Photo by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi
Text by Afshin Pourasgheri
My name is Afshin Pourasgheri. I was born in Iran and my family immigrated to Australia when I was three years old.
Have you heard of a band called MANAWI THORN playing robot calisthenics music? No? So let them speak………
“HEY, LET ME CLARIFY: IT’S A ROCK AND ROLL SHOW!!!
All shows take place at Rosie O’Grady’s Limerick Bar, downstairs from the shop. – $10 Cover – No Minimum
Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009
Time: 9:00pm – 11:00pm
Where: Alwan for the Arts (16 Beaver Street,New York)
Tickets: $20, available at the door and online. $15.00 student rush tickets available (with I.D.) at the door only.
Alwan for the Arts, in conjunction with Womens Voices: A Festival Across Genres and Traditions, presents: NEGAR BOOBAN (on Oud & vocals) in “Shab e Yalda” – The Birth-Night of the Sun”.
Alwan is privileged to host one of Iran’s finest musicians, oudist Negar Booban, in her U.S. debut and the final concert of “Women’s Visions: A Festival Across Genres and Traditions.” Partly accompanied by her own voice, Negar will give a solo instrumental oud performance in an expressive conceptualization of “the birth of the Sun”, based on the mythical images in Persian beliefs about “Yalda” night.
82 West 3rd Street
(between Thompson & Sullivan)
Greenwich Village, NY
Tel: 212 477 ZINC
Date: Nov.6th, 2009
