Gyumri Information Technology Center Director Yeghoyan Visits East Coast
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN, Mass. — The city of Gumri, Armenia’s second largest center of population, suffered greatly during the 1988 earthquake, and even today has not fully...
View Article2014 Tekeyan Cultural Association Awards Deadline
YEREVAN — The approximately 23 years of cultural preservation activity of Armenia’s Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) has won a special place in Armenia’s cultural life. The association’s annual...
View ArticleArmenians Honor USC President for Championing USC Armenian Institute
LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies Leadership Council marked its 10th year with a gala celebration in the presence of 600 guests and supporters, at the...
View ArticleChairman of Board of Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Announces Resignation
PASADENA, Calif. (Pasadena Independent) — William M. Paparian, former mayor of Pasadena, has announced his resignation as chairman of the board of directors of the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial...
View ArticleBiden’s Misguided Apology
By Edmond Y. Azadian Vice President Joe Biden seems to be in a lot of hot water because of statements he made at Harvard University last week — statements that had global reverberations and ones that...
View ArticleSemerdjian Lectures on ‘The Armenian Presence in Aleppo: Glorious Past,...
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — The terrible torment of the Syrian Armenians is frequently in the news, at least in the Armenian media, recently, but few know much about the...
View ArticleJulia Zerounian to Bring World Cabaret Magic to Regattabar October 21
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Julia Zerounian and the Zerounian Ensemble will perform familiar and exotic songs from around the world on October 21 at the Regattabar. According to the Boston Globe, “The soulful...
View ArticleYerazArt Artists Soar on Belmont Hill
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — The quiet of Belmont Hill was shattered on Saturday, October 4, not by a wild party, but by two musically gifted performers from Armenia and...
View ArticleArmenian Opposition Launches New Wave Of Protests
YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — For the third time in three years, the Armenian opposition has announced the start of a nationwide campaign to bring about regime change, or at least wrest significant political...
View ArticleArmenia Reoriented or Disoriented?
By Edmond Y. Azadian October 10, 2014 will become an important date for Armenia, since on that day, two significant events took place, not necessarily coincidentally. The first event was the signing...
View ArticleLaurel Dickranian Karabian
Dickranian School Benefactor LOS ANGELES — Laurel Dickranian Karabian, passed away on October 19. She was 60. She was born in Beverly Hills, to Archie and Eleanor Dickranian. She attended Beverly Hills...
View ArticleLondon Tekeyan Celebration of 145th Anniversary of the Great Komitas
By Hasmik Harutunyan Seymour and Seda Khachaturyan LONDON — St. Yegishe Armenian Church in London vibrated with a memorable classical concert on October 18, 2014. The Tekeyan Trust of London (TTL), a...
View ArticleBedross Der Matossian to Present Shattered Dreams of Revolution in Talk at NAASR
BELMONT, Mass. — Dr. Bedross Der Matossian will present a talk titled “Shattered Dreams of Revolution: From Liberty to Violence in the Late Ottoman Empire,” on Friday, November 7, at 8 p.m., at the...
View ArticleParis Talks Over: Parties to Karabagh Conflict Agree to Continue ‘High-Level...
PARIS (ArmeniaNow) — The talks on the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict settlement here concluded late on Monday with a tripartite meeting of French President Francois Hollande and his Armenian and Azerbaijani...
View ArticleTekeyan Poetry Celebrated in Toronto
TORONTO — The Tekeyan Cultural Association of Toronto held a book signing evening at its center on Friday, October 17, with a capacity crowd attending. Two books of Vahan Tekeyan poetry were...
View ArticleSt. Garabed Armenian Church Consecrated in Jordan
JORDAN — The Armenian Church of St. Garabed was consecrated at the banks of the Jordan River in Jordan on October 31 by Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. President...
View ArticleRemembering Thomas Menino
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — For Boston residents and for those attending official events in the city, seeing Mayor Thomas Menino was routine. The mayor, who became Boston’s...
View ArticleTeachers, Businessmen, Robots and Youth United to Rebuild Armenian IT
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN — Karen Vardanyan has an ambitious vision for Armenia’s future. If his program continues to garner success, the country will become a...
View ArticleArmenian President Has ‘Spiritual Moment’ at River Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan — Armenian President Serge Sargisian wrapped up his tour of Jordan on October 30 with a visit to a spot on the river by the same name where it is said that Jesus Christ was baptized....
View ArticleRakel Dink Will Be Special Guest at AIWA Reception on Nov. 14
ARLINGTON, Mass. — Rakel Dink, widow of the Hrant Dink, the Armenian journalist shot on the streets of Istanbul in January 2007, will be the special guest at a reception hosted by the Armenian...
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