An with Roxanne Varzi at Pacific Arts Center
Introduced by Behzad Tabatabai.
Macedonian-Arabic Fusion
with Goran Alachki, Ljupco Manevski, Naser Musa
& Souhail Kaspar, Jan. 15
"The
Arab/Muslim Revolution: the Middle East & the West"
a conference with Islamic scholar Reza Aslan and Middle East
historian Mark LeVine See Calendar, Jan. 12,
2006
Global
Frequency concert att the Levantine Cultural Center, Fri.,
Dec. 2! Featuring Naked Rhythm, MC RAI and Antoneus Maximus &
the Nuthouze Band. Advance tix $10. Reserve
now.
Don't
miss the next Sultans
of Satire show on Thurs., Dec. 15, and read about the first
one... Middle East Comic Relief, Thurs., Nov. 17, 8 pm. Click
here.
Micheline
Aharonian Marcom, winner of the 2005 PEN Fiction
Award for her novel The Daydreaming Boy,
Introduced by José Rivera, of "Motorcycle
Diaries," Nov. 10 (Thurs.), at the center.
Mission Statement
Levantine Cultural Center's mission is to promote peace among the
cultures of the Middle East, by presenting the literary, performing
and visual arts to diverse audiences, in the context of dialogue
and discovery. Our activities seek to inform both the general public
and the media about the Middle East not through the lens of conflict
and war, but through its wealth of culture, history, creative production
and intellectual achievement.
Cultural Context
Levantine Cultural Center includes majority and minority cultures,
stretching from the historical Al-Andalus of southern Spain
and Morocco to the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and across North
Africa and the Middle East as far as Afghanistan and Pakistan.
It includes the creative work of Arabs and other ethnic/religious
groups with Mideast origins who are living in the West.
Vision
Levantine Cultural Center produces or cosponsors artistic programs
that encourage cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collaborations,
and that give voice to issues and experiences of underrepresented
Middle Eastern communities in order to bring informative and
alternative information on these communities to the American
public and media.
We partner with community groups and artists that engage in
cross-cultural initiatives or the education of a broader public
with cultural/social relevance. We strive to work collaboratively
with multigenerational, multiethnic, multidisciplinary and/or
broad geographic communities in response to cultural/social
issues articulated by those communities.
Levantine Cultural Center seeks to support the publication
and dissemination of research that substantiates the importance
of the arts in influencing social change; and the dissemination
of information about collaborative projects that leads to effective
public education about Mideast cultures and issues.
Levantine Cultural Center is strongly non-partisan and non-sectarian.
We do not espouse any political or religious doctrine, and
we are committed to the principles of cross-cultural cooperation.
Goal
Launch a capital campaign in 2008 with the objective to raise
$100 million for the creation of a landmark Middle Eastern
arts complex for Southern California.
The
Naser Musa-Adam del Monte Ensemble performed Arab-flamenco fusion
on Dec. 19, 2004. Click
here for info.
