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Hold Your Workshops, Classes & Seminars at Levantine Cultural Center. Call 310.657.5511. Event Rentals |
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 Iraqi-American Playwright and Actor Heather Raffo and Her One-Woman Show, "Nine Parts of Desire," Are the Talk of New York and Los Angeles |
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Articles of Note
Palestinian Samia Dodin Talks to Israeli Sami Shalom Chetrit Lian Ensemble Concert Review Turkish news: Snow—the new novel by Orhan Pamuk Can Jews/Arabs Make Peace Through Music? By Ghada Karmi In Search of Fatima—a review of Ghada Karmi's memoir "Heart" of Arab Music by Jim Motavalli Persians on the Pacific by Tara Bahrampour Tariq Ali On Poetry In Turbulent Times in the Mideast (audio) |
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Al-Andalus to Jerusalem:
Levantine Festival at the John Anson Ford  Al-Andalus with Tariq Banzi, Julie Banzi and flamenco dancer Ana Montes Click Here To Read Three Articles on the Concert |
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 Jan.
12-March 15 (Sats.), 1:30-4:30 pm—Conversational Levantine Arabic
Classes for BeginnersStudy conversational "shami" Arabic as spoken in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Israel/Palestine with instructor Alfred Madain. Beginning Winter Session: Class convenes Saturdays, 1:30-4:30 pm, Jan. 12-March 15, 2008. Small class size (15 students max) meets at the Levantine Cultural Center, 1012 S. Robertson Blvd., near Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90035. This is a great class for those just starting out. Learn the essentials of conversational Arabic spoken in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine/Israel. . Download Beginning Arabic Registration Form Tuition $300. Members of Levantine Cutural Center receive a 10% discount. Audit/drop-ins, $40 per 3-hr. session.Pro-rated when starting after Jan. 12. |
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| Volunteer with Levantine Cultural
Center's Programming Committee
Bring your ideas, enthusiasm and support to the Center by participating in our Programming Committee, which cooperates with our Board of Directors in creating new arts programs in the months ahead. Visit our volunteer opportunities page. To get on the reservation list for the next meeting, email us now! |
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| Levantine Cultural Center Seeks
Community Leaders
Levantine Center's Board of Directors is continually seeking to work with new volunteers who may be invited to join the board. We welcomes inquiries—we are actively searching for more people with our passion and conviction! Our core group of volunteers consists of diverse members of the community who are of Middle Eastern/Mediterranean heritage or who have a strong professional or artistic interest in furthering our mission. Our volunteers work on literary, film, fine art, music and educational programming. Our Advisory Board is also in formation. Advisory board members
are known professionally in their own communities and offer valuable
counsel and services to the organization; they are eligible to attend
the organization's annual retreat and receive other benefits. |
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| LEVANTINE CULTURAL CENTER Cultures of the Middle East & Mediterranean 1012 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90035 310.657.5511/657.5522, info@levantinecenter.org |
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| Founded in 2001, Levantine Cultural Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for, educates about, and in general promotes and supports Middle Eastern and Mediterranean contemporary arts and traditional cultures. We present or cosponsor programs of music, literature, art, film/video, publications, new media and more, often from educational and historical perspectives. While acknowledging the value of entertainment, we emphasize scholarship and substance. We are strongly multidisciplinary and non-sectarian, do not embrace any political or religious doctrine, and are committed to the principle of cross-cultural cooperation. We support the strengthening of ties between all cultural, ethnic and religious communities of the Middle East/West Asia/Levant, as well as between all peoples of Middle Eastern descent in diaspora. | |
| See what Levantine Center has been up to and take note of other recent cultural events. |
Feb.
9 (Sat), 9:00 pm—MC Rai in Concert: North African Fusion/Rock/Hip
Hop, with Naked Rhythm, DJ Anthony Valdez and Guests