BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.4981@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20150517T000000Z DTEND:20150517T000000Z DESCRIPTION:Nihonmachi Little Friends and Ikeibi Films are pleased to prese nt the final screening of &ldquo\;Infinity &amp\; Chashu Ramen&rdquo\; - t he first feature film shot entirely in San Francisco&rsquo\;s Japantown - onMay 17. The fundraiser screening will benefit Nihonmachi Little Friends& rsquo\; capital project\, the Plant a Seed Campaign.\n\nThe universe unfol ds a little differently in Japantown\, a sleepy neighborhood in the heart of San Francisco &ndash\; a magical place where unseen spirits roam the st reets guiding people&rsquo\;s lives.\n\nA mischievous\, 400-year-old obake named Tenshi has watched over the community for generations. But today he has been charged with showing the ropes to a new apprentice - young Lucy Yamaguchi. Together\, these two mismatched spirits will wander in and out of the lives of the unsuspecting residents as they try to keep the univers e running smoothly.\n\n&ldquo\;Infinity and Chashu Ramen&rdquo\; features six distinct storylines told in the Japanese folklore tradition of tengu a nd stars noted Nisei poet\, playwright and actor Hiroshi Kashiwagi and Nik kei actors Todd Nakagawa\, Suz Takeda\, Randall Nakano\, Larry Kitagawa\, Ben Arikawa\, Naomi Quinones\, Anna Jones and Chizuko Omori.\n\nEstablishe d in 1975\, Nihonmachi Little Friends is a nonprofit childcare center with a mission to provide Japanese/English bilingual\, educational childcare i n a multicultural context for preschool through elementary school-aged chi ldren. NLF is currently working to start construction of a preschool addit ion to the site originally chosen by the Issei (first generation) women\, adjacent to 1830 Sutter. NLF is proud to follow in their footsteps by crea ting this new addition to serve the community.\n\n&ldquo\;Infinity &amp\; Chashu Ramen&rdquo\; will be shown at 12 noon and 2:30 pm May 17 at Tateuc hi Auditorium\, 1830 Sutter Street in Japantown. Tickets at the door are $ 12. Discounted tickets of $10 or $8 for seniors/students can be purchased at Nihonmachi Little Friends and online at infinityandchashuramen.com. Sea ting is limited. DTSTAMP:20240419T102557Z SUMMARY:Infinity and Chashu Ramen URL:/en/events/2015/05/17/infinity-and-chashu-ramen/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR