Mental Health Group in Armenia Hopes to Help People Affected by Karabakh...
YEREVAN — Accomplishing mental balance and inner peace is much more challenging when navigating historical trauma, which passes through generations, over and over in a vicious circle. In order to care...
View ArticleAGBU Pays Tribute to Panos Titizian’s Lifetime of Leadership in Armenian Affairs
GLENDALE, Calif. — Community members and friends of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Western Region set aside an entire evening to honor Panos Titizian, a long-time champion of Armenian...
View ArticlePegasus: The Orchestra to Pay Tribute to Khachaturian on 120th Anniversary of...
NEW YORK — On Saturday, April 13, Pegasus: The Orchestra, led by founder, principal conductor, and artistic director, Karén Hakobyan, conducts the 2023-2024 Season’s Finale in a commemoration of Aram...
View Article‘Past, Present and Future – Armenian Literature’ – A Literary Event of...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Saints Sahag and Mesrob Church will hold a cultural literary event “Past, Present and Future – Armenian Literature” with three innovate female writers – Victoria Atamian Waterman,...
View ArticleNAASR to Host First Public Screening of Nubar Alexanian’s ‘Finding Armenia’
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host the first-ever public screening of “Finding Armenia,” a documentary by Nubar Alexanian, on Wednesday, April...
View Article‘Armenian Memory, Writing Across Borders: A Reading and Talk’ with Peter...
FRESNO — Pulitzer prize-winning poet Peter Balakian will speak on “Armenian Memory, Writing Across Borders: A Reading and Talk” on Monday, April 22, at 7 p.m., in the University Business Center (UBC),...
View ArticleARS Chapter Hosts Photographer Winslow Martin’s ‘Forced Out’ to Raise Funds...
LEXINGTON, Mass. — The historic Depot in Lexington Center was filled to capacity on February 9 as the Lowell Lousintak Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Chapter hosted “Forced Out: Refugees from Artsakh...
View ArticleIALA Announces 2024 Mentorship Program and Annual Grants for Creative Writing...
LOS ANGELES — The International Armenian Literary Alliance’s fourth annual mentorship program will run from July 1 through August 31, 2024, with mentorships for writers of the novel, memoir, creative...
View ArticleU.S. ‘Happy’ to Play Whatever Role It Can to Facilitate Armenia-Azerbaijan...
WASHINGTON (Panorama.am) — The United States is “happy” to play whatever role it can to facilitate the dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on April...
View ArticleUCLA Armenian Music Program to Host Concert Commemorating Genocide
LOS ANGELES — In remembrance of the 1.5 million lives lost during the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the UCLA Armenian Music Program will present its annual musical performance at the Hammer Museum on...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan to Host Second Annual Genocide Commemoration Community...
By Vicken Mouradian ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On April 24, from 3 to 5 p.m., campus students, faculty and community friends across Michigan are invited to participate in the University of Michigan’s 2nd...
View ArticleSt. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School Announces Summer Camp for 2024
WATERTOWN — St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) announced this week its Summer Camp program, which is scheduled to take place from July 1 to 26. The camp is designed to provide students...
View ArticleSuspect Shant Soghomonian Arrested in Arson Attack on Bernie Sanders’ Vermont...
By Edward Helmore BURLINGTON, Vt. (Guardian) — Authorities say they have arrested an alleged arsonist accused of setting the US senator Bernie Sanders’ Burlington, Vermont, office on fire while staff...
View ArticleNoted Australian Scholar to Be Keynote Speaker at Conn. Commemoration on...
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Genocide Commemoration Committee will observe the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Saturday April 27, at 10 a.m. at the Connecticut House Chamber at the...
View ArticleNew York Armenian Community Joins Forces in Support of Armenia’s Generation...
NEW YORK — The Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST) held its 2024 Advance Armenia New York Reception on April 4 at the Harvard Club in Manhattan. Under the slogan of “Nurturing Future...
View ArticleLA Board of Supervisors Declares April Armenian History Month, Votes to...
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger introduced two motions at the April 9 Board of Supervisors’ meeting. The first one was to commemorate Armenian Genocide...
View ArticleSenator Portantino and Senate Select Committee Members Urge Biden...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) led efforts during the second week of April to submit a letter to the White House urging President Biden to address the exclusion of...
View ArticleFresh Lavash and Armenian Delights at Gyumri in Watertown
WATERTOWN — On the corner of Waverly Avenue and Orchard Street, Hasmik Avetisyan and Hovhannes Melikyan are bringing the sights, sounds and smells of Gyumri to Watertown. The couple recently opened...
View ArticleCalifornia Armenian Legislative Caucus Announces New Members Assemblymembers...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation is pleased to announce new members Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz) and Assemblymember Tri Ta (R-Westminster). The...
View ArticleArsonist Strikes Armenian Cemetery ahead of Genocide Commemoration
By Bruce Clayton FRESNO (San Joaquin Valley Sun) — An arsonist struck Fresno’s Ararat Armenian cemetery, at 3 a.m. on Saturday, April 13, singeing nearly a dozen historic cypress trees that flank its...
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