Michigan

BALTIMORE — Following a rigorous national search, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra (BCO) announced on November 14 the appointment of Ben Newman as the organization’s next Executive Director. “I am thrilled to be joining the BCO in the[...]

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Emma Tabibyan Sogoian celebrated her 100th birthday on November 20 in her home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan together with relatives and friends. Sogoian and her late husband Kalousd Karl Sogoian, well known[...]

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — In a nondescript strip mall, hidden from view alongside a huge parking lot that serves three other strips of stores in the inner-ring Detroit suburb of Southfield, an equally nondescript storefront awaits the customer[...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On Election Day, November 8, among the many nationwide and local elections, is a race for  the University of Michigan Board of Regents. Sevag Vartanian is running as a Republican on a platform of fiscal[...]

By Nyree Giragosian and Karen Kalajian SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — The early morning sunshine gleamed against the iconic golden dome as St. John Armenian Church opened its newly renovated doors to welcome our families and church school children[...]

ANN ARBOR, MI — Since the autumn of 2020, the effects of the 44-Day War and its aftermath have reverberated throughout the Armenian world. While locals in Armenia were concerned with the direct threat of Azerbaijani aggression, Diasporan[...]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — It is hard to come up with a comparable living Armenian-American couple, as prolific and influential in the community, and as nationally respected in their fields, as Drs. Dennis and Mary Papazian. The recent[...]

DETROIT — The weekend of August 11-14 marked the second meeting of the group of folk dance experts led by Tom Bozigian of California to document authentic Armenian folk dances that were brought to the US from Western Armenia and[...]

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — Monday, August 8, 2022 was a special day for the Armenian community of Metro Detroit. Pine Lake Country Club in West Bloomfield was host to the annual Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Special Projects[...]

ANN ARBOR, MICH. — One of the most prominent positions in the field of Armenian Studies in America has a new occupant. On July 22, the Center for Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, announced the appointment of Dr.[...]