Comics Art in Armenia Opening New Horizons
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Comic strips are known as the ninth art worldwide, comprised of both literature and drawings. It is a genre that allows you to see, feel, and live through the stories at the same time. It is often viewed as being equivalent to graphic novels, and there are many feature films and animations that are [...]
Mardiros Family Keeps It All Together
PEABODY, Mass.—Each day, inside an imposing machine plant that serves the industrial world, Aurelian and Anahid Mardiros are living the American dream.
Aurelian and Anahid Mardiros stand before the genocide sculpture they manufactured with sons Gary, left, and Vartan, right.
In so doing, they are fulfilling the Armenian dream.
Together with their three engineering sons, the family owns [...]
Van Dyke: The Making of ‘Deported / a dream play’
The Armenian Weekly Magazine
April 2012
Joyce Van Dyke’s “Deported / a dream play” tells the story of two women deported together from Mezireh in 1915: the playwright’s grandmother, and her best friend, Varter, the mother of Dr. H. Martin Deranian. “Deported” just received its first professional production, playing to sold-out houses at the Modern Theatre in [...]
Philadelphia Holds 5th Annual Genocide Walk
Taner Akçam Featured as Keynote Speaker
By Kim Yacoubian
On Tues., April 24, the Philadelphia Armenian Inter-Communal Committee (PAICC) hosted its annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Cheltenham, Pa. With over 200 guests in attendance, the event began with a requiem service memorializing the souls of the 1.5 million Armenians lost 97 [...]
S. Florida Community Commemorates Genocide
BOCA RATON, Fla.—On April 24, to 300 members of the local community gathered at the Armenian Community Centre of Boca Raton in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The event was organized by St. Mary and St. David Armenian Apostolic Churches, the Armenian National Committee of Florida, the Armenian Assembly of America, and the [...]
Chicago ARS Holds Memorial Blood Drive
GLENVIEW, Ill.—On April 22, the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) held its 20th Annual Genocide Memorial Blood Drive at the All Saints Apostolic Armenian church in Glenview. The community came together with overwhelming support to make the blood drive successful, with 21 units of blood donated, which has the potential to impact 63 lives.
A scene from [...]
New Exhibition at ALMA Celebrates 500 Years of Printing
‘Bound for Glory: 500 Years of Armenian Printing’ Opens May 20
WATERTOWN, Mass.—This year marks the 500thanniversary of the first Armenian printed book (published in Venice in 1512), and museums and libraries around the world, including the Library of Congress, are celebrating with exhibits and symposia. Drawing on the Armenian Library and Museum of America’s (ALMA) [...]
Obituary: Aris G. Sevag (1946-2012)
Aris Sevag, editor of AGBU's Ararat Magazine, passed away on April 28.
Aris Sevag, loving husband, father, educator, writer, editor, and translator, passed away on April 28 in his home in Jackson Heights, N.Y., after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in 1946 in Philadelphia to Dr. and Mrs. Manasseh Sevag, his intellectual curiosity and commitment [...]
Papken Suni ‘Agoump’ Enjoys New Look
As memory recalls, some of my most productive and meaningful days as a teenager were spent at the Papken Suni Agoumpin Watertown, Mass., attending AYF gatherings with the Somerville “Nejdeh” Chapter.
Kevork and Mania Boyajian get ready to serve up a meal at the Papken Suni ‘Agoump’ in Watertown.
To get downstairs to the meeting room, you [...]
Hometown Hye-Lite: Hejinian Turns Artwork into Action
CHELMSFORD, Mass.—Anyone with a prominent Armenian name like Daniel Varoujan might be adding poetic justice to the Armenian Genocide.
Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
Not necessarily Daniel Varoujan Hejinian. This talented expressionistic is sending his message through art. All you have to do is lift your eyes while driving along Watertown to see samples of his work on billboards.
He’s [...]
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