Global Arts

All are welcome to break the daily fast of Ramadan with a festive meal in the AANM’s dramatic Community Courtyard and a screening of the multiple award-winning 2008 film Lemon Tree. 6 p.m. Thursday, September 2 Tickets $30; AANM Members pay just $25 Click HERE to purchase. Iftar Menu: Hummus; fattoush; stuffed lamb with rice and nuts; a chicken or vegetarian option; the special Ramadan dessert known as rose cheeks; and beverages. Lemon Tree: Written, directed and produced by Eran Riklis and starring Hiam Abbass, Ali Suliman, Rona Lipaz and Doron Tavory, Lemon Tree is the story of a Palestinian widow who must defend her lemon grove when the Israeli defense minister becomes her new neighbor. Honored with awards at Berlin International Film Festival; Asia Pacific Screen Awards; Awards of the Israeli Film Academy; CineFan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. To learn more about Ramadan and Islam, click HERE.

Become a Member of the Arab American National Museum You will receive the following Membership benefits: Free AANM admission plus advance notice and invitations to upcoming events Reduced ticket prices for AANM events 10% discount at the Museum Store 10% discount on Museum facility rentals Free guest passes Checkout privileges in the Museum's Library & Resource Center Membership gifts are tax deductible; consult your tax advisor for details Call 313.624.0200 or click HERE to become a Museum Member.

AANM MISSION The Arab American National Museum's mission is to document, preserve, celebrate, and educate the public on the history, life, culture and contributions of Arab Americans. We serve as a resource to enhance knowledge and understanding about Arab Americans and their presence in this country.

fidipidi, a new Facebook App that allows you to create and send physical greeting cards from your computer, is providing a special offer to make it easy to show your support for the troops. Now through June 9 when you purchase one of fidipidi’s dozen new patriotic cards, you will receive another card free. Since fidipidi is fully integrated with Facebook, you can also take advantage of those features, such as pulling in friends’ photos, to make your card even more personal.

I encourage you to:

• Check out the service at www.facebook.com/fidipidi
• Purchase your patriotic card and get another one for free with the offer code “MILITARY” (If you order two Patriotic cards on a single order, you will receive two free cards.)
• See a quick overview of how it works at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWDxp9QuN7A

Borders is going to have a readers program this summer. Read 10 books, get 1 free. It is for kids 12 & under.
Here's the link with the info on it.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_doubledogdare?cmpid=SA_20100513_V2

9th Annual Chicago Palestine Film Festival opens April 16.

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The deadline to submit entries for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 25th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition is Saturday, May 1, 2010.

The Nicholl Fellowships competition is open to any individual who has not earned more than $5,000 from the sale or option of a screenplay or teleplay, or received a fellowship or prize of more than $5,000 that includes a “first look” clause, an option or any other quid pro quo involving the writer’s work. To enter, writers must submit a completed online application, upload one PDF copy of their original screenplay in English and pay the US$45 entry fee before 11:59 p.m. PT on May 1, 2010.

Last year’s competition drew a record 6,380 entries.

Entry scripts must be feature length and the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors. The scripts must have been written originally in English. Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year.

“The Academy is extremely proud that the Nicholl competition continues to identify talented but as yet undiscovered screenwriters,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “I’m sure that this year’s fellowship recipients will exhibit the same great potential as so many of our past winners.”

Several past Nicholl fellows have gone on to successful screenwriting careers, including Oscar®-nominee Susannah Grant (“Erin Brockovich,” “Charlotte’s Web,” “The Soloist”), Doug Atchison (“Akeelah and the Bee”), Mike Rich (“Radio,” “The Rookie,” “Finding Forrester”), Ehren Kruger (“Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “The Ring,” “Arlington Road”) and Andrew Marlowe (“Hollow Man,” “Air Force One,” ABC’s “Castle”).

Fellowships are awarded with the understanding that the recipients will each complete a feature-length screenplay during their fellowship year. The Academy acquires no rights to the works of Nicholl fellows and does not involve itself commercially in any way with their completed scripts.

Several other Nicholl fellows have had success in the film industry; to read more about them, visithttp://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/fellows/notable.html.