event details posted by: Tom Stanley begins: Apr 18, 6:00 pm ends: Apr 18, 8:00 pm location: Khmer Art Gallery - 319 N. 11th St., Philadelphia, PA Save the date!

Cambodia has a rich and distinctive culture going back thousands of years. In honor of Cambodian New Year, Philadelphia’s Khmer Art Gallery is celebrating with a multi-disciplined event that’s open to the public on April 18th for a celebratory event that’s insightful, fun, compelling, and informative.

• Screening: The Golden Voice: award-winning short [26-minute] by L.A. director Greg Cahill about ill-fated pre-war Cambodian pop star Ros Sereysothea followed by discussion from Killing Field survivors. 6:30pm

• Book Signing: Bones That Float — A Story of Adopting Combodia, by Kari Grady Grossman. Grossman will be on-site signing copies of her book about benefiting the Grossman School near Phnom Penh. Ongoing

• Dance Performance: traditional Cambodian dance performed by Cambodian-American children adopted by American families.

• Food & Beverage: traditional Cambodian Fare and wine served.

• Poetry & Discussion: by resident artist Chanthou Oeur

• Plus this month’s featured artist: Angie Capano: Cambodia, In Spirit

•
On April 18, all are invited to a Cambodian New Year Celebration at Khmer Art Gallery. Greg Cahill's acclaimed short film The Golden Voice about Cambodia's pre-war pop star, Ros Sereysothea, kicks off the evening followed by discussion. Later Cambodian youth dancers steal the scene along with a book signing by Kari Grady Grossman, author of Bones that Float with proceeds going to Grossman's school outside Phnom Penh. Authentic Cambodian fare and music.
.

Khmer Art Gallery is Philadelphia’s only art venue dedicated to Cambodian works. Artwork is selected to demonstrate the historical and artistic values of Khmer Art Gallery's expansive collection includes an astounding assortment of sculptures, paintings, bronze and silver castings, jewelry, musical instruments and the city's largest collection of Buddhas. Khmer Art Gallery is active in education programs and invites school groups in for tours. Khmer Gallery is also available for private functions.
Khmer Art Gallery is located at 319 N. 11th St., just north of Chinatown proper, in the new loft district, home to a spate of new and newly relocated galleries. Khmer Gallery is open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11 p.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment. Call 215-922-5600; or go to www.khmerartgallery.com .
* For more information or press images, please contact: Contact James Zeleniak; 215-300-6081; james@punchmedia.biz.

Comments

Post new comment

Your name: *

E-mail: *

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Homepage:

Subject:

Comment: *

• Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
• Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

More information about formatting options

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

What code is in the image?: *

Copy the characters (respecting upper/lower case) from the image.