Month: May 2016

ARS Cambridge ‘Shushi’ Chapter Celebrates Mother’s Day

The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Cambridge “Shushi” Chapter celebrated Mother’s Day on May 7 with more than 200 guests in…

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Haig Hovsepian Laureate at ‘Renaissance’ VIII International Contest-Festival in Gyumri

  BELMONT, Mass.—In April, Massachusetts-based violinist Haig Hovsepian became a Laureate II Degree by winning 2nd place in the string…

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Erevan Choral Society Concert ‘In Commemoration of Our Sainted Martyrs’

By Robert Dulgarian The opening of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide saw an extraordinary wave of commemorations. Lectures, symposia,…

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Armenian Bar Association Member Ruben Melikyan Elected NKR Human Rights Defender

The hashtag #ArstsakhStrong was recently spread far and shared widely when the sons and citizens of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh…

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Armenia’s Horse Whisperers: Healing at the Centaur Hippotherapy Center

Special for the Armenian Weekly While I had heard about the Centaur Hippotherapy Center in Armenia about two years ago,…

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The Call of the Crane: A Genocide Chronicle

By Arthur Hagopian “Who remembers the Armenians?” Hitler once taunted. History has made a mockery of his infamous claim, for who does not…

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James Najarian Wins 6th Annual Frost Farm Prize for Poetry

Najarian to Read at Frost Farm June 17  DERRY, N.H.—The Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, N.H., and the…

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Philadelphia Armenian Inter-Communal Committee Commemorates April 24

By Arpy Voskeridjian Minasian CHELTENHAM, Pa.—On Sun., April 24, hundreds gathered at Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Cheltenham to…

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AGBU-Sponsored Television Special on Armenia Nominated for Emmy Award

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—On March 24, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced that Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope’s one-hour…

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Pianist Kariné Poghosyan in Premier Performance

Poghosyan’s program, “Folk Inspirations,” Included Works by Grieg, Liszt, Komitas Vardapet, and Stravinsky NEW YORK, N.Y.—The Armenian-American pianist Kariné Poghosyan …

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