InternationalCalendar of Events
Published: Monday February 20, 2012
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New York/New Jersey
February 23, 6:30 PM, New York City. An opening reception for the Exhibition of Abstract Paintings by Vásken Kalayjian takes place at Kaleidoscope Studio, 307 West 38th Street, 6th floor, New York, NY 10018. The show will be on view until March 23, Monday thru Friday from 10am to 4pm. For information visit http://www.kalayjianfinearts.com/.
February 26, 1 PM, New York City. St. Illuminator's Cathedral presents a lecture by Dr. Arthur Martirosyan on "Child Protection System and Problems in Armenia." Refreshments will follow. For information call 212-689-5880.
February 27, 6:15 PM, New York City. As part of the 56th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, the Armenian International Women's Association will sponsor an event titled "Rural Women: Imagery & Empowerment," and featuring illustrated presentations by Sara Anjargolian, a photographer and attorney in Los Angeles who has documented the plight of the extreme poor in Armenia; and Ana Cristina Schirinian, who is special assistant to Argentine Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, who, among other projects, has been involved in agricultural projects in Armenia's Armavir province. The workshop will take place in the Drew Room on the first floor of the Church Center across the street from the United Nations building in New York from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. It is open to the public free of charge. For information call AIWA at 617-926-0171 or visit http://www.aiwainternational.org/.
March 3, 6 PM, Woodland Park, N.J. Hovnanian School's 35th Anniversary Gala at Westmount Country Club, Woodland Park, New Jersey will honor Dr. John Apovian and Mr. Hratch Kaprielian. Cocktail hour 6 pm; dinner and dancing 7:30 pm. Art Exhibition during cocktail hour. Entertainment by Kevork Artinian and his band; Ara Dinkjian; and Yuri Yunakov. $175 per person. For reservations and information contact 35years@hovnanianschool.org or 201-967-5940.
March 9, 7 PM, Douglaston, N.Y. Annual "Mark Kyrkostas Remember Me With Music" concert of music and dance will feature Ivy Adrian on the piano and the original musicians of the Mark Kyrkostas Jazz Quintet, bass, Cosmo Steve Mallard and flute, Anne Pollack, along with saxophonist Arnold Lee and percussionist Lamy Istrifi. At the Armenian Society Center, 39-03 Little Neck Parkway. Ample parking and accessible by L.I. Railroad. For information call 718-428-5650.
March 14, 5:30 PM, New York City. Opening reception for Haik Kocharian's photography exhibit, with work ranging from New York to India and Ethiopia, takes place at the Robin Rice Gallery (325 W. 11th Str., NYC 10014 between Greenwich & Washington streets); the show runs through April 29 from noon to 7 PM on Wed thru Sun., closed Mon.-Tue. For more information about the gallery visit http://www.robinricegallery.com/.
March 14, 7 PM, New York City. Word Up Community Bookstore (4157 Broadway at 176th Street; Washington Heights, NYC 10033; Subway: A Train to 175 St. or 1 Train to 181 St.) hosts a presentation of the book Queered: What's To Be Done With XCentric Art with Shushan Avagyan and Nancy Agabian and a video by Arpi Adamyan. This is a recently published book by Queering Yerevan, a collective of queer women artists and writers from Armenia and its diaspora.
March 30, 8 PM, New York City. Musical Armenia 2012 (29th concert of the series), sponsored by the Eastern Prelacy and Prelacy Ladies Guild will take place at Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall. Featured artists: Marta Bagratuni, cello (with Zhao Zhao Yank, piano); Hayk Arsenyan, piano. Please note that this year Musical Armenia is on Friday evening.
March 31, 7 PM, Hackensack, N.J. Constantinople Armenian Relief Society presents an Istanbul-born Armenian vocalist Sibil on her East Coast debut concert at Bergen County Academies at 200 Hackensack Ave. in Hackensack, NJ. Featuring a live orchestra led by Melik Ohanian and a special guest performance by Shushi Dance Ensemble of St. Vartan Cathedral, NY. For reservations contact Hilda at 516-496-0248 or Margrit at 914-686-0840. Tickets are $50, $35 and $25.
April 22, 2 PM, New York City. For the 27th year, 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 (1915-23). The theme of the Commemoration is "Turkey is Guilty of Genocide; Denying the Undeniable is a Crime". The 97th commemoration is organized by the Mid-Atlantic chapters of Knights & Daughters of Vartan and co-sponsored by Armenian General Benevolent Union, Armenian Assembly of America, Armenian National Committee of America, Armenian Council of America and ADL-Ramgavars. Participating Organizations: Diocese and Prelacy of the Armenian Church, Armenian Missionary Association of America, Armenian Presbyterian Church, Armenian Evangelical Church, Armenian Catholic Eparchy for US and Canada, Mid-Atlantic ACYOA, AYF, and Armenian Youth Organizations.
New England
March 1, 8 PM, Belmont, Mass. Prof. George Bournoutian will lecture on "The 1823 Russian Survey of the Karabagh Province: A Primary Source on Karabagh in the Early 19th Century," at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) Center, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478. Co-sponsored by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), New England District, and NAASR. For more information call 617-489-1610 or e-mail hq@naasr.org.
