Braden King filming HERE in Armenia. Courtesy image

Armenia-set film "Here" opens in U.S.

Tamar Gasparian interviewed the filmmaker Braden King about "Here" following its screening in New York and prior to its openings in Los Angeles on April 27 and San Francisco on May 11.



Tribute to the ancestors ceremony in Coney Island. Photo by Tony Akeem / Courtesy of Anoush Ter Taulian

Poem: I am sailing on a raft of my bones

Anoush Ter Taulian reflects on Armenian and Haitian earthquakes and on Armenian and African genocides.



Cover of the book.

Nigoghos Sarafian's The Bois de Vincennes published in English

The Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan-Dearborn has announced the publication of the English translation of the short novel of exile, The Bois de Vincennes, by one of the prominent Armenian-French authors, Nigoghos Sarafian. Originally published in Armenian in 1947, the work is best known by its French-language title, which has been retained in this English translation.



This painting by Mikhail Vrubel is part of the exhibit.

Russian art exhibit opens at Cafesjian Center

Spring Motifs: A Selection from the Collection of the Museum of Russian Art exhibition opened at Sasuntsi Davit Garden Gallery of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts on March 1.



Echos by Kevork Mourad.

Kevork Mourad's spring opening at Gallery Z

“Spring”, a solo exhibit by Kevork Mourad will run from March 1 to April 7.




Paruir Sevak’s last interview

Published: Saturday March 03, 2012

On June 14, 1971, the Czech journalist Jiri Skoumal headed for the village of Chanakhchi in the mountains of Armenia to meet Sevak and record an interview with him just three days before the poet's tragic death; Jack Aslanian offers a translation.

Pilibosian adapts her Armenian-American exploits to literature

Published: Friday March 02, 2012

In My Literary Profile: A Memoir, Helene Pilibosian, long-time editor of The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, has written a personal and intimate memoir in which she charts her own literary development over the course of a full and active lifetime. Some of what she tells will be familiar to her readers; other details of her personal experiences and development will surprise all but her closest friends.

Fugitive Studios seeks role in Armenia entertainment industry

Published: Thursday January 26, 2012

LA-based Fugitive Studios Entertainment and Deem Communications in Yerevan signed a long-term partnership agreement to cultivate the entertainment industry in Armenia.

AGBU Ardavazt theater tours California

Published: Wednesday January 25, 2012

Now in its 31st year, the AGBU Ardavazt Theatre Company continued its mission of presenting Armenian-language productions to the greater Los Angeles community with ten performances of Yervant Odian's two-act comedy, Ser yev Dzidzagh (Love and Laughter) last November-December and four more planned in January and February.

New book by Armen Donelian is a guide to piano music

Published: Sunday January 22, 2012

Whole Notes: A Piano Masterclass, the third instructional book by veteran pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator Armen Donelian, has just been published by Advance Music.

Krikor Satamian theater company launched in Argentina

Arpa Foundation's Sylva Minassian honored for supporting the arts

Artsakh folk fables of Pele Pughi published in English

Diana Der Hovanessian: I do write almost every day

Paul Award recipients discuss their winning screenplays

Carnegie Hall concert raises $65,000 for scholarships in arts

Christie’s Armenian art auction benefits Yerevan charity project

Pomegranate Film Festival celebrates with a star-studded line up

7000 km to go: a book of travel from Budapest to Yerevan

Garin Hovannisian's Family of Shadows, now in Armenian and paperback




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