In joint efforts to unify the Armenian community, The Mirror-Spectator Calendar is a place to find, post and share interesting events and gatherings, ANYWHERE around the world. Posting events is always FREE for everyone!
Want to learn how to pitch and write a book review? Join writer and editor Aram Mrjoian to explore the process and ethical considerations of publishing book reviews, as well as learn about helpful resources for the working reviewer. Mrjoian will lecture, lead a brief generative prompt, and answer questions. Date: Sunday, February 2, 2025 […]
Join us for the launch of our reading series, Literary Lights 2025, featuring Wasafiri Magazine’s special “Armenia(n)s – Elevation” issue editors and contributors. Editors Tatevik Ayvazyan and Naneh Hovhannisyan will be joined by contributors Dr. Jesse Arlen, Eddie Arnavoudian, Olivia Katrandjian, Lola Koundakjian, Nancy Kricorian, Christopher Millis, Margarit Ordukhanyan, Thomas Toghramadjian, Taline Voskeritchian, and guest reader […]
Join Tekeyan Cultural Association's Boston Chapter for an entertaining cultural program and tasty luncheon including a savory roast, wine, and desserts on Sunday, March 2 at the Baikar Building, 755 Mt. Auburn Street, in Watertown. Advance ticket purchase is necessary, so hurry and assure yourself of a great time now!
The International Armenian Literary Alliance is turning four! To celebrate our anniversary, join us for a virtual fundraiser on March 22, 2025, at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern | 9:00 PM Armenia time. The event will be a marathon of writing prompts and exercises for the IALA community and beyond, led by contributors […]
Jazz-meets-rock piano virtuoso Tigran Hamasyan and band bring the Armenian folktale Hazaran Blbul—about a mythical bird traveling the world to spread harmony—to life through The Bird of a Thousand Voices. Rich in emotion and depth, the project takes audiences on a sonic adventure filled with unexpected twists and turns, where delicate ballads are followed by explosive […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance's Los Angeles Chapter is hosting a special offsite event on March 29th after the AWP 2025 conference! Join us in Los Angeles at the Lark Musical Society at 6:30 PM, and get ready for an unforgettable evening of literature, community, and conversation! This exclusive IALA offsite event will feature readings […]
The third in the series of “Counterpoints," this talk deals with Professor Seta B. Dadoyan’s aesthetic philosophy and artworks in terms of encounters and convergences in her experiences. Her theories focus on the autonomy of art, its cognitive importance, social-historical embeddedness, the “culture industry,” “truth-content,” and “concretization” as criteria for aesthetic judgments. “Counterpoints: Philosophy, Historiography, […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance's next Literary Lights 2025 reading series event features Nancy Kricorian, award-winning author of The Burning Heart of the World, in conversation with fellow writer, Nanore Barsoumian. The hybrid event will take place on April 15, 2025, at 7:30 PM Eastern Time at the NAASR Vartan Gregorian Building – 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, Massachusetts, […]
During a time of global upheaval, war, genocide, and countless national crises and political injustices, writing can give us a means to express, document, defy, and/or attempt to make sense of the senseless – in other words, to put into words that which has been made silent. In this workshop, we will respond to a […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance's June edition of their Literary Lights 2025 reading series features Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, professor, curator and author of Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature, in conversation with award-winning writer Nancy Kricorian. The virtual event, cosponsored by GALAS LGBTQ+ Armenian Society, will take place on June 28, 2025, at 10:00 AM Pacific […]
