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SUMMARY:Town Fare at Oakland Restaurant Week
DESCRIPTION:Friday Nights at OMCA\nSpecial Members Lounge\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nDuring Oakland Restaurant Week from March 16 through 26\, Town Fare Cafe is offering a special $25 menu in addition to the regular menu items. Visit Town Fare Cafe during Oakland Restaurant Week between 11 am to 5 pm to try the two special menus: \n\n\n\n\nA Taste of the South (Southern fried chicken\, braised collard greens\, mac and cheese\, honey cornbread)\n\n\n\nNew Orleans chicken\, andouille sausage and shrimp gumbo.\n\n\n\n\nBoth menus come with a glass of sweet tea and a peach cobbler bread pudding for dessert! \n\n\n\n*Town Fare is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. \n\n\n\n\nMORE ON TOWN FARE\n\n\n\n\nAbout Oakland Restaurant Week 2023\n\n\n\nFrom neighborhood gems and food trucks to Michelin star restaurants\, “Feast Your Way Through the East Bay” during the 10 days of Oakland Restaurant Week 2023. Participating restaurants offer specially-created lunch and dinner menus to showcase the diverse culture and cuisine of this incredibly dynamic city.The community and fabric of Oakland is made up of culturally-distinct neighborhoods\, inspiring an incredibly creative food scene of unexpected pairings and fusion-style flavors. Favorite foodie hot-spots include Jack London Square and Temescal to Uptown and Fruitvale\, to name a few\, making Oakland Restaurant Week a BARTable event.  \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/town-fare-at-oakland-restaurant-week/
LOCATION:Town Fare cafe\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Town Fare Cafe
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SUMMARY:Voices of the Iranian Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:Friday Nights at OMCA\nSpecial Members Lounge\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us at OMCA for Voices of the Iranian Diaspora\, a showcase of poetry\, performance and artwork by Iranian creatives and activists in the Bay Area. \n\n\n\nCo-hosted by Firuzeh Mahmoudi\, Founder and Director of United For Iran\, the event will begin with a poetry reading by Persis Karim then followed by an artist talk by Shaghayegh Cyrous who will speak about her visual\, multimedia\, and social practice work that addresses the multifaceted themes of immigration\, displacement\, cross-cultural communication\, body autonomy\, and current geo-political dynamics. \n\n\n\nMahmoudi will provide critical context setting for audiences to gain a deeper understanding of the ongoing  ‘Woman\, Life\, Freedom’ movement taking place in Iran.  The historical Kurdish rallying cry ‘Woman\, Life\, Freedom’ has mobilized the contemporary series of protests in Iran\, which was sparked by the morality police’s murder of Mahsa Amini. The event will close with a music performance by Mahsa Vahdat\, and a call to action table by United For Iran in the OMCA Garden. United for Iran is the only human rights nonprofit organization based in the Bay Area that is focused on civil liberties in Iran. \n\n\n\nVisitors are encouraged to bring (or borrow) a picnic blanket to mingle and connect with others in the garden after the program concludes. The call to action table by United for Iran will be available where visitors can get resources\, learn how to get involved\, and donate to support the organization’s mission. \n\n\n\n\n$1 – $30 |  Sliding scale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGENERAL ADMISSION Tickets\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule: \n\n\n\n1–1:05 pm  – Introduction by emcee\, Firuzeh Mahmoudi \n\n\n\n1:05–1:25 pm – Poetry Reading by Persis Karim \n\n\n\n1:25–1:35 pm  – Mahmoudi speaks on context that gave rise to United for Iran \n\n\n\n1:35–2:15 pm – Artist talk by Shaghayegh Cyrous \n\n\n\n2:15–2:30 pm  – Music performance by Mahsa Vahdat2:30–3:00 pm  – Call to Action table by United for Iran (OMCA Garden) \n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nThe Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Assistive listening devices and wheelchairs are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMORE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n		\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Persis Karim\n				\n				                    Persis Karim is a poet\, editor\, and serves as the Neda Nobari Chair and Director of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University where she also teaches Comparative & World Literature. She is the editor of three anthologies of Iranian diaspora literature: Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been: New Writing by Women of the Iranian Diaspora\, Tremors: New Fiction by Iranian-American Writers\, and\, A World Between: Stories\, Poems\, and Essays by Iranian-Americans. Her poetry has appeared in numerous national journals such as Reed Magazine\, Callaloo\, Raven’s Perch\, Green Linden Press\, and others.  \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Shaghayegh Cyrous\n				\n				                    Shaghayegh Cyrous is an Iranian-American transdisciplinary artist based in the Bay Area and recently in Los Angeles. Her work examines cross-cultural\, multi-modal communications\, especially highlighting the nuanced expatriate experience engendered by geopolitical shifts and their distorted notions of time and space. Commonly working with mediums such as interactive video installation\, photography\, and painting\, she has exhibited and performed internationally at notable museums and galleries. Cyrous received her BA in Visual Art from Science and Culture University in Tehran and her MFA in Social Practice from California College of the Arts in San Francisco.  \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Firuzeh Mahmoudi\n				\n				                    Firuzeh Mahmoudi is the Executive Director of United for Iran. After witnessing the 2009 uprising in Iran\, Mahmoudi organized the largest day of global support for Iran in history. Shortly after\, Mahmoudi started United for Iran to improve human rights\, support civil society\, and increase civic engagement\, mostly through technology. Previously\, Mahmoudi worked at the UN and various NGO focusing on supporting communities around the world with advocating for environmental justice and health.  \n\n				\n				\n            \n\n        \n\n    \n	\n        \n            \n\n			                \n                                    \n			\n            \n				\n				                    Mahsa Vahdat \n				\n				                    Mahsa Vahdat is an award-winning Iranian singer\, composer\, and cultural activist who has dedicated herself to both her musical and artistic path\, and to the greater cause of freedom of expression. Her artistry offers audiences around the globe a deep appreciation of Iranian poetry and music. \nUnable to perform in her own country\, Mahsa continues to interact with a diverse international audience that appreciate her art.
URL:https://museumca.org/event/voices-of-the-iranian-diaspora/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater
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