List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2004-12-19

Join us for Fun Hiking, Brunch & Finding New Friends
Ashenaee Club is a new club for Iranian single Professionals in the Los Angeles areas where single men and women, with similar backgrounds and social values, get to meet each other in the social gatherings and outings of the club.
Ashenaee Club is a non-political, non-religious cultural Persian social club.
Membership is open to all Persian men and women interested in Iran and its culture.
For more information contact us via E-mail@
Ashenaeeclub@yahoo.com

Date: Sunday Dec,19th 04
Time: 9:30 A.M. sharp!
We will be hiking every Sunday& having brunch at the park.
Too busy for hiking?
Than join us for brunch potluck to make new friend, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Location: Will Rogers’s state park (at the 2nd parking lot)


Will Rogers State Park:
1501 Will Rogers State Park Road, Pacific Palisades (310)
454-8212. There is a $7 vehicle fee. Pacific Coast Highway
to Sunset Blvd. From the western end of the Santa Monica
Fwy (10) go north on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) (1) to
Sunset Blvd. Turn right on Sunset and turn left on Will
Rogers State Park Road. The park grounds include the
humorist's home as well as 186 acres of hiking and picnic
areas. Or you can park at Villa View St. Or Villa Wood Dr. (for free).

Please make sure to be at the park 15 Minutes prior to our
departure, to have enough time to find a parking spot.

Please bring your own water and snack & your brunch potluck.

From: Sara (Ashenaeeclub@yahoo.com)

SFIranianKids Shabe Yalda Event
December 19th, from 5-7 pm
Fort mason, Building C, Room #370
San Francisco

SFIranianKids is pleased to present a celebration for the longest night of the year, Shab-e Yalda. As part of SFIranianKids' cultural and social activities we have put together this fund raising event to bring closure to our events in 2004 and plan re-opening of classes in 2005.

There will be several programs for the kids and an announcement on current and future activities of this organization. The event is open to all members and associates. The event is organized as a potluck party. Please sign up for the food list by emailing us at
sfiraniankids@yahoo.com.

Tickets are currently on sale, $20 for a family of four and $7 for individuals. Please note that tickets will also be sold at the door on the night of the event but the prices will be $25 for a family of four and $10 for an individual.

For more info, contact us at sfiraniankids@yahoo.com

When: Sunday Dec 19th,
Where:Watertown Middle School

The doors will open at 5:30 and the program will start at 6:00 and will end at 8:30.
For more information see the following URL:
http://www.iaboston.org/docs/majorEvents/Yalda.pdf

Or call KHANEH-YE IRAN at
(617)789-IRAN.

Shab-e Yalda celebrations. Poetry reading, appropriate food and non alcoholic drinks. Live music. and dance.
Free to all, bring along your favorite poem, and dessert.

5199 East Farness, Tucson, Arizona 85712
Go to our website: www.IAAZ.org for map and other info.
Sunday December 19. From 6:30 PM to midnight.

New Beginning

Announcing Maryam in Concert, Featuring Amir-Reza
Sunday, December 19th, 2004, at the Santa Clara Convention Center 7:00 PM
For more information, please email us at info@rumirecords.com or call us toll-free
(866) 367-7864. OR 408-588-1711
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The 14th of August was a turning point of all sorts. It marked the first time an
Iranian event was accompanied by a ten-piece-and,choreographed dancers and special
guests. It was the first time an Iranian event of this caliber was videotaped by six
different camera operators in Northern California. It was also the first time Maryam
and Amir-Reza took the stage together for a full two-hour show, giving the audience
the best possible show that they could give.

Several surprises were on store for the audience on the night of the 14th. Bass
player, Dennis Murphy, left his instrument on the side and joined Maryam for a
wonderful rendition of "All The Way," while Bijan Mortazavi, renowned violinist
and vocalist in the Iranian community, joined Maryam onstage to sing their hit
"Faryad (Scream)."

But despite all of this, it was Maryam and Amir-Reza who walked out then stars of
the show that night, with Maryam singing her hit "Nazokdel" one last time before
the shows end. Maryam's "New Beginning" truly started with a bang. With talks of
another concert in the bay area before year's end.

Maryam and Amir-Reza are coming back to Santa Clara Convention Center again on
December,19,2004 to perform songs from her first album in ten years led by her son
Amir Reza.

Maryam's concert,”new beginning" will be the only concert of its class by an
Iranian performer based in northern California.Please visit us at :www.rumirecords.com for more information.


From: Nilofar (info@rumirecords.com)