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SUMMARY:Book Presentation with Kima Kirakosyan: The Deer and Hovik’s First Tooth
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Armenian Arts invites the community to a special literary evening with author Kima Kirakosyan on April 28\, 2026\, at 7:00 PM\, featuring the presentation of her two books\, The Deer and Hovik’s First Tooth. \nThis event offers readers of all ages an opportunity to discover two meaningful stories that reflect imagination\, emotion\, and human values through very different yet equally engaging narratives. \nThe Deer brings readers into a symbolic and imaginative world where tenderness\, wonder\, and storytelling unfold through a poetic visual language. Hovik’s First Tooth offers a warm and joyful story centered on family\, childhood\, and memorable life moments\, creating an atmosphere that resonates across generations. \nThe evening will include a presentation by the author\, conversation with attendees\, and an opportunity to explore both books in a welcoming cultural setting. \nFamilies\, readers\, and literature lovers are warmly invited to attend and enjoy an inspiring evening dedicated to storytelling and imagination. \nDate & Time: April 28\, 2026 | 7:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/book-presentation-with-kima-kirakosyan-the-deer-and-hoviks-first-tooth/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:GenoLive | Armenian Contributions to Humanity After the Genocide
DESCRIPTION:On April 24\, the Center for Armenian Arts presents GenoLive\, a cultural and educational exhibition dedicated to remembrance\, resilience\, and the extraordinary achievements of Armenians after the genocide. \nInspired by Yes\, We Have by Stepan Partamian\, the exhibition highlights Armenian contributions to humanity through stories\, inventions\, discoveries\, and accomplishments that emerged across generations despite historical tragedy. \nDisplayed throughout the exhibition will be visual presentations and historical material featuring important Armenian figures and major contributions in fields such as science\, technology\, medicine\, arts\, business\, and public life. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore remarkable examples of Armenian innovation and creativity that continue to influence the world today. \nWhile April 24 remains a day of remembrance\, GenoLive also offers a broader reflection on what followed survival — how resilience became achievement\, and how cultural strength generated lasting contributions to global society. \nA special live presentation will take place on Friday\, April 24 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM\, offering additional insight into the stories and ideas presented throughout the exhibition. \nWe warmly invite the community to visit\, reflect\, and engage with this important exhibition. \nExhibition Hours \nFriday\, April 24\, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM\nSaturday\, April 25\, 2026 | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM \nSpecial Presentation \nFriday\, April 24 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/genolive-armenian-contributions-to-humanity-after-the-genocide/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event,Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:Book Signing with Yura Movsisyan
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Armenian Arts is pleased to host a special book signing event with Yura Movsisyan\, celebrating his newly published book Dust and Dreams: Playground Battles. \nKnown internationally for his football career and his deep connection to Armenian identity\, Yura Movsisyan now shares a personal and inspiring story that reflects discipline\, perseverance\, and belief. Dust and Dreams: Playground Battles offers readers a journey through the experiences\, struggles\, and values that shaped his path — from early dreams to professional achievement. \nThis special evening offers guests the opportunity to meet Yura in person\, hear about the story behind the book\, and receive signed copies. \nThe event is open to all who wish to connect with an inspiring story rooted in determination and identity. \nWe warmly invite you to join us for this memorable evening. \nFriday\, March 27 | 7:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/book-signing-with-yura-movsisyan/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:“Lullabies” Lecture Performance & Conversation with Hasmik Harutyunyan
DESCRIPTION:Parents with children are especially welcome.\n\n \n\nLullabies\, a bilingual collection of traditional Armenian lullabies\, is a gathering of valuable songs from different regions of historical Armenia\, drawn from the repertoire of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia\, Hasmik Harutyunyan.\n\n \n\nThe author has collected\, classified\, and annotated about 57 lullaby songs from printed and unprinted sources. The collection includes a list of sources\, a dictionary of dialect and foreign words\, and an accompanying CD featuring the first performances of numerous lullabies.\n\n \n\nThis project preserves a delicate and deeply emotional part of Armenian musical heritage — songs once sung by mothers and grandmothers\, carrying comfort\, love\, and memory across generations.\n\n \n\nThe event is intended for those interested in the traditional Armenian lullaby genre and for the music-loving public. Families are warmly invited\, and parents with kids are especially welcome to experience these gentle melodies together in a cozy\, nurturing atmosphere.\n\n \n\nTuesday\, February 24\, 2026 at 7:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/lullabies-lecture-performance-conversation-with-hasmik-harutyunyan/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:“Arev\, Arev\, Yek\, Yek”: Hasmik Harutyunyan. Voice of Armenian Folk Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Hasmik Harutyunyan is one of Armenia’s most celebrated folk singers and a leading figure in the preservation and revival of traditional Armenian music. Born on December 26\, 1960\, in Yerevan\, she has devoted her life to safeguarding Armenia’s rich musical heritage and sharing its depth\, spirituality\, and emotional power with audiences around the world.\n\n \n\nAs a core member of the renowned Shoghaken Folk Ensemble\, Harutyunyan has performed extensively across Europe\, North America\, and the Middle East\, bringing ancient Armenian songs and sacred rhythms to international stages. Alongside her performance career\, she serves as the director of the Hayrik Mouradian Traditional Song and Dance Children’s Ensemble\, where she mentors young musicians and ensures the continuity of Armenian folk traditions for future generations.\n\n \n\nHer recordings have received international acclaim. In 2004\, her album Armenian Lullabies was recognized by The New York Times as an outstanding world music release. Her work with the Shoghaken Ensemble has also been featured in major film soundtracks\, including Atom Egoyan’s Ararat. Prior to joining Shoghaken\, Harutyunyan toured widely as a soloist with the Agunk Ensemble on Armenian National Radio\, performing throughout Armenia\, Europe\, and the former Soviet Union.\n\n \n\nA natural extension of her artistic and educational mission is the bilingual collection “Arev\, Arev\, Yek\, Yek”\, a carefully curated anthology of Armenian children’s folk songs from various regions of historical Armenia. The collection brings together 42 songs spanning multiple genres\, offering a rare and meaningful introduction to Armenian folk music for young listeners and families alike. Published in both Armenian and English\, it includes an accompanying CD\, a pronunciation guide\, a glossary of dialectal and foreign words\, and brief English translations of the song lyrics.\n\n \n\nIntended for both Armenian and international audiences\, “Arev\, Arev\, Yek\, Yek” reflects Harutyunyan’s deep belief that folk music is not only an artistic expression but a living cultural language—one that must be taught\, sung\, and loved from an early age. Through her performances\, recordings\, and educational initiatives\, Hasmik Harutyunyan continues to inspire generations\, keeping Armenian culture vibrant\, rooted\, and alive for the future.\n\n \n\nՀասմիկ Հարութիւնեան հայ ժողովրդական երաժշտութեան ամենահռչակաւոր եւ ազդեցիկ ներկայացուցիչներէն մէկն է\, որ իր ամբողջ կեանքը նուիրած է հայկական աւանդական երգի պահպանման\, վերակենդանացման եւ աշխարհին ներկայացման սուրբ առաքելութեան։ Ծնած է 1960 թուականի դեկտեմբերի 26-ին Երեւանում։ Իր ձայնով եւ մեկնաբանութեամբ ան կենդանութիւն կը հաղորդէ դարաւոր մեղեդիներուն՝ բացայայտելով հայկական երաժշտութեան հոգեւոր խորքը եւ ներքին լռութիւնը։\n\n \n\nՈրպէս Շողակէն ժողովրդական անսամբլի հիմնադիր անդամներէն մէկը\, Հարութիւնեան ելոյթներով ներկայ եղած է Եւրոպայի\, Հիւսիսային Ամերիկայի եւ Միջին Արեւելքի բեմերուն վրայ՝ ներկայացնելով Հայաստանի հնագոյն երգերը\, ծիսական հնչիւններն ու արմատական ռիթմերը միջազգային լսարաններուն։ Զուգահեռաբար\, ան կը ղեկավարէ Հայրիկ Մուրադեան Ժողովրդական Երգի եւ Պարի Մանկական Անսամբլը\, ուր իր գիտելիքն ու փորձառութիւնը կը փոխանցէ նոր սերունդին՝ ապահովելով\, որ հայկական ժողովրդական երաժշտութիւնը շարունակէ ապրել եւ զարգանալ։\n\n \n\nՀարութիւնեանի ձայնասկավառակները արժանացած են միջազգային բարձր գնահատանքի։ Անոր ալբոմը՝ «Հայկական քնաբեր երգեր»\, 2004 թուականին The New York Times-ի կողմէ նշուած է որպէս բացառիկ համաշխարհային երաժշտական հրատարակութիւն։ Շողակէն անսամբլի հետ իր կատարումները ընդգրկուած են նաեւ միջազգային ճանաչում ունեցող կինոնկարներու ձայնագրութիւններուն մէջ\, ներառեալ Աթոմ Եղոյեանի «Արարատ» ֆիլմը։ Մինչեւ Շողակէն միանալը\, Հարութիւնեան լայն շրջագայութիւններ ունեցած է Ագունք անսամբլի հետ՝ ելոյթներով Հայաստանի Ազգային Ռատիոյի եթերով եւ տարբեր բեմերու վրայ՝ ամբողջ Հայաստանով\, Եւրոպայով եւ նախկին Խորհրդային Միութեան տարածքով։\n\n \n\nԱյս բազմամեայ արուեստագիտական եւ մանկավարժական ուղու բնական շարունակութիւնն է «Արև\, արև\, եկ\, եկ» երկլեզու (հայերէն–անգլերէն) ժողովածուն\, որ կը ներկայացնէ պատմական Հայաստանի տարբեր շրջաններու հայ ժողովրդական մանկական երգերու համահաւաք ընտրանի։ Ժողովածուն կը ներառէ 42 երգ տարբեր ժանրերէ\, ուղեկցուած ձայնասկավառակով\, արտասանութեան ուղեցոյցով\, բարբառային եւ օտարալեզու բառերու բառարանով\, ինչպէս նաեւ երգերու տեքստերու անգլերէն համառոտ թարգմանութիւններով։\n\n \n\nՆախատեսուած թէ՛ հայ\, թէ՛ միջազգային երաժշտասէր հանրութեան համար՝ «Արև\, արև\, եկ\, եկ» ժողովածուն կը մարմնաւորէ Հասմիկ Հարութիւնեանի համոզումը\, թէ ժողովրդական երգը ոչ միայն մշակութային ժառանգութիւն է\, այլ կենդանի լեզու\, որ պէտք է սորվեցնել\, երգել եւ սիրել մանկութեան օրերէն սկսեալ։ Իր ելոյթներով\, ձայնագրութիւններով եւ կրթական նախաձեռնութիւններով\, Հասմիկ Հարութիւնեան կը շարունակէ պահել հայկական մշակոյթը կենդանի\, արմատաւորուած եւ փոխանցելի գալիք սերունդներուն։\n\n \n\nDate/Time: Tuesday\, January 27\, 2026 at 7PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/arev-arev-yek-yek-hasmik-harutyunyan-voice-of-armenian-folk-tradition/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:Cosmic Solitude: Meet The Author Yulia Grigoryants
DESCRIPTION:COSMIC SOLITUDE is an exploration of solitude and isolation in one of the Soviet Union’s largest cosmic ray research stations\,  located in the remote mountains of Armenia. Once a place of great scientific importance\, the station continues to operate today\, though only three people live and work there year-round\, surrounded by silence and vast\, open landscapes.  \nThrough striking imagery\, the book documents life at the station\, offering a rare glimpse into a world where time seems to stand steel. But beyond its surface\, Cosmic Solitude is a reflection on the deeper meanings of solitude both physical and existential. It encourages the viewer to pause and think about the connection between people and the places they inhabit\, about time\, and about the meaning of what it is to be human and alone.  \nEdited by renowned photo editor Sarah Leen and printed in Italy\, Cosmic Solitude is a visual journey into one of the world’s most remote scientific outposts\, where past and present quietly coexist. \nYULIA GRIGORYANTS is a visionary documentary photographer from Armenia whose work explores the unseen aspects of human experience\, capturingthe aftermath of conflict\, the lives of marginalized communities\, and the enduring impact of social and cultural challenges. Through her lens\, she examines themes of memory\, loss\, and the quiet resilience of people. \nHer photography is deeply influenced by her personal history: born in Azerbaijan to an Armenian family\, Grigoryants fled the country in 1988 to escape the violence against Armenians. Growing up in Armenia during the transition from Soviet rule to independence\, surviving a devastating earthquake\, and enduring the socioeconomic hardship and scarcity following years of war. Her work has been published in major outlets such as The New York Times\, The Sunday Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Washington Post\, and Al Jazeera. It has also been showcased at the Sharjah Art Biennial (UAE)\, Musée Albert-Kahn (France)\, the Council of Europe (France)\, Somerset House (UK)\, The House of United Nations (Armenia). \nGrigoryants has received several notable awards\, including the Albert-Kahn Award and Prix Maison Blanche. She currently lives and works between Paris and Yerevan. \nDay/Time: Tuesday\, March 4\, 2025 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/cosmic-solitude-meet-the-author-yulia-grigoryants/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:Diana Markosian's FATHER
DESCRIPTION:Join Aperture and The Center for Armenian Arts for a conversation between photographer Diana Markosian and artist Ara Oshagan. They will discuss Markosian’s most recent publication\, Father (Aperture\, 2024)\, an intimate and engrossing diaristic portrayal of estrangement and reconnection\, recounted through documentary photographs\, family snapshots\, text\, and visual ephemera.  \nDiana Markosian: Father presents the Armenian photographer’s journey to another place and another time\, where she attempts to piece together an image of a familiar stranger—her long-lost father. The book explores her father’s absence\, her reconciliation with him\, and the shared emptiness of their prolonged estrangement after a separation during Markosian’s childhood. The images\, made over the course of a decade\, take place in her father’s home in Armenia. Father follows her first monograph\, Santa Barbara (Aperture\, 2020)\, in which Markosian recreates the story of her family’s journey from post–Soviet Russia to the US in the 1990s.  \n––  \nDiana Markosian (born in Moscow\, 1989) is among the leaders of a new generation of photographers and lens-based artists advancing documentary storytelling through image-making. In 1996\, she moved to the US from Russia with her brother and mother\, leaving behind her father\, who would eventually relocate back to the family’s home country of Armenia. Her photographs have been published in Vanity Fair\, Vogue\, and the New Yorker. Her work is represented by Galerie les filles du calvaire\, Paris. The artist’s acclaimed first monograph\, Santa Barbara (Aperture\, 2020)\, was selected as one of the top books of the year by Time and the Museum of Modern Art Magazine. She holds an MS from Columbia University in New York.  \nAra Oshagan (born in Beirut) is a multidisciplinary artist\, curator\, and cultural worker who explores histories of marginalization\, displacement\, and identity. A descendant of communities uprooted from their indigenous land by the Armenian Genocide\, he was born in Lebanon and displaced by war as a youth to the US. Oshagan has published four monographs and has exhibited his artwork internationally. His work has been featured in the LA Times\, NPR’s Morning Edition\, and Hyperallergic. His work is in the permanent collection of the Craft Contemporary Museum\, Southeast Museum of Photography\, Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts\, and Modern Art Museum of Yerevan. \nTuesday\, February 25 at 7:00 pm PST
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/diana-markosians-father/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition Event,Book Presentation
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SUMMARY:Tashtakerank (Burnt Ends)
DESCRIPTION:TASHTAKERANK (Burnt Ends) is a collection of short stories that echo Khoren Aramanu’s memories from his early childhood to the present day (Iran\, Armenia and the USA)\, imbued with subtle humor.  \nKhoren Aramouni Keshishyan is a writer\, playwright\, and translator. He was born in 1948 in Iran. Aramouni studied in the Armenian Studies department at the University of Isfahan for 2 years. In 1969\, he repatriated to Armenia. He graduated from Yerevan State University in 1975. In 1980\, Aramouni emigrated to the United States. He has been published regularly in Armenian language newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and collaborated on television programs. He is founder of I-Ben printing and publishing. He was also the U.S. representative of the Armenia based\, Garoun monthly literary magazine. Aramouni’s first full-length book\, Posthumous Wedding\, was published in Armenia in 1992. Since 2004\, Aramouni has been a member of the Writers’ Union of Armenia. In 2014\, he received the William Saroyan medal from the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora. He was awarded a medal for his literary accomplishments from the Writers’ Union of Armenia in 2018.  Aramouni has been recognized for his writing by several state and local institutions in California. Aramouni has published 18 books. Seven of his plays have been staged in Armenia and the U.S. He currently resides in Glendale\, California. \nDay/Time: Thursday\, February 13\, 2025 – 7:00PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/tashtakerank-burnt-ends/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250126T170000
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SUMMARY:No Other Words: Haikus
DESCRIPTION:No Other Words by Karén Karslyan is an experimental collection of haikus composed exclusively of the words from Yeghishe Charents’ “My Sweet Armenia.” Through the haikus crafted with the technique of constrained writing\, Karslyan engages in a dialogue with Charents\, at times poking fun\, and at times raising profound questions about contemporary matters\, identity\, recent wars\, and love. \nKarén Karslyan (b. 1979) is a poet\, visual artist\, translator\, holds a PhD in English and is the chairman of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Armenia. He is the author of six books including\, Lezvi Tsayrin (On the Tip of the Tongue)\, a collection of poetry (Granish\, 2022); and Aterazma\, a typographic film-novel (Inknagir\, 2016). His Armenian translation of Lust by Kathy Acker was published by Inknagir in 2015. His writing has been featured in anthologies across multiple languages\, including English\, Spanish\, and French. His performative lectures of Aterazma have been hosted by Coimbra University (2018) and the University of Michigan (2022). His visual art includes flipbooks and video art pieces that have been exhibited at film and art festivals. He is the recipient of the Granish Best Short Story Award (2024) and Best Poetry Award (2021)\, as well as NPAK’s Young Artists Award (2004). In 2003\, he was recognized as Armenia’s “Scandalous Writer of the Year” by Public TV. Born and raised in Armenia\, he now lives in Wisconsin. \nDay/Time: Sunday\, January 26\, 2025 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/no-other-words-haikus/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241212T220000
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SUMMARY:The Iconography of Catholicos' Vestments in the Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting
DESCRIPTION:The book is dedicated to exploration of historical origins and development of ceremonial vestments for the pontiff of the Armenian Apostolic Church-the Catholicos. It explores the dressing ritual\, protocol and the symbolism of it. In medieval manuscripts created in Armenia prior or in main book-making centers of the Armenian diaspora\, there are portraits of famous Catholicoi depicted wearing ceremonial garments. Those portraits are the base for investigating Catholicos’ vestments of the XIII-XVIII centuries\, uncovering their symbolism and discussing several artistic and iconographic issues of those illustrations. This book is aimed to specialists dealing with issues of the Armenian Church culture\, religious scholars\, historians\, ethnographers\, culturalists\, philologists\, and the general reading public. \n\n\n\n  \nSofi Khachmanyan was born in Yerevan. After graduating from school\, she studied at the Art College No. 8 in Yerevan\, attained the title of Master of Needlework Arts. Since 1988\, Sofi has lived in the United States. She received her professional education in fashion design and textile science from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in 1993 (AA degree)\, and received her bachelor’s degree in 2006 and master’s degree in 2008 from Cal State LA. In 2014\, she became a candidate at the Institute of Arts\, National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia. In 2019\, she defended her dissertation at the same institute on the topic “The Symbolism of Catholicos’ Vestments and its Iconography in Medieval Miniature Painting”\, which became the basis of her First book. \n\n\n\n  \nFor over two decades\, Sofi has taught courses in fashion design\, garment construction\, textile science\, and history of fashion at various higher education institutions in Los Angeles. In addition to teaching\, she researches and curates two historical collections in Los Angeles belonging to the Telfeyan families\, who were wealthy merchants from Caesarea. Sofi also collaborates with the Ararat Museum in Mission Hills through scientific consulting and practical work\, directs the Creative Hands Art School\, and is engaged in lacemaking and “Nuno” felting. \n\n\n\n  \nDay/Time: Thursday\, December 12\, 2024 – 7:00 PM
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/the-iconography-of-catholicos-vestments-in-the-armenian-medieval-miniature-painting/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240802T190000
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SUMMARY:KRISTIN ANAHIT CASS
DESCRIPTION:Abril Bookstore & GALAS\ninvite you to meet\nKRISTIN ANAHIT CASS\nauthor of\nREPARATIONS OF THE HEART\nToward a SWANA Futurity \nDiscussion with Araxie Cass \nFRIDAY\, AUGUST 2\, 2024 – 7:00PM\nTHE CENTER FOR ARMENIAN ARTS\n250 N. Orange St.\nGlendale\, CA 91203 \nAdmission is free. For more information\, call (818) 243-4112.\nParking at Orange Street Parking Structure 222 N. Orange St\, Glendale\, CA 91203\nFirst 90 minutes free\, $2.00 per hour
URL:https://armenianarts.com/event/kristin-anahit-cass/
LOCATION:The Center for Armenian Arts\, Glendale\, California\, 250 N. Orange St.\, Glendale\, CA\, 91203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Presentation
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