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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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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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American Viets sweep Vietnam national film awards

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Bolsavik

Vietnam’s national film awards, called the Golden Kite Awards, were given out Sunday night, and Vietnamese-American filmmakers walked off with a sizable chunk of the prizes. The Vietnamese-language Thanh Niên has a list of winners here. Dustin Nguyen, of 21 … Continue reading →

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Artist’s refugee tribute runs width of Earth

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Bolsavik

A Viet installation artist’s tribute to refugees, now showing at Arizona State University, features the artist running at locations throughout the world with a cumulative length equal to the Earth’s diameter. Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, whose previous works of underwater video installations … Continue reading →

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OC Register, on FOB II’s shutdown

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Bolsavik

The OC Register added to the mix its thoughts about the shut down of FOB II: Art Speaks in a column by Richard Chang on the paper’s Arts Blog, here. Excerpts: The protesters, mainly older Vietnamese residents of Orange County … Continue reading →

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F.O.B.II closed early

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Bolsavik

VAALA’s F.O.B.II: Art Speaks, after an eventful seven-day run, closed its visual display on Thursday, three days ahead of schedule. Its performance portion has been moved to another location (at 209 N. Broadway — see more below). VAALA’s press release … Continue reading →

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L.A. Times’ Dana Parsons, on anti-communism in the Viet community

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Bolsavik

Dana Parsons (pictured) put in his two cents in an L.A. Times column today entitled “Vietnamese Americans’ hatred of communism shouldn’t inhibit free speech.” Click here. Excerpts: Street protests are about as American as you can get, but the scent … Continue reading →

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More art. Really good art. And perhaps more protests (w/ update)

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Bolsavik

VAALA’s “F.O.B. II: Art Speaks” exhibit in Santa Ana was featured in the L.A. Times here, and the Times story prompted a call for (what else?) more protests of art. And don’t say the Bolsavik didn’t warn you. The Bolsavik … Continue reading →

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