{"id":4042,"date":"2024-05-05T04:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T04:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/?p=4042"},"modified":"2024-05-05T04:28:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T04:28:31","slug":"pcc-news-march-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/2024\/05\/05\/pcc-news-march-april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"PCC News March-April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

PCC\u2019s Board Meetings<\/b><\/p>\n

Persian Cultural Center\u2019s board of directors holds its meetings every second Wednesday of the month at the Iranian American Center (IAC). The last two meetings took place on March 13 and April 10, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Iranian School of San Diego\u2019s 36th Nowruz Celebration <\/b><\/span>\u2013 March 10, 2024<\/b><\/p>\n

In preparation for Nowruz, the Iranian School of San Diego <\/b>held a \u201csabzeh kari\u201d and egg coloring event on Sunday, March 3, 2024, at the school. The Nowruz celebration was held at the Lewis Middle School auditorium on Sunday, March 10, 2024. Students performed several dances, a play, music, and songs for nearly 600 family members, friends, and staff. During the program, awards for Person of the Year, honors students, and winners of the \u201cReading Olympics\u201d were presented.<\/p>\n

\"\"Chaharshanbehsoori \u2013 March 12, 2024<\/b><\/p>\n

PCC, in collaboration with AIAP and the House of Iran, was again able to celebrate Chaharshanbehsoori at NTC Park in Point Loma with music, dance, and plenty of food. This year, several thousand people attended the park for celebration and enjoyed music performed by\u00a0DJ Julius, DJ Mohsen, and DJ Davood. A nice addition was Farnam, who joined the DJs onstage and performed several songs. Several businesses set up booths. Food was provided by Balboa International Market.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nowruz Celebration at the Rancho Bernardo Library <\/b><\/span>\u2013 March 14, 2024<\/b><\/p>\n

The Rancho Bernardo City Library celebrated Nowruz on March 14 in collaboration with PCC. This program started with a performance by Bita Jahanbin, one of the students of the Iranian School of San Diego. At the end, the children did Nowruz-related handcrafts. The haft-seen table was prepared by Mercedeh Hashemi.<\/p>\n

Persian Cultural Center\u2019s Annual Nowruz Celebration <\/b><\/span>\u2013 March 16, 2024<\/b><\/p>\n

\"\"This year, PCC celebrated Nowruz at the La Jolla Marriott. At this great event, music was performed by\u00a0Masour and DJ Julius. PCC\u2019s Persian Dance Academy performed several beautiful dances. PCC was honored to have San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, San Diego City Councilmembers Raul Campillo and Ken Lee, San Diego County Supervisors Terra Lawson-Remer and Nora Vargas\u2019s assistant Fernando Chavarria, the County Chief Administrative Officer Sarah Aghassi, and San Diego Chief of Police David Nisleit among the guests. The mayor congratulated the Iranian American community for upholding and celebrating its culture. Councilmember Campillo then read the proclamation prepared by the City of San Diego recognizing March 20 as Nowruz Day in the City of San Diego. The County of San Diego also presented a proclamation to PCC.