Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3kTJwIp Niloofar Hadi Sohi principal violist with the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, formerly with the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, performs new works for viola and piano by young Iranian composers, accompanied by pianist Jordan Buchholtz.The compositions include:From one land to the other/از دیاری به دیاری دیگر (Setareh Shafii Tabatabai)Enticing (Pouria Khadem)A Persian illumination (Pedram …

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Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3ax29NH Shakopee native Dan Rein,master of the Persian setar, accompanied by percussionist Chris Gray, will play improvisations based on the forms and structure of traditional Iranian music . Dan is the recipient of grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Jerome

https://bit.ly/3h57MoP Author reading and talk by Juan Cole, Professor of History at the University of Michigan.“’To read Juan Cole’s deft, plain-spoken translation of the Rubáiyát is to find companionship, to rejoin a thousand-year human conversation about how to endure, enjoy, and find a fleeting beauty in everlastingly dire times. The lucid, cogent and mind-opening Epilogue …

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In observance of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, the Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective cordially invites you to "United For Freedom: An Iranian Nowruz Concert and Community Gathering," to be held Saturday, March 25, 5-9 p.m. in the theater of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN. The evening will feature performances …

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This talk will explore the ways Iranian Jews get to assert their place. With the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Muslim identity became almost synonymous with the possibility of identifying as Iranian. Yet, religious minorities exist in Iran today and are on a constant journey and struggle to find their voice and agency in the …

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This film will be shown again on Wednesday, April 19 at 1:30 pm, and Wednesday, April 26 at 9:40 pm. Houman Seyedi’s World War III, a searing social critique, captivated audiences at the 2022 La Biennale di Venezia, and was Iran’s surprise entry to this year’s Academy Awards. Shakib (Mohsen Tanabandeh) is a homeless man with …

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This film will be shown again on Thursday, April 20 at 1:40 pm. Faced with a setback on one of her own films, Mitra Farahani works as a sort-of cinematic matchmaker, orchestrating a correspondence between beloved Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Golestan and the legendary Jean-Luc Godard. Through persistence, talent, and luck, Farahani brings the initially reluctant …

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Music and dance from the Persian world presented by the TC Iranian Culture Collective, in Roseville's Central Park! This year's concert features singer Sear Azizi, singing popular songs in Farsi, Dari and Tajik, accompanied by Rachel Molloy, percussion, and Milan Ebrahimi, guitar. Plus a dance performance by Parisa Naini and the Shirzan Dance Collective. Bring …

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