ABMDR Reception Kicks off 10th Anniversary Events
LOS ANGELES—On the evening of Feb. 9, the Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) kicked off its 10th anniversary celebrations in the U.S. with a reception held at the landmark Phoenicia Restaurant in Glendale. The event was attended by scores of supporters, volunteers, representatives of community organizations, and guest [...]

LOS ANGELES—For the first time in the history of the LA Times Travel and Adventure Show, the Republics of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) will be represented—from Feb. 13-14 in the main Exhibition Hall, onstage with cultural performances and a photo travelogue.
The tourism offices of Armenia and Karabagh will share a large “Welcome to Armenia” booth [...]

GLENDALE, Calif.—Leaders and activists from the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Glendale on Feb. 2 attended a session of the Glendale City Council where they voiced concern over the city police department’s discrimination and harassment of five Armenian police officers. Below is the statement they read to the five-person city council:
On Jan. 20, 2010, four [...]

On Dec. 6, 2009, Dr. Pavel Avetisyan, the director of Armenia’s Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, and Dr. Gregory Areshian of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, presented illustrated lectures at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum in Mission Hills, Calif. The event was co-sponsored by the museum, the Friends of UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies, [...]

Akobian during one of his games in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (A.W.)—Armenian Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian recently won the North American Open, one of the Continental Chess Association’s largest annual tournaments. The tournament, held in Las Vegas from Dec. 26-29, 2009, attracted 613 participants in its different sections.
Nine grandmasters were among the 99 chess players in [...]

PASADENA, Calif.—A broad and diverse standing room only crowd of Armenian Americans recently attended a program highlighting an exhibit commissioned by the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) regarding the heroic service of the Armenian Legion in World War I. The program, entitled “Forgotten Heroes: The Armenian Legion and the Great War,” was held [...]

LOS ANGELES—The last time Horizon TV’s “M Club” hosted an awards show in December 2006, tickets sold out weeks in advance. Weeks prior to the award show, which featured a who’s who of Armenian and international music stars, tickets to the event were being auctioned at five times their face value on eBay, the internet [...]

LOS ANGELES—Legendary French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour will be among the more than 100 Armenian music stars honored on Sun., Dec. 13 during the “M Club Music Video Awards” and “Armenian Music Awards” show.
The poster of the Dec. 13 event.
For the first time in Armenian entertainment history, the 7,100-seat Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE will [...]

By Rita Hintlian
GLENDALE, Calif.—On Nov. 12, the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Western USA marked the organization’s 100th year by unveiling the ARS centennial logo at its headquarters in Glendale. Over 200 people were present, while ARS members and supporters from California, the East Coast, and 26 countries followed the event on a live web-stream.
The ARS [...]

On Nov. 6, representatives from five prominent Bay Area Armenian-American organizations met with the Armenian Prime Minister, Tigran Sargsyan, on the occasion of his visit to the Bay Area, November 5-8. The Prime Minister was attending the ArmTech Congress ‘09 in San Jose, a conference sponsored by the Armenian government, on Armenia’s high-tech industry.
The leadership [...]