By Robert Baker WESTWOOD, Calif. (UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music) — Nine years ago, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Armenian Music Program was started with a single[...]
By Aris Janigian When it comes to crimes against humanity, we must admit, geo-politics and the great games between empires and their proxies determine who will be rescued, who will[...]
BERLIN — ”Trümmerfrauen” was the name given to those German women (“Frauen”) who, after World War II, rolled up their sleeves and helped remove rubble (“Trümmer”) from the streets of bombed[...]
BELMONT, Mass. — Prof. Richard Hovannisian on May 6 was the speaker at the first in-person evening lecture event since the beginning of the pandemic, at the National Association for[...]
YEREVAN / BUENOS AIRES — Magda Tagtachian is a writer and journalist. Born in Buenos Aires, she studied meteorology at University of Buenos Aires. She then worked at Clarin newspaper[...]
By Victoria Atamian Waterman Well-known doll collector and entrepreneur, Mildred Seeley founded World Doll Day on June 11, 1986, to spread a message that a common doll could be an[...]
WATERTOWN — The Sayat Nova Dance Company (SNDC) of Boston is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year. This is a major milestone for a volunteer dance group that began in[...]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Peter Balakian is one of the most masterful English-language poets Armenians have as a voice in the contemporary world. The Boston area had a rare opportunity on[...]
By Lilit Keheyan Translated from Armenian to English by Ishkhan Jinbashian Tamar Asadourian (1980-2020) was diversely talented as an accomplished pianist, author and fine artist. At the age of[...]
By Naneh Hovhannisyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator Ever since the 2020 Karabakh War, there has been a pervasive stench of doom, defeat and despondency threatening to envelope us Armenians. A[...]
By Kevork Keushkerian ALTADENA, Calif. — The Tekeyan Cultural Association Metro Los Angeles Chapter on May 1 hosted a very informative lecture titled “Arms for Armenia: The Matter of Airplanes[...]
