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Discount tickets are available when you mention “OCA Cleveland” when speaking with sales associate Allyson Boal at</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> 216.687.5579.</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'> The prices are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>Premium $88.50 (originally $98)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>Cat 1 $59.25 (originally $78)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>Cat 2 $44.25 (originally $55)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>Cat 3 $29.25 (originally $38)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Dralion </span></i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>is Cirque du Solei’s newest production. Itis the fusion of ancient Chinese circus traditions and the avant-garde style of Cirque du Soleil. The name </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Dralion</span></i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'> (pronounced “Drah-lee-on”) is drawn from its two main symbols: the dragon, representing the East, and the lion, representing the West. </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Dralion</span></i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'> derives much of its inspiration from Eastern philosophy with its perpetual quest for harmony between humankind and nature. To learn more about the event including show times, visit the Wolstein Center website at: <a href="http://www.wolsteincenter.com/event-details.aspx?eventid=361" target="_parent"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>http://www.wolsteincenter.com/event-details.aspx?eventid=361</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'>IX Indoor Amusement Park Features Cirque Shanghai<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>The IX Indoor Amusement Park’s newest family event is Cirque Shanghai; a fusion of some of the most thrilling acts on Earth. Watch acrobatics, high wire acts, and motorcycle stunts. Each act is said to have been hand picked from some of the finest performers in the world. Cirque Shanghai has been reviewed well by audiences and critics. Take a look at what people were saying on Yelp! when Cirque Shanghai came to Chicago: <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/cirque-shanghai-chicago" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>http://www.yelp.com/biz/</span></a><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/cirque-shanghai-chicago" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>cirque-shanghai-chicago</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>The IX Indoor Amusement Park runs from March 23, 2012 to April 15, 2012. Regular price tickets are $24. Coupons and discounts are available. Feel free to ask me. Tickets for children three and under are free! Many different events including a meet and greet with Spiderman and Captain America, tiger shows, and a La Fiesta Latina weekend. Events change sometimes so visit ixamusmentpark.com for an updated list.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'>Come See Our Sponsored Films at CIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>We would like to remind everyone to check out the 36th Annual Cleveland International Film Festival which will be held March 22, 2012 through April 1, 2012. OCA Cleveland Chapter and MotivAsians will be sponsering two great Asian films at the festival. OCA Cleveland Chapter will be sponsoring </span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>Buddha Mountain (Guan Yin Shan)</span></i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'> and MotivAsians will sponsor</span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> Sacrific (Zaoh Shi Gu Er). </span></i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>Mention code “OCAGC” for $2 off tickets. Check out <a href="http://www.clevelandfilm.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>clevelandfilm.org</span></a> for more info.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'>OCA Coffee Hour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>The next OCA Cleveland Chapter’s Coffee Talk has been scheduled for Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 10:00 in the morning to noon. The topic will be about investments. The special guest speaker will be Don Permadi from Merrill Lynch Investment. Seats are limited and we will send out RSVP invites shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'>Sponsorship/Booth Reservation Deadline Coming Soon!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>Anyone who would like to be a sponsor, vendor, and advertiser please submit your forms soon.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>March 31, 2012 is the deadline for all submission forms. Forms can be found at <a href="http://clevelandasianfestival.org/2012/?page_id=22" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>http://clevelandasianfestival.org/2012/?page_id=22</span></a>. We have different links for the various ways you can get involved. Find the link that pertains to you and follow the instructions on that page. All forms can be sent online or through mail. The address should be located on the form for anyone using the postal service.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'>Mythic Creatures on Exhibit at CMNH<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will display mythic creatures from cultures all around the world from March 3, 2012 until June 1, 2012 in Kahn Hall.</span><i><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#76725E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'> Mythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids</span></i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'> traces the natural and cultural roots of some of the world’s most enduring mythological creatures from Asia, Europe, the Americas, and beyond. This amazing exhibition includes eye-popping models, paintings, and textiles, along with other cultural objects from around the world that bring to light surprising similarities and differences in the ways people everywhere have been inspired by nature to envision and depict these strange and wonderful creatures. For more details on this exhibit and all things CMNH visit <a href="http://www.cmnh.org/site/Index.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>http://www.cmnh.org/site/Index.aspx</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'>CSU Celebrates Asian Awareness Month<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.2pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#76725E'>All through April Cleveland State University will be celebrating Asian Awareness Month with several events and lectures. On April 5, 2012 Professor Brant T. Lee of th University of Akron will hold a lecture, “Secrets and Lies: Misperceiving the Asian Next Door,” starting at noon in the Moot Court Room of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law building. Also, on April 19, 2012 Magdalen Hsu-Li will be in the Main Classroom auditorium from 5:30 to 7:00 in the evening to tell her story of growing up in the rural south as an “out” Asian American woman. For more information on CSU’s celebration check out csuohio.edu. For more information, pleae call Robert C. Chavez, Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, 216.687.9283 or <a href="mailto:r.chavez71@csuohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>email</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:21.6pt;background:#FEFEFE;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"inherit","serif";color:#0E7C99'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'>April 20, NYC Knicks vs Cleveland Cavaliers – See Jeremy Lin in action<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Asian Heritage Night at the Quicken Loans Arena<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>You can get special discounted tickets for April 20<sup>th</sup> games with Dan Maret, 216.420-2058, mention you heard it from OCA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Click on this link for the flyer with seating info: <a href="http://ocagc.mdifilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/April20-AsianGroupNight.jpg">http://ocagc.mdifilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/April20-AsianGroupNight.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Johnny Wu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>216.539.4634<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Dynamic Multicultural Branding <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Principal Brand Strategist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Sampson / Carnegie<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Serious Brand Strategies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>www.Smarterthinking.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Producer/Director/Editor/Wire-Stunt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.mdifilm.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>More reels at www.vimeo.com/mdifilm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Current Project: www.FaceBook.com/S4Superman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>OCA-Cleveland Chapter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>“Embracing the Hopes and Aspirations of Asian Pacific Americans” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>OCA Image TV Magazine on TV20 & iTunes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.ocagc.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Co-Chair Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Cleveland Asian Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.ClevelandAsianFestival.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Cleveland IndieClub<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>www.clevelandindieclub.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>St. Clair Superior Development Board Member<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>WVIZ/IdeaStream Community Advisory Board<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>