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An Evening of Poetry and Music in Farsi and English

Presented by Scarritt-Bennett Center at gallery F @ Scarritt-Bennett

June 25, 2011

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Join gallery F. @ Scarritt-Bennett and the Foreign Language Acting Group (F.L.A.G.) for a night of poetry and music celebrating Nashville's Persian community. The event features the poetry of Hafez, a celebrated poet who lived in the 14th century, original Persian music and global music with traces of traditional sounds from Persia.

READERS: BILL WOLAK, co-translator of Your Lover's Beloved, a Hafez poetry compilation, Cross-Cultural Communications Stanley H. Barkan, Publisher. In 2007 Bill Wolack was selected to participate in a friendship delegation to Iran, sponsored by the Fellowship Of Reconciliation, the nation’s largest and oldest interfaith peace and justice organization. MEHDI SHARIATI, Associate Professor, Volunteer State Community College
DR. REZA HABIBIAN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center MUSICIANS: MASSOOD TAJ, musician and visual artist, THE NASHVILLE PERSIAN POETRY GROUP
Please RSVP. Call 615.320.4651 or email sschlunk@scarrittbennett.org For more info contact Jaz Dorsey at jazmn47@aol.com or 615-915-0891
This event is part of a series that aims to encourage people of all backgrounds to learn about foreign cultures through literature and music. Look for other foreign language literary and music events at gallery F.

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    gallery F @ Scarritt-Bennett

    1008 19th Ave. S. (corner of 19th Ave. S. and Grand Ave.)
    Second Floor, Laskey Building
    Nashville, TN 37212

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    June 25, 2011

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    Saturday 7:00pm

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