Press Release

American Cultural Centre November Activities

October 30, 2007

November is family month at the American Cultural Centre and the American Cultural Centre invites you to explore that trails, tribulations, heartaches and pains of that integral unit which is family.  The movies are screened every Wednesday at 17h30 in the American Cultural Centre Auditorium.  The screenings are free of charge, and the schedule appears below.

Pre-Primary - Grade 4 Reading Hours
The reading club steps things up a notch or two this month, with readings at 10h00 on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 in the American Cultural Centre, and at 13h30 on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at the Tobias Hainyeko Primary School.  Mr. Raymond Castillo, the Director of the American Cultural Centre, and Ms. Monica Koep, from the United States Agency of International Development (USAID) will do readings on Wednesday, November 7, at the Cultural Centre. On Thursday, November 8, Mr. Castillo will be joined by Ms. Kay DeKuiper from USAID.  The readings are free of charge, so bring your children along for stimulating, informative reading sessions.  The sessions are for pre-primary till grade four school learners. 

Mural Launches
Vibrant vivid murals that tell stories about HIV/AIDS and convey HIV prevention messages will be formally launched in November at two local schools, Dawid Bezuidenhout High School in Khomasdal, and the Mandume Primary School in Katutura. The murals were painted by learners at both schools, in collaboration with local artists and art students from the John Muafangejo Art Center. The project was funded by a PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) grant from the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy.

The ceremony at Dawid Bezuidenhout will take place on November 15 at 11 AM, and the ceremony at Mandume Primary School will take place on November 30 at 11 AM. Mr. Dennis Weeks,  PEPFAR Coordinator for Namibia will speak at both events.

The movie schedule is as follows:

November 7, 2007 - "The Godfather"
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.

November 14, 2007 - "In Pursuit of Happiness" 
Struggling to make ends meet, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) finds himself and his five-year-old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go.

November 21, 2007 - "In America"
A personal and poignant tale of a poor Irish family searching for a better life in America. Through the eyes of their spunky daughters, two anguished parents find hope and the ability to once again believe in love and magic even amidst the dangers of New York's harrowing Hell's Kitchen.

November 28, 2007 - "Meet the Parents"
Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

For further information, please contact Public Affairs Officer, Ray Castillo, at 0811280816 or Information Assistant, Roger Lyners, at 229801 [ext. 226].