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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PAAFF’15 Fundraiser Banquet Friday, September 11th, 6pm-8:30PM Ocean City Restaurant 234 N 9th Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 General Admission: $60 Student Admission (25 and under with I.D.): $30 Join PAAFF for an evening of food and fun to support the 2015 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival! Featuring a delicious multiple course Chinese dinner, live music, a cash bar, a silent auction, raffles and door prizes![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_text_separator title=”Special Guests” title_align=”separator_align_center” color=”grey”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Mistress of Ceremonies: Cynthia Gouw Award Winning Journalist and TV Spokesperson for Clarisonic A L’Oreal Company www.cynthiagouw.com [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Hanjie (Hollis) Liu Liu is a long time violin enthusiast. He’s been playing the violin for more than 10 years. He currently plays the first violin in the Drexel University Orchestra. He is also a part of the chamber string ensemble at Drexel. In 2014, he took a master class with the concertmaster of Philadelphia Orchestra, David Kim. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_text_separator title=”Tickets” title_align=”separator_align_center” color=”grey”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY FRI. SEPT 5TH. IF YOU WANT TO PAY AT THE DOOR, YOU MUST EMAIL RSVP BY FRI. SEPT 4TH to [email protected]. Checks should be made payable to: “PAAFF” Please note meals are NOT tax-deductible. To donate an item for our silent auction, please e-mail Festival Director, Rob Buscher at [email protected] To view photos from our 2014 fundraiser, please Click Here. Note: We will provide guests with assigned tables upon arrival, unless your group has reserved a table. If you cannot attend but want to support the festival, please consider sponsoring a seat/table for a student or local artist. (To do this, when making a payment, type “Donation” for ticket holder’s name) To buy tickets to this event, click on the “Buy Tickets” button below. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Cicada Audience Choice Narrative Feature July 10th-12th, 2015 Fri. 10pm | Sat. 8pm | Sun. 7pm At Theatre N 1007 N. Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801 All tickets for this show are $9.00 Director: Dean Yamada | 100 mins When Elementary School administrator Jumpei Taneda finds out he is sterile, he is thrust into an existential crisis that turns his life upside down. He begins having clairvoyant flashes that mysteriously lead him to cicada shells. Meanwhile he becomes a father-figure to his sister Nanaka’s young son Ryota, who is being bullied in school. To buy tickets, click the “Buy Tickets” button below.

PAAFF alumni Eiko Fan and Aidan Un will be showing their 8 short documentary films on loop with the art works by their artists in their films in a part of “Creative Voices” exhibit. Opening reception will be June 18th, 5-7pm, films will be shown continuously during the show June 8 to July 31. Films are a collaboration of Eiko and Aidan’s works during past two years to tell the stories and the importance of art to all people. Free admission, Please check out the city hall website. In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Art In City Hall presents “Creative Voices – the ADA at 25” featuring the artistic achievements of the Philadelphia area artists and local organizations serving people with disabilities. Come celebrate with us at the opening reception at City Hall on Thursday, June 18, 5-7pm. The exhibition will run through June 8 to July 31. For more info about “Creative Voices”, click here or follow this link: http://bit.ly/ArtCityHallADA

Asian Arts Initiative is partnering with the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF) to do monthly film screenings through this summer and fall! June’s feature film is Limited Partnership, a touching documentary about an Asian American man and his Australian lover who were legally married in the state of Colorado in the 1970s, but then faced deportation over immigration policies that did no accept same sex marriage as grounds for naturalization. Co-produced and shot by PAAFF alumni Leo Chiang. Thursday, June 25 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm $8 General Admission | $6 Students and Seniors Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA