[NEohioPAL] AsiaTown Community News - Cleveland Asian Festival draws 38, 000

Thu Jun 12 08:26:34 PDT 2014

Cleveland Asian Festival draws 38,000

Over $1.7 million spent in AsiaTown

The 5th annual Cleveland Asian Festival (CAF) solidified its status as "the
place to be" each year the weekend before Memorial Day.

CAF lived up to its reputation as a premier Cleveland Ethnic Festival with 2
days of culture, food, fun and activities for the entire family on May 17
and 18, 2014. 

Despite dismal weather on Saturday, CAF drew 37,600 attendees who spent over
$1.7 million in the AsiaTown neighborhood over the weekend.  Besides that
immediate economic impact, 93% of CAF survey respondents were likely (23%)
or very likely (70%) to visit AsiaTown again in the near future.  CAF
organizers focused on featuring AsiaTown in order to create year-round
economic impact for the neighborhood.

For 28% of survey respondents it was their first time to AsiaTown.  Free
AsiaTown Trolley Tours were packed throughout the weekend and highlighted
the neighborhood's many offerings.

A highlight of the 2014 CAF was the performances (both days) by LA boy band
The Filharmonic from NBC's The Sing Off.  Their a capella stylings had young
girls screaming and the audience on their feet. 

The 2014 CAF also featured award-winning Modern Dance Artist Phuong Thanh
Ngo from Vietnam, the debut of the Cleveland Dragon Dance Team and a Cosplay
(Costume Play) performance art show.

Two stages of modern and traditional performers celebrating various Asian
cultures, including martial arts, made the action non-stop. The food area
featured dozens of restaurants serving various Asian foods.  Families
enjoyed the Children's Activity Area, Sushi and Egg Roll Eating
Competitions, inflatable sumo wrestling and more.  The Health Pavilion
offered free health screenings on both days of the festival.

The 2015 Cleveland Asian Festival will be held May 16 and 17, 2015.

For more information, please visit http://clevelandasianfestival.org

Pictures and videos from CAF 2014 are available at
https://www.facebook.com/clevelandasianfestival and
http://www.clevelandpeople.com/events/2014/caf-2014.htm

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OCA Cleveland Members and Friends:

Your are invited to the OCA Cleveland Spring/Summer event, a Membership
Drive Potluck Dinner and Discussion.  The discussion will be the first in a
series "Seeds for Success" and the topic will be "Career Role Models" led by
speakers in a variety of fields including the Honorable Ron Falconi, Mayor
of the City of Brunswick, and Wayne Wong, recipient of the 2013 Asian
American Engineer of the Year Award, and others.  While the general topic
may appear to be geared towards early career people and students, it should
be of interest to parents, and also to well established participants that
may have advice to give as there will be plenty of time for open discussion.
Details information available at www.ocagc.org

DATE: 6/21/2014 - Saturday 4:00pm - 8:00pm

LOCATION: The Hom Residence: 4420 Valley Forge Drive, Fairview Park, OH
44126

COST:  Free to OCA Members and Students, $5 Non-members, $10 Non-member
Families (Paid during Event)

Please RSVP using this link so we can plan appropriately.  If you are so
inclined, please indicate type of dish (entree, dessert, surprise, etc.):

http://goo.gl/AYruOm

Anyone that is not an OCA Cleveland member and is interested in joining,
please use this link:

http://ocagc.org/?p=30

To stay connected with OCA Cleveland, signup for our yahoogroup list using:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/OCAGC/info

Forward this email to anyone you think might be interested in attending.
Any questions can be directed to me or Lisa Wong at:  President at ocagc.org

Thanks and I look forward to seeing you at the Potluck!

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Exhibition Allows Visitors to Journey Across Greatest Trade Route of Ancient
Times

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

May 29, 2014

Contact:  Glenda Bogar

gbogar at cmnh.org, 216-231-2071

800-317-9155, ext. 3363

or Kim Gillan-Shafron at 216-231-4600, ext. 3344

Exhibition Allows Visitors to Journey Across Greatest Trade Route of Ancient
Times

Cleveland.The most celebrated trade route in human history comes to life at
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient
Pathway to the Modern World through evocative sights, sounds and objects as
well as intriguing interactives. Traveling the Silk Road transports visitors
to four ancient cities: Xi'an, the capital of China's Tang Dynasty; Turfan,
a verdant oasis and trading outpost along the Silk Road; Samarkand, a center
for prosperous merchants who thrived on the caravan trade; and Baghdad, a
cosmopolitan hub of commerce and scholarship that flourished as a leading
intellectual center of the time. The exhibition is open May 31 to Oct. 5,
2014. Traveling the Silk Road is free with Museum admission. 

Named for the treasured fabric that enticed traders from all over the world,
the Silk Road stretched from the far reaches of China to the center of the
Islamic world. Immersive re-creations of ancient settings feature life-size
models, engaging videos and hands-on activities to tell the story of the
extraordinary peoples and cultures during the route's golden age, from AD
600 to 1200, and its influence on the world in the centuries that followed.
Bringing new insight to modern notions of globalization and
multiculturalism, this exciting exhibition explores a time when the
information superhighway was a network of land routes that stretched 4,600
miles across blazing desert sands and snowy mountain passes. The Silk Road
was not merely a conduit for material goods but also for scientific
knowledge, technological advances, folklore, art, history and religious
beliefs through contact among peoples and cultures.

At the exhibit entrance, visitors are surrounded by a 120-foot-long mural
depicting a landscape of sand dunes and come nose-to-nose with three
life-size camel models decked out in full caravan regalia and loaded with
trade goods. Explorers can mark their passage by embossing special Silk Road
passports with iconic symbols as they travel from one city to the next
within the exhibition. Visitors of all ages will:

- Observe a display of live silkworms in various stages of development

- See a massive 17-foot-long and 9.5-foot-high replica of a Tang-era loom

- Electronically recreate the sounds of traditional Chinese instruments,
including cymbals, drums and flutes

- Experience a full-scale re-creation of a night market in Turfan, complete
with the sights and smells of spices, luxury goods and precious raw
materials

- Take home a recipe card for a spiced date treat that travelers might have
eaten along the Silk Road

- Watch ancient travelers' tales come alive through a computer-animated book

- Explore the Silk Road further on an interactive tabletop map that charts
different routes and geographical features such as deserts and mountains in
addition to the religions, languages, technology and artwork found along the
way

- Determine the hour by marking the position of "stars" using a working
model of an ancient Islamic astrolabe

- Walk through a 41-foot-long replica of the prow of an Arabian sailing
ship, called a dhow, with a cutaway view of its priceless cargo below deck

- Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World is organized
by the American Museum of Natural History, New York (www.amnh.org), in
collaboration with the ArtScience Museum, Singapore; Azienda Speciale
Palaexpo, Roma, Italy and Codice. Idee per la cultura srl, Torino, Italy;
the National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia and Art Exhibitions
Australia; and the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan and
United Daily News, Taipei, Taiwan.

In Cleveland, the Proud Cultural Sponsor of the exhibition is TCP Lighting.
Cultural Supporters and Partners are Jones Day, Anne & Don Palmer, RAV
Financial, Margaret W. Wong & Associates Co., LPA, Anthony Y. Yen, Cleveland
Asian Festival, ClevelandPeople.Com, Confucius Institute at CSU, Discount
Drug Mart, Federation of India Community Associations of Northeast Ohio,
Global Cleveland, InterContinental Hotels Cleveland, and OCA Cleveland
Chapter.

Local promotional sponsors are Cleveland Magazine, 89.7 WKSU and ideastream
WVIZ-WCPN-WCLV.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History receives public support with local
tax dollars from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture to preserve and enrich the region's
artistic and cultural heritage.

Admission

Admission fees are: $12 adults; $10 ages 3-18, college students with valid
ID and seniors over age 60; free for children 2 and under.  Shafran
Planetarium shows are $4 with general admission.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (cmnh.org)

            The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, incorporated in 1920,
has inspired a passion for nature and science among generations of people in
Northeast Ohio and around the world. With outstanding collections, research
in 10 natural science disciplines, educational programs and exhibits, the
Museum is a resource for scientists and students from kindergarten to
university. The Museum actively conserves biological diversity through the
protection of more than 6,000 acres of natural areas. It promotes health
education with local programs and distance learning that extends across the
globe. Its GreenCityBlueLake Institute is a center of thought and practice
for the design of green and sustainable cities. The Cleveland Museum of
Natural History is located at 1 Wade Oval Drive in University Circle, 15
minutes east of downtown Cleveland.

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ClevelandPeople.com was at the kickoff event for the Traveling Silk Road
Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on May 30th, 2014.

They have compiled a total of 6 pages of photos and videos from the evening
beginning at http://www.clevelandpeople.com/events/2014/silk-road.htm     

The exhibit itself is featured at
http://www.clevelandpeople.com/events/2014/silk-road-exhibit.htm

There are pages featuring the entertainment (Dragon Dance, Yin Tang and
Antara Datta and Tim J Hickey)

The Faces in the Crowd page contains some photos of some of the attendees:
http://www.clevelandpeople.com/events/2014/silk-road-people.htm

Don't miss the OCA Cleveland's Dragon Dance Team performing again on June
29th to start the festivities!

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