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	Sojoodi teaching theoretic principles of semiotics	16 Aug 2011 14:37
	The educational workshop of "Theoretic Principles of Semiotics" headed by Farzan Sojoodi will be held in five sessions beginning on 14th September 2011 at the Book City Center.

	"Oliver Stone's USA" hits Iranian bookshelves	16 Aug 2011 14:17
	"Oliver Stone’s USA: Film, History, and Controversy" compiled by Robert Brent ‎Toplin has been rendered into Persian by Parviz Shafa and released by Hermes.

	Exquisite Quran copies to be unveiled at Golestan Palace	16 Aug 2011 12:22
	A ceremony will be held at the manuscripts section of Golestan Palace to unveil and register 30 exquisite copies of the holy Quran on Tuesday, August 16, 2011.

	Chekhov's Ivanov coming to stage in Tehran	16 Aug 2011 10:30
	Chekhov's Ivanov, translated into Persian, adapted and directed by Amir Reza Kouhestani is going to be staged at Iranshahr Theater in late September.

	"Screenplay dictionary" to be compiled	15 Aug 2011 16:40
	Cinema researcher and translator Mohammad Gozar-abadi will compile and release "Screenplay dictionary" which will hold the professional expressions and terms for screenwriters. Gozar-abadi says that such a dictionary hasn’t been compiled throughout the world yet.

	How to Draw Cartoons for Comic Strips	15 Aug 2011 10:26
	3rd edition of Hart Christopher's How to Draw Cartoons for Comic Strips‬ has been translated by Hadi Mehrabi in Iran.

	Prophets' Puppet show at Quran Fair	14 Aug 2011 16:58
	A puppet play on the lives of prophets is on stage at the 19th International Quran Fair and will be on for 15 nights.

	"Chronology of Iran's cinema: emergence till Qajar's overthrow"	14 Aug 2011 16:32
	"Chronology of Iran's cinema: emergence till Qajar's overthrow" a book by Abbas Baharlou has been released by MATN publication.

	Blue Elephant's How-to-Hunt Ideas Guide released	14 Aug 2011 14:42
	"Blue Elephant's How-to-Hunt Ideas Guide" includes instructions on how to find brilliant ideas in caricature. It is written by Mohammad-Hossein Niroumand and published by Mir Dashti.

	Photography, a semiotic system: Sojoodi	11 Aug 2011 11:02
	During the critical session on the Persian translation of Liz Wells's "Photography: a critical introduction" held on Tuesday evening at the Book City Cultural Institute, Farzan Sojoodi said photography is a semiotic system that plays various roles and hass different functions.

	Eco's History of Beauty hits bookshelves in Iran	9 Aug 2011 12:22
	Umberto Eco's "History of Beauty" containing western theories of beauty, abridged and rendered into Persian by Homa Bina, is recently released to the book market.

	Letters of Gorky and Chekhov narrated in “Poetics”	5 Aug 2011 12:41
	“Poetics”, a radio program which is broadcasted from Radio Farhag narrated letters of Gorky and Chekhov to each other.

	Marvel wins copyright battle with Spider-Man artist's heirs	2 Aug 2011 16:15
	Don't go believing that superhero battles are solely between the forces of good and evil. Behind the scenes there are fights for justice in the comic world involving far more sinister and powerful figures: US lawyers. KAPOW!

	Reading Shahnameh during Ramazan Nights	2 Aug 2011 15:56
	Concurrent with the Holy Month of Ramadan, Vahdat Hall of Tehran hosts masters of Naqali, Shahnameh reading, local music and traditional Iranian plays beginning on August 4.

	Quran Photo Expo in Mosalla	2 Aug 2011 14:38
	In line with the beginning of Ramadan, the Photographers House of Howzeh Honari is holding a "Quran Photo" exhibition in cooperation with the Center for Promotion and Expansion of Nationwide Quranic Activities at Mosalla of Tehran.

	'Absurd theater' not a genre: Delkhah	1 Aug 2011 12:58
	During the critical session held on Rouzbeh Hosseini's "The Three Invincible" on Sunday evening (July 31) at the conference hall of the City Theater, Masoud Delkhah asserted that absurd theater is not a genre and it should not be taken as a theater lacking any sense or meaning.

	Books being advertised in Iran's cinemas	31 Jul 2011 12:37
	Art Bureau (Hozeh Honari) started to advertise books before displaying movies in cinemas under its coverage all around the country to promote book and book reading culture.

	Illuminationism reflected in Miniature paintings	30 Jul 2011 18:42
	Writer of "The Mortal and Immortal: an introduction to the study of Persian Painting" believes that Iranian culture enjoys a three-layered structure from the seventh to the late eleventh centuries (hijri) where the historical thought dwells in deep and theoretical theosophy or illuminationist philosophy in the surface layers, while Iranian painting or romantic literature stays between the two.

	RICAC should be a "Cultural think tank"	26 Jul 2011 16:09
	Press conference of Yahya Talebian, director of Research Institute of Culture, Art and Communication (RICAC), was held this morning, July 26, in the research center. According to Talebian RICAC, as a Cultural think tank should be a scientific reference for different cultural fields.

	Works of 104 artists to be displayed	24 Jul 2011 15:57
	Works of 104 artists are admitted to the 19th International Holy Quran Exhibition to be held from July 28 to August 26, 2011 at Imam Khomeini Mosalla of Tehran.

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