<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt">SCHEDULED EVENTS with <u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Maysoon Pachachi, filmmaker, & Beau Beausoleil, poet, bookseller & originator of <i>Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here</i><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">April 1, 2, 4 & 5, 2013<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>All events are free & open to the public. Ms. Pachachi’s visit is made possible by grants from the Cambridge Arts Council & the Massachusetts Cultural Council.<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Monday April 1</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">6 PM<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Reading & Conversation with Beau Beausoleil, Maysoon Pachachi, and Book Artists<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cambridge Arts Council Gallery, 344 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">San Francisco-based poet, bookseller, and founder of <i>Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here</i>, Beau Beausoleil will read from the anthology and discuss the project. Other readers include London-based Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi, and project book artists <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Tuesday April 2</span></u></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">6 PM<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Join London-based Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi for a screening and discussion of her remarkable documentary film <i>Our Feelings Took the Pictures: Open Shutters Iraq.</i> Beau Beausoleil, San Francisco-based poet, bookseller, and founder of <i>Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here</i>, will join Pachachi in a discussion about the film and the <i>Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here</i> project</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u></u><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thursday April 4<u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">6 PM <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Film Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway Cambridge <u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal">Filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi will discuss the challenges and triumphs of contemporary filmmaking in Baghdad. The award-wining short, <i>A Candle for the Shabandar Café</i> (by Emad Ali, student at the <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Independent Film & Television College co-founded in Baghdad by Ms. Pachachi) and others will be screened. Discussion to follow.<b><span lang="EN" style="color:#334455"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Friday April 5 <u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">7 – 9 PM<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Center for Arabic Culture, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Manuscripts Don’t Burn – The Legacy of Al-Mutanabbi Street, </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PowerPoint (images from “Open Shutters Iraq” photographers), discussion, reading/book signing with filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi & poet/bookseller Beau Beausoleil; light refreshments<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div>Salma Abu Ayyash</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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