November 22, 2005 - DJ Aligator will be perfoming November 25, 2005 in his first ever U.S. show at the Music Box @ Fonda Theater in Los Angeles along with special guests, Andy and MC Vspishkin. Buy Tickets Here.

   October 26, 2005 - Club Rio in Encino, CA announces Halloween party to be held on Saturday, October 29, 2005. 21& over only. $1000 Cash giveaway for best costume! Check out the flier

   October 17, 2005 - NYLA Magazine presents DJ Aligator live in his first-ever U.S. performance at the Henry Fonda Theater/Music Box in Hollywood, California. Buy Tickets.

   October 1, 2005 - Check out this clip of young Iranian actor Jonathan Harouni, who beat out thousands of hopefuls to earn the lead role in a new Motorola commercial alongside Madonna, Mya, Lil' Richard, Common and many other recording artists. Read about how Harouni got the Farsi-speaking role in the November issue of NYLA Magazine.

   September 30, 2005 - NYLA Magazine Editor in Chief Mayar Zokaei was interviewed by Radio Farda, an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries. Radio Farda is operated from Washington and Prague, Czech Republic. You can listen to the interview here.

   September 25, 2005 -  NYLA Magazine signs exclusive deal with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Westwood, California to distribute NYLA through the UCLA Campus Store. Street Sounds, the premier record and CD store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, also secures distribution rights to carry NYLA amongs its inventory of music and entertainment publications.

   September 24, 2005 -  Members of the NYLA Magazine staff attended the 1st UCOP Southern California Professional Development Seminar for Journalists and Media at UCLA. Hosted by the University of California Office of the President, the all-day seminar included several workshops conducted by NBC News anchor Beverly White, renowned UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Chair Susan Rasky, Professor Frances Olsen of the UCLA School of Law, and Telemundo-52 television news anchor Maria Garcia.

   September 21, 2005 - Digital Journal Online (digitaljournalonline.com), an online magazine for conventional and digital arts, features an article on NYLA Magazine and our successful Launch Party. DJO and its affiliate, Cinema without Borders, agree to provide NYLA with articles pertaining to international cinema for future issues.

    September 18, 2005 - New music videos from Shadmehr Aghili ("Popcorn") and Kamran & Hooman ("20") are added to the popular videos section. Director Alec Cartio (atlantispictures.com) signs exclusive deal with NYLA Magazine to debut his latest music videos on NYLA Magazine Online. Currently, Cartio is directing two new music videos for Iranian music legend Ebi.
   
    September 14, 2005 - NYLA Magazine Editor in Chief Mayar Zokaei and Senior Editor Arash Markazi anchored an exclusive NYLA editorial staff interview live on the Channel One network's most popular primetime show, "Green Time." Channel One TV is a prominent global satellite network that is seen daily by millions of viewers from the U.S., Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Canada, South America and Canada. NYLA Contributing writers Shayaun Ashtiani, Giselle Cohen, Marcel Farrokhi, Mehrbod Rastegar and Ehsan Sarabi were also featured in the interview. Check out pics from the interview set in our photos, section a clip of the interview in our videos section.

   September 10, 2005 - The British Broadcasting Company's website, BBC Online, reports on the NYLA
Magazine Launch Party, replete with pictures from the event, taken by photographer Navid Soheilian. Here are the links: 1 2

   September 9, 2005 - More than 1,500 people attended the sold-out NYLA Magazine Launch Party at the Henry Fonda Theater/Music Box in Hollywood, California. The event included a special performance by Warner Music artist Arash featuring Rebecca, as well as appearances by celebrity guests Kanye West, Petey Pablo, National Product, Antonio Leon, Kamyar of the Black Cats and more. A portion of the event's proceeds were donated to the American Red Cross/Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund (redcross.org). For pictures from the Launch, check out the photo gallery.