[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 7/17

[Johnny Chio]

Hi Everyone:

For information on community events, please also visit Asian Media Access¹
(AMA) Website at www.amamedia.org and click the link ³Community Events
Calendar² (http://www2.amamedia.org/calendar/month.php).

In this edition of Asian Media Access (AMA) e-newsletter:

Local Community Events:

1. Free Summer Music & Movies in Loring Park
2. NAAAP Member Mingler Event
3. Imaginings and Intersections: Envisioning an Ideal Arts Landscape For
Communities of Color
4. PEACE Games & FLOW Volunteer Opportunities
5. In Depth Workshop on Human and Sexual Trafficking

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1. Free Summer Music & Movies in Loring Park

Summer Music & Movies; 30th Anniversary Screwball Masters: Sturges, Hawks,
and Cukor

Dates & Time:  Mondays in July 24 - August 21, 7:00 pm
Location:  Loring Park

Price:  Free Summer Music & Movies celebrates its 30th anniversary with
another great set of free concerts, DJs, and films.  For six Mondays, head
to Loring Park for music by Low, Haley Bonar, and other bands, followed by
classic comedies of the 1930s and '40s, including His Girl Friday and
Bringing Up Baby.  In case of rain, events are canceled unless otherwise
noted.

Monday, July 24: Fat Kid Wednesdays and The Lady Eve, DJ: Cecile Cloutier
Monday, July 31: Haley Bonar and His Girl Friday, DJ: Suzy Greenberg
Monday, August 7: STNNNG and Bringing Up Baby, DJ: Mike Hoyt
Monday, August 14: Vicious Vicious and Adam's Rib, DJ: Arzu D2 and Joel
Stitzel
Monday, August 21: Low and The Philadelphia Story, DJ: Phil Harder

Car-free Cinema: Thanks to Metro Transit, you can get to Loring Park for
less--50¢ within its expanded "downtown zone"--and avoid the hassle of
traffic.  Bus lines serving Hennepin (4, 6, 12) and Nicollet Avenues (11,
17, 18, 25) are included now through September 4.  Visit metrotransit.org to
learn more.
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2. NAAAP Member Mingler Event

NAAAP Member Mingler Event!

Date & Time: Thursday, July 20, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Origami Sushi Restaurant, 12305 Wayzata Blvd., Minnetonka
(942-746-3395, Ridgedale Mall)

Guests cover their own food/ beverage costs at Origami.  For details, go to
www.naaap-mn.org.
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3. Imaginings and Intersections: Envisioning an Ideal Arts Landscape For
Communities of Color

Imaginings and Intersections: envisioning an ideal arts landscape for
communities of color, hosted by The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and
The Minnesota State Arts Board.

Date & Time: July 24, 2006, 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Center for Independent Artists, 4137 Bloomington Avenue South,
Minneapolis

Who: Artists from all communities of color and cultures, including
immigrants

Why should I attend: Through this convening, they seek to Build strength as
a network of artists and arts groups in communities of color, especially as
agents working for a new vision of society; share ideas; dialogue around
challenges and also around new ideas and inspiration to further your work.

Schedule:
2:00 p.m. - Gather, connect with others
2:15 p.m. - Welcome and Opening Dialogue around the focus question: What¹s
my vision of an ideal arts landscape to inform and support my future as an
artist?
3:00 p.m. - Open Space small group conversations: opportunities to gather
with others interested in your questions, your topics for dialogue around
the focus question, with reporting back into the larger group.
6 - 7:00 p.m. - Reception: social networking, food and beverage

Registration: Register at www.mrac.org linking to ³upcoming MRAC events² or
by calling Greg at 651-645-0402.
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4. PEACE Games & FLOW Volunteer Opportunities

The PEACE Games will launch at the end of the July starting on July 28th
with FLOW, the first-ever Northside Arts Crawl, and ending with the
celebration and closing ceremonies at the Walker Art Center on August 10th.
They are looking for volunteers to support several key events associated
with the PEACE Games.

Please review this schedule of volunteer opportunities and see how you can
join in!

Volunteer Opportunities:

Saturday, July 22, 10am to noon - Doorknocking in North Minneapolis
Meet at the Bean Scene at 2220 W. Broadway (at Penn)
Come and meet neighbors in North Minneapolis door-to-door with invitations
to FLOW and the PEACE Games.

Friday, July 28, between noon and 10pm - FLOW set up and event assistance
Meeting location to be determined depending on shift.
Noon to 3pm or 3pm to 6pm - Help set up the for the first-ever Northside
Arts Crawl.
6pm to 10pm - Volunteer as a PEACE Foundation representative at FLOW.  This
will involve greeting people at sites and serving as a key information
source to visitors.

Thursay, August 10th, from 11am to 4pm - PEACE Games Celebration and Closing
Ceremonies
At the Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden
Volunteers are needed in shifts to help run this event that provides over
1500 Minneapolis youth an opportunity to experience the many cultures in
Minneapolis.

To register for these volunteer opportunities, please click here and sign up
online. Or, call the PEACE Foundation at 612-521-4405.

In addition to volunteering, you can cheer on young athletes as an
olympic-style spectator!

PEACE Games Lead Partners:
PEACE Foundation, Minneapolis Park and Recreation, Hospitality House,
Folwell Center for Urban Initiatives, United States Tennis Association -
Northern Division, Walker Art Center

Sponsored by: General Mills Foundation, North Memorial Medical Center,
Hennepin County, Carlson Companies, Kemps
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5. In Depth Workshop on Human and Sexual Trafficking

Invitation to all Asian Pacific Community Leaders, Directors and Program
Staff, Church Ministries, Asian Pacific Cultural Organizations!

In Depth Workshop on Human and Sexual Trafficking with Salima Khakoo

Cosponsored by Civil Society

Date & Time: Friday, July 28th, 1 - 3 p.m.
Location: Brookdale Resource Library, Community Rooms A/B, 6125 Shingle
Creek Parkway
Brooklyn Center
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