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June 2020
Afternoon music recital – songs from around the world. The Hope Choir
The Hope Choir is a group of singers and folk musicians who are blind or a few of them are severely visually impaired. They are an amazing choir - not because they are blind but because quite simply they are amazing singers and musicians. We are invited to an afternoon recital of various medleys from across the globe at their blind centre 21b Lac Trung – Sunday 28 Jun @ 3pm, It will end 4.30pm/5pm We hope as many people can…
Find out more »Cultural Series – Lecture. “Textiles and costumes of Vietnam’s ethnic minorities”. Talk with Mark Rapoport
Many of the people of Viet Nam’s ethnic minorities are immediately identifiable by the costumes and textiles that they wear. In fact, most of them wear their identity for all to see – all day and every day; pants, skirts, jackets, belts, turbans and jewelry. Vietnam has a rich tradition in textiles among the different minority groups. Textiles do much more than cover the body. They convey identity, marital status, spiritual identity, wealth, social status, tribal history, accomplishments and personality.…
Find out more »July 2020
Cultural Series – Lecture. “Vietnam art up to the year 0: stone, bronze & clay” with Mark Rapoport
Talk on VIETNAM ART UP TO THE YEAR 0: STONE, BRONZE AND CLAY The story of Vietnamese Art and Culture starts in the Stone Age. The defined cultures, including their material culture (objects) go back over 10,000 years. Dr. Mark Rapoport will introduce the material culture of the New-Stone-Age Phung Nguyen Culture (circa 4000 years ago), the Bronze-Age Dong Son culture (circa 2200 years ago) and the start of the Han-Viet period (about 100 AD). Examples will be presented along with a…
Find out more »Afternoon music recital – songs from around the world and commemorating 25 years of VN-US relations. The Hope Choir
The Hope Choir is a group of blind singers and folk musicians. They are an amazing choir – not because they are blind/severely visually impaired but because quite simply they are superb artists. We are invited to an afternoon recital of various medleys from across the globe and a special selection of songs to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Vietnamese-US relations. We hope as many people can attend as possible to support them. The choir was formed about 15 years…
Find out more »Art installation tour/walk – Phúc Tân public art project – FULL
THIS IS NOW FULL. Please sign up for the waiting list if any space on 11 or 25 July become available and/or for the next time this tour is run as those on the waiting list take priority. Thanks FVH his delighted and to arrange a private early evening tour, led by Nguyễn Thế Sơn and his team of artists who created 16 inspirational public artworks in Phúc Tân ward between Long Biên and Chương Dương Bridges. These artists have helped transform an…
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