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Food, arts, entertainment fills final night
Joe Nguyen, staff writer
June 10, 2006

Photo by Joe Nguyen Denver 7's Christine Chang speaks to the crowd prior to the showing of the 9th Aurora Asian Film Festival's closing film, "Little Red Flowers."

AURORA – The 9th Aurora Asian Film Festival ended its four-day event with three movies, a wide-array of food and an art exhibit.

The day began with a showing of crowd favorite “The Grace Lee Project.” In the documentary, director Grace Lee examines why those with her namesake are all described as “reserved, dutiful, piano-playing overachievers.”

“Grain In Ear” focuses on a single Korean-Chinese mother named Soon-hee who illegally sells kimchee alongside roads in order to provide for her son.

The festival’s closing movie, “Little Red Flowers,” features the story of a four-year-old named Qiang who is sent to a dormitory kindergarten. The film’s innocence drew favorable reactions from the audience.

Photo by Joe Nguyen Kit Williams poses next to her photo at the festival wrap party and art exhibit at The Other Side Arts.

After the movie, patrons were invited to The Other Side Arts, on 1400 Dallas St., to view an exhibition of Asian-themed art from 23 different artists and enjoy food provided by Chef’s Noodle House and Tropical Grill Catering.

Art ranging from photographs to paintings to origami were featured in the gallery.

Among the pieces that garnered the most attention were Casey G. Horn's "Essential Kanji Series." He presented bronze scultures that were welded into Japanese calligraphy.

The Other Side Arts Web site: http://www.theothersidearts.com
Casey G. Horn's Web site: http://www.cghstudios.com

Joe Nguyen is a staff writer for asiaXpress.com. You can reach Joe at joe@asiaxpress.com.