Category Archives: events

ViFF announces Grand Jury award nominees

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Bolsavik

The 5th biennial Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF, Vietfilmfest.com), entering its closing week-end today and tomorrow, announced the nominees for its Trống Đồng (Grand Jury) award in both the feature and short categories. Tremendously grown from its first edition with a few … Continue reading →

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Monique Truong, Andrew Lam coming to Santa Ana

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Bolsavik

Two talented Vietnamese-American authors, each coming out with a new book, are coming to VAALA Center in Santa Ana for a book reading and signing event on Tuesday. Monique Truong, the celebrated author of A Book of Salt (named by … 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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Nguyen Cao Ky controversy irks USS Midway

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Bolsavik

It’s the rumor that refuses to die, and it’s bothering the heck out of the USS Midway Museum‘s marketing director. The former aircraft carrier, now a museum, is planning a special exhibit for Black April. In 1975, when Saigon fell, … Continue reading →

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Lookie here, a THIRD ceremony on the same Black April date

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Bolsavik

And then there were three. (Any rookie copy editor could have come up with that led.) As if two separate Black April commemoration ceremonies are not enough, a third Black April commemoration is being planned to take place on the same … Continue reading →

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Splitting the Black April baby, and Janet Nguyen got the wrong end

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Bolsavik

OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen and her allies were on the losing end Wednesday night at the Westminster City Council meeting, when the council decided to divide the use of the Vietnam War Memorial, forcing the two factions to time-share. What … Continue reading →

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San Jose Tet parade

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Bolsavik

The LGBT contingent marched in the San Jose Tet Parade, and drew no controversies whatsoever. Most of the arguments going on in the right-wing listservs have to do with only one question: Was Councilmember Madison Nguyen there? If you thought … Continue reading →

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Tet Parade 2010 in Westminster – the photo album

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Bolsavik

Controversy aside, the 2010 Tet Parade down Bolsa Avenue was fun, creative, helped by good weather and a very smoothly working operations staff. Enjoy the photos. Some are by Duong Dong. This is the McGarvin Intermediate School marching strings band. … Continue reading →

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