List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2006-04-23

Spring Bloom Hike & Picnic:

a social and networking event for young Iranian-

American professionals in their 20s and 30s

(Students are also welcome)



Sunday, April 23, 2006

8:30 AM – 4 PM

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

(1 hour north of LA)



California Poppies are now blooming and mid-April is the

best time to catch them.

RSVP to LAPersianClub@yahoo.com

Bring Food and Drinks to Share with at Least 6 People

Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring warm clothes and sun block.

Weather Note: Heavy Rain Cancels

Initial Meeting Point: Balboa Park Tennis Court Parking Lot (South West Lot) at 8:30 AM for meet and greet & ride share. (The Tennis Courts are on Burbank Blvd. west of the Burbank / Balboa intersection in the City of Encino)



This event will be hosted by Arash Davallou, president of the Harvard Persian Alumni Association and member of the Sierra Club.

"Berkeley Lecture Series" presents:

A Talk by Daryoush Ashouri, prominent Iranian writer

Topic: The Abortive Birth of a Modern Nation: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran and its Aftermath

Daryoush Ashouri has served as a visiting professor and lecturer of Persian language and literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Oxford University, and of political philosophy and political sociology at the University of Tehran.

He is the author of ”An Introduction to Sociology", "Modernity and Us", "Dictionary of Philosophy and Political Science", "Political Encyclopedia" among others. He is also a translator of works by Nietzsche, William Shakespeare and Nicola Machiavelli.


Date: Sunday, April 23, 2006
Time: 4:00 P.M.
Place: 110 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/large_map.html

Lecture in Persian

Suggested Donation: $10.00
No donation expected from students

Further questions may be directed to: berkeleylectures@yahoo.com

Rackham Auditorium

915 East Washington St. , Ann Arbor, MI 48109



For more information about the concert please visit :

http://www.umich.edu/~igsa

Marsh Chapel, Boston University Campus

Iranian Opera Singer Shaherezade Mowlavi presents a recital of Operatic and Classical pieces in German, Italian, Portugese and more.

For More information email operasinger2b@yahoo.com

or visit www.shaherezade.com