I had done it once.”The spirit of that reinvention as a first-generation immigrant among a growing Iranian American community prompted his family’s $17 million donation Tuesday to the Valley Performing Arts Center at Cal State Northridge. The Valley is changing so quickly right now.”For years, the Nazarians have supported performance institutions across Southern California, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Skirball Cultural Center. “Los Angeles is a very invigorating place to be in terms of art. Younes Nazarian likes telling the story – though Sharon urged him to keep it short – about the woman who called out “lampy,lampy” when he was a boy hawking light bulbs. “They ask me, ‘Grandpa when you left Iran you left your factory, showroom, house.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 18, 2017 20:26 UTC