[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 1/25

[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).

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

Asian Media Access (AMA) Events or Sponsored Event:

1. 2007 Asian Media Access' Lunar New Year Celebration Gala - March 4th,
2007

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Local Community Events:

2. Monthly Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media (ALCM) Workshop
3. Cultural Storytelling
4. UM Chinese New Year Celebration
5. Minnesota Sinfonia Concert
6. Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders¹ Day at the Capitol
7. Mu Performing Arts: Japanese Drumming
8. The Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota  - Gamelan Music
of Java

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1. 2007 Asian Media Access' Lunar New Year Celebration Gala - March 4th,
2007

2007 Asian Media Access' Asian Lunar New Year Celebration Gala is coming in
March.

What: Asian Media Access will host its Second Annual Asian Lunar New Year
Celebration. The Celebration is to raise needed funding for Asian Media
Access' Multi Arts Complex.

When: Sunday, March 4, 2007, 12 PM - 3 PM

Where: The Varsity Theater in Dinkytown, 1303 4th Street, SE., Minneapolis,
MN (612-604-0222)
For parking information, please visit
http://www.varsitytheater.org/VarsityTheater_visitus.html.

Admission: $35 per person

ONLY LIMITED spaces are available!  Reserve your ticket(s) TODAY!

The celebration will highlight the bests of Asian movie trailers and
funniest commercials and a Silent auction.

Buffet Lunch: The buffet will feature dishes of Twin Cities Asian
restaurants such as Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese, etc.

Silent auction: Items include performance tickets, restaurant gift
certificates, free coffee from Caribou for a year, and much more.  All funds
will go toward building of the Multi Arts Complex.

For more information, ticket sales, group sales, sponsorships, and
donations, please contact 612-376-7715 or email at amamedia@amamedia.org,
and visit our website at www.amamedia.org.

Asian Media Access is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the
use of media and information technology as an educational and communicative
tool to "Connect the Disconnected" within the Asian American & Pacific
Islander (AAPI) community.  Asian Media Access seeks funding to establish a
Multi Arts Complex to support Movie theater/live performance; while
providing training space for media Arts, leadership skills, and housing
units of cultural living.  The requested funds will be used to purchase,
design and renovate a building at 2418 N. Plymouth Ave. in Minneapolis.  For
ticket and donation information, please visit our web site at
www.amamedia.org, or call 612-376-7715.
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2. Monthly Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media (ALCM) Workshop

The monthly Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media (ALCM) workshop hosted by
the Department of Asian Languages and Literatures (ALL) kicks off ths week:

"We Three: Yang Jiang and Contemporary Chinese Women's Autobiographies"
Jesse Field, Ph.D. student, ALL

Date & Time: Friday, January 26, 4 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Folwell 318

Refreshments will be served.
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3. Cultural Storytelling

Cultural Storytelling: ³My Favorite Blizzard²
Guest Storytellers: Ann Reay, Sara Trautner, Kay Klrscht, Nan Montgomery
Guest Musicians: John & Casey O¹Brian
Hosted by: David Zander

Date & Time: January 27, 2007, 7 pm
Location: Camden Coffee Company, 1500 44th Ave. N., Minneapolis
(612-521-1161)
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4. UM Chinese New Year Celebration

UM Chinese New Year Celebration

Date & Time: Sunday, January 28, 2007, 5:00 p.m.
Location: Coffman Memorial Union Great Hall

Chinese American Student Association of the University of Minnesota Annual
Chinese New Year celebration.  Share the Chinese cultural traditions with
the community.  Group performances, traditional Chinese dance and music.
Jennifer Liu, Chair, liuxx331@umn.edu
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5. Minnesota Sinfonia Concert

Great Winter Festival III In Memory of Yuri Merzevsky

Date & Time: Friday, February 2nd, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Saint Paul Campus, Auditorium

Tai, violin soloist, plays Pagannini. The concert is free and no
reservations are required, but seating is limited and will be first come,
first seated.  For further concert information, visit the Minnesota
Sinfonia website at www.mnsinfonia.org.
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6. Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders¹ Day at the Capitol

It¹s once again time for the annual Day at the Capitol!  The program will
feature community and legislative speakers and a Youth Speak Out.  There
will be exhibits and displays by non-profits.  This is an excellent
opportunity for everyone, citizens, non citizens, legal residents, ELL
students and community members to visit the capitol, have fun and see
legislative advocacy in action.

Date & time: Feb. 14, 2007, 2 pm ­ 5 pm
Location: State Capitol Rotunda, 25 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., St.
Paul

If you would like to participate in the day either by volunteering, bringing
your group and / or would like to host an exhibit and display, please
contact Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, 658 Cedar Street, Suite 160,
St. Paul, MN 55155, Tel: 651-296-0538, Fax: 651-297-8735 or
www.ca.pm.state.mn.us.
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7. Mu Performing Arts: Japanese Drumming

Mu Performing Arts: Japanese Drumming

Date & Time: Monday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m.
Location: Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr.,, Minnetonka (952-847-8800)

Thunderous sounds of immense taiko drums protected harvests from pests and
evil spirits in ancient Japan and today will create an exciting musical
experience certain to be a highlight of 2007.  The award-winning Asian
American theatre company, under the artistic direction of Rick Shiomi,
communicates the traditions and history of Asian cultures in stunning, high
volume, and highly acclaimed percussion performances.
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8. The Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota  - Gamelan Music
of Java

Gamelan Music of Java

Date & Time: Monday, March 26, 7 p.m.
Location: Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Dr. (952-847-5375)

The Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota will introduce you
to the magical percussion sounds of an orchestra like no other - a gamelan.
Joko and Tri Sutrisno, master performers from Java, direct an accomplished
ensemble of musicians who will perform on a unique assemblage of bronze
gongs and metallophones from the Indonesian islands and involve the audience
in all aspects of their performance.
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