Nerd Nite Siem Reap #3: Poetry is Beneath Us
Nerd Nite #3 is on! Join us at 7pm on Monday, September 12, for half a dozen short & sweet presentations by your friends and neighbors on their niche passions and sundry interests! Each talk consists of 20 slides which last for 20 seconds each: 6 minutes and 40 seconds of wisdom gained! The venue...
Lakhaon theater festival
From Spetember 10th to 17th At Chenla Theater Organized by the Institut Francais du Cambodge* Free entrance * In Khmer with English and French subtitles. Created in 2007, Lakhaon is now celebrating its fifth anniversary. Creation, and exchange have always been, and will always be, at the center of this event. Cambodian Companies will present...
Licadho’s Naly Pilorge on fake orphans & adoptions in Cambodia
This TUESDAY, 6/09, 7PM we like to invite you to the screening of “PAPER ORPHANS” by Marie Ange Sylvain Filmmaker will attend the screening (Q&A) In her 30-year career with the UN, Haitian filmmaker Marie Ange Sylvain has traveled the world documenting under-reported social issues. Her film tells the story of parents who have lost...
nerd night | 9.05
Who: All Nerds, and featuring: - photographer Vinh Dao, on the magic of war, - JusTeer David Bryce, on JusTees, - adman Paul Bermingham, on logos, - water expert Taber Hand, on lustral water, - wine nerd John Schute, on wine, - Khmer webtocrat Seila Prum, on YouTube, - Intern John Thomas, on parasites. Where:...
nerd night | 9.05
The nerds are back on the dance floor, with talks on Khmer power tattoos and the power of t-shirts; logos and parasites; and wine and water. Also, YouTube. **Note: there will NOT be a lavish Pontoon buffet this time, although limited food will be available. Bring only your most interesting friends. E-mail nerdnightphnompenh@gmail.com to join...
Exhibtion for Cambodian artist Vann Nath
The Faculty of Fine Arts , Phnom Penh, RUFA and the artists’ collective La Buena Impresión Tequio Oaxaca, (México), invite you to celebrate the opening CHAR studio the first etching press studio in the history of Cambodia. The Chapphdoem-Comienzos portfolio created by teachers, students and guest artists can be admired at the collective exhibition. Opening...
Help former Phnom Penh photographer Tracey Shelton
Longtime Phnom Penh photojournalist Tracey Shelton was recently robbed in Libya. She lost all her working equipment — camera, lenses, laptop– in a violent invasion by Libyan soldiers in her hotel room. Tracey escaped, but she’s now without gear. Cantina and the OPCC are seeking donations to help Tracey get back on her feet and...
The Mobile Garden Project: “Our City Festival 2011″
During Our City Festival 2011, Phnom Penh will be visited by little gardens on wheels. We are looking for people to be part of this project where small carts filled with living plants and flowers will bring unexpected life and colour to the city streets. The mobile gardens will visit quiet lanes and busy market...
Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Eddie Adams’s exhibtion in town
“Speak Truth to Power” is the name of a book by Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Robert F. Kennedy. The book portrays the stories of over fifty courageous human rights defenders fighting for various crucial human rights issues from female genital mutilation to freedom of religion and reconciliation and justice. The book is accompanied by a...
“Trip Up” at The FCC Phnom Penh
Trip Trotting — a kind of social-media inspired travel trend that pairs globe-trotting travelers with entrenched local residents — is holding a “trip up” at The FCC Phnom Penh on Friday Sept 9. Full details to follow soon.
The last of the WOW
As always the WOW cocktail will be on sale as well as icy cold beers, red and white wine, vodka, gin and delicious antipasto platters. If you haven’t been to a WOW @ The Bungalows, this is your weekend. We have seating for 24 people so availability of seating is limited. The Butterfly will leave...
