Washington Film Institute: Roya Bahrami

Date: July 31, 2009 (Friday)
Time: 9:00 P.M.
Place: Carnegie Institution, 1530 P ST NW, Washington DC 20005 (directions)
Tickets: $12 at the door

Washington's own Roya Bahrami will perform on santur amidst a night of Iranian film:

• 07:30 PM: Film: The Crime (2004), directed by Mohammad Ali Sajjadi


• 09:00 PM: Performance: Roya Bahrami


• 10:00 PM: Film: Ethereal (2002), directed by Mohammad Ali Sajjadi

Video:
Roya's Channel on YouTube
Pre-Inaugural Concert January 19, 2009

Kennedy Center: Arab Hip-Hop

Date: July 28, 2009 (Tuesday)
Time: 6:00 P.M.
Place: Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center (directions)
Tickets: free and open to the public on a first-come/first-serve basis

The U.S. Department of State's Cultural Programs Division is sponsoring several musical artists visiting the U.S. fromSilvia Fernandez and Mauricio Trech from Argentina, Michelle Salazar from the Philippines, Hien Ngoc Pham from Vietnam -- and Hassan El Haf from Lebanon and Samer Samahneh from the Palestinian Territories.

Video:
Millennium Stage archive

Press Release:
U.S. Department of State

News:
CNN

Sponsors: U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs (ECA)