Twin Cities Iranian Culture Collective

Juan Cole on his new translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
2020-09-16 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | MN
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 is a kind of grace, a gift freely given, from one of our most astonishing and generous intellects.’”― Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Moonglow (2017)The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam: A New Translation from the Persian is available through your local bookstore or Amazon.com.

Classical setar music of Iran with Dan Rein and Chris Gray
2020-09-15 19:30 - 20:30 | MN
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

Niloofar Hadi Sohi performs new works by young Iranian composers
2020-09-12 19:30 - 20:30 | Online
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 Babaei)Shour Afarin/ شور آفرین (Ali Akbar Ghorbani)
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Prof. Shaherzad Ahmadi on the History of Iranian Cinema
2020-09-10 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3iSVwZ1
Shaherzad Ahmadi is an assistant professor of history at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Professor Ahmadi’s talk will offer a history of Iranian cinema, beginning with the first talkie, ”The Lor Girl.” I will examine the themes that animated Iranian cinema in the Pahlavi period as well as the transformation of the medium in the post-revolutionary period. The lecture asks, ”How did film express Iran’s national aspirations, gender roles, and class tensions?” ”Why did film become such an important art form in the post-revolutionary period?” and ”How did Iranians challenge Hollywood’s dominance in the industry?

Pardees Azodanloo on Architecture For/By Iranian Women
2020-09-08 17:30 - 18:30 | MN
Zoom link:https://bit.ly/3kP7wMZ

Pardees Azodanloo holds an Master of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota and currently works for DES Architects and Engineers in San Mateo, CA. She will talk about some famous and successful female architects who are working in Iran and internationally, and show some of their projects. Her talk will also go into more in depth on some specific projects such as the rehabilitation of Tehran’s Main Bazaar, that were not only designed by female architects, but also have had a positive impact on women’s experience in that space.
