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Armenians Found Community in This Plymouth Neighborhood on the Beach
By David Kindy PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Old Colony Memorial Newspaper) — This is a story about summer, baseball and a joyful clash of cultures on the beach. It’s about food, dances, music, sleepovers and a...
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Boston Armenian community gears up for ABMDR walkathon in Watertown
WATERTOWN — The Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) New England announced this week that it will hold the eighth annual Walk of Life fundraiser on September 28. Participants will gather at the...
View ArticleHistorian Hilmar Kaiser to Present Lecture Sponsored by AMAA on Humanitarian...
By Florence Avakian PARAMUS, N.J. — German historian Dr. Hilmar Kaiser will present a lecture on his extensive research into humanitarian resistance to the Armenian Genocide. The event, sponsored by...
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Tekeyan Cultural Association of the US and Canada Meeting Announces November...
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — The Central Board of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of the United States and Canada held one of its regular meetings at the center of the TCA Greater New York chapter...
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Society for Armenian Studies Establishes Nina G. Garsoïan Graduate Research...
FRESNO — The Society for Armenian Studies is pleased to announce the establishment of “The Nina G. Garsoïan Graduate Research Grant for Ancient and Early Mediaeval Armenian History.” The grant of...
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Park Gala Benefit Celebrates Immigrants’ Contributions to the US
BOSTON —Celebrating Contributions of Our Nation’s Immigrants, a gala benefit on Wednesday, September 18, at the InterContinental Hotel Boston, will benefit the Endowed Fund for Care of Armenian...
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Four Worcester Churches Hold Fundraiser for Syrian, Armenian Relief
WORCESTER — On Saturday, September 29, the Armenian churches of Worcester County will hold their eighth annual Benefit Dance. Guests can enjoy Armenian, Arabic and Greek dance music from 7.30 p.m. to 1...
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Exhibit on French Fashion, Women and World War I at Bard Graduate Center...
NEW YORK — “French Fashion, Women, and the First World War,” on view at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 18 West 86th Street, New York City, from September 5 through January 5, 2020, is an unprecedented...
View ArticleGrooving with the Vosbikian Band in Merrimack Valley
ANDOVER, Mass. — The Vosbikian Band is coming to the Merrimack Valley on Saturday, October 19 at 7 p.m. They will be playing at the DoubleTree in Andover. Every year the Armenian Friends of America...
View ArticleHye Pointe Holds Picnic
HAVERHILL, Mass. – On Sunday August 25, the Armenian Apostolic Church at Hye Pointe held its annual picnic on its own grounds. The picnic started with church services performed by pastor Fr. Vart...
View ArticleGeoffrey Zakarian Releasing New Cookbook with a Hamptons Spin
By Leah Bitsky NEW YORK (New York Post) — Now you can bring the Hamptons to your home cooking. Celebrity chef Geoffrey Zakarian is releasing a new cookbook titled Hamptons Entertaining, which contains...
View ArticleWhat It’s Really Like to Go Plastic-Free
By Jen Babakhan NEW YORK (Readers Digest) — Our plastic obsession is harming the planet. But by making a few tiny tweaks, you can help combat this environmental crisis in a big way. Every product is...
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Diocesan Camps Conclude Summer Season
NEW YORK — This year, the Eastern Diocese’s summer camps reached out to nearly 500 youth and young adults from throughout our local parishes. The 2019 camp season concluded this month with Hye Camp at...
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Rex Kalamian Turns Laser Focus on NBA’s LA Clippers
By Michael Melkonian Special to the Mirror-Spectator LOS ANGELES — The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the most popular sporting leagues in the world; in the United States, the NBA is...
View ArticleNoted Singer Adiss Harmandian Dies
LOS ANGELES (Combined Sources) — Renowned Armenian singer Adiss Harmandian passed away on Sunday, September 1, at the UCLA Santa Monica hospital. He had been battling cancer for 15 years. He was 74...
View ArticleA Brief History of My White Privilege
By Aris Janigian Go back a couple of generations and nobody called us “white,” so we had no way of really knowing about our privilege. We were Armenian and Christian, third-class citizens — that we...
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Asdghig ‘Starrie’ Alemian, One of Last Armenian Genocide Survivors in...
WEYMOUTH, Mass. — Asdghig “Starrie” Alemian, one of the last Armenian Genocide survivors in Massachusetts and a strong presence at every Genocide commemoration at the State House, died on September 5,...
View ArticleAuthor Raffi Bedrosyan to Discuss Armenians in Turkey at Watertown Talk
WATERTOWN — Author Raffi Bedrosyan will discuss his recent publication Trauma and Resilience: Armenians in Turkey—Hidden, Not Hidden and No Longer Hidden, at the AGBU New England Center, 247 Mt. Auburn...
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Growing Interest in Armenian Art at Tufts
MEDFORD, Mass. — Enrollment has been increasing annually in the introductory course on Armenian art taught by Dr. Christina Maranci, holder of the Arthur H. Dadian and Ara T. Oztemel chair of Armenian...
View ArticleArmenian Americans in Politics Join Panel at Armenian Assembly’s National...
WASHINGTON — The Armenian Assembly of America announced that Armenian Americans active in politics are joining a panel on “The Importance of Advocacy” during the Assembly’s National Advocacy Conference...
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