List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-04-10

Persian Tech Entrepreneurs

Speakers:

Mike Ghaffary - Stitcher, CEO & Co-Founder

Reza Raji - iControl, COO & Co-Founder

Alex Mehr - Zoosk, CEO & Co-Founder

Touraj Parang - Jaxtr, COO & Co-Founder

Navid Oreizy - Associate, TC Ventures

Thursday April 10th, 2008

6:00 - 8:00 PM

Schedule:

6:00 - 7:00 - Speaker Presentations and Q&A

7:00 - 8:00 - Networking Session

Plug and Play Game Room

440 N. Wolfe Rd

Sunnyvale, CA 94085

Kick-O First Event

Presented by Plug and Play Tech Center & YPP

Poet and literary translator, Sholeh Wolpé, will be presenting her brand new translation of Forugh Farrokhzad poems, SIN: SELECTED POEMS OF FORUGH FARROKHZAD (University of Arkansas Press, 2007). She will also read from her new book, “Rooftops of Tehran”.



“Wolpe’s translations make Farrokhzad’s poetry burst into life in English. Wolpé is the best imaginable guide to this gifted Iranian woman’s poetic universe.”

–Nasrin Rahimieh, Director of Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies at UCI



“Sholeh Wolpé’s selection of poems and the lush lucidity of her translation convey the quickly evolving and the richly paradoxical nature of Farrokhzad's poetry.”

--Farzaneh Milani, Director of Studies in Women and Gender and Professor of Persian and Women Studies at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville



This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the acclaimed Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad’s death. Around the world, people are marking the passage of this remarkable women’s life and her more magnificent oeuvre of poetry.

For more information on Sholeh Wolpé please visit: www.sholehwolpe.com



Thursday, April 10, 7 pm

San Jose, Poetry Center,

San Jose, Martin Luther King Jr. Library,

2nd floor meeting rooms,

(with Poet-translator Gary Gach)

info: http://www.pcsj.org/calendar.html

Red Carpet Premiere of AmericanEast

Opening Night Film

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Event InfoName:
Red Carpet Premiere of AmericanEast
Tagline:
Opening Night Film
Host:
Noor Film Festival
Type:
Other - Festival
Time and PlaceDate:
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time:
7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location:
Fine Arts Theater
Street:
8556 Wilshire Blvd.
City/Town:
Beverly Hills, CA

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Contact InfoPhone:
3102815575
Email:
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Description
Red Carpet Premiere of AmericanEast.
Starring Tony Shalhoub, Sara Shahi, Anthony Azizi, Eric Avari, and more...

We continue studying Sheikh-e-Eshraagh's works by reading another story of him: Loghat-e-Mooran, this Thursday at 7:30pm.


We will get together at:
St. Catherine's Anglican Church
1058 Ridgewood Drive , Edgemont Village , North Vancouver

Please check www.gologolshan.com for more information.

Feel free to distribute this email to your friends who may be interested.

Sincerely,
Gol o Golshan