[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 10/08

[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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Asian Media Access Events or Sponsored Events:

1. A Celebration Banquet with Asian Media Access and Our Youth

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Local Community Events:

2. Macalester College Presents its 14th Annual International Roundtable
3. Third Annual Open House Of the Chinese Heritage Foundation
4. Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble ­ 20th Anniversary Concert
5. Hennepin County's Expanded Chinese Collection and Storytimes in Chinese
Series
6. Theatre in the Round Auditions

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1. A Celebration Banquet with Asian Media Access and Our Youth

Join us for a spectacular evening in celebrating and honoring the
achievements of our youth in community services; learn what our youth have
been doing for the community through media arts; learn about Asian Media
Access programs; dinner, youth testimonies, video presentations and much
more!

Date & Time: Thursday, October 18, 2007, 6 pm - 8 pm (registration starts at
5 pm)
Location: Jackson Room, St. Paul Travelers, 385 Washington Street, downtown
St. Paul
Dress Code: Semi-Formal
RSVP at amamedia@amamedia.org

For more information, please contact Asian Media Access at 612-376-7715, or
email amamedia@amamedia.org.
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2. Macalester College Presents its 14th Annual International Roundtable

Macalester College presents its 14th annual International Roundtable titled
"The Musical Imagination in the Epoch of Globalization".

Dates:  Thu. - Sat., Oct. 11 - 13, 2007
Location: Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Concert Hall,, 1600 Grand Ave., St.
Paul, MN

The musical imagination has been an original and crucial aspect of the
making and evolution of human culture.  Despite the variability of
composition, instrumentation, tone, and context, musical performance not
only speaks to an inner aesthetic of individuals but also has the potential
to travel across communities and societies and, therefore, induce a sense of
appreciation and meaning.

The current phase of globalization brings forth a set of new developments
that suggest such possibilities as these: (a) the discovery and wide
distribution of culturally specific forms of music that enrich aesthetic
diversity, (b) co-mingling and cross-fertilization that add to growing
hybrids, and (c) instant commodification and the danger of homogenization.

On Friday night, eighth blackbird, an engaging and accomplished sextet that
performs a wide range of contemporary music, will perform at 8 p.m. in the
Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Concert Hall on campus.  Founded in 1996,
eighth blackbird has commissioned new works from eminent composers and has
performed across the globe.

This year's participants include:
- Martin Stokes, university lecturer in Ethnomusicology and Fellow of St.
John's College, Oxford, whose keynote is titled "On Musical
Cosmopolitanism." (4:30 p.m., Thu., Oct. 11).

- Joseph Lam, music professor at the University of Michigan, whose talk is
titled "Chinese Music and its Globalized Past and Present."  (9:30 a.m.,
Fri., Oct. 12).

- Ingrid Monson, the Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music at
Harvard University whose talk is titled "Global (Re)vision: Musical
Imagination in African America," in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center,
John B. Davis Lecture Hall, on campus. (1:30 p.m., Fri., Oct. 12).

The Roundtable will conclude with a discussion featuring Martin Stokes,
Joseph Lam, and Ingrid Monson.  (10 a.m., Sat., Oct. 13).

The roundtable begins at 4:30 pm, Thursday, October 11, with opening
statements from Macalester's Ahmed I. Samatar, James Wallace professor and
Dean of the Institute for Global Citizenship, and Macalester College
President Brian C. Rosenberg.

For more information, contact Barbara K. Laskin, Media Relations Manager,
Macalester College at 651-696-6451.
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3. Third Annual Open House Of the Chinese Heritage Foundation

You are cordially invited to attend the Third Annual Open House Of the
Chinese Heritage Foundation.

Date & Time: Sunday October 14, 2007, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Gramercy Party Room, 6711 Lake Shore Drive, Richfield 55423

Special Guest: Mr. Bruce Dayton, Honorary Chinese Minnesotan.  Please reply
by October 8 to chff@chineseheritagefoundation.org or 612-722-4895.  For
more information visit its website at www.chineseheritagefoundation.org.
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4. Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble ­ 20th Anniversary Concert

The Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble will be holding their 20th anniversary
concert.

Date & Time: Sunday, October 21, 4 PM
Location: Janet Wallace Concert Hall, Macalester College.

Please visit their web site at www.minnesotachinesemusic.com for a list of
music pieces that they will be playing at the concert.   They are very
excited about this milestone and it would be an honor to have you share
their joy with them.
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5. Hennepin County's Expanded Chinese Collection and Storytimes in Chinese
Series

Hennepin County Library expands Chinese collection, offers Chinese
Storytimes in response to growing interest in Chinese language.  Ever
cognizant of the growing Minnesota-China connection, the suburban Hennepin
County Library system is expanding its Chinese collection and presenting a
series of storytimes in Mandarin this fall.  More Chinese titles added to
the collection.

In response to the opening of a number of Chinese-immersion schools in
Hennepin County this fall, Hennepin County Library is purchasing more books,
CDs and DVDs in Chinese for the Brookdale (6125 Shingle Creek Parkway,
Brooklyn Center), Southdale (7001 York Ave. S., Edina) and Plymouth (15700
36th. Ave. N.) libraries.  There will be approximately 275 new Chinese
titles added across all age levels, in multiple copies.  Even though the
newly acquired Chinese materials are located mainly at the three libraries
mentioned, all titles can be reserved and checked out from any one of the
system's 26 suburban libraries.  There are approximately 3,500 Chinese
books, videos, CDs and DVDs currently available in the collection.  For
details about Hennepin County
Library's world language collections, go to
http://www.hclib.org/worldlinks/.

Storytimes in Chinese to start in late October

In addition to expanding its Chinese collection, Plymouth Library will be
presenting a series of four Chinese Storytimes for children age 2 and up
beginning in October (Thursdays, Oct. 25-Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m.).

"Hennepin County Library supports families who want to provide learning
opportunities for their children in a native language.  Studies have shown
that children learn languages best at an early age.  Our storytimes will
help parents effectively share books with and instill a love of reading in
their children," said Library Director Amy Ryan.  "I am very proud and
excited that the Library can respond to a growing community interest by
offering Chinese storytimes!"

Working with librarians, a native Mandarin speaker-teacher who is
experienced in working with families of both Chinese and non-Chinese
background will present a variety of vocabulary-rich stories entirely in
Chinese.  To aid non-Chinese speakers with comprehension, a Youth Services
librarian will assist with discussion of the stories in English.  Props,
puppets and songs/action rhymes from the Chinese culture may be included to
make the storytimes fun; encourage discussion and understanding of the
objects; and to reinforce the cultural aspect.  Books chosen will be highly
visual and will have illustrations that support the text so children can
concentrate on the vocabulary and enjoy the story.

Parent involvement also is highly encouraged at these storytime sessions.
Parents play a most important role in their children's development.  By
repeating the storytime format at home while reading to their children, they
can reinforce the love of reading and further build on early literacy
skills.  After the storytimes, librarians can help families find resources
in their native language to use at home.

Chinese storytimes will be continued in March 2008 at Ridgedale Library.
Watch for details at www.hclib.org.
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6. Theatre in the Round Auditions

The comedy MARTHA, JOSIE AND THE CHINESE ELVIS by Charlotte Jones (of
"Humble Boy" fame), will audition at Theatre in the Round.

Dates: October 29th and 30th

The audition is for:
- 2 women, age 40-50 (one with a low-class English dialect; one with an
Irish dialect)
- 2 women, age 17-22 (both with low-class English dialect)
- 1 man, age 45-60 (English dialect)
- 1 man, Asian, age 20-30, with the ability to sing and impersonate Elvis

Auditions will be readings from the script (the director prefers that the
dialects noted above be used at the auditions).  Directed by Lynn Musgrave,
MARTHA, JOSIE AND THE CHINESE ELVIS performs January 4-27, 2008.

The front door is unlocked at 6 pm and auditions begin at 7 pm, continuing
until everyone is seen. No appointments: people are seen in the order they
arrive.  All positions are unpaid.  For updated audition information, visit
www.TheatreintheRound.org/auditions/main.html, or call the theatre anytime
at 612-333-2919 and press extension 4.
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