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"The Immigrant Experience" Creative Writing Workshop with Elana Golden

posted June 11, 2012 - 11:30am by Anonymous
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jun 17 2012 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Price: 
Single workshop: $40
Series of four: $125
$40 individual workshop or $125 for series of 4
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June 17, July 22, Aug 19, 2012
To register, contact 310.657.5511 or email Elana at elanaji-at-earthlink.net
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90035
between La Cienega and Fairfax
ample street parking
Subtitle: 
Stories of War and Peace, Occupation, Revolution and Freedom, Personal and Collective.
Writing instructor Elana Golden, a favorite with the Levantine Center, is teaching a series of four monthly workshops in creative writing for new and experienced writers, immigrants and non-immigrants, to be taken as a series or individually at the Levantine Cultural Center. The dates are:

Sun June 17
Sun July 22
Sun August 19
Sun Sept 16

Create a body of work, memoir or fiction, short stories or one longer piece in the workshop.

Writing with compassion toward yourself and your life's story, writer's block and limiting beliefs will diminish—resulting in authentic literature, self-knowledge, new insights into your family, community and culture, and in cathartic healing.  You will learn and explore the skills of creative writing as you write and read your work in the group, receive effective feedback and partake in insightful discussions.

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"1983" Novel Reading, Signing Recalls the Cold War Era

posted June 12, 2013 - 1:48pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jul 11 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
Suggested donation $10, $20 with signed copy of "1983"
refreshments served
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RSVP to 323.413.2001
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
street parking
Subtitle: 
a dialectical novel proposes a different Russian revolution

Join Lebanese-American novelist and chess master Anthony Saidy when he presents his new book, 1983: A Dialectical Novel, at the Levantine Cultural Center on Thursday, July 11, 7 pm. This exclusive author event is cosponsored by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), and copies of the novel will be available for autographs. Attendees will be reminded, sometimes satirically, of the gone but not forgotten Cold War era. You may even suffer some nostalgia when considering the behemoth that our current War on Terror has become. Visit the 1983 Facebook page to comment. 

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Debut Saudi film by woman director, "Wadjda"

posted May 30, 2013 - 12:21pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jun 21 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
$13 for all regular screenings, conversations & talks
$11 for Film Independent members
$20 for Gala Screenings & Nights at the GRAMMY
$18 for Film Independent Members
$5 for all Future Filmmaker Showcase screenings (High School Programs)
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Where: 
Regal Cinemas 13, Fri, Jun 21th 7:00 pm
1000 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90015
tel. 213.763.6070

LA Film Independent with support from the Levantine Cultural Center presents Haifaa Al Mansour's debut feature film and the first feature to be directed by a Saudi woman. Wadjda screens in the L.A. Film Fest's International Showcase, on June 21 (Germany, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, 2012, 97 mins, DCP). The film is in Arabic with English subtitles. (There is also a second screening on June 22, click here for info.)

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"The Attack" Special Preview Screening

posted May 30, 2013 - 10:44am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jun 11 2013 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Price: 
Free to the public; advance reservations required: 323.413.2001
or email rsvp@levantinecenter.org
Where: 
Laemmle’s Royal Theatre
11523 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90025
(a few blocks west of Westwood)
The Levantine Cultural Center, Cohen Media and director Ziad Doueri (West Beirut, Lila Says) invite you to a special preview screening of the internationally award-winning feature film The Attack, based on the best-selling novel by Yasmina Khadra. A film panel follows the screening with actor Karim Saleh (who co-stars in the film), and moderator Jordan Elgrably. This special screening is cosponsored by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Hollywood Bureau.
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Comic Relief with the Sultans of Satire, with guest K-von

posted May 28, 2013 - 3:39pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
May 30 2013 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Price: 
$10 advance, $15 at the door
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Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
street parking

Get some comic relief and laugh about the Middle East with one of L.A's hottest comedy group, the Sultans of Satire, in a special performance featuring Middle Eastern comics with guest star K-von. The Sultans of Satire are seriously funny-if you love to laugh, if you need to laugh, you'll appreciate this show with its satirical insights and fresh perspectives on American and Middle Eastern life. The humor is universal; the comedans hail from the Middle East and North Africa! This show's cast features Noël Elgrably, Zara Mizrahi, Sammy Obeid and Mona Shaikh, with specal guest K-von. The Sultans of Satire is the longest-running Middle Eastern stand-up comedy show in the U.S. Features some of the best young stand-up comedians today from diverse faiths. This show cosponsored by Freedom Theatre West. Tickets/info 323.413.2001. Watch video clips at sultansofsatire.com.

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Live Music, Storytellers Redefine the Iranian American Experience

posted May 8, 2013 - 10:23pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Jun 8 2013 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Price: 
$12 advance admission/$10 members; $15 at the door
$22 with signed copy of anthology
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035-2657
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
ample street parking
Subtitle: 
new fiction by Iranian American writers

Come to the Levantine café on a Saturday night and enjoy a lively evening of live music,storytelling and passionate conversation, when six writers from diverse Iranian/Iranian American backgrounds come together in the spirit of entente. A new anthology represents an important step in the evolution of Iranian American writing, and offers a bridge between two countries whose governments are engaged in a cold war. Following the popular film Argo which has had an injurious affect on US-Iranian relations (as if they weren't bad enough already), the Levantine Cultural Center will present authors Gina Nahai, Ari Siletz, Zohreh Ghahremani, Shideh Etaat and the two editors of Tremors, Anita Amirrezvani and Persis Karim, reading from the anthology. Enjoy a concert of live Iranian music with multiinstrumentalist Nima Janmohammadi and percussion master Rowan Storm. This program presented by the Levantine Cultural Center and the Friends of the West Hollywood Library. Listen to a KQED podcast.

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Special OC Screening of "The Other Son"

posted May 1, 2013 - 11:18am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
May 23 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
$10 advance, $8 members/students, $12 at the door.
RSVPs strongly recommended as refreshments will be served.
Call 323.413.2001
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Where: 
Laguna Hills Community Center
25555 Alicia Pkwy
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Info line 949.707.2680
Subtitle: 
a cross-cultural drama in which every character comes alive

Imagine that you had been switched at birth with a baby from another family...and just found out...

The Levantine Cultural Center will present the feature film The Other Son at the Laguna Hills Community Center on Thurs.., May 23, 7:00 pm. The Other Son is an unusually provocative "switched at birth" tale that captures the essence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. French director Lorraine Levy presides over an excellent international cast (the film is in Arabic, Hebrew, French and English with subtitles) that effectively conveys all the emotion wrought from the pain and joys of family drama. The screening will be followed by a public conversation with filmmaker-educator Mildred Lewis (bio follows below). Light refreshments will be served. This screening is consponsored by Ms. Bana Hilal, Souhail Toubia, MD, the Council on American Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles and the Cousins Club of Orange County.

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Arabesque: Performance Workshop on Aesthetics & Music of the Arab World

posted April 22, 2013 - 11:22am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
May 4 2013 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Price: 
$18 general admission/$15 members/students/seniors
$20 at the door. RSVPs strongly advised: 323.413.2001
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Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035-2657
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
ample street parking or CVS underground lot (till 10 pm only!
Subtitle: 
Al-Fareed and his cohorts perform and present a plethora of great music, traditional and contemporary

The Levantine Cultural Center presents a rare live performance lecture on the aesthetics of Arabic music.

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Egypt Now, with Jawad Nabulsi, Ahmed Maher & Karim Amer

posted April 19, 2013 - 10:58am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Apr 29 2013 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public with reservations; donations welcome.
Complementary refreshments.
Seating for this event is limited. RSVPs strongly advised:
323.413.2001 or email rsvp@levantinecenter.org
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035-2657
Between La Cienega & Fairfax
ample street parking or in CVS underground lottill 10 pm only
Subtitle: 
beyond the headlines, three Egyptian activists talk about the revolution and the future of Egypt, plus an exclusive except from "The Square" by Jehane Noujaim

"Egypt Now" is a public conversation with activist and entrepreneur Jawad Nabulsi, activist/engineer Ahmed Maher, and activist/producer Karim Amer (The Square)

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Morocco Unveiled: Women, Art and Activism in the New Morocco

posted March 28, 2013 - 10:18am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Apr 2 2013 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Price: 
Free to the public, donations welcome.
RSVPs 323.413.2001 or rsvp@levantinecenter.org
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Between La Cienega and Fairfax
street parking or CVS underground lot
Subtitle: 
with Majdouline Lyazidi, 22-year-old feminist report and human rights activist

GlobalGirl Media and the Levantine Cultural Center present "Morocco Unveiled: Women, Art and Activism in the New Morocco" with Majdouline Lyazidi. A 22-year-old feminist and human rights activist, Majdouline Lyazidi has been a member of Amnesty International Morocco since 2008, volunteered at the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) Youth Club and in 2011—inspired by the SlutWalk movement—and founded Woman Choufouch, the first movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault in Morocco.

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