PASADENA, Calif.—Mary Basmadjian has mastered the art of comedic timing, especially these days. “As comedians, we take a sad situation, and we laugh at it,” explained Basmadjian of the current coronavirus pandemic during a recent […]
Growing up, my father taught me about the evocative power that visual images have in affecting different ways of seeing and thinking about the historical and contemporary circumstances of the world. When he said it, […]
My radar was up and running as I spent my days actively listening and looking for people who had the same last name as I do. Even before marriage was in my mind, I always […]
LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The highly anticipated Armenian revolution film I AM NOT ALONE has just dropped its official trailer and announced its United States theatrical release. After sweeping awards at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), […]
BALTIMORE, Md.—The National Museum of Armenian Ethnography and the History of the Liberation Struggle (Araks, Armenia) has announced that the 18th century Jeweled Gun of Sultan Mahmud I—a stunning artifact held in the collection of […]
Taking advantage of an unexpected interval between jobs, I decided to fulfill a dream and explore a rather remote part of the world where one of the most ancient still-surviving cultures was born and continues […]
If you read my first installment of my first-time impressions of Armenia in 2019, you will recall that I was in tears. A part of me felt like I had gone home. From Vanadzor, I […]
The Armenian Weekly staff conducted the following interview with novelist and playwright Chris Bohjalian, whose play “Midwives” opened at George Street Playhouse in January to rave reviews. Chris Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times […]
Michael Hagopian was born to play basketball. “My dad put a ball in my hands when I was really young,” he fondly recalled during an interview with the Armenian Weekly late last summer. “They had […]
“In ten years, the whole world will have heard of Armenian wine,” Aimee Keushguerian says, as we sip red wine, rich with the earthy flavors of Armenian grapes, poured straight from the huge steel barrels […]
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