Armenian Assembly, Members of Congress Congratulate Artsakh on 24th...
WASHINGTON — On September 2, 1991, the legislature of the Nagorno Karabagh autonomous region and adjacent Shahumyan district declared the formation of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic (NKR), Artsakh. The...
View ArticleFamilies and Friends at Home at Heritage Park
BOSTON — On Sunday, September 20, the second annual Afternoon at the Park for Families & Friends is being held on from 2 to 4 p.m. Festivities include dancing and enjoying the All-Star Armenian...
View Article‘40 Martyrs’ Concert at Armenian Museum
WATERTOWN — On September 20 at 3 p.m. in the Adele and Haig Der Manuelian Galleries, the Armenian Museum of America will host “Forty Martyrs: Documenting a Musical Heritage,” a presentation by drummer...
View ArticleGoodbye, Antoura to Be Presented at Armenian Museum on October 1
WATERTOWN — The recent publication Goodbye, Antoura: A Memoir of the Armenian Genocide (Stanford Univ. Press, 2015), by the late Karnig Panian, will be the focus of a program on Thursday, October 1, at...
View ArticleKnights and Daughters of Vartan National Grand Convocation in Washington...
WASHINGTON — This summer, the Knights and Daughters of Vartan gathered here for the 2015 National Grand Convocation. The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, celebration of...
View ArticleRefugee Problem Is Price of Political Cynicism
By Edmond Y. Azadian Newspapers, television screens and the Internet are all flooded with stories and pictures about refugees pouring in and around the Mediterranean. The caravans moving over land and...
View ArticleBob Semonian: Networking to Help Armenians
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN – Robert A. Semonian, known to all as Bob, is a sociable and outgoing man. He has a knack for making friends, and for connecting friends who might be able...
View ArticleArmenia and Germany Renew a Thousand-Year-Old Friendship
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BOCHUM, Germany — For centuries Germany and Armenia have maintained friendly relations, but there are probably only a handful of individuals,...
View ArticleTigran Mansurian’s Requiem to Receive Boston Premiere in Centennial...
BOSTON — The Friends of Armenian Culture Society in collaboration with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) will present a special concert on Sunday, October 18 at 3 p.m. to commemorate the...
View ArticleLegal Settlement with Armenian Church Lets Getty Museum Keep Prized Medieval...
By Mike Boehm LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles Times) — The Getty Museum will keep eight brilliantly illustrated table of contents pages from a 750-year-old Armenian Bible after settling a long-running lawsuit...
View ArticlePresence of Absence: Photographing Loss and Violence
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Armen Marsoobian, chairman of the Philosophy Department at Southern Connecticut State University and author of Fragments of a Lost Homeland — Remembering Armenia, was the guest at a...
View ArticleAuthor Dana Walrath to Discuss Acclaimed Novel Like Water on Stone
BELMONT, Mass. — Author Dana Walrath will present a talk in connection with her acclaimed novel-in-verse Like Water on Stone on Thursday, October 8, at7:30 p.m., at the National Association for...
View ArticleSports Reporter Karen Guregian to Speak at Joint Trinity Men’s Union and St....
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. —The Trinity Men’s Union of Holy Trinity Armenian Church will have as guest speaker Karen Guregian, sports reporter and New England Patriots beat writer for the Boston Herald, at its...
View ArticleHumanitarian Photography Book Features Peter Balakian’s Chapter on Armenian...
NEW YORK — Humanitarian Photography: A History edited by Heide Fehrenbach and Davide Rodogno has been recently published by Cambridge University Press and features among its 12 chapters Peter...
View ArticlePapal Visit Was a Hit for All, but Armenians Missed Chance to Display Gratitude
By Edmond Y. Azadian Morality and politics are usually mutually exclusive; although they both deal with social issues, the latter has a stronger grip on those issues while morality soars in the...
View ArticleBalakian to Speak at Stone Hill College and Redwood Library in Newport
NEWPORT, R.I. — Peter Balakian will deliver the annual Kenneally Lecture at Stonehill College in Easton Massachusetts on Tuesday, October 20 at 7 pm in the Martin Institute Auditorium. Balakian will...
View ArticleThe Monk Keeping His Armenian Heritage Alive in Venice
By Teresa Levonian Cole SAN LAZZARO, Italy (Financial Times) — In the middle of the Venetian lagoon, near the Lido, lies a remarkable island that escapes the radar of checklist tourists. It is an oasis...
View ArticleEastern Diocese, Archbishop Barsamian, Welcome Pope to the US
NEW YORK — The eyes of much of the world were focused on America’s northeast corridor last week, as Pope Francis made his first pontifical visit to the United States. Among the millions of people...
View ArticleSmbatyan to Conduct Korean Chamber Orchestra in Boston Concert
BOSTON — Swiss Gart will present the Korean Chamber Orchestra on US tour celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2015 after great success during its European tour in February this year. The concert will be...
View ArticleRecipe Corner: Lentil, Pasta, and Apricot Salad with Brown Sugar Nuts
Lentil, Pasta, and Apricot Salad with Brown Sugar Nuts By Christine Vartanian Datian Ingredients 1 15-ounce can lentils, rinsed, or 1 cup cooked brown, green or red lentils, drained 2 cups penne or...
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