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A special album release party featuring GAPS in New Day

Publisher — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:45:15 +0000

A special album release party featuring GAPS in New Day

THE PAN AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES THE CREATION OF THE PAFF FILM INSTITUTE

Publisher — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:44:46 +0000

The PAFF Film Institute will run February 10-13, 2012 in the community room at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza (next to Sears), located at 3650 W Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles. During the day, the film institute will host various workshops and panel discussions, and end the evening with a "Conversation With" keynote discussion by key figures in the industry.

The Miss Asia USA and Mrs. Asia USA Cultural Pageants

Publisher — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:27 +0000

The Miss Asia USA and Mrs. Asia USA Cultural Pageants provide a wonderful platform for increasing awareness and excellent training for personal growth and development.

Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Creating Jobs and Strengthening the U.S. Economy

Publisher — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:30:13 +0000

“Immigrant-owned growth businesses are hugely important to strengthening local economies, as well as providing jobs essential to economic recovery,” said report author Marcia Drew Hohn, director of the Public Education Institute at The Immigrant Learning Center, Inc.

New Orleans Jazz Fest Heats Up with Latin Sounds and World Music

Publisher — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:55:49 +0000
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will add some tasty sounds to the musical gumbo of Jazz Fest with some spicy Latin sounds and world music.

The Pan African Film Festival Announces Films in Competition

Publisher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:35:28 +0000
It has selected a total of 160 films, representing 30 countries, 91 feature length films (narrative and documentaries) and 67 short films. The festival will hand out prizes for Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Short, Best Narrative Feature, and Best First Feature Film, as well as audience favorite awards at the close of the festival.

About Academy Award-nominated film “Chico & Rita” | Best Animated Feature Film

Publisher — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:17 +0000
Audiences at PAFF will be the first to see the surprise Oscar-nominated film, “Chico & Rita, directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal and Tono Errando.

Vietnamese Director Brings Haruki Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” to U.S. Theaters

Publisher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:20:29 +0000
In 1994, Hung first read the popular novel “Norwegian Wood” by Japan’s Haruki Murakami in its French translation and felt and intimate connection with the love story. The intensely sexual novel takes place in Japan in the tumultuous 1960s as main character Toru Watanabe, played by Kenichi Matsuyama, is coping with the loss of his best friend who committed suicide. The lead character also struggles to choose between two distinctly different love interests, all while he grieves the loss of his friend.

Study: HB 56 Will Shrink Alabama’s Economy by $2.3 Billion

Publisher — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:09:22 +0000
By driving some immigrants out of the state and others underground, the law will damage the economy by shrinking demand for the goods and services that Alabama businesses provide. Dr. Addy estimates that HB 56 will shrink the state’s GDP by at least $2.3 billion (1% of the state’s 2010 GDP), and possibly as much as $10.8 billion (6% of 2010 GDP).

111-Year-Old Iraqi Chaldean Becomes Naturalized American

Publisher — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:15:53 +0000
Bashou, who’s Chaldean, became the second oldest person on record in the United States to receive U.S. citizenship, according to Citizenship and Immigration Services. Her swearing-in ceremony was held Jan. 13 at her home in Sterling Heights, where she took the Oath of Allegiance with friends, family and members of the media present.