Year: 2019

The Mystic and the Priest: The Gurdjieff Ensemble Performs Komitas

At first blush, it may seem like an odd pairing: Gurdjieff and Komitas. The father of modern Armenian music, Komitas…

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The Making of ‘Under the Light of the Moon’

As a young Armenian American attending a public school in Cranston, Rhode Island, it always frustrated me that the Armenian…

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My Journey to Ararat

Throughout my childhood, I’ve learned, read and seen many images of our holy mountain, Mt. Ararat. The image of her…

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ANCA Presses U.S. State Department on Durable, Democratic Peace between Artsakh and Azerbaijan

WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) recently held talks with senior State Department officials regarding sustainable…

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Armin Wegner Asked Franz Werfel Not to Write his ‘40 Days of Musa Dagh’—Part III

This is the continuation of the letter written by Armin T. Wegner to Franz Werfel in 1932 which is being…

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Lecture at Tufts to Focus on the Politics of Early Armenian Migration to America

Dr. David E. Gutman, Associate Professor of History at Manhattanville College, will present his newly published book The Politics of…

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Support the Hairenik Weekly, Armenian Weekly on their 120th, 85th Anniversaries

“At a time when the ethnic press is teetering on the brink of change, both the Armenian Weekly and Hairenik…

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‘Stateless Diplomat’ to be Screened in Watertown

WATERTOWN, Mass.–Mimi Malayan’s documentary film ‘The Stateless Diplomat: Heroic Life of Diana Apcar’ will be shown at the Dorothy and…

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Amulsar Update

In the three weeks since I last addressed the Amulsar gold mine issue, it has remained heated and not yet…

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C.K. Garabed to lecture on etymology of Armenian surnames in New Jersey

TEANECK, N.J.—After years in the making, The Dictionary of Armenian Surnames, researched and compiled by writer and editor C.K. Garabed, is…

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