Art & Entertainment News in Brief

Manzi to host contemporary music concert

Tomorrow, Manzi will host Between Space and Sky – an unmissable experimental concert featuring Edges, a contemporary music collective from Toronto, zither artist Nguyen Thuy Dung and Sound Awakener (Nhung Nguyen), a young face in Ha Noi’s contemporary music scene.

Founded in 2011 and consisting of some of the most active and creative musicians in Toronto, Edges is a growing collective of composers, performers, and improvisers who are all heavily involved in making and performing experimental and improvised music.

Graduating from the Viet Nam National Academy of Music in 2012, Dung is considered one of the best Vietnamese long zither musicians.

Sound Awakener is Nhung Nguyen’s solo project formed in 2011. Its aim is to experiment with various sonic elements, especially improvised sound.

Ticket: VND100,000/person including one free drink. Money goes toward artists and covers organisational costs.

The concert will start at 8pm, at Manzi Art Space, 14 Phan Huy Ich Street. 

Charity run around West Lake

The Sheraton Hanoi Hotel will organise a race on Sunday as part of the Run to Give charity run initiated by Starwood Hotels&Resorts Asia Pacific.

The route will be from 1km to 3km around West Lake.

Run to Give expects to gather more than 300 Starwood associates, running enthusiasts and philanthropists from the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel. Funds raised will go towards supporting and education programme for underprivileged Vietnamese children.

Registration for the run is VND200,000 and includes a T-shirt. Interested participants can contact 0904081377 or hau.nguyen@sheraton.com

In Viet Nam, alongside Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Sheraton Nha Trang, Sheraton Saigon and Le Meridien Saigon will also take part this charity event. 

Fun run to be held in District 2

A fun run called Unigames will be held on Truong Van Bang Street in District 2 on Sunday.

The 5km race, which will include team challenges, will be followed by a music concert featuring famous local artists. The run will take place from 7am to 12pm.

Tickets priced at VND200,000 per person are available at www.ticketbox.vn. Students can get free tickets at the website. 

Beer festival at Saigon Outcast

The District-2 based outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will host a beer festival on October 10.

The festival will promote HCM City’s craft beer producers as well as local and imported brewers. Local restaurants will have food stands at the event and live music by city-based artists will be included as well.

The event starts at 3pm at 188/1 Nguyen Van Huong Street in District 2. Tickets are VND50,000 each. 

Saigon Ranger presents expat trio

LG Trio, a band composed of three expats, will perform at Saigon Ranger tomorrow.

The band consists of vocalist La-Nai Gabriel, bassist Gabriel Kaouros and drummer Eric Smackdab. They will play La-Nai’s music style, a blend of reggae, soul and funk music.

DJ Madame Madame will play along with the trio.

The show will open from 9pm. The venue is at 5/7 Nguyen Sieu Street in District 1. Entrance fee is VND50,000. 

Berlin-based DJ to debut at The Observatory

Berlin-based DJ and producer Nick Hoppner will make his debut in the city on Saturday.

The musician will present a diverse taste of house and techno music. The city’s resident DJ Nic Ford will join him in the show.

Hoppner is the resident DJ at the Berghain/Panoramabar in Berlin, and manager of the bar’s in-house label, Ostgut Ton. He released his solo debut album Folk last March.

The show will begin at 10pm at The Observatory, 5 Nguyen Tat Thanh Street, in District 4. Admission is free before 11pm and VND150,000 afterwards. 

Film festival for students calls for submissions

Students from colleges and universities in HCM City have been invited to join the second Film Festival for Students launched by the city’s Students Association this week.

The event is designed to give students an opportunity to explore their creativity in film and video. The organisers will give prizes for best short film, short news report, music video and public relations trailer.

Films featuring social and environmental issues as well as climate change have been encouraged.

A jury panel including dozens of skilled directors and cinematographers from film studios and cinematography schools will choose the winners from 15 finalists.

The best films will be screened later in cinemas.

Participants can work alone or in a group. They can submit their works via the website www.hoisinhvienTPHCM.com or at 4 Alexandre de Rhodes Street, District 1, before December 4.

In 2003, the festival attracted 99 short films, documentaries and video clips. All works featured stories related to the dreams and hopes of youth.

The first prize went to two short films, Noted and Uoc Mo Va Nhung Cung Duong Nguoc Chieu Dai Lo (The Dream and Challenges), sent by student groups from the HCM City University of Foreign Trade and University of Social Science and Humanities, respectively. Both works targeted youth and their lifestyles. 

HCM City event promotes New Zealand tourism

New Zealand’s spectacular sights, whale watching, Maori cultural heritage and extreme activity tours were highlighted at tourism seminars in HCM City and Ha Noi as part of a Vietnamese effort to promote tourism to the country.

The seminars held on Tuesday brought together nearly 100 representatives from Vietnamese and New Zealand tourism providers, travel agents, hotels and other industry stakeholders. The events provide industry information and opportunities to expand tourism links between the countries.

“Thirty-three thousand New Zealanders visited Viet Nam in 2014. We’re very keen to see similar numbers of our Vietnamese friends visiting New Zealand,” said New Zealand Ambassador Haike Manning. 

Contest seeks out talented reformed theatre actors

The second Hat Ngoc Mua Vang (Pearl of Golden Crop) contest was held last week to seek actors for cai luong (reformed theatre) and don ca tai tu Nam Bo (southern amateur music).

Last week, 24 out of 200 contestants were chosen from preliminary rounds held in Can Tho, Bac Lieu, Vinh Long, Tien Giang and HCM City.

They will compete for excellence awards worth VND40 million (US$1,700) each.

Twenty-four contestants will be chosen for the audition round to be aired on VTV Can Tho 1 channel from October 3 to November 1.

In the final round to be held on January 2 next year, the final six contestants will perform together in a full play instead of a play extract as in other cai luong contests.

Besides the excellence awards, there will be four “characteristic” awards worth VND15 million each and “favourite” award worth VND5 million.

People’s artist Tran Ngoc Giau, a contest consultant, said this year’s contest would not limit ages for participants, including children.

The contest is organised by VTV Can Tho in collaboration with Khanh Vuong Media Communication JS Co.

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