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2010 |
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April 21-23, 2010
Reading and Class visits
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA
USA
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2009 |
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August 27, 2009, 21:00
Poetry Reading: THE POWER OF POETRY - EL PODER DE LA POESÍA
Mong-Lan, featured poet
Sociedad Argentina de Escritores, S.A.D.E., (Argentine Society of Writers)
Uruguay 1371, piso 3
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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May 3, Sunday, 5pm
May 9, Saturday, 4pm
Mong-Lan will read from Tango, Tangoing: Poems & Art in Spanish and English. She will also show slides of her tango art.
American Embassy Stand, Yellow Pavilion
35th International Buenos Aires Book Fair
35th Internacional Feria del Libro de Buenos Aires
La Rural, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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"The Eternal Night, Tango in Buenos Aires: Paintings & Photography"
When: March 31, Tuesday, 8:30 - 11:00 pm.
Where: At Salento, 2407 Rice Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005, in the Rice Village.
Art Reception / Wine-tasting / Dance
Mong-Lan, painter, photographer, writer, poet and Argentine tango dancer/teacher
will show her latest artworks on canvas and paper inspired by the tango. She will
also show photography taken in the tango dance salons of Buenos Aires.
At the reception, Mong-Lan will dance Argentine tango with the renowned
Pampa Cortés, part of the original cast of "Forever Tango."
Reservation necessary. Contact: monglan11@yahoo.com
Hope to see you there! My artwork will be exhibited for one night only.
It should be a fun night of wine-tasting, art and dance. |
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The Passion of Tango through Drawings & Photography Exhibition:
March 12 - April 10, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, March 20, 2009
8:00-9:30 pm
Poetry Reading by Mong-Lan
Where: Té House of Tea
1927 Fairview St., Houston, TX 77019
713.522.8868
Please RSVP: monglan11@yahoo.com
Wine, snacks
The show consists of my recent artwork which has for its focus the Argentine tango: my works on paper with Japanese brush and ink, and photos of tango dancers. I've taken photos of tango dancers in over 4 continents and numerous countries and cities, and am happy to show you some photos I took while here in Houston.
View Artist's Statement / Art Bio |
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November 29, Saturday, 2008, 6pm
Multi-media Poetry Reading from Tango, Tangoing: Poems & Art, sponsored by the Argentine Embassy
Tango Dancing, Music and Empanadas
Argentine Ambassador
Felipe Frydman’s Residence
134 Vithoom, Soi 49, Sukhumvit
Bangkok, Thailand
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November 24, Monday, 2008, 6:00-9:00 pm
Talk and Reading
Thammasat University
The English Department
2 Prachan Road
Bangkok, Thailand
10200
+66 86 897 9401
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November 10, Monday, 2008
University of California at Riverside
Multi-media reading/performance from Tango, Tangoing: Poems & Art
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November 8, Saturday, 2008, 7:00-9:00 pm
San Francisco International Poetry Festival
Vietnamese Poets of the Diaspora
Fort Mason Conference Center
Golden Gate Room
San Francisco, California
FREE
Reception, 9:00 pm
Book Bay Fort Mason, Building C, Room 165, 415-771-1076
For more information, contact:
Isabelle Thuy Pelaud (DVAN): ipelaud@sfsu.edu
Byron Spooner (Friends of the Library): byron.spooner@friendssfpl.org
Reading sponsored by DVAN (Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network). Mong-Lan will read her poems with other Vietnamese-American writers as follows: Bao Phi, le thi diem thuy, Linh Dinh, Truong Tran, Hoa Nguyen and Nguyen Do |
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November 3, Monday, 2008, 7:00 pm
Menlo College
Student Union, Fireside Lounge
1000 El Camino Real
Atherton, California 94027
Multi-media reading/performance from Tango, Tangoing: Poems & Art
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October 26, Sunday, 2008
Poetry reading from Mong-Lan's latest book, Tango, Tangoing, and Slideshow of her Tango Art
Little Saigon Radio Station
7080 SW Freeway
Houston, TX 77074
Phone: (713) 271-7888
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October 24 / 25, Friday, Saturday, 2008
Reading/Performance from Tangoing, Tangoing: Poems & Art, Oct. 24
Writing Workshop, Oct. 25, 1:00 - 4:00 pm.
Writing from Loss, Writing from Joy: Tapping into Your Inner Source.
Write from what gives you passion. Release your pent up energies into your writing. We will work on tapping into your rich inner source, your rich inner life, whether it is from your wounded inner child, your buried subconscious or from your sage visionary self. There is a great writer in you wanting to break free. We will work from a sense of craft, whether it is poetry, prose or fiction, using as examples great works of literature. We will pay attention to craft, language and voice.
The Writer's Garret
6115 La Vista Dr. Dallas 75214
Dallas, Texas
tel: 214-828-1715 |
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October 2, Thursday, 2008, 7:00 pm
FREE. "THE PASSION OF TANGO THROUGH POETRY, ART & DANCE" Asian American Writer's Workshop, 16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10 A, between Fifth Ave and Broadway. Subway: N, R, Q, W, F, B, D, V, 1, 2, 3, 9 trains to 34th Street; 4, 5, 6 trains to 33rd Street. The Vietnamese-American poet, artist and dancer, Mong-Lan will give a multi-media reading/performance from her latest book, Tango, Tangoing: Poems & Art and will give a Tango performance with Stefan Zawistowski.
Asian American Writer's Workshop
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
New York, NY 10001
(p) 212.494.0061
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May 11-December, 2008
Tango Art Exhibition, Paintings & Photographs
One Person Show
11 May-11 June (Opening, 11 May)
345 Riobamba, Porteño y Bailarín (Milonga, Tuesdays & Sundays from 10:30 to 4:00 a.m.), opens after 8 pm. for classes everyday.
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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May 2008 |
May 10, Saturday , 2008, 8:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Poetry Reading & Talk
El Stand de la Embajada de los EE.UU.
Buenos Aires Book Fair
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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May 3, 2008, 2:00 pm
Poetry Reading
Hartford Public Library
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Reading launching new anthology from W.W. Norton: Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond. |
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May 2, 2008, 10:00 am
Poetry Reading / Panel
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
New Britain, Connecticut, USA
Reading/Panel launching new anthology from W.W. Norton: Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond. |
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May 1, 2008, 1:00-2:30 pm
Poetry Reading
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
CUNY Segal Theater
New York City
Reading launching new anthology from W.W. Norton: Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond. |
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April 2008 |
April 25, 2008, Friday, 8:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Poetry Reading & Talk
El Stand de la Embajada de los EE.UU.
Buenos Aires Book Fair
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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April 8 - 22, 2008
Mong-Lan exhibits her tango pen & ink drawings, tango ties and tango photos.
8th Festival Tango Arte
Opening, April 8, 2008, 7:00 - 9:00 pm.
Espacio 10 Art Gallery
www.espacio10.com.ar
Guatemala 4757, Palermo. Tel: 4831-0520. Cp (1425)
Bs.As. Argentina.
Horario a partir de Marzo: Lunes a viernes de 14 a 20 hs. Sábados de 15 a
19 hs. |
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January - February 2008 |
January 30 - February 2008
Associated Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair, New York City
Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry /Reading / Panel
Saturday, February, 1:30 - 2:45 pm
Clinton Suite
Hilton, 2nd Floor
S158A.
(Paul Hoover, Nguyen Do, Mong Lan, Truong Tran, Hoa Nguyen)
The reading focuses on the anthology, Contemporary Vietnamese Poetry, edited and translated by Nguyen Do and Paul Hoover (Milkweed Editions, 2008). Featuring twenty-one poets, five of whom are Vietnamese-American, the work included reveals an innovative aspect of Vietnamese poetry that has gone unrecognized. Panel participants are contributors to that volume.
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December 2007 |
December 13, 2007
Thursday, 8:00 - 9:00 pm, Poetry Reading,
Art Exhibition of Pen & Ink Drawings
Bangkok, Thailand
Mong-Lan will be reading from her newest book, Love Poem to Tofu & Other Poems.
Tamarind Café
27 Sukhumvit Soi 20, 300 m < Sukhumvit Rd
BTS Asoke EXIT 4: 15 min or MRT Sukhumvit
EXIT 2: 15 min
Tel: 0 2663 7421
E: tamarind_café@yahoo.com
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October - November 2007 |
October 31 - November 2, 2007, Lectures on Asian-American Literature
sponsored by the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, at the
following Universities:
Oct. 31, 9:00 - 11:30 am
University of Social Sciences & Humanities
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
14:00, Nong Lam University,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Nov. 1, 14:00,
An Giang University,
Mekong Delta, Long Xuyen City, Vietnam
Nov. 2, 9:00 am,
Can Tho University,
Mekong Delta, Can Tho, Vietnam
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October 2007 |
October 22, Talk and Poetry Reading
Landstuhl American School, Elementary and Middle School,
Landstuhl, Germany
Kaiserslautern American Newspaper which notes the talk/poetry reading |
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August |
August 23-30, 2007
Utan Kayu Literary Biennale
Jakarta, Magelang, Borobudur, Indonesia
Poet/Writer/Presenter
http://ukliterarybiennale.com/
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June
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June 21, 2007, Thursday
Poetry Reading & Talk, 17:30-19:00
Sophia University
L-912 Central Library
Tokyo, Japan
Admission: Free
For campus map, click here
Co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo
U.S. Embassy in Tokyo Page which notes the talk/reading.
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May 13 - 27, 2007
Painting Exhibition and Poetry Reading
Seoul, South Korea
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May |
May 11, 2007, 6:00 pm
Maryland Presents:
An Evening of Poetry & Art with Mong-Lan
Poetry Reading and Art Slideshow Presentation
University of Maryland University College, Asian Division
Yongsan
Dragon Hill Lodge, Pagoda Room
Seoul, South Korea
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February |
February 5, 2007
Monday, 4 - 5:30 pm.
Poetry Reading and Art Presentation
Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
Johns Hopkins University
Mt. Washington Conference Center
5801 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21209
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