List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-10-18

Banafsheh Sayyad, accompanied by Namah Dance Ensemble and Zarbang will teach a free family workshop for ages 3 and up starting at 2pm. At 3pm, Namah and Zarbang will hold a short matinee performance, $6 for children, $10 for adults.



This is a great series by Columbia College's Dance Center. come enjoy.



http://www.colum.edu/dance_center/performances/familydance/

The Iranian American Democrats of San Diego (IADSD) will be hosting a fundraiser for US Congress candidate Mike Lumpkin. Mike Lumpkin is running for California's 52nd Congressional District, which includes Poway, El Cajon, Tierra Santa, La Mesa, and much of San Diego's East County.

Mike Lumpkin is running against Duncan Hunter Jr. (incumbant's son) who is pledging to continue his father's militant foreign policy and right-wing agenda. To learn more about Mike Lumpkin, please visit his website: http://lumpkinforcongress.com/

Mike Lumpkin is the kind of leader we need to turn this district from Red to Blue. Please do your part to help us put him into office. You can make a difference and this is the time. Hear his plans, ask your questions and enjoy the famous Iranian hospitality. Come and meet your candidate.


Fundraiser for Mike Lumpkin
$50 per person for Dinner

Please RSVP to asadre@ahoo.com or by phone (619) 203-4174

Iranian American Democrats of San Diego (IADSD)
http://www.iadsd.org

Join us as we celebrate the fall festival. Enjoy an evening of modern and traditional music, poetry, dance performances, and traditional dinner provided by Caspian House of Kabob followed by dancing to the beats of DJ Saam.

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008

Time: Doors open at 7:00PM, Dinner Begins at 7:30PM, Program Begins at 8:30PM, Dancing Begins at 10:00PM

Location: Colony Ballroom in the Stamp Student Union

Address: University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Price: Tickets for dinner, program, and dancing are $30 for adults, $20 for students, and free for children under 8. Tickets for only dancing are available at the door for $5.

Purchase your tickets online at www.isf-maryland.org

If you have any questions please contact us via email: events@isf-maryland.org

This event is sponsored by Radio Javan.

Mohsen Namjoo in Vienna at Honar Festival October 18th, 2008
http://www.honartfestival.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=55

Zarbang join Banafsheh Sayyad and Namah Dance Ensemble in presenting "Mirror" at Columbia College's Dance Center on Oct 18, at 8pm.


At the intersection of art and spirituality comes an evening of wild and whirling dance, ground-breaking drums and Rumi's evocative poetry. This is a well-established collection of masters, seasoned from years together, all at the top of their game. Mirror features the long-favoured Sufi dance innovator Banafsheh, her dance company NAMAH and music from the world renowned ZARBANG.



Merging contemporary dance with ancient Sufi ritual, Persian dance, Tai Chi and Flamenco, Banafsheh's choreography takes the audience on a journey into the mysteries of being alive and living from the heart, accompanied by ZARBANG's hypnotic wall of sound.



Mirror reflects our common human experience where, we don't see ourselves as we really are, in the full glory and majesty that lies beyond self-interested egoism, which is wreaking havoc in our world today.



NAMAH: Kelly Archbold, Bahareh Ebrahimzadeh & Banafsheh Sayyad



ZARBANG: Javid Afsari Rad, Pejman Hadadi, Behnam Samani & Reza Samani





The Dance Center

1306 S. Michigan Ave.

Chicago, Illinois 60605





www.colum.edu/dance_center/performances/namah/Namah.php