List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-09-27

Join us for worship and fellowship



Iranian Christians Association have a victory celebration which involves praise and worship in Farsi followed by Farsi/English sermon and a family style potluck luncheon.



Please call us at 973-694-2938 ext 448 to RSVP or if you have any questions.



Date: September 27th, 2008



Time: 11:00 AM- 3:00 PM



Location: Calvary Temple Int. A-G, 1111 Preakness Ave. Wayne, NJ 07470





From: Anna Arakelian

Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco (IFF) is an annual event showcasing the independent feature and short films made by or about the Iranians from around the world.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

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First Annual Iranian Film Festival San Francisco

September 27-28, 2008

For the Films, Schedule, Ticket & Venue Info, please visit: www.IranianFilmFestival.blogspot.com
Venue:
San Francisco Art Institute
800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94133


Dates: September 27-28

All Day

Where: Check the website for the location

www.IranianFilmFestival.blogspot.com



Saturday, September 27, 2008


11 AM Iran: Behind the Walls & Faces on the Wall
1:10 PM Behzad's Last Journey & Abyaneh, Red Village*
3:05 PM On the Road with Kiarostami & Cinema Iran
4:45 PM A World Between* & Lesson from Bam
6:45 PM Dead Heat Under the Shrubs
8:15 PM Stand Up: Muslim American Comics Come of Age* & The Slap

Friends,

Behrouz Yahaghi and his friend Marty McCutcheon, are having an art show in Berkeley on September 27th and 28th 2008. Take this opportunity to see Behrouz's last show in the Bay Area. Hope to see you all at the event.

Behrouz Yahaghi was born into an artistic family in 1950 in Tehran, Iran. He graduated from Tehran's School of Fine Arts in 1972 and then traveled throughout Europe to expand his studies in Arts, graduating from the Academia Delle Belle Arti in Perugia, Italy in 1976. Behrouz Yahaghi's paintings have been extensively exhibited in Europe as well as in the United States. He currently resides in Oakland, CA:

2571 Shattuck Ave #1A. Between Park and Blake.

Saturday 27th 4 - 9pm and Sunday 28th 12 - 6pm.

Please forward.

JJ

Google Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2571+shattuck+ave+berkeley+ca+94704&mrt=all&sll=37.864724,-122.267189&sspn=0.007098,0.015514&ie=UTF8&ll=37.864724,-122.267189&spn=0.007098,0.015514&z=16&iwloc=addr

Bijan Mortazavi Live in Concert



Location: Crest Theatre

1013 K Street

Sacramento, CA 95814



Date: September 27th 2008

Time: Doors open at 7:00pm



For more information please call 888 - 44BIJAN

Tickets are available at local markets or online at www.tickets.com

LA Phil Presents - A Celebration of Rumi: The Sights & Sounds of Mystic Persia - Saturday, September 27, 7:30 pm at the Hollywood Bowl



Featured Artists:



The Silk Road Ensemble with special guest Yo-Yo Ma

Kayhan Kalhor Ensemble with vocalist Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh

The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus with Sheikh Hamza Chakour & Ensemble Al-Kindi

The Qaderi Dervishes of Sanandaj

Nour Mohammad Dorpour

Ostad Kaboli, calligrapher

Shohreh Aghdashloo, poetry reader

Iraj Gorgin, poetry reader





Experience Rumi through the music, songs, and traditions of Iran and beyond with the finest Persian musicians and vocalists, the trance of whirling dervishes, plus Rumi's poetry set to live calligraphy projections.



Log on to HollywoodBowl.com for tickets and information.



Link to program page: http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3567

CD Release Concert, Ossyan, Based on the poetry of Frough Farrokhzad and Siavosh

Kasraei. Namâd Ensemble connects contemporary audiences to classical Persian music.

It was formed by four outstanding musicians who create original compositions based on

both the modern and classical poetry of Iran. Passionate and haunting melodies that are

performed by Kourosh Taghavi on the Setar, and Saeed Kamjoo on the Kamanche and

Queychak, poetically fuse with percussions by Mehrdad Arabi and Afshin Mehrassa

colorfully creating the needed space in which the beautiful voice of Khosro Ansari tells the

stories of our times.



San Diego September 27

Smith Recitall Hall, SDSU

5500 Campanile Dr.

San Diego, CA 92182

Reservation: (858) 653-0336

www.namaadensemble.com