CafeLitt 11: Salvador Dali

Thu 29 Mar 2007, 01:05, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject : Salvador DaliPresented by: Hanieh ZiaeiDate: Thursday 29 March 2007Dali's biography and some of his masterpieces and surrealism movement were presented and discussed.... more >>

CafeLitt 10: Gholamhossein Saedi

Thu 22 Mar 2007, 01:40, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject : Gholamhossein SaediPresented by: Mehdi KeshtkarDate: Thursday 22 March 2007After a short review on Saedi's biography (tragedy), we continued with a chat about one of his short stories named Tars-O-Larz and finally we switched to the subject of "Death in youth in persian contemporary literature" which is the title of a speech given by Houshang Golshiri in 1356 (1977), in which he looks at Iranian contemporary novelists and points his finger to a bitter fact that, almost all of these novelists have died in youth ( Youth of their profession or their real life!!!)...Here is a big question... more >>

CafeLitt 9: James Joyce

Thu 15 Mar 2007, 01:29, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject : James JoycePresented by: Sepehr RavatiDate: Thursday 15 March 2007Araby ClayOne by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.-- Dubliners, "The Dead"... more >>

CafeLitt 8: Rudaki

Thu 8 Mar 2007, 01:04, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject : RudakiPresented by: Dr. Ali ShiraziDate: Thursday 8 March 2007... more >>

CafeLitt 7: Arthur miller

Thu 1 Mar 2007, 20:53, by , at Cafe Linda:1909 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest,Montreal (Map)
Subject : Arthur millerPresented by: Banafsheh EshkevariDate: Thursday 1 March 2007Arthur Miller biography was review. One of his masterpieces whic was Pulitzer Prize winner, Death of salesman, was the subject of our session.... more >>

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About us

CaféLitt is not a place; it is a gathering of minds. We are a group of mostly Persian young students, scholars and professionals who gather every Thursday evening around 19h00 to discuss various subjects and share different ideas, ranging vastly from history to science, from literature to fine arts. We started these gatherings on Jan 17th, 2006 with 5 people and have reached an average weekly audience of about 40 people. Each week, one of us takes the responsibility of presenting a topic for about an hour in a subject s/he is intimately familiar with or has an expertise in. Afterwards, the evening turns into a discussion forum and all members of the audience will have an opportunity to ask their question(s) and share their points of view.

Some new and exciting ideas were born out of CaféLitt sessions. We have started a series of monthly meetings called CaféCinema during which a movie is presented and discussed in some detail afterward. This year's program of CaféCinema revolves around the history of Iranian cinema. Some Cinema students hold these sessions (mainly conducted in English) on the last Sunday of each month.

Likewise, CaféLitt BookClub is an activity where people who like books decide to read a book each month and discuss it during a cozy Café session on the second Sunday of every month.

CaféTheatre is a series of semi-rehearsed sessions in which we select a play, divide the roles among different people and read the play from the text in front of an audience. Similar to other CaféLitt sessions, each CaféTheatre session will end with a discussion of that day's play.  

CaféScience and CaféPhilo are our plans for near future. The purpose of CaféScience is to provide a forum for the public discussion and understanding of all scientific findings and ideas, with an emphasis on new, interesting and publicly relevant topics. During CaféPhilo sessions, we will talk about philosophy, its history and all its related aspects.

CaféLitt is pen to all comments, suggestion and new ideas. CaféLitt provides an unparalleled opportunity for learning about culture, science and philosophy in a relaxed and friendly environment, and for sharing your knowledge and expertise with like-minded members of your community.

CafeLitt is a nonpartisan, nonreligious and nonpolitical entity.


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