Rosie (Toumanian) Nisanyan

Rosie (Toumanian) Nisanyan (she/her) is the Arts and Culture Multimedia Correspondent for The Armenian Weekly. She reports on arts and cultural events, reviews performances, and interviews artists and cultural researchers of the diverse Armenian Diaspora. She grew up in the vibrant Armenian communities of Chicago, Ill. and Orange County, Calif. before moving to New York to work in Broadway advertising. From writing for her high school newspaper to crafting consumer trend reports, Rosie has been a writer all her life. Her writing portfolio also spans poetry, screenplays and humor pieces.
Reviews

Leslie Ayvazian brings rebellious insight to one-woman show “Mention My Beauty”

Actor and playwright Leslie Ayvazian recently presented her one-woman performance piece, “Mention My Beauty,” at the Off-Broadway New York Theatre…

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Diaspora

2026 graduates are ready to take on a changing world 

College students and young professionals today have a lot to contend with: new technologies, a volatile job market and geopolitical…

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Culture

11 works celebrating Armenian fathers and grandfathers

Whether near or far, fathers and grandfathers can have an indelible impact on our lives, careers and relationships. Historically, Armenian…

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Culture

Armenian arts in America: From Broadway pioneers to today’s rising voices

Dedicated to the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, this is the first in a series titled “Armenian Arts in America,”…

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Art

A path to restitution: Armenian Genocide looted art

How might efforts to recover Nazi looted art from the Holocaust inform efforts to recover art looted during the Armenian…

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Community News

From bookbinding to embroidery: ARS Tsiran explores Armenian crafts

On May 5, the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Tsiran Chapter of Manhattan hosted “Threading Through History: Cilician Armenian Manuscripts, Motifs,…

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Culture

11 works celebrating Armenian mothers and grandmothers

Motherhood is not a role to be taken on casually; for better or worse, mothers and grandmothers can shape who…

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Culture

Armenian arts in America: History and impact in visual arts

Dedicated to the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, this is the first in a series titled “Armenian Arts in America,”…

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Culture

Dinkjian and the NY Gypsy All-Stars bring an international fusion sound to Brooklyn

On April 17, Roulette, the Brooklyn-based performance space, hosted Ara Dinkjian and the New York Gypsy All-Stars for a special…

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Culture

Remembering the genocide through art

Art has a way of helping people express, process and heal from trauma, regardless of whether that trauma happened to…

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