Greetings,

Wednesday 2, the opening event for the Kampot Writers and Readers Festival, An evening with the writers, takes place at Raffles Le Royale in Phnom Penh, 4 pm – 9 pm. Local and international writers including Shane Maloney, Laura Jean McKay, Ky Kalyan, Kosal Kiev, Carlos Andres Gomez, Phina So, Lok Ta, Thavry Thon, and Chath Piersath will be attending, along with a special performance by the Bou’Sra Arts & Culture Troupe of Mondulkiri.
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Thursday 3, ARTillery Café’s Easels in the Alley returns with a sketch edition, hosted by Laura Emily of Lau Le Miray Art. $35 for a two hour session including all materials, tapas, and a glass of wine. Spaces limited. From 7 pm.
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The aforementioned Kampot Writers and Readers Festival takes place this weekend, Thursday 3 – Sunday 6, with a closing night party in Phnom Penh on Monday 7 at The Exchange. A comprehensive list of the many visitors to the KWRF is now available on-line, and the schedule is being progressively released. Expect readings, discussions, panels, workshops, music, screenings and more. A general call is going out for a Saturday afternoon event, My Favourite Poem, hosted by Tree Bernstein – if you would like to contribute a reading and a few contextual comment about the poet and the poem, please contact Tree [treebernstein@gmail.com] for more information.
More info

Also this weekend, from Thursday 3 – Monday 7, the 13th Phnom Penh International Music Festival, entitled SHAKESPEARE 400, features music, songs and poetry from the Renaissance to mark the 400^th anniversary of the English writer’s death. The five concerts will take place at the Intercontinental, the National Museum and Meta House.
More info

Thursday 3 at Sundance, St 172, Full Metal Comics presents UK comedian Graham Wooding, from 8.30 pm.
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On Friday 4 at 7.30 pm, then Sunday 6 at 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm, the Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh presents an evening of three original dance works performed by students from CSBPP and Dance Made In Cambodia, at the Blackbox Theatre, ISPP, Hun Neang Boulevard.   Tickets $10 at Feel Good Coffee Shop (Street 136), Java Cafe (both locations) and Brooklyn Pizza (Street 123, Toul Thom Pong).
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Note that the Sophiline Arts Ensemble return performances of A Bend in the River that were scheduled this weekend in Takhmao have been postponed for health reasons.
More info

On Sunday 6, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building. 8.30 am start. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Monday 7, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional drawing class at 7 pm for $1.
More info

Later in the month, on November 20, Ragamuffin Cambodia is offering a one day workshop, Writing from the Heart, on story making, poetry and letters.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 2, from 4 pm, the opening event for the Kampot Writers and Readers Festival, An evening with the writers, takes place at Raffles Le Royale in Phnom Penh. Local and international writers will be attending, along with a special performance by the Bou’Sra Arts & Culture Troupe of Mondulkiri.
More info

Thursday 3, 7 pm, ARTillery Café’s Easels in the Alley returns with a sketch edition, hosted by Laura Emily of Lau Le Miray Art. Spaces limited.
More info

Thursday 3 – Sunday 6, Kampot Writers and Readers Festival features readings, discussions, panels, workshops, music, screenings and more.
More info
Thursday 3 – Monday 7, the 13th Phnom Penh International Music Festival, SHAKESPEARE 400, at the Intercontinental, the National Museum and Meta House.
More info

Thursday 3, 8.30 pm, at Sundance, St 172, Full Metal Comics presents UK comedian Graham Wooding.
More info
Friday 4 at 7.30 pm, the Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh presents an evening of three original dance works at the Blackbox Theatre, ISPP, Hun Neang Boulevard.
More info

On Sunday 6, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building. 8.30 am start. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 6, 2.30 pm and 6.30 pm, the Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh presents an evening of three original dance works at the Blackbox Theatre, ISPP, Hun Neang Boulevard.
More info

On Monday 7, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional drawing class at 7 pm for $1.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

N o w h e r e  hosts an experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, the work of a variety of artists exploring our individual strangenesses. Until 11 November.
More info

At Sa Sa Bassac, is Decomposition, an exhibition of paintings by Yim Maline, that “imaginatively prods and ponders expanded notions of landscape and its representation.”
More info

Java Café Independence presents Influence: The New Ages, a special presentation of new work by Leang Seckon, curated by Yean Reaksmey.
More info

The Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Tioulong, Echoes from a Golden Past, an exhibition of photographs by Kim Hak uncovering the lost villas of the village of Tioulong in Kirirom National Park.
More info

At the Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery on St 242, Envisioning the Future of the Post Office Square, an exhibition of architectural models designed by seven groups of university students from Norton University, Pannasastra University of Cambodia and Royal University of Fine Arts, who participated in a competition to re-design the future for the square.
More info

The FCC presents Kambuja, by Em Riem, a new series of works inspired by Cambodian portraits from the early twentieth century, produced on burlap.
More info

Romcheik Pram brings to Battambang the recent Meta House show by hometown artist Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!). “Sakadey is the name of an imaginary village, living removed from time, whose inhabitants and various characters (ghosts, historical figures, stone statues, cartoon characters, animals, and even creatures that combine all these forms…) tell a timeless but also contemporary tale.”
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).

More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Microgallery N o w h e r e’s  experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, opens on Wednesday 26, from 6 pm. A variety of artists have contributed to the exhibition, exploring our individual strangenesses. Until 11 November.
More info

Thursday 27 at Sa Sa Bassac, from 6 pm, the opening of Decomposition, an exhibition of paintings by Yim Maline, that “imaginatively prods and ponders expanded notions of landscape and its representation.”
More info

On Sunday 30 at The L Bar, a closing party for the Flori Green exhibition, open at 2 pm with a DJ set at 4 pm.
More info

On Monday 31, Java Café Independence hosts the opening of Influence: The New Ages, a special presentation of new work by Leang Seckon, curated by Yean Reaksmey. From 6.30 pm.
More info

Next week, on November 3, ARTillery Café’s Easels in the Alley returns with a sketch edition, hosted by Laura Emily of Lau Le Miray Art,  Get signed up soon for the early bird special.

The Kampot Writers and Readers Festival descends on Cambodia for the weekend 3 – 7 November. A comprehensive list of the many visitors to the KWRF is now available on-line, and the schedule is being progressively released. Expect readings, discussions, panels, workshops, music, screenings and more. A general call is going out for a Saturday afternoon event, My Favourite Poem, hosted by Tree Bernstein – if you would like to contribute a reading and a few contextual comment about the poet and the poem, please contact Tree [treebernstein@gmail.com] for more information.   Raffles Le Royale is hosting a pre-festival event, An Evening with the Writers, on Thursday 2 from 4 pm.

On the same weekend, 3 – 7 November, the 13th Phnom Penh International Music Festival, entitled SHAKESPEARE 400, will feature music, songs and poetry from the Renaissance to mark the 400^th anniversary of the English writer’s death. The programme is on-line now.

Also on the same weekend, Sophiline Arts Ensemble presents return performances of the groundbreaking A Bend in the River, choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, featuring an original score by Him Sophy, puppets by Pich Sopheap, costumes by San Vannary and sets by the artists of Char RUFA. Friday 4 to Sunday 6 at 7 pm at the Khmer Arts Theater, Street 115, Takhmao. (Roundtrip bus service available from Phnom Penh for $2.50 per seat.)   Entry at the door: $2.50

Later in the month, on November 20, Ragamuffin Cambodia is offering a one day workshop, Writing from the Heart, on story making, poetry and letters.

Phnom Penh based ambient composer Warren Daly has released a new lush, spacey four-track EP, Spiralling Continuum, on Bandcamp. Check out the promotional video here.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 26, 6 pm, the opening of N o w h e r e’s  experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, exploring our individual strangenesses. Until 11 November.
More info

Thursday 27, 6 pm, at Sa Sa Bassac, the opening of Decomposition, an exhibition of paintings by Yim Maline, that “imaginatively prods and ponders expanded notions of landscape and its representation.”
More info

Sunday 30 at The L Bar, a closing party for the Flori Green exhibition, open at 2 pm with a DJ set at 4 pm.
More info

Monday 31, 6.30 pm, Java Café Independence hosts the opening of Influence: The New Ages, a special presentation of new work by Leang Seckon, curated by Yean Reaksmey.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Cloud presents Exodus, a photographic exhibition with film screenings based on the refugee crisis on Lesbos in 2015, featuring the photography of of Isabelle Serro, Juan Carlos Mohr and Cèsar Lopez Balan. Until November 2.
More info

Constable Gallery at Large in Siem Reap hosts Resilience, a photographic exhibition to mark the 25^th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Cambodian civil war.
More info

The Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Tioulong, Echoes from a Golden Past, an exhibition of photographs by Kim Hak uncovering the lost villas of the village of Tioulong in Kirirom National Park.
More info

At the Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery on St 242, Envisioning the Future of the Post Office Square, an exhibition of architectural models designed by seven groups of university students from Norton University, Pannasastra University of Cambodia and Royal University of Fine Arts, who participated in a competition to re-design the future for the square.
More info

The FCC presents Kambuja, by Em Riem, a new series of works inspired by Cambodian portraits from the early twentieth century, produced on burlap.
More info

The French Institute hosts an exhibition, For those who are no longer here, by Phnom Penh born artist Sera, focusing on the preparation of a Khmer Rouge memorial that will be constructed near the French Embassy. Run through to November 3.
More info

Meta House presents an exhibition of arts and crafts put together by the Department of Fine Arts and Handicrafts at the Ministry of Culture, an annual showcase of works by artists and artisans from Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Thom, Prey Veng and Phnom Penh.
More info

Romcheik Pram brings to Battambang the recent Meta House show by hometown artist Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!). “Sakadey is the name of an imaginary village, living removed from time, whose inhabitants and various characters (ghosts, historical figures, stone statues, cartoon characters, animals, and even creatures that combine all these forms…) tell a timeless but also contemporary tale.”
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).

More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Thursday 20, from 6.30 pm, Cloud presents Exodus, a photographic exhibition with film screenings based on the refugee crisis on Lesbos in 2015, featuring the photography of of Isabelle Serro, Juan Carlos Mohr and Cèsar Lopez Balan. The opening night will feature two short documentaries: 53 Moons, directed by Balan, and White Helmets recently released by Netflix.  Exhibition runs until November 2.
More info

At Meta House on Friday 21 from 2 pm, the opening of an exhibition, Beyond “Tolerance” – Living Together With Migrants presented by the Mekong Migration Network (MMN): a multimedia presentation and photo exhibition as part of an ongoing project, in collaboration with documentary photographer John Hulme. The photos will be exhibited from 21-23 October. The exhibition includes a broad range of photos capturing the aspirations and struggles of migrants in destination and home countries, including Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Japan.
More info

Friday 21 from 7 pm, Spoken Word Open Mic #2 at The L Bar in the Lakeside district. Jenny and Morgan host and invite spoken word performers of all types – writers and readers – to participate.
More info

Friday 21 (7 pm) and Saturday 22 (5 pm and 8 pm), The Phnom Penh Players present an original short play, Kill Friar: The Enduring Ballad of Juliet’s Revenge, a sequel to their production earlier this year of Romeo y Juliet, to mark the 400^th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.   Performances are at the Department of Performing Arts (St 173, Tuol Tom Pong). Tickets are $10 and available at Box Office (#76, Street 244), Long After Dark (Street 450), and The Flicks Community House 1 (#39B, Street 95).
More info

Friday 21 from 8.30 pm at Show Box, The Comedy Club Cambodia presents Canadian comic Brian Aylward, Sam Thomas of the US and Englishman Dan Riley, with Nik Coppin as MC.
More info

N o w h e r e is offering a workshop on Saturday 22 entitled Self portrait: acrylic on canvas, offering instruction on portraiture basics, acrylic technique and brush types. 1 pm – 5 pm.
More info

On Sunday 23, Khmer Architecture Tours offers 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork and the White Building in Bassac. 8.30 am start. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Sunday 23, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Sunday 23 at 5.30 pm, Constable Gallery at Large in Siem Reap hosts the opening of Resilience, a photographic exhibition to mark the 25^th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Cambodian civil war.
More info

On Monday 24, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional drawing class at 7 pm for $1.
More info

Last call for submissions for Microgallery N o w h e r e’s  experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, to run from 26 October until 11 November. Deadline: 21 October.
More info

Coming up:

• The Kampot Writers and Readers Festival, 3 – 7 November. A comprehensive list of the many visitors to the KWRF is now available on-line. More on the KWRF next week.
• On the same weekend, the 13th Phnom Penh International Music Festival, 3 – 7 November, entitled SHAKESPEARE 400, featuring music, songs and poetry from the Renaissance to mark the 400^th anniversary English writer’s death. The programme is on-line now.
• On the same weekend, Sophiline Arts Ensemble presents return performances of the groundbreaking A Bend in the River, choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, featuring an original score by Him Sophy, puppets by Pich Sopheap, costumes by San Vannary and sets by the artists of Char RUFA. Friday 4 to Sunday 6 at 7 pm at the Khmer Arts Theater, Street 115, Takhmao. (Roundtrip bus service available from Phnom Penh for $2.50 per seat.)   Entry at the door: $2.50

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Thursday 20, 6.30 pm at Cloud, Exodus, a photographic exhibition with film screenings based on the refugee crisis on Lesbos in 2015, plus two short documentaries: 53 Moons, and White Helmets. Exhibition runs until November 2.
More info

Friday 21, 2 pm at Meta House the opening of an exhibition, Beyond “Tolerance” – Living Together With Migrants presented by the Mekong Migration Network (MMN): a multimedia presentation and photo exhibition as part of an ongoing project, in collaboration with documentary photographer John Hulme. This weekend only.
More info

Friday 21, 7 pm, Spoken Word Open Mic #2 at The L Bar in the Lakeside district. All types of writers and readers are invited to participate.
More info

Friday 21, 7 pm, at the Department of Performing Arts, The Phnom Penh Players present an original short play, Kill Friar: The Enduring Ballad of Juliet’s Revenge.
More info

Friday 21, 8.30 pm at Show Box, The Comedy Club Cambodia presents Brian Aylward, Sam Thomas, and Dan Riley, with Nik Coppin as MC.
More info

Saturday 22, 1 pm, N o w h e r e is offering a workshop entitled Self portrait: acrylic on canvas.
More info

Saturday 22, 5 pm and 8 pm, at the Department of Performing Arts, The Phnom Penh Players present an original short play, Kill Friar: The Enduring Ballad of Juliet’s Revenge.
More info

Sunday 23, 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offers 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork and the White Building in Bassac. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 23, 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box . Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Sunday 23, 5.30 pm, Constable Gallery at Large in Siem Reap hosts the opening of Resilience, a photographic exhibition to mark the 25^th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords that ended the Cambodian civil war.
More info

Monday 24, 7.30 pm, Drink and Draw at Cloud. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional drawing class at 7 pm for $1.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

The Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Tioulong, Echoes from a Golden Past, an exhibition of photographs by Kim Hak uncovering the lost villas of the village of Tioulong in Kirirom National Park.
More info

At the Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery on St 242, Envisioning the Future of the Post Office Square, an exhibition of architectural models designed by seven groups of university students from Norton University, Pannasastra University of Cambodia and Royal University of Fine Arts, who participated in a competition to re-design the future for the square.
More info

The FCC presents Kambuja, by Em Riem, a new series of works inspired by Cambodian portraits from the early twentieth century, produced on burlap.
More info

The French Institute hosts an exhibition, For those who are no longer here, by Phnom Penh born artist Sera, focusing on the preparation of a Khmer Rouge memorial that will be constructed near the French Embassy. Run through to November 3.
More info

Meta House presents an exhibition of arts and crafts put together by the Department of Fine Arts and Handicrafts at the Ministry of Culture, an annual showcase of works by artists and artisans from Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Thom, Prey Veng and Phnom Penh.
More info

Romcheik Pram brings to Battambang the recent Meta House show by hometown artist Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!). “Sakadey is the name of an imaginary village, living removed from time, whose inhabitants and various characters (ghosts, historical figures, stone statues, cartoon characters, animals, and even creatures that combine all these forms…) tell a timeless but also contemporary tale.”
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Wednesday 5 at 1 pm at the National Museum, the latest of the Histories of the Future Talk Series events, The Art of Storytelling, featuring artists from the Jorng Jam project: Kong Vollak, Neak Sophal, Kim Hak and Neang Kavich. Jorng Jam is a collaborative artistic project unlocking the history of Cambodians through their family archives, which has held exhibitions in Phnom Penh and in Brisbane, Australia, and it now has a website: you can check it out here. Note the talk is free but there is an entry free for the Museum.
More info

On Wednesday 5 at 6 pm, the FCC presents Kambuja, by Em Riem, a new series of works inspired by Cambodian portraits from the early twentieth century, produced on burlap.
More info

Beginning on Thursday 6 at 6.30 pm, and continuing until Saturday 8, the French Institute hosts an exhibition, conference and live art performance of the works of Phnom Penh born artist Sera, including the preparation of a Khmer Rouge memorial that will be constructed near the French Embassy. The exhibition, For those who are no longer here, will run through to November 3.
More info

On Friday 7 at the Phnom Penh Post Office, corner Sts 13 and 102, the opening of Envisioning the Future of the Post Office Square, an exhibition of architectural models designed by seven groups of university students from Norton University, Pannasastra University of Cambodia and Royal University of Fine Arts, who participated in a competition to re-design the future for the square. 6 pm – 8 pm. A reception will follow on Thursday 13 at the Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery on St 242.
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On Saturday 8 Phnom Penh Community College is presenting a double art workshop – life drawing with charcoal in the morning, and portraits with oil pastels in the afternoon. Bookings essential. These workshops are suitable for people with very little or no experience in art. $35 each or $60 for two.
More info

On Saturday afternoon, N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312) offers a block printing on fabric workshop. Places strictly limited, and only open to people who have completed the rubber stamp for beginners class.
More info

On Saturday 8, 7 pm at Meta House, Performance Exchange of London presents Homage to Beckett, a memorial theatrical performance in honour of Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize winning author and the great chronicler of time, lost time, memory, laughter, longing and despair. Admission Fee: $7.
More info

On Sunday 9, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Central Phnom Penh by cyclo. 8.30 am start. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Sunday 9, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Sunday 9 at 8 pm at Meta House, the Classical Music Concert Series presents Homage To Astor Piazolla: L’Histoire du Tango-Latin American with Anton Isselhardt (Flute) and Pongpat Pongpradit (Guitar); $10/$3, reservations and additional information 077 787039 or artplusfoundation [ at ] gmail.com.
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On Monday 10, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional drawing class at 7 pm for $1.
More info

Microgallery N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312) is calling for submissions for a planned experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, to run from 26 October until 11 November. Deadline: 21 October.
More info

Coming up soon:

• spoken word open mic #2 at The L Bar
• The Kampot Writers and Readers Festival

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 5, 1 pm at the National Museum, the latest of the Histories of the Future Talk Series events, The Art of Storytelling, featuring artists from the Jorng Jam project: Kong Vollak, Neak Sophal, Kim Hak and Neang Kavich. Note the talk is free but there is an entry free for the Museum.
More info

Wednesday 5, 6 pm, the FCC presents Kambuja, by Em Riem, a new series of works inspired by Cambodian portraits from the early twentieth century, produced on burlap.
More info

Thursday 6 at 6.30 pm, at the French Institute, Sera, passer on of the Cambodian memory, on the artist’s work and the design of a memorial .
More info

Thursday 6, 7.30 pm, at the French Institute, the opening of an exhibition, For those who are no longer here, by the artists Sera. Runs through to November 3.
More info

Friday 7, 6 pm at the Phnom Penh Post Office, corner Sts 13 and 102, the opening of Envisioning the Future of the Post Office Square, an exhibition of architectural models designed university students to re-design the future for the square. A reception will follow on Thursday 13 at the Asia Foundation Community Art Gallery on St 242.
More info

Saturday 8, 9 am, Phnom Penh Community College presents a double art workshop – life drawing with charcoal in the morning, and portraits with oil pastels in the afternoon. Bookings essential.
More info

Saturday 8, 12 pm, N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312) offers a block printing on fabric workshop.
More info

Saturday 8, 4.30 pm, at the French Institute, a live art performance by artist Sera.
More info

Saturday 8, 7 pm at Meta House, Performance Exchange of London presents Homage to Beckett, a memorial theatrical performance in honour of Samuel Beckett. $7.
More info

Sunday 9, 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Central Phnom Penh by cyclo. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 9, 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Sunday 9, 8 pm at Meta House, the Classical Music Concert Series presents Homage To Astor Piazolla: L’Histoire du Tango-Latin American with Anton Isselhardt (Flute) and Pongpat Pongpradit (Guitar); $10/$3, reservations and additional information 077 787039 or artplusfoundation [ at ] gmail.com.
More info

Monday 10, 7.30 pm, Drink and Draw at Cloud. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional drawing class at 7 pm for $1.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

The L Bar presents Exploration, an art exhibition by Flori Green.
More info

Meta House presents an exhibition of arts and crafts put together by the Department of Fine Arts and Handicrafts at the Ministry of Culture, an annual showcase of works by artists and artisans from Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Thom, Prey Veng and Phnom Penh.
More info

At Bophana Centre, the Young Women’s Leadership Network presents Photo’s Voice, a photographic exhibition that arises out of a competition held for young Cambodians, 15 – 25 years old, “to highlight the importance of women in the development of the economy, health and environment sector in Cambodia.”
More info

Romcheik Pram brings to Battambang the recent Meta House show by hometown artist Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!). “Sakadey is the name of an imaginary village, living removed from time, whose inhabitants and various characters (ghosts, historical figures, stone statues, cartoon characters, animals, and even creatures that combine all these forms…) tell a timeless but also contemporary tale.”
More info

Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Cutting Edge, an exhibition of lithography that arose out of the 2011 visit of a team from La Ceiba Gráfica, a prestigious lithography and etching centre in the Veracruz hills to the Royal University of Cambodia. Kong Vollak has curated the exhibition, which includes works by many Cambodian artists and students.
More info

At Meta House, a photographic and poetry exhibition by the Filipino artist Arvin Mamhot. “Capturing life in a tenth of a second, the common becomes beautiful as you look into these moments that we often miss.”
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 16 October.
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).

More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 27 from 6 pm at Meta House, a photographic and poetry exhibition by the Filipino artist Arvin Mamhot. “Capturing life in a tenth of a second, the common becomes beautiful as you look into these moments that we often miss.”
More info

Tonight, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28, the last chances to see The Phnom Penh Players’ presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei. Tickets on-sale from Box Office, Flicks 1, and Le Grand Palais. $10 each. Proceeds from the shows will support the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre.
More info

N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312) has announced the resumption of their fortnightly Sketch Circle commencing Wednesday 28. BYO materials, or $2 for using theirs. No artistic background required.
More info

This weekend Phnom Penh Community College returns to an artistic offering with double art workshops on Saturday 1. Life drawing with charcoal in the morning, and portraits with oil pastels in the afternoon. The workshops are aimed at people with little or no experience. $35 each of $60 for both. Registration essential.
More info

On Saturday 1 from 8 pm, Bangkok based performing arts and media company Signal Flare presents a spoken word event, Look Out Phnom Penh, featuring local and imported poetry, comedy, rap and more, at Hops Brewery and Craft Beer Garden (St 228). $10 entry with a free drink.
More info

On Sunday 2, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building. 8.30 am start. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Also on Sunday 2, Grand opening of The L Bar at the Lakeside will feature poetry readings, workshops, Exploration, an art exhibition by Flori Green, music and more. Starts 2 pm and goes into the evening.
More info

Microgallery N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312) is calling for submissions for a planned experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, to run from 26 October until 11 November. Deadline: 21 October.
More info

Coming up soon:

• Envisioning the Future of the Post Office Square, an exhibition of architectural models designed by seven groups of university students from Norton University, Pannasastra University of Cambodia and Royal University of Fine Arts, who participated in a competition to re-design the future for the square
• more art workshops at Phnom Penh Community College
• Design Kompany and Kismuth Publishing workshop Self, with orientation day on October 3
• spoken word open mic #2 at The L Bar
• The Kampot Writers and Readers Festival

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 27, 6 pm at Meta House, a photographic and poetry exhibition by the Filipino artist Arvin Mamhot.
More info

Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28, The Phnom Penh Players’ presentation of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei.
More info

Wednesday 28, Phnom Penh Sketch Circle at N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312). BYO materials, or $2 for using theirs. No artistic background required.
More info

Saturday 1, morning and afternoon art workshops at Phnom Penh Community College. Registration essential.
More info

Saturday 1, 8 pm, at Hops Brewery and Craft Beer Garden (St 228), Signal Flare presents a spoken word event, Look Out Phnom Penh, featuring local and imported poetry, comedy, rap and more, $10 entry with a free drink.
More info

Sunday 2, 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offers Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 2, from 2 pm, Grand opening of The L Bar at the Lakeside will feature poetry readings, workshops, Exploration, an art exhibition by Flori Green, music and more.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.
Meta House presents an exhibition of arts and crafts put together by the Department of Fine Arts and Handicrafts at the Ministry of Culture, an annual showcase of works by artists and artisans from Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Thom, Prey Veng and Phnom Penh.
More info

At Bophana Centre, the Young Women’s Leadership Network presents Photo’s Voice, a photographic exhibition that arises out of a competition held for young Cambodians, 15 – 25 years old, “to highlight the importance of women in the development of the economy, health and environment sector in Cambodia.”
More info

Romcheik Pram brings to Battambang the recent Meta House show by hometown artist Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!). “Sakadey is the name of an imaginary village, living removed from time, whose inhabitants and various characters (ghosts, historical figures, stone statues, cartoon characters, animals, and even creatures that combine all these forms…) tell a timeless but also contemporary tale.”
More info

Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Cutting Edge, an exhibition of lithography that arose out of the 2011 visit of a team from La Ceiba Gráfica, a prestigious lithography and etching centre in the Veracruz hills to the Royal University of Cambodia. Kong Vollak has curated the exhibition, which includes works by many Cambodian artists and students.
More info

The French Institute presents a photographic exhibition, City by Night, by Chantal Stoman and students of Studio Images, examining Phnom Penh and its airport after dark. The show runs until the end of September.
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 16 October.
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 20 at 6 pm at Meta House, an exhibition of arts and crafts put together by the Department of Fine Arts and Handicrafts at the Ministry of Culture, an annual showcase of works by artists and artisans from Siem Reap, Battambang, Kampong Thom, Prey Veng and Phnom Penh.
More info

Also tonight, Tuesday 20, up in Siem Reap, Bambu Stage presents Temples Decoded at Tangram Garden, behind Wat Damnak. “Using a large interactive model, museum planner Nick Coffill creates a beautiful masterplan for a typical Cambodian temple that you can take as a mind-map to any location around the country.” The evening includes a set banquet at the Geographers Table at $25 (with discounts available). Starts at 6.46pm. Reservations essential: call 0977 26 1110.
More info

On Wednesday 21 at 2 pm at LOT 369, join Kismuth Books editor Dipika Kohli at LOT 369 for a conversation about digital publishing and readings from the new book, Breakfast in Cambodia.
More info

Staring Thursday 22 and continuing nightly until Wednesday 28 (note not Sunday), The Phnom Penh Players present A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei. Tickets are on-sale now from Box Office, Flicks 1, and Le Grand Palais. $10 each. Proceeds from the shows will support the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre.
More info

On Friday 23 from 6.30 pm at Bophana Centre, the Young Women’s Leadership Network presents Photo’s Voice, a photographic exhibition that arises out of a competition held for young Cambodians, 15 – 25 years old, “to highlight the importance of women in the development of the economy, health and environment sector in Cambodia.”
More info

Friday 23 and Saturday 24 at 7 pm, the French Institute will host the first public screenings of Christopher Rompre’s documentary about the great Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann The Man Who Built Cambodia, with Q&A to follow. Tickets will be limited, on a first come, first served basis, and only available from the French Institute on the day of the screening.
More info

On Saturday 24 from 9.30 am, Lotus Center at Takhmau presents an all day workshop series and performance, The Vocal Body, facilitated by Australian vocal artist and therapist Trish Watts. Contact Trish 0962556527 or Eric 0972834395.
More info

Also on Saturday 24, at 10 am, downstairs at Meta House, a performance of Meta’s educational theatre project The Courageous Turtle that aims to enhance Cambodian students’ knowledge and awareness of history of the Khmer Rouge. English subtitles provided. Free entrance but limited seating, please register your seat via mesterharm [at] gmx.net.
More info

On Sunday 25 from 5 pm, Romcheik Pram brings to Battambang the recent Meta House show by hometown artist Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!). “Sakadey is the name of an imaginary village, living removed from time, whose inhabitants and various characters (ghosts, historical figures, stone statues, cartoon characters, animals, and even creatures that combine all these forms…) tell a timeless but also contemporary tale.”
More info

On Sunday 25, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Microgallery N o w h e r e (#3, St. 312) is calling for submissions for a planned experimental three-dimensional art show, Strange Creatures, to run from 26 October until 11 November. Deadline: 21 October.
More info

The Angkor Photo Festival has released its 2016 programme and it can be downloaded here.

Coming up soon:

• a series of photographs and poetry exhibition by the Filipino artist Arvin Mamhot at Meta House
• a spoken word event Look Out Phnom Penh featuring poetry, comedy, rap and more at Hops
• Grand opening of The L Bar featuring poetry, art, workshops and more; also spoken word open mic #2

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 20, 6 pm, at Meta House, an exhibition of arts and crafts put together by the Department of Fine Arts and Handicrafts at the Ministry of Culture, an annual showcase of works by artists and artisans from around the country.
More info

Tuesday 20, 6.46 pm, Bambu Stage presents Temples Decoded at Tangram Garden, behind Wat Damnak, Siem Reap. “Using a large interactive model, museum planner Nick Coffill creates a beautiful masterplan for a typical Cambodian temple.” $25, includes a set banquet Reservations essential: call 0977 26 1110.
More info

Wednesday 21, at 2 pm at LOT 369, Kismuth Books editor Dipika Kohli at LOT 369 hosts a conversation about digital publishing with readings from the new book Breakfast in Cambodia.
More info

Thursday 22 – Saturday 24, then Monday 26 – Wednesday 28, The Phnom Penh Players present A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei. Tickets are on-sale now.
More info

Friday 23, 6.30 pm at Bophana Centre, the Young Women’s Leadership Network presents Photo’s Voice, a photographic exhibition that arises out of a competition held for young Cambodians, 15 – 25 years old.
More info

Friday 23, 7 pm at the French Institute, Christopher Rompre’s documentary about the great Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann The Man Who Built Cambodia,.
More info

Saturday 24, 9.30 am at Lotus Center at Takhmau, an all day workshop series and performance, The Vocal Body, facilitated by Australian vocal artist and therapist Trish Watts. Contact Trish 0962556527 or Eric 0972834395.
More info

Saturday 24, at 10 am, downstairs at Meta House, a performance of Meta’s educational theatre project The Courageous Turtle that aims to enhance Cambodian students’ knowledge and awareness of history of the Khmer Rouge. Free entrance but limited seating, please register your seat via mesterharm [at] gmx.net.
More info

Saturday 23, 7 pm at the French Institute, Christopher Rompre’s documentary about the great Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann The Man Who Built Cambodia,.
More info

Sunday 25, 5 pm at Romcheik Pram in Battambang, an exhibition by Hour Seyha, Phum Sakadey som swa kum! (Welcome to my village!).
More info

Sunday 25, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress.  Next event, September 25.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Cutting Edge, an exhibition of lithography that arose out of the 2011 visit of a team from La Ceiba Gráfica, a prestigious lithography and etching centre in the Veracruz hills to the Royal University of Cambodia. Kong Vollak has curated the exhibition, which includes works by many Cambodian artists and students.
More info

Meta House hosts a photo exhibition opening, E-motion, by photographer and poet Choun Sopheap.
More info

Meta House presents The Silent Explosion, a photographic exhibition celebrating the rapidly emerging urban street art in Kathmandu, Nepal, by photographer Ali Al-Nasani. “Street Art is free. Works are never created to be sold. The only goal is to communicate – to the largest possible audience.”
More info

The French Institute presents a photographic exhibition, City by Night, by Chantal Stoman and students of Studio Images, examining Phnom Penh and its airport after dark. The show runs until the end of September.
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 16 October.
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 13, N o w h e r e (St 312) presents an art talk by Siev Phin Chong, young Cambodian independent filmaker and founder of PEACE Films, and a member of the Plerng Kob community, a collaborative group of individuals passionate about the arts, who will share his journey and dreams for future Cambodia arts and creativity. Entrance is free but seats are limited. 7 pm start.
More info

On Friday 16 at 2 pm at the National Museum, as part of the Histories of the Future exhibition talk series, Anida Yoeu Ali and Leang Seckon will address on Constructing an Artistic Vocabulary. Curator Dana Langlois will also conduct a guided tour of selected artworks.
More info

Friday 16 from 6 pm, The L Bar at Boeng Kak is hosting a spoken word open mic, hosted by Jenny and Morgan. All forms of spoken word performance are welcomed.
More info

Up in Siem Reap on Friday 16 Bambu Stage presents SNAP! 150 Years Of Photography In Cambodia, featuring projections of rare and unusual images dating from the first photographs of Angkor Wat in the 1860s. The show includes a set banquet afterwards at the Photographers Table for $25 (with discounts available). Starts at 6.46 pm with a free welcome drink. Call 0977 26 1110 to reserve a seat. Bambu Stage performs at Tangram Garden, behind Wat Damnak, Siem Reap.
More info

The Cloud block party, a monthly celebration of hip hop culture, this Friday 16 at the bottom of St 9. The event will include a live painting performance by Venks. From 7 pm.
More info

Also on Friday 16, from 7 pm, downstairs at Meta House, a performance of Meta’s educational theatre project The Courageous Turtle that aims to enhance Cambodian students’ knowledge and awareness of history of the Khmer Rouge. English subtitles provided. Free entrance but limited seating, please register your seat via mesterharm [at] gmx.net.
More info

This weekend, Khmer Architecture Tours offers two tours, Four Religions of Phnom Penh on Saturday 17, and Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building on Sunday 18. 8.30 am starts. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Sunday 18 at 1 pm, N o w h e r e (St 312) offers a three hour shadow puppet making workshop in a collaborative effort by several independent artists in Phnom Penh in support of Sovanna Phum Art Association. The workshop will be run by Sovanna Phum founder Master Mann Kosal. $60 per person, maximum eight people per session. Discounts available for Cambodians and under 21s. For booking call: 085 402 712 (Ajin).
More info

On Sunday 18 at 7 pm, Meta House presents Australian classical guitarist and composer Chris Kotchie in concert. His compositions explore Australia’s history and landscapes, ancient inventions and art. $10 entrance.
More info

On Monday 19, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3; additional drawing class from 7 pm for $1.
More info

Coming up later this month:

• Tuesday 20 in Siem Reap, Bambu Stage presents Temples Decoded
• Thursday 22 – Wednesday 28, The Phnom Penh Players present A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei. Tickets are on-sale now, from Box Office, Flicks 1, and Le Grand Palais. $10 each. Proceeds from the shows will support the Cambodian Women’s Crisis Centre.
• Friday 23 and Saturday 24, the French Institute will host the first public screenings of Christopher Rompre’s documentary about the great Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann The Man Who Built Cambodia, with Q&A to follow. Tickets will be limited, on a first come, first served basis, and only available from the French Institute on the day of the screening.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.
Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 13, 7 pm, N o w h e r e (St 312) presents an art talk by Siev Phin Chong, young Cambodian independent filmaker and founder of PEACE Films, on his journey and dreams for future Cambodia arts and creativity. Entrance is free but seats are limited.
More info

Friday 16, 2 pm at the National Museum, as part of the Histories of the Future exhibition talk series, Anida Yoeu Ali and Leang Seckon will address on Constructing an Artistic Vocabulary, plus guided tour of artworks by curator Dana Langlois.
More info

Friday 16, 6 pm, The L Bar at Boeng Kak is hosting a spoken word open mic, hosted by Jenny and Morgan.
More info

Friday 16, 6.46 pm at Tangram Garden, Siem Reap, Bambu Stage presents SNAP! 150 Years Of Photography In Cambodia, including a set banquet. Call 0977 26 1110 to reserve a seat.
More info

Friday 16, 7 pm, the Cloud block party at the bottom of St 9, including a live painting performance by Venks.
More info

Friday 16, 7 pm, downstairs at Meta House, a performance of Meta’s educational theatre project The Courageous Turtle with English subtitles. Free entrance but limited seating, please register your seat via mesterharm [at] gmx.net.
More info

Saturday 17, 8.30 am, Four Religions of Phnom Penh by Khmer Architecture Tours. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 18, 8.30 am, Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building by Khmer Architecture Tours. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 18, 1 pm, N o w h e r e (St 312) offers a three hour shadow puppet making workshop with by Sovanna Phum founder Master Mann Kosal. For bookings call: 085 402 712 (Ajin).
More info

Sunday 18, 7 pm, Meta House presents Australian classical guitarist and composer Chris Kotchie in concert.
More info

Monday 19, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3; additional drawing class from 7 pm for $1.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress.  Next event, September 25.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Cutting Edge, an exhibition of lithography that arose out of the 2011 visit of a team from La Ceiba Gráfica, a prestigious lithography and etching centre in the Veracruz hills to the Royal University of Cambodia. Kong Vollak has curated the exhibition, which includes works by many Cambodian artists and students.
More info

Meta House hosts a photo exhibition opening, E-motion, by photographer and poet Choun Sopheap.
More info

Meta House presents The Silent Explosion, a photographic exhibition celebrating the rapidly emerging urban street art in Kathmandu, Nepal, by photographer Ali Al-Nasani. “Street Art is free. Works are never created to be sold. The only goal is to communicate – to the largest possible audience.”
More info

Cloud presents an exhibition by self-taught painter Chan Ravy, Imagination Art. “Ravy is a dreamer, he loves to get lost in thought when he looks at a landscape. That’s why most of his painting seem to come out of a dream.”   Until September 19.
More info

The French Institute presents a photographic exhibition, City by Night, by Chantal Stoman and students of Studio Images, examining Phnom Penh and its airport after dark. The show runs until the end of September.
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 16 October.
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

Tonight, Tuesday 6, from 6 pm at Meta House – in fact in front of Meta House – Made Elsewhere an installation by Taiwanese artist Li Kueipi will be unveiled.
More info

The media launch party for the Kampot Writers and Readers Festival will be held on Wednesday 7 from 5 – 7 pm at The Exchange. Come get a taste of what’s on offer at this year’s festival, to be held 3 – 7 November; some very special guests indeed.
More info

On Wednesday 7 at 6 pm, the Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Cutting Edge, an exhibition of lithography that arose out of the 2011 visit of a team from La Ceiba Gráfica, a prestigious lithography and etching centre in the Veracruz hills to the Royal University of Cambodia. Kong Vollak has curated the exhibition, which includes works by many Cambodian artists and students.
More info

On Wednesday 7 at 6 pm, N o w h e r e (St 312) offers a workshop on rubber stamping for beginners run by Lolli Park, a visual artist from Seoul. $40 per person, with a maximum of six people for the three hour session.
More info

On Wednesday 7, the commencement of a series of acting classes hosted by Common Sole, guided by Eric Ellul.  The first semester will run through to January, with a second semester from February to June next year. Open to all levels, from beginners to experienced performers (minimum 12 years old). English, French and Khmer languages catered for. 6.30 pm – 9 pm.
More info

On Friday 9 from 10.30 am at Brown on Norodom, Kismuth Books presents “a small, light breakfast-time conversation and short reading of The Village Report: Breakfast in Cambodia. Free event, but numbers limited to ten – please RSVP.
More info

On Sunday 11 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Central Phnom Penh by cyclo. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Sunday 11 at 11 am, a piano matinee as part of the Classical Music Concert Series. Kheng Hoe Low from Malaysia will play works by Chopin, Liszt, and Beethoven. $10/$3 includes a bowl of hearty German lentil soup.
More info

On Sunday 11, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

On Sunday 11 at Meta House, from 6 pm, a combined photo exhibition opening and poetry night, E-motion. Photographer and poet Choun Sopheap is joined by Nou Hach Literary Association members Loch Chantha, Yeng Chheangly, Salvadorian beat poet Antonio Pineda and many more.
More info

Drunk Nude, the Heng Ravuth exhibition at Java Independence, has been extended through to October 16. You can view the catalogue here.

Coming up later this month:

• Friday 16, spoken word open micat The L Bar
• Thursday 22 – Wednesday 28, The Phnom Penh Players present A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei. Tickets go on sale at locations to be advised soon.
• Friday 23 and Saturay 24, the French Institute will host the first public screenings of Christopher Rompre’s documentary about the great Cambodian architect Vann Molyvann The Man Who Built Cambodia, with Q&A to follow. Tickets will be limited, on a first come, first served basis, and only available from the French Institute on the day of the screening.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.
Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 6, 6 pm at Meta House, the unveiling of Made Elsewhere, an installation by Taiwanese artist Li Kueipi.
More info

Wednesday 7, 5 pm – 7 pm, the media launch party for the Kampot Writers and Readers Festival at The Exchange.
More info

Wednesday 7, 6 pm, the Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation presents Cutting Edge, an exhibition of lithography that arose out of the 2011 visit of a team from La Ceiba Gráfica, a prestigious lithography and etching centre in the Veracruz hills to the Royal University of Cambodia.
More info

Wednesday 7, 6 pm, N o w h e r e (St 312) offers a workshop on rubber stamping for beginners run by Lolli Park. $40 per person.
More info

Wednesday 7, 6.30 pm – 9 pm, the commencement of a series of acting classes hosted by Common Sole, guided by Eric Ellul. Open to all levels, from beginners to experienced performers (minimum 12 years old).
More info

Friday 9, 10.30 am, at Brown on Norodom, Kismuth Books presents “a small, light breakfast-time conversation and short reading of The Village Report: Breakfast in Cambodia.
More info

Sunday 11 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Central Phnom Penh by cyclo. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 11 at 11 am, the Classical Music Concert Series presents Kheng Hoe Low from Malaysia playing Chopin, Liszt, and Beethoven. $10/$3 includes a bowl of hearty German lentil soup.
More info

Sunday 11, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Sunday 11, 6 pm, Meta House presents a combined photo exhibition opening and poetry night, E-motion, featuring Choun Sopheap, Nou Hach Literary Association members Loch Chantha, Yeng Chheangly, Salvadorian beat poet Antonio Pineda and many more.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress.  Next event, September 11.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

Meta House presents The Silent Explosion, a photographic exhibition celebrating the rapidly emerging urban street art in Kathmandu, Nepal, by photographer Ali Al-Nasani. “Street Art is free. Works are never created to be sold. The only goal is to communicate – to the largest possible audience.”
More info

Cloud presents an exhibition by self-taught painter Chan Ravy, Imagination Art. “Ravy is a dreamer, he loves to get lost in thought when he looks at a landscape. That’s why most of his painting seem to come out of a dream.”   Until September 19.
More info

The French Institute presents a photographic exhibition, City by Night, by Chantal Stoman and students of Studio Images, examining Phnom Penh and its airport after dark. The show runs until the end of September.
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 16 October.
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

On Wednesday 31, Cloud presents an exhibition by self-taught painter Chan Ravy, Imagination Art. “Ravy is a dreamer, he loves to get lost in thought when he looks at a landscape. That’s why most of his painting seem to come out of a dream.”   Starts at 7 pm, runs to September 19.
More info

On Thursday 1, 6 pm – 8 pm, TINI (#57, St 450, Toul Tom Poung) hosts the launch of Kismuth Books’ new publication, Breakfast in Cambodia, by Dipika Kholi, the first in a series of books entitled The Village Report, “which chronicles the true story of abandoning a way of life and a set of ideals for ‘how things should be done’.” The launch will include games and a reading.
More info

On Thursday 1 from 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents a photographic exhibition, City by Night, by Chantal Stoman and students of Studio Images, examining Phnom Penh and its airport after dark. The show runs until the end of September.
More info

This week Cambodian Living Arts presents Jolana Jongjam II (Movement Memory 2), a four-day youth-oriented festival of contemporary dance. “The theme ‘Movement Memories’ invites the performers to use movement to explore memories, and the idea of memory itself.”  On Thursday 1 (American University of Phnom Penh) and Friday 2 (Pannasastra University of Cambodia), New Cambodian Artists will perform Bach/Tango, and Growing Up In Public, while Epic Arts will perform Krama, and Come Back Brighter. Then on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 at 7 pm at the National Museum, New Cambodian Artists present their newest work, Dance to the Moon, “A dreamlike show about memories of the future past.”
More info

Friday 2, Meta House presents The Silent Explosion, a photographic exhibition celebrating the rapidly emerging urban street art in Kathmandu, Nepal, by photographer Ali Al-Nasani. “Street Art is free. Works are never created to be sold. The only goal is to communicate – to the largest possible audience.” From 6 pm.
More info

On Saturday 3, N o w h e r e (St 312) invites all comers to Muy Dollar Portraits, where Lolli Park and Syahrulfikri Salleh will draw you in caricature for $1. 11 am – 2 pm and then 3 pm to 5 pm.
More info

On Sunday 4 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Monday 5, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional short drawing class from 7 pm for an extra $1.
More info

Coming up later this month (22 – 28 September), The Phnom Penh Players present A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at Le Grande Palais near Psar Thmei. Tickets go on sale 5 September at locations to be advised soon.

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 31, 7 pm, Cloud presents an exhibition by self-taught painter Chan Ravy, Imagination Art.
More info

Thursday 1, 6 pm – 8 pm, TINI (#57, St 450, Toul Tom Poung) hosts the launch of Kismuth Books’ new publication, Breakfast in Cambodia, by Dipika Kholi, the first in a series of books entitled The Village Report.
More info

Thursday 1, 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents a photographic exhibition, City by Night, by Chantal Stoman and students of Studio Images, examining Phnom Penh and its airport after dark.
More info

Thursday 1, 5.30 pm at American University of Phnom Penh, Jolana Jongjam II (Movement Memory 2) contemporary dance festival featuring New Cambodian Artists and Epic Arts.
More info

Friday 2, 6 pm at Pannasastra University of Cambodia, Jolana Jongjam II (Movement Memory 2) contemporary dance festival featuring New Cambodian Artists and Epic Arts.
More info

Friday 2, 6 pm, Meta House presents The Silent Explosion, a photographic exhibition celebrating the rapidly emerging urban street art in Kathmandu, Nepal, by photographer Ali Al-Nasani.
More info

Saturday 3, 11 am – 2 pm, 3 pm – 5 pm, Muy Dollar Portraits at N o w h e r e (St 312).
More info

Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 at 7 pm at the National Museum, Jolana Jongjam II (Movement Memory 2) contemporary dance festival featuring New Cambodian Artists and Epic Arts.
More info

Sunday 4 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and White Building. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Monday 5, Drink and Draw at Cloud from 7.30 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3. Additional short drawing class from 7 pm for an extra $1.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress.  Next event, September 11.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

WaterLily (#37, St 240, next to The Shop) is hosting an exhibition of abstract paintings by Christine Gauthier, Encre & Sre Ambel.
More info

Meta House presents an exhibition by Cambodian painter Chhim Sothy, YEAR 41, a reflection on his survival of the Khmer Rouge years and subsequent efforts to overcome trauma and contribute to the on-going reconciliation process in Cambodia.
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 30 September.
More info

At the National Museum, Histories of the future, an exhibition curated by Dana Langlois showcasing Cambodia’s contemporary art links with Australia.
More info

The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
More info

Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
More info
Even more info

New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
More info

Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
More info

The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).

More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
More info
In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
More info

DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com

Greetings,

We missed the opening last week, but for a few weeks WaterLily (#37, St 240, next toThe Shop) is hosting an exhibition of abstract paintings by Christine Gauthier, Encre & Sre Ambel.
More info

Seed Dance Management is looking for young, dynamic female dancers to join their performance team to tour and perform around Asia. Auditions will be held Saturday 27, 3 pm – 5 pm.
More info

On Sunday 21 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork and the White Building in Bassac. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

On Sunday 28 at Lotus Centre, Takhmau, improvisation community Common Sole is holding a contact improvisation basics class, coordinated by Caroline Rowland, a UK based inclusive dance artist, with jam to follow. 3 pm – 5 pm. Transport to and from Phnom Penh available.
More info

On Sunday 28, Drink and Draw at Show Box from 7 pm. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Coming soon:

• photographic exhibition, City by Night, at the French Institute
• dance performance, Dance to the Moon, by New Cambodian Artists
• book launch, The Village Report, by Kismuth Books
• spoken word open mic at The L Bar

For a more rock’n’roll musical flavour of Phnom Penh, make sure you follow weekly gig guide LengPleng.com as well.

Fabian Hipp

Kumnooh
fabianhipp@kumnooh.com

If you are a venue or artist and would like to receive a weekly reminder to provide Kumnooh with an upcoming event or activity, please contact fabianhipp@kumnooh.com and ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Saturday 27, 3 pm – 5 pm, auditions for dancers for Seed Dance Management.
More info

Sunday 21, 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents 1960s Houses and Villas in Toul Kork and the White Building in Bassac. Reservations required, email contact [@] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 28, 3 pm – 5 pm, at Lotus Centre, Takhmau, improvisation community Common Sole is holding a contact improvisation basics class and jam. Transport to and from Phnom Penh available.
More info

Sunday 28, 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box. Two hours with a life model for $3.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at Eurêka (#63, St 88) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6.30 pm, Bophana Center presents Cine Soiree, an evening of film and discussion. Programme changes every week, across a wide range of cinema experiences.
More info

Every third Wednesday, 7.30 pm at The Harbour in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Saturday morning at 10 am Coin Café presents free apsara dance classes for children.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop holds events every second Sunday afternoon for Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress.  Next event, August 28.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Claire (clairemarchantcollier [ @ ] gmail.com or John john.christopher.brown [ @ ] gmail.com.

WaterLily (#37, St 240, next to The Shop) is hosting an exhibition of abstract paintings by Christine Gauthier, Encre & Sre Ambel.
More info

Meta House presents an exhibition by Cambodian painter Chhim Sothy, YEAR 41, a reflection on his survival of the Khmer Rouge years and subsequent efforts to overcome trauma and contribute to the on-going reconciliation process in Cambodia.
More info

SA SA BASSAC (#18 E2 Sothearos Blvd, near Wat Ounalom) presents Singapore Art Archive Project: Koh Nguang How and Shui Tit Sing, with curators Vera Mey and Mélanie Mermod, “which positions Cambodia and the archive of Shui Tit Sing of the Ten Men Art Group as a focal point to unfold the multidirectionality of modern artistic movements in the region we have come to know as Southeast Asia.”
More info

Java Independence hosts Heng Ravuth’s exhibition Drunk Nude, continuing the artist’s use of the nude, here using self portraiture to create a “collage-like texture and surface”. The show runs until 30 September.
More info

At The Lotus Pond Gallery at The Plantation is T’banh (Woven), a collection of works produced by members of The Plantation staff in a series of art classes and workshops. Featured artists are Lim Vichea, Sos Fary, Chan Borey, Sek Sorphorn, Keut Sokchamroeun, Toun Sophea, Munos Marie, Ouk Channa, Koeut Socheat, Touch Lida and Mao Tongsin.
More info

At the National Museum, Histories of the future, an exhibition curated by Dana Langlois showcasing Cambodia’s contemporary art links with Australia.
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The Governor’s House Boutique Hotel (3 Mao Tse Tung Blvd, 100 m from Norodom Blvd) and Little Hearts International present a twofold exhibition by street photographer Vincent de Wilde, Between Salt and Earth and Supervivere, Cambodia Today.
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Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra hosts Wonders of 1929, a collection of vintage photographs of Cambodia, the work of Georges Portal, a French actor and director.
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New Leaf Book Cafe in Siem Reap, has a continuous exhibition for Small Art School, featuring the work of young aspiring Cambodian artists.
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Elegy: Reflections on Angkor by John McDermott. The award-winning American photographer maintains his strong presence on the Siem Reap art scene with his mesmerizing monochromatic fine art images of Angkor taken between 1995-2014. Now exhibiting in two McDermott Galleries located at FCC Angkor and Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor.
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The Traditional Dance Show, presented by Cambodian Living Arts, takes place at the National Museum stage. The hour-long performance showcases classical and folk dances from across Cambodia, including the famous Apsara. Every night Monday-Saturday (October-April) and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday (May to September).
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Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in Siem Reap and performances on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in Battambang, on a rolling cycle of different works.
In Siem Reap: at 7.30 pm under the big top in Siem Reap, behind the Angkor National Museum, in front of Angkor Century Hotel.
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In Battambang: visual arts exhibition from 6 pm then circus show at 7 pm.
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DanceWorldCambodia offers classes in adult ballet, yoga and Bollywood style.  For more info contact dance@danceworldcambodia.com