May 3, 2009
It is an honor to announce that AAS-A Central Valley Chapter has asked Mr. Obelit Yadgar to join us again as the master of ceremonies. The tremendous positive feedback that we received from our audience as well as those that have watched the Mesopotamian Night 2008...
May 2, 2009
After forty eight years (the year that Qateeni epic poem book was published in Tehran, Iran by William Daniel) finally one of the most important works of modern Assyrian literature will come alive on stage at the Gallo Center for the Arts in Modesto, California on...
May 2, 2009
In these series of articles we will introduce some of our Assyrian heroes who influenced us so much by their works of literature, arts, politics and activism. Our first hero is Addai Alkhas because he is so relevant to AAS-A Central Valley Mesopotamian Night project....
Apr 30, 2009
AAS-A Central Valley Chapter has chosen the Persian American opera singer Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai as the artistic director of the opera for the production of the Qateeni opera and the new scene from the Gilgamesh opera to be performed in the Mesopotamian Night 2009...
Apr 29, 2009
The Gilgamesh Assyrian opera is a work in progress that was initiated by the Assyrian Aid Society Central Valley Chapter two years ago and was commissioned to John Craton. This opera is the first to be composed in modern Syriac (Assyrian Aramaic). The work to date...
Apr 29, 2009
In addition to Assyryt and the opera Qateeni, the Mesopotamian Night 2009 will present an overture from “The Gilgamesh Oratorio” a work under progress by Pastor Samuel Khangaldy. The following is a description of this project in his own words. Inspired by...
