Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Tonight! World of Poetry and PAF PRESENTS: Shab-e Sher Featuring Aida Shahghasemi and Shabnam Piryaei @ Bowery Poetry Club

"World of Poetry and PAF PRESENTS: Shab-e Sher Featuring Aida Shahghasemi and Shabnam Piryaei"

Please join us for our next Persian Poetry Night that will infuse poetry with music on Wednesday, February 17th at 6 pm!!

Aida Shahghasemi, currently a graduate student in Art and Public Policy at NYU, was born in Iran and moved to the States in July of 2000. She is thankful to her teacher, Amir Samadi, one of the late Mirza Agha Ghow's pupils for learning to play Daf, a traditional Kurdish instrument. Aida has also had the privilege of studying the Iranian Classical vocal repertoire with Parissa by traveling back and forth between Iran and U.S.

Shabnam Piryaei was born in Iran and raised in the U.S. Her work has been published in several journals including The Florida Review, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Flashquake, and The Furnace Review. She has been awarded the Poets & Writers Amy Award for poetry, as well as the Elizabeth George Foundation grant. Her collection of writing entitled "Ode to Fragile" is forthcoming. Currently she is developing three short films based on material from the book.

An open mic will follow the reading, inviting everyone to read either his or her own poetry or works by other poets, in Persian or English, bearing some connection to Iran or Iranian/Persian culture.

Info: Bowery Poetry Club

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