Category Archives: art

Thomas’ Apartment releases third album

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Bolsavik

You leave a band alone for a few years, and next thing you know, they’ve released not one, not two, but three full-length albums. That’s what happened with Thomas’ Apartment, the rock band that won the 2007 Vietnamese talent search … Continue reading →

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‘Operation Babylift’ to play San Diego, festival circuit

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Bolsavik

The film that won the Audience Choice Award at the Vietnamese International Film Festival, a documentary about former orphans airlifted out of Vietnam at the end of the war, is coming to a film festival near you. After the success … Continue reading →

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Viet takes top honors at state photo contest

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Bolsavik

“Egret Dancing” With this photo, My Phuong Nguyen of Burtonsville, Maryland won the Grand Prize in the 2009 Maryland Natural Resource Magazine Photo Contest. The contest was run by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. The photo, entitled “Egret Dancing,” … Continue reading →

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Viet’s painting to exhibit at California Capitol

Posted on October 6, 2009 by Bolsavik

A painting by Vietnamese-American artist Nguyen Van Bay has been selected to be part of the California Contemporary Art Collection 2009-2010 Art Exhibit at the state Capitol in Sacramento, according to a press release from the office of State Senator … Continue reading →

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Images from Mid-Autumn Festival Painting Contest

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Bolsavik

  Every year for 7 years now, the Vietnamese-American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) has been holding a Mid-Autumn Festival Painting Contest for kids. The Mid-Autumn Festival, probably originally a harvest festival, has evolved in tradition to become the Vietnamese … Continue reading →

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Trong Doan the Strange

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Bolsavik

The Bolsavik once noted here how mysterious Trong Doan the protestor is. He has a story that he tells about his past, but none of it could be verified or corroborated. Just as communist Vietnam’s President came to Orange County, Doan … Continue reading →

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Viet memorial in Wichita still controversial after 3 years

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Bolsavik

A proposed memorial to South Vietnamese forces fighting in the war has run into surprisingly strong opposition among U.S. veterans in Wichita, Kansas. A decision on whether to permit construction was postponed. A group of Vietnamese-Americans living in Wichita had proposed … Continue reading →

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Top Viet pianist to perform at Rockport Festival

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Bolsavik

A pianist some consider the best Viet pianist of her generation is scheduled to perform at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival in Massachussetts this weekend. Up-and-coming Quynh Nguyen (Nguyễn Thúy Quỳnh in Vietnamese spelling), currently based in New York City, … Continue reading →

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