List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2007-03-15

Nowruz Festival
By The Persian Club of Glendale College


Mar 15,07

Begins at: 10:00 AM
Ends at: 02:30 PM


The Persian Club is organizing the "Nowruz Festival". You are invited to join us on
Thursday March 15th. 2007 from 10-2 to celebrate the Persian New Year with us. Come
and visit our beautiful booths representing different aspects of the Persian Culture, enjoy
the delicious Persian food and pastries and dance with the music of D.J Alex. We would
like to invite the Persian(Iranian) Clubs of other Community Colleges and Universities to
Come and celebrate with us. To sponsor a Nowruz booth or a booth to display your
merchendise, Please contact Dr. Paris Noori at pnoori@glendale.edu.

Iranian American Bar Association's (IABA) Persian New Year Celebration
By Iranian American Bar Association


Mar 15,07



The Iranian American Bar Association cordially invites you to join us in our first annual IABA Iranian New Year Celebration.

Come and partake in the cultural tradition and festivities in the Tom Bradley Ballroom at
top of the historic Los Angeles City Hall building with its magnificent views of the
downtown skyline.

It will be an evening of fun, food, dancing, and meeting and greeting with some of the most
influential attorneys and judges in Los Angeles!

Los Angeles City Hall, Tom Bradley Ballroom.

Thursday, the fifteenth of March, two thousand and seven
Master of Ceremonies: Featured Speaker:
Hon. Judge Shahla Sabet Hon. Jan Perry
San Bernardino Superior Court Council Member, 9th District, City of Los Angeles

Los Angeles City Hall, Tom Bradley Ballroom
200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cocktail Reception at 7:00 pm
Program at 8:00 pm
Dinner at 9:00 pm
Semi-Formal attire

Advanced Ticket Sales
$100 for general admission • $90 for IABA members in good
$125 for all RSVPs postmarked March 2, 2007 or later.

Or RSVP online at: http://www.iaba.us/iaba/events.cfm#70
Make checks payable to The Iranian American Bar Association. • Email us at iaba.losangeles@gmail.com with questions.

PERSIAN ARTS FESTIVAL SPRING 2007

More info at http://www.persianartsfestival.org/2007program.html



March 15, 2007 7pm-12mid

Jonathan Shorr Gallery, 109 Crosby @ Prince St., NYC $10

(((N & R to Prince St. or 4, 5, & 6 to Spring St.)))

Persian Arts Festival, ArteEast & Rattapallax present:

We are celebrating Norooz, the Persian New Year with a book reading by critically acclaimed author, Nahid Rachlin, a series of short films and music while you socialize with New York's Persian community. A special edition of the AIC-Rattapallax Salon at Jonathan Shorr Gallery.

8pm Nahid Rachlin reading, Persian Girls

9pm Persian Short Films:

Fortune Telling, Sara Saeidan, 4 min Animation (Documentary and Experimental Film Center)

The Dragonfly Storm, Shahram Mokri 14 min (Association of Young Iranian Cinema)

A Hasty Story of a Simple Revenge with a Happy Ending, Bahram Tavakoli, 15 min (Association of Young Iranian Cinema)

10pm-12mid Persian Music

Special thanks to our partners: ArteEast, Rattapallax, Jonathan Shorr Gallery, Amon, GlobeSonic, Nahid Rachlin, Koroosh, Association of Young Iranian Cinema, Documentary and Experimental Film Center, Random House, Inc., Persian Mirror and iMergeAndSee and PAF volunteers. AIC-Rattapallax Salon is organized by Rattapallax, Academia Internacional de Cinema, Pampero Rum, and the NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting.

http://www.persianartsfestival.org/2007program.html

General Information:
RSVP Not Required
There are no fees for attending this event.
Payment for all beverages and food is the responsibility of each attendee.



Shabeh Jomeh Atlanta:Divan Restaurant & Hookah Lounge
3125 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30305 (404) 993-6847
Contact: atlanta@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh Boston: The Charlesmark Lounge
655 Boylston Street, Boston 02116
Contact: boston@shabehjomeh.com


Shabeh Jomeh Chicago: Swirl Wine Bar
111 W. Hubbard 312-828-9000
Contact: chicago@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh DC: INDEBLEU **NEW LOCATION NEW LOCATION**
707 G Street, NW, Washington DC
Contact: dc@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh London: Express Bar
Cumberland Hotel, Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London 0870-3339280
Contact: london@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh Los Angeles: Casa Delmar Hotel
1910 Ocean Front Walk Santa Monica, CA 90405-1083
Contact: la@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh New York: 230 FIFTH (26th & 27th st)
Contact: ny@shabehjomeh.com


Shabeh Jomeh San Francisco: Sugar Lounge
377 Hayes St (Cross Street: Gough Street)
San Francisco, CA 94102
4152557144
Contact: sf@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh San Jose: Rosie McCann's
Santana Row, San Jose, CA
Contact: sf@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh Seattle: The Triple Door
216 Union Street, Seattle, WA (206) 838-4333
Contact: seattle@shabehjomeh.com

Shabeh Jomeh Sydney: Statement Lounge & Bar
49 Market Street, Sydney
Contact: sydney@shabejomeh.com

Event Type: Monthly Meeting
Title: Shabeh Jomeh Monthly Gathering of Iranian Professional
Persian Title: گردهمایی ماهانه شب جمعه
Description: Monthly Meeting
Persian Description: گردهمایی ماهانه
Host: Iranian- American Leaders
Time: The Third Thur of Every Month
Location Name: Shabeh Jomeh
Location Address: Visit Shabeh Jomeh Website for the location in your city, , ,

Hope you can come
Time: March 15, 8:00 P.M. Thursday
(The party: 7-11,includes Nahid Rachlin's reading: 8:00 P.M. a series
of short Iranian films and music while you socialize with New York’s
Persian community).

Location:
Jonathan Shorr Gallery
109 Crosby @ Prince St., NYC
N & R to Prince St. or 4, 5, & 6 to Spring St.
$10 Suggestion Donation
Information: 212 334 1199

PERSIAN GIRLS,published by Penguin (October 2006)
In a story of ambition, oppression, hope, heartache, and sisterhood,
Persian Girls traces Rachlin's coming of age in Iran under the late
Shah-and her domineering father-her tangled family life, and her
relationship with her older sister, and unexpected soul mate, Pari. Both girls
refused to accept traditional roles prescribed for them under Muslim
cultural laws. They devoured forbidden books. They had secret romances. But
then things quickly changed. Pari was forced by her parents to marry a
wealthy suitor, a cruel man who kept her a prisoner in her own home.
After narrowly avoiding an unhappy match herself with a man her parents
chose for her, Nahid came to America, where she found literary success.
Back in Iran, however, Pari's dreams fell to pieces.
Reviews:
NPR: THE WORLD Slected by Christopher Merrill, the Director of Iowa
International Writing Program as one of the best four books of 2006. "If
you want to know what it was like to grow up in Iran this is the book to
read. Rachlin, the author of five previous works of fiction, including
the much acclaimed Foreigner, begins her story at the age of nine, when
she was taken away from the only mother she had ever known—her aunt,
as it happens—and returned to a family in which the prospects of her
becoming a writer were, at best, dim. But her portrait of the artist is
filled with light."

Matt Beynon Rees, contributing editor, Time: “Through the touching
story of two sisters, Persian Girls unfolds the entire drama of modern
Iran. It’s a beautiful memoir-- it paints the exotic scents and
traditions of Tehran with the delicacy of a great novel. If you want to
understand Iran, read Nahid Rachlin.”
For more click on Nahid's website:http://www.nahidrachlin.com

March 15, Thursday at Norooz Festival: 8:00 P.M.

Jonathan Shorr Gallery

109 Crosby @ Prince St., NYC

N & R to Prince St. or 4, 5, & 6 to Spring St.

$10 Suggestion Donation

(The party 7-12 P.M. also includes a series of short films and music while you socialize with New York’s Persian community).



PERSIAN GIRLS,published by Penguin (October 2006)

In a story of ambition, oppression, hope, heartache, and sisterhood, Persian Girls traces Rachlin's coming of age in Iran under the late Shah-and her domineering father-her tangled family life, and her relationship with her older sister, and unexpected soul mate, Pari. Both girls refused to accept traditional roles prescribed for them under Muslim cultural laws. They devoured forbidden books. They had secret romances. But then things quickly changed. Pari was forced by her parents to marry a wealthy suitor, a cruel man who kept her a prisoner in her own home. After narrowly avoiding an unhappy match herself with a man her parents chose for her, Nahid came to America, where she found literary success. Back in Iran, however, Pari's dreams fell to pieces.

Reviews:

NPR: THE WORLD Slected by Christopher Merrill, the Director of Iowa International Writing Program as one of the best four books of 2006. "If you want to know what it was like to grow up in Iran this is the book to read. Rachlin, the author of five previous works of fiction, including the much acclaimed Foreigner, begins her story at the age of nine, when she was taken away from the only mother she had ever known—her aunt, as it happens—and returned to a family in which the prospects of her becoming a writer were, at best, dim. But her portrait of the artist is filled with light."



Matt Beynon Rees, contributing editor, Time: “Through the touching story of two sisters, Persian Girls unfolds the entire drama of modern Iran. It’s a beautiful memoir-- it paints the exotic scents and traditions of Tehran with the delicacy of a great novel. If you want to understand Iran, read Nahid Rachlin.”

For more click on Nahid's website:http://www.nahidrachlin.com