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Rancho Cordova, CA, Recognizes Artsakh’s Independence
By Andranik Poladyan, Special to the Mirror-Spectator RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. – Prior to the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Rancho Cordova City Council, with the leadership of Mayor Garrett...
View ArticleArmine Chaparyan Appointed City Manager of South Pasadena
SOUTH PASADENA – With benefit of the insights of four community focus groups of 31 South Pasadena community leaders, each describing the ideal qualities they wish to see in the next city manager, the...
View ArticleBill Allowing Local Agencies to Divest from the Republic of Turkey Receives...
SACRAMENTO – California Senate Bill 457, a measure introduced by California Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Canada Flintridge) and Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk (R – Santa Clarita), passed...
View ArticleArmenian Museum of America Announces Concert Featuring VAN Jazz Quartet
WATERTOWN — The Armenian Museum of America recently announced the fifth in its online concert series featuring the VAN Quartet, an Armenian ethno-jazz fusion group. The concert will be shown online on...
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Robbery Gets Netflix Treatment
BOSTON — It is not often one gets to talk to the star of a Netflix series, but Stephen Kurkjian is not a typical star. The veteran reporter is responsible for keeping alive the story of the Isabella...
View ArticleMedical Group to Present Program on Healing Power of Music
BOSTON — The Armenian American Medical Association of Boston (AAMA) will host the “Healing Power of Music” virtual event, bridging music and medicine. This virtual event will take place on Thursday...
View ArticleAble to Save Eight Tons of Food in a Single Day
By Andy Newman NEW YORK (New York Times) — By the time Jon Stepanian pulled his beat-up Dodge van out of a Trader Joe’s parking lot on Long Island late one recent afternoon, it contained more than...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Turkey on USCIRF Special Watch List For Concerns Over...
WASHINGTON — Azerbaijan and Turkey have been placed on a Special Watch List for concerns over religious freedom and cultural desecration, particularly in relation to the Armenian people, according to...
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Learning Mission Retools Artsakh War Veterans for IT Work
YEREVAN/GLENDALE — The disastrous 2020 Artsakh War mobilized Armenians throughout the world during and after the fighting. Despite the generally negative aftermath, creative efforts to help Armenia...
View ArticleLong Island Student Wins New York State Art Award
GARDEN CITY, NY (Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs, Bayside) – Last October, Isabelle Sirounian, a sophomore at Garden City High School, submitted a sketched drawing of her great-grandmother to the...
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Janjigian Delves into Wine, Women, Beat Writers and JFK in San Francisco
WASHINGTON — Author Ken Janjigian puts a lot of himself into his work. In fact, in his latest novel, A Cerebral Offer (Livingston Press, University of West Alabama, 2020), he combines several of his...
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Michigan’s AGBU Manoogian Graduates Record-Breaking Senior Class
SOUTHFIELD, MI — Since its founding by benefactors Alex and Marie Manoogian in 1969, the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School has been one of the premier Armenian educational establishments in the...
View ArticleDr. Lorky Libaridian to Speak at CYSCA Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — This year’s Annual Meeting of the Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association (CYSCA) will take place virtually on ZOOM on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m. with guest speaker Dr. Lorky...
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NAASR to Honor Edward Avedisian and Remember Vartan Gregorian at its...
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) invites the public to join its first-ever virtual gala on Wednesday, June 16, at 7 p.m. Eastern/ 4 p.m. Pacific for...
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Review: Stop the Evil, or Apocalypse Now
LOS ANGELES — Prior to reading Micheline Aharonian Marcom’s The Brick House (Awst Press, 2017), a novel that explores the horrors of the modern city through the irrational world of dreams, I had...
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Sununu Family Continues to Support Azerbaijan through Mining in Karabakh Region
CONCORD, N.H. – As the Mirror-Spectator reported last November, the Anglo Asian Mining company, in which Republican politician John Henry Sununu, father of current New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu,...
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Tekeyan Cultural Association Helps Berdzor Refugees Earn Incomes and Live in...
WATERTOWN – The Tekeyan Cultural Association of the USA and Canada (TCA) supported the development of the strategic Kashatagh (Lachin) corridor and made significant investments in the region. The TCA...
View ArticleArax and Janigian School Fresno School Board on Fresno’s Anti-Armenian Past
FRESNO, Calif. – In the last two months, Fresno Unified School Board, with the backing of the City Council, pushed to name a new campus after a couple, Francine and Murray Farber, who had generously...
View ArticleJewelry Retailer Alex and Ani Files for Bankruptcy
EAST GREENWICH, R.I. – Rhode Island jewelry retailer Alex and Ani LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a court filing made on June 9. The company’s estimated assets ranged from...
View ArticleAurora Honors the life of Aurora Co-Founder Vartan Gregorian
NEW YORK — On June 5, the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative held an Aurora Dialogues Online event titled “Vartan Gregorian. The Aurora Co-Founder,” focused on Vartan Gregorian’s extraordinary life as...
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