Calendar News from Ivri-NASAWI for Los Angeles
May 25: Sacred Sufi and Bedouin Tribal Music
June 8: Women in Black vigil in Westwood
June 10: Sephardic cultural history program at UCLA
June 21: Levantine Project Middle East Community Workshop
June 23: Levantine Center Benefit with Persian Dance & Flamenco/Middle
Eastern Fusion
This Friday, May 25, 2001 8:00 pm :
An evening of sacred Sufi music and Bedouin tribal music
A concert for World Peace and in specific to Peace in the Middle East.
With the Israeli composer Yuval Ron and Friends featuring a rare guest
performance of the Palestinian singer Najwa Tannus,
and accompanied by dance meditations of Ruth Gould-Goodman.
CHURCH IN OCEAN PARK 235 Hill Street Santa Monica
Bring: water, a snack, pillow, and wear comfortable dancing clothing.
3 hour city parking is west of Main Street or on Fourth Street. Only
Permit parking is allowed near the church. Read posted signs carefully.
Arrive early to allow for parking. For reservation and additional information
call: 310-392-3612
$15 AT THE DOOR - cash only
Please forward this to your friends. thanks.
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June 8, 7-9 pm, Women In Black, an international movement of women against
violence, holds a protest vigil in front of Westwood's Federal Building to
call
for the end of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. This vigil
marks
the 34th anniversary of Israel's occupation. Women in Black, founded in 1988,
includes women assembling peacefully in black to protest against violence
in more than 50 countries around the world. Men in black are welcome!
For more information see the calendar at opentent.org or call Tirza Haviv
at 818-999-5380. Endorsed by Open Tent Middle East Coalition.
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June 10, 1 pm
UCLA Center for Jewish Studies presents
"Sephardic History in Context: Jewish Communities in the Ottoman Empire"
An international colloquium and concert...featuring speakers Ehud R.
Toledano, Vivian Mann, Minna Rozen and Pamela Dorn Sezgin, with
Kenneth Reinhard. Performances of Sephardic and Ladino Music of
Turkey and the Balkans with John Bilezikjian on oud and Bonita Nahous
Jaros on vocals. Endorsed by Ivri-NASAWI, Sephardi/Mizrahi cultures.
1:00 PM
Opening Remarks by Kenneth Reinhard
Talks by Ehud R. Toledano, Vivian Mann, Minna Rozen
and Pamela Dorn Sezgin
3:45 Concert with John Bilezikjian and Bonita Nahoum Jaros
4:30 pm Reception
The event is free; parking is $6. To RSVP, call the UCLA
Center for Jewish Studies, 310-825-5387
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June 21, Thursday, 8 pm
Levantine Project, Open Tent's Middle East Community Workshop
Roundtable discussion on the UCLA conference which took place May 20
featuring six roundtables and plenary session on the current
Israeli/Palestinian
crisis. Opportunity for open-ended discussion of the issues the conference
speakers and questioners raised, in depth. Location to be announced.
Email OpenTentLA@... to get on update list for the location.
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June 23, 8 pm, Wilshire Ebell Theatre, the Ney Nava Dance Theatre
and Adam & Laila Del Monte with special guests perform in a benefit
for Levantine Center, L.A.'s "new paradigm for Middle Eastern cultures
and co-existence."* An evening of Persian music and contemporary
and classical dance; flamenco/Middle Eastern dance & music with
Arab, Turkish, Armenian, Israeli and Spanish influences.
Special guest include John Bilezikjian on oud, Pedro Eustache on winds,
Marisol Fuentes on vocals, Afaf del Monte on bass and Patric Olivier on
percussion.
Tickets now available, $35 preferred, $25 general, and $100 vip (limited
number).
Call 323/650-3157. For more about the artists, visit Shida Pegahi's Ney Nava
Dance Theatre website, at www.neynava.com; and the Del Monte's website
at
*Ivri-NASAWI, along with other Middle Eastern organizations based in Los
Angeles
will become part of the Levantine Center in 2002.
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Ivri-NASAWI
New Assn. of Sephardi/Mizrahi Artists & Writers Int'l.
www.ivri-nasawi.org
1033 N. Orlando Ave
Los Angeles CA 90069
(323) 650-3157
Los Angeles
New York
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