Mutterings of a Measly Muggle

Someone referred to me as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter...I can see why. Sometimes I can be Izzie Stevens of Grey's Anatomy or maybe a George O'Malley. Although, by profession, I can make Mary Poppins proud. I can come up with at least 5 more characters that we are all familiar with to compare myself.... but in totality, I am just a simple girl who lives in such a beautiful world.

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Thursday 4/17 at 8:15pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- A Picture of You - Directed by: J.P. Chan - A death in the family reunites estranged siblings for a cathartic adventure that is part melodrama and part dark comedy. Hyper-critical Jen and glumly placating Kyle begin the job of dissembling their mother’s lake house with the help of two friends when a discovery among mom’s things sends them reeling with shock and sets off a hastily-conceived search for clues to the missing chapter in her life and the missing sense of family in their own lives. DCP digital. (BS) #film #faaim #chicago #art #genesiskelfilmcenter #asianamerican #media

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Monday, 4/14 at 8pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- To Be Takei -- Directed by: Jennifer Kroot -- Since coming out in 2005, actor George Takei, beloved as Star Trek’s Hikaru Sulu, has developed a parallel career as an activist against homophobia and for marriage equality. Director Kroot taps Takei’s sharp intelligence and wicked sense of humor in telling the story of a man who spent his childhood in a Japanese internment camp and battled racism and stereotyping throughout his long career. Interviews include William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Howard Stern, and Dan Savage. DCP digital. (BS) #tobetakei #georgetakei #faaim #chicago #genesiskelfilmcenter #film #art

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Sunday 4/13 5:15pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- Documented - Directed by Jose Antonio Vargas -- In 2011, successful, admired and at the top of his game in his profession, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas did the unthinkable: he revealed himself as an illegal immigrant in The New York Times Magazine. DOCUMENTED questions the meaning of citizenship in a saga that charts Vargas’s efforts on behalf of other Americans like himself, brought to the U.S. as children, his passionate lobbying on behalf of the Dream Act, and his emotional journey to reconcile with his past history and his Filipino family. In English, Tagalog, and Spanish with English subtitles. Co-presented by the Filipino American Network of Chicago. DCP digital. (BS) #faaim #film #art #filipino #asianamerican #documented #genesiskelfilmcenter #chicago

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Saturday 4/12 8pm at Gene Siskel Film Center - AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY: THE EVOLUTION OF GRACE LEE BOGGS - Directed by: Grace Lee - Filmmaker Lee (THE GRACE LEE PROJECT) and Grace Lee Boggs first met because they share a name. Lee went on to follow the now 98-year-old activist Boggs for more than ten years, creating this inspiring chronicle of a woman utterly dedicated to the cause of social justice for African Americans. Feisty, brilliantly articulate, and often controversial, Boggs is front and center in her own story encompassing the Civil Rights era, the Black Power Movement, friendship with Malcolm X, marriage to a black auto worker, and decades of activism in Detroit. DCP digital. (BS) #film #chicago #faaim #festival #genesiskelfilmcenter #asianamerican #media #art

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Monday 4/7 at 8pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- The Haumana - Directed by: Goh Nakamura --A deathbed commission from a revered teacher propels Waikiki lounge singer Jonny (Asau) into an awkward new role as keeper of Hawaii’s sacred tradition of the hula. Woozy and boozy, he must revive his own long-abandoned commitment to the ancient art to win over a skeptical clutch of young male dancers in time for the Royal Hula Festival. Director Woolford provides an eye-filling look at the real thing as his performers rapidly progress from the neophyte stage to full-fledged hip-swiveling wonders. The tropical setting doesn’t hurt a bit. In English and Hawaiian with English subtitles. DCP digital. #faaim #film #asianamerican #hawaii #media #chicago #genesiskelfilmcenter

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SUNDAY 4/6 at 5pm at Gene Siskel Film Center --- Awesome Asian Bad Guys - Directed by:Patrick Epino and Stephen Dypiangco - Zaniness reigns supreme when two nerdy fans comprising the self-styled National Film Society track down their favorite Asian bad guys for a farcical funfest big on nostalgia for the kickass stuntmen who snarled their way into our hearts as villains. Tamlyn Tomita (“Glee,” “Law & Order: LA”), Al Leong (DIE HARD, LETHAL WEAPON), George Cheung (AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME, RUSH HOUR), and more impersonate themselves in pursuit of a ruthless warlord gangster and a missing sister. The complete program includes additional film clips. Co-presented by the Filipino American Network of Chicago. DCP digital. (BS) #faaim #film #festival #showcase #comedy #filipino #chicago #genesiskelfilmcenter

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Saturday, 4/5 @ 8:15pm at Gene Siskel Film Center -- Cambodian Son - Directed By: Masahiro Sugano - Born in a Cambodian refugee camp, brought to the U.S. at the age of one and deported as a “criminal alien” at the age of 32 after fourteen years in prison for attempted murder, charismatic spoken-word artist Kosal Khiev is a man of many faces. This edgy portrait foregrounds Khiev’s dark, compelling poetry as he navigates statelessness in the company of other deportees in the unfamiliar milieu of Phnom Penh, and struggles for legitimacy as an artist in the wake of an invitation to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. DCP digital. (BS) #faaim #film #festival #chicago #genesiskelfilmcenter #asianamerican #media #art

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Mark your calendars :) #film #art #chicago #asianamerican #siskelfilmcenter #tobetakei #documented #cambodiasson #faaim #media

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Here is to new beginnings :)

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Hmmm... My kind of buffet :) thanks @abbyalvarez25 for making me homesick! #hiddenvalleysprings #philippines #laguna #buffet #filipino

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Texture #frozen #river #chicago #texture #ice

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LOVE is... #love #street #art

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Love,Peace,&Jellybeans, N. #beach #tropical #winterblues #cabinfever #wanderlust #vacation #love

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Daydreaming of an island life :) #maldives #travel #bucketlist #daydreaming #wanderlust

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Art Print by Karen Hofstetter :) #travel #quote #wanderlust

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Take me back to Vieques, PR! Or in Puerto Rico in general... Or as a matter of fact any place above 50*f would be amazing! I am all about being thankful and be a non-complaining person but everyone has a threshold... #vacation #daydreaming #chiberia #puertorico #tropical

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Round 2 of market haul -- Karl's Cragt Soup - turkey black bean chipotle chili, Pecking Order's empanada, La Boulangerie's baguette, Underground Meat's spanish chorizo and Green Spirit ( amazing kale burger ) Cheesy Kale Chips #logansquare #laboulangerie #undergroundmeats #kale #peckingorder #karlscraftsoup #supportsmallbusiness #farmersmarket #chicago