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Indie Film Master Kupelian Embraces Vartanantz
MONTROSE, Calif.—Roger Kupelian may not be a household name in Hollywood but he sure has a following in the indie film business, which he’s cultivated for the past 23 years. Warrior Saints’ is the...
View ArticleElectric Yerevan: Police Unblock Baghramyan Avenue
More than 40 Activists Detained YEREVAN—Police moved in on the electric Yerevan protesters still remaining on Baghramyan Avenue on July 6, unblocking the avenue and arresting more than 40 activists in...
View ArticleUncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 4, 2015)
Super-Diplomacy We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of lower standard. And as it is unthinkable that...
View Article‘Grass’ in Everything: It’s a Good Thing
My mother was known to be an excellent cook and baker, but one day at the dinner table, when a youngster, I uncharacteristically piped up complaining, “Ma, do you have to put grass in everything you...
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A Cultural Affair in the Windy City
Four-Time Emmy Award-Winning Film Director Bared Maronian’s ‘Orphans of the Genocide’ and ‘Women of 1915’ Breezes into the Windy City… It was a clear crisp spring night on Fri., March 20, when eager...
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The Act, Pact, and Impact of Hrant Guzelian’s Book ‘The Youth Home of Istanbul’
By Gilda Buchakjian (Kupelian) PARAMUS, N.J.—“Act, Pact, and Impact” was the title of a three-lecture event sponsored by the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) at the Armenian...
View ArticleSingers Yeghishe Manucharyan, Victoria Avetisyan to Perform at Longfellow...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—On Sun., July 12, at 3 p.m., the National Park at the home of poet Henry Longfellow will mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide with a program of poems from some of the...
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Refurbished Irrigation Pipeline Means 100 More Hectares of Arable Land in...
YEREVAN—On June 29, the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund unveiled the refurbished, six-kilometer irrigation pipeline of Kirants, a village in Armenia’s Tavush region. The reconstruction of the pipeline,...
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Socialist International to Take Action on Armenian Genocide Issue
NEW YORK—On Tues., July 7, the Socialist International (SI) Council, during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, decided to take action on the issue of the Armenian Genocide. SI...
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Detroit ARS Hosts ‘Walk Armenia’
The Detroit Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Mid Council, with five ARS sister chapters “Maro,” “Shakeh,” “Sybille,” “Tzolig,” and “Zabel,” organized “Walk Armenia” on June 7. The walk took place on 13...
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‘Thank You, Pope Francis’
SHARON, Mass.—Peace of Art, Inc. is completing its Armenian Genocide Awareness Billboard Campaign, “100 Billboards for 100 Years of Genocide,” with one more billboard. Located on Route 1, at the...
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SARF Calls on Community to Mobilize in Support of Syrian Armenians
Armenians from Hasakeh Forced to Abandon Homes The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund (SARF) held a conference call recently with its counterpart in Aleppo, “SHDAB,” to confirm reports of the displacement of...
View ArticleRose DerSahakian, 103
Rose DerSahakian, 103, of Westborough, Mass., passed away peacefully on July 7 at her home, surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her daughter Teresa and her husband Timothy O’Day of...
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Teaching Genocide Prevention through the Story of Near East Relief
An Interview with Karine Shnorhokian and Ron Levitsky Special for the Armenian Weekly The Near East Foundation (NEF), the successor organization of the Near East Relief (NER), recently partnered with...
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Destination Washington! Via Yerevan, Newport, Los Angeles, and Marshall
By Erik Khzmalyan I have lived in various cities over the past several years—starting from my hometown Yerevan to a small town in Oregon, then to Los Angeles and to Marshall, Minn. These trips helped...
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Zarougian’s ‘This Armenian Life’
By Judith Saryan SOMERVILLE, Mass.—In her first Boston-area performance of “This Armenian Life” on Wed., June 24, at the Somerville Center for the Arts, Laura Zarougian performed a hilarious take of...
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ARS Holds ‘Sunday Funday’ at Wedgwood Country Club
Toufayan Bakery, Corporate Sponsor of Fundraising Event Armenians from northern New Jersey, Michigan, and Philadelphia converged on the Wedgwood Country Club in Turnersville, N.J., for the first ARS...
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Andover High Students ‘Armenianize’ Their School
ANDOVER, Mass.—Thanks to some vigilant action by students of Armenian descent at Andover High School, an Armenian flag is now flying from the rafters and new books portraying their history and culture...
View ArticleSiamanto Academy Concludes Successful Year
RIDGEFIELD, N.J.—After a hiatus of several years, the Armenian National Education Committee (ANEC), a joint venture of the Armenian Prelacy and the Armenian Relief Society (ARS), launched the Siamanto...
View ArticleEYKA: Electric Yerevan, Kamp Armen
Electric Yerevan, Kamp Armen. These two recent Armenian mini-movements have gotten quite a bit of (well-deserved) attention. I suspect the movement to save Camp Armen has gotten a little less play than...
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