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 "Sovereign Threads: the History of Palestinian Embroidery" was on display recently at the Craft and Folk Art Museum Sovereign Threads |
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 "The Arab/Muslim Revolution: the Middle East & the West" a conference with Islamic scholar Reza Aslan and Middle East historian Mark LeVine See Calendar, Jan. 12, 2006 |
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 Global Frequency concert att the Levantine Cultural Center, Fri., Dec. 2! Featuring Naked Rhythm, MC RAI and Antoneus Maximus & the Nuthouze Band. Advance tix $10. Reserve now. |
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 Don't miss the next Sultans of Satire show on Thurs., Dec. 15, and read about the first one... Middle East Comic Relief, Thurs., Nov. 17, 8 pm. Click here. |
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 Levantine Cultural Center cosponsored the 2005 Los Angeles Film Festival, which included several films with Middle Eastern themes or subjects. |
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Naser Musa-Adam del Monte Ensemble performed Arab-flamenco fusion
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 Iraqi-American Playwright and Actor Heather Raffo and Her One-Woman Show, "Nine Parts of Desire," Are the Talk of New York and Los Angeles |
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Articles
of Note Palestinian Samia Dodin Talks to Israeli Sami Shalom Chetrit Lian Ensemble Concert Review Turkish news: Snow—the new novel by Orhan Pamuk Can Jews/Arabs Make Peace Through Music? By Ghada Karmi In Search of Fatima—a review of Ghada Karmi's memoir "Heart" of Arab Music by Jim Motavalli Persians on the Pacific by Tara Bahrampour Tariq Ali On Poetry In Turbulent Times in the Mideast (audio) |
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Al-Andalus
to Jerusalem: Levantine Festival at the John Anson Ford  Al-Andalus with Tariq Banzi, Julie Banzi and flamenco dancer Ana Montes Click Here To Read Three Articles on the Concert |
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Our Wish List!
February 2008: We have an on-going matching challenge: if we can
raise $10,000 from other contributors, a local donor is ready to write
a check for $10,000. With $20,000 in hand, we'll be in a position to fulfill
all our important development and program needs this Spring (see below
for details).
Levantine Cultural Center is a nonprofit grassroots cultural arts center
that represents a very diverse population of more than one million people
in Southern California with ties to the Middle East and North Africa.
Your contributions enable us to serve our
mission successfully.
Our wish list is not extravagant and only includes the most necessary
items for development in order to serve the widest possible constituency.
Need to know more? Write us at info@levantinecenter.org.
$4,000
for Essential Nonprofit Database—Exceed! Premier is a
complete fundraising and information management software solution developed
exclusively for nonprofit organizations. In order to manage our members,
donors, volunteers and other stakeholders, we're looking to own a licensed
copy of this highly-recommended program from Telosa (the comparable Raiser's
Edge from Blackbaud, used by larger nonprofits runs as high as
$30,000!).
Professional-quality
Digital Audio Recorder for Podcasting With this Zoom digital
recorder, mics and accessories we'll be recording interviews and live
events, including concerts, and doing our own Podcasting! $500 out the
door will make it happen...
$5,000
to Revamp Our Web Site
This
web site is the most effective tool to reach our intended audience. We
have prepared a plan for the successful revamping of the site which will
significantly expand our target audience while at the same time making
us more self-sufficient. The cost for a web-based data management software
system and new design is approximately $5,000. Here is a samples of the
new direction.
$3,000
for a Sony PD170 - camcorder - professional - Mini DV
Since
2001, Levantine Cultural Center has produced over 300 cultural arts programs,
but sadly, very few have been recorded to create an audio-visual record.
It's time that we began recording and archiving these programs with an
inexpensive but professional-quality camcorder. The Sony PD 170 has an
excellent consumer rating and with all the accessories is just under $3,000
out the door. For those who are not always able to attend our many public
programs, watching edited videos online is the next best thing!
Professional-Quality
CDJ players and a mixer will allow our guest deejays to mix for live
events and prepare their play lists for exclusive Levantine podcasts.
$1,500.