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December 16, 2019

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Music

Music is the Language of the Soul

When you encounter a musician like Raffi Wartanian, you are immediately reminded of the talented Armenian musicians that exist throughout the diaspora and the importance of supporting them in their art. His latest project provides [...]
Memoir

Light and Momentary Troubles

When I think about it now, it’s fitting that I first met Raya near a railroad. I didn’t know it at the time, but for her, trains hold many memories. They are a symbol of [...]
Film

Japan’s ‘Sister Waves’ Organize Screening of The Stateless Diplomat

It is a warm December day. I am heading to the city of Toyonaka in Osaka prefecture, Japan, where ‘The Stateless Diplomat’ – Mimi Malayan’s film about Diana Apcar’s life and activities – is about [...]
Travel

The Name of This Place

The Opening Over the course of ten months in 2014-2015, I traveled to Turkey three times. I went to reconnect with the land where my grandparents had been born and the places they had fled—my [...]
History

Happy Birthday, Anna

Ninety-nine years ago, on December 6, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan, a little girl named Anna Der-Vartanian was born into a family of Armenian refugees. When the proud parents Mateos and Arousiag held their newborn baby, [...]