behind the image, the imagination ---Mong-Lan
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| 2022 | 2022 |
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October 14, 2022, Friday Arrabal de Tango: Tango por Siempre. Musical and artistic presentation, voice & guitar, during the milonga: I will be singing tangos with my guitar, and also will have there my tango artwork, my books on the tango, and my tango albums, Arrabal de Tango and Perfumas de Amor: Tango por Siempre. Come! Esquina Tango, Milonga (512) 524-2772 |
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August 26, 2022 26 agosto, viernes One Woman Musical Show, vocals and guitar - cortinas Milonga Parakultural |
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July 16, 2022 Mong-Lan y Enrique Santillan Dos Guitarras, Tango y Folclore The Social Club |
January 2022 Special Online Streaming presentation, poetry recital and music concert, LAN Tango, Facebook. |
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Executed various special virtual presentations, poetry recitals and music concerts, Streaming live via Facebook May 2021, Virtual Poetry Reading in conjunction with the Houston Public Library and Public Poetry. Asian American Heritage Month. December, 2021, Special virtual Poetry Recital, Music Concert, Facebook Live Streaming
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Join me for Poetry Writing Workshops!Writing workshops via Zoom open to the public.
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Writing Workshop 1, Nov 21. VOICE: As we enter the fall of 2020, often our voices have been drowned out, edited either by ourselves or others. Or our voices may have been lost amidst the noise of the media and society. In dealing with the craft of poetry, let us look at how we can reclaim and find our voices again, and construct and hone our craft through the lens of pathos. Considering this, what specific strategies within the realms of pathos can we use to implement and heighten this for our own poems to create impactful noteworthy poems? Writing Workshop 2, Nov 22. GROUNDING: What specific strategies can we use to ground the poem, and ground ourselves in the process? How can the soul of a place matter in our works and have the power to ground us, whether the city or the countryside, beach or farm? How can we use our dream lives and intuition to ground ourselves and our writing? These events are supported in part by Poets & Writers, thanks to a grant from the Hearst Foundations.
Suggested donation of $10.00 gratefully accepted here: PayPal: monglan17@gmail.com Venmo: username Mong-Lan; email: monglan17@gmail.com |
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Hunger & Resilience: Reading / Talk / Performance by Mong-LanFriday, Oct 30, 7pm, CST, Live Online EventStreaming to you LIVE, I'm honored and excited to be sharing my poems that deal with the themes of hunger, resilience and healing. Reading, talk and performance. Join Me! RSVP: Facebook Live, https://www.facebook.com/events/675463623389056 Watch it here on Youtube |
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Saturday, July 25, Live Online event Playing live . . . Join me! I will be launching my new album, Arrabal de Tango: Tango por Siempre & reciting some of my tango poetry . . . Watch it here: LAN Tango on Facebook |
The Dancer From The Dance
Event Organizer, Moderator, Participant: Mong-Lan Participant: Michelle Taransky
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March 5, 2020, ThursdayAWP (Associated Writing Programs) Conference, #AWP20 Event Title: The Dancer From The Dance 900 E Market St More info here |
Writers Who Play: A Night of Writers Playing Music
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March 4, 2020, Wednesday8-11 pm Writers Who Play: A Night of Writers Playing Music Lowcountry More info here
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February 3, 2020Milonga Parakultural |
| 2019 | 2019 |
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Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, 6-8 pmPoetry FIX: Mong-Lan Fix Coffeebar This event is supported in part by Poets & Writers. Organizer: Mike Alexander
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Sat, Nov. 9, 10 pm, Live PerformanceTangos with voice and guitar, Artwork Exhibit, Books, CDs, etc. Noche de Tango: Milonga Esquina Tango
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Friday, Nov. 8, 2019Artwork Exhibit, Books, CDs. 9 pm Milonga Dos en Uno Balance Dance Studios, 4544 S Lamar Blvd #200/#300 MILONGA 'DOS EN UNO' on Facebook
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 Free event, suggested donation $10 Supported in part by Poets & Writers |
Friday, Oct. 18, 20198-9 pm Brasil, 2604 Dunlavy St., Mong-Lan presents a multi-cultural multi-media event that combines the literary arts with live music and the visual arts. Award-winning poet, internationally known and admired, Mong-Lan also will sing and play tangos from Argentina on the guitar, and play her original jazz piano. An event not to be missed! Writer, poet, artist, musician, composer, singer, and dancer, Fulbright Scholar, former Stegner Fellow at Stanford Univ, Mong-Lan left her native Viet Nam on the last day of the evacuation of Sài Gòn. Author of 7 books and 3 chapbooks, Mong-Lan celebrates the publication of her books, Dusk Aflame: poems & art and Tone of Water in a Half-Filled Glass; and the release of her tango album, Perfumas de Amor de Argentina y Viet Nam, (Tango por Siempre) and New Orleans of My Heart, jazz piano. |
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May 14-21, 2019New York City Adam and Ciko's Tango Cafe, Wednesday, May 15, @ You Should Be Dancing, performing some tangos, with my artwork, books and CDs.
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Mong-Lan Presents "Dusk Aflame: Poems & Art" |
May 2, 2019 2340 W Alabama St Houston, TX 77098 Mong-Lan, reads from her 7th book collection, Dusk Aflame: poems & art and chapbook Tone of Water in a Half-Filled Glass. Love poems, odes to the South, New Orleans, Houston, Galveston, an island off Thailand, odes to the body, float throughout. Buenos Aires and the tango loom large with elegiac, nocturnal footsteps. Mong-Lan's poetry won the Juniper Prize, the Pushcart Prize, among many others, and has been widely anthologized to include in Best American Poetry and in several Norton Anthologies. |
| 2018 | 2018 |
Mong-Lan presents her 7th book, Dusk Aflame: poems & art,
Other writers who will present at Malvern Books include Kathleen Winter and Jess Smith.
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November 10, 2018, Saturday Malvern Books
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Mong-Lan presents her new tango CD, Perfumas de Amor, |
November 8, 2018, Thursday Passion Milonga |
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November 7, 2018, Wednesday Northside Midweek Tango Practica
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Mong-Lan presents her new tango CD, Perfumas de Amor, her tango books and artwork. |
October 21, 2018, Sunday Milonga La Paz, 7:00 - 9:00 pm Veterans Memorial Building / Herbs Theater
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Mong-Lan presents her new tango CD, Perfumas de Amor, her tango books and artwork.
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October 20, 2018, Saturday 9:00 - 11:00 pm Epoca Milonga |
Mong-Lan presents her new tango CD, performing tangos,
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October 18, 2018, Thursday 9:10 - 11:10 pm
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She Who Has No Master(s) - Litquake - DVAN Mong-Lan performs-reads with other writers: Thi Bui, Aimee Phan, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan Duong, Dao Strom |
October 17, 2018, Wednesday 6:00 - 7:30 pm San Francisco Public Library
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Saturday, October 6, 1:00 - 4:00 pm & Sunday, October 7, 1 - 4 pm Course #2018-410 |
October 6-7, 2018 Intensive Poetry Writing Workshop, Two Days inprint |
Click here to see full page flyer Dusk Aflame: poems & art, her chapbook, Tone of Water in a Half-Filled Glass, and the release of her new tango CD, Perfumas de Amor, de Argentina y Viet Nam, (Tango por Siempre). |
Sept 22, 2018 An Evening of Kaboom Books Join Mong-Lan for an exciting evening of poetry, music, art, and storytelling. In addition to playing her own jazz piano, she will also sing & play tangos on the guitar. On exhibit will be her artwork. This event is supported in part by
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August, 2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina Mundial de Tango Various appearances & performances TBA |
May 26, 2018, 3-4 pm Houston, TX Multi-media Poetry Reading Mong-Lan will give a multi-media poetry reading that will include poetry, storytelling, music, voice and guitar. She will be reading from her new collection Dusk Aflame: poems & art. River Oaks Bookstore, 3270 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77098
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May 1 - 11, 2018 New York State Poetry Readings, Poetry Workshops Musical performances, presenting my new book Dusk Aflame: poems & art (Valiant Press) and chapbook, Tone of Water in a Half-Filled Glass (Foothills Publishing) Tuesday, May 1, Noon- 1:00 pm, "Transforming Words . . " Workshop, Wed, May 2, Poetry Workshop, 6:00-8:00 pm, Sat, May 5, Just Poets Workshop, 1:30 - 4:00 pm, Sunday, May 6, Poetry Reading-Performance at Wheeler Hill, 2:00 pm Monday, May 7, Poetry workshop, 6:00 - 7:00 pm, Wed, May 9, Benefit Reading for Bath Peace & Justice Group, Friday, May 11, Poetry reading, 6:30, preceded by potluck. |
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April 18-2018 Miami, Florida I'll be presenting my books, artwork, and new CD, "Perfumas de amor: de Argentina y Viet Nam, Tango por Siempre," at various locations in Miami Wed, April 18, 9 pm |
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April 17, 2018 , 7:00-9:00 pm Poetry Reading / Performance Presenting Dusk Aflame: poems & art University of South Florida Facebook invite, with map. |
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July 7, 2017, Friday Art exibition & book display July 8, Saturday Performance (musical), art exhibition - book display, and tango dance class
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 Poetry Writing Workshop, 2:00-4:00 pm Poetry Reading-Performance, 5:00-5:30 pm Argentine Tango class, 5:45 - 6:45 pm Art exhibition, Friday - Sat, May 5-6, @ Metropolitan Press Writer's Garret tel: 212-828-1715 |
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April 21 & 22, 2017 La Guagua Community Poetry Festival Voices and Translations Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square Lowell, Massachusetts, USA Mong-Lan on a poetry panel on Saturday from 11:30 - 12:30 "River of Senses: Dream Songs & Tangos." Saturday, 3:30-4:30. One woman's journey from Sai Gon to Buenos Aires via America, Mong-Lan's musical show. On exhibit, are her paintings and drawings, books and CDs. |
February 8-11, 2017 Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Conference Washington D.C.
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Mong-Lan presents at Don't Tell Mama in New York City, Mong-Lan’s one-woman show starts with her roots in Saigon, and travels through war and discrimination as a refugee in the U.S. She finds the tango, finds the Other through the dance of passion, jealousy, and ardor. Mong-Lan tells her story through poems, accompanied by jazz piano, guitar, and singing. Projections of her photos and paintings are interspersed throughout. Humorous and cathartic Don’t Tell Mama, famed iconic club & cabaret: |
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January 6-10, 2017 APAP Conference (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) New York Hilton Midtown |
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