List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2004-04-28

Masters of Persian Music, Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7pm
Chicago Cultural Center,78 E. Washington FREE

Kamancheh (spike-fiddle) master Kayhan Kalhor has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West through his solo concerts and work with Ghazal and Yo-Yo Ma. For this program of improvisations, he brings together his own ensemble of brilliant artists from the nw generation of Persian classical musicians Siamak Jahangiry (ney-flute), Siamak Aghaei (santur-zither), Hamid Khabazi (tar-plucked lute), and Pedram Khaverzamini (tombak-percussion). This concert is part of their first U.S. tour.

For Information and direction call (847) 673-0614

Deep Breath Nafas-E Amigh

Directed by Parviz Shahbazi


A car in a reservoir, a corpse wearing a sweater with a distinctive stripe and the long hair of a dead victim still trapped beneath the water (“I guess it’s a woman,” says a diver trying to recover the body). In Parvis Shahbazi’s haunting Deep Breath, all of these are somehow connected to Kamran and Mansour, homeless young men who drift through their days stealing, driving and engaging in petty acts of vandalism. Mansour has recently been evicted from his home and has a mother hospitalized for an undisclosed illness and an estranged sister. Handsome, longhaired and anorexic Kamran complains about the frequent, worried phone calls from his wealthy parents, yet still insists on always having a phone nearby. Their aimless existence is enlivened by the vivacious Ayda, an indefatigable walker and talker who sparks Mansour’s romantic interest and may offer him an escape from the self-absorbed apathy that is slowly killing his friend. Shahbazi has a gift for wry misdirection, and his touches of deadpan humor make this film a compelling fable of youthful anomie. Deep Breath’s portrait of disaffected Iranian youth sparked some controversy in Iran and postponed the film’s release.

—Pamela Troy
http://www.sffs.org/fest04/titleDetail.asp?title_id=18

Show Times
4/26 KAB 9:45 DEEP26K
4/28 KAB 7:00 DEEP28K

AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres
1881 Post Street (at Fillmore), San Francisco
Bus lines: 22 Fillmore, 38 Geary, 38L Geary Limited, 2 Clement, 3 Jackson, 4 Sutter

ATTENTION: This event has been cancelled.

GALAXY TO PLAY NATIONAL TEAM OF IRAN IN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY APRIL 28 AT THE ROSE BOWL

Iran Climbs Seven Slots To Claim Their Best-Ever FIFA World Ranking Taking 24th Place And Lead Group 1 of Asian Qualifying FIFA World Cup Germany 2006

Galaxy Return to Rose Bowl For First-Time Since 2002

When: April 28, 2004 at 7:30PM
Where: Rose Bowl - Pasadena, California
Tickets go on sale: Friday April 2nd at 10:00AM
Price: Sideline $45, Reserved $35 and General Admission $20
Buy Tickets: 1-877-3GALAXY
Web: www.lagalaxy.com