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07:27 AM » Midnight Approaches... Benefit Screening

The Translation Project and Niloufar Talebi invite you to a benefit screening of
Midnight Approaches..., an evocative, multi-dimentional and entertaining DVD of films
based on the contemporary poetry of Ziba Karbassi, Abbas Saffari, Partow Nooriala, Majid Naficy, Saghi Ghahraman and Reza Farmand.

Honorary co-chairs, Mayor Gavin Newsom and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Special guests include:
SF Poet Laureate, Jack Hirschman
Shahrnush Parsipur
Michael Tilson Thomas
Behrouz Vossoughi
Joshua Robison

This project will be featured on KRON 4 news in San Francisco on September 17th.

Seats are limited, GET TIX NOW!

Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter St, San Francisco
6-9 pm

Admission:
Reception, silent auction and screening - $75.00
Reception, silent auction, screening and musical performance - $125.00
All of the above plus a copy of our DVD - $200.00
Silver VIP sponsor - $2000.00
Gold VIP sponsor - $3000.00
Platinum VIP sponsor - $5000.00

Make checks out to Afsaneh Art and Culture Society (AACS)
and mail to:
756 "A" San Jose Avenue
SF, CA 94110

Event Details
Reception and silent auction 6-7pm
Screening 7-8pm
Live musical Performance 8-9pm

Catering generously donated by Meykadeh restaurant in North Beach

“I found the marriage of visual, musical and poetic imagery in Niloufar Talebi's work to be touching, effective and an ideal way to discover and appreciate contemporary Iranian poetry.”
-Michael Tilson Thomas
-Musical director of the San Francisco Symphony

Founded in 2003, The Translation Project is a non-profit endeavor whose mission is to bring contemporary Iranian literature to the world stage in multiple languages and media.
For more information, see