It is an opportunity for all ages to participate, enjoy the day filled with events, and learn from others within the community. The organizers putting this event together are mostly Iranian Americans ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the cycle of seasons through Earth, the second the sun crosses the vernal equator marks the start of Nowruz. Nowruz – or “new day” in English – is the Persian new year celebrated by ...

Two dozen children squeezed onto a rug laid out in front of the elaborate Haft Seen table, while two of their classmates jumped up to the beat of the drum to perform traditional Persian dance. The ...

The Art of Persian Dance is a visually inspiring book that — for the first time in the art form’s centuries-old history — outlines the kind of precise movements that have mesmerized audiences around ...

“Life in a Day” is a millennium in the making. The Minneapolis Katha Dance Theatre is performing an original production inspired by Persian poet Omar Khayyam’s “Rubaiyat.” The original piece is an 894 ...