St. James Men’s Club Dinner Meeting to Feature Steven Biondolillo
WATERTOWN — On Monday, April 1, there will be a St. James Armenian Church Men’s Club dinner meeting at the Charles Mosesian Cultural and Youth Center in Watertown. This meeting will be celebrated as a...
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Tekeyan Cultural Association of Greater New York Celebrates 50th Anniversary...
LODI, N.J. — The Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of Greater New York, under the auspices of the TCA Board of Directors of the United States and Canada, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of its...
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Obituary: B. Artin Haig, Genocide Survivor, FDR Photographer
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) — A 104-year-old Milwaukee photographer who survived the Armenian genocide, shot photos of President Franklin Roosevelt and saw Babe Ruth play at Yankee...
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Dr. Tom Catena Saves Lives in Nuba Mountains, Inspiring Aurora Humanitarian...
BOSTON — If you see him on the street in Boston, 54-year-old Thomas Catena may not seem different from any other guy. But Dr. Tom Catena is no ordinary person. He was chosen by Time magazine in 2015 as...
View ArticleHai Guin Scholarship Association Hosts Spring Benefit Luncheon
BELMONT, Mass. — The Hai Guin Scholarship Association will hold its 2019 Spring Benefit Luncheon on Saturday, April 27th at the Belmont Country Club, Belmont. This year a fashion presentation and...
View ArticleHelen Evans to Be Featured Speaker at Tufts Genocide Commemoration
MEDFORD, Mass. — Tufts University, the Darakjian-Jafarian Chair in Armenian History, the Department of History, the Armenian Club at Tufts University, and the National Association for Armenian Studies...
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Miss Nebraska Lex Najarian Vies for Miss USA 2019
LINCOLN, Neb. — Lex Najarian was crowned as Miss Nebraska USA in January 2019 and now is preparing to compete in the Miss USA pageant while promoting health-related causes dear to her heart. Lex...
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Lark Pays Tribute to Agbabian with Brahms Concert
PASADENA, Calif. — A monumental and moving concert by the Lark Musical Society, featuring Johannes Brahms magnum opus, took place on Saturday, March 2, at the Ambassador Auditorium, under the auspices...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: ‘You Are What Your Record Says You Are’
To the Editor, Months after “A Statement from the Diocesan Council Regarding the Diocesan Development Plan Proposal” (August 14, 2018, Mirror-Spectator) was issued, James Kalustian, chairman of the...
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Eminent Byzantinist Dr. Speros Vryonis, Jr., Supporter of Armenian Studies, Dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Eminent Byzantinist and historian Dr. Speros Vryonis, Jr. passed away on March 11 peacefully in his sleep at the age of 90. Vryonis wrote extensively on Byzantine, Balkan and Greek...
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New Director Nadjarian Sees Global Role for AIWA
WATERTOWN — The Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) hired its first fulltime executive director in November 2018. In that post, Rachel Onanian Nadjarian is attempting some major changes...
View ArticleNAASR Launches Undergraduate Essay Contest
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is sponsoring an essay contest for undergraduate students centering around the transformative power of education at...
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VEM Ensemble to Perform at Holy Trinity Armenian Church on March 31
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Boston-area classical music lovers are in for a treat. On Sunday, March 31, the classical VEM Ensemble will perform at 1 p.m., at the Holy Trinity Armenian Church at 145 Brattle...
View ArticleDeath Row Exoneree Anthony Ray Hinton to Speak at Holy Trinity Armenian...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The issues with today’s criminal justice system are human rights issues. On Thursday, April 25, an evening with death row exoneree, Anthony Ray Hinton, will give the community the...
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Ara Khatchadourian Tackles Mountains, Life and Obstacles
By Michael Melkonian Special to the Mirror-Spectator LOS ANGELES — Ara Khatchadourian, a renowned French-Armenian adventurer, extreme sport athlete and mountaineer who climbed the highest mountain in...
View ArticleArmenian-American Organizations Request US Aid for Armenia and Artsakh
By Haykaram Nahapetyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator WASHINGTON – On March 12, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs held hearings on US fiscal year...
View ArticleGeragos Tangled in Avenatti Extortion Case
By Kyle Swenson LOS ANGELES (Washington Post) — It was November 2003. Mark Geragos was earning a worldwide rep for defending the most reviled man in America inside a courtroom in Modesto, Calif., when...
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Ambassador Hachigian Serves as First Deputy Mayor of International Affairs in LA
LOS ANGELES – Nina Lusine Hachigian is not only one of a handful of US ambassadors of Armenian ancestry, but also a trailblazer in Los Angeles municipal history as the first deputy mayor of...
View ArticleMatthew Karanian to Present Armenian Highland: Western at Fresno State
FRESNO — Author Matthew Karanian will speak on The Armenian Highland: Western Armenia and the First Republic of Armenia of 1918 at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the University Business Center,...
View ArticleAlabama Becomes 49th State to Recognize Armenian Genocide
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama has become the 49th US state to officially recognize the Ottoman-era killings and deportations of Armenians as genocide. Kay Ivey, governor of the State of Alabama,...
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