AIR Studio + Gallery is presenting the first solo show of Chicago artist Anoush Bargamian, “Stories We Carry: Memories, Color, Childhood, & Belonging.” Bargamian’s exhibition brings together encaustic paintings from “Pajama Party” and “Scattered” series, along with additional works exploring…
On a summer afternoon in June, a group of friends gathered in Southern California to learn something new: how to prepare sourdough. The workshop, hosted by Peggy Ishkhanian, was also an opportunity to come together for a cause close to her heart. By the end of the gathering, Peggy and her friends…
For the first time, an Armenian will serve on the United Nations body responsible for monitoring how countries uphold the rights of persons with disabilities. Human rights advocate and policy expert Mushegh Hovsepyan has been elected to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities…
When I interviewed Dana Mashoian Walrath for The Armenian Weekly back in 2015, she was exploring trauma across two distinct forms: poetry in her Armenian Genocide novel “Like Water on Stone” and visual narrative in “Aliceheimer’s,” a graphic memoir that helped carve out the field of graphic…
As a former mayor of Pasadena who helped deepen our sister city relationship with Vanadzor, and as the firstborn son of an Armenian Genocide survivor, I have long viewed Armenia’s democratic journey as both a personal and communal responsibility. My experience as a prosecutor and public official…
I’m not very big on astrology. As a Capricorn, I’m aware it’s an earth sign, but I don’t know much more. I’ve always considered myself sure-footed and not accident-prone. However, lately I’ve been thinking about some of the mishaps I had as a kid. The more I ponder, the more alarming episodes I…
As the Jinishian Memorial Program (JMP) marks 60 years of service to Armenian communities, the organization will host “Youth Business Armenia,” a two-day expo in Yerevan celebrating the businesses and individuals JMP has supported over the decades. The exhibit brings together entrepreneurs from…
Nearly 25 years ago, on a flight from China to Beirut, I read Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist” for the first time. The novel follows Santiago, a young Andalusian shepherd who leaves home in search of treasure and discovers a deeper sense of purpose. Its central paradox — that we sometimes have to…
My trip to the White House began around three in the morning in Fresno. I drove to the television station where I worked, left my car there and walked roughly a mile to the airport. A few days later, at almost the same hour, I would be sitting beside a microphone in Washington, asking UFC … The…
When residents of Berdzor were given about a month to evacuate their belongings in August 2022, Milena Ordiyants had a different priority from most. “The house was already damaged, but for me, the most important things were my tools of the trade,” she recalls. “I took my loom, threads, sketches…