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<\/p>\nPCC\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 July 14 and August 11, 2022.<\/p>\n
A Poet and a Poem \u2013 June 20, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n
In this virtual event hosted by Farshad Babakhani and PCC\u2019s Poetry & Literature Committee, poems from Kassaaie Marvzi <\/i>were read and attendees also read their own selected poetry.<\/p>\n
Virtual Movie Discussion Series \u2013 June 30, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n
Citizen Kane <\/i>(1941), directed by Orson Wells and starring Orson Welles, Herman J. Mankiewicz, John Houseman, Mollie Kent, and Roger Q, was the selected movie for the June virtual movie discussion. Mahmoud Pirouzian hosted the discussion. Mr. Peter Maxwell, a writer, director, and adjunct faculty member at Southwestern College, reviewed the movie.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Only-lover-movie.jpg\")
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Virtual Movie Discussion Series \u2013 July 28, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n
Only Lovers Left Alive <\/i>(2013), directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi, and John Hurt, was the selected movie for the July virtual movie discussion. Mahmoud Pirouzian hosted the discussion. Mr. Hadi Chapardar, a writer, translator, and film critic, reviewed the movie.<\/p>\n
Electric Ud Trio Concert with Hazfez Modirzadeh \u2013 August 14, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n
A concert by Electric Ud Trio was held on August 18 at the IAC. The performers were Nathan Hubbard on drums, Angelica Pruitt on contrabass, Farhad Bahrami on electric ud. The special guest was Dr. Hafez Modirzadeh, the renowned tenor saxophone player.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ud-Trio-2.jpg\")
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Trio Concert \u2013 August 20, 2022<\/b><\/p>\n
The trio concert was held on August 20 at the IAC. The performers in this traditional Persian concert were Pejman Hadadi on percussion, Kourosh Taghavi on setar, and Amir Nojan on setar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the past two months, the PCC Youth Committee has continued its involvement in humanitarian activities. On June 30, the committee held a food and clothing drive for communities in need; they sorted out, organized, and ensured all the donations were inventoried and ready for distribution. Thanks to donations from our community, they were able to have boxes of clothes, food, and toys all donated to those in need. In addition, on August 3, the committee held their monthly meeting and discussed partnering with other organizations in order to help battle homelessness and help provide necessary resources to the homeless in our community.<\/p>\n Last but not least, It is our great honor and privilege to congratulate two of our most dedicated members on having graduated from high school. We wish them the best in college. Congratulations to Armita Fazel for attending UC Irvine and Tina Khadem for attending UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n Please call PCC\u2019s office at (858) 552-9355 if you would like to join PCC\u2019s Youth Committee.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PCC\u2019s Board Meetings 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 July 14 and August 11, 2022. A Poet and a Poem \u2013 June 20, 2022 In this virtual event hosted by Farshad Babakhani and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pcc-news"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/peykmagazine.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PCC-youth-comit.jpg\")
PCC\u2019s Youth Committee<\/b><\/p>\n