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Please join Dreaming Ant in supporting the return of Pittsburgh's Silk Screen: Asian American Film Festival. Harish Saluja's second annual event will unfold May 11-20, 2007, fortifying our city with renewed exposure to Asian and Asian American culture. Plan to be a part of this celebration featuring a rich tapestry of film, music and dance.

Saluja, a native of India, envisions a day when Silk Screen is considered one of the top Asian film festivals in our country. In the meantime, Dreaming Ant is grateful that Saluja has been afforded the opportunity to share his passion for world cinema with Pittsburgh audiences another year. A filmmaker, engineer and Pittsburgh resident since the 1970s, Saluja has compiled a collection of films for this year's Silk Screen from the expected Asian nations of India (Blue Umbrella, Vanaja, Barbed Wire & The Companion), Japan (Train Man & Linda Linda Linda), China (Summer Palace) and South Korea (Inner Circle Line), as well as movies from smaller cinema exporters such as Malaysia (Goodbye Boys & Monday Morning Glory), Iran (Gradually) and Philippines (Tuli). He's even made room for a couple Asian American directed films (Undoing & Shanghai Kiss).

Silk Screen's films will be shown at the theaters of Pittsburgh Filmmakers. A full listing of the festival's schedule can be viewed at pghfilmmakers.org.

Join Dreaming Ant in helping Saluja realize his vision by attending, volunteering and/or contributing to the 2007 Silk Screen: Asian American Film Festival! See ya there...

dB

Category: News -- posted at: 3:27 PM
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Spidey's uncle may not be returning from the long sleep, but our Ben was just dreaming on Friday the 13th! No terror can compete with Dana's powerful persuasion, so join Oral B. Roid. And join Dreaming Ant! Both at Crazy Mocha Coffee Oakland - twice this week!

Wednesday, April 18th from 4:00-5:30PM
Thursday, April 19th from 4:00-5:30PM

SIGN UP for Dreaming Ant's FREE DVD Rental Membership...
& RECEIVE FREE STUFF!

! Free coffee @ Crazy Mocha Coffee Co.
! Free Tartan Asia Extreme Vol. 1 sampler DVD
! Free Dreaming Ant microfiber DVD cleaning cloth

Dreaming Ant's free membership requires a state ID or passport and a valid Visa or MasterCard at time of sign up. If you're already a Dreaming  Ant member & you bring a friend to sign up, we'll hook you up with a free Tartan sampler!

Crazy Mocha Coffee Co. Oakland [207 Oakland Ave | 412.621.7440]

Category: News -- posted at: 3:38 AM
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In addition to our standard snacks - Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Sqwish Candy Fish, Act II Popcorn & Gourmet Caramel Corn - Dreaming Ant Oakland is now offering the following tasty treats, imported from England:

Cadbury's Crunchie (1.4oz) - milk chocolate bar with golden honeycomb centre

Cadbury's Flake (1.1oz) - an Old Favourite - flaked & rolled milk chocolate bar

McVities Classic Rich Tea Biscuits (200g) - most popular biscuits in the UK - only 1.3g fat per biscuit & no artificial flavours or colours!

Walker's Sensations Thai Sweet Chili Potato Crisps (40g) - real chili creates a gentle heat, while a dash of soy sauce, onion, tomato and garlic add a delicate sweetness for a sublime taste contrast

Walker's Salt & Vinegar Potato Crisps (34.5g) - salt & vinegar flavor crisps made with sunseed oil and now with 70% less saturated fat!

Walker's Cheese & Onion Potato Crisps (34.5g) - cheese & onion flavor crisps made with sunseed oil and now with 70% less saturated fat!

We're also open to new suggestions, so let us know what kind of snacks you like (imported or not)!

Category: News -- posted at: 5:36 PM
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...well, sort of. dreamingant.com's real-time availability status is functioning again...and now, it enables you to see how many copies are available at each location!


When reviewing search results on dreamingant.com, the Status indicator (IN/OUT) will quickly tell you if a movie is currently available at one of Dreaming Ant's two locations.

Click 'IN' to determine availability at the individual stores. A pop-up window will display the number of copies currently available at each location as well as the total number each store has. In order to see this, you'll need to make sure your browser is set to permit pop-up windows.

Disclaimer: We can not guarantee that the movie you're looking for will still be available when you get to the store, so we strongly recommend you call and request we hold it for you after you've determined it's available online. We will hold it for up to 4 hours.


To Reserve a movie for pickup at our:

Oakland location, Call 412-683-2200
Oakland is open daily from noon until 8PM

Bloomfield location, Call 412-683-7326
Bloomfield is open weekdays 4PM-12AM & weekends 12PM-12AM

Wanna rent a movie that we have in Bloomfield, but need to pick it up in Oakland (or vice versa)? No problem. Just let us know and we'll have it delivered to the requested store the next day.

Thanks to Will & Erk for making this shizzlefest possible! And thanks to yinz for continuing to support Dreaming Ant!

Rent on.
dB

Category: News -- posted at: 7:40 PM
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WHAT: Dreaming Ant Membership Blood Drive

SIGN UP for Dreaming Ant's FREE DVD Rental Membership...
& RECEIVE FREE STUFF!

! Free
coffee
@ Crazy Mocha Coffee Co.
! Free Tartan Asia Extreme Vol. 1 sampler DVD
! Free Dreaming Ant microfiber DVD cleaning cloth

Dreaming Ant's free membership requires a state ID or passport and a valid Visa or MasterCard at time of sign up. If you're already a Dreaming Ant member & you bring a friend to sign up, we'll hook you up with a free Tartan sampler!

We're trying to scare up some new members and let people know about our new Oakland store, so please spread the word...plus experience the debut guest performance of: the matrix trio [oral b , d.rae & hille d'killa]

WHEN: Friday the 13th @ 4-6pm

WHERE: Crazy Mocha Coffee Co. Oakland
[207 Oakland Ave | 412.621.7440]

Category: News -- posted at: 5:10 PM
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PITTSBURGH magazine wants to know what's hot in 25 online categories, so here's your chance to vote for your favorite people, places and things. Submit their online entry form by May 31, 2007.

Please vote for Dreaming Ant by entering the following data in one of the "Other" categories at the bottom of the ballot:

Other (List Both Category and Choice):  BEST DVD STORE - DREAMING ANT

Thanks!

Category: News -- posted at: 3:54 AM
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