[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 10/25

[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).

Local Community Events:

1. Halloween Storytelling
2. Conference - Getting Some Perspective on Immigration!
3. Chinese Dance Performance ­ Only Love
4. 3rd Annual Screening Filipino Films

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1. Halloween Storytelling

An evening of storytelling!

Date & Time: Saturday, October 28, 7:30 pm ­ 9 pm
Location: Warren Artist Habitat, 44th & Penn Ave. N. (4400 Osseo Road)

Featuring local storytellers, David Zander and Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux.

Fun for all ages; come in costume; low income families free; juice box and
treats for kids.

Donation accepted; suggested donations - $3 adults, $1 children and
students.

For more information, call 612-529-8964 or 612-703-9609, or
www.thewarrenhabitat.com.
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2. Conference - Getting Some Perspective on Immigration!

Getting Some Perspective on Immigration!

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

For more information or to register, please contact Lisa Thalacker at
cspg@umn.edu or call 612-624-8842.  Registration is $25 by October 25.  The
conference agenda is available online at
www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/cspg/events.html.

³Getting Some Perspective on Immigration² will provide a context to the
immigration debate by exploring immigration myths, including the myth that
the United States’ immigration challenge is unique, or that America has
always been a nation welcoming of immigrants.  The conference will also look
at myths that dominate the discussion in Minnesota and at the local level.
Facilitated break-out sessions will build on the contextual information and
allow conference participants to articulate a set of common goals or values
that should undergird immigration policy.  These observations and
recommendations will then be presented to a panel of state and local
policymakers.
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3. Chinese Dance Performance ­ Only Love

³Only Love² production features expressive Chinese dance with live choral
music.

Date & Time: November 4, 2006, 2 pm & 7 pm
Location: O¹Shaughnessey Auditorium, College of St. Catherine

Ticket:
- Packet of  Four: $64;
- Adult: $18; $14 until October 22
NEW!!  Child/Student (with valid ID): $8

To purchase tickets: 651-774-0806; 651-246-5735; 651-714-4040
(Group pricing 10 or more available; call for price)

CAAM Chinese Dance Theater and Minhua Chorus are teaming up to present a
full evening of Chinese dance accompanied by live choral music for two
performances, Saturday Nov. 4, 2006 2PM and 7 PM.  Titled ³Only Love², the
program will feature exquisite costumes, expressive dances and moving live
choral music on the premier Twin Cities stage, the O'Shaughnessy, at the
College of St. Catherine's.

 More than 150 dancers and choral performers will join in the tribute to the
positive universality of love among families, neighbors and the world. The
program brings together the talents of award winning choreographer, Lili
Teng; composer of the ŒFirst Rank¹, Aiqun He; and gifted choral director,
Lei Li.

 CAAM Chinese Dance Theater is the premier Chinese dance performance group
in the Midwest, delighting audiences since 1991.  Minhua Chorus, the
pre-eminent Chinese musical chorus in the Midwest, has performed diverse
Chinese music repertory in Chicago, the Twin Cities and other major US
centers for more than 15 years. For more information, visit
www.caam.org/cdt; www.minhuachorus.org.
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4. 3rd Annual Screening Filipino Films

3rd Annual Screening Filipino Films!

Date & Time: Sunday, November 12, 2006, 2 pm
Location: Saint Paul Student Center Theater, University of Minnesota, 2017
Buford Ave., St. Paul
Free Admission; Donations Accepted

I. An Untold Triumph
Director: Noel Izon
Narrated by Lou Diamond Phillips
(2005) 55 minutes, documentary

Silver Telly Award
24th Annual Competition
Audience award: Best documentary
Hawaiian International Film Festival

During World War II, 7,000 Filipi no Americans volunteered their services to
the U.S. Army and helped liberate their homeland from Japanese occupati on.
Director Noel M. Izon captures their stories through the voices of the
veterans themselves - - only half of whom are still alive today - - and
delivers touching personal accounts of the men's contri but i ons and
sacrifices during the war. Despite the fact that they endured a bleak,
racist prewar climate and were not even considered U.S. citizens, these
individuals rallied to join the war effort and cement their rightful place
in American history.

II. Grassroots Rising
(2005) 56 minutes, documentary

Grassroots Rising tells the powerful stories of Asian immigrant workers and
the moving struggles they face in the fight to improve their working
conditions. Grassroots Rising shows that community based organizations like
the Pilipino Worker Center are part of a growing Pan- Asian movement to
create a multi ethnic coalition, collaborating to improve the lives of all
workers.

Presented by the Philippine Student Association (PSA) & the Philippine Study
Group of Minnesota (PSGM).  For more information, call: Pieter Sibal
763-221-5877; Alex Jonson
952-836-7011; Meg Layese 651-646-1985; Matt Anderson/Janelle Tangonan
Anderson, 651-644- 3572;www.psgm.org

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