Crew wanted for short film
See below for a crew call from the director of 8 MINUTES TO LOVE starring Sandra Oh and featured in NWAAFF 2004.
FORTUNE HUNTERS, a romantic comedy starring Kelvin Yu (Gramma's Boy, The Shield, Gilmore Girls) and Gedde Watanabe (16 Candles, Gung Ho, ER) shooting in Seattle, WA needs key crew personnel. Seeking: Line Producer, Assistant Director, Production Designer, Wardrobe, Camera Assistants, Grips & Electricians. We are shooting w/SAG Short Film Contract on Super16mm over 2 weekends in early July. Please contact Producer Mike Standish at fortunehuntersmovie@gmail.com
The password for THE PROMISE giveaway is...
..."steamed bun."
(Don't know what this is about? You need to get on the NWAAFF mailing list! Just send an email to subscribe@nwaaff.org and you'll be on your way!)
UPDATE: The giveaway is over -- congrats to those of you who will be seeing the free screening of Chen Kaige's THE PROMISE!
Vancouver Asian Film Festival: Call for Entries: VAFF 2006
[Hurry and finish your films!]
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is Canada’s oldest festival dedicated to exhibiting films and videos by North American artists of Asian heritage. It is committed to supporting both emerging talent and established filmmakers. Visiting artists have included Loni Ding, Justin Lin, Wes Kim, and Michael Kang, as well as BC filmmakers, Desiree Lim, Nilesh Patel, Eunhee Cha, and Jeff Chiba Stearns.
VAFF invites submissions for its 10th anniversary festival, November 1-5, 2006. Early deadline is April 30th; final deadline is May 31st (no exceptions).
More at:http://www.vaff.org/news/call-for-entries-vaff-2006
4/29: Margaret Leng Tan plays ROULETTE
[A concert in New York by our favorite toy pianist.]
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ROULETTE
April Concerts 2006
@ Location One
Keys to a Garden- A Festival of Work On, In and About the Piano
GEMS/RARITIES: Saturday, April 29, 2006, at 8.30 pm
MARGARET LENG TAN performs rare works by JOHN CAGE, PHILIP GLASS, ALVIN LUCIER, HANS OTTE and SOMEI SATOH.
For Margaret Leng Tan's first appearance at Roulette since 1997, she will perform six distinct and unusual works:
Chess Pieces: Cage's recently re-discovered 1944 "score-painting" ...if you missed the world premiere in February!
How Now (c. 1968): Glass' Minimalist classic not heard in New York since Ms. Tan first revived the work in the early 90's
Nothing is Real (Strawberry Fields Forever): Lucier's take on the Beatles scored for piano, teapot and miniature sound system. By popular demand!
Stundenbuch (Book of Hours): selections from Otte's four-volume set of piano miniatures in Ms. Tan's arrangement for piano, string piano, toy piano and alumiphone
Satoh's epic Litania and transcendental A Gate into the Stars complete the program.
This performance toasts Hans Otte and Alvin Lucier in this milestone year of their 80th and 75th birthdays respectively.
20 Greene St. (between Canal and Grand) 2 blocks west of Broadway
$15 at the Door
Location One, Harvestworks, DTW members
students, seniors: $10Reservations: 212.219.8242 (recommended)
Roulette members free
www.roulette.org www.location1.org
4/27: Launch of report: "A Community of Contrasts"
[Another community event happening tomorrow.]
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On April 27, at ACRS, there will be a launch of a major national report entitled "A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States." This is a demographic study done by the Asian American Justice Center in D.C. (formerly the national Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium), with partners such as the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California. ACRS is a local partner for the national launch.
The report gives a more accurate view of our communities and through doing so can combat ignorance and damaging stereotypes about our population.
To quote Karen Narasaki and Stewart Kuo, we hope the report will help policy makers, government agencies, courts, corporations, foundations and community organizations to better understand and meet the needs of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Using the information, we can work better to develop better answers to the problems our community faces in our efforts to be a greater part of our nation's social, economic and political life.
Registration will start at 9:30 am, program 10 am - noon, light lunch at noon. The program is free to the public but does require RSVPs to Ming Tanaka, at 206-695-7582. The launch will be held at Asian Counseling & Referral Service (ACRS) on 8th & Dearborn (720 8th Ave. South), second floor.
You are all invited to come! Please take time to come!
4/27: Ms. Manli Ho Lecture : The Chinese "Schindler"
[An interesting lecture taking place tomorrow night.]
A special presentation about the late Dr. Ho Fengshan by his daughter, Ms. Manli Ho
Sponsored by:
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Greater Seattle Chapter
The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center
Wing Luke Asian Museum, and Sino-Judaic Institute
Dr. Ho, the Chinese Consul General in Vienna in 1938-40, issued exit visas to thousands of Jewish families so that they could leave Austria. He has been recognized as "Righteous among Nations," by Yad Vashem in Israel.
More at:
Ms. Manli Ho Lecture : The Chinese "Schindler"
APAFirstWeekend: KOREAN AMERICAN FILMMAKERS WANTED NOW FOR FILMMAKERS LAB BY KOREAN FILM COUNCIL
Quick -- tell everyone Korean American filmmaker you know...
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From: APAFirstWeekend@aol.com
PLEASE POST, PRINT AND SPREAD THE WORD!
WANTED: KOREAN AMERICAN FILMMAKERS
KOREAN FILM COUNCIL LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE NEW FILMMAKERS DEVELOPMENT LAB IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ACADEMY FOR CREATIVE MEDIA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
April 21, 2006 (Los Angeles) – In a major initiative to nurture and encourage emerging Korean American filmmakers to bring their stories to the screen, the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) announced today the launch of its inaugural KOFIC Filmmakers Development Lab.
Inspired by similar creative environments such as the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, the KOFIC Filmmakers Development Lab is seeking applicants from the United States and Canada with a view to realizing projects that can find audience appeal in both Korea and North America. The Lab will be held in Hawaii in early September, in partnership with the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. Following in October, the Lab fellows will be brought to the Pusan International Film Festival in Korea to meet with relevant film industry representatives and organizations whom could potentially produce their projects.
"Through this incubator type project, we would be able to promote a sharing and a merging of ideas between Korean and Korean American filmmakers," states Ms. An Cheong Sook, KOFIC's Chairperson. . "It is important to us that through this cross cultural experience, these filmmakers will be able to establish markets and audiences on both continents."
"We are excited about this tremendous educational and professional partnership with the Korean Film Council, film industry and young filmmakers," said Chris Lee, Director of the Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii. "It accentuates the tremendous growth of the Academy and its now global outreach. We look forward to a long and prosperous association."
Selected participants will be paired with industry mentors from both Korea and the United States, in an intensive week-long retreat. The goal of the Filmmakers Development Lab is to enable participants to develop a high quality script that could be presented to financiers and production companies in both countries.
"These are exciting times for filmmakers and films from non-traditional sources," expresses KOFIC Filmmakers Development Lab director, Roger Garcia, a well-regarded international film consultant and producer. "(The Lab) not only looks to identify the talent but also to present real-world scenarios to participants in developing and presenting their projects. "
Information on the KOFIC Filmmakers Development Lab, and how to apply is available online at http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr and www.hawaii.edu/acm
The deadline for submissions is May 31, 2006.
"While this project is an ambitious one, we believe the talent is there," adds Garcia. "And through this incubator program, we hope to develop the next generation of great new filmmakers."
The Korean Film Council is based in Seoul, Korea with a satellite office in Los Angeles. Its mission is to raise the standard of Korean films, and to promote the Korean film industry at home and abroad. KOFIC provides and supports programs to develop creative filmmakers, improve the production of low-budget films, raise the profile of Korean cinema, and create a network between filmmakers in the Korean, overseas Korean and international communities.
The Academy for Creative Media at the University of Hawaii, founded just three years ago, emphasizes digital cinema, computer animation and videogame design, and critical studies. Its student films have been screened at major national and international festivals. It is developing a Center for Indigenous Filmmaking, which will embrace story-tellers from Hawaii, the Pacific and Asia.
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Saturday: Crazy busy day!
Lots going on this weekend -- ReAct Theatre's poker night, the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, a community briefing on immigration legislation, and a performance by Aono Jikken Ensemble (subjects of Doug Ing's JIKKEN, featured at NWAAFF 2006).
Read on for all the details...
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The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival (LHAAFF) supports community building by providing opportunities for artists and audiences to connect using the medium of film as a catalyst for dialogue that leads to social change.
The LHAAFF creates year-round opportunities to enhance media literacy, self-reflection, and community discussion. This annual event provides films from independent Black filmmakers featuring panel discussions, screenplay readings, matinee screenings for middle and high school youth and in-depth chats with filmmakers, industry professionals and local community leaders.
[Of particular interest:Seoul to Soul (USA) 25 minutes. Korean American filmmaker Hak J. Chung explores his own identity by taking a close look at a very engaging family. The Yates' household consists of the father, a black Korean war veteran, his war bride and their three grown children. This love match has endured for thirty-five years because of the couple's intellectual and spiritual unity. When they first settled in America, they faced discrimination and misunderstanding.
We learn how their children felt growing up as mixed race kids in a home where both cultures were valued. However, it is a surprise to learn that this seemingly well-adjusted family cannot escape the pain of cultural miscommunication. The beloved eldest son is estranged from his parents because his blonde wife and his mother are at odds. His wife does not understand the nuances of her in-laws expectations. His mother is offended that his wife won't eat kimchi and addresses her by her first name.
Part of the program "Ethnic Identity: Adoption, marriage & more." Intelligent documentary films about adoption, interracial marriage, and the question “What does it mean to be Black”? April 28, 4pm, $7.]
The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
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Come down and join in on the fun!
Tournament starts at 5pm!
Top finishers at each round will win some nifty prizes and be invited to the tournament finale on May 13th for a chance to win our grand prize a vacation package for 4 to Puerta Vallarta!
Gaming excitement, yummy snacks and entertainment for all! AND a No-Host Hotel Bar!
To register, get more information, or donate a prize, visit...
http://www.reacttheatre.org/poker.html
$25 Registration in advance (to cover food & venue) or $30 at the door!
If you've never played before, we have a Beginner's Side Table to teach you how, or if you can also just want to come watch!
We hope to see you there! Seating is limited so register today!
The Springhill Suites is located on 1800 Yale Avenue in Seattle, across the street from 24 Hour Fitness downtown in the Denny Regrade neighborhood near REI.
Support the Arts! Have fun playing poker! Meet new people!
PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR POKER PLAYING FRIENDS!!
The Repertory Actors Theatre, the Pacific Northwest's only
Multi-ethnic and Philanthropic Theatre Company.
Mailing Address:
1122 E Pike Street #1111
Seattle WA 98122
Box Office: (206) 364-3283
Website: http://www.reacttheatre.org
Email: react.works@usa.net
UPCOMING SHOWS:
*THE LAST SUNDAY IN JUNE - Theatre Off Jackson
June 9 - July 2, 2006
*SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION - Richard Hugo House
July 6 - 30, 2006
*UNCLE HIDEKI & THE EMPTY NEST - Theatre Off Jackson
Septernber 14 - October 8, 2006 in support of NWAAT
UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS & SOCIAL EVENTS:
*POKER POKER POKER!
Springhill Suites - April 22, 2006 - 5pm-11pm
*THE HULA BOWL-O-RAMA
The Garage - May 21, 2006 - 4pm-10pm
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Support Immigrant Rights!
Join From Hate to Hope and other organizations to defeat Initiative-946, an effort to deny basic health and human services to immigrants and refugees. Come and find out how you can get involved.
2006 Community Briefing:
WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 2006
TIME: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Rainier Valley Cultural Theatre, 3515 South Alaska Street, Seattle, WA 98118
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RSVP, CONTACT: perez@lopezcheung.com
People of color, immigrants and refugees are especially encouraged to attend.
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Abril 11, 2006
¡Apoye los derechos de los inmigrantes!
Únase a Del Odio a la Esperanza From Hate to Hope y a otras organizaciones para derrotar la iniciativa 946, un esfuerzo para negar servicios básicos de salud y humanos a inmigrantes y refugiados. Venga y entérese como puede usted ser parte de nuestros esfuerzos.
2006 Reunión Comunitaria Informativa:
Cuando: Sábado, Abril 22, 2006
A que horas: 10:00 a.m. a las 3:00 p.m.
Lugar: Teatro Cultural Rainier Valley, 3515 South Alaska Street, Seattle, WA 98118
PARA MAS INFORMACION Y PARA RESERVAR ESPACIO FAVOR DE LLAMAR A Maru 206-251-6658
Inmigrantes, refugiados y gente de color se les invita a participar
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AONO JIKKEN ENSEMBLE
PRESENTS LIVE MUSIC FOR SILENT FILMS AT CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
The Aono Jikken Ensemble will give a free live music for silent films presentation and discussion at the Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival on Saturday, April 22nd, at 3:30 p.m. in Seattle Center's Fischer Pavillion (west end of the former Flag Pavillion). The presentation will feature rare screenings, with live accompaniment, of two short early silent films by master Japanese directors Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story, Late Autumn) and Mikio Naruse (When A Woman Ascends The Stairs, Floating Clouds) [see synopsis below]. The films, with new live scores, were previously given their Northwest premieres by AJE to sold-out audiences at the Northwest Film Forum and Broadway Performance Hall and are among AJE's most accessible work with the film's emphasis on slapstick comedy. AJE uses a unique assortment of traditional and invented instruments, sound toys, found objects, and vocals that blend traditional Japanese music with a wide range of influences ranging (in these scores) from klezmer, reggae, and Latin to avant-garde sound experimentation. AJE will give a short talk and musical demonstration before accompanying the film screenings. The Seattle Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival, which runs free April 21-23 at Seattle Center, celebrates it's 30th anniversary by highlighting contemporary arts (from the 1950's on) in the Northwest as part of it's Lives and Legacies theme.
A Straight Forward Boy (Tokkan Kozo)
Yasujiro Ozu's 1929 comedy is a rediscovered 14 minute fragment from a lost film that was based on the O. Henry short story The Ransom of Red Chief. An innocent-looking boy is abducted by a kidnapper who takes him to work for his oyabun (underworld boss). The kidnappers soon realize they've bitten of more than they can chew when the kid turns out to be an incorrigible mischief maker. The hapless criminals become so frustrated they try to return the boy to no avail.
Flunky, Work Hard! (Koshiben Gambare)
Mikio Naruse's 30 minute comedy-drama from 1931, aka Little Man Do Your Best, employs grandstanding style in a slapstick satire of people at the end of their financial rope. A meek insurance salesman ducks and hides whenever conflict arises, and his wife and son grow tired of both his humility and their poverty. The antics eventually dissolve into tear-jerking tragedy as the salesman is driven to distraction in an effort to succeed but ends up learning the value of family over materialism.
Aono Jikken Ensemble (AJE), founded in 1997, explores new sights and sounds in experimental music and performance-based art. AJE is the only group in the country devoted to the creation and presentation of live original music/sound scores for classic Asian silent cinema. They have created scores for the 1926 Japanese avant-garde masterpiece A Page of Madness; the 1932 Chinese martial arts adventure Swordswoman of Huangjiang; Kaneto Shindo's 1960 cinematic poem The Naked Island; Mikio Naruse's 1933 melodrama Nightly Dreams; and several 1930's dramas and comedies by Yasujiro Ozu, including A Story of Floating Weeds, The Lady and The Beard, and An Inn in Tokyo. AJE's stage works include 2002's Komori-uta (Lullaby), depicting the journey of a Japanese "war bride" in post World War II America; and 2005's Kaiki Shoku (Eclipse), about executed, turn-of-the-last-century political prisoner Suga Kanno. AJE has presented their work at the Seattle International Film Festival, Northwest Film Forum, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, On the Boards, Seattle Asian Art Museum and Theatre Off Jackson. Upcoming AJE projects include new live scores, with benshi - the traditional form of silent film narration, for To Sleep So As To Dream, Kaizo Hayashi's tribute to Japanese silent cinema, and Taki no Shiraito: The Water Magician, an important, rarely seen early work by master director Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu). The group is also working on the stage pieces Kiga (Hunger), about women surviving war during Japan's middle ages, and Kioku, an experimental reflection on human consciousness in the nuclear age. AJE is William Satake Blauvelt, Susie Kozawa, Michael Shannon, Naho Shioya, Esther Sugai, and Marcia Takamura. www.aonojikken.net
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TV watch: Lane's wedding on "The Gilmore Girls" tonight
Full disclosure: I've never watched "Gilmore Girls," but I've heard good things about the show from people I wouldn't have expected to be watching a Clearasil network. In any case, Lane (Keiko Agena) is getting married, and as marriage is a big deal in the world of such shows as these, tonight's episode is therefore a big deal. Having met Keiko once in San Diego, I can say that she seems like a very nice person. And of course, she was the star in Cynthia Liu's RED THREAD which screened at our festival back in 2003 which practically makes her family.
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From: "Joseph Yang"
Just a note to Asian American artists out there to support 'The Gilmore Girls' for their diversity. Tomorrow's episode (Tuesday, April 18th) will highlight the wedding of Lane and Zach. Lane is a prominent Asian American character in the series.
There are many Asian American roles in this episode and include actors such as Emily Kuroda, Greg J. Paik, Ralph Ahn, myself (Joseph Steven Yang as the Korean Minister) ... and many others.
Let's support the inclusion of Asian America in prime time TV.
Cheers,
Joe Y.
Screening: THE LAND HAS EYES (repost)
[Perhaps it would be easier if I just consolidated all these posts.]
See below for a note about a Fijian film opening today at the Grand Illusion. Also, here are some links to reviews:
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Seattle Weekly Pick: The Land Has Eyes
The Seattle Times: Movies: Conflicts test a disappearing culture on a remote Fiji island
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Seattle P-I: Filmmaker lets people of Fiji tell their own story
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From: Nanette Fok
Hi everyone,
My brother-in-law, Corey Tong, has co-produced a lovely film -- THE LAND HAS EYES -- that will be showing in Seattle for only a week starting this Friday. It's set in Rotuma (a small South Pacific Island near Fiji), and is a beautiful story about a young girl who finds power inside herself both to seek justice for her family and to realize her vision and fulfill her dreams.
Please go and see this wonderful film...and bring all your friends along, too!!
Director/writer/co-producer Vilsoni Hereniko and co-producer Jeannette Paulson Hereniko will be present at all the screenings to answer questions and tell their great stories. Information about the screenings is below.
Enjoy the film! Thanks!!
Best,
~ nanette
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See the award winning first feature film ever made by a native of Fiji, THE LAND HAS EYES , directed by Vilsoni Hereniko
"This beautiful film brims with a gentle wisdom" - Hollywood Reporter
Winner -
*Best Dramatic Feature - Toronto's ImagineNATIVE Film Festival
*Best Overall Entry - Maori Waiora Film Festival
*Best Hawaii Filmmaker - Cinema Paradise Film Festival
*World Premiere at Sundance,
*Other festivals include Rotterdam, Montreal, Shanghai, Moscow
*Fiji's nomination to the Academy for Best Foreign Language considerations
THE LAND HAS EYES is the story of Viki (introducing Sapeta Taito), a young South Pacific Islander who redeems her family's name by exposing the secrets of her island's most powerful and important people. Shamed by her village for being poor and the daughter of a wrongly convicted thief, Viki is inspired and haunted by the island's mythical "Warrior Woman" (Rena Owen, Once Were Warriors.) The lush tropical beauty of Rotuma, an island of Fiji, contrasts with the stifling conformity of her culture as Viki confronts notions of justice and her own personal freedom.
GRAND ILLUSION CINEMA in Seattle, University District
Friday April 14th - Thursday April 20th.
Plays Daily at 7 & 9pm; plus 3 & 5pm Sat & Sun.
Vilsoni Hereniko, Director, writer and co-producer and Jeannette Paulson Hereniko will attend all screenings to introduce the film and for an after-film discussion at the end.
The theater is located at the SE corner of University Way & Ne 50th St., 1403 NE 50th St, Seattle, WA 98105
tel: 206.523.3935
Admission: $7.50 general, $6.50 students, $5.50 seniors,
$5.00 members of the cinema
website: www.grandillusioncinema.org
For more information on the film, please see www.thelandhaseyes.com
Wanted: Your NWAAFF snapshots!
Do you have photos from this year's festival? Upload them to flickr with the tag nwaaff2006 and they'll magically appear in our album! If you have photos from previous years, you're welcome to upload those as well -- just tag them with nwaaff2004, nwaaff2003, etc.
If you can, try to add helpful descriptions to your uploaded pics. For a great example, take a look at the pictures uploaded by Seattle Bon Vivant for NWAAFF 2006 below:
- View NWAAFF 2006 photos
- View NWAAFF 2004 photos -- just one so far!
- View NWAAFF 2003 photos -- none yet!
SIS is Looking for Asian Extras 4/16
So many film/video opportunities for Asian American faces -- here's another from our SiS-ters.
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From: kathy@sis-productions.org
Hi!
SIS is looking for extras for this Sunday, April 16! If you, or anyone you know
might be interested in being in some video segments that will be shown
throughout the run of Sex in Seattle, Episode 13: Risking It All For Love,
please feel free to let me know and/or to forward this to people you know.
We can even use children for the outdoor shots. The only requirement is we are
only seeking Asian and Asian Americans (these scenes are supposed to be in
Korea).
Here is the full schedule and all the information for Sunday. Please let me know
if you or any of your friends are interested. Thanks!
Sunday, April 16:
* Directions below
10:30am - 11:45am Meet at the Uptown Neigbhorhood Service Center*
Classroom scenes
Called: All
11:45am - 12:45pm Meet outside of Intiman & Seattle Rep*
Shoot outdoor scenes:
Fans asking and getting Shari's autograph
Shari tossing air kisses to her fans
Shari with paparazzi
Called: All
Please wear business casual and bring one change of clothes (either business
casual, casual or dressy).
If you have a camera of any kind, please bring it with you for the
fans/paparazzi scene.
We would love to use everybody for both the Classroom scenes and the outdoor
scenes, so if you are able to come and stay from 10:30am - 12:45pm, that would
be terrific! If you are only able to come for part of the morning, we would
still love to be able to use you for whichever scenes you are able to
participate in.
* Uptown Neighborhood Service Center
10:30 - 11:45am
157 Roy Street, Seattle WA 98109
(it's located in lower Queen Anne by the Seattle Center, on Roy Street and
across from Larry's Market)
Take I-5 and get off at the Mercer Exit.
Turn RIGHT onto FAIRVIEW AVE N. 0.1 miles
Turn LEFT onto VALLEY ST. 0.1 miles
VALLEY ST becomes BROAD ST. 0.4 miles
Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto HARRISON ST. 0.1 miles
Turn RIGHT onto 5TH AVE N. 0.2 miles
Turn LEFT onto ROY ST. 0.2 miles
157 Roy St will be the grayish textured cement building on the left.
Parking is free on Sundays, but do observe the signs for areas that are
restricted. There is also a small parking lot at the Center - first-come,
first-served.
* Intiman/Seattle Rep
We'll meet between the Intiman and the Rep at approximately 11:45am - 12:45pm
The INTIMAN Playhouse is at 201 Mercer Street on the northwest corner of Seattle
Center campus. The Theatre is between the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the
Seattle Repertory Theatre at the 2nd Avenue North and Mercer Street entrance to
Seattle Center.
For directions and map, please go to:
http://www.intiman.org/visit/direc_park.html
Metro Bus Routes to Use: #1, #2, #8, #13, #15, #18, and #74
For bus information, please go to:
http://tripplanner.metrokc.gov/cgi-bin/itin_page.pl?resptype=U
If you have any questions or get lost on Sunday, please feel free to call! If
you get the voicemail, please leave a message and we'll call you back as soon
as we're able (if you're calling on Sunday and you get the voicemail, we may be
shooting a scene and we will call you back at the first available opportunity).
Thanks!
Kathy
SIS Productions
Community Stories: Aquarium Kids, a production of the Seattle Channel, to premiere Sunday, April 16th at 7:00 p.m.
Tune in this Sunday night for a short documentary on Seattle Channel about three Asian American interns at Seattle Aquarium. | City of Seattle Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor |
| NEWS ADVISORY | |
| SUBJECT: Community Stories: Aquarium Kids, a production of the Seattle Channel, to premiere Sunday, April 16th at 7:00 p.m. | |
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 4/12/2006 1:00:00 PM | FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Gee (206) 233-3982 Beth Hester 206-684-3493 |
“Community Stories: A documentary series for the Seattle Channel”
SEATTLE – The Seattle Channel presents the premiere of Aquarium Kids, part of the Seattle Channel series Community Stories.Every Sunday on Pier 59, three high schoolers come to the Seattle Aquarium to help clean the exhibit tanks and feed the animals, all to prepare for the thousands of visitors who come to aquarium each week. Interns Sam, Shun, and Savy all come from families with roots in Asia, but their unique personalities and life histories illustrate the diversity within the Asian American community, a diversity that in turn enriches the lives of the aquarium's staff and visitors.
The Seattle Channel presents Community Stories: Aquarium Kids, produced and directed by Wes Kim. Photography by John D. Pai. Editor is Alex Perrault. Opening Title Segment Director is David Russo. Senior Producer is Shannon Gee. Executive Producer for Community Stories is Gary Gibson. Community Stories: Aquarium Kids will air on the Seattle Channel, cable channel 21, on Sunday, April 16, at 7:00 p.m.
More at:
Community Stories: Aquarium Kids, a production of the Seattle Channel, to premiere Sunday, April 16th at 7:00 p.m.
Asian CineVision: Calls for entries
Asian American International Film Festival's main call for entries is closed, but they're still accepting submissions in other categories (screenplay, youth-made films, etc.).
More at:
http://www.asiancinevision.org/festival.html
Sign a petition to support Satnam Singh
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Consider signing the Sikh Coalition petition described below.
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A gentleman named, Satnam Singh, is a federal prisoner in a minimum security
Ohio facility at the moment. He is being deported back to Singapore because
of false documents. On April 9 he will be transported to a Florida facility
prior to his deportation. The problem is that Florida law prohibits male
prisoners from keeping long hair or a beard. As an adherent to the Sikh
faith, this is a serious problem for Mr. Singh and a potentially large blow
to all Sikhs in America and their ability to practice their faith.
We are asking all organizations to co-sponsor a petition to Governor Jeb
Bush. The petition can be access at:
http://www.sikhcoalition.org/petition_florida.asp
Further if you can help to reach out to other community organizations or any
folks in the media, it would be much appreciated.
To add an organization as a co-sponsor, we need the following information:
Name of the organization:
Address:
Contact Name:
Phone:
Email Address:
Fax:
Time is of the essence on this matter. Please respond ASAP.
The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: A play about loss by a troupe that knows a bit about it
ReACT Theatre's production of "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" ends this weekend. Here's a nice write-up by Jeff Shannon in the Seattle Times:
The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: A play about loss by a troupe that knows a bit about it
Wing Luke Asian Museum presents: "Images Through the Ages"
On Saturday at 2pm, check out this celebration at Wing Luke Asian Museum. Sounds like a good time:
Come join the Sikh Community as they celebrate over a 100 years of the Sikh
faith and culture in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy the musical performances
with Tabla and Dilruba. Share the vibrant beats of the Dhol and join the
live Bhangra performance. Plus special guests from out-of-town.
More at: Wing Luke Asian Museum presents: "Images Through the Ages"
Newsrelease: Presidential Commission on Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders to hold forum in Bellevue April 6
Here's a full press release about today's forum in Bellevue.
Newsrelease: Presidential Commission on Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders to hold forum in Bellevue April 6
Thurs, Apr 6, 6pm, Conversat'n on Race & Culture at Sammamish High Sch
It's just the day for APA events in Bellevue -- see below for information about a forum on multicultural education on the Eastside.
Thurs, Apr 6, 6pm, Conversat'n on Race & Culture at Sammamish High Sch
The Seattle Times: Local News: Advisory group to look at Asian population
Are you free this afternoon? Then maybe you want to check out this event in Bellevue run by the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders as they meet with community leaders to figure out how we're dealing with growth in the AA/API population in the Puget Sound.
The Seattle Times: Local News: Advisory group to look at Asian population
northwest asian american film festival is a production of northwest asian american theatre