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Oct 26-30, 1998 / Aban 4-8, 1377
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* Poetry: Lecture on
Malek-o Shoara Bahar, Berkeley
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* Conference: Caspian
oil & security, New York
* Play: "Remembering The
Unforgettable" in Berkeley
* Conference: Caspian oil
& security, New York
* Play: "Remembering The
Unforgettable" in Berkeley
* Politics: Payman in Los
Angeles
* Conference: Energy conference
in Tehran
* Events: What's happening
in Chicago?
* Religion: Imam Ali birthday
marked in Bay Area
* Film: Mehrjui and pre-79
cinema in New York
* Arts charity: Buy a CD, help
Evolving Perceptions
* Poetry: Iranian women
poetry reading in San Francisco
* Art show: Qajar paintings
at Brooklyn Museum of Art
* Scholarship: Student scholarship,
northern California
* Politics: Habibollah
Payman's lectures in Europe
* Film: Dariush Mehrjui
in Columbus, Ohio
* Play: Berkeley play based
on Hedayat's story
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* Lecture on Malek-o Shoara Bahar, Berkeley
"Center for Dialogue" presents: "Malek-o Shoara Bahar
and the Issue of Modernity", a lecture by Professor Abbas Milani,
Chair of Political Science Dept., College of Notre Dame.
Milani is the author of Tales of Two Cities: A Persian Memoir (Kodansha
1997) and Encounters with Modernity: Fragments of the Iranian Experience
(Baztab Verlag 1994), among others.
Time: Friday October 30, at 7:30
Place: 2060 Valley Life Science Building
University of California, Berkeley
Lecture in Persian
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* Caspian oil conference, New York
Oil & Environmental Security in the Caspian and Black Seas
The Columbia Caspian Project| School of International & Public Affairs
Columbia University in New York City
Presents a conference on Oil & Environmental Security in the Caspian
and Black Seas, October 30, 1998
Place: Kellogg Conference Center, 15th Floor| International Affairs
Building 420 West 118th Street (Amsterdam Avenue) New York, NY 10027 ...
DETAILS HERE
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* "Remembering The Unforgettable" in Berkeley
DARVAG ARTS FOUNDATION PRESENTS:
A glimpse at our lives as Iranian exiles and the emotional ties that
we share with compatriots who spent the best years of their lives as political
prisoners in the prisons of the Islamic Republic regime:
"Remembering The Unforgettable"
A play Written and Directed By: Hossein K. Jah
Featuring: Roham Sheikhani, Sana Nouri, Hossein K. Jah
November 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 8:00 P.M.
$12 Night of Performance, $10 Reservation
Darvag Theatre
3280 Adeline St.
Berkeley
Sponsored by: The Committee for Freedom of Thought and Expression in
Iran (Northern California)
For Information and Reservation 510-466-5299
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* What's happening in Chicago?
I have yet to see an event -- either cultural or political -- held in
Chicago mentioned in the Community section of your magazine . For those
of you subscribers who live near the Windy City, are there any Iranian
organizations in Chicagoland that promote such events? Any information
with regard to Iranian "kanoons" in or about Chicago is highly
appreciated.
Mehran Azhar
mazhar@students.uwf.edu
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* Imam Ali birthday marked in Bay Area
Dr. Behzadnia, the founder of the Ebn-e-Sina cultural and educational
foundation in Orange County (www.ecef.org) will be in the Bay Area on this
Friday, October 30th.
Dr. Behzadnia will lecture about the Commander of the Faithful, Imam
Ali, the model for humanity in perfection. This lecture will be in
Farsi and in remembrance and honor of Imam Ali's birthday. This event
will be held at the Sunnyvale Communtiy Center at 550 E. Remmington (please
call 408-730-7350 for directions), and will start at 8:30 p.m..
This lecture is presented by Bonyad-e-Towhid in a series of cultural
enrichment programs of the Iranian community in the Bay Area; and has
Free admission.
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* Payman in Los Angeles
Dr. Habibollah Peyman is giving a talk at University of California,
Los Angeles, (UCLA), Dodd Hall 147, on Saturday Nov. 21 from 5-10 pm.
Subject: The current intellectual trend in teh Islamic Republic of Iran
Also see: Habibollah Payman's lectures in Europe
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* Energy conference in Tehran
The Second International Non-Renewable Energy Sources Congress and Exhibition
December 12-17, 1998, Tehran, Iran... DETAILS
HERE
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* Mehrjui and pre-79 cinema in New York
Mark your calendars: During November 13 - December 3 Walter Reade Theater
in New York will present a retrospective of Dariush Mehrjoui's films plus
films by other directors made before 1979. Be there... PROGRAM
INFO
Thanks to Babak Nassirian
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* Buy a CD, help Evolving Perceptions
For one very special week -- this week -- any music you buy online through
eyegive(r) from Music Boulevard will generate a donation to the Iranian-American
arts group, Evolving Perceptions, of 10% of the purchase price. That's
150% more than our standard 4% donation. It means a $12.99 CD purchase
raises a donation of $1.30, or 90 cents higher than the standard, which
is a good deal in itself. Now that's something to sing about!
So before you buy any music, think about Evolving Perceptions and this
special offer. You get Music Boulevard's everyday low prices, great selection,
fast delivery, and 10% goes to Evolving Perceptions for purchases this
week. Your friends and family can help too. This is a great reason for
people to join eyegive. Send your friends an email with this link:
//www.eyegive.com/html/ssi.cfm?cid=2976&mid=16684
... CLICK HERE
FOR DETAILS
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* Iranian women poetry reading in San Francisco
POETRY READINGS
Myths, Legends and Rituals of Iranian Women by AFSANEHAYE ROUH (LEGENDARY
SOULS) LAILEE BAKHTIAR VAN DILLEN, DR. SHARI ST. MARTIN, ROXANE FARMANFARMAIAN
AND MARYAM OVISSI at the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Cafe (inside the concourse
at Brannan St.) at the SAN FRANCISCO BOOK FESTIVAL
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1998, 4-5 P.M. ADMISSION $3 ADULTS, UNDER 18 FREE
Please attend this extraordinary presentation of contemporary writings
by Iranian and Iranian American Women
DIRECTIONS Entrance on 7th and 8th Streets at Brannan St., San Francisco
From Bay Bridge: 9th St/Civic Center Exit, stay right, 1 blook to 8th
treet, turn right on Brannan
From 280: 6th St. Exit, left off the freeway onto Brannan, 2 blocks
to 7th
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* Qajar paintings at Brooklyn Museum of Art
First Exhibition of Persian Painting from the Qajar Dynasty, 1785-1925
at Brooklyn Museum of Art October 23, 1998-January 24, 1999
Press Preview Thursday, October 22, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
The first major exhibition to explore visual arts in Persia during the
Qajar Dynasty, focusing on extraordinary large-scale court and popular
religious paintings, will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from
October 23, 1998, through January 24, 1999. Providing a window into imperial
as well as daily life of a vanished culture, Royal Persian Paintings: The
Qajar Epoch, 1785-1925 will comprise 106 exceptional works. It includes
important loans from thirty-six internationally renowned private and public
collections in seven countries. Among the lending institutions are The
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; the Victoria and Albert Museum,
London; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Institute of Oriental Studies
of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; the Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery, Smithsonian Institutions, Washington; and the Musee de Louvre
in Paris. Also included in the exhibition will be a selection from the
Museum's collection, which contains the most important holdings of Qajar
art in North America... FULL
TEXT
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* Habibollah Payman's lectures in Europe
The program for Dr Peyman's meetings and talks in Europe
Dr. Habibullah Peyman, leader of the Jonbesh-e Mosalmanan-e Mobarez
(JMM), has been invited by the Secretary of the German Green Party faction
in the European Parliament to tour Europe.
The Council for the Co-ordination of democratic Organizations (Shuray-e
Hamahangy- e Nahadhay-e Democratic) has arranged for him to give lectures
and to have meetings and talks with Iranians in various cities of Europe.
The main topic of the lectures is "An Analysis of the present situation
of the Movement for Freedom and People's rule in Iran". The
dates and names of the host organisations in various cities are as follows:
Friday 30 Oct: Coln, Germany. Jameye Iranian-e- Democrat
Saturday 31 Oct: Frankfurt, Germany. Talashgaran-e-Jamey-e-Baz
Friday 6 November: Paris, France. Comite-ye-Bargozari
Sunday 8 November: London, England.
Comite-ye-Bargozari Fyvie Hall, University of Westminister, Regent Street
(the closest Underground Railway Station is Oxford Circus), London
For further information, please contact A.Abdi@btinternet.com
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* Student scholarship, northern California
An Iranian Student Scholarship is being offered by the Society of Iranian
Professionals (SIP) in northern California. Please tell your friends and
family. Also in order to broaden SIP's ability to sponsor more students
, SIP would welcome any donation for this cause. For more information please
contact: 408-496-9093 or send email to: officers@sip-ca.org
or visit us at www.sip-ca.org
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* Berkeley play based on Hedayat's story
BEHIND GLASS WINDOWS: A play written and directed by Torange Yeghiazarian
based on a short story by Iranian writer, Saadegh Hedayat. A shattering
love story that questions our perception of love and reality. This contemporary
stage adaptation of the original short story focuses on the illusory nature
of love and relationships from the perspective of second generation Iranians
growing up with dual traditions.
DATE: October 15, 1998, through November 8, 1998
CONTACT: Marya Zamroud
PHONE: (510) 986-9194
Previews: October 15th & 16th
Run: October 17th through November 8, 1998; Thursday through Sunday, 8pm
Location: DARVAG's Adeline Street Theatre 3280 Adeline Street, between
Alcatraz and Ashby, Berkeley. Walking distance from the Ashby BART station
Tickets Prices: General $12
Previews/students $8
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* Dariush Mehrjui in Columbus, Ohio
Dariush Mehrjui introduces THE PEAR TREE (1998)
Wexner Center for the Arts
Ohio State University
1871 N. High St. Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: 614-688-3307
Sunday, Nov 15 / 2 pm
Special Admission Price: $7; $5 Wexner members, students, etc.
Immediately following his retrospective at the Film Society of Lincoln
Center in New York, Iranian director Dariush Mehrjui comes to the Wexner
Center in Columbus, Ohio, to present his most recent film THE PEAR TREE,
which Variety described as "a lush, golden evocation of first
love."
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