| January 19 2011
The Commonwealth Club will be hosting Abbas Milani in San Francisco. Abbas Milani, Co-Director of the Iran Democracy Project and author of The Shah, will reveal the complex and sweeping road that has brought the U.S. and Iran to where they are today. » » » Continue reading Alireza Pahlavi, 44, the youngest son of the former Shah of Iran, died Tuesday morning Jan. 4 2011 at his home in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ali-Reza Pahlavi was born on 28 April 1966. He lived in the U.S. where he received a Bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, a Masters of Arts degree from Columbia University, and studied at Harvard University as a Ph.D. student in ancient Iranian studies and philology. » » » Continue reading 
Payvand.com organizes hundreds of titles in more than 40 categories in its Iranbooks section. Here is a list of top 10 sellers in 2010, reflecting our state of mind. » » » Continue reading Salar Kamangar, vice president of product panagement for web applications at Google, will be in charge of the day-to-day running of YouTube.
Kamangar, employee # 13 at Google, has reportedly been working hard on the YouTube profit picture for a year now. » » » Continue reading June 16 – July 10, 2010
A multimedia artist at the crossroads of history and mythology. Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to present re-emergence, an exhibition of new work by Iranian-American artist, Ala Ebtekar. From a broad practice rich with symbolism (embracing drawing, painting, sculpture, fashion, and photography), the artist will present works on paper and paintings, including paintings on photographs, paintings on book pages, and sculptural pieces. » » » Continue reading For the optimal realization of human possibilities and the enjoyment of human dignity, we at the 12Petals Media Group (www.12Petals.org) reach out globally for Human Rights as a way of life.
12Petals as a community-production based media group with an emphasis on the “culture of human rights” philosophy strives to be a union of interdependent visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, cinematographers, playwrights, socials entrepreneurs and more… » » » Continue reading 
Too many images representing Iranians are created by and for news Media who are inevitably influenced by either stereotyped pre-conceptions or their governments and their agendas. AKSbazi.com is a response to a need by Iranians to re-define their own image, a sensibility which has manifested itself repeatedly in Iran’s art and cinema in the past 30 years, but is now becoming even more urgent. » » » Continue reading March 05 – Apr 01, 2010 Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller (LTMH) Gallery TEHRAN – NEW YORK will explore synergies and differences among the works of 40 well-known and emerging contemporary Iranian artists living in Iran and the U.S.
The exhibition does not aim to define Iranian art, but rather to examine the unique visions that exist among Iranian artists, while encouraging a much-needed place for dialogue. However great the distance, there are always loose ties that unite these artists across the globe. » » » Continue reading 16 year old Michelle Montezeri dedicates her original song Change to the Iranian Green Movement.  » » » Continue reading Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood February 5th – 20th 2010
Iran’s entry to the 2010 Academy Awards, About Elly, on Feb. 20 Actress Gohar Kheirandish in person on Feb. 7 A new feature from director Bahman Gohbadi on Feb. 6 Director Shalizeh Arefpour in person on Feb. 5 » » » Continue reading Twitter grabbed the spotlight in June when it became a primary source of news and communications as Iranian citizens took to the streets to protest the disputed election.
It should be no surprise that in Twitter’s analysis of keywords the topic that came up most in 2009 was Iran. Abdur Chowdhury, Twitter’s chief scientist, wrote that #iranelection, Iran and Tehran finished in the top 21 of all trending topics, with #iranelection hashtag finishing first in the category of news, above swine flu. » » » Continue reading  "I'm Still Waiting" by Sophia Gasparian Los Angeles, December 12 7:30pm Exhibition open till Dec. 31 Levantine Cultural Center presents an extensive roster of artists and performers in “Artists for Iran,” a celebration of the arts and human rights in conjunction with United4Iran.org, which is coordinating related programs in 27 cities worldwide. Combining cultural diplomacy and human rights, “Artists for Iran” comes on the heels of International Human Rights Day. Artists from Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East along with Americans of diverse backgrounds will merge in a space devoted to art, photography, poetry, live performance, comedy and more. » » » Continue reading San Francisco, November 19 – December 13
For four weeks, this one of a kind festival turns San Francisco into a Mecca for innovative, spirited, and thought-provoking theatre from around the world. Providing a rare opportunity for artists and audiences alike to engage deeply and directly with the Middle East in a creative and supportive setting that displaces misinformation and encourages understanding. » » » Continue reading All U.S. residents must be counted—both citizens and non citizens. More detailed socioeconomic information previously collected through the decennial census will be asked of a small percentage of the population through the annual American Community Survey.
The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States, and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. The 2010 Census will help communities receive more than $400 billion in federal funds each year. » » » Continue reading | |