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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!

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A Century of Armenian Cinema at Victoria Theatre

Victoria Theatre 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us Sunday, October 20th from 5:30-7pm at the Victoria Theatre for a unique cultural experience celebrating the rich history of Armenian cinema. Immerse yourself in a collection of rare films spanning a century of Armenian storytelling, accompanied by the mesmerizing live electric cello performance. Featuring a screening of Sergei Parajanov’s playful short documentary, “Hakob […]

$25 – $35

A Century of Armenian Cinema at AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Center

AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Center 2495 E. Mountain Street, Pasadena, CA, United States

To celebrate the centenary of legendary Armenian director Sergei Parajanov and Armenian cinema, we present an evening of early Armenian films featuring Parajanov’s 1967 short Hakob Hovnatanyan, and Hamo Beknazarian’s 1927 silent comedy Shor & Shorshor. Artyom Manukyan’s genre-defying approach to electric cello performance combines classical and jazz genres, adding further energy to these early […]

$30

Ottoman Passports: Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908

Ilkay Yilmaz, Freie Universität Berlin Abstract: İlkay Yılmaz reconsiders the history of two political issues, the Armenian and Macedonian questions, approaching both through the lens of mobility restrictions during the late Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1908 in her book Ottoman Passports. Yılmaz investigates how Ottoman security perceptions and travel regulations were directly linked to […]

Free

A Century of Armenian Cinema: From Silent Movies to the Genius of Parajanov

BFI Southbank Belvedere, London, London, United Kingdom

To celebrate the centenary of legendary Armenian director Sergei Parajanov and Armenian cinema, we present an evening of early Armenian films featuring Parajanov’s 1967 short Hakob Hovnatanyan, and Hamo Beknazarian’s 1927 silent comedy Shor & Shorshor. Artyom Manukyan’s genre-defying approach to cello performance combines classical and jazz genres, adding further energy to these early films. […]

$2 – $18

Postdoctoral Fellow Lecture. ‘They Vowed Never to Return:’ Armenian Transatlantic Mobility and Abandoned Ottomans

Hazal Özdemir, 2024-25 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow in Armenian Studies Abstract: This lecture reconstructs late Ottoman policies of denaturalization and shows how a photographic archive devised to control the mobility of a population was a crucial part of a broad repertoire of state efforts aiming at shaping Armenian transatlantic mobility at the end of the Ottoman […]

Free

Making ‘MENA’: Histories of the ‘Middle East,’ Race, and the US Census

Thomas Simsarian Dolan, Lead Historian, Armenian General Benevolent Union Abstract: This year, the White House unexpectedly announced major revisions to its race and ethnicity standards – the first in 27 years – most notably including a Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) category. These standards are already being rolled out in federal policy, and have […]

Free

Komitas Statue Unveiling at the ACEC

Armenian Cultural & Educational Center (ACEC) Nichols Avenue 47, Watertown, MA, United States

Watertown, MA (10/26/2024) .- The Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC) will be unveiling the statue of renowned Armenian musician, teacher and choirmaster Komitas Vartabed on Saturday, November 9th, at 1pm. This year marks the 155th birth anniversary of Komitas, who was an Armenian priest, composer, choirmaster, singer, music ethnologist, music teacher and musicologist, known […]

Free. Donations accepted.
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