by Hengame Abassi | Nov 28, 2016 | CULTURE, Fall 2016
Historic Moments with Manouche Kohen
Farsi Show goes around the city to be a bridge between you and the cultural, literature, and arts events. One of greats of our time, Manouchehr Kohen is a distinguished Iranian-Jewish engineer. He was responsible for the engineering of cities, modern hospitals, and many mosques and synagogues in Iran. Kohen’s valuable services in literature, art, and engineering in our country have touched the lives of many. He welcomed Hengame into his private library in Bel Air and shared his story with Farsi Show listeners . He revealed to us how, despite a death sentence, he was released from prison with an experience that could be called miraculous. Kohen tells the story of his first meeting with Mohammad Reza, Shah Pahlavi, and receiving his first award from the hands of the Shah. Kohan also shared some of his lyrics with Farsi Show listeners. Tune in for a historic show.
by Hengame Abassi | Nov 28, 2016 | Art, Fall 2016, FEATURED
Shohreh Mavedat
Farsi Show goes around the city to be a bridge between you and the cultural, literature, and arts events. Farsi Show’s guest for today is the experienced stage actor Shohreh Mavedat. Shohreh is acting in two different roles in a radio drama. In this play, Hengame Abassi is the narrator. The play is called Butterfly and is one of the first dramas written by Reza Mavedat. The story is about a young artist couple and their complexities of everyday life, as well as childhoods complexes. Tune in for the whole show.
by Christian Juarez | Nov 23, 2016 | Art, Fall 2016
Bee Em The Dairy Bee
Obscure Sense is the show that focuses of local artist in the colorful world of art & fashion with host Christian Juarez. On this episode, Christian chats with Brandon- an artist with many talents which include photography, embroidery, fashion oriented styling, and drawing. Brandon shares who he is as an artist and what inspires him to do what he does.
by Christian Juarez | Nov 23, 2016 | ENTERTAINMENT, Fall 2016
Salina the Feminista
On this episode of Obscure Sense, host Christian Juarez is joined by Salina Adriana Zazueta-Beltrán, owner of Mujerista Market. She explains how she runs Mujerista Market solo- or, in her words, sola- how important her roots are, and what inspires her artistic inclinations.
Find her clothing site here and follow her on instagram.
by Michael Calderon | Nov 18, 2016 | CULTURE, Fall 2016
Smoke Life- 10-26-16 Cars and Hookah
Smoke Life is the show about why people smoke, what they smoke, and how they made a business of it. On this episode Michael is joined with Kim Balasanyan. Kim manages a mechanic shop, fixes, buys and sells cars. In addition to being a big time car fan, Kim is a huge hookah guy. Michael discusses Kim’s role in the late, great Midnight City Lounge, how Kim got into fixing, buying, and selling cars, smoking hookah and more along the way.
