Chiangmai Expats Club

For this reason we collect information about events in Chiang Mai. Usually cultural events like concerts, plays and exhibitions. You will not find information about general festivals or sporting events.

If you want to post an event on our site, please send an email to Chiangmai Expats Club with:

Please use text only -- no pictures or other file attachments -- when describing your event. Thank you.

{Note from Michael LaRocca: I'd like to specially thank Paul Schoenkopf for giving me 90% or so of what I post here through his weekly newsletter.}

Forthcoming events:

July 26 - Korean Dancers and music

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 26 - Korean Dancers and music
Saturday 26 July at the Kad Theatre - starts at 7.30pm

Tuesdays At The Grotto

Monday, June 16, 2008

TUESDAYS AT THE GROTTO

Circle the outside of the moat - on the Eastern segment (closest to the River Ping) turn left on CHANG MOI RD. Quarter of a mile, then after a significant bend to the left watch for a Soi off to your right. Oddly, that is Taphae Rd. Soi 2. Pay no attention to "Taphae Rd." 15 yards into said Soi on the right you will find a quaintly named and rather picturesque bar named SANTIA'S GROTTO.

8PM every Tuesday night: Come. Read. Listen. Perform. Drink. Snack. Laugh. Share. Nudge. Feel superior. Be stimulated to write something for next week (five minutes or less seem to work best). Drink some more. Schmooze. Enjoy yourself and some of the most interesting people in Chiang Mai.

Want to share an article you've read? A joke you've heard? A riddle? A story you want to pass on? Proclaim your latent poetic talent? We've got a mic, a spotlight, and, best of all, an audience eager to hear you out.

August 1 - 2008 Election Ballot Request Open House for American Citizens in Chiang Mai

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The American Consulate General, Consular Section will host a 2008 Election Ballot Request Open House for American Citizens in Chiang Mai.

When?
     August 1st
     From 9.00 am to 12.00 pm

Where?
     At the Consular Waiting Room
     American Consulate General

At the open house, we will help you to determine which state to vote in and how to fill out your ballot request. It is imperative for citizens to keep your local election official informed of address changes.

*** Please bring your driver license.

BE SMART! DO YOUR PART! VOTE!

Ealing Studios Movie Festival at the Gymkhana Club

Friday, July 04, 2008

EALING STUDIOS MOVIE FESTIVAL AT THE GYMKHANA CLUB

7:30 PM - Second & Fourth Fridays

Ealing Studios was the birthplace of the most delectable crop of movies to decorate postwar cinemas, a group of "veddy" British comedies that have become favorites worldwide. Enjoy Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Stanley Holloway, Joan Greenwood and others.

Join us for drinks, dinner, drinks and:

The Maggie                                          Friday, 11 July
Passport to Pimlico                              Friday, 25 July
A Run for Your Money                          Friday,  8 August

Avante Garde Films every Saturday night

Monday, June 16, 2008

Avante Garde Films

Film night at the CMU Every Saturday at 7pm, 2nd Floor of the Media Arts and Design Building, Chiang Mai University’s Arts Museum.

For more information contact Wasu La-ongsri at the CMU Central Library.

July 29 - "Ears, Eyes and Imagination"

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 29 - "Ears, Eyes and Imagination"
Electronic Music Concert
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Tickets: Free
Location: Payap University, McCormick Campus McGilvary Seminary, Room T103

Salsa Dancing

Monday, June 16, 2008

BEGINNER BALLROOM/LATIN (FOR THOSE WHO NEVER HAVE DANCED):
>>>>>>              THURS 6:30pm
>>>>>>    Cost: 500 Bt/person/month-includes after class dancing and extra coaching (from Linda) besides the normal 1 hr lesson from Ajarn Pee.

>INTERMEDIATE LEVEL BALLROOM/LATIN:
>>>>>>              TUESDAY 6:30 PM
>>>>>>              FRIDAY    5:30 PM
>>>>>>              SATURDAY 5:30 PM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            Cost: 1000 Bt/ person / month for all the classes (or else single class is 200 Bt/person).
>>>>>>
                     ADVANCED BALLROOM/LATIN
                             SAT 3PM (ALSO 2 OTHER DAYS DURING THE WEEK)
                             FOR ADVANCED DANCERS ONLY!

>>>>>>        SALSA! BEGINNER
                     6:30 PM WED (500 BAHT/ PERSON /MONTH, 150 bt/class)
>>>>>>

>>>>>>                   SALSA! INTERMEDIATE
>>>>>>              4:15 PM SATURDAYS.      (700 BAHT /PERSON /MONTH; 200 bt / class)

>>>>>>IF YOU REQUIRE OTHER TIMES, THEN PLEASE CONTACT LINDA WITH YOUR INTEREST AND WE CAN FORM ANOTHER SMALL GROUP FOR THAT TIME (SO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS! AND IT CAN BE DONE! as long as the teacher can accommodate!).PRIVATE LESSONS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Email: llgalloway@gmail.com

VENUE: Near ChiangMai University (Suthep Rd)

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Dancing Makes You Smarter
http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/smarter.htm

            This link gives information that proves that dancing is the most effective way to combat Alzheimer's Disease and Age-related Dementia. Please take a look!

July 28 - Junior Recital

Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Junior Recital
by Laphawan Chavengsaksongkram
Date: Monday, July 28, 2008
Time: 7:30
Location: Payap Mae Kaew Campus, Saisuree Chutikul Music Hall
Tickets: TBA

Sept 20 - Nocturnes and Barcarolles (Part 2) - Bennett Lerner

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Sept 20 - Nocturnes and Barcarolles (Part 2)
Performers Bennett Lerner, pianist; Jan-Ate Stobbe, tenor
Music by: Faure', Mahler, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, J. Strauss and Millocker
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 7:30
Location: Saisuree Chutikul Music Hall
Tickets: TBA

July 13-27 - Bangkok Experimental Film Festival comes to Chiang Mai

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Bangkok Experimental Film Festival!
by Thomas Ohlson

Experimental Film Festival in Full Swing

Beginning tomorrow at the CMU Art Museum is a program of experimental films, independent short films, and experimental documentaries presented by the company of the acclaimed Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, in association with the Thai Film Foundation and the independent arts organization Project 304.

This is the touring version of the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival 5, which ran in Bangkok in March of this year, the fifth year of the festival.

Attached is a news release and a schedule.

The festival begins Sunday (tomorrow, July 13) and runs through July 27. Sunday's program will run from 1 pm to 4:30 pm in the auditorium of the Chiang Mai University Art Museum on Nimmanahaeminda Road.

The subsequent programs will be shown at 7 pm at Film Space, which is to the right and in the back of the CMU Art Museum, in the Media Arts and Design building, across from the ballet school, on the 2nd floor. Or perhaps the roof.

Admission is free to all screenings.
The next scheduled showings are Friday through Sunday, July 18-20, at 7 pm. Friday's program, July 18: Test Patterns – a 65-minute program of focusing on the mass media, from YouTube to Big Brother, as media artists riff on and remix the familiar of everyday life.

Saturday's program, July 19: Track Changes – another 65-minute program, this one reflecting on the role of the media in the making – and the forgetting – of political history. Ten films responding to Thailand's political flux since 2006, including three films made on the night of the September 19 coup d'état.

Sunday, July 20: Daily Rounds – an 85-minute collection of new Thai works devoted to the cycles of everyday life. Experimental films that reveal what is extraordinary about the ordinary, what is timeless about the everyday.

Note! Now online! For further and updated information, go to:

http://thomatfilms.blogspot.com/

July 27-29 - Global Electronic Music Workshop

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 27-29 - Global Electronic Music Workshop
Electronic Music
Dates: July 27-29, 2008
Time: 1PM-5PM
Tickets: Free
Location: Payap University, McCormick Campus McGilvary Seminary, Room T103

July 28 - Junior Recital

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 28 - Junior Recital
by Laphawan Chavengsaksongkram
Date: Monday, July 28, 2008
Time: 7:30
Location: Payap Mae Kaew Campus, Saisuree Chutikul Music Hall
Tickets: TBA

August 2 - Latino Live Music, Wine and Tapas

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

August 2 - The Ratilanna Hotel Chanklan Road
August 2 from 8 pm until 10 pm. Latino Live Music, Wine and Tapas 490 baht per person. For reservations or further info call 053 999 333 or email fbm@ratilannachiangmai.com.

August 9 - Piano Club of Chiangmai

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

August 9 - Piano Club of Chiangmai
Piano & Violin Concert
Date: August 9, 2008
Time: 7:30
Tickets: 200 baht (students 100 baht)
Location: Payap Mae Kaew Campus, Saisuree Chutikul Music Hall

August 16 - Chiangmai Philharmonic Band

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

August 16 - Chiangmai Philharmonic Band
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008
Time: 7:30
Location: Kad Theater, Kad Suen Kaew
Tickets: TBA

July 26 - "Ears, Eyes and Imagination"

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

July 26 - "Ears, Eyes and Imagination"
Electronic Music Concert
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Tickets: Free
Location: Chiang Mai University Art Museum