TICKETS $15

Doors 6:30 p.m.; Event 7 p.m.

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THE EXPERIENCE

Join us for a night of Iranian dancing and culture! Iran is culturally diverse and rich and Sahar will be sharing dance moves from just a handful of traditions, along with curated Iranian music videos from various time periods to enjoy and dance to. Bijan Berahimi from Fisk will be providing a short intro and bring books and print materials.

ON STAGE: Sahar Y 

I was born in Tehran, Iran and primarily raised in Vienna, Austria. My practice and offerings are informed by my diasporic upbringing and rooted in values of collective care, solidarity, abolition, and true justice. I teach yoga, Pilates, strength training, and aerial yoga full-time, and love sharing movement practices with others. I do not believe movement or the right yoga class or Pilates session will solve all your problems or make the world a more just place, but I do believe that showing up for ourselves and our bodies, taking the time to take deep, intentional breaths and moving our bodies will create discipline and ease within ourselves, allowing us to show up as our whole selves to better take on the injustices of the world. From a young age, I loved dancing to Iranian (and other SWANA) music and am excited to share music and dance from my home and birth country.

ON SCREEN: Appropriate Behavior

2014. Directed by Desiree Akhavan. Runtime: 1hr 30min. Not Rated.

For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine (Rebecca Henderson), can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

CO-HOSTED: Bijan Berahimi 

Bijan Berahimi is an Iranian-American designer and founder of FISK, a studio and gallery in Portland, Oregon. FISK began in 2009 as a collaborative school project while Bijan was studying at California Institute of the Arts. FISK has become an ongoing project based around culture, community and commerce through the lens of art and design. In 2020, he launched JOON Magazine, which captures the arts scene in Portland and showcases the impact of design and print. Bijan approaches graphic design with a playful and open mindset. His practice champions a wide range of ethnicities, voices, and backgrounds and is in dialogue with local and global communities.

Bijan has done work for: Nike, Toro y Moi, Alicia Keys, Harvard, Boiler Room, Madhappy, Cult Classic, Clairo, Real Estate, Raveena, and CalArts. He was the first designer-in-residence at Facebook HQ in 2016. He has been adjunct faculty at the Pacific Northwest College of Art since 2015. Bijan graduated with a BFA in graphic design from CalArts in 2013.

CO-HOSTED: woo-woo

woo-woo is a space for well-being located in the central eastside of portland. we offer movement and mindfulness classes that allow folks to drop into their bodies in meaningful, sustainable ways, think: yoga, meditation, pilates, sound healing, breathwork, and more. we believe that all identities, bodies, and budgets deserve access to wellness; our weekly drop-in class schedule is, and always will be, pay-what-you’re-able.