{"id":1511,"date":"2017-03-21T23:47:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T23:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/junior-league-s-lunafest-fundraiser-to-feature-films-by-for-and-about-women\/"},"modified":"2017-03-21T23:47:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T23:47:09","slug":"junior-league-s-lunafest-fundraiser-to-feature-films-by-for-and-about-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/junior-league-s-lunafest-fundraiser-to-feature-films-by-for-and-about-women","title":{"rendered":"Junior League\u2019s LUNAFEST Fundraiser to Feature Films By, For and About Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-53444\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lunafest1.jpg\" alt=\"lunafest1\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JLLB.ORG\/\">Junior League of Long Beach<\/a> from LUNAFEST 2016.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mark you calendar for the Junior League of Long Beach\u2019s 6th annual LUNAFEST, a film festival featuring nine short films made by, for and about women and a fundraiser to support the league\u2019s upcoming year.<\/p>\n<p>Through cinema, LUNAFEST seeks to connect women and their stories with the work of a variety of talented filmmakers. Established seven years ago by LUNA, the makers of the Whole Nutrition Bar for women, the traveling film festival can be used as a fundraiser for nonprofit organizations, and LUNA\u2019s main beneficiary, the Breast Cancer Fund.<\/p>\n<p>LUNAFEST is the league\u2019s sole fundraiser to support their upcoming year, in conjunction with donations made by members and the community, to take place on Sunday, April 2 at the Art Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLUNAFEST encompasses everything that Junior League of Long Beach represents in that it embodies what a group of dedicated women from diverse backgrounds can accomplish, whether it is through film, storytelling or helping to build a better community,\u201d Summer Smith, the 2016-2017 LUNAFEST chair, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> <center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/180364195\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s films include Another Kind of Girl by Khaldiya Jibawi, a story about a 17-year-old girl\u2019s experience in a refugee camp, Free to Laugh by Lara Everly, a documentary about the power of comedy after prison and The Honeys and the Bears by Veena Rao, consisting of interviews with the senior members of a synchronized swim team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Junior League of Long Beach is an organization about developing the potential of women and improving the community,\u201d President Virginia Zart said in a statement. \u201cHaving LUNAFEST as our fundraiser is a natural fit in supporting our mission. I am proud we are able to offer these inspiring, fun and thought-provoking films to the Long Beach community, raise funds to continue making a difference through our programs, all while staying in-line with our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the event support the Junior League of Long Beach\u2019s 2017-2018 mission and programs, including its work with partners in the community to address bullying through character development and life skills programs for fifth through eighth graders and their caregivers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-53445\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/lunafest2.jpg\" alt=\"lunafest2\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fifteen percent of the proceeds will go toward the Breast Cancer Fund, to support its continued work raising awareness of environmental causes of breast cancer. The 2016 event generated over $42,000, sending $5,800 to The Breast Cancer Fund, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn celebrating our 85th year as a Long Beach-based women\u2019s organization, it is an honor to be able to host LUNAFEST,\u201d said Smith in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The reception will kick off the event at 11:00AM featuring small plates and libations from local eateries, opportunity drawings and a silent auction. Showtime begins at noon. Tickets can be purchased via the webpage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jllb.org\/lunafest\">here<\/a> or at the door if not sold out.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Art Theatre is located at 2025 East 4th Street.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>{FG_GEOMAP [33.77192369999999,-118.16699970000002] FG_GEOMAP}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark you calendar for the Junior League of Long Beach\u2019s 6th annual LUNAFEST, a film festival featuring nine short films made by, for and about women and a fundraiser to support the league\u2019s upcoming year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":66914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[795,491],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-junior-league-of-lb","tag-lunafest","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}