Tag: Arts
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Annual Fundraiser RAJA Celebrates Diversity and Hope
“City of Diversity and Hope” is what Said Abiyow, president of the Somail Bantu Association, calls this annual fundraiser. The festival is more widely known as RAJA!, a word which means “hope” in Somali. Their goal for the RAJA! festival is to raise funds for the many services and education programs they provide through their…
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival Uses Documentaries to Stir Awareness
BPhoto Credit: Museum of Photographic Arts By Beth Accomando The Human Rights Watch Film Festival kicks off its sixth year and four days of films at the Museum of Photographic Arts on Jan. 21. The festival creates a forum for what it calls “courageous individuals on both sides of the lens to empower audiences with…
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National Endowment for the Arts Awards Grant to The AJA Project
Asha, 17, took this photo during an AjA Project class. The AjA Project helps refugees like Asha and other youth explore their identities and communities through photography. By Julia Richardson City Heights nonprofit The AjA Project was recommended by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive funding for its PhotoCity program. The NEA awarded…
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San Diego Latino Film Festival Brings Spotlight on Mexican Cinema
San Diego Latino Film Festival movie trailers playlist By Beth Accomando Listen to a KPBS Midday Edition interview with festival organizers. The San Diego Latino Film Festival kicks off its 20th season with more than 100 films from around the globe. For its 20th anniversary, the SDLFF will focus on Mexico, the country that provides…
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Drive-By Cinema Takes Film to the Streets
The official first event of Pacific Arts Movement’s Drive-By Cinema was on El Cajon Boulevard in City Heights to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a Jackie Chan movie. | Photo Credit: Beth Accomando By Beth Accomando Drive-By Cinema, Aired on KPBS Radio Feb. 28, 2013 [audio:http://speakcityheights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/20130228-BA-DRIVEBY1.mp3] The San Diego Asian Film Foundation recently rebranded…