List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-03-08

International Women's Day Event, SAT, March 8, De Anza College, Cupertino, 10am-3pm,
w/poet & professor, Homa Faravashi, Cupertino Mayor Dolly Sandoval, Senator Elaine Alquist, Honorable Judge Erica Yew, Dr. Homa Mahmoudi, District FWC President Elect Kathryn Fragulia, GFWC President Elect Vicki Olden, Writer and Professor Azin Arefi, as well as dancers and musicians. Info at 408.864.8349 or communityenagement@ deanza.edu

Presented by: Amnesty International USA ~ Cardea Center for Women~ Kavosh Women's Organization
International Women's Day Celebration
Women's Human Rights: Moving beyond Barriers
Let it be a year of more progress towards women's rights
and the elimination of discrimination against women

Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren
Panel discussion on CEDAW
Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women

A dance performance of Eve's Elixir A Holly Shaw Production

An Evening Concert with AguaLibre(formerly of o'maya) also featuring Destani Wolf ( Afro/Latin/HipHop/ Reggae/Soul)

Art, jewelry and crafts by women

~ CONNECT ~ LEARN ~ CELEBRATE ~
Saturday March 8th 2008
2pm -7pm
CET (Center for Employment Training) SOTO Theater
701 Vine St. San Jose CA 95110
Refreshments served - FREE parking

Admission: General $25 Students $15
Champions of women's rights: $100 * Names will be printed in program brochure

For online ticket purchase: www.brownpaperticke ts.com/event/ 27984

Information/ Tickets:
events@cardeacenter forwomen. org ~ 408- 243-2222 or 415-412-3011

International Women's Day Celebration

Women's Human Rights: Moving beyond Barriers



Let it be a year of more progress towards women's rights

and the elimination of discrimination against women



Saturday March 8th 2008

2pm -7pm



CET (Center for Employment Training) SOTO Theater

701 Vine St. San Jose CA 95110



Refreshments served - FREE parking



*Keynote Speaker: Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

*Panel discussion on CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women

*A dance performance by Eve's Elixir A Holly Shaw Production

*An Evening Concert with AguaLibre(formerly of o'maya)

also featuring Destani Wolf (Afro/Latin/HipHop/Reggae/Soul)



Art, jewelry and crafts by women



~ CONNECT ~ LEARN ~ CELEBRATE ~



Admission: General $25 Students $15



Champions of women's rights: $100

For online ticket purchase:

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/27984

Information/Tickets:

events@cardeacenterforwomen.org ~ 408- 243-2222 or 415-412-3011





Presented by: Amnesty International USA ~ Cardea Center for Women~ Kavosh Women's Organization

Celebrate Norouz with your whole family at Almaden library in San Jose on March 8th, 2 pm. Program includes Afsaneh dance group, Nezad music academy playing happy songs, crafts for kids, Haft Seen and more. Program is free and open to all.

Almaden library

6445 Camden Ave

San Jose, Ca 95120

(408) 808-3040

A Mystical Journey is on its world tour and coming to Los Angeles! The show features artists from Iran, Algeria, Bosnia, Pakistan,

Tajikistan and Syria performing music from various Sufi and other

esoteric traditions of Islam.



Having premiered in Canada during October

2007, A Mystical Journey is traveling to a number of cities throughout

the United States in March and April 2008 as part of its ongoing world

tour.



Some of the international performers include Salman Ahmed who rocked out at the most recent Noble Peace Prize ceremony and the band of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan who have created some amazing music with Peter Gabriel and Eddie Vedder.



The date for the performance is Saturday March 8th, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. The venue is Royce Hall, UCLA, 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles. Tickets can be obtained on-line at www.TheIsmaili.org/amj. Tickets are limited and range in price from $25 to $150. There will be a host of dignitaries from the Los Angeles area attending.

ba ehteram

Jashn e Ruz e Jahani Zan - 8 March 2008; 14:30 - 17:00 at Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ

Etelayieh

http://www.aciiran.com/zanan0308.htm

Barnameh

http://www.aciiran.com/barnameh.htm



International Women's Day Celebrations - 8 March 2008; 14:30 - 17:00 at Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ

http://www.aciiran.com/iwd.htm

program

http://www.aciiran.com/iwd_program.htm

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ACI maintains an impartial and an unprejudiced approach to all its activities and respects all schools of thought. We work actively with colleagues from all over the world, and hope to contribute towards a better future for Iran. We welcome and invite the participation of all those interested in the future of Iran.

Central Office and Contact:
website: www.aciiran.com, email: London@aciiran.com
ACI - PO Box 7630 London NW6 3ZB, England. Tel 44 20 7328 8415 Fax 44 20 7328 1484
Registered Offices: Paris-France, London-England, Berlin-Germany, Zurich-Switzerland, Washington D.C.-USA

Persia Cultural House Presents:

Nowruz Show 1387

Join us for the most important Persian Celebration of the year



Meet Amoo Nowruz and Hajji Firuz!



Saturday March 8th, 2008



On Stage at the

Sterling Middle School

201 W.Holly Avenue,

Sterling, Virginia. 20164

4:30 PM to: 6:00 PM

Contact: www.persiahouse.com (703) 585 - 5459

ZANAN
Association of Iranian Women abroad

Communications:

Mahnaz Dashti

(916) 369-2005

Elham Mackani

(916) 390-6253



Membership:

Mahvash Ghorbanzadhe

(530) 848-1044



Treasurer:

Vida Sheik

(916) 723- 2401



Hospitality:

Sedigheh Mackani

(916) 355-8920

Meenue Emami

(916) 791-0438



Trustees:

Lillie Alereza

Soraya Lashahi

Roudabh A. Pakpour



Founder:

Fakhri A. Rice

(916) 984-1567


International women’s Day

We are celebrating International Women’s Day on Saturday March 8 th at 6:30 PM at Shahrzad Restaurant. Please join us for a night of great Iranian food, music and dancing. Please extended this invention to your interested female friends and family. Women from all ages and nationalities are welcomed to join and together we’ll celebrate our gender and share culture. Please RSVP your attendance so that we will have seats reserved for you and your guests when you arrive. The cost for the Persian dinner will be $25.00. Looking forward to see you all.



Zanan of Sacramento started as a small and informal group in March of 2003 and now we are legally registered not for profit organization in state of California.




-Fakhri-




Shahrzad Restaurant

2931 Sun Rise Blvd.

Rancho Cordova, Ca 95742

Tel (916) 852-8899

Saturday March 8 th 2008 at 6:30 PM.

Beyond Persia & Shabeh Jomeh (SJ)

7PM March 8th, 2008

Special Screening:

Saturday March 8th, 7:00PM

Auditorium 4

Sundance Kabuki Theaters

1881 Post Street at Fillmore

San Francisco, CA 94115



Beyond Persia & Shabeh Jomeh (SJ)

invite you to join

the Q & A followed by cocktails with Iranian Star Shiva Rose & Director/Producer Jalal Jonroy



at bistro bar upstairs (2nd floor)

for all ticket holders

immediately following the 7:15 showing.



Tickets: only $13.50 each

And will sell out fast as seating is limited.

(Cash Bar)



Reserve Your Seat: http://www.sundancecinemas.com/choose.html

In Memory of Kazem Ashtari



A play in Farsi by Sepideh Khosrowjah

Directed by Hamid Ehya

With: Bella Warda, Shadi Yousefian, Sepideh Khosrowjah, and Mansour Taeed.



March 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 8pm

Live Oak Theater

1301 Shattuck Ave,

Berkeley, CA 94709

For more information or to buy tickets please visit our website:

www.darvag.org



Or Kazem Ashtatri’s weblog at:

http://kazemashtari.blogspot.com/



Phone reservation: 510-595-4607



hamidehya@yahoo.com>

SATURDAY, MARCH 8th

Sharam [DEEP DISH] & DOC MARTIN

WIN a VIP booth and a bottle! 20 entries will be added to the exclusive guestlist!

BUY TICKETS



RUBY SKYE | 420 MASON ST @ GEARY| RUBYSKYE.COM

Club dancing with dj music and video,,,

Markmasoud@yahoo.com>