Wed 19 Dec 2012, 6 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the meeting with writer Le Minh Khue on the launch of her new short story book “Tropical Monsoon and Other Stories” and 3 other writers: Nguyen Thi Minh Thai, Ta Duy Anh and Pham Xuan Nguyen.

Le Minh Khue was born on 6th December 1949 in Thanh Hoa. She fought in the war against American troops from 1965 to 1969. From 1969 to 1975, she was a war journalist. From 1975 to 2005, she is an editor at the Writer Association Publishing House.

Summary of the short story book Tropical Monsoon and other Stories: The writer wants readers to see themselves in the harsh reality. Romance and something like the primitive nature of the people is still preserved. The war is not the main theme of the whole book but it makes the stories more exciting.

Language: Vietnamese

Free entrance.

Exhibition “Cross Visions”

Exhibition: 18 Dec 2012 – 16 Jun 2013
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Nguyen Van Huyen, Cau Giay, Hanoi

You are invited to the exhibition “Cross Visions” – a traditional festival of Val-de-Marne & Yen Bai. Fore more information of the program, you can see the brochure here.

Graduate Fashion Show & Exhibition “Chasing Dreams”

Tue 18 Dec 2012, 7 pm
Hanoi Daewoo Hotel
360 Kim Ma, Hanoi

Unlike any other graduate fashion show at London College for Fashion Studies from the previous year, this year the “Chasing Dreams” fashion show will challenge your emotions and bring many surprises to the audience with creative designs and their unique applications that you have never thought of.

By joining the exhibition, you will have a chance to:

- Featuring collections from students in the Advanced Diploma: Designer/ Creative Merchandiser and Professional Diploma: Fashion Design & Technology.

- Investigate British fashion education technology, from concept to production.

- Meet directly with members of the LCFS staff, students and representatives from the UK to find out about courses experience, the application process, work placement and internship opportunities in Vietnam and UK , study transfer to the UK and much more.

- Participate in our silent fashion auction of the exclusive final outfit worn by Anna Truong to help raise funds for the charity program “Welcoming the New Year for the high school students in the Xuan Lac – Bac Kan Province”.

RSVP to Ms. Mai Trang or Ms. Hong Minh at (04) 3719 9706 or [email protected]

Christmas Bonus at Bookworm Too

22 and 23 Dec 2012, 2 – 4 pm
Bookworm Too
Lane 1/28 Nghi Tam Village, Hanoi

Come to Bookworm Too to celebrate Christmas with live music.

Sat 2 to 4 pm PIANO and VIOLIN
Sun 2 to 4 pm VIETNAMESE TRADITIONAL FLUTE

PLUS
A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS HAVE ARRIVED

15% DISCOUNT OFF ALL CHILDREN’S BOOKS And OFF ALL ADULT BOOKS .. new and second hand

50% OFF ALL DVD/CD

FROM WEDNESDAY 19 DEC to 24 DEC

Free red wine and cookies all weekend.

After 3 years with us our assistant manager, Kien, leaves us on 19 Dec to start his own book shop and cafe selling English text books to university students at Dai hoc Nong Nghiep… We wish him good luck, happiness and prosperity.

The Bookworm is the best little book cafe in southeast Asia and the coolest place to browse.

Creative Drinks in December

Tue 18 Dec 2012, 6 – 9 pm
Commune
20A Duong Ven Ho, Tay Ho, Hanoi

C3 Vietnam and Commune are pleased to invite you to Creative Drinks: a monthly networking event run by creative people for creative people.

Creative Drinks is Networking, Conversation, Showcase and Inspiration for lovers of Creative Industries, Social Enterprise, Green Business and Communications… and everything in between.

It’s an open event where designers, social entrepreneurs, architects, filmmakers, visual artists, environmentalists, musicians, photographers, dancers, magicians, marketers and more can meet to share ideas and opportunities.

The night will kick off with a free welcome drink and canapes to help get your creative juices flowing and there will be drink specials all night long.

This month will feature the opening of a photography exhibition by Astrid Hauton titled ‘Vietnam on Motorbike‘

If you would like to exhibit, showcase your work or perform at a future Creative Drinks event, please email: [email protected]

Talk and Video Screening by Yuichiro Tamura

Wed 18 Dec 2012, 4 pm
Goethe Institut Vietnam         
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội

Come to artist talk, video screening by Yuichiro Tamura. It is a contribution to the international art project “Skylines with Flying People“, organized by the Japan Foundation, where also the Goethe-Institut participated as a partner.

Born in 1977 in Toyama, Japan, Yuichiro Tamura graduated from Nihon University, College of Art, Photography Department. Currently he is a Ph.D. candidate at Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media. Most of his works are based on photography.

His major work is a film “Nightless” (2010) created entirely with the images from Google Street View. For this project, Yuichiro received the Excellence Prize, Japan Media Festival.

Yuichiro Tamura had exhibited his work in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, London, Poland, Canada… In 2012 he participanted in “Making Situations, Editing Landscapes” at MOT, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. He got a scholarship for 1 year overseas in 2013 from Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan Government.

* After the talk and screening by Yuichiro, stage of performance Clinging Hybrid by Lai Dieu Ha will be started from 6:30 PM in the garden of Goethe Institut.

Sculpture Exhibition “Tree Mutation”

Opening: Sat 15 Dec, 5 – 10 pm
Exhibition: 15 Dec 2012 – 15 Jan 2013
An Duong Garden
55 duong 1, lane 32, An Duong Str, Hanoi

Come to Tree Mutation, a sculpture exhibition by artists Marion Reynard and Nguyen Ngoc Lam.

Marion Reynard uses art foundry as creation tool. Chemical sublimation mixes with sign simplification in her universe. Nguyen Ngoc Lam is a well-known sculptor, teacher at The Vietnam Fine Art University. His work finds a new resonance in the closeness with the one of Marion Reynard.

HCMC – Exhibition “Revealed Concealed: Altered Icons”

Ha Manh Thang, Hanoi Landscape No. 8
Exhibition: 07 Dec 2012 – 05 Jan 2013, 10 am – 6 pm
Galerie Quynh
65 De Tham Str, Dist 1, HCMC

You are invited to the exhibition “REVEALED CONCEALED: ALTERED ICONS”, an exhibition featuring new and recent work by Ha Mang Thang (born 1980), Hoang Duong Cam (born 1974), Tuan Andrew Nguyen (born 1976), Truc-Anh (born 1983) and Lien Truong (born 1973). Through surprising depictions of historical and contemporary figures and structures, the works in this exhibition reveal and/or conceal the shifting power, symbolism and representation of these real and fictional icons, touching on ideas of desire, truth and identity.

“Underground Revolution” Music Event Featuring Vietnamese Hip-hop

Sun 16 Dec 2012, 2 pm
Ho Tay Water Park

Come to the music exchange event titled “Underground Revolution” with the participation of: DJ TOULIVER, DJ DƯƠNG 3D, RAPPER KIM, EMILY, RAPPER L’K, JUSTATEE, SOOBIN, G.PLUS, MC RAP SOUL, MR.A, ANDREE RIGHT HAND, SACRED.ENT DANCE GROUP and SUBOI.

Ticket: 150 00 VND (at door).

Fundraising Event “Caring for the Barefoot”

Sat 22 Dec 2012, 6 pm
Thong Nhat Restaurant, Hoa Binh Hotel
27 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi.

Friends Holding Hands Vietnam (FHH Vietnam), have decided to join our hands to bring joy – even if it may be a humble one – to the children by realizing their dream of having a pair of shoes or sandals to protect their cold feet. We sincerely hope to receive support from many people, who joined us in all of our activities in 2011 and who will join us for the first time this year in our “Caring for the barefoot” fundraising event.

100% Fund will go to “Spring Gift” and perhaps one more group (to be decided later, depending on fund raised). Spring Gift is going to Muong Te, Lai Chau and provide necessities including clothes, blankets, footwear, books and notebooks, and other necessities to the children in the end of December.

For more information on the program and donation methods, see below:

AGENDA
6:00 – 6:30 pm: Reception & Book sale
6:30 – 7:00: Introduction by FHH on the event & Speech by main sponsors
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Buffet & Performances of Beatles’ songs by Box Beat Band
8:00 – 8:30 pm: Auction of travelling souvenirs
8:30 – 9:00 on: Announcement on Fund raising result and closing speech

Tickets:
Ticket price: 180.000 VND/person; 100.000 VND/children under 10 and free for children under 6 (buffet is included)

Registration via email is requested in advance (before 19/12/2012) to Ms Trang: [email protected]

About FFH: We are a group of friends and colleagues who live in Vietnam and other countries. While working in different fields such as agriculture development, finance, banking, and media, we are nurturing common interests in community issues. We regularly hold social events in foreign countries as well as in Vietnam. In 2011, we had a fund raising event for the Tsunami victims in Japan, and we want to continue holding these kinds of events as often as possible.

Chamber Music Night

Sat 22 Dec 2012, 8 pm
The Center for Vietnamese culture and art
16 Le Thai To, Hanoi

Contact for tickets: 0903 470 179.

Live Concert/Film Screening “I AM THE COSMOS”

Fri 21 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Rock City
27/52 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho

The Onion Cellar’s last event of 2012 blurs the line between a film screening and a concert. A calm evening dedicated to contemplative music and visuals, though the adventurous spirit that is present at all their events will still be there. Forest spirits and Zen-like music. Lynchian drone and decaying analogue tapes. The trees, the wind and the cosmos. Come meditate.

Live Performances:

ISLAJA (experimental folk music)

FM3 (electronic ambient)

JRG_ONE (ambient drone)

Film Screening:

PANDORA (dir – ALEXIS DESTOOP / music – OREN AMBARCHI)

The Experimental Films of DALIBOR BARIC

“Islaja’s spectral sound suggests pathways to other worlds, [..] displaying a disquieting combination of innocence and fearlessness, and a seemingly innate ability to transcend the confines of a genre.”

Hailing from Helsinki, ISLAJA is one of the most well-known names of the ‘New Weird Finland’ movement. Her music utilizes a vast array of sound elements, combining Northern European forest mystique, folk music, psychedelia, electronics and drone-like textures with a uniquely enchanting voice breathing icy Finnish poetry – all wrapped in an intimate lo-fi aesthetic. It is no surprise to hear about her reputation as an ‘acid folk version of Bjork’ – though Islaja certainly sounds like no one else. Since 2004, Islaja has released 5 full lengths that all went on to charm critics and audience alike. Recent touring activities saw her taking on a full UK headline tour, playing the cult-ish Supersonic Festival and London’s Café OTO (as well as picked by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore for the ATP he curated in 2006); she has also shared the stage with many of her kindred spirits, from Deaf Center, Low, Animal Collective, Lucky Dragons, to fellow Finnish occultists Fursaxa, Lau Nau, Hexvessel etc

FM3 is the duo of Christiaan Virant and Zhang Jian – widely recognized as the pioneers of electronic music in China. Together they make Zen-like meditative ‘poetic noise’ music mixing Chinese traditional sounds with modern digital techniques. Christiaan and Zhang are also the creators of Buddha Machine, the famous loop player / sound generator series much loved and praised by the likes of Brian Eno, David Byrne and electronic music enthusiasts worldwide. In 2009, FM3 collaborated with industrial legend Throbbing Gristle on an exclusive version of the Buddha Machine named ‘Gristleism’. Christiaan Virant recently released a solo album entitled ‘Fistful of Buddha’, continuing his exploration of Zen-like ambient music.

JRG_ONE’s debut Hanoi live appearance at The Onion Cellar’s Musick to Play in the Dark saw his woven sonic textures crafting a delicate (yet equally haunting) take on experimental music. His music makes use of prepared samples, field recordings, synth tones and sequences, live vocal looping and other sound sources. These elements are combined to create soundscapes that alternate between dark ambient drones and waves of ghostly, ethereal beauty, all set to a visual backdrop of slowly decaying analog videotape. Not unlike the sound design of a David Lynch movie.

ALEXIS DESTOOP’S PANDORA begins where the classical myth of Pandora ends: after the opening of the box, after evil has spread throughout the world. Awakening in an abandoned house, a woman finds her way from a locked garden to an altered landscape. The film leads the viewer into a labyrinth in which time seems to be an insoluble mystery and evil is portrayed by the silent desperation and contained fear in a world with frayed edges, marked by decay and abandonment. Featuring a mesmerizing score from the renowned Australian experimentalist OREN AMBARCHI to accompany the equally mesmerizing cinematography.

Alexis Destoop’s work forms an ongoing investigation into the workings of the image. His multi-layered constructions in photography, installation and film examine the component elements of storytelling, the experience of time and the processes of identification and memory. Appropriating visual archetypes and genre conventions, his work questions, reconfigures and short-circuits the meanings associated with them. His practice originates from photography and is influenced by his experience in the performing arts as well as his studies in philosophy. He often works collaboratively, involving writers, performers and musicians.

DALIBOR BARIC is an experimental filmmaker living and working in Zagreb, Croatia. He makes short films out of ectoplasmic sensations enfolded in discarded, feeble snake skin of fashion magazines. A voyeur of reality, who uses film as a rearview mirror and reality as the ultimate public domain film. His films are influenced by vintage images and popular culture as much as by hallucinations, psychedelic influences and surreal juxtapositions. Dalibor’s works have appeared at prestigious multi-arts festival such as Transmediale or European Media Art Festival. The Onion Cellar is very excited to introduce the premiere of his fascinating short films in Vietnam.

For more information please visit the facebook event page.

Tickets: 100,000 VND available at doors

Screening of “L’Apprenti Père Noel”

Fri 21 Dec 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the film screening “L’Apprenti Pere Noel” (France, 2010, 80 minutes) of director Luc Vinciguerra at L’Espace. “This is a beautiful fairy tale about Christmas for young children” – Télé 7 Jours

For more information, see below:

Film’s synopsis: Santa Claus doesn’t want to retire but there is certain rule that he must choose somebody else to replace him. He has to choose somebody. Selecting among many children all over the world, the lucky one will be called Nicolas and he must be an orphan with a pure heart.

On the other side of the world, there is one boy who meets all the requirements but he is really shy and it makes him a very weak candidate.

So will Santa Claus accept his new intern to replace him in the future?

Language:French with Vietnamese subtitles Tickets:

Ticket price: 20 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 10 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Symphony Concert with Sweden Conductor
 
Thu 20 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to the concert with conductor Mats Liljefors(Sweden), violin soloist Nguyen My Huong and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information about the program and tickets, see below:

Program

M.Ravel
Pavane pour une Infante defunte
Saint Sean
Concerto Violin and Orchestra in b minor
Interval
Seasan Fran
Symphony in D minor
Tickets

Ticket prices: 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over [email protected]
For free delivery Call: 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Piano Concert of Trang Trinh

Thu 20 Dec 2012, 8 pm
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Continuing the success of the first successful performance night at L’Espace in November 2011, Trang Trinh will come back to perform 3 famous sonatas of Beethoven: Tempest, Moonlight và Pathetique.

Graduated from the London Loyal Academy of Music, Trang Trinh has received many awards including the Francis Simmer Prize, Greta GM Parkinson Prize, Lilian Davis Prize. In 2006, she won top prize in Paganini Festival which led to her London debut with Edward Gardner (English National Opera), performing Franz Liszt’s Totentanz.

This time, she will perform the three famous works of Beethoven: Tempest, Moonlight và Pathetique. These three sonatas were written at the darkest time of Beethoven in 1797-1802 when he gradually lost his hearing.

Tickets:
Ticket price: 120 000 VND
Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND
Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Project “Film and Music/Sound Effects”

Live Tape - Tetsuaki Matsue
HCMC: 17 and 18 Dec 2012
Ho Chi Minh City University of Theatre and Cinema
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Hanoi: 20 and 21 Dec 2012
Hanoi University of Theatre and Cinema

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam and UNIJAPAN, in cooperation with Hanoi University of Theatre and Cinema & Ho Chi Minh City University of Theatre and Cinema, proudly present a two-day intensive project on “Film & Music/Sound Effects” by young promising film makers from Japan both in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from 17 – 21 December.

Blockbuster films with enormous budgets are mostly produced by studios in Hollywood and it seems to be reckless for filmmakers in the rest of the world to compete with them in the same way.

While some film producers and film makers are dreaming of working in a Hollywood style or reaching to the Hollywood level, the other creators are exploring the alternative possibilities of film making in different ways.

Mr. Tetsuaki Matsue, for example, made a documentary film “Live Tape” miraculously in a single 74-minute shot with an extremely low budget and won the Best Picture Award in “Japanese Eyes” section at 22nd Tokyo International Film Festival in 2009.

Mr. Satoru Hirohara, a young master-degree graduate from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, also directed a film “Good Moring to the World!!” with a relatively small budget, featuring no name actors/actresses, and won a couple of awards including the Dragon & Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the 29th Vancouver International Film Festival in 2010.

Both award winning films “Live Tape” and “Good Morning to the World!!” will be screened with Vietnamese sub-titles as samples of such alternative endeavors, followed by Q&A sessions with directors. Besides screenings, Mr. Tetsuaki Matsue will deliver his lecture on “Film & Music” to share his thoughts on this theme. Mr. Satoru Hirohara, on the other hand, will discuss about the film education in universities in Japan, welcoming Mr. Takaaki Yamamoto (Recording Engineer / Studio Engineer) as an interlocutor. Both lecture and discussion will be delivered in Japanese with Vietnamese interpretation.

One more exciting event in this project is a workshop on “Sound Effects” by Mr. Masaya Kitada, one of the best Sound Effect Engineers and Foley Artists in Japan. For exclusively invited promising students and young film makers, he will disclose his process of working in detail, introducing how to use the worldly standard software for Sound Effects in DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), Pro Tools.

We do hope this project will inspire lots of young Vietnamese students and filmmakers to develop their own alternative ideas in the future. Feel free to come to join the project!

Good Morning to the World-Satoru Hirohara

Detailed schedule

Monday 17 December (in HCMC) & Thursday 20 December (in Hanoi):

08:30 – 09:00       Introduction about the project and Japanese artists

09:00 – 10:30        Lecture on “Film & Music” by Mr. Tetsuaki Matsue (Film Director)

10:30 – 12:00         Film Screening “Live Tape” (2009 / 74’ / dir. Tetsuaki Matsue), Q&A

14:00 – 15:30         Lecture by Mr. Satoru Hirohara (Film Director) & Mr. Takaaki Yamamoto (Recording Engineer / Studio Engineer)

15:30 – 17:30         Film Screening “Good Morning to the World!!”

(2010 / 81’ / dir. Satoru Hirohara), Q&A

Tuesday 18 December (in HCMC) & Friday 21 December (in Hanoi):

09:30 – 11:30         Workshop on sound effects with Mr. Masaya Kitada

14:00 – 15:30          Workshop on sound effects with Mr. Masaya Kitada (continues)

15:30 – 17:00         Evaluation

Film synopsis

Live Tape (2009, 74’, dir. Tetsuaki Matsue, documentary film) is all about intimacy, the intimacy of following singer-songwriter Kenta Maeno as he wanders through the streets of Kichijoji city on the first day of 2009, performing songs about life and love. It is also an intimacy that could only be achieved in a film made in one take, with minimum equipment and no script – the ultimate new-wave film.

Good Morning to the World!! (2010, 81’, dir. Satoru Hirohara, feature film) High-school boy Takahashi Yuta is effectively bringing himself up alone. His father is long gone and his mother is constantly off on trips; she leaves him notes and modest amounts of cash to keep himself fed. Not surprisingly, he’s a bit of a loner at school. But he’s fascinated by (identifies with?) the vagrant man who sleeps in a road tunnel near his home, and when that man is killed – apparently by a gang of local delinquents – he sets off on a quest to find the dead man’s family and friends, following clues in the man’s bag. For Yuta, this becomes a formative lesson in the ways of the adult world, taking him far beyond the teenage obsessions of his noisy classmates.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Theatre and Cinema
125 Cong Quynh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

Hanoi University of Theatre and Cinema
Mai Dich, Cau Giay, Hanoi

Concert Beethoven 9th
 
18 and 19 Dec 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
1 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

Come to Concert Beethoven 9th with conductor HONNA Tetsuji, Soprano Thang Long, Soprano Vanh Khuyên, Tenor Thanh Binh, Bass Manh Dung and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra. For more information, see below:

Program

L.V.Beethoven　 Opera“Fidelio” op.72c – Overture
L.V.Beethoven Symphony No.9
With
Hanoi International Choir
Choir of the VNOB
Hanoi Freude Choir
Choir of The University of Art Education
Tickets

Ticket prices: 200000, 350000, 500000 VND. All Tickets available at Hanoi Opera House – 1 Trang Tien or can book over  www.ticketvn.com, [email protected]
For free delivery Call: www.ticketvn.com, 0913489858, 0983067996, 35651806, 66617859.

Noi Hanoi: Family

Sun 16 Dec 2012, 8 – 9.30 pm
The Hanoi Bicycle Collective
44, lane 31 Xuan Dieu Str, Hanoi

Join us for the next Noi Hanoi evening of poetry, spoken word, and stories at 8 pm, Sunday December 16 at Hanoi Bicycle Collective. The theme will be Families, and there will be an open mic session.

Exhibition “CLINGING HYBRID”

Tue 18 Dec 2012, 6.30 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
56-58 Nguyễn Thái Học
Ba Đình, Hà Nội

The Goethe-Institut Hanoi presents under the title “CLINGING HYBRID” an art installation of the Vietnamese artist Lai Thi Dieu Ha at the courtyard of the Institute.

Lai Thi Dieu Ha is one of the most promising a most unusual performance artists in Vietnam. Her latest work, which is shown at the courtyard of the Institute, is inspired by the calm beauty of insects. She would like to catch their fragility and ephemerality, and share and record their beauty.

The installation/performance is a contribution to the international art project „Skylines with Flying People“, organized by the Japan Foundation, where also the Goethe-Institut participated as a partner. At „Skylines with Flying People“ Lai Thi Dieu Ha works with textiles and creates sculptures, made of cloth. Since graduating from the Vietnam Fine Arts University, Ha has taken part in various art events and exhibitions, also in Norway and Japan. Last time in „IN:ACT“ in Nhasan Studio (2010/2011). Lai Thi Dieu Ha focuses on her works on female identity and sexuality.

Since graduating from the Vietnam Fine Arts University, Ha has taken part in various art events and exhibitions, both nationally and internationally, such as: ‘Sai Gon Open City’ in Ho Chi Minh City (2006), ’10+’ at Nhasan Studio (2008), ‘Lim Dim’ – Vietnamese Contemporary Art exhibition in Oslo, Norway (2009), ‘NIPAF’ – Nippon International Performance Art Festival in Japan (2009) and ‘IN:ACT’ at Nhasan Studio (2010, 2011)

For more Information about La Dieu Ha:

www.goethe.de/vietnam
http://laidieuha.multiply.com

Free admission.

Exhibition “Vietnam on Motorbike”

Exhibition: 18 Dec 2012 – 17 Jan 2013
20A Duong Ven Ho, Tay Ho, Ha Noi

Come to a photo exhibition by Astrid Hauton. The exhibition is a series of pictures that author has been taking during road trips, catching some soul of Vietnam in the speed…

Video Event “Looking for Home”

Sun 16 Dec 2012, 4 pm
Tadioto
12 Truong Han Sieu, Hanoi

You are invited to the screening of two movies by Geoff Levitus and Nguyen Qui Duc: Looking for Home….

Geoff’s is a poetic look at “home” or the lack of…

See more information about Nguyen Qui Duc’s work, click here.

Dance Workshops in December

09,15, 16 and 22 Dec 2012
Apsara Dance Studio
139 Nghi Tam Str, Hanoi

Welcome our Christmas Holiday with a range of exciting dance workshops, delivered by one of Pioneer Belly Dancer in Vietnam – Quynh Linh, well-known ballerinas Sao Chi and Dao Duy from Vietnam Dance College, comtemporary dancer Tuan Anh, and one of few certified Zumba instructor in Hanoi – Ha Linh.

Schedule

9.30am – 11.30am, Sunday, 9 Dec 2012 – Tango Oriental with Quynh Linh, a Choreography workshop combining Belly Dance and Tango Argentine movements. It is passionate, emotional and sexy with Tango steps.

3.30pm – 5pm, Saturday, 15 Dec 2012 – A Christmas song and dance for our beloved kids – JINGLE BELL ROCKS. This will be joyful and fun. Our kids then can perform in your Christmas Party.

10am – 12pm, Sunday, 16 Dec 2012 – Why Ballet workshop with Dao Duy. Lots of members asked “Can I join ballet when I reach 30”, “what is my benefit to practise ballet”, “How is ballet in Vietnam”, and more important “the music in ballet for you to practise in daily class” This two hour workshop will answer your above questions.

4pm – 6pm, Sunday, 16 Dec 2012 – Improvisation in Contemporary with Tuan Anh. Feelings, expression, and improvisation are very important in Contemporary Dance. Join us to experience how your body follow you when come to dance and move in a musical environment.

Dance Workshops-Aspara Dance Studio 1

5.10pm – 7.10pm, Saturday, 22 Dec 2012 – Workshop Zumbaholic with Zin Ha Linh, one of few certified Zumba instructor in Hanoi. Party yourself into Shape and ready to dance in your Xmas party. The latin inspired, easy to follow, calorie burning and dance-fitness party. Feel the music and let it loose.

To register, please email us: [email protected] or [email protected].
Price: 380.000VND per workshop. 20% discount for early bird.
To know more details about the workshops, please call us at 04 3718 6869 or 0977 510 178 (Ms. Trang)
About Apsara: www.apsarastudio.com.vn

Christmas Concert at L’Espace
L’Espace
24 Tràng Tiền, Hà Nội

You are invited to the Christmas music concert with the performance of baroque, classic, romantic to modern music by musicians and lecturers at Vietnam Academy of Music.

Program
1. J. Massenet: “Thais Meditation”
D. Poper: Concerto Polonaise
GS. NSND. Bùi Gia Tường – Cello
Piano: MA Tran Thai Linh

2. C. Weber: Andante & Rondo Hungarian
NSƯT. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn – Viola
Piano: MA Tran Thai Linh

3. Đỗ Hoàng Linh: Vó ngựa trên sa mạc
Ths. Ngô Đăng Khoa – Contrabass
Piano: MA Tran Thai Linh
4. F. Mendelssohn: Romance Sans Parole
C. Frank: Sonata A-dur IV mov.
NSƯT. Nguyễn Châu Sơn – Violon
Piano: MA Tran Thai Linh

5. G. Haendel: “Passacaglia”
Ths. Trần Mạnh Hùng (violon) – NSƯT. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (viola)

6. D. Schostakovich: Five piece for 2 violin and piano
Ths. Nguyễn Công Thắng (violon) – Ths. Nguyễn Thu Bình (violon)
Piano: MA Tran Thanh Ly

7. J. Bach: Double Concerto II – III mov.
MA Tran Trong Binh (violon) – Prof. Ngo Hoang Linh (violon) & string instruments

8. R. Schumann: “Phantasiestucke” Op.88 Duet & Finale
Trio Trinity: Nguyen My Huong (violon), Nguyen Hong Anh (cello), Tran Thai Linh (piano)

9. D. Schostakovich: Piano Quintet Op. 57, I – III mov.
Sông Hồng Chamber Music: Pham Truong Son (violon), Phan Thi To Trinh (violon), Khuc Van Khoa (viola), Dao Tuyet Trinh (cello), Pham Quynh Trang (piano).

Tickets:

Ticket price: 120 000 VND

Special price for members of L’Espace and students: 60 000 VND

Tickets are available at L’Espace.

Exhibition by Nishimoto Natsuko

Opening: Sun 16 Dec 2012, 6 pm
Exhibition: 17 Dec 2012 – 31 Mar 2013
Luna d’Autunno
78 Tho Nhuom, Hanoi

You are invited to the opening of the exhibition by Nishimoto Natsuko, a young Japanese woman that use traditional Vietnamese lacquer in her work.