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.
Diaspora

Şahan Arzruni on Armenian piano music: An interview

Şahan Arzruni is an accomplished pianist, composer, and teacher based in New York City. Born in Istanbul, he came to…

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Bared Maronian previews “Genocide 2.0,” a documentary on the Artsakh War and ethnic cleansing

On June 10, filmmaker Bared Maronian hosted a focus group screening for his new documentary “Genocide 2.0.” Gathered at West…

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Chris Bohjalian and Nancy Kricorian discuss ‘The Amateur’

WATERTOWN, Mass. — On Tuesday, Aug. 11, the Armenian Museum of America (AMA) hosted authors Chris Bohjalian and Nancy Kricorian…

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Culture

Lucy Yeghiazaryan fills Birdland Jazz Club with love

In late June, jazz singer Lucy Yeghiazaryan had a three-night residency at Birdland Jazz Theater in New York City. Yeghiazaryan…

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Anahit Hayrapetyan remembers it differently in her drawings

Last month, Gray Matters presented an exhibition of Anahit Hayrapetyan’s work entitled “I Remember It Differently” at Studio 9BC in…

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Armenian Arts in America: From pop icons to kef legends

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

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Armenian Arts in America: From chart-toppers to jazz innovators

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

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Aida Zilelian on why kids need to tell their stories at TEDxCabarete

Drawing on more than two decades as an educator, writer and storyteller, Aida Zilelian recently delivered a TEDxCabarete talk titled…

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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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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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