Songs of Exile

Friends,
Please attend the upcoming presentation on The Naghash
Ensemble: “Songs of Exile” — Armenian Music in Contemporary Culture
” by John Hodian, on May 16 at 7:30 pm in Merdinian. Come and enjoy
traditional folk and spiritual music in a totally new format! Please view the details in the flier below.

Please view the presentation on “ԱՆՅՃԱՐԻ ՀԻՄՆԱԴՐՈՒԹԻՒՆԸ, ԶԱՐԳԱՑՄԱՆ ՓՈՒԼԵՐԸ եւ ՄԱՐՏԱՀՐԱՒԷՐՆԵՐԸ“, by՝ Վահրամ Շէմմասեան, in: https://youtu.be/BNC8QyTG2yE
Please also view the video for “The Ethiopian Armenian Community”, by Asbed Pogarian in the following link: https://youtu.be/Iwo-JW2rKt8

Also,
please find the ARPA Institute annual Newsletter/Report link. Please
read it and let us know what you think and if you have any suggestions
or criticisms, we would like to learn about them:

http://arpainstitute.org/public_archives/Newsletters/Newsletter_18.pdf
Please also view the videos of the latest ARPA presentations on: 1. “The 1862 Zeytun Rebellion and the Armenian Press”, 2. “Transforming Identity or the case of Musa Dagh after 1915” and 3. “The Azgagrakan Movement: An Embodied form of Armenian Nationalism” by Aram Ghoogasian, Khoren Grigoryan and Armen Adamian in the following links:

https://youtu.be/NPgmFsT1J-Y

https://youtu.be/2WczPCP_gLw

https://youtu.be/dOUt_QwHNbE

Նաեւ Հաճեցէք դիտել Դասական հայերէնն իբրեւ Հայոց ինքնակայ քաղաքակրթութեան հիմնասիւն ներկայացման տեսանիւթը հետեւեալին վրայ սեղմելով՝

https://youtu.be/VVCsDqssZo4
Please view the video on “A Tribute to Those Who Perished, Gyumri: 30 Years of Challenges and Recovery by Gegham Mughnetsyan” in the following link: https://youtu.be/DNxgXOsOcQE

Please also view the video on “How Armenia Can Cycle and Scoot Its Way To Prosperity” By Terenig Topjian,  in the link: https://youtu.be/itpTuXRIS7Q

THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS & DESSERT

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