Topic: Arts and Culture

LOS ANGELES — Prof. Richard Hovannisian of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), University of Southern California (USC) and Chapman University has traveled extensively in 2018 to participate[...]

By Sona Hamalian YEREVAN — On the evening of Sunday, July 8, an extraordinary concert was held in the main square of Goris, Armenia, in celebration of the 90th anniversary[...]

By Artsvi Bakhchinyan Special to the Mirror-Spectator YEREVAN — While working on my study “The Armenians in World Choreography Art” I learned that Olga Tarassova (1902-1982), the sister of famous[...]

WEST HOLLYWOOD — The Gay and Lesbian Armenian Society (GALAS) celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special gala held at Vertigo Event Venue in Glendale, Calif., on June 2. The[...]

BELMONT, Mass. — In early spring New Paths – Bridging Armenian Women (NP) launched its first successful book club meeting at the Phinix Grill with Rita Allen Balian, president of[...]

  LOS ANGELES (Variety) — Russ Regan, a music industry veteran who worked with Elton John, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton John and Smokey Robinson, died at his home in Palm Springs on[...]

By Sylva Asryan YEREVAN — This year the Vahan Tekeyan Awards ceremony of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA), supported by the Shake Tekeyan-Ghazarian Fund of the TCA of the United[...]

PETERSBURG, Russia (Public Radio of Armenia) — French Armenian singer Charles Aznavour was hospitalized in St. Petersburg on April 25, the Russian NTV channelreports. Aznavour, 93, felt ill right during the[...]

By Peter Balakian   Driving Route 20 to Syracuse past pastures of cows and falling silos   you feel the desert stillness near the refineries at the Syrian border.  [...]

  There are many books, primarily works of non-fiction, as well as a growing body of fiction, on the Armenian Genocide and its many aspects — legacy, history, reparation, survivors[...]