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Zara Houshmand presented
A Mirror Garden
Sept. 20, 2007


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.

Levantine Cultural Center cosponsored the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival, which included several films with Middle Eastern themes or subjects.
Naser Musa-Adam del Monte QuartetThe Naser Musa-Adam del Monte Ensemble performed Arab-flamenco fusion on Dec. 19, 2004. Click here for info.

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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Al-Andalus
with Tariq Banzi, Julie Banzi
and flamenco dancer Ana Montes

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Poetry of Peace: A Night of Hip Hop & Culture Jam for Peace


Bovard Seating Chart.
  • DAM the Palestinian Hip Hop Stars from Israel [Listen] + Omar Offendum & Ragtop
  • Read Taleed El-Sabawi's article on Palestinian Hip Hop
  • Shaun Toub "Crash" & "The Kite Runner"
  • Shiva Rose "David & Layla"
  • Raya Meddine "Bosta"
  • Mark LeVine author of Heavy Metal Islam: Rock, Religion and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
  • Saree Makdisi author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
  • Jodie Evans cofounder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace
  • Apoetnomadali featuring Morvarid performing Sar Zamin
  • Basic Poetry Base One Basic & Apoetnomadali featuring Weapon X performing 1.9.7.9.
  • Jerusalem Women: Partners for Peace
  • with Deejay Al Fareed

    Artists, writers and activists for Middle East peace, a benefit for Levantine Cultural Center, celebrating six years of progressive arts programming.

    Bovard Auditorium, USC, 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles 90089. [Map] 7-8 pm meet/greet, booths; 8-10:30 pm show; 10:30-midnight after-party.

    Tix $40 general admission, $50 preferred (with after-party), $75 vip (best seats, after-party) and $25 students ($20 USC students). Seating chart. Available now: Levantine Box Office 310.657.5511/657.5522, or order online:
 Tix $40 general admission
 		$50 preferred (with after-party)
  $75 vip (best seats, after-party)
 $25 students $20 USC students
 
 
 
 
 

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Learn more about a poetry event Levantine Cultural Center hosted with poets Nathalie Handal, Dima Hilal, Elmaz Abinader and Deema Shehabi. See the Arab poets page.


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