'Hot Off The Press'
FCC Summertime News
Live music, DJs, great room deals and more are all on tap for August at the FCC and beyond.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0808/fcc-news.php
Photo Journeys
The FCC has teamed up with two veteran photographers to create holidays that put shooting at the center of your journey.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0808/photo-journeys.php
Personalities Disordered
In "People in the Neighbourhood," the artist named Fox turns characters from Phnom Penh's notoriously colorful street life into energetic monochromes.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0808/fox.php
Happy Hour at The Quay
Happy Hour at The Quay from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Enjoy half-priced juices and cocktails and $1 Tiger Draft beer. Rooftop now open to the public.
Headlines From the Phnom Penh Post
Exhibition captures Cambodia's vanishing wood house heritage
A series of 26 exquisitely detailed watercolors depicting almost-extinct traditional Khmer houses have gone on show in Phnom Penh.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0808/ppp1.php
Journalists rewarded for ethics
Human Rights Watch this week awarded its Hellman/Hammet writer's award, given for principled expression under hostile conditions, to Cheang Bopha and Duong Sokha, two former reporters of French-language newspaper Cambodge Soir.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0808/ppp2.php
Silkmakers to spin industry revival
Three businesses held a 'Silkworm Social' on July 17 at the Regents Park Hotel in Phnom Penh to promote silkmaking in Cambodia.
http://www.fcccambodia.com/newsletter/0808/ppp3.php
Calendar of Events
FCC Phnom Penh
- "People in the Neighbourhood," 16 oil-on-wood paintings by Fox, Aug 1 - Sep 15, 2008. Opening night reception with the artist August 1, 6 - 8 p.m.
- Bad Neighbor, Latin-rock ensemble from Saigon, 9 p.m. August 16.
Chow
- Summer Sessions, chill house beats from DJ Illest, 9 - 11 p.m. Thursday August 7 & 28.
FCC Angkor
- "FCC Permanent Collection," four decades of Cambodian history in photographs. Ongoing.
- Extended Olympic coverage
- Sunday night movies
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