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Our Vision for a New Middle Eastern Arts Center in 2012

posted November 30, 2011 - 10:27am by Editor
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Case for Support: an Oasis of Peace in the Heart of Hollywood
Our proposal is the creation of a Middle Eastern arts complex with shared offices, facilities and services for like-minded cultural, social and peace organizations, as well as artists and writers, such that the Levantine Cultural Center (LCC) becomes a hub, a peace center, an arts center open to all. With the "Arab Spring" or Thaura (Revolution) that began in Tunisia and the protests and uprisings against governments that have spread across North Africa and the Middle East, we want to bridge cultures and build peace—to promote understanding across boundaries. Would you give us a mandate, knowing that the LCC has already devoted the past decade since 2001 building these bridges? Sign our petition.

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Gala Luncheon for the LCC

posted November 22, 2011 - 3:52pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Dec 20 2011 12:30pm - 2:30pm
Price: 
Contribution requested (min. suggested $100)
Click here to RSVP with donation
Where: 
The Palm
1100 S. Flower StreetLos Angeles CA 90015
RSVP by Dec. 15 to 310.657.5511

At 11th and Flower across from the Staples Center
free valet parking at lunch behind the restaurant
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Levantine founders will reveal new growth plan for 2012

The arts help create a safe space for exploration of potentially difficult issues. The Middle East is the birthplace of our civilization. It is where Judaism, Christianity and Islam-three faiths with much in common-originate. The Middle East is also the primary resource for our energy needs and where we have many strategic partners, from Turkey and Israel to Saudi Arabia.

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Levantine Book/DVD Drive for New Resource Library

posted August 22, 2011 - 1:05pm by Editor
BOOK & DVD DRIVE CALLS FOR DONATED NEW & USED MATERIALS ON MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA FOR RESOURCE LIBRARY


The Levantine Cultural Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that champions a greater understanding of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), seeks to build a new library and resource center that will provide access to valuable research materials. The library will be open to the public beginning Monday, November 7, and will be available during regular center hours, Monday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm.

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After 9/11, A Community Roundtable

posted August 1, 2011 - 12:46pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Sep 11 2011 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Price: 
Suggested donation $11 (students $5) includes light refreshments (no-one turned away for lack of funds) to benefit the center
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90035
ample street parking
between La Cienega and Fairfax
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artists, activists and general public gather for an open dialogue on our lives since 9/11

Activists, artists, writers and members of the general public are invited to participate in a community roundtable discussion on the events of 9/11, including the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq, the passing of the USA Patriot Act, the "war on terror," Islamophobia, the Green Movement in Iran in 2009, and this year's Arab Spring and just what we can look forward to in the months and years ahead.

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Carpet Concert features Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Music

posted May 16, 2011 - 2:32pm by Rebecca_D

My Heart Is In the East Concert

posted May 9, 2011 - 4:13pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
May 26 2011 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Price: 
$15 advance, $20 at the door
Click here for tickets
Where: 
Ahavat Torah Congregation at Village Church of Westwood Lutheran
343 S. Church Lane
Los Angeles, CA 90049
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the Yuval Ron Ensemble performs music from Morocco, Yemen, Spain, Turkey, Israel and Pakistan
Yuval Ron and his ensemble players present a fusion concert, "My Heart is in the East" with music from Israel, Morocco, Yemen, Spain, Turkey and Pakistan. This will be the last concert in Los Angeles before the Ensemble departs on a Peace Mission Tour in Turkey.
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Carpet Concert features Mediterranean, Middle Eastern Music

posted April 25, 2011 - 11:32am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
May 24 2011 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Price: 
$15 advance, $20 at the door
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Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
street parking or in the underground CVS lot (till 10 pm only)
located between La Cienega Blvd. and Fairfax Ave.
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Rowan Storm and friends perform a luxurious night of music and dance
a Carpet Concert with Rowan Storm and friends celebrates the patterns that connect us with music from Armenia, Turkey, Greece, Iran, Arab lands, Spain and New York.

• Naser Musa — oud, voice
• Souren Baronian — duduk, gaval, G clarinet, percussion
• Rowan Storm — frame drums, voice
• Jim Grippo — kanun
• Far'ha — Middle Eastern dance with Sazandeh Women's Ensemble

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Middle East Women's Leadership Coalition Meeting

posted April 7, 2011 - 3:43pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Apr 30 2011 2:30pm - 6:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public.
Where: 
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
between La Cienega Blvd. & Fairfax Ave.
ample street parking or in the CVS underground lot
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topics include identifying potential, empowerment, leadership and becoming change agents
The American Middle Eastern Women's Leadership Coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization dedicated to enhance the skills of women leaders that are engaged in the awareness of our democratic principles, civic involvement and actively helping their community in the United States. We also want to assist women to become goodwill ambassadors using their heritage and language through cooperating with the women in the Middle East and other countries to help them become agents of positive change in their own communities.
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Muslim Leader Imam Feisal Rauf on Islam, America at Royce Hall

posted April 6, 2011 - 2:39pm by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
May 4 2011 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public. Cash bar available. (UCLA parking $10)
Where: 
UCLA Royce Hall
340 Royce Drive
Los Angeles
visit uclalive.org
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Co-presented by the Hammer Museum & UCLA Live

The Hammer Museum and UCLA Live present a free lecture featuring Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf with Reza Aslan at UCLA's Royce Hall. In his role as chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, Imam Feisal directs projects that aim to heal conflict between Islamic and Western communities. As Imam of Masjid al-Farah for 27 years, a mosque located twelve blocks from Ground Zero in New York City, he has preached a message of understanding among people of all faiths. One of his projects is the Cordoba House project in Lower Manhattan, which became a cause célèbre in 2010 and he became known as the ‘Ground Zero Mosque Imam.'

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Women’s Voices from the Muslim World: A Short-Film Festival

posted February 14, 2011 - 8:54am by Editor
Event Details
Date/Time: 
Mar 18 2011 4:30pm - Mar 19 2011 10:00pm
Price: 
Free to the public. Light snacks and cash bar available.
Where: 
L.A. Film School
6363 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles 90028
877.952.3456
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Many new short films have never been seen in the West

Women's Voices from the Muslim World: A Short-Film Festival presents a collection of voices from women of all faiths living in Muslim-majority countries and Muslim women living as minorities around the world that fills the void in information created by traditional news, media and art sources.

The selection includes many never-before-seen films from women filmmakers in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.

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