Mon, Apr 14
PAF sponsors Jamshied Sharifi's "ONE" CD Release Concert
Joe's Pub 9:30pm
Only $20

425 Lafayette
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Jamshied Sharifi with special guests Hassan Hakmoun, Yungchen Lhamo, Vishal Vaid and Mamak Khadem. Also performing: Ole Mathisen, Brahim Fribgane, Damon Banks, Benjamin Wittman, Simone Haggiag.

Jamshied Sharifi's pan-world-music ensemble will feature internationally known singers, including Hassan Hakmoun Vishal Vaid, Mamak Kadem, and Yungchen Lhamo, as well as established New York musicians, including Brahim Fribgane, Benjamin Wittman, and Ole Mathisen. Chris Nickson of Amazon.com says "[Sharifi] uses Middle Eastern rhythms and ideas as his framework to take his music to another place that exists outside geography... It's an example of the best worldbeat... Spiritual and haunting in the best way..."

Wed, Apr 16
PAF Poetry Night
Bowery Poetry Club 6-8pm

308 Bowery @ Bleecker

PAF's April 16th edition of its monthly poetry night features Maryam Habibian, author of the play Forugh's Reflecting Pool: The Life and Work of Forugh Farrokhzad, and Fawzia Afzal-Khan, editor of Shattering The Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out. Dr. Habibian will read a section from her play and offer a dramatic reading of some of Farrokhzad's poems, in English and Persian. Dr. Afzal-Khan will sing a selection of Farrokhzad's poems in Persian.

Sign up to read via email poetry@persianartsfestival.org.

Every third Wednesday of the month at Bowery Poetry Club!

Fri, Apr 18
Mamak Khadem w/ Jamshied Sharifi
DROM 8pm

85 Avenue A b/w 5th & 6th

Melodies of Iran, Greece, Turkey, and Armenia. Mamak Khadem is best known as the voice of the acclaimed and popular cross-cultural Persian fusion ensemble Axiom of Choice. Her first solo album, Jostojoo, co-produced with Jamshied Sharifi. PAF is proud to be a promotional partner for this concert, featuring two prominent Iranian artists.

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Sat, Mar 15
Closing Reception, 5-9pm
Weaving the Common Thread:
Perspectives from Iranian Artists
Queens Museum of Art

Saturday's closing reception features an artist & curatorial talk, a Persian New Year (Norooz) celebration with DJ Payam, a special, tonight-only, interactive art and a series of Iranian short films.

Weaving the Common Thread investigates how contemporary Persian art has been influenced and inspired by the post-revolutionary Iranian Diaspora. This collection showcases more than 20 pieces from eight emerging Iranian artists. Press Release
Exhibition on view Feb 24 – March 16

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Open mic night to recite your favorite Persian poetry or your own original work in Persian or English. Featured guest Joe Martin, author of the stage adaptation of Rumi’s Mathnavi.

Every third Wednesday of the month!
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Persian Arts Festival presents Haale and Divahn together onstage for a special show of female-fronted Persian rock and contemporary music. Tonight Haale celebrates the release of her new record; while Divahn performs a special set for Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating a woman's courage to save her Persian Jewish community from persecution.