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Art
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Vietnamese
crowned Miss Asian America
Jennifer Chung beat
out 20 other Asian beauties and was crowned Miss Asian America on August 3 in
San Francisco the
The 21-year-old is
ethnically Vietnamese and resides in
Miss Chung is
currently a student at
After winning the
title, Chung announced plans to travel to
Lotus
paintings on show at Heritage Space
Painter Dang Phuong
Viet will showcase his latest artwork depicting lotus flowers as a solo
exhibition at the Heritage Space on Sunday.
Viet, a Buddhist,
spent 20 years drawing lotus flowers on canvas. He even was given the
nickname Viet Sen (Viet Lotus) because of his passion.
Entitled Sen Trong
Viet (Lotus in Viet), the exhibition reveal the artist's deep respect for the
flower, a symbol of Buddhism.
The exhibition will
open at 10am. Heritage Space is in
Phuoc Tich, a
600-year-old terracotta producing village in central Thua Thien -
About 500 years
ago, the village was the main kitchen pottery supplier for the
Some outstanding
products from the village can be seen at the Hue Museum of Royal Artifacts.
In 2012, the Viet
Nam Institute of Arts and Culture Studies in
Russian film week
to take place in
The Consulate
General of the Russian Federation in the central city will organise a Russian
film week at Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu Street, Hai Chau District, from
tomorrow to Sunday.
Six Russian films
(Five Brides, My Boyfriend is an Angel, Pine Tree 2, The Moms, My Dad is
Baryshnikov, and I'll Be Around) will be screened with Vietnamese subtitles.
Entrance is free of
charge.
Top artists
to perform at Da Nang Chamber Music
Cellist Zoe Martlew
from
Directed by Nguyen
Thanh Huy and Tran Thi Nguyet Sa, it will be the biggest concert by foreign
artists ever held in the central city.
A Q&A with the
musicians will take place on August 12.
The performance
starts at 8pm.
Manzi to
host contemporary music concerts
A series of
contemporary music concerts titled Rendez-Vous En Aout (Meeting in August)
will be held at the Manzi Art Space from this Saturday.
The opening concert
will feature jazz saxophonist Nguyen Bao Long and Trioture, a classical trio
consisting of guest pianist Anne Chamberlain from
The group will
breeze up the night with an improvisation of jazz, world and electronic
music.
The Sunday concert
will introduce new works by young contemporary composers including Do Tuan,
Tran Luu Hoang, Dao Minh Pha - plus Dirk Johan Stromberg from the
Highlight of the
night will be the Ly Ngua O Meets Jumpforjazz – a collaborative production by
Bao Long and Do Kien Cuong, performed by oboist Cuong and bassoonist Quang
Vu.
The last night of
the series on Monday, August 11, promises to be an exciting party.
Stromberg and his
friends will present their sound installations, an interactive music
performance by audience, artists and the composer.
The event will
start at 8pm at
Ecopark to
feature outdoor yoga class
An outdoor yoga
session for Studio Five members and others interested, will be held at the
Summer Park, Ecopark, about 15km from Ha Noi on August 24.
Led by an Indian
instructor, the one-day event will start at 6am. Visitors will enjoy fresh
air and a yoga session, before having breakfast. Mats and towels will be
provided.
The cost is
VND200,000 for non-members, including transport, breakfast, drinks, yoga mat,
and towel.
Registration must
be done before August 17 at http://bit.ly/1my0ipy or calling (04)62631515.
Underground
music to rock Dark Room
Heart Beat Saigon
will present an underground music show titled Dark Room at the Saigon
Vibrations Reggae Bar tomorrow.
The show will
highlight DJ Nic Ford of the
DJ Chris Wolter of
Heart Beat Saigon will perform along with Ford in the show. The performance
will start at 8pm at
Weekend
bazaar to open in District 1
The 3A Station
Bazaar, a weekend market offering locally sourced and hand-made products,
will be held in District 1 on August 16-17.
The market will
feature more than 40 boots with a variety of products. It will also offer a
discount of 10 per cent for all products during a 30-minute "happy
time" in the morning and afternoon.
There will be food,
entertainment activities and street performances. Mai Gallery will present an
exhibition of paintings and caricatures during the event.
Local charity
organisations will display products to raise funds.
The bazaar is open
from 9am to 8pm each day at 3A
Comedy show
to enliven Cargo Bar
The Saigon Comedy
Club in conjunction with Comedy Club Asia will organise Apocalaughs Now
comedy show featuring Nick Page from the
Page started in
comedy in 2001 and is known for his work as presenter of BBC's daytime TV
show Escape to the Country.
Berner has been
involved in the Australian scene since 1990s, and is best known as host of
ABC TV show The Einstein Factor from 2004 to 2009.
The event will
begin at 8pm at
Ex-Book-Change
- A playground for book lovers
A book exchange day
called ‘Ex-Book-Change’, aiming at encouraging reading and the education of
children in difficult areas, will be held at the
Ex-Book-Change 2014
is expected to offer a playground for book lovers and an event to raise funds
for the ‘Reading Book Festival’ which will be held in Da Bac district, Hoa
Binh province.
The event will give
book lovers the opportunity to exchange their old books for new ones and to
take part in activities including folk games, a seminar on literature and an
exhibition featuring paintings of young volunteers with children at the Trung
Thanh and Dong Ruong communes in Da Bac district, Hoa Binh province.
Since 2012, the
Ex-Book-Change has officially been a part of the Book Reading Festival held
by the volunteer organisation ‘Vong tay be ban’. Last year the book ex-change
event attracted nearly 700 participants.
Over the last two
years, more than 650 books and VND7 million have been collected to donate to
needy children in the Ba Vi district,
HCMC
artists display outcomes of fieldtrips
An exhibition
displaying more than 100 artworks by members of the Ho Chi Minh City Fine
Arts Association opened on August 7 at the city’s Fine Arts Museum.
The exhibits were
composed by the artists during field trips held by the Vietnam Fine Arts
Association last year to various parts of the country.
Utilising different
media, such as oil, lacquer, silk, wood, stone and bronze, the artists
captured the natural beauty and the people’s daily activities from areas they
visited.
Many of them chose
to focus on the theme of the country’s sea and islands and showed their
sentiment toward Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes
through their works.
At the opening
ceremony, the arts council named Mai Anh Dung from
The exhibition runs
through August 16 at 97 Pho Duc Chinh, district 1.
Preserving
H’re traditional ethnic culture
H’re ethnic
community in Quang Ngai province possesses a unique traditional culture. As
the most special character of the culture, the folk songs of H’re ethnic
people such as Ta leu and Ca choi, as well as traditional instruments,
including Vo roat and Tuc chinh, are currently being preserved.
According to Doctor
Nguyen Dang Vu, Director of the Quang Ngai Department for Culture, Sports and
Tourism, the H’re traditional culture reflects spiritual values imbued with
the national identity of
At present, folk
song clubs and cultural houses in Ba To, Minh Long and Son Ha districts, are
attracting young people from the H’re ethnic minority. Thanking the clubs
for, maintaining the folk songs and traditional musical instruments, H’re
ethnic people have presented the best of their traditional culture through
musical instrument and song performances at the recent festival of gong and
folk songs of ethnic minorities in Quang Ngai.
In the mountainous
district of Ba To, where many artisans have taught younger generations to
play traditional musical instruments, artisan Pham Van Su is one of a few
H’re people who can make and use the ethnic group’s traditional instruments.
Nearly 80 years of age, he has devoted himself to preserving and promoting traditional
cultural values through teaching younger generations.
“I want to teach
traditional instruments and fork songs to younger generations, to preserve
H’re culture, although the younger generation now isn’t interested in
traditional music. But I will devote all my strength to transmit my knowledge
to younger people and that will be my success,” artisan Su said.
The gong and folk
songs of ethnic minorities in Quang Ngai are facing the threat of falling
into oblivion, due to impacts from modern life.
The preservation
and promotion of the traditional character of H’re people aims to keep alive
the unique cultural values of these groups and contribute to the development
of
Local authorities
in Ba To, Minh Long and Son Ha districts have recently taken an inventory in
order to to rank forms of culture. Meanwhile Quang Ngai province has also
asked local authorities in the province’s districts to organise cultural
activities, festivals and contests to promote delight among local audiences
and build national cultural character.
The Echo of
Nature – vow of artists to nature
The Echo of Nature
is a second exhibition featuring 43 artworks by eight artists at Vietnam Fine
Arts Museum from August 11 to 15.
This is the outcome
of a 2012-2014 project by Le The Anh, Duy Tung, Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, Dang Hiep,
Duy Hoa, Le Thuy, Dang Huu and Trinh Lien to draw with nature.
At the epoch of the
dramatic social and political changes, of rapid information technology
development, the participating artists want to portray nature based on the
spirit of nature to establish a profound connection between nature and human
souls.
The declaration of
the eight members of this mobile artists group about their further plans is
to develop techniques, enrich feelings and expressions, and find the
individual ways in art to achieve perfection in capturing their favorite
subject – nature. That is also the result of their studies, reflections and
experiments.
This show is not
only an overall result of a group artistic practice but also a modest step of
young enthusiasts on their way towards creative discoveries. Inspired by the
majesty and mystique of nature, the artists show the public their ideas and
sentiment in the hopes that they will also the echo of nature.
Source: VNS/VOV/ND/SGT/SGGP
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Thứ Sáu, 8 tháng 8, 2014
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