Screening of two Operas "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Pagliacci" Sun 19 Apr 2015, 3 pm and 7 pm Hanoi Cinematheque 22A Hai Bà Trưng, Hà Nội Come to the screening of the quintessential verismo operas: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci. In the second half of the 1800's more operas were composed based on principles of French naturalism, called verismo in the Italian tradition. They took as their stories the problems that everyday people dealt with, as opposed to the gods and goddesses, kings and other royalty of opera stories a hundred years earlier. Cavalleria Rusticana, composed by Pietro Mascagni, and Pagliacci, composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo, are short one-act operas and are usually performed together as the double bill CAV/PAG. Both of these operas were composed in the 1890s, both works involve jilted lovers who seek and get revenge on their faithless lovers before the opera ends. The opera will be screened in the original Italian with English subtitles. For those with membership at … [Read more...] about EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10-20 (daily updated)
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WHAT’S ON APRIL 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)
Exhibition "Vietnamese Lacquer Story" Opening: Fri 15 Apr 2016, 5 pm Exhibition: 15 Apr - 02 May 2016 Hanoi Old Quarter Culture Exchange Center 50 Dao Duy Tu Street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi Exhibition "Vietnamese Lacquer Story" presents an overview of Vietnamese traditional lacquer art (with photos, tools artifacts, techniques) and Vietnamese Contemporary Lacquer Art (with the participation of 8 painters and representatives from the art's villages). This event aims to promote and celebrate a traditional craft of Vietnam, within the framework of the Old Quarter craft year 2016 in Hanoi. Contemporary Art Show with Creative Group NONI Thu 14 Apr 2016, 6 pm - 7.20 pm Long Bien station, Tran Nhat Duat, Hanoi You are invited to the Contemporary Art Show titled "Memories - Things to remember" with Creative Group NONI from Korea. In 2016, Long Bien station is chosen to be the context of this program. This kind of art is associated with a specific site, also known as art for space, which is … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON APRIL 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)
WHAT’S ON APRIL 15-30 (DAILY UPDATE)
Launching Event and Exhibition of Photo Book "Hue, City of Crying Stones" Book launch: Fri Apr 30 2016, 3 pm Exhibition: Apr 30 - May 27 2016 Institut français de Huế 01 Le Hong Phong, Hue You are invited to the launching event of the photo book "Hue - the city of cyring stones" by Philippe Bouler and Sébastien Laval, during which some of the photographs from the book will be exhibited. The event will take place at 3pm on April 30. Photographer Sébastien Laval has been widely appreciated in Vietnam with several photo exhibitions on 54 Vietnamese ethnic minorities. Philippe Bouler, the first art director of the Hue Festival and many other art performances in Vietnam, has visited Hue several times. Sharing a passion for the streets, landscapes and people of Hue, they composed the photo book "Hue, the city of crying stones". Some photographs from the book have been chosen to exhibit at Dien Tho Palace's backyard, Imperial Palace, Institut français de Hue and La Résidence Hotel. For more … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON APRIL 15-30 (DAILY UPDATE)
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/7
July CPI increases 0.13 percent month on month The July consumer price index (CPI) CPI rose 0.13 percent against June, 2.39 percent year on year and 2.48 percent compared to December 2015, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on July 24. The average CPI for the first seven months of this year increased 1.82 percent from the same period last year. An upward trend was seen in five out of 11 goods and service groups, of which transport recording the highest rise at 1.19 percent, followed by goods and other services at 0.17 percent, housing and construction materials at 0.14 percent, beverage and cigarette 0.09 percent, and home appliances 0.06 percent. The restaurant and food catering group saw prices dropping 0.05 percent while the post and telecommunications group posted a 0.1 percent decrease. Deputy head of the Price Statistics Department Do Thi Ngoc said the growth of July’s CPI was due to increases in fuel prices and train tickets. Meanwhile, hot weather also drove up … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 25/7
WHAT’S ON OCTOBER 15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)
Exhibition "Everything is Golden" by Michelle Wise Opening: Thu 29 Oct 2015, 6 pm Exhibition: 29 Oct - 12 Nov 2015 Spacebar Cafe 15/76 To Ngoc Van, Tay Ho Dist, Hanoi Join us for the opening of "EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN", a selection of paintings and contemporary lacquer by Michelle Wise. "EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN" is a series of works developed out of Wise's personal interest in using colours and simple geometric shapes to explore how spatial and color relationships have the power to evoke emotional responses. Inspired by non-objective abstract expressionists such as Joseph Albas and Mark Rothkoe and drawing on Vietnamese and other Asian cultural artistic traditions, this series utilizes lacquer work and gold leaf in contemporary ways. Her work thematically focuses on shape and form within these media; eliciting a sense of spiritualism while avoiding reference to religious iconography. Born in 1975, Michelle comes from Whanganui, New Zealand. She hitchhiked out of town with nothing but a … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON OCTOBER 15-31 (DAILY UPDATE)