Month: January 2025

Kakig, or why the Western Armenian dialect should not be preserved

When was the last time a speaker of the Western dialect of Armenian named one of their sons after the…

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Welcome, Lilly Torosyan

In the same week that the Armenian Weekly published my piece thanking editor emeritus Pauline Getzoyan for her five years…

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Lladro produces ‘Karabakh horse’ porcelain figurines as propaganda for Azerbaijan

Regrettably, the only things that matter in this world are money and power. All the other issues that naïve people…

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Armenia and the UAE: Opportunity or missed potential?

Much of the Armenian population might assume that the country’s top foreign investor is Russia. Others might believe it’s the…

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Enter an artist’s sanctuary with “Mejtegh” exhibition

After several residency programs throughout Europe, multidisciplinary artist Gayane Avetissian has returned home for her first major museum exhibition in…

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Meet 11-year-old singer-songwriter Darren Chilingirian

11-year-old Darren Chilingirian, whose stage name is Darren Chillin, loves to entertain. He can sing, play the guitar and piano…

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Tickets on sale for Between Borders in theaters nationwide

Pinnacle Peak, Storylight Productions and Fathom announce Between Borders is coming to movie theaters nationwide January 26-28, 2025, with tickets…

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Preeminent rights defender Garo Paylan to speak at Harvard University

Internationally recognized political and human rights leader Garo Paylan will be delivering the Annual Hrant Dink Memorial Lecture at Harvard…

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California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation congratulates ServiceTitan on going public

SACRAMENTO—The California Armenian Legislative Caucus Foundation is pleased to congratulate ServiceTitan, a Glendale, California based company, on going public on…

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Save the Armenian Quarter embarks on east coast tour

The founders of Save the ArQ, Hagop Djernazian and Setrag Balian, will embark on a tour of the east coast…

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