Category Archives: art

‘Fool for Love’ US-premieres to packed house

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Bolsavik

Filling the 581-seat theatre to the brim and requiring an extra dozen chairs, the audience at Saigon Performing Arts Center in Fountain Valley on Thursday gave the film Fool for Love (in Vietnamese: “Để Mai Tính”) a huge success of … Continue reading →

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Bui Kim Thanh the artist

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Bolsavik

Proving that a tendency to faint in public places again and again is not a destabilizing disability, community activist Bui Kim Thanh was spotted today making art. They say art is good for the soul. They never said flags make … Continue reading →

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Tila Tequila showed breasts, got pelted

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Bolsavik

Tila Tequila, whose real name is Tila Nguyen, got on the receiving end of rocks, beer bottles, and feces thrown at her at the Juggalos music fest last weekend, according to the AP here. The Juggalos is an annual festival … Continue reading →

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Ly Tong pepper-sprays singer, right-wingers applaud

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Bolsavik

Ly Tong, the man who spent the last 14 months or so on the fringe of Vietnamese-American society, thrusted himself back in the limelight by dressing up as a woman and pepper-spraying a singer from Vietnam at a concert in … Continue reading →

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Viet writer wins the Guggenheim

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Bolsavik

The author of “The Book of Salt” just won the Guggenheim Fellowship, according to the foundation in a press release here and here. Monique Truong, the Vietnamese New York-based writer, is among the 180 Fellows chosen from a group of … Continue reading →

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Nick Ut to exhibit in Little Saigon

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Bolsavik

The photojournalist who won the Pulitzer for one of the most iconic pictures of our times is opening a photo exhibit at Nguoi Viet’s community room tomorrow Friday. Nick Ut, whose photo of the crying naked girl fleeing napalm bombing … Continue reading →

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Thuy Nga ‘Paris by Night’ to close down

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Bolsavik

After 27 years as one of the top Viet entertainment companies, Thuy Nga Paris, the producer of the widely popular ‘Paris by Night’ variety show, may be closing down as soon as this summer, said the man who founded the … Continue reading →

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‘Dust of Life’ to open today

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Bolsavik

  The hard-hitting Viet teen angst movie Dust of Life (in Vietnamese: Bụi Đời) opens tonight with a charity fundraising screening, followed by wide release in 4 cities. The first showing tonight, 7pm at the Star Performing Arts Center in … Continue reading →

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