[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 11/13

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:11:27 -0600

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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Asian Media Access Events or Sponsored Events:

1. Three Gorges Photo Exhibition and Recruitment for 2-day Photography and
Darkroom Experience for Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth

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Local Community Events:

2. Exhibit - Destination Shaanxi: Material Culture at the End of the Silk
Road
3. Children¹s Defense Fund Minnesota¹s Launch of Bridge to Benefits
4. Asian Literatures, Cultures and Media Workshop
5. 25th Annual Mellby Lecture at St. Olaf College
6. Hmong Txuj Tshiab - Enriching the Lives of Fathers and Sons, Mothers and
Daughter
7. Hmong New Year Celebration

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1. Three Gorges Photo Exhibition and Recruitment for 2-day Photography and
Darkroom Experience for Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth

I. Recruiting Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth for 2-day
Photography and Darkroom experience

A unique opportunity mentored by oversea Chinese Photographer

Nov. 16 - 17
MN Center for Photography
Minnesota Center for Photography
165 13th Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
612.824.5500
www.mncp.org

November 16 (Fri)

10am - 2pm with Chinese photographers to tour/photograph the North Mpls
* Broadway
* Mansions
* Wirth Park
* Downtown Mpls

2pm - 4pm Hot Pot banquet at MCP, with Chinese Photographers & youth
7 p.m. Wing Young Huie Lecture and Book Signing at MCP

November 17 (Sat)

10am - 4pm with photographers in the dark room, processing photos
Lunch at MCP
4:30pm Three Gorges Photo Exhibition Opening + Artists Panel at MCP
6:30pm Champagne Toast + afternoon photos sharing

II. Three Gorges Photo Exhibition

Sponsored by MN Center for Photography & Asian Media Access

Curated by George Slade, MCP

November 17, 2007 to February 10, 2008 at MN Center for Photography (MCP)

MCP is located at 165 13th Avenue NE, between Marshall and University, just
north of Broadway in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

Gallery Hours are 12 - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, with extended hours on
Thursday from 12 - 8 p.m.  Admission to the gallery is free, though a $3
donation is suggested.  Further information and directions can be found at
www.mncp.org

This exhibit will feature work by Chinese and non-Chinese artists who have
visited the Three Gorges site, where the building of the world's largest
hydroelectric dam along the Yangtze River is taking place. The control of
water is a universal story, but this exhibit will portray the drama specific
to this time and this place in China. These photographs will portray what
damming the Yangtze will mean to the environment, to the culture, and to the
people.
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2. Exhibit - Destination Shaanxi: Material Culture at the End of the Silk
Road

The exhibit is currently running from now to February 15, 2008.  Destination
Shaanxi is a joint project of the US-China Peoples Friendship Association of
Minnesota and the East Asian Library.  Generous gifts and loans from members
of the USCPA-MN Chapter bring to life the twelve centuries of decorative
arts from Shaanxi Province, China.  Highlights include a unique set of
Huxian peasant paintings, ancient calligraphy commemorating Nestorian
Christianity's development in 8th century China, and terracotta figures from
UMN's Weisman Art Museum.

This exhibit is sponsored by the USCPFA-MN, the Weisman Art Museum, the
Institute for Advanced Study, the University Libraries, the Consortium for
Study of the Asias, and the China Center.  For more information, contact Su
Chen, project coordinator at 612-624-5863 or suchen@umn.edu.
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3. Children¹s Defense Fund Minnesota¹s Launch of Bridge to Benefits

Come See How Children¹s Defense Fund Minnesota is Improving the Lives of
Children, Families and Individuals!  You are invited to Children¹s Defense
Fund Minnesota¹s launch of Bridge to Benefits (www.BridgeToBenefits.org).

Date & Time: Thursday, November 15, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. (brief program at 5
p.m.)
Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Free parking, refreshments and hors d¹oeuvres
RSVP to porter@cdf-mn.org or 651-227-6121

Low-income families often miss out on important benefits that are vital to
their economic stability and overall well-being because they are unaware
that they are eligible or face barriers to enrollment.

CDF Minnesota¹s new Bridge to Benefits is an exciting, easy-to-use online
tool that allows service providers and families to determine potential
eligibility for public work support programs.  It also helps families
overcome enrollment barriers.  Programs include health care, food support,
energy assistance, child care assistance, school meals and tax credits.
Bridge to Benefits grew out of an earlier CDF Minnesota initiative called
Covering All Families.  Come find out how Bridge to Benefits can work for
you.
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4. Asian Literatures, Cultures and Media Workshop

Asian Literatures, Cultures and Media Workshop

Date & Time: November 13, 2007, 4:15 pm
Location: Folwell 128, East Bank, University of Minnesota

Lecture and Discussion with Professor Toshifumi Miyawaki

*Fireflies in the Dark: Fitzgerald's /Tender Is the Night/ and Haruki
Murakami's /Norwegian Wood/*

Focusing on the firefly scene depicted in the works of Fitzgerald and
Murakami, Professor Miyawaki links the two authors’ works through the
specter of generational loss.  Professor Miyawaki finds surprising
resonances between the jazz age as depicted in Fitzgerald's work and
Murakami's portrait of post-1969 Japan in /Norwegian Wood/.  He shows the
deep connection between Fitzgerald's /Tender is the Night/ and Murakami's
later novel arguing that the Japanese inherited a similar spirit of a "lost
generation."

Toshifumi Miyawaki is a Professor of Literature at Seikei University in
Tokyo, Japan and is currently a visiting professor in Asian Languages and
Literatures.  He specializes on Nobel Literature Prize candidate Haruki
Murakami and F Scott Fitzgerald.
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5. 25th Annual Mellby Lecture at St. Olaf College

"The Life and Times of Andreas Ly (1693-1774), Chinese Catholic Priest,"
25th Annual Mellby Lecture

Date & Time: Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Viking Theater, Buntrock Commons, St. Olaf College, Northfield

By Robert Entenmann Professor of History and Asian Studies, St. Olaf College
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6. Hmong Txuj Tshiab - Enriching the Lives of Fathers and Sons, Mothers and
Daughter

The focus of the Hmong Txuj Tshiab ~ Hmong Odyssey Project is to help new
Hmong arrivals by sharing information about life in the United States and
learning about community resources in order to reduce isolation and build
support and strengthen families.

There will be a series of 12 group sessions held every other Saturday
morning starting on November 17, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., 450
North Syndicate Avenue Suite 285, in St. Paul.  The entire family is invited
to participate in these groups.  They will provide quality childcare for
infants and children up to age 13.  Children ages 14 and older will be
participating with their parents in gender specific non-coed classrooms.
Fathers and sons will be working closely with each other.  Mothers and
daughters will be doing the same thing but in a different room.  Topics or
group activities will include; educational concerns and tutoring, problem
solving skills and strategies, socializing and getting to know the new Hmong
community, relationship building and communication for families, maintain
cultural practices and career concerns.

The groups will be facilitated by trained and experienced staff from Amherst
H. Wilder, Southeast Asian Services.  The Father/Son's group will be
facilitated by Meng Vang, LGSW, the Mother/ Daughter's group will be
facilitated by Xong Khang, Counselor II.  Transportation will be provided
along with a light lunch.  For more information and referrals please contact
651-647-9676.
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7. Hmong New Year Celebration

Hmong New Year Celebration

Date & Time: November 17, 2007, 1:00 P.M. to 5 P.M.
Location: North Regional Library, 1315 Lowery Ave. N., Minneapolis, MN 55411

Come enjoy Hmong dancing, singing, food, and games!  Free and open to the
Public.
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