Benefit Concert for the 2010 Combodian Youth Arts Festival
Benefit Concert for the 2010 Cambodian Youth Arts Festival Starring Diane Phelan and Marc de la Cruz Cambodian Living Arts (CLA) and Partners will kick off the 2010 Cambodian Youth Arts Festival with a Benefit Concert at the CJCC on August 3 at 7:00 pm. The concert features two of the lead international stars of...
Cambodia for cyclists?
Southeast Asia Globe magazine looks at eco-friendly path: Phnom Penh’s residents may not know it yet, but Cambodia’s capital is geared towards cyclists. Phnom Penh is one of those cities that people either love or hate. I, for one, love it – but there are things about it that get to me. The availability and...
Leonard Cohen to play in Phnom Penh
To celebrate and contribute to the restoration of the majestic city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Leonard Cohen will perform at the Olympic Stadium on November 27, 2010. To aid victims of Cambodia’s recent tragic past, proceeds from this concert will benefit the Cambodian Red Cross and Cambodian persons with a disability. Tickets available online on...
Cambodia’s grand arts festival coming August 2010
The Cambodian Youth Arts Festival (CYAF) is a festival bringing together master artists, students, and visiting artists from allied arts organizations across Cambodia and around the world in order to generate arts renewal through the sharing and learning of a variety of traditional and contemporary art forms. Even more, it is the keystone of a...
Gloria Jeans opens its first coffeehouse in Phnom Penh
As American Starbucks hasn’t yet arrived in Cambodia, Australian-owned Gloria Jean’s Coffees established late last year its first cafe in Boeung Keng Kang I district, one of Phnom Penh’s peaceful areas. The international coffee and coffeehouse chain with stores in over 30 countries is …dedicated to providing a comfortable atmosphere for our Gloria Jean’s family....
Chhom Nimol: Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever lead singer Chhom Nimol: behind the scene On stage: Dengue Fever lead singer Chhom Nimol
Tuol Sleng: infamous genocide museum in Cambodia
www.tuolsleng.com is a website dedicated solely to Phnom Penh’s genocide museum. It contains photographs of people who were tortured and killed under the Khmer Rouge regime. According to the site, there are 114 photographs from the Pol Pot’s secret prison, also known as Security Prison “S-21″. When the Vietnamese Army invaded in 1979 the S-21...
Stay another day in Cambodia
Stay Another Cambodia’s third edition booklet was released at Cambodiana Hotel today after its success in the previous years. The 75-page-publication, which aims to promote Cambodia’s tourism, is a cooperation work between Ministry of Tourism, Economic Today Magazine (ETM), and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Cooperation) or GTZ. The booklet’s cover photo, a...
Boeung Kak lake being filled: Phnom Penh
Also related: The Battle for Boeung Kak Lake by Far Eastern Economic Review’s Ron Gluckman
Upcoming: PhotoPhnomPenh
This year’s PhotoPhnomPenh event will take place at Fine Arts University of Cambodia on November 28 – December 6, 2009. For more detail. For the second PhotoPhnomPenh event, 22 exhibitions of international artists will be presented in the main cultural spaces of the city.In the spirit of discovery, festivity, and Asian-European encounters, PhnomPenhPhoto 2009 is...
