The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

2022 Arlington Int'l Film Festival
2024-03-17 - 2024-03-19, 2024-03-16 - 2024-03-18, 2024-03-15 - 2024-03-17, 2024-03-14 - 2024-03-16, 2024-03-13 - 2024-03-15, 2024-03-12 - 2024-03-14, 2024-03-11 - 2024-03-13, 2024-03-10 - 2024-03-12 and 14 more dates | MA
Saturday, Nov 5 @8:30 PM
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS PROGRAM 2

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
HOW TO BE NOT PERFECT (8min)
David Sarkissian | 2022 | Exp | Armenia | EAST COAST PREMIERE
Most of the time the process of creating art remains hidden from the public. This short chronicles the process of Armenian artist, Arshak Sarkissian as he creates a painting from a bare canvas to the final signature. The entire film is shot using only natural light without any effects or artificial enhancements showing the pure nature of the art creation.

Lowell Lousintak ARS Lenten Dinner
2024-03-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Armenian Relief Society Lowell Lousintak Chapter Annual Lenten Dinner
Saturday, March 16, 2024
6:00 pm
First Church of Christ
25 Great Road
Bedford, MA 01730
Featuring Falafel, Lentil Kuftah, Eech, Eggplant,
Stuffed Grape leaves and other traditional Armenian
Lenten Dishes
Adults: $ 20.00 Students: $10.00

Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 13th
Please contact Sossy Jeknavorian @ (978) 853-8130 or sossyj@comcast.net or Zarouhie Suggs @ (781) 266-7643 or brsuggs@comcast.net.

Parking is available in rear of the church by the Town Hall

Grey Wolves and Pink Elephants: The Science of Denial and False Beliefs
2024-03-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-03-05 19:00 - 20:30, 2024-02-27 19:00 - 20:30
Join Dr. Khatchig Mouradian for an online seminar in July on the science of denial. The four-week multimedia seminar, titled “Grey Wolves and Pink Elephants: The Science of Denial and False Beliefs,” will be held every Tuesday from 7pm to 8:30pm in July.
Relying on scientific research in various fields of study, each session will survey research on aspects of false beliefs and their propagation, and then delves into case studies, primarily from the United States, Turkey and Armenia.
The course is open to adults and high school students alike.
To register, go to: https://bit.ly/Pink-Elephants
Class time is 90 minutes. Tuition is $75 donation per household to St. Leon Armenian Church. For questions, call Ara N. Araz at 917-837-1297 or email ara@edrcorp.net.
Khatchig Mouradian is a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. He also serves as Co-Principal Investigator of the project on Armenian Genocide Denial at the Global Institute for Advanced Studies, New York University.

Protest/Vigil at JFK Federal bldg in Boston to demand US action on Artsakh
2024-03-12 14:00 - 18:00, 2024-03-05 14:00 - 18:00, 2024-02-27 14:00 - 18:00
A coalition of Boston-area youth, activist, and advocacy groups has organized a series of protests/vigils in front of the JFK Federal Building in Boston to demand forceful action by the U.S. Government to stop the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh Armenians and to sanction the perpetrator Azeri regime.
The JFK Federal Building is the most prominent U.S. Federal landmark in New England. It houses the offices of Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren and is the regional headquarters of a number of US Federal Agencies.
This series of silent protests will be held every Thursday in October, during office hours, from 2 to 6 pm, to grab the attention of US senatorial and federal agency staff who work in this building.
Attendees are encouraged to arrive when they can and to depart when they must, within the four-hour time window.

The first Protest is on Thursday, Oct 5, 2-6 pm. This FB Event Page has details on all upcoming protest dates
The organizers have compiled a list of statements, trusted news articles, videos, and other resources about Artsakh into the following website: https://artsakhsos.carrd.co . We will disseminate this resource via QR code to passers-by.
This series of protests is organized and co-sponsored by the following Boston-area organizations: Zoravik Activist Collective, Armenian General Benevolent Union Young Professionals – Boston, Armenian Assembly of America – Massachusetts, Armenian National Committee of Massachusetts, Armenian Youth Federation – Boston Njdeh Chapter.
Organizations and ASAs that would like to join or co-sponsor this effort, should email zoravik@gmail.com.

Literary Lights 2024: Featuring Ariel Djanikian
2024-03-09 13:00 - 14:00
Join the International Armenian Literary Alliance’s second 2024 reading series, Literary Lights, event featuring Ariel Djanikian, author of the Barnes & Noble October 2023 book selection, The Prospectors. Djanikian will be joined by Aline Ohanesian, author of the critically acclaimed novel, Orhan’s Inheritance. The event will take place virtually on March 9, 2024 at 10:00 AM Pacific | 1:00 PM Eastern | 10:00 PM Armenia time.
Bringing the Klondike and turn-of-the-century California to vivid life, Ariel Djanikian weaves an ambitious narrative of claiming the American Dream and its rippling effects across generations. Sweeping and awe-inspiring, The Prospectors is an unforgettable story of family loyalties that interrogates the often-overlooked hostilities and inequities born during the Gold Rush era.
Ariel Djanikian was born in Philadelphia and attended the University of Pennsylvania. She holds an MFA from the University of Michigan and is the previous recipient of a Fulbright grant, Meijer Fellowship, Cowden Award, and Hopwood Award. She is the author of the novel The Office of Mercy, and her writing has appeared in Tin House, Alaska Quarterly Review, Glimmer Train, The Millions, and The Rumpus. She currently lives near DC with her husband and children and teaches fiction writing at Georgetown University.
This event is organized in partnership with NAASR and the Zohrab Center. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/LL24-Djanikian
