Tanking Up on Music and Activism: Serj Tankian in Yerevan

Tanking Up on Music and Activism: Serj Tankian in Yerevan

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Some would call it a historical first, while others are already used to big names performing in Yerevan. However you would have it, Serj Tankian certainly created a stir in more than one way with his concert at Yerevan’s Hamalir (the Karen Demirchian Sports and Culture Complex) on Thurs., Aug. 12.

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Tanking Up on Music and Activism: Serj Tankian in Yerevan

YEREVAN—Some would call it a historical first, while others are already used to big names performing in Yerevan. However you would have it, Serj Tankian certainly created a stir in more than one way with his concert which took place at Yerevan’s Hamalir (The Karen Demirchian Sports and Culture Complex) on Thursday, August 12.

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Tanking Up on Music and Activism: Serj Tankian in Yerevan

YEREVAN-Some would call it a historical first, while others are already used to big names performing in Yerevan. However you would have it, Serj Tankian certainly created a stir in more than one way with his concert which took place at Yerevan’s Hamalir (The Karen Demirchian Sports and Culture Complex) on Thursday, August 12.

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UCLA event highlights Armenian heritage in Turkey

UCLA event highlights Armenian heritage in Turkey

Los Angeles – A one-day conference on the Armenian Communities of Asia Minor was held on Saturday, the 20th of March, 2010 at UCLA.

Organised by the Armenian Educational Foundation Chair in Modern Armenian History, led by the indefatigable Richard Hovannisian, with the support of other departments at UCLA and the Southern California-based Organisation of Istanbul Armenians, the conference included ten papers and presentations on the Armenian presence in areas of Anatolia outside of Constantinople (Istanbul), and the more traditional and more often-cited Western Armenia and Cilicia homelands. Continue reading

Picture a corner in the Baltic at a corner in the Caucasus

Picture a corner in the Baltic at a corner in the Caucasus

YEREVAN – The inhabitants of Yerevan’s Kond district had a rather extraordinary time on July 4 with an open-air photo exhibit showcasing their own narrow streets and old homes, alongside a similar part of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Continue reading