PERSIAN ARTS FESTIVAL Revives Shab-e She'r
Poetry Night at Bowery Poetry Club
12 Nov 2007 DOWNLOAD Press Release here.
Global Beat Fusion: Rumi-nating on a New Axis
[27 February 2007]
by Derek Beres
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/columns/article/11554/rumi-nating-on-a-new-axis
PERSIAN ARTS FESTIVAL "A REAL SUCCESS" by SR
http://www.persianmirror.com/community/2006/community/PersianArtsFestival06.cfm
NOROOZ TAKES OVER MANHATTAN
http://www.persianmirror.com/community/writers/sarasefeed/2006/PersianArtsFestival.cfm
INTERVIEW WITH PAF FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / ART DIRECTOR
(in Farsi) http://www.radiofarda.com/culture_article/2006/3/0796c19c-6e2b-4a97-ad95-b17c8f8b8812.html
STARTING A REVOLUTION
http://www.persianmirror.com/community/2006/Art/PersianArtsFestival.cfm
Office of the Mayor
City of New York
Proclamation
WHEREAS: NEW YORK CITY IS PROUD TO JOIN THE PERSIAN COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATING NOWRUZ, OR “NEW DAY,” A NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATION THAT COINCIDES EXACTLY WITH THE SPRING EQUINOX. THE HOLIDAY, WHICH IS ROOTED IN ZORASTRIAN COSMOLOGY, HAS BEEN CELEBRATED IN SOME FORM FOR THE LAST 3,000 YEARS. ALTHROUGH SOME OF THE TRADITIONAS HAVE CHANGED, NOWRUZ IS STILL A TIME FOR FAMLY AND FRIENDS TO GATHER TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZE LIFE’S BOUTNY THROUGH FOOD, GIFTS, AND CONVERSATION.
WHEREAS: TODAY, THE PERSIAN COMMUNITY OF NEW YORK CITY CELEBRATES NOWRUZ WITH THE 3RD ANNUAL PERSIAN DAY PARADE. THE PARADE WILLA ATTRACT THOUSANDS OF PERSIANN AMERICANS FROM THE GREATER NEW YORK AREA, AND WILL FEATURE FLOATS, MARCHING BANDS, DANCE GROUPS, DJS, AND THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES. IN ADDITION, THE 1ST ANNUAL PERSIAN ARTS FESTIVAL WILL SHOWCASE UPCOMING AND ESTABLISHED PERSIAN ARTISTS IN A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY, INK AND OIL PAINTINGS, MIXED MEDIA, MUSIC AND FILM.
WHERAS: NOWRUZ IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL NEW YORKERS TO REAFFIRM LIFE’S PROMISE AND RECOGNIZE IRAN’S RICH CULTURAL TRADITION. WE ARE PROUD TO BE HOME TO SUCE A THRIVING PERSIAN COMMUNITY, AND WISH EVERYONE AN ENJOYABLE DAY AS WE BID FAREWELL TO THE PAST, AND LOOK AHEAD TO A BRIGHT FUTURE.
NOW THEREFORE, I, MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, IN RECOGNITION OF THIS JOYOUS HOLIDAY, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2006 IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK AS “PERSIAN NOWRUZ DAY”
