BELMONT, Mass. — “If you can’t read books, breathe books.” Dr. Khatchig Mouradian imparted these words of wisdom to his young (and older) audience during the first of his two in-person presentations at the National […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Aramian Auditorium at Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church was filled to capacity for the Providence Homenetmen Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday evening. Upon entering the room, guests were struck by the elegant decor and […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—“This is the Armenian way.” That’s how Susan Chakmakian, known locally as Susie, begins her one-woman play Gar oo Chigar by recounting well-known and humorous Armenian idiosyncrasies and emphasizing them with this phrase. The […]
SMITHFIELD, RI—David Tikoian wants to help the people of his district and state. As the new state senator for district 22 in Rhode Island, he intends to do just that. Tikoian won his seat after […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I.—“Heritage, culture, tradition: Armenians are proud of it, and wherever Armenian songs are heard, there Armenia lives.” These iconic words were spoken every Sunday morning beginning in 1947 by the late Russell Gasparian as […]
A dramatic black sculptural garment greets the visitor upon entering the newly-opened Tender Cargo exhibit at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, RI. The weighty figure hauntingly invites the viewer into the exhibit as the […]
It was after the Armenian Genocide and before World War II when Edward Avedisian and Dr. Aram Chobanian first met, in the early 1940s. They were neighbors just three houses apart growing up in a […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America held its first in-person event in more than two years on Wednesday, May 18 with a flourish. More than 200 people filled the third-floor galleries to listen to and […]
A beautiful home in Cambridge, Massachusetts was the setting for an evening with Peter Balakian on Tuesday. “A totally unique ambience – I never read in a Victorian parlor before,” the guest of honor observed. […]
Camp Haiastan in Franklin, Massachusetts is where my parents met in the late 1950s – at the St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church picnic. In those days and all throughout my childhood, the dance floor in […]
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