Persian podcast Festival


Our Persian Podcast Festival proudly features an inspiring lineup of voices. Soroush Sehhat hosts the event, joined by Ehsan Abdipour (Ehsanoo), Banafshe Taherian (Chai ba Banafsh), Amir Soodbakhsh (Rokh), Heli Hendesi (Helitalk), and Amir Khadem (The Story of the Constitutional Revolution). Together, they bring stories, conversations, and performances that celebrate creativity and the vibrant world of Persian podcasting.

Graphic poster for the Persian Podcast Festival 2025 featuring a stylized stained glass microphone with colorful geometric patterns and event details in English and Persian
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Annual VIVA Exhibitions


Since 2023, the Vancouver Iranian Visual Arts Alliance (VIVA) has hosted annual exhibitions at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, each engaging artists with themes that resonate deeply across cultures and histories. Unveiling Honour (2023) reflected on acts of courage, dignity, and defiance in the Iranian struggle for freedom. An Evolving Aesthetics of Interruption (2024) examined disruption and contradiction as defining forces of contemporary life and artistic response. Most recently, On Origin Stories (2025) invited artists to reimagine origins as layered, shifting narratives that shape identity, heritage, and collective belonging. Together, these exhibitions form a continuum of inquiry into resilience, transformation, and the stories that bind us.

Poster for the 3rd Annual Viva Exhibition titled "On Origin Stories" at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre in Vancouver, held from September 3-10, 2025. The poster features an artistic black and white drawing of a flower with thorns, intertwined with chains and a pocket watch. The background is beige and includes logos of British Columbia, Roundhouse, City of Vancouver, and others.

3rd Annual – On Origin Stories (2025)

Origins as evolving narratives shaping identity and collective memory.

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Poster for the 2nd Annual VIVA Exhibition featuring an abstract, geometric, spiral-shaped structure with a pink background and text details about the event.

2nd Annual – An Evolving Aesthetics of Interruption (2024)

Disruption and contradiction as fractures and catalysts for creativity.

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Event poster titled 'Unveiling Honour' featuring a stylized illustration of green and beige elongated geometric shapes resembling reeds or sticks, with white string-like lines and red and white line-drawn birds, advertising a cultural event at Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre from March 21-23, 2023, with open hours and social media handle included.

1st Annual – Unveiling Honour (2023)

Honour as courage, dignity, and resistance in the Iranian struggle for freedom.

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