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This Weekend: Ski Trip to Lake Tahoe RSVP now
After we have a head count, people plan something together. Hopefully people can carpool, and enjoy each other's company as well as saving money on gas!!
Please RSVP as soon as possible, because there is not much time left till the weekend. Pari has sugegsted this meetup, so I'll direct people who RSVP "YES" to her.
Thanks to Pari for suggesting this great event. It'll be a lot of fun!!
Leili
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Saturday, Jan 12, 2008, 7:00 AM 20080112T150000Z
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From: Leili <leilitaeb@yahoo.com>
**FREE**
GOLDEN GLOBE FOREIGN LANGUAGE NOMINEES SEMINAR
Co-Presented With The Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Get to know the talent behind the best new foreign films! This in-person seminar features the directors who helmed this year’s nominees for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Mike Goodridge of Screen International moderates a free Roundtable Discussion with filmmakers Marc Forster (THE KITE RUNNER), Ang Lee (LUST, CAUTION), Cristian Mungiu (4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS), Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud (PERSEPOLIS) and Julian Schnabel (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY).
Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
Free admission and free parking for the seminar! First come, first serve.
**All five films will screen at the Aero Theatre January 9 -12.
From: Sidney Star <subparstar@cinematheque.com>
"Berkeley Lecture Series" presents:
A Talk by Dr. Sohrab Behdad, Professor of Economics, Denison University, Ohio
Topic: The Rise and Fall of Iranian Social Classes in the Post-Revolutionary Iran
A presentation of the study of the composition of social classes in Iran in the post revolutionary years in comparison to 1976, from
Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? co-authored by Farhad Nomani and Sohrab Behdad (Syracuse University Press)
Sohrab Behdad, born in Iran , received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University . Dr. Behdad was a member of the Faculty of Economics of Tehran University from 1973 to 1983 when he left Iran . He has written several articles and books. Among his recent publications in English are Workers, Peasants and Bureaucrats: Class Nature of the Iranian Work Force; Islam and Public Policy; and Iran after the Revolutions: Crisis of an Islamic State.
Attention: Please notice that date, time and location of this program is not the same as other BLS events.
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 101 Moffitt Library
University of California, Berkeley
http://www.berkeley .edu/map/ maps/large_ map.html
Lecture in Persian
Suggested Donation: $10.00
No donation expected from students
Further questions may be directed to: berkeleylectures@ yahoo.com
MEHR HUMANITARIN SOCIETY’S COMEDY NIGHT
BY MAZ JOBRANI , DEAN OBEIDALLAH
AND NEGIN FARSAD
SATURDAY, Jan.12, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Miller Theater, at Columbia University, 2960, MC 1801.
New York NY 10027
Tel: 212 854 6205
Tickets Prices: Gold $60.00, Silver $45.00 and Bronze $35.00
For purchasing tickets by credit card. Please visit our site at
www.Mehrhumanitariansociety.com
Then proceed to the bottom of the page on the right side, click to buy tickets
or contact:
201) 522 7807, (201) 327-3494,(718) 229-5714,
(631) 470-2560, (845) 534-7455
Please return the registration form and your check made payable to
Mehr Humanitarian Society, Inc. Mail to P.O. Box 591 Allendale, NJ, 07401
Name__________________________________________
Phone Number (_____) _______ - ____________
E-mail_____________________ @ __________________
Address _______________________________
City___________________ State____________ Zip code______
Number of people attending __________________
Total amount enclosed for tickets $ _______________
Contributions: $ _____________
(The proceeds from this event will be used for
academic scholarships and humanitarian assistance.)
From: Mehr Humanitarian Society
MEHR HUMANITARIN SOCIETY’S COMEDY NIGHT
BY MAZ JOBRANI , DEAN OBEIDALLAH
AND NEGIN FARSAD
SATURDAY, Jan.12, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Miller Theater, at Columbia University, 2960, MC 1801.
New York NY 10027
Tel: 212 854 6205
Tickets Prices: Gold $60.00, Silver $45.00 and Bronze $35.00
For purchasing tickets by credit card. Please visit our site at
www.Mehrhumanitariansociety.com
Then proceed to the bottom of the page on the right side, click to buy tickets
or contact:
201) 522 7807, (201) 327-3494
Please return the registration form and your check made payable to
Mehr Humanitarian Society, Inc. Mail to P.O. Box 591 Allendale, NJ, 07401
Name__________________________________________
Phone Number (_____) _______ - ____________
E-mail_____________________ @ __________________
Address _______________________________
City___________________ State____________ Zip code______
Number of people attending __________________
Total amount enclosed for tickets $ _______________
Contributions: $ _____________
(The proceeds from this event will be used for
academic scholarships and humanitarian assistance.)
From: HAmei
comedy theater/play - hadi khorsandi va samadash. sat jan 12.
7:30 pm. foothill college. this is a great show and highly
recommended. parviz sayyad and hadi khorsandi do a great job.
HADI & SAMAD COMEDY SHOW, SAT JAN 12 8PM
FOOTHILL COLLEGE, Limited presale $35 at
The Bay Area Persian markets, 12 YEARS AND UP
Winter Mehmooni at Panache Lounge
in Washington, D.C.
January 12, 2008
Doors open at 10:00pm
Address:
1725 Desales Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
Info: (703) 822-1868
From: Borzou <webteam@mypersianbuddies.com>