Greetings,

Wednesday 27 at Java Café, the regular (now quarterly) Open Stage event for local and visiting writers from 7.30 pm. Nope, it’s on Wednesday 3 February.  Readers this month are Australian performance poet Myley Rattle, Phina So from PEN Cambodia, and musician/writer/artist Conrad Keely. Works will be on sale at the venue.
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On Thursday 28 from 6.30 pm the French Institute presents Adorned body, transformed body, the work of Cambodian photographers Khun Vannak and Sun Vanndy, featuring explorations of body transformations through tattoos, scarification, make-up.  A tattoo booth will be available for temporary tattoos.
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On Saturday 30 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents their new offering for the first time: Four Religions of Phnom Penh, which will visit a Buddhist wat, a Chinese temple, a Cham mosque and a Carmelite chapel.   Booking essential.
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On Saturday 30 and Sunday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities, led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement, will include voice and movement explorations, vocal improvisation, contact improvisation and body music, singing, moving, stillness, and meditation, in English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

On Saturday 30 at Meta House at 6 pm, the opening of IN/VISIBLE, an exhibition by French/German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl, as part of a long-term project on women who have been attacked by flame or acid burns or who have tried to commit suicide out of threat in Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, Pakistan, Uganda and India. Woehrl will give an artists talk at 8 pm, along with screenings of films about acid victims in Cambodia and other countries.

The recently opened bar Cloud (St 9, near end of St 308) is holding a street art workshop on Sunday 31 from 10 am through to 5 pm. Renowned street artist from Guatemala, Erick Vendetta, will pass on some tips. $20 per person, includes equipment. Special prices for Cambodian students.
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On Sunday 31, the first of the 2016 Classical Music Concert Series at Meta House, Domestic sphere meets mystical ecstacy, a piano excursion with Pietro Bonfilio of Milan featuring works by Mozart, Liszt, Debussy and Kabelevsky.  $10/$3. Starts at 8 pm.
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In February Phnom Penh Community College will be running a series of evening art workshops on the fundamentals of drawing, featuring artist France Damon.
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Coming soon, The Phnom Penh Players will present The Vagina Monologues, with three performances: Thursday 11, Friday 12 and Saturday 13 February at Meta House. Tickets are $5 and on sale at The Box Office, Willow Boutique Hotel, Garden Cafe & Bar and Meta House. All proceeds go to SHE Investments organization.
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If you were waiting…. there’s just four days left to contribute to the crowdfunding appeal for The Boat floating arts centre in Phnom Penh.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Thursday 28 from 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents Adorned body, transformed body, the work of Cambodian photographers Khun Vannak and Sun Vanndy.
More info

Saturday 30 from 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents their new offering for the first time: Four Religions of Phnom Penh.   Booking essential.
More info

Saturday 30 and Sunday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities will be led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement. In English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

Saturday 30 at Meta House at 6 pm, the opening of IN/VISIBLE, an exhibition by French/German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl, as part of a long-term project on women who have been attacked by flame or acid burns, with an artists talk at 8 pm.

Sunday 31 from 10 am, street art workshop at Cloud (St 9, near end of St 308), $20 per person, includes equipment.
More info

Sunday 31 at 8 pm, the first of the 2016 Classical Music Concert Series at Meta House, Domestic sphere meets mystical ecstacy, a piano excursion with Pietro Bonfilio.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

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, February 7.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation hosts Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

At Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators.
More info

Bophana Center hosts the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 19 at 7 pm at Meta House, The Mekong Review and Monument Books present the launch of Deathpower: Buddhism’s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia, by Erik W Davis, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The book, the result of three years of intensive field research, explores Buddhist rituals of death in contemporary Cambodia.
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On Wednesday 20, the opening at the Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation of Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper, depicting the impromptu parties held by moonlight in the Cambodian countryside, near Kampot. 6.30 pm start.
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On Saturday 23 at Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators. Many of the illustrators and scientists involved in the project will be present, and original artwork will be on sale. The exhibition and launch starts at 4 pm, followed by a wine reception and art sale from 6 pm.
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On Saturday 23, Sophiline Arts Ensemble will present a concert of new and experimental dance and music at the Khmer Arts Theatre in Takhmao as part of their What Next series. Tompeang Snong Russey (Bamboo Shoots) features six dance pieces, “with the intention of developing creativity among a generation of highly accomplished performers and stimulating cultural vibrancy.” The performance commences as 7 pm at the Khmer Arts Theatre, #135, Street 115 (about 300 metres from National Road 2) in Takdol Village, Takhmao (see the map). $2.50 on the door.
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On Sunday 24, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a tour of The New Khmer Architecture of the 1960s, visiting sites built of Vann Molyvann, Cambodia’s most prominent architect, including the 100 Houses Social Housing project, university buildings and Olympic Stadium. $15 per person, 3 hours, transport included. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org. Meet at the Post Office, 2.30 pm.
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Also on Sunday 24, Drink and Draw is back at Show Box. $3 entry provides you 2 hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials. 7 pm start.
More info

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 19 at 7 pm at Meta House, The Mekong Review and Monument Books present the launch of Deathpower: Buddhism’s Ritual Imagination in Cambodia, by Erik W Davis, a book on Buddhist rituals of death in contemporary Cambodia.
More info

Wednesday 20 at 6.30 pm, the opening at the Lotus Pond Art Gallery at The Plantation of Vincent Broustet’s new exhibition ROAM!, a collection of 15 charcoal drawings on craft paper.
More info

Saturday 23 from 4 pm at Meta House, the Liger Learning Center presents an art exhibition and limited edition book launch for The Illustrated Guide to Wildlife of Cambodia, which includes 90 new watercolours of Cambodian wildlife created by student illustrators. The exhibition and launch starts at 4 pm, followed by a wine reception and art sale from 6 pm.
More info

Saturday 23 at 7 pm, Sophiline Arts Ensemble will present a concert of new and experimental dance and music at the Khmer Arts Theatre in Takhmao as part of their What Next series: Tompeang Snong Russey (Bamboo Shoots) features six dance pieces (see the map).   $2.50 on the door.
More info

Sunday 24 from 2.30 pm, Khmer Architecture Tours offers a tour of The New Khmer Architecture of the 1960s, visiting sites built of Vann Molyvann, Cambodia’s most prominent architect. Reservations required, email contact [ at ] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 24 at 7 pm, Drink and Draw at Show Box. $3 entry provides you 2 hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

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, January 24.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

 Bophana Center hosts the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana.
More info

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Meta House hosts the exhibition Surabaya Beat by Swiss photographer Beat Presser.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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,

All this week at Meta House, the best Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) films for 2015, which “champion eye-opening impact cinema that exemplifies excellence in its potential to inspire social change.”   Every night at 7 pm until Friday.
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Tonight, Tuesday 12, Bophana Center hosts the opening of the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana, “explorations of a territory raising questions about limits, boundaries, memory of places beyond codified figures which produce a disembodied vision.” The evening will also include a screening of Vann Nath, the Memory-Painter (2013) by Pierre Bayard and Soko Phay. 6 pm start.
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Opening on Thursday 14 and running through until Saturday 16 at Cambodian Living Arts is the third conference of ANCER, the Asia-Pacific Network for Cultural Education &  Research, in partnership with the Institut français du Cambodge and LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. Arts professionals, cultural leaders and policy makers from the region will meet to discuss and collaborate. The title is Vitality and Viability: Arts Ecosystems in Asia.
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On Friday 15, Bophana Center hosts Digital Archives and Forensic Aesthetics in Contemporary Art, in association with Sa Sa Art Projects and Sa Sa Bassac, an art history forum and discussion based around two recent films: Sarah Vanagt and Katrien Vermiere’s The Wave (2013) and Effi & Amir’s The Vanishing Vanishing-Point (2015). An English language event with Khmer interpretation.
More info

On Sunday 17 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offer a tour of the Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and the White Building. $15 per person, reservations required, email contact [at] ka-tours.org.
More info

Coming up on January 31, Design Kompany presents BEGINNINGS. A mixer.  What’s opening for you in 2016? New people. New beginnings.    RSVP for the venue.  $5
More info
Even more info

The Boat floating arts centre project continues its crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Nightly from 7 pm through to Friday, at Meta House, the best Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA) films for 2015.
More info

Tuesday 12 at 6 pm, Bophana Center hosts the opening of the Shifting Geographies exhibition, featuring the works of Lydie Jean-dit-Pannel, Kvay Samnang, Léa Le Bricomte, Daphné Le Sergent, Patrick Nardin, and Vandy Rattana.
More info

Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 at Cambodian Living Arts is Vitality and Viability: Arts Ecosystems in Asia, the third conference of ANCER, the Asia-Pacific Network for Cultural Education &  Research, in partnership with the Institut français du Cambodge and LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
More info

Friday 15 at 6 pm, Bophana Center hosts Digital Archives and Forensic Aesthetics in Contemporary Art, an art history forum and discussion. English language with Khmer interpretation.
More info

Sunday 17 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours offer a tour of the Front du Bassac, the Chaktomuk Theatre and the White Building.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

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, January 24.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

At Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang, a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly.
More info

Meta House hosts the exhibition Surabaya Beat by Swiss photographer Beat Presser.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 6 at 8 pm at Meta House, a special concert by American avant-garde musician and composer Bob Ostertag, that will feature two sets – the first of abstract electronic sound played with a gamepad connected to a laptop, and the second a piece entitled Sooner or Later, written after a period working in El Salvador at the end of the 80s.
More info

In Battambang on Thursday 7 at 5 pm, the opening of a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly, at Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang.
More info

On Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Sa Sa Bassac gallery at the White Building presents an Open Studio with artist-in-residence Tran Minh Duc, sharing work in progress based around a Vietnamese proverb, buông màn nhiếp chính (release the curtain, hold the power), exploring “the entangled and complicated histories of Cambodia and the region […] Tran presents images of political figures from Cambodian history books, which are increasingly grainy and degraded due to their repeated reproduction as inexpensive photocopies. These are presented in contrast with bright pink curtain lace purchased at Orussey Market.”
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Also on Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Meta House hosts the opening of a new exhibition, Surabaya Beat, by Swiss photographer Beat Presser, which “takes the viewer on a unique journey from Sulawesi via Zanzibar all the way down to Madagascar travelling with boats and ships on the Indian Ocean”.
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On the evenings of Friday 8 and Saturday 9, Java Café Independence and Meta House present twin events Latino Queer Media Arts & Film: (In)habited Identities, Performance, Pleasure, and Violence, with film screenings introduced by Mexican scholars. At 6.30 pm on Friday at Java, a film screening and talk by Dr Liliana Gallegos, featuring Rigoberto Pérezcano’s newest film, Carmin Tropical. Then at 6 pm on Saturday at Meta, Dr Jose Cesar del Toro introduces three films about dancers, which will be followed by a Q&A with Prumsodun Ok, a Cambodian Classical dancer, teacher and community leader and subject of Robert F. Douglas’ film From The Heart Of The Brahma.
More info – Java Cafe
More info – Meta House

Saturday 9 at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas, an American documentary and lifestyle photographer/videographer from southern California.   Morning and afternoon sessions Book via info [at ]phnompenhcommunitycollege.com.
More info

Khmer Architecture Tours have a full calendar for January, the next is Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo on Sunday 10. $15 per person, reservations required, email contact [at] ka-tours.org. Further tours are scheduled for Sunday 17 and Sunday 24, and on Saturday 30 a brand new tour, Four Religions of Phnom Penh.
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, Sunday 10.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

On Sunday 10 at 7 pm, the regular Drink and Draw at Showbox – $3 entry gets you two hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials.
More info

Coming up at the end of the month, Saturday 30 and Sunday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities, led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement, will include voice and movement explorations, vocal improvisation, contact improvisation and body music, singing, moving, stillness, and meditation, in English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

The Boat floating arts centre project continues its crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 6 at 8 pm at Meta House, a special concert by American avant-garde musician and composer Bob Ostertag.
More info

Thursday 7 at 5 pm, the opening of a retrospective exhibition of paintings by Sin Rithy, Endlessly, at Romcheik 5 Artspace in Battambang.
More info

Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Sa Sa Bassac gallery at the White Building presents an Open Studio with artist-in-residence Tran Minh Duc.
More info

Thursday 7 at 6 pm, Meta House hosts the opening of a new exhibition, Surabaya Beat, by Swiss photographer Beat Presser.
More info

Friday 8 at 6.30 pm on Friday at Java, a film screening and talk by Dr Liliana Gallegos, featuring Rigoberto Pérezcano’s newest film, Carmin Tropical, as part of the twin events Latino Queer Media Arts & Film: (In)habited Identities, Performance, Pleasure, and Violence.
More info

Saturday 9 at 6 pm on Saturday at Meta House, Dr Jose Cesar del Toro introduces three films about dancers, which will be followed by a Q&A with Prumsodun Ok as part of the twin events Latino Queer Media Arts & Film: (In)habited Identities, Performance, Pleasure, and Violence.
More info

Saturday 9 at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas.   Morning and afternoon sessions Book via info [ at ] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com.
More info

Sunday 10 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours present Central Phnom Penh by Cyclo on Sunday 10. $15 per person, reservations required, email contact [at] ka-tours.org.
More info

Sunday 10 at 7 pm, the regular Drink and Draw at Showbox – $3 entry gets you two hours with a life model. BYO drawing materials.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

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, January 10.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Wednesday 23, 9 am at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices. Exhibition runs until January 10.
More info 

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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 inf

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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 29 at 7 pm, Meta House presents a series of short documentaries, Far Away From Angkor – Cambodians in the GDR, looking at the lives of returnees from cultural and vocational education in East Germany in the 70s and 80s, produced by young Cambodian media students and film makers. A Q&A will follow the screenings. Also includes a photo exhibition and free sausage barbecue.
More info

Also tonight, and every Tuesday at 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, Spoken Arts invites writers and readers to share poetry, music, writings, or whatever comes to mind.
More info

On Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop. Activities, led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement, will include voice and movement explorations, vocal improvisation, contact improvisation and body music, singing, moving, stillness, and meditation, in English, Khmer and French. No experience required.
More info

Next week at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas, an American documentary and lifestyle photographer/videographer from southern California.   Morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday 9 January. Book via info [ at ] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com
More info

The Boat floating arts centre project continues its crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 29 at 7 pm, Meta House presents a series of short documentaries, Far Away From Angkor – Cambodians in the GDR, looking at the lives of returnees from cultural and vocational education in East Germany in the 70s and 80s. With Q&A.
More info

Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31, Lotus Centre in Ta Khmau is running a Moving Voice Intensive workshop led by facilitators in dance, voice, theatre and movement.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

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, January 10.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Wednesday 23, 9 am at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices. Exhibition runs until January 10.
More info

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 23 at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices, who provide grassroots training in information dissemination, including photography, interviewing and writing skills and production. A group discussion will be held from 9 am, and guests are invited to vote on their favourite photograph. Exhibition runs until January 10.
More info

The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop is a regular gathering of Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. Events held every second Sunday – this week on Sunday 27.   If you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Coming up in the new year at Phnom Penh Community College, a double photography workshop with Jarel Roxas, an American documentary and lifestyle photographer/videographer from southern California.   Morning and afternoon sessions on Saturday 9 January. Book via info [ at ] phnompenhcommunitycollege.com
More info

The Boat floating arts centre project has just launched a crowdsourcing campaign. “We want to create the most exciting and creative venue Phnom Penh has ever seen! A place where everyone can come to meet, drink and experience art in unexpected ways. A place where artists, dancers, musicians and filmmakers can create and showcase new work.  A place where everyone can discover something new.” Lots more exciting information and a range of perks over at the Indiegogo page.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Wednesday 23, 9 am at Bophana Centre, the My Community photo exhibition, featuring works elicited by the NGO Building Community Voices. Exhibition runs until January 10.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

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 Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

SaSa Bassac presents Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 15, Meta House presents a double event. Downstairs, From Ruin To Riches Cambodia’s Economy (1975 – 2015) is a multi-media collaborative exhibition by students from eight Phnom Penh universities, photographers, artists and filmmakers looking at the rapid pace of development in Cambodia over the last 40 years. At the same time upstairs, the opening of a painting exhibition by Chheang Rena, The Standing Subble, a collection of six architectural paintings, “to explore the richness of Cambodia’s civilization before it collapsed.”  Both events kick off at 6 pm.
More info

Also on Tuesday 15, at 6.30 pm at the French Institute presents a discussion with graphic novelist Tian, Rebuilding History from words to drawings, as part of his exhibition L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel, which traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy. A French language event, with interpretation into Khmer and English.
More info

Thursday 17, 6 – 8 pm, at SaSa Bassac, Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana, commissioned by Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2015. Show runs through to 6 February.
More info

Thursday 17 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts an evening with Steven Johnson, currently a lecturer at Pannasastra University, author of the self-published Unknown Wars of Asia, Africa and the Americas That Changed History. Johnson will focus on Asian wars, including the Vietnamese War of Independence against China which lasted 1049 years, the wars of the Khmer Empire (802 – 1431) and the unlikely hero that emerged in a time of crisis in 1177, King Jayavarman VII.
More info

Friday 18 and Saturday 19 at 7 pm at the Department of Performing Arts, Amrita Performing Arts presents Brodal Serei, a new work in progress exploring a Khmer boxer’s life beyond the ring, an original contemporary dance project that is the result of two years of collaboration between Amrita artists and renowned French-Cambodian choreographer, Emmanuèle Phuon and Malaysian dramaturge Lim How Ngean. A Q&A will be held after the performance. Tickets $5.$2.50, available at Amrita office, Java Café and on the door. Contact boxoffice [ at ] amritaperformingarts.org or 077-945015.
More info

On Saturday 19, The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society. Kicks off at 7 pm.
More info

Remember, it’s the last week for making donations in Amrita Performing Arts’ Next Steps project for the establishment of a residency for young Khmer choreographers.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 15 at 6 pm Meta House presents From Ruin To Riches Cambodia’s Economy (1975 – 2015), a multi-media collaborative exhibition looking at the rapid pace of development in Cambodia over the last 40 years, and the opening of a painting exhibition by Chheang Rena, The Standing Subble, a collection of six architectural paintings.
More info

Tuesday 15 at 6.30 pm at the French Institute, a discussion with graphic novelist Tian, Rebuilding History from words to drawings, as part of his exhibition L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel.
More info

Thursday 17, 6 – 8 pm, at SaSa Bassac, Landscape of Time by Vandy Rattana.
More info

Thursday 17 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts an evening with Steven Johnson, currently a lecturer at Pannasastra University, author of the self-published Unknown Wars of Asia, Africa and the Americas That Changed History.
More info

Friday 18 and Saturday 19 at 7 pm at the Department of Performing Arts, Amrita Performing Arts presents Brodal Serei, a new work in progress exploring a Khmer boxer’s life beyond the ring, an original contemporary dance project. Tickets $5.$2.50, available at Amrita office, Java Café and on the door. Contact boxoffice [ at ] amritaperformingarts.org or 077-945015.
More info

On Saturday 19 at 7 pm, The D22, on the 22nd floor of Phnom Penh Tower, in association with Laäsai Art, presents This is My Town, the first Cambodian exhibition by Thai artist GEE (Jirawat Pramphet), using street dogs and cats to illustrate the machinations of human society.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) 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

The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

The French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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,

Until Thursday 10, the Cambodian International Film Festival continues at multiple venues. Download the full programme here.
More info

Until Saturday 12, the eleventh edition of the Angkor Photo Festival in Siem Reap continues. The daily schedule is available here.
More info

This evening, Tuesday 8, the Logos International School Secondary Christmas program features instrumental groups, a choir, live art and an auction.  At the Logos International School auditorium, from 6.30 pm, at 2000 riel per ticket.

On Wednesday 9, The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation comprising an extensive collection of art and ephemera by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery. From 6.30 pm.
More info

On Thursday 10, Java Café Independence Monument presents Romance, War and Rice Fields – New Cambodian Literature Scene, a Cambodian women writers showcase featuring Oum Sophany, Bounchan Suksiri, and Ting Sokha, facilitated by So Phina from the Women Writers Committee of PEN Cambodia. Readings by the guest writers will be followed by an in-depth discussion and Q&A. 5 pm to 7.30 pm.
More info

Also on Thursday 10, at 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. L’année du lièvre is a trilogy that tells Tian’s family’s history during the Khmer Rouge regime. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume. A discussion with Tian will also be held next Tuesday at 6.30pm
More info

Also also on Thursday 10, at 7 pm, Meta House hosts the launch of The Smell of Water, a Khmer Rouge era memoir by Lang and Cornelia Srey. The authors will be present to talk about the writing of the book.
More info

From Friday 11 to Sunday 13, the Cambodian Book Fair at the National Library of Cambodia will feature over 55 booths, including bookstores, publishers, and writers. There will be plenty of activities for children and book lovers of all ages. Free admission, from 7 am to 7 pm all three days.
More info

This weekend you can catch performances of Un Oeil Une Oreille (One Eye, One Ear), a collaborative project involving shadow puppetry, dance, music and drama created by Phnom Penh’s Kok Thlok and the French group Compagnie l’Aurore, ahead of a tour of France. On Friday 11 at Lycee Descartes, 10.30 am and 2.30 pm, then on Saturday 12 at the French Institute at 6.30 pm.
More info
Even more info

It’s panto time, and this year’s the Phnom Penh Players are putting on an all ages production of The Mask of Zero at Le Grand Palais Hotel (Street 130, off of Norodom near Central Market). Performances on Friday 11 at 7.30 pm and Saturday 12 at 2 pm and 7.30 pm. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at The Willow Boutique Hotel, Brooklyn Pizza, Le Grand Palais, Laneway Guesthouse and YourPhnomPenh.com.  Funds raised will go directly to the Amrita Performing Arts.
More info

On Sunday 13, 2.30 – 5 pm, Ragamuffin Boathouse presents Power of Play, a two hour immersive drama therapy workshop designed to release your imagination and creativity in daily life. No experience necessary, just comfortable clothes and a willingness to get silly and explore. Facilitated by Maddi DeWalt. Tickets $10.
More info

Also creatively on Sunday 13, Showbox’s regular Drink and Draw offers a special couples edition, with a couple present for life drawing.   $3, byo materials as ever.   From 7 pm.
More info

At Meta House on Sunday 13, a dance performance by Hou Cheychanith, a student of choreography at the Royal University of Fine Arts and Amrita Performing Arts. As a dancer, he has toured England, the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore; this is his first performance at Meta House. From 7 pm.
More info

Released last week was Enter Cobalt, an EP of experimental ambient compositions by Phnom Penh resident and WASH collaboration member Warren Daly, using found sounds, drones, and field recordings, and including remixes.
More info

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Until Thursday 10, the Cambodian International Film Festival continues at multiple venues. Download the full programme here.
More info

Until Saturday 12, the eleventh edition of the Angkor Photo Festival in Siem Reap continues. The daily schedule is available here.
More info

Tuesday 8 from 6.30 pm, the Logos International School Secondary Christmas program features instrumental groups, a choir, live art and an auction.

Wednesday 9 from 6.30 pm, The Plantation presents the opening of The Klondike Collection, an art installation by collector Jean-Pierre Klondike, in the Lotus Pond Gallery.
More info

Thursday 10, 5 to 7.30 pm, Java Café Independence Monument presents Romance, War and Rice Fields – New Cambodian Literature Scene, a Cambodian women writers showcase featuring Oum Sophany, Bounchan Suksiri, and Ting Sokha, facilitated by So Phina from the Women Writers Committee of PEN Cambodia.
More info

Thursday 10 at 6.30 pm, the French Institute presents Tian: L’année du lièvre. The making of a graphic novel. The exhibition traces the artistic journey of the work, on the occasion of the release of the third volume in the trilogy.
More info

Thursday 10 at 7 pm, Meta House hosts the launch of The Smell of Water, a Khmer Rouge era memoir by Lang and Cornelia Srey.
More info

Friday 11 to Sunday 13, 7 am to 7 pm, the Cambodian Book Fair at the National Library of Cambodia will feature over 55 booths, including bookstores, publishers, and writers, and plenty of activities.
More info

Friday 11 at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm at Lycee Descartes, Un Oeil Une Oreille (One Eye, One Ear), a collaborative project involving shadow puppetry, dance, music and drama created by Phnom Penh’s Kok Thlok and the French group Compagnie l’Aurore
More info

Friday 11 at 7.30 pm, the annual Christmas panto by the Phnom Penh Players, The Mask of Zero at Le Grand Palais Hotel (Street 130, off of Norodom near Central Market).
More info

Saturday 12 at 2 pm and 7.30 pm, , the annual Christmas panto by the Phnom Penh Players, The Mask of Zero at Le Grand Palais Hotel (Street 130, off of Norodom near Central Market).
More info

Saturday 12 at the French Institute at 6.30 pm, Un Oeil Une Oreille (One Eye, One Ear), a collaborative project involving shadow puppetry, dance, music and drama created by Phnom Penh’s Kok Thlok and the French group Compagnie l’Aurore.
More info

Sunday 13, 2.30 – 5 pm, Ragamuffin Boathouse presents Power of Play, a two hour immersive drama therapy workshop designed to release your imagination and creativity in daily life.
More info

Sunday 13 from 7 pm, Showbox’s regular Drink and Draw offers a special couples edition, with a couple present for life drawing.
More info

Sunday 13 at 7 pm at Meta House, a dance performance by Hou Cheychanith, a student of choreography at the Royal University of Fine Arts and Amrita Performing Arts.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
More info

Meta House presents Dignity – Surviving Domestic Violence a photographic exhibition by Mona Simon.  The works will be displayed until Saturday 12.
More info

ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia.
More info

Meta House hosts War Remnants of the Khmer Rouge, a photographic exhibition by Maureen Lambray.
More info

Samai Distillery and on-line art gallery laäsai presents Wat Tu (Object), by Thai contemporary artist Jitti Jumnianwai.
More info

Lop Loy (Street 182, near Psar Orussey, entrance off Street 107) celebrates its opening with an international group show Species Spaces, that examines the idea of relationships between species as shared inhabitants of our planet.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 1 at 6 pm, a FAM (film, art and music) night, at Mito Hotel (formerly Mittaheap Hotel, Monivong Blvd, near Wat Koh, south of Psar Thmei). Sense will showcase short films from the Cambodian Film Exchange Programme, in collaboration with Project Accessible Hollywood, and also feature musical projects. An interactive live painting constructed on October 28 at Mito Hotel will be auctioned off at 8 pm.
More info

On Wednesday 2 from 6.30 pm, Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey. “The works are pen and ink, water color, and collage using old “found” photographs. I want to convey a sense of mystery, linked to occult pop culture orientalism–a view of Asia as a place of mystery, but also of death and power and spectacle.
More info

Also on Wednesday 2, at 7 pm Meta House hosts the launch of King Norodom’s Head, by Steve Boswell, a compilation of the strange and mysterious off-guidebook stories of Phnom Penh. A Q&A will be held.
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In Battambang on Wednesday 2 at 7 pm, at Phare Ponleu Selpak, a performance of Un Oeil Une Oreille (One Eye, One Ear), a collaborative project involving shadow puppetry, dance, music and drama created by Phnom Penh’s Kok Thlok and the French group Compagnie l’Aurore. Next weekend there will be performances in Phnom Penh at Lycee Descartes and the French Institute, ahead of a tour of France.
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On Thursday 3, Meta House presents the opening of Dignity – Surviving Domestic Violence a photographic exhibition by Mona Simon.  The Dignity Project is a commissioned artistic work by the NGO CEDAW, aiming to raise awareness about the need of more protection for survivors of domestic violence. The official reception will be held from 6 pm; the works will be displayed from Tuesday 1 to Saturday 12.
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Also on Thursday 3, ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia. The reception commences at 6 pm, with an artists’ discussion at 7 pm.
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Kicking off on Friday 4, the Cambodian International Film Festival hits cinema screens across Phnom Penh (including Legend, Bophana Center, the French Institute, outdoors at Koh Pich, and Chaktomuk Theatre) through to Thursday 10. Highlights include a Japanese cinema retrospective, a selection of contemporary Malaysian films, a special in-conversation with Rithy Panh and young Cambodian filmmakers, the premiere of long awaited Srey Chantthy/Cambodian Space Project documentary Not Easy Rock’n’Roll, and classic Czech animation presented for both adults and children. Download the full programme here.
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Up in Siem Reap, the eleventh edition of the Angkor Photo Festival begins Saturday 5, continuing through to Saturday 12. Workshops, exhibitions, public art and events celebrate regional and international photographers and their work. The daily schedule is available here.
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Meanwhile, back in Phnom Penh, on Saturday 5 from 4 pm to 6 pm at the Royal University of Fine Arts, an exhibition of comparative street life studies of Sydney, Australia and Phnom Penh by students of the University of New South Wales and RUFA.
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On Sunday morning, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a two hour public architecture walking tour around the Front du Bassac, including Chaktomuk Theatre and the White Building. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
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Please remember the Java Arts Fire Relief Fund, raising money for artists hit by last month’s fire at the rear of the café, and Amrita Performing Arts’ Next Steps for the establishment of a residency for young Khmer choreographers.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Tuesday 1 at 6 pm, a FAM (film, art and music) night, at Mito Hotel (formerly Mittaheap Hotel, Monivong Blvd, near Wat Koh, south of Psar Thmei). Sense will showcase short films from the Cambodian Film Exchange Programme, and also feature musical projects.
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Wednesday 2 from 6.30 pm, Java Café Independence Monument presents The Disappearance, new works by Nicolas C. Grey.
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Wednesday 2 at 7 pm Meta House hosts the launch of King Norodom’s Head, by Steve Boswell, a compilation of the strange and mysterious off-guidebook stories of Phnom Penh.
More info

Wednesday 2 at 7 pm, at Phare Ponleu Selpak in Battambang, a performance of Un Oeil Une Oreille (One Eye, One Ear), a collaborative project involving shadow puppetry, dance, music and drama created by Phnom Penh’s Kok Thlok and the French group Compagnie l’Aurore.
More info

Thursday 3 from 6 pm, Meta House presents the opening of Dignity – Surviving Domestic Violence a photographic exhibition by Mona Simon.  The works will be displayed from Tuesday 1 to Saturday 12.
More info

Thursday 3 from 6 pm, ARTillery Café (St 240 ½) presents Daily Life, a showcase of lithography by student artists from the Royal University of Fine Arts, depicting their views of daily life in Cambodia. Artists’ discussion at 7 pm.
More info

Friday 4 – Thursday 10, the Cambodian International Film Festival at multiple venues. Download the full programme here.
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Saturday 5 – Saturday 12, the eleventh edition of the Angkor Photo Festival in Siem Reap. The daily schedule is available here.
More info

Saturday 5 from 4 pm to 6 pm at the Royal University of Fine Arts, an exhibition of comparative street life studies of Sydney, Australia and Phnom Penh.
More info

Sunday 6 at 8.30 am, Khmer Architecture Tours presents a two hour public architecture walking tour around the Front du Bassac. Reservations required, email contact@ka-tours.org.
More info

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Meta House hosts the opening of War Remnants of the Khmer Rouge, a photographic exhibition by Maureen Lambray.
More info

Samai Distillery and on-line art gallery laäsai presents Wat Tu (Object), by Thai contemporary artist Jitti Jumnianwai.
More info

At the French Institute, a photographic exhibition featuring the works of students of Studio Images, mixing portraits and architectural subjects.
More info

At Bophana Center, a photographic exhibition opening for A Century Artist, a book celebrating the life and work of legendary Royal dancer Neak Krou Em Theay. The show will run until December 15.

Lop Loy (Street 182, near Psar Orussey, entrance off Street 107) celebrates its opening with an international group show Species Spaces, that examines the idea of relationships between species as shared inhabitants of our planet.
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At Java Café, Mé Maï, an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Mil Chankrim, a graduate from Phare Ponleu Selpak, an especially talented young artist whose work draws inspiration from resilience and the emotional complexity of tragedy.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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 Sunday 29 at 11 am, the Logos International School Agape Choir will be performing at Women’s International Group Christmas Fair at the InterContinental Hotel. Plenty more family Christmas activities going on from 10 am – entry $3, children over three $1.
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Also on Sunday 29, at 7 pm, $3 entry provides you with two hours with a life model at Drink and Draw at Show Box. BYO materials.
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The Phnom Penh Writers Workshop is a regular gathering of Phnom Penh writers who are interested in discussion and critique of their works in progress. The next workshop will be held Sunday 29– if you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Just launched, a special appeal by Java Arts, raising money for artists hit by last month’s fire at the rear of the café.   “The work of eight artists: Anida Yoeu Ali, Chath PierSath, Genevieve Marot, Neak Sophal, Nicolas C Grey, Oeur Sokuntevy, Qudy Xu-Min and William Graef are valued at $20,000 and accounts for about 10% of the available works on the art market in Cambodia.”  The Java Arts Fire Relief Fund is being run through Indiegogo.

At the same time, Amrita Performing Arts looks to the future with Next Steps, and asks for assistance in the establishment of a residency for young Khmer choreographers. Check out the Indiegogo pitch for this exciting new project.

The Cambodian festival season continues next week with the Cambodian International Film Festival in Phnom Penh from Friday 4 December  through to Thursday 10, crossing over with the Angkor Photo Festival Saturday 5 December though to Saturday 12.

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.comand ask to be added to the venue/artists list.  We are only as good as the information we receive.

In brief: new and returning…

Sunday 29 at 11 am, the Logos International School Agape Choir will be performing at Women’s International Group Christmas Fair at the InterContinental Hotel.
More info

Sunday 29 at 7 pm, $3 entry provides you with two hours with a life model at Drink and Draw at Show Box. BYO materials.
More info

Sunday 29, the Phnom Penh Writers Workshop – if you would like to be involved, please contact Carly Nugent (cnfrizzle [at] gmail.com).

Ongoing….

Every Tuesday, 7.30 pm at Tim’s Greasy Spoon in Siem Reap, the Spoken Arts night invites writers and readers to share.
More info

Every Tuesday, 6.30 – 7.30 pm, body music classes at the Music Arts School (#14, St 360, BKK1) presented by Eric Ellul.
More info

Meta House hosts the opening of War Remnants of the Khmer Rouge, a photographic exhibition by Maureen Lambray.
More info

Samai Distillery and on-line art gallery laäsai presents Wat Tu (Object), by Thai contemporary artist Jitti Jumnianwai.
More info

At the French Institute, a photographic exhibition featuring the works of students of Studio Images, mixing portraits and architectural subjects.
More info

At Bophana Center, a photographic exhibition opening for A Century Artist, a book celebrating the life and work of legendary Royal dancer Neak Krou Em Theay. The show will run until December 15.

Mito Hotel (formerly Mittaheap Hotel, Monivong Blvd, near Wat Koh, south of Psar Thmei), presents Art Night: The Bridge, the third of Remy Hou’s series of artistic events, featuring the works of Cambodian artists Din Borin and Ouk Chim Vichet. Exhibition continues until 28 November.
More info

Lop Loy (Street 182, near Psar Orussey, entrance off Street 107) celebrates its opening with an international group show Species Spaces, that examines the idea of relationships between species as shared inhabitants of our planet.
More info

At Java Café, Mé Maï, an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Mil Chankrim, a graduate from Phare Ponleu Selpak, an especially talented young artist whose work draws inspiration from resilience and the emotional complexity of tragedy.
More info

SaSaBassac hosts a new solo exhibition by sculptor and installation artist Svay Sareth, entitled I, Svay Sareth, eat rubber sandals.
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Sammaki Gallery in Battambang presents Life is Suffering, featuring sketches by Lous Piseth.
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At Palm Tours and Travel Café on St 278 (opposite the old Equinox), rookie painter Anthony Mrugacz’s exhibition Imperfection – Flowers in Motion.
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

Plae Pakaa, a program of 3 rotating performances of Cambodian traditional arts at the National Museum of Phnom Penh. Friday is a dance show, Saturday opera, and Sunday large shadow puppets. A Cambodian Living Arts production. Every Friday and Saturday, 7 pm (May to September); Monday to Saturday, 7 pm (October to April).
More info

Phare Ponleu Selpak, the famous Cambodian circus school offers nightly performances in both Siem Reap and 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 6.15 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