Sunday, March 23, 2008
Divahn with Haale
Drom & the Persian Arts Festival  are pleased to present Haale and Divahn together onstage for a special show of female-fronted Persian rock and contemporary music. Tonight Haale celebrates the release of her new record; while Divahn performs a special set for Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating a woman's courage to save her Persian Jewish community from persecution.
At Drom
85 Avenue A (b/w 5th & 6th), NYC
$15 tickets online (no fee) or (212) 777-1157

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Galeet Dardashti Solo Project:
Voices of Our Mothers
Center for Jewish History
15 W 16th St, NYC
A sneak preview of Galeet's new solo project, Voices of Our Mothers: A Middle Eastern Musical Midrash for Today. The evening will include discussion with HUC scholars Mark Kligman and Adriane Leveen.
$10.  Cash bar.
Tickets: 917-606-8200 or boxoffice@cjh.org

Friday, March 28, 2008, 2 p.m. & more
Divahn Concert
Beyond Boundaries: Music and Israel @ 60
A symposium of the Center for Jewish Studies
Baisley Powell Elebash Recital Hall
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Ave. (@ 34th St.), 1st Floor
2 pm Divahn performance
11:15 am Galeet Dardashti lectures on “The Piyut Craze: The Popularization of Religious Mizrahi Songs in the Israeli Public Sphere”
Other lectures and performances during the day
Free and open to the public