Arts & Culture

By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator NEW YORK — World famous jazz impresario George Avakian was honored at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In the course of research and writing, Dr. Sonia I. Ketchian of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University occasionally comes upon a[...]

PARAMUS, N.J. — As part of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Commemorations, the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) will present Dr. Herand M. Markarian’s book, The Martyred Armenian Writers 1915-1922:[...]

ARLINGTON, Mass. — “One of the greatest characteristics of the Armenian people is always to look up, not down.” This trademark guided Hagop Bogigian throughout his life. Born in the[...]

ARLINGTON, Mass. — Among countless books published on the Armenian Genocide, a number of fictionalized accounts of stories of resilience, perseverance and survival have appeared over the years. These works[...]

By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff LOS ANGELES — Dawn Anahid MacKeen grew up in Los Angeles, the granddaughter of survivors of the Armenian Genocide. She is also an investigative[...]

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN – With a hundred years now having passed after the start of the Armenian Genocide, the immediacy of the event has most obviously faded[...]

WATERTOWN — On Sunday, March 13, at 2 p.m., the Armenian Museum of America will host the opening of a new exhibition titled “The Lost Empire: The Show You Haven’t[...]

By Hagop Vartivarian I am happy that in those distant places with large Armenian populations, the foundation of the Armenian dramatic arts exists, one of the initiators of which is[...]

The Armenian Genocide in Literature, by Rubina Peroomian Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, 2015   Apples in Square Boxes Grin at Me   By Arpine Konyalian Grenier Here is Prof. Rubina Peroomian[...]

WATERTOWN — In June 1909, Istanbul author Zabel Yessayan journeyed to the scene of the massacres of Armenians in the providence of Adana in March and April as a member[...]