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* Noruz: Noruz celebration in Seattle
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* Lecture: Nader Naderpour's classes on Sufism
* Performance: Wilson and Glass do Rumi
* Film: "A Place Called Home" in Chicago
* Lecture: Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures Series, UCLA
* Conference: Mechanical engineering conference, Tehran
* Fridays: Art and jazz at Gallery Ovissi, Emeryville
* Lecture: Iranian Culture, a Persianist View, Maryland
* Lecture: Hossein Nasr lecture, Washington DC
* Noruz: Persian Center's Noruz party in, SF Bay
* Noruz: Party at Stanford U.
* Concert: Shahin & Sepehr free Noruz concert
* Film: Iranian film festival in Houston
* Women: International conference
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* Noruz celebration in Seattle
Noruz is now recognized by Microsoft sidewalk.com //seattle.sidewalk.com/detail/60440
Sat. March 20th
Seattle University
Campion Tower Ballroom
Dinner, show, music, dance, Amoo Norooz brings gifts Come, have fun,
dance, visit your friends...
Hurry! Seating is limited
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* Nader Naderpour's classes on Sufism
Location: UCLA, Dodd Hall, Room 175
Time: Every other Sunday, 8 meetings, starting Sunday March 14, 1999,
3:00-5:00.
What is Erfan? What is Sufism? What is Mysticism? Are they associated
with any religion?
Our contemporary poet, scholar, and critic, Mr. Nader Naderpour with
his usual academic approach will be discussing and clarifying these concepts/ideologies
in his next series of classes at UCLA starting Sunday March 14th... DETAILS HERE
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* Wilson and Glass do Rumi
MONSTERS OF GRACE
Music composed by Philip Glass
Designed and directed by Robert Wilson
English Libretto from poems of Molana Jelaluddin Molavi (Rumi)
Where and What: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall; Portland, Oregon
Box office information: 248- 4335
$34.50 General Admission (including service fee)
Wed. April 7th, 1999, 7pm and 9pm... DETAILS
HERE
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* "A Place Called Home" in Chicago
"A Place Called Home" a film by Persheng Sadegh-Vaziri The
filmmaker documents her own decision to return to Iran after seventeen
years in the United States. A moving cross-cultural journey that spans
three generations and focuses on the emotional complexities of the immigrant
experience. Ms. Sadegh-Vaziri will be present at the following screenings
of "A Place Called Home":
Women in Director's Chair-Chicago
Sunday, March 28, 1999
Chicago, IL
773-281-4988
MORE INFO
HERE
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* Mechanical engineering conference, Tehran
First call for Papers ISME2000
4th International Conference of Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers
May 16-19, 2000
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Conference Chairman: Prof. Mohammad Durali, School of Mechanical Engineering
Sharif University of Technology ... DETAILS
HERE
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* Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures Series, UCLA
The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA Presents
The Third Biennial Ehsan Yarshater Lectures Series Given By J.T.P. de Bruijn
Professor Emeritus of Persian Literature, Leiden University on "Aspects
of the Persian Masnavi"
* Lecture 1: "The Cycle of Human Existence: Ideas About the Past,
the Present and the Future of Humanity in Persian Masnavis"
Monday 5 April 1999 at 4 PM in 147 Dodd Hall
* Lecture 2: "The Masnavi in the History of Persian Literature"
Tuesday 6 April 1999 at 4 PM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* Lecture 3: "Storytelling in the Masnavi"
Wednesday 7 April 1999 at 4 PM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* Lecture 4: "Moral and Mystical Teaching in the Masnavi"
Thursday 8 April 1999 at 4 PM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* Lecture 5: "Occasional Poems in the Masnavi" Friday 9 April
1999 at 10 AM in 382 Kinsey Hall
* The Public is Welcome -- Admission Free
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* Art and jazz at Gallery Ovissi, Emeryville
Gallery Ovissi invites you to spend an evening with us at JAZZ GALLERY:
where art and jazz come together. Every Friday Evening we feature the sounds
of Top Bay Area Jazz Artists among Gallery Ovissi's Fine and Unique Works
of Art Showtimes: 9 p.m and 11 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. $10 donation (drinks
and hors d'ouevres included)
Limited Seating-Please RSVP at 510-601-6874
Fashionable Attire Enforced
Friday, March 12, 1999: Lionel Tanner Jazz Quartet
Friday, March 19, 1999: Special Guest TBA
Friday, March 26, 1999: Aletha Archie- jazz vocalist with Michael Smolans
and Lionel Tanner
THERE PROMISES TO BE SOME VERY HOT JAZZ IN A VERY COOL SPOT!! 1425 PARK
AVENUE-EMERYVILLE
Directions: from SF- take bay bridge to 80 towards berkeley first exit-
powell st/emeryville. turn right on Powell Street 2nd light- Hollis- turn
right 2nd light- Park- turn right 1425 park on left side Plenty of Parking
.
*** We are also actively searching for musicians jazz or other forms-
please contact daryl at 510-601-6874 ****
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* Iranian Culture, a Persianist View, Maryland
By invitation of the Iranian American Cultural Society of Maryland,
Professor Michel Hillmann, a well-known scholar in the field of Iranian
studies, from the University of Texas at Austin will talk about "Iranian
Culture, a Persianist View".
When: Friday March 19, 1999
Where: Room 264, Smith Hall, Towson University
Time: 7:00 PM
Free admission
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* Hossein Nasr lecture, Washington DC
George Washington University: The Foundation of Iranian Studies Presents:
The Annual Noruz Lecture Series by a Distinguished Scholar of Iranian Studies:
Speaker: Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Topic: The Traditions of Philosophy in Iran
Place: George Washington University, Ballroom, Marvin Center
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 199, 7pm-8:30pm The George
Followed by Reception at University Club, Marvin Center
RSVP by March 18. TEL : 301 657 1990
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* Persian Center's Noruz party in, SF Bay
Persian Center in San Francisco's Bay Area is proud to present the ONE
& ONLY major party in March spanning TWO years!
Join the Community as ONE extended family at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday,
March 20, 1999, to gather around a wonderful "Haft-seen" table
and begin our countdown towards the Persian New Year of 1378, at 5:45 p.m.
There will be dance and musical performances to warm your heart, theater
and poetry performances to invigorate your mind, and a Persian Dinner to
entice your senses...as well as DJ Dancing to help you start the New Year
IN SHAPE! ... DETAILS
HERE
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* Noruz party at Stanford U.
The Persian Students Association of Stanford University and The Bay
Area Persian Center present:
The AVAZ International Dance Theater performing "The Silk Road"
- a celebration of Noruz
Sunday, April 4th, 1999 4 PM - 7 PM
Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Stanford University
For more information and tickets, please call (650) 497-9487 or visit:
www.stanford.edu/group/psa
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* "Shab bekheyr maadar"
The Darvag theater group in Berkeley, California, presents Sepideh Koosha
and Mojdeh Molavi in "Shab bekheyr maadar" -- "Goodnight,
mother" -- a play by Marsha Norman (winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize),
translated and directed by Hamid Ehya. Performances will be on March 12
& 13 at the Live Oak Theater in Berkeley .... MORE
DETAILS HERE
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* Shahin & Sepehr free Noruz concert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Ellen Beard February 26, 1999
(703) 518-5170
FREE CONCERTS BY WASHINGTON D.C. RECORDING ARTISTS SHAHIN & SEPEHR
SAT., MARCH 20 - MCI CENTER'S DISCOVERY CHANNEL STORE
Washington, D.C. - D.C. recording artists Shahin Shahida and Sepehr
Haddad will perform with the band from their 4th CD World Café in
two free 45-minute concerts on Saturday, March 20, at 1:00pm and 4:00pm,
at the MCI Center's Discovery Channel Flagship Store, located at 601 F
St., N.W. ... MORE
DETAILS
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* Iranian film festival in Houston
The series offers three powerful feature films from the quality cinema
made by veteran directors Mehrjui and Panahi and by newcomer Parviz Shahbazi.
It also features a remarkable full-length documentary co-directed by an
Iranian anthropologist and a well-known British filmmaker. Together, these
films offer affectionate and devastating glimpses of contemporary life
in Iran... MORE
DETAILS
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* International conference
The Tenth International Conference of the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
"The Iranian Woman at the Threshold of the Year 2000" will be
held at the University of Montreal on July 2-5,1999 in Montreal, Canada.
Foundation: IWSF, PO Box 380882, Cambridge, MA 02238-0882, USA, Tel:
617-492-9001, Fax: 617-492-0111, Email: IranianWSF@aol.com
Local Committee: IWSF, PO Box 354 Station "H", Montreal (QC),
H3G 2L1, CANADA, Tel: 514-735-7776, Fax: 514-934-9912, Email: Machouf@magellan.umontreal.ca
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