PAS Program Calendar
Events for public in January 2009
All of the below events are open for the public. Please click here to register for event(s) you want to attend.
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Our office is located on the 1st Floor of the Rose Garden Tower at 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi. You can leave your vehicle at VKO Supermarket's vehicle keeping area. Remember to take your ID with you.
Time: 15:00-16:30, January 15, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
A documentary honors Paul Conrad - one of the most prominent cartoonists in the modern time. Conrad started his profession as a staff cartoonist at Denver Post in 1950. Fourteen years later, he joined the Los Angeles Times. During his thirty years reign there, Conrad's liberal-learning political perspective demonstrated in his work evoked controversies and strong opposition. However, for Conrad, his cartoons always illustrated a conception that was apparently formed only after substantial reading and reflection. Over his significant 50-year career, Conrad depicted 11 American presidents and dauntlessly tackled major political and social issues. He won 3 Pulitzer Prizes in addition to plenty of journalism's most prestigious awards. In Paul Conrad: Drawing Under Fire, we listen to the laud from his fellow cartoonists, editors, columnists and cartoon historians.The film spotlights a beloved figure that makes us think about the issues, about ourselves and about what it means to be a moral human being and a responsible citizen in modern times.
Time: 14:00-16:00, January 16, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
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If the delightful spectacle of preteen kids dancing the foxtrot and the merengue isn't enough to lure you in, add the pressure of a dance competition and the triumph of troubled kids finding self-respect through discipline--if Mad Hot Ballroom were a Hollywood movie, it would be too corny for words. Instead, it's an engrossing documentary about a wildly successful after-school program in New York City. Mad Hot Ballroom follows a handful of kids in three different schools from the beginning of their dance classes to the night of the inter-school dance finals. Regrettably, the movie fails to pursue the dancers themselves; a few scenes provide glimpses of some smart, articulate kids with vivid personalities and compelling emotions, but the filmmakers make a minimal effort to draw the kids out or explore their lives outside of the classes. Watching the kids develop as dancers is still gripping and the final competition will have you on the edge of your seat, but it could have been all the more so. Though certainly worthy and genuinely heartwarming, you can't help but feel that Mad Hot Ballroom lost an opportunity for something truly dazzling. --Bret Fetzer
Time: 13:30-15:00, January 17, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Register for this event at: http://creator.zoho.com/pashanoi/form/55
Come join our talk on "American Constitution and Leadership Roles of American Presidents". At the session, you will have a chance to learn some background information on the American Constitution. Also you will be introduced to interesting research on the leadership roles of American Presidents, especially the executive power of the President of the United States of America, the relationship between the American President and the Executive Branch, as well as his relationship with the U.S. congress and judicial power. Question and Answer session will follow the talk.
Time: 11:00-13:00, January 21, 2009
Venue: 1st Floor, Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh Street, Hanoi
Be a part of history and watch President-elect Barack Obama become our 44th President! Join those that do not have a ticket to one of the most historic events in our history! Ambassador Michalak will open the event at 11am and CNN coverage will follow with the inaugural speech playing at noon. Bring your lunch and join us! We hope to see you there! Door prizes and light refreshments provided.
US-Vietnam Relations
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