May 2, 2004
04:00 PM » Art Auction & Reception
2nd Annual Benefit Art Auction & Reception
Original art from the Middle East and by Bay Area artists
Sunday, May 2, 4 to 8 p.m.
SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco
Admission $10, applied toward any purchase over $50
To Volunteer at the event call 415.626.4061
Media Contact: Torange Yeghiazarian 415.626.4061 information@goldenthread.org
San Francisco Bay Area: On Sunday May 2nd at 4pm, Golden Thread Productions holds its annual Benefit Art Auction and Reception at SomArts Gallery featuring original art from the Middle East and Bay Area artists. Jewelry, antiques, gifts and services will also be available in the live and silent auctions. Complimentary wine and hors d'oeuvres from some of Bay Area's best wineries and restaurants will be served.
Live music will be performed by Kurt Ribak Jazz Trio and Mohammad Naser Zarif Afghani ensemble. As part of silent and live auctions, works by artists including Andrea Ali, Lara B., Youmna Chalda, Ali Dadgar, Nicole De Vito, Eshrat Erfanian, Hassan Fedawy, Kim Frohsin, Vida Ghahremani, Christine Hanlon, Taraneh Hemami, Mohammad Hourian, Candace Loheed, Lenea Maibaum, Lacey Mamak, Javier Manrique, Carolyn Meyer, Craig Nelson, Sian Oblak, Fayeq Oweis, Randall Sexton, Tomatsu Takeshima, Termeh Yeghiazarian, and Berge Ara Zobian will be up for bid. In addition, auction items include original jewelry by Nancy Dobbs Owen and Shahasp Valentine with additional arts and crafts from Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Yemen and Armenia.
Reception wine generously donated by Fetzer and Agajanian Wineries. Catered by La Mediterannee, Mangia Mangia, ACME Bread, La Cascada, Arabi Mediterranean Cuisine, Tannour, India Garden and Scharffenberger Chocolatieres.
Additional sponsors and donors: Narsai David, Sandy Cressman, Anchor Brewing Company, Agajanian Vineyards, Peet's Coffee &Tea, Love Joy's Tea Room, Tanjiah Morrocan Cuisine, Good Vibrations, Asian American theater, Impact Theater, Language Studies International, Super Sightseeing Tours, Orlane Beauty & Skin Care, Henna Garden, Floresco, Freedom Flowers, Kabul Tribal Art and Noah's Art
Golden Thread Productions www.goldenthread.org
Golden Thread Productions is a San Francisco Bay Area company dedicated to exploring Middle Eastern culture and identity as represented throughout the globe. We define the Middle East broadly and inclusively. The company is made up of artists from a variety of ethnic backgrounds that share an interest in the Middle East. Among the nations represented in our past productions are Iran, Armenia, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Algeria, Afghanistan, and the United States. Founded in1996, Golden Thread Productions’ annual programming consists of one to two main stage productions, ReOrient festival of short plays, as well as workshops, staged readings and special events.
Golden Thread Productions’ debut production was “Operation No Penetration, Lysistrata 97!” The classic Greek antiwar comedy was adapted to a Middle Eastern setting where Palestinian and Israeli women unite to force men into signing a peace treaty. Since then the company has continued to creatively present challenging social issues on stage. The company’s first internally developed production, “Love Missile,” - “lively staging …inventive shadow puppetry” - Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle - was an original anti-war musical collaboratively created by Hal Gelb, Janaki Ranpura and Torange Yeghiazarian. “Love Missile” explores the dilemma facing a Middle Eastern immigrant scientist who is asked to develop the weapons that will be used against her own nation. In 2002, Golden Thread Productions presented the San Francisco Bay Area premiere of “Nine Armenians” by award-winning playwright, Leslie Ayvazian, at the Magic Theatre to sold out audiences for three weeks - “Sympathetic and convincing” Lee Brady, Pacific Sun, “first rate actors in a moving piece” Anna Montzaris, SF Gate.
Golden Thread Productions hallmark event is ReOrient, an annual festival of plays exploring the Middle East. Debuted in 1999, more than thirty plays have been presented at the ReOrient festival, majority of them world and or U.S. premieres. For four weeks, this one of a kind festival turns San Francisco into a Mecca for innovative, spirited, and thought-provoking theatre from around the world. Providing a rare opportunity for artists and audiences alike to engage deeply and directly with the Middle East in a creative and supportive setting that displaces misinformation and encourages understanding.
In its brief history, Golden Thread Productions has worked diligently to probe and celebrate the Middle Eastern culture and identity in all its complexity. Made up of artists from all over the world, the company exemplifies Theatre’s ability to transcend cultural and political boundaries and to encourage an active dialogue. Golden Thread Productions’ commitment to in depth exploration and understanding is imminently important. This is true now more than ever given the volatility of our relationship with the Middle East and the global ramifications of our decisions influenced by our understanding of the region.
04:00 PM » Introduction to Zoroastrianism
Title: Introduction to Zoroastrianism
This is a free program for those interested in learning the basic
tenets of Zoroastrianism, one of the world oldest religions.
Program is in English.
Location:Rustam & Morvarid Dar e Mehr
10468 Crothers Rd.
San Jose, CA 95127
Date and Time: Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 4pm-5pm
For further information, please contact the Assembly at
408-448-2742
05:00 PM » Pars Radio
PARSradio - new persian radio station for the bay area -every Sundays from 5-8 pm on 96.1 FM. visit us at www.PARSradio.net or call 650-917-8789.
05:30 PM » The First CAL Alumni Gathering
"The First CAL Alumni Gathering"
Dear Friend,
On behalf of Cal Alumni Club of Iran (CalIran) and the Society of Iranian Engineers at Berkeley (SIEB)it is our great pleasure to announce the First Cal Alumni Gathering Dinner for Iranian Alumni of UC-Berkeley.
As a group devoted to building a community of professionals based on trust and friendship, we believe this event would play a significant role in reaching our goals. Please join us in this exciting event and meet some of the most successful, influential, and brilliant engineers in the world of technology.
Sunday, May 2nd 2004
5:30-9:00 pm
Scott's Restaurant
2 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607-3748
510-444-3456
We will have two Cal Alumni Speakers:
- Dr. Abbas Milani, Professor, Author and Research fellow at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University, will talk about Sa'adi and modernity.
- Dr. Ahmad Bahai, CTO of National Semiconductor and Adjunct Professor in UC Berkeley and Stanford will talk about Innovation: Challenges and Rewards in 21st Century.
Our agenda also includes Iranian Traditional Music performance and several other programs.
Tickets for this event will be sold for $35 for alumni and $30 for students before April 25th, and $40 afterwards.
Please click on the link below to confirm your attendance and your choice of entrees.
http://sieb.berkeley.edu/sieb_alumni_gathering.php
To sponsor this event or to make donations, please click on the link
below.
http://sieb.berkeley.edu/sieb_alumni_sponsor_donation.php
For more information please visit SIEB's website at
http://sieb.berkeley.edu or e-mail us at caliran_berkeley@yahoo.com or events@sieb.berkeley.edu
We look forward to meeting you on May 2, 2004.
Sincerely,
Alumni Gathering Committee CalIran/SIEB