Pars Arts
Friday, July 4, 2008  rss feed

Happy New Year: Iranian-Calendar Identity Crisis

by Sepideh Saremi - Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:44:35 -0800

Happy New Year! That’s assuming, of course, that you follow the Gregorian calendar, which has us in the year 2008 just a few hours from now. If you’re living in the West, custom dictates that you’ll be drinking champagne and wearing a funny hat tonight, pretending you know the lyrics of Auld Lang Syne as […]

Filed under: CULTURE, HOLIDAYS
No Comments

Persepolis, the Film

by Sepideh Saremi - Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:24:20 -0800

Persepolis opened yesterday. Have you seen it yet? It’s quite good. Bebin.tv has a fantastic interview with author/co-director Marjane Satrapi:

Share This

Filed under: ART, CULTURE, FILM, VIDEOS
1 Comment

Javad Party, Los Angeles

by Sepideh Saremi - Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:02:28 -0800

Tonight, if you’re in LA, you should really check out the Javad Party going on tonight in the Valley. Javads are as close as Iranians get to Britain’s chavs, so that means ridiculous outfits, strange and funny jargon, and generally awesome antics.
Tonight’s party requires a Javad costume. See the party’s flyer for more info.
Share This

Filed under: COMMUNITY, CULTURE, EVENTS, VIDEOS
1 Comment

The First Iranian Literary Arts Festival and ICARUS/RISE

by Sepideh Saremi - Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:00:51 -0800

Niloufar Talebi and The Translation Project are the forces behind a really cool event going on in San Francisco this week: the inaugural Iranian Literary Arts Festival, which features film screenings and the world premiere of ICARUS/RISE, a multimedia play inspired by contemporary Iranian poetry. Entry to the festival comes with buying a ticket to […]

Filed under: ART, COMMUNITY, CULTURE, DANCE, EVENTS, POETRY, THEATER
1 Comment

Interviews with Young Iranians: Azad, Life Goes on in Tehran Photo Blogger

by Sepideh Saremi - Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:12:25 -0800

The photo blog Life Goes on in Tehran highlights ordinary Tehran life in an effort to dispel Western myths and poorly slanted media coverage about Iran. It has a very insider quality that makes you feel like you’re on your own Tehran visit. The man behind the site, 28-year-old Azad (last name withheld for reasons […]

Filed under: BLOGS, CULTURE, INTERNET, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS, IRAN, PHOTOGRAPHY
3 Comments

CinemaEast 2007

by Sepideh Saremi - Sun, 11 Nov 2007 16:09:25 -0800

The 2007 CinemaEast film festival, which features quite a few contemporary Iranian movies, is happening right now in New York City at my favorite theater, the IFC Center. The festival ends November 15, so catch what you can this week.
I highly recommend “Tehran Has No More Pomegranates” (Tehran Anar Nadarad), by Massoud Bakhshi; it’s a […]

Filed under: ART, CULTURE, EVENTS, FILM
No Comments

Interviews with Young Iranians: Maryam Kashani, Filmmaker

by Sepideh Saremi - Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:20:31 -0800

Maryam Kashani is an Iranian-Japanese-American filmmaker whose first documentary feature, Best in the West was released in 2006 and has been screening at festivals. The film tells the story of Kashani’s father and his Iranian friends who all ended up in San Francisco during the 1960s and 1970s, tying their narrative to the turbulent time […]

Filed under: ART, CULTURE, FILM, IMMIGRATION, INTERVIEWS, INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS
4 Comments

Next Page »

 

Search:

About Pars Arts


Contact


Iranian Events Calendar


Subscribe

Categories

  • ARCHITECTURE (4)
  • ART (39)
  • BLOGS (10)
  • BOOKS (19)
  • CENSORSHIP (2)
  • COMMUNITY (23)
  • CULTURE (23)
  • DANCE (2)
  • DESIGN (5)
  • DISCRIMINATION (2)
  • ECONOMICS (1)
  • EDUCATION (2)
  • ENVIRONMENT (3)
  • EVENTS (79)
  • FASHION (6)
  • FILM (29)
  • FOLK ART (3)
  • FOOD (5)
  • FREE SPEECH (2)
  • GAY & LESBIAN (4)
  • HISTORY (3)
  • HOLIDAYS (10)
  • HUMAN RIGHTS (2)
  • HUMOR (1)
  • IAAB 2007 (12)
  • IMMIGRATION (2)
  • INTERNET (20)
  • INTERVIEWS (12)
  • INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG IRANIANS (7)
  • IRAN (3)
  • IRANIAN MEDIA (9)
  • IRANIANS ON THE INTERNET CONFERENCE (7)
  • KURDISH (2)
  • LEARNING PERSIAN (3)
  • LEGAL (1)
  • MUSIC (27)
  • NEWS (31)
  • NON-PROFIT (5)
  • NOROOZ (7)
  • NOSTALGIA (7)
  • OBITUARIES (3)
  • PARS ARTS (10)
  • PHILANTHROPY (2)
  • PHOTOGRAPHY (12)
  • PODCASTS (2)
  • POETRY (3)
  • POLITICS (26)
  • PRESS (3)
  • RADIO (4)
  • RESOURCES (23)
  • RESTAURANTS (1)
  • SEND LOVE TO IRAN (1)
  • TELEVISION (8)
  • THEATER (1)
  • TRAVEL (7)
  • VIDEOS (36)
  • VISITING IRAN (5)
  • WAR (4)
  • WILDLIFE (1)
  • WOMEN (7)

Contributors

  • Amy Malek (1)
  • Asad Baheri (1)
  • BriAnna Olson (1)
  • Farnam Bidgoli (3)
  • Javod Khalaj (6)
  • Kate Vang (4)
  • Mariam Hosseini (4)
  • Nassim Nazemi (1)
  • Negar Kalbasi (1)
  • Nema Milaninia (4)
  • Nilufar Movahedi (2)
  • Sanam Goudarzi (3)
  • Sepideh Saremi (204)
  • Thassania

Archives

  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • January 2008
  • December 2007
  • November 2007
  • October 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007
  • May 2007
  • April 2007
  • March 2007
  • February 2007
  • January 2007
  • December 2006