[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 12/17

[Johnny Chio]

Greetings from Asian Media Access:

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).

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Local Community Events:

1. Event Listing from Midwest Buddhist Association
2. CHAT Radio Airing on KFAI-FM

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1. Event Listing from Midwest Buddhist Association

Visitors and occasional participants are always welcome. This is a fun,
informal, yet serious, group with an emphasis on both Chinese Buddhism and
Chinese cultural roots.

Sunday, January 13, 2008
The themes of this session will be the Laba Festival which is celebrated on
the 8th day of the 12th month of the Chinese lunar calendar (January 15,
2008) and activities related to Chinese New
Year.

MBA Chinese New Year Celebration!!!!!!!  The MBA Chinese New Year
celebration will take place the evening of Saturday, February 2, 2008.  They
will celebrate with a restaurant feast, the details of which will be
finalized and announced soon. The Year of the Rat will begin on February 7,
2008.

Sunday, February 24, 2008
Celebrate and learn about the Lantern Festival (actual date is the 15th day
of the Chinese lunar year; February 21, 2008)

Sunday, March 16, 2008
Learn about Taoism in honor of the Birthday of Lao Zi, the founder of
Taoism. The actual date of this holiday is the 15th day of the 2nd month of
the Chinese lunar calendar, corresponding to March 22, 2008.

Saturday evening, March 29, 3008
Social/restaurant dinner to celebrate the Birthday of Guan Yin Bodhisattva.
The actual date of this holiday is the 19th day of the 2nd month of the
Chinese lunar calendar, corresponding to March 26, 2008.

Sunday, April 6, 2008
Learn about and celebrate Qing Ming Festival, a festival to honor deceased
ancestors. The actual date of this holiday is April 4, 2008.  The date is
not based on the lunar calendar and always falls on April 4, 5 or 6.

This schedule of regular sessions will be supplemented by additional events
and outings which are yet to be planned.  Each session usually includes the
following types of activities:

- A short period of Buddhist rituals and practices, including lighting
candles and incense, bowing at the altar, reciting the name of Amitabha
Buddha (Amitofo), and meditation
- Celebrating Chinese and Buddhist holidays
- Chinese and Buddhist children's stories and legends
- Chinese children's and folk songs
- Learning about Buddhist values, traditions and beliefs
- Learning about Chinese cultural traditions and values
- An art project related to Chinese culture or Buddhism
- Vegetarian potluck lunch
- Social time for adults and play time for kids

Most members of the Midwest Buddhist Association are Chinese and the primary
focus of the MBA is Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. More information is
available at http://www.amitabha-mba.org/jt/index.html

For more information about the MBA Children's Program, contact Jenny Chen-Yi
Su at suxx0017@tc.umn.edu  651-636-0013; or Eugene Kelly at
mba_childrensprogram@yahoo.com .
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2. CHAT Radio Airing on KFAI-FM

There are tons of Hmong radio programs on the air, but only one show is
provocative, probing and spoken in English!

Introducing CHAT Radio airing on KFAI-FM (Fresh Air Community Radio) on
Monday evenings at 8:30 p.m.  You may also listen to CHAT Radio on
www.kfai.org (enter CHAT at the search prompt).

Talee Vang and Wameng Moua from Hmong Today bring news and commentary from
the Hmong world while Kathy Mouacheupao and Danny "Six-strings" Her spin a
wide spectrum of music from the Hmong music scene.

To listen to a sampling of a past show, click on the link below.  Listen as
the crew candidly interviews the newly crowned 2008 Miss Hmong Minnesota,
Nkauj Hli Xiong.

A pageant winner has never been asked these questions before!

Listen to a candid interview with newly crowned 2008 Miss Hmong Minnesota!
Click on the link: 
http://helix.kfai.org/ramgen/replay/CHATRadio/CHATRadio(2007-12-03).rm

NOTE: If you miss a show on KFAI-FM (90.3FM or 106.7FM) on Monday nights at
8:30, you can always catch CHAT Radio on www.kfai.org (type CHAT at the
search prompt).
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