Posted in current events, dance, news on Apr 16th, 2009
KHMER ARTS SALON SERIES EVENTS
April 18: Khmer Mourning Music -- Smot: Songs of Healing
All show times: 7 p.m.
Where: Khmer Arts Academy 1364 Obispo Ave., Long Beach
Admission: Free
Information: 562-472-0090
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Music past and present this Saturday: Smot scholar Trent Walker will be at the show - and apparently a show by ...
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The opening of Transformation II (April 11) was a fun and fascinating assemblage of pictures, publications and people in Long Beach. For now, some photos. (Click on any image for artist / show info.) Stay tuned for the upcoming publications presentation, and more general details.
'Twilight of the Idols'- Aragna Ker
'Reclaiming Khmer' ...
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... where I'll be this Saturday.
For Immediate Release
Transformation II
April 10 – May 3, 2009
Artists Reception: Saturday April 11, 6-9 pm
2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space
435 Alamitos Avenue Long Beach, CA 90802
Second City Council Art Gallery & Performance Space is please to host Transformations II, an exhibition ...
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WED, 08/04, 7 PM
Through historical frameworks and personal anecdotes, Phnom Penh based curator Erin Gleeson will explore the lack of place, until now, for contemporary art practices in and from Cambodia. Gleeson will trace her curatorial concept as well as the audience and press response to Forever Until Now, ...
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Posted in current events, news, urbanization on Apr 6th, 2009
Human rights advocates recently marked the 10 year anniversary of a grenade attack against opposition MP Sam Rainsy. All over the newspapers.
Do foreigners and politicians have to get injured to warrant this degree of attention? There is plenty of violence to be concerned about in Cambodia, leveled at ordinary people ...
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