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Printer-friendly versionLCC Joins Annual LA Greek Festival, Sept. 10-12
posted August 18, 2010 - 4:17pm by Editor
LA Greek FestLCC Joins 12th Annual LA Greek Festival with Guest Hosts Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Sept 10, 11 & 12
The Levantine Cultural Center has always included the cultural arts of Greece as part of the Levantine-Middle Eastern region, and this year for the first time will have a presence at the annual LA Greek Festival. Hollywood's favorites Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson will once again serve as honorary chairs and celebrity guest hosts. The festival runs Sept. 10-12 on the Grand Plaza grounds of Saint Sophia Cathedral. This year's featured promotional theme is "Celebrating a Taste of Greece."
Sussan Deyhim's Panoramic Concert at the Broad
posted August 18, 2010 - 5:11pm by Editorwith Richard Horowitz, John Beasley and Will Calhoun and guests
The Broad Stage
Sussan Deyhim's Panoramic: a unique performance
This Persian composer, vocalist and performance artist will take you on a magical journey to an entirely new musical experience. Sussan Deyhim transports audiences with her profoundly moving fusion of traditional orchestrations, Western vocal technique and the mysticism of Middle Eastern music. Guest appearance by Mohsen Namjoo and Ardeshir Farah.
Purchase tickets for Sussan Deyhim's Panoramic online and receive a special discount. First choose your seats, then select "20% Discount" on the drop down menu in your shopping cart to receive 20% off. This promotion may not be applied to previously purchased tickets. For more information, call our box office at 310.434.3200 (Mon-Fri, noon-6pm). 20% discount link
Visit the Sussan Deyhim site.
Kamran Pasha Reading/Book Signing Event
posted August 10, 2010 - 8:58am by Editor
Kamran PashaNovelist and screenwriter Kamran Pasha will be reading from, signing, and discussing his newly published historical novel, Shadow of the Swords (Simon & Schuster's Atria Books, 2010), as well as his first novel, Mother of the Believers: A Novel of the Birth of Islam (Washington Square Press. April 2009), at the Levantine Cultural Center on September 12, 2010 (note, dated changed from 9/9). The American Muslim has described Pasha's fictional account of the Prophet Muhammad's teenage wife as "pivotal in our communications about Islam," while Reza Aslan, author of the highly-acclaimed, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam, has said of Pasha's work, "a brilliant, beautiful historical novel unlike anything I've read in years."
The Art of Arabic Calligraphy: Contemporary and Classical styles
posted September 2, 2010 - 5:45pm by Editor
Al-Ejazeh test sheet: Naskh, Ruqaa, Thuluth, Deewani (Sura 1 & 112), ink on paperIMAN and the Levantine Center present a rare lecture by Dr. Huda Totonji, the master calligrapher, artist, researcher, and educator who explores the use of text and image in a variety of visual methods through the use of Islamic Calligraphy.
She will introduce traditional and non-traditional calligraphy styles, such as Al Naskh, Al Ruqa, Al Deewani, Al Farsi, and Al Thuluth manuscripts.
9th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair
posted August 29, 2010 - 2:23pm by Editor
Levantine Cultural Center: West Hollywood Book FairThe Levantine Cultural Center will participate in the 9th Annual West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday, September 26, with two authors and two booths. The LCC presents "Tales and Adventures of the Middle East" with novelist Sasha Mostofi reading from her political thriller Cemetery of Dreams, and novelist Kamran Pasha reads from his historical novel—an unexpected romance between a Muslim and a Jew during the Crusades—Shadow of the Swords.
Come visit our booths! Get signed copies of books about the Middle East.
The Immigrant Experience and Cultural Memory
posted June 22, 2010 - 12:04pm by Editor
"Cultural Memory" by Neda Dana HaeriWhether you and/or your family immigrated by choice, were exiled or displaced as a result of war, revolution, occupation or political suppression, you left one world behind and crossed a threshold into a new one. You may be living a life with the body in one place and the heart in another. The experience of being between worlds is increasingly common and is the basis for an entire body of literature, representing many world cultures that are adapting, for instance, to life in the U.S., and in other countries (recent examples include Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and Firoozeh Dumas' Funny in Farsi which has been adapted into a TV series).Literary Luncheon in Laguna Beach with Mohja Kahf
posted August 16, 2010 - 6:30am by EditorBana Hilal and the Orange County Friends of the Levantine Cultural Center present Syrian American poet/novelist Mohja Kahf, who makes a rare Southern California appearance in support of the Levantine Cultural Center at the Woman's Club of Laguna Beach, on Tuesday, September 28, where she will read from, sign and discuss her books The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf, and E-mails from Scheherazad. As the New York Times wrote, "Mohja Kahf, an Arab-American writer, draws sharp, funny, earthy portraits of the fault line separating Muslim women from their Western counterparts."
A portion of the proceeds benefits the LCC, a nonprofit that champions a greater understanding of the Middle East and North Africa by presenting artistic and educational programs that bridge political and religious divides.
Beyond Borders Art Exhibit
posted August 27, 2010 - 4:37pm by lauren
Beyond Borders Art ExhibitFeaturing art, music, and film by American Lebanese, Middle Eastern & American Artists, this event takes place on Saturday, Oct 9 from 12 noon until 5 pm. There is a VIP reception from 5 pm to 7 pm and artists' reception 7 pm to 9 pm. Guests are also invited to join in creating the Lebanese Flag Mosaic Art wall piece. On Sunday, Oct 9 the exhibit continues with an art viewing and film screening from 12 noon to 5 pm, and includes a special mosaic workshop from 1 pm to 3 pm for children under age 18.
Participating Artists include:
Visual artists: Doris Bittar, Huguette Caland, Carole Choucair Oueijan, Michelle Constantine, Jeanice Deeb, Dalaa Al-Jundi Faytrouni, Ronald Feghali, Hanna Hajjar, Reem Hammad, Sam Hassan, Kinda Hibrawi, Mohammad Kaakati, Carrie Kaba, Dina Khouri, Koko, Michael Rababy, Linda Dalal Sawaya, Nouha Sinno, Dr. Raja Srour, Wafa Tarafi, Wafa Daya Tarrab and Zareh.
Swimming Down the Nile: An Olfet Agrama Retrospective
posted August 28, 2010 - 4:10pm by EditorSwimming Down the Nile. Faces from Ethiopia to Cairo
Ramadan's Lanterns: mixed media, by Olfet AgramaA retrospective by Olfet AgramaOctober 29-November 30, 2010
The work of Olfet Agrama spans four decades depicting people, landscapes and still life in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. The current show includes 30 works from her paintings on cultures of Africa and North Africa.
Educated at Cairo University with a Bachelor of Arts, Olfet Agrama received a Master's in English Literature from UCLA and studied art at the UCLA Art Department Extension, and later at the Brentwood Art Center 2002-2003. Ms. Agrama has participated in artist workshops in Provence, France from 1999-2003, and in Mojacar, Spain, from 1990-2002.
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