ANCA, Congressional Armenian Caucus Welcome Vote to Lock in U.S. Recognition...
The ANCA launched an ANCA Call campaign, directly connecting constituents with their U.S. Representative in support of H.Res.296 – the Armenian Genocide Resolution WASHINGTON, DC – For the first time...
View ArticleGreat News For/From Artsakh!
An ultra-marathon is coming to Artsakh! I am thrilled to be the first person to bring news of this project, which has been brewing for some three years, to the Armenian community at large! The race...
View ArticleHamazkayin Chicago Presents Fables, Music and Poetry
Musical director Haroutune Kendimian, pianist Loucine Tokmakjian and choir performing GLENVIEW, Ill.—The Armenian community and the Chicago Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Organization recently...
View ArticleCafesjian Center Presents Art Studio Exhibit at National Gallery
YEREVAN—In honor of its 10th anniversary, the Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA) and Beeline have presented the exhibition, Art Studio, at the National Gallery of Armenia Yeghegnadzor. The exhibition...
View ArticleAMAA Holds 100th Annual Meeting in Watertown, Mass.
AMAA members and representatives at the special gathering and Commemorative Worship Service at the Armenian Church of the Martyrs of Worcester, MA, the birthplace of AMAA (Photo: Vicken V. Cholakian)...
View ArticleThe Making of “Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky” Album
“She plays the piano like a man!“ That was one of the statements in a review of my 2008 Merkin Hall debut at Lincoln Center. I remember reading this strange expression and suddenly feeling a powerful...
View ArticleIsabel Bayrakdarian to Perform at NAASR Gala
Photo credit: Zach Mendez BELMONT, Mass. – On Saturday, November 2, 2019, world-renowned opera singer Isabel Bayrakdarian will perform songs of Komitas and Sayat Nova at the sold-out Gala of the...
View ArticleSecret Document Reveals State Dept.’s Interference in Genocide Recognition
The United States government has recognized the Armenian Genocide multiple times in the past. In an official document submitted by the US government to the World Court in 1951, the Armenian Genocide...
View ArticleArmenian Genocide Resolution Clears Key Hurdle to Historic U.S. House Vote
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House Rules Committee – chaired by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) – cleared the Armenian Genocide Resolution, H.Res.296, for an up-or-down vote of the full House of...
View ArticleBroken Dreams
From the moment I was told of the sudden news that my high school, AGBU Manoukian High School (AGBU MHS), would be shutting down and merging with AGBU Manoogian-Demirdjian School, I was in complete...
View ArticleUS House Votes Overwhelmingly to Lock in Armenian Genocide Recognition,...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.296), striking a powerful blow against Turkey’s gag-rule on honest U.S. remembrance of that crime....
View ArticleAYF Commends U.S. House Passage of Armenian Genocide Resolution
Thurgood Marshall once said, “The only way you can get your rights…is to insist upon them.” To this end, the Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
View ArticleARF Eastern US Central Committee: “The House of Representatives set the...
The Central Committee of the ARF Eastern Region, USA congratulates the passage of House Resolution 296 (H.Res.296) in the House of Representatives today re-affirming the Armenian Genocide as historical...
View ArticleHairenik, Armenian Weekly Host Conference on the Armenian Press
Photo: Yervant Kasparian NEW YORK, NY—In honor of the 120th and 85th anniversaries of the Hairenik and Armenian Weekly, a group of journalists, community leaders and subscribers of the historic...
View ArticleNational Assembly Debating Civilian Oversight of Police, National Security...
Former Deputy Head of Police, Hovhannes Kocharyan (Photo: Police of the Republic of Armenia, March 14, 2017) YEREVAN—Deputy Chief of the Armenian National Police Service Hovannes Kocharyan has been...
View ArticleInaugural Forest Summit Deemed Overwhelming Success
L to R – AUA Vice President of Operations Ashot Ghazaryan, AUA Provost Dr. Randall Rhodes, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and ATP Executive Director Jeanmarie Papelian gather at the Forest Summit....
View ArticleArmenia’s Proposed Data Collection Bill Threatens Privacy Rights
(Photo: imgur) Last week, the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC)—Armenia’s equivalent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)—circulated an early draft of a bill which would empower...
View ArticleIntersecting Missions
The Armenian Weekly Editorial Board and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Eastern Region (ARF-ER) Central Committee are proud to announce the introduction of longtime ARF member Pauline Getzoyan as...
View ArticleMaria and Michelle
Original illustration: Masha Keryan Harvard Square is one of those places where it’s easy to camouflage, simply because she’s a museum of all different types of people; artists selling their visions on...
View ArticleLet’s Keep the Headlights On!
Photo: Flickr/z@doune Similar to many other American Armenians, I have been watching the proceedings in the House of Representatives on H.Res.296 concerning the recognition of the Armenian Genocide....
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