Armenian
People’s Prelate Honored at New York Gala
TERRACE ON THE PARK, NY—Hundreds of admirers of the new Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy, Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian, were in attendance at a long-awaited, sold out gala. Guests came from Massachusetts, Chicago, Detroit, Canada, Paris […]
Book Release: ‘Bloodied, but Unbowed’
In this memoir, author Alice Nazarian tells the story of her parents and family in the shadow of the Armenian/Assyrian Genocide. Her father, Ashur Yousuf, a prominent Assyrian intellectual and professor at Euphrates College in […]
Worcester Natives Create Booze-Infused Popsicles
WORCESTER, Mass.—Nassim Aoude and Michael Melkonian are the young founders of PunchPops, a new Worcester-based company breaking into the American alcohol industry with a 21-plus twist on a summertime favorite. The idea for marketing wine-infused […]
An Armenian in Minnesota
Many Armenians of the diaspora ended up in California. Another group settled on the east coast. My destiny was in Minnesota. In 2009, at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, I won an academic exchange fellowship to […]
AYF-Eastern Region Hosts 85th Annual Convention
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—More than two dozen delegates representing 13 of the region’s chapters from the Armenian Youth Federation —Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF) Eastern Region USA recently gathered in the mid-west for […]
Remembering Ziazan Antonian
Our mother was born in Yerevan, Armenia. She was named Ziazan, which means rainbow—a symbol of new beginnings and new hope since she was born the day after the anniversary of Armenia’s independence: May 28, […]
Poets Peter Balakian, Susan Barba To Read, Discuss Works in Cambridge
CAMBRIDGE, Mass—As part of a series of fundraisers for the Grolier Book Shop, which has been a cornerstone of Boston literary culture since 1927, Peter Balakian and Susan Barba will be reading and discussing […]
First Ever English Translation of Tzarukian’s ‘Letter to Yerevan’ Published by Hairenik Press
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik Press has announced the first ever publication of the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s long-form poem Letter to Yerevan («Թուղթ առ Երեւան» “Tught ar Yerevan”). The translation was a collaborative effort between […]
Deadly Brawl in Kazakhstan Sparks Anti-Armenian Unrest
Ethnic tensions have flared up in Kazakhstan following a deadly New Year’s Eve brawl involving Armenians. According to reports, an alcohol-fueled fight broke out at the Ancient Rome restaurant in Kazakhstan’s central town of Karaganda. […]