By Tom Vartabedian BELMONT, Mass. — You can title this work a “Rhapsody on a Hovsepian Theme.” There is Haig Aram, a talented 16-year-old violin virtuoso who has obvious[...]
SANTA FE, N.M. — The Santa Fe Six Art Exchange Winter Show features the works of six local artists, including Richard H. Tashjian. Since relocating to Santa Fe several years[...]
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff HAMILTON, N.Y. — Poet, memoirist and academic Peter Balakian has been in constant motion over the last few years, and particularly in 2015. He[...]
By Keith Jones In his most recent collection, Ozone Journal (2015), the poet Peter Balakian braids the “mental thing” of which da Vinci spoke, with things, as he puts it, “on the horizon.”[...]
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff MEDFORD, Mass. – The final Tufts University performance of Joyce Van Dyke’s play “Daybreak” took place on November 8 at the Balch Arena Theater of[...]
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Peter Balakian will lecture on Elia Kazan and his 1963 Oscar-winning film, “America, America,” on Thursday, November 19. Balakian argues that Kazan’s depiction of the Armenian[...]
By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — It was a DHAP concert like no other. The annual Direct Help for Armenian People (DHAP) concert which has taken place at the Weill[...]
LOS ANGELES — The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) announces that its biennial $10,000 prize for playwriting is now named the Saroyan/Paul Playwriting Prize for Human Rights/Social Justice, and will[...]
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — If you live or work in Watertown, chances are you have seen Ruth Thomasian, walking briskly from one end of the[...]
SAINT LAURENT, Quebec, Canada — October 17 will be engraved as an historical day for Tekeyan’s Hay Pem troupe. The test was a challenging one, because it was a first for[...]
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. – Fr. Andon Atamian has been the pastor of Holy Cross Armenian Church of Belmont for ten months. He is also the[...]
