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• Festival in Sight! February 14, 2012 2:24 am
  Hello again! This week we’re taking a break from the usual “Where Are They Now?” updates to focus on a bit of Mixed Roots news. By this, of course, I mean the upcoming Festival!! (Well, upcoming may be a bit of a stretch. After all, the Festival isn’t until this June, but that doesn’t mean [...] […]
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• Spotlight on Athena Asklipiadis February 7, 2012 8:01 pm
  This week we’re shining the spotlight on Athena Asklipiadis, a woman who has attended the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival for the past few years. At her first Festival, Asklipiadis came as an attendee, but in years following she has manned a booth. A part of the Festival that Asklipiadis enjoyed greatly was seeing [...] […]
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• A Chat with Nicole Koschmann January 31, 2012 1:31 am
  Today we’re having a chat with Nicole Koschmann, a film-maker who participated in the 2010 Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival! At the Festival, Koschmann’s documentary Black, White, and Yellow was screened in front of an audience that she felt was the best possible for the film. The documentary is about transracial adoption, a subject [...] […]
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• An Interview with Tara Betts January 22, 2012 9:33 pm
  Time for another of our “Where Are They Now?” specials. This week we’re focusing on Tara Betts, a writer who took part in the Festival in June, 2010. During the Festival, she read from her book Arc & Hue and also spoke with other authors about literature. Betts especially enjoyed these chats at the Mixed [...] […]
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• And We’re Back!! January 16, 2012 5:27 pm
  Hello again, all you lovely people! I admit that it’s been a while, but the blog is back. That’s right, B-A-C-K, back! So make sure to check it out periodically for spotlights, Mixed Root Festival news, and more! Ooh, this is so exciting, I can’t wait! […]
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• Festival Today and Tomorrow!! :D June 11, 2011 5:27 pm
  After the painstaking wait, it’s finally here! The time for the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival has finally arrived! I do hope you can all attend today and tomorrow; it will only be here for two days! And since I cannot make it (I fly back just ten days later, what a bummer!), you [...] […]
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• An Interview with Marcia Alesan Dawkins June 8, 2011 8:08 pm
  I hope you’re all ready to read a little something because here’s our next “Where Are They Now?” post! Today we’re focusing on Marcia Dawkins, author of the book “Things Said in Passing” and a volunteer at last year’s Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival. As a volunteer, she was a moderator for the film [...] […]
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• A Chat with Fanshen Cox June 1, 2011 2:53 pm
  I am pleased to announce to anyone who comes across this blog that after much managing, waiting, and all-around cursing of the time difference between Los Angeles and Berlin, Miss Fanshen Cox and I were able to get in an interview via email. (Thank goodness for internet!) While we were unable to chat face-to-face (or [...] […]
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• Hines Ward on Dancing With the Stars May 22, 2011 8:48 pm
  Hines Ward, an MVP of the Superbowl XL and a winner of the Mixed Roots Loving Prize, is currently one of the three finalists for the ABC show Dancing With the Stars. Who will win the coveted and frankly, sparkly mirror ball trophy? How will this season of the ABC celebrity dance competition end? The two-day finale starts [...] […]
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• Spotlight on Christen Lee May 20, 2011 1:24 pm
  Time for another little game of Let’s See What They’re Up to Now! This time we’re checking up on Kristen Lee, who attended the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival in May 2010. At the Festival, she screened her short documentary film, “MiXeD mE” (directed Chris Woon and Nancy Wen, as well as Kristen Lee [...] […]
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