{"id":2874,"date":"2015-01-17T14:41:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T22:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=2874"},"modified":"2015-01-18T13:38:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-18T21:38:41","slug":"january-2015-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Greetings! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year is the 25<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary for Cascade Festival of African Films and we have been busy preparing for a spectacular season. We are looking forward to celebrating this achievement with all of you. The festival will run from February 6 \u2013 March 8, 2015 with a Kickoff Gala on Thursday, February 5 before Opening Night the following evening. Read the first article below to learn more about our exciting plans. Gala tickets will be available for $25 per ticket (sliding scale available) on the festival website in early January on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the abundance of films we will be showing this Anniversary Year (30 films!), we will not be mailing out the complete festival brochure as in past years. A postcard announcing our highlights of the festival and instructions on how to receive an advance copy of the Festival Brochure will be mailed in early January. It will also guide you to the 2015 Festival website which will provide you with up to the minute information.<\/p>\n<p>Our Newsletter is filled with great articles and NEWS you can USE. Read on!<\/p>\n<p><em>The CFAF Committee<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"CFAF CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A KICKOFF GALA  AND OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/gala\/\">CFAF celebrates its 25th anniversary with a kickoff gala and other special events<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The early beginnings of the Cascade Festival of African Films\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/the-early-beginnings-of-cfaf\/\">The early beginnings of the Cascade Festival of African Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"A Love Story\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/a-love-story\/\"><span class=\"il\">A<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Love<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Story<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fast Forward\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/fast-forward\/\">Fast Forward<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Special for the Silver Anniversary: Founders\u2019 Top 10!!!\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/special-for-the-silver-anniversary-founders-top-10\/\">Special for the Silver Anniversary: Founders\u2019 Top 10!!!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Staff Changes\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/staff-changes\/\">Staff Changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Movies in the Park goes to Africa!\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/movies-in-the-park-goes-to-africa\/\">Movies in the Park goes to Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"25th CFAF Endowment Fund Campaign\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/25th-cfaf-endowment-fund-campaign\/\">25<sup>TH<\/sup> CFAF Endowment Fund Campaign<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Is your Membership in CFAF current?\" href=\"https:\/\/2015.africanfilmfestival.org\/mailing-list\/january-2015-newsletter\/is-your-membership-in-cfaf-current\/\">Is your Membership in CFAF current?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you newsletter contributors!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CFAF would like to thank all who helped develop and distribute this newsletter, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wiley Barnett<\/li>\n<li>Bobbie Carrie<\/li>\n<li>Greg Coyle<\/li>\n<li>Michael Dembrow<\/li>\n<li>Tara Foster<\/li>\n<li>Bob Holmstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n<li>Mary Holmstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Leonard<\/li>\n<li>Allison Mobley<\/li>\n<li>Ronna Neuenschwander<\/li>\n<li>Anatole Schaff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photo credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tara Foster<\/li>\n<li>Bob Holmstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n<li>Mary Holmstr\u00f6m<\/li>\n<li>Allison Mobley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! This year is the 25th Anniversary for Cascade Festival of African Films and we have been busy preparing for a spectacular season. We are looking forward to celebrating this achievement with all of you. The festival will run from February 6 \u2013 March 8, 2015 with a Kickoff Gala on Thursday, February 5 before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":126,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2874","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2874"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2957,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2874\/revisions\/2957"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africanfilmfestival.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}