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Friday
March 3, 2000
* Iran lays on the classics for Italian foreign minister
TEHRAN, March 3 (AFP) - Iran will lay on its biggest concert of western
classical music in 20 years for the visit of Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto
Dini, as European contacts with the new reformist parliament begin. The
authorities have organised a major concert of classical music, featuring
Italians Bellini, Corelli and Scarlatti, as well as Chopin and Lizst.
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* Rare
Tehran (Ettelaat) - Novelist Mahmoud Dolatabadi will make a rare appearance
at Sharif University >>>
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* Entertainment
Tehran (Ettelaat) - More street plays to be performed in Tehran this
week >>>
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Thursday
March 2, 2000
* Cairo
Tehran (Ettelaat) - Iranian films win the most awards (two gold, one
silver and four bronze) at the Cairo international children's film festival
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* Andy Warhol in the New Tehran
By Howard Schneider
Washington Post
March 2, 2000
TEHRAN -- Scraggly-haired and slightly ghoulish, the four Andy Warhol
silkscreens of Mick Jagger stared at 23-year-old Fatimah Noorbasch like
cave paintings from a lost world, and made about as much sense to her.
He was a British rock-and-roll singer, a fellow visitor to Tehran's
Museum of Contemporary Art informed her. He was associated with wild sex
and drugs and all sorts of misbehavior. Many men in America would like
to be him.
"I'm sorry," she responded in a polite deadpan, as she processed
this new bit of information about Western culture.
"I'm really surprised such a person has been put here." >>>
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* Office 2000
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Microsoft Office 2000 guidebook in Persian hits
bookstores in Iran >>>
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* Distribution
Tehran (Hamshahri) - More about book distribution problems and brief
reviews of new books >>>
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Wednesday
March 1, 2000
* Happy birthday
Tehran (Ettelaat) - Iranian cinema has turned
70. In the last century a grand total of 2,041 films were made in Iran.
More details >>>
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* Taqvaie
Tehran (Iran daily) - Question posed to film director
Nasser Taqvaie: "Why don't you make films?" His answer: "Ask
the authorities." >>>
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* Antique rugs
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Six carpets dating from the
10th and 11th Islamic centuries (around 500 years ago) have been restored
and put on display >>>
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Tuesday
February 29, 2000
* Why?
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Why was director Ahmadreza Darvish abducted
and questioned? Apparently he used to be allied with the conservatives.
Not anymore, judging from his latest film >>>
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* Fault
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Iran's book distribution netwrok is clearly
not working. Who's at fault? Publishers >>>
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* Golestan Palace
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Efforts are underway to repair 27 paintings at
Golestan Palace >>>
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Monday
February 28, 2000
* Congrats
Lily Afshar has won the 2000 Orville H. Gibson award for Best Female
Classical Guitarist You can look up their webpage for more news ... >>>
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* Abduction
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The abduction of movie director Ahmad Reza
Darvish has been condemned. "How can artists work in an atmosphere
of fear?" >>>
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* Documentary
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - The first documentary film festival in Kish
Island will begin next week >>>
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* Kamkars
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - And in the music scene: A new production by
Kamkars and latested performances by women singers (for women only) >>>
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