Performance
Vietnamese Opera in the United States: Nam Mô A Di Đà Phật Celebrated on American Stage
Most Vietnamese are familiar with the story of Quan Âm Thị Kính, a thousand-year-old Vietnamese folk tale, and the Buddhist chanting Nam Mô A Di Đà Phật (equivalent to “Amen” or “Hallelujah”). For the first time ever there is an opera by a Vietnamese-American composer featuring this literary work and the celestial Nam-Mô-A-Di-Đà-Phật. P.Q. Phan, associate professor of composition at …(read more)
It takes a circus: Xiec Lang Toi, Part III
This is the story of how three men became a circus that became a village. In the third and last installment …(read more)
It takes a circus: Xiec Lang Toi, Part II
From one man’s a dream to a village of a circus. In the second part of the series on the …(read more)
It takes a circus: Xiec Lang Toi, Part I
Who doesn’t love a circus? With a three-part series, diaCRITICS’ guest France correspondent Ly Lan Dill takes us to the …(read more)
Isabelle Pelaud’s “This is All I Choose to Tell”: An Interview
On the radio program New America Now, Andrew Lam recently interviewed Isabelle Thuy Pelaud about This is All I Choose to …(read more)
Mộng Lan, Tangoing with Poetry
A look back to DVAN’s first major event, Vietnamese Poets of the Diaspora, which was apart of the International Poetry …(read more)
A Voice that Sings: Spoken Word Artist Bao Phi Performs at USC
When Bao Phi steps on stage, he is in command of the audience’s experience in every aspect. He instructs listeners …(read more)
What Happened in April: Some News and Events
What interesting events took place in April (besides getting rained on)? Contributor Julie Nguyễn offers a critical recap of April …(read more)
San Francisco Diasporic Vietnamese Film Festival – A Preview
At last! The San Francisco Diasporic Vietnamese Film Festival on April 23rd is the first ever Bay Area film festival …(read more)
You Must Learn: Bao Phi Dropping Science at SFSU
Bao Phi: Speaking out and speaking the word. Bao Phi, a spoken word poet and community activist, was previously featured …(read more)
