We are pleased to have worked closely with Azita Houshiar who curated events for March 7th-14th, Kaveh Baghdadchi who curated Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Exhibition, March 16th-22nd, Leila Amiri who curated the Persian Garden theme for March 16th-22nd, Maryam Eskandari whose installation will be featured from March 6th-22nd, and Mohammad Aghebati who adapted the short story, Mahi-e Sia Koochooloo into a play, which will be performed on March 27th and 28th. Naturally there are countless others who have been instrumental in bringing this vision to life.
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Schedule:
Friday March 6th:
6:00pm-8pm - Opening Night
And a viewing of Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Saturday March 7th:
10:30am - Salaam and Ahvalporsi with Persian breakfast and tea
11:00am - Film screenings for children - 1001 Nights and Sam and Saam
noon - Ashe Reshte
1:30pm - Games for children with Darya Ebtehagfar and Negin Solhjoo
2:30pm - A Norouz performance by the Children of Pardis for Children
3:00pm - Storytelling by Golbarg Bashi
3:30pm - Story time and musical instruments exploration with Yekibood Children
4:00pm - Dance Performance and Air Designs by Deepa Jain
5:00pm - Reading of Mullah Nasruddin by Daniela Amini
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Sunday March 8th:
1:30pm - Reading from Together Tea by Marjan Kamali + Q&A
2:30pm - Tea and sweets
5:30pm - Film Screening - Road to Kurdistan by Persheng Vaziri
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Tuesday March 10th:
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Wednesday March 11th:
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Thursday March 12th:
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Friday March 13th:
1:00pm - From Persia to Iran- An Illustrated Journey by Artemis Akchoti Shahbazi
7:00pm - Musical Performance by Yahya Alkhansa and Daniel Tehrani
8:00pm - Drinks
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Saturday March 14th:
11:30am - Marzipan Mulberry Making Class taught by Azita Houshiar (limited space- RSVP required)
1:00pm - Tar and Tonbak Musical Performance by Behfar Bahadoran and Reza Sarlak
2:00pm - Tea Time
3:00pm - Food and Memory Talk by Leila Darabi
5:00pm - Tar and Tonbak Musical Performance by Behfar Bahadoran and Reza Sarlak
6:00pm - Dance Performance by Deepa Jain
7:00pm - Musical Performance by Yahya Alkhansa and Navid Kandelousi
8:00pm - Film Shorts Screening by Kamran Taherimoghaddam, Mehrnoush Aliaghaei, Negar Behbahani, Negin Sharifzadeh-Moss, Sara Zandieh and Sepideh Salehi
*From Persia to Iran- An Illustrated Journey by Artemis Akchoti Shahbazi
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Sunday March 15th:
1:00pm - From Persia to Iran- An Illustrated Journey by Artemis Akchoti Shahbazi
4:00pm - In Conversation with Artemis Akchoti Shahbazi
5:30 - Film Screening - The Day I Became a Woman
*Haft-Seen and Featured Artwork by Azita Houshiar
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Tuesday March 17th:
6:00pm - With our Friends at the Annual Charshanbe Suri held at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden
*Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Group Exhibition curated by Kaveh Baghdadchi
*Haft-Seen and Donya-e Varooneh Installation by Safoura Zoroofchi
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Wednesday March 18th:
6:00pm - Reading from Blue Flower of Forgetfulness by Cyrus Samii
7:00pm - Drinks
*Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Group Exhibition curated by Kaveh Baghdadchi
*Haft-Seen and Donya-e Varooneh Installation by Safoura Zoroofchi
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Thursday March 19th:
3:30pm - Afternoon of backgammon
4:00pm - Reading of Souren Ala's Evocative Persian Garden
5:00pm - Screening of John Wayne film dubbed in Farsi
7:30pm - Musical Performance by Yahya Alkhansa and Navid Kandelousi
*Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Group Exhibition curated by Kaveh Baghdadchi
*Haft-Seen and Donya-e Varooneh Installation by Safoura Zoroofchi
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Friday March 20th:
3:30pm - Nowrooz Activities for children
4:00pm - Storytelling and Poetry
5:00pm - Silent Screening of Soltane Ghalbha
5:30pm - Nowrooz Music by Kamyar Jarahzadeh
6:45pm - Tahvil-e Sal
7:30pm - Drinks and fun
*Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Group Exhibition curated by Kaveh Baghdadchi
*Haft-Seen and Donya-e Varooneh Installation by Safoura Zoroofchi
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Saturday March 21st:
1:30pm - Live broadcast from a Garden in Tehran
2:30pm - Tea and Sweets
3:30pm - Iranian Photography: 170 Years of Picturing Social Life Talk by Kaveh Baghdadchi
4:30pm - Introduction about Rostam
5:00pm - Screenings of Rostam in Wonderland by Pouya Afshar
6:00pm - Tea and Sweets
6:30pm - Screening of Persian Garden directed by Bahman Kiarostami
*Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Group Exhibition curated by Kaveh Baghdadchi
*Haft-Seen and Donya-e Varooneh Installation by Safoura Zoroofchi
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Sunday March 22nd:
*Life with the Persian Carpet Photography Group Exhibition curated by Kaveh Baghdadchi
*Haft-Seen and Donya-e Varooneh Installation by Safoura Zoroofchi
*Maryam Eskandari’s Installation
Saturday March 28th:
5:00pm - Mahi-e Sia Koochooloo Play by Mohammad Aghebati
Sunday March 29th:
5:00pm - Mahi-e Sia Koochooloo Play by Mohammad Aghebati
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Special Thanks to:
Our Kickstarter backers
Nathalie and Amir FarmanFarma
Flora Family Foundation
