Paolo Zampolli, a modeling agency honcho turned real estate player, has spent years pushing for Trumpian upgrades to DC's marble temple of high culture.

Pacific Symphony in collaboration with Farhang Foundation presents Nowruz: The Concert—Return of the Masters, a musical ...

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OPERA America has revealed the eight recipients of the 2025 Discovery Grants from its Opera Grants for Women Composers ...

American artist Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North, highlighting the beauty of Persian culture this March. Learn more and ...

There’s an unwritten promise about the life of an immigrant or refugee that the problems we face in America will never be as bad as the ones we had back home. But what if those problems only worsen?

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San Jose Jazz New Works Fest kicks off Feb. 21 with bassist and composer Leela Paymai performing with her new project Zheniia ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said negotiating with the United States was “unwise, unintelligent, and not honorable,” just days after President Trump said he was willing to ...

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A graduate of the London School of Economics, Amir has received multiple awards for his reporting, including his coverage of the Arab Spring and the 2021 Iranian elections. You can get in touch ...

Iran allegedly has sought to assassinate Trump and various officials who served in his first administration as payback for the Trump-ordered assassination of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in 2020.