BOSTON, MA: A NEW JOURNEY THROUGH SONG & DANCE
SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008 3:00 PM
Tsai Perfomance Center: 685 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215 USA
Admission: $20 General $12 Student
Contact: jminoyan@gmail.com Phone: (617) 817 4773
Back by popular demand, AGBU Antranig Dance Ensemble will be back at Boston University to perform with the Choir Ensemble of St. Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church. The event will start off with the choir performing Armenian folk songs, with each song beginning with an English explanation of the song's significance. The second part of the show will feature the dance group with brand new dances that are being debut.
NEW YORK, NY: SYMPOSIUM ON ROOTS OF EVIL
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 7:00 PM
Fordham Law School: 140 West 62nd St., Room 312, New York, NY 10023 USA
Admission: $12 or (free with Fordham ID)
Contact: Dr. Ani Kalayjian Phone: (201) 941 2266
Hrant Dink, Recipient of 2008 AASSSG Outstanding Achievement Award; receiving on his behalf his wife Rakel Dink.
Dr. Richard Koenigsberg, Director of the Library of Social Science
Giddo Suliman, President and Founder of Darfur Peace and Development
Margaret Ajemian Ahnert, Author of "The Knock at the Door," her mother's survival through the Genocide of the Armenians
Quartet T featuring Kristi Helberg,Amie Weiss,You-Young Kim & Jane O'Hara, playing Selections from the Great Armenian Composer Komitas
NEW YORK, NY: 75TH BIRTHDAY OF IOSIF ANDRIASOV CELEBRATION
SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008 6:30 PM
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall: 881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019 USA
Admission: $40, $30 ($20 stud)
Contact: Marta Andriasova Phone: (212) 799 0275
The world celebrates the 75th birthday of Iosif Andriasov (1933-2000), internationally renowned composer and philosopher, with a concert of his music and music of his talented son, composer and pianist, Arshak Andriasov (b. 1980).
Performers: Members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 's “The California Chamber Players”, Victor Romasevich & Philip Santos, violins; Yun Jie Liu, viola; Lawrence Granger, cello. Anatole Wieck, Professor at the University of Main, viola; Marilyn Thompson, piano; Arshak Andriasov, piano, will be performing his father's music and his own.
For more information about the composers, please visit: www.iosifandriasov.net
NEW YORK, NY: TRAUMA & MEMOIR
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008 6:30- 8:30 PM
The Graduate Center City University of New York: 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 USA Admission: Free
Contact: MEMEAC@gc.cuny.edu Phone: (212) 817 7570
How is trauma remembered? How is it passed on to future generations? What is the role of the author in bearing witness to trauma? This panel explores the ways three women (Antonia Arslan, Margaret Ahnert, Catherine Filloux) have recorded stories of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust in print.
Reception to follow.
TELETHON FOR THE ARMENIAN BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2008 4:00- 9:00 PM PST
Contact: ABMDR Phone: (323) 663 - 3609
CAMBRIDGE, MA: THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2008 7:00 PM
Harvard University Center for Government and Int Studies South Bld Aud S010: 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Admission: Free
Contact: Harvard Armenian Society Phone:
The Harvard Armenian Society and The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, present a talk by Margaret Ajemian Ahnert author of The Knock at the Door: A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide.
NEW YORK, NY: 93RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008 2:00- 4:00 PM
Times Square: Times Square on Broadway btwn. 43rd and 44th Streets, New York,
NY 10036 USA
Admission: Free
Contact:
Kinghts & Daughters of Vartan Phone: 212-764-8730
For the 23rd year, thousands of Armenian Americans and their supporters will gather in Times Square (Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets) to commemorate the first genocide of the 20th Century—the Armenian Genocide. Speakers will include Armenian and non-Armenian political and civic leaders and students. This event is free and open to the public.
