NEW YORK — At first glance, the Armenian Genocide would be an unlikely context for a compelling love story. Yet, one author has proved it cannot only be done, but[...]
The Armenian Genocide in Literature: Perceptions of Those Who Lived Through the Calamity, by Rubina Peroomian, Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, 2012. By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Reading Rubina Peroomian’s new book is not[...]
LOS ANGELES — The Armenian Dramatic Arts Alliance (ADAA) announced the three finalists as well as an upcoming event for its third biennial $10,000 William Saroyan Prize for Playwriting Award.[...]
By Katrina Stanislaw MEDFORD, Mass. — The following is an interview with Ina Baghdiantz McCabe, Tufts Professor of History and Darakjian and Jafarian Chair in Armenian History, regarding her studies[...]
GLENDALE, Calif. — Glendale’s Central Library buzzed with excitement on the evening of July 25, as the crowd poured into its second floor auditorium to hear Dr. Arda Arsenian Ekmekji,[...]
It took seven years living in Los Angeles to realize it was not the city that Adam, whose dearest friend “believed him to be mad,” had admired as a young[...]
By Hazel Antaramian-Hofman I was born in 1960, in Yerevan, Armenia, yet spoke little Armenian and what I did speak was Western Armenian. As a young child, I always wondered[...]
WATERTOWN, Mass. — Bestselling author Chris Bohjalian will discuss his eagerly-awaited 15th book, The Sandcastle Girls, an epic novel set against the backdrop of the Armenian Genocide, on the evening[...]
By Daphne Abeel Special to Mirror-Spectator Last year, photographer Yousuf Karsh’s repu- tation in the Boston area received a special boost when his widow, Estrelita, made a gift of 27[...]
WOODSIDE, N.Y. — On Thursday, April 12, at the Armenian Center here, four female writers of the diaspora presented their works at Literary Gems and Wine — a program sponsored[...]
By Tom Vartabedian BOSTON — Armenian clarinet prodigy Narek Arutyunian refused to become intimidated by one of the world’s leading[...]