GLENDALE, Calif.—An international academic conference titled, “Independence and Beyond: In Search of a New Armenian Diaspora after 1991,” will take place at the University of Southern California (USC) on Sat., April 27. The poster of the conference The one-day conference is organized by the Armenian Revolutionary …
Book Review by Dr. Minas Kojayan Stepan Partamian The Armenian in America Los Angeles: Armenian Arts Fund, 2012 When we speak or write about Stepan Partamian, one of our community’s most intriguing figures, we must not balk from using adjectives such as “unique,” “uncommon,” “singular,” …
Dr. Kay Mouradian’s novel, My Mother’s Voice, tells the biographical story of the writer’s mother, Flora Munushian, and her journey of surviving the genocide as a young teenage girl. Dr. Kay Mouradian’s novel, My Mother’s Voice, tells the biographical story of the writer’s mother, Flora …
Assembly Member Katcho Achadjian with ANCA-WR activists SACRAMENTO—Activists from across California will join the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR) and the California State Legislature in commemorating the 98th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Monday, April 15. …
In late spring 1992, Los Angeles seized and erupted. This time it wasn’t an earthquake or wildfire or landslide from flood—“natural disasters” that came with the Southern California turf, so to speak—but a “social disaster” that nobody could have foreseen. Writers wisely advise other writers, …
LOS ANGELES—Professor Richard Hovannisian has been named the 2013 recipient of the Narekatsi Medal of Achievement. The award will be formally presented to him by the Friends of the UCLA Armenian Language and Culture Studies on Sat., March 16, during the Friends’ 11th annual banquet, …
Armin Hariri, or “R-Mean,” has been improvising rhymes since his days as a young schoolboy in Amsterdam. Today, he is “spitting” lyrics with top names in the rap industry, such as Grammy-nominated artists Joe Budden and the Game. With an album coming out later this …
On Fri., Jan. 11, when blockbuster hits such as “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Gangster Squad” hit theatres, Kim Kardashian was contemplating a more fruitful venture: learning the art of chess. The reality TV star tweeted that she wanted Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian to teach her …
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On Sunday, Jan. 13, the Organization of Istanbul Armenians (OIA) will commemorate the 6th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s martyrdom with a lecture on the “hidden Armenians” of Turkey by Armenian Weekly editor Khatchig Mouradian. Dink The lecture, titled “Historic Armenia Today: Between the …
David Kherdian Receives Armenian Star Award LOS ANGELES, Calif.—New York playwright Kelly Stuart won the Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA)’s 3rd Biennial William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting for her play, “Belonging to the Sky.” The $10,000 grand prize was announced and presented at ADAA’s memorable …
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