On Friday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. the University of Maine School of Performing Arts (SPA) presented a screening of the documentary “Six Centuries, Six Years.” The film portrays the journey of Iranian ...

TEHRAN- An Iranian musical ensemble graced an international cultural festival in Hanoi, Vietnam, a prestigious event ...

My country, I will build you again, / if need be, with bricks made from my life.”  That line from Iranian poet Simin ...

Imagine a tale combining The Jungle Book, Rapunzel, and Romeo and Juliet that fans of high fantasy series like Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings can easily get into. That’s just the ...

For hundreds of years, the Silk Road linked Europe, the Middle East, India and China and provided passage for trade, culture, religion and philosophy across desert wastelands and high ...

It’s not often that you get to hear “a concert-length a cappella opera that recounts the creation story of the ancient Zoroastrians” — while you watch the sun set over the Olympics. “Haptadâmã: The ...

A double bill of cinematic magical musical stories for children will be taking place in a beautiful West London church in aid of children’s charity NSPCC Childline on Saturday, May 17. Zal and the ...

The Iranian American Community Group, an umbrella organization for 13 Iranian American institutions, will host its sixth annual Persian new year festival, Nowruz, next month in Irvine. Just like the ...

I first encountered the tonbak – Iran’s indigenous drum – as a student, when I heard it on an old LP I found in a dusty corner of the library at London’s Royal College of Music. Instantly, I was ...

It could have happened almost anywhere in the world. Sporting sunglasses and fluorescent sneakers, a small group of men and women danced on a rooftop to "Happy," the hit single by Pharrell Williams.