“She did it again.” Kariné Poghosyan Captivates Carnegie Hall
The New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian once described Kariné Poghosyan’s performance in the following way, “It was one of those moments where you just cherish being alive and really...
View ArticleResolution’s Responses
Since H. Res. 296 passed, we’ve had quite the deluge of (mostly) positive publicity. Other than for the Genocide’s centennial, the last time we had this (though it wasn’t positive) was in 2007, when a...
View ArticleANC of Michigan Town Hall Previews Census 2020, Ethnic Community Outreach...
L-R: ARF Central Committee member Sebouh Hatzakordian, ARF Detroit Azadamard Chair Raffi Ourlian, ANC of Michigan Co-Chair Lara Nercessian, Dr. Hayg Oshagan, ANC of Michigan Co-Chair Georgi-Ann...
View ArticleThe Paternalism of “Preparing” Armenians for Peace
Armenians don’t need to be “prepared” for Artsakh peace. The unbridled arrogance of those who say we do is stunning. As if we were children, unaware of our own best interests. And that those...
View ArticleSen. Graham Shows His True Colors in Phone Call with Fake Turkish Minister
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham speaking with attendees at the 2015 Iowa Growth & Opportunity Party at the Varied Industries Building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo: Gage...
View ArticleThe Armenian Institute Presents Leon Surmelian’s 1945 ‘I Ask You, Ladies and...
New edition with photographs and map, original foreword by William Saroyan (First published 1945), published by the Armenian Institute, London I Ask You Ladies and Gentlemen is Leon Surmelian’s...
View ArticleProvidence ARS Ani Chapter Hosts Presentation about Today’s Armenia and Artsakh
ARS Ani Chapter members with June and John Mangassarian holding the ARS plate by Michael Aram gifted to them by the chapter By Jean Goshgarian Michael PROVIDENCE, RI – On November 21, the Armenian...
View ArticleAn Open Appeal to Major Church Benefactors
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin (Photo: Facebook) This column is directed to the major benefactors of the Armenian Church, specifically those who are from the American diaspora and focus their...
View ArticleWashington, DC Policy Careers, Internships Spotlighted During ANCA New...
WASHINGTON, DC — Just days after the landmark U.S. House adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.Res.296), Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Programs Director Sipan Ohannesian...
View ArticleThe Cafesjian Center for the Arts Presents Exiles and Dreamers
Click to view slideshow. YEREVAN—The Cafesjian Center for the Arts has announced the opening of the exhibition, Exiles and Dreamers: Panorama of 20th Century Graphic Arts from the Armenian Diaspora,...
View ArticleThe Remnants of Armenia’s Pagan Past
Geghard (Photo: George Aghjayan) Armenia, considered to be one of the oldest civilizations in the world, is a small, landlocked, mountainous, country located between the Black and Caspian seas in the...
View ArticleArmenian Police Investigation Reveals More Cases of Fraudulent International...
YEREVAN—The Armenian National Police Department has unveiled several more cases of potential illegal international adoptions following the launch of a National Security Service (NSS) investigation into...
View ArticleANCA-ER Welcomes District of Columbia’s Passage of Armenian Genocide Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America – Eastern Region welcomes the City Council of the District of Columbia’s adoption of a special resolution affirming the Armenian Genocide via...
View ArticleThanksgiving
Sunrise near Bradford Beach, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Photo: Indy P Benson) I think again of my self, at the dining room table, or squatting beneath, sketching my father, seated next to mother,...
View ArticleHateful Turkeys Stuff Turkey
Once again I am overcome with the irrepressible urge to toy with the coincidence of Turkey with turkey right around the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. as opposed to Canada’s which is in October. Who,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Anna
Master Chief Petty Officer Anna Der-Vartanian Ninety-nine years ago, on December 6, 1920, in Detroit, Michigan, a little girl named Anna Der-Vartanian was born into a family of Armenian refugees. When...
View ArticleDiaspora-Armenia Relations Dominate Fordham University Forum
By Nanar Nakashian, ATOP MeaningfulWorld UN Intern NEW YORK, NY—On November 15, 2019, Armenians from a variety of fields came together at Fordham University at Lincoln Center, New York City to share...
View ArticleThe Name of This Place
The Opening Over the course of ten months in 2014-2015, I traveled to Turkey three times. I went to reconnect with the land where my grandparents had been born and the places they had fled—my...
View ArticleScholarship Opportunity for Students to Learn Armenian
Armenian historian Stepan Melik Bakhshyan Scholarships are now available for those seeking to learn Armenian. Students can apply to the Armenian language Melik-Bakhshyan scholarship, which will fund...
View ArticleWhat the U.S. House’s Impeachment Inquiry Wouldn’t Ask Ambassador Marie...
Cartoon: Lucine Kasbarian Turkey, the increasingly wayward NATO member, has been making more national and international headlines than usual. On Oct. 29, for instance, the U.S. House of...
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