Art And Culture

The documentary “Weavers of Imagination” has been accepted for screening at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention and Film Festival, slated for August 9-12 in San Francisco,…

Tehran-based Noon Publication has recently released a Persian translation of “The Woman in Cabin 10,” written by British psychological crime thriller author Ruth Ware.

A satirical short story about the escapades of a civil servant by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky is available in Persian.

The book “Kafka in Berlin” written by Hans Gerd Koch about life of the surrealist author Franz Kafka during the early 1920’s has been translated in Persian.

Michael Ondaatje’s “The English Patient” was named the greatest-ever winner of the Man Booker Prize at an event on Sunday celebrating five decades of the prestigious literary award.

The…

The city of Saveh in Markazi Province will host the third Scientific Conference on Drama Therapy on August 23.

A short film written and director by Fatemeh Ahmadi about the suffering of an immigrant mother will compete at the 39th Durban International Film Festival in South Africa, July 19-29.

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Cities and villages in the southwestern province of Khuzestan have been struggling with water crisis for ages. Over the past few weeks the crisis turned into a major disaster as water supply in…

A musical comedy based on Moliere’s “Scapin the Schemer” is on stage at Sangelaj Theater until July 16.

The situation comedy “Neyrang-o-Ourang,” is directed by Morteza Barzegarzadehgan…

Milad auditorium at the Tehran Permanent Fairground (aka Expo Center) will host celebrated pop singer Xaniar Khosravi for two shows. Xaniar will perform a selection of his popular songs on…

The upcoming meeting at Book City Institute on Tuesday will be on “Prolegomena to a Theory of Language,” the magnum opus of great Danish linguist Louis Hjelmslev (1899-1965).

A documentary on a young disabled painter will compete at the 4th Whatashort Independent International Film Festival in New Delhi, India, July 14-15.

British activist Leo Murray has got permission from London Mayor Sadiq Khan to fly a giant inflatable balloon portraying Donald Trump as a diaper-clad, orange-toned baby over parliament on July…

Paeez Gallery of the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran is  displaying works of Norwegian photographer and digital artist Mats Alexander Grenabo.

Grenabo, 69, works as a technician in…

An adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy of Richard III is to be staged at Vahdat Hall from July 10 for a month.

The play “Richard” directed and rewritten by Hamidreza Naeemi,…

Musician Pezhham Akhavass will perform at the World Percussion Art Festival, an international event in San Francisco, California, where renowned international artists perform their traditional…

Theater director Fariba Deliri will stage an adaptation of the famous children’s book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” written by British author Roald Dahl at Honar Hall in Tehran in mid July…

Traditional Iranian musician Mir-Abdollah Vatandoust has compiled the first encyclopedia of Iranian radifs, a collection of old melodic figures preserved through generations of oral tradition.…

An artistic jewelry exhibition by Nasim Etemadi opened on Friday at Golestan Art Gallery in Tehran. 

The show features 47 bracelets and rings formed like little molded bronze and…

Two galleries at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran are showing works of artist Mohammad Nasseripour.

Hundreds of ancient artifacts returned by Italy after they were recovered from smugglers in May went on display at the Egyptian museum in Cairo on Wednesday.

The relics date to different…

Shabahang ensemble will perform July 10 at Niavaran Cultural Center in north Tehran.

Singer Gholam-Reza Rezaee, pianist Mazda Ansari and Niloufar Harati on tonbak will appear on stage at…

Pop singer Mehdi Jahani is to perform two concerts on July 11 at Milad Tower in Tehran.

Convention Center of the tower will host Jahani singing a selection of his hits, according to the…

Abolhassan Davoodi’s latest comedy “Centipede” started screening from Wednesday.

The film features comedians Reza Attaran and Javad Ezzati as well as popular actors Mehran Ahmadi,…

A drama about struggles of marital life titled “Mordad” hit the cinema screens.

Written and directed by Bahman Kamyar, the movie is about the difficulties of a young married couple. The…