The last time Christine Kepenekian was at the Homenetmen Glendale Ararat Chapter facilities, she was being honored for her performance in the European Championship Women Division C Tournament in Yerevan, the Armenian capitol.

The Armenian National Committee – Glendale Chapter announced on Wednesday that ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian will deliver the keynote speech at its 2010 Annual Banquet, while Ms. Lyola Hovhannisyan will receive the “Youth Activist of the Year” award. The event is set to take place on Thursday, September 16th, 6:30pm at Renaissance Banquet Hall in Glendale, CA.

The Glendale Symphony Orchestra will kickoff the 2010-2011 season with a fundraising eventon Saturday, September 11 from 4 to 7 p.m., the to honor world-renowned conductor/ composer Maestro Loris Tjeknavorian, is one of the most highly regarded conductors and composers in the world today and will be joining the Glendale Symphony as a guest conductor for a concert later this fall.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US Central Committee’s public relations committee announced that four commemorative stamps have been issued to mark the ARF’s 120th anniversary.

The 2010 Summer Session of the Armenian National Committee-Western Region Internship-Externship Program (ANC-WR IEP) came to a close on August 17th with the program participants delivering their final presentations to regional leadership, staff, and fellow program alumni. The graduates reviewed their accomplishments over the previous ten weeks and fielded questions from the audience regarding their projects.

On Aug. 22, the second Armenian Relief Society (ARS), Inc. cruise set sail from the port of Amsterdam, with 357 passengers onboard. The European cruise will take them to Germany, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark, and Estonia.

The exhibition Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective is currently on view at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles through September 20. Hamazkayin’s Mosaic Concert Committee is organizing an evening of Armenian folk musical interpretations and original compositions by Armenian Public Radio and A Splinter, which will take place on September 9 in the courtyard of the MOCA from 5 to 8 pm.

Project SAVE has two very good reasons to smile before a camera these days. Not only is this photographic treasure celebrating its 35 anniversary throughout the Armenian community but it’s also 25 years since the first calendar ran hot off the presses.

The 13th annual Arpa International Film Festival (September 21 to 26, 2010 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood) is pleased to announce this year’s festival program and events. The 6-day fest offers over 40 feature films, shorts, documentaries, music videos and animated films including World, North American, and West Coast premiers from 30 nations. Nations represented among this year’s Official Selection include Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Nagorno-Karabakh, Norway, Morocco, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, and Venezuela.

Longtime professor and academician Dr. Richard Hovannisian will be honored with the organization’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR) Annual Banquet this year. The honor is among the organization’s highest awards and is being presented to Professor Richard Hovannisian for teaching, researching, writing, and lecturing worldwide about Armenian history, culture, and current issues. The 2010 Annual Banquet, which is set to be a sold out event, will be held on October 24th at the Universal Sheraton in Los Angeles.

Armenian Relief Society representatives Suzy Sarafian, Lucy Pampalian and Carolin Keverian will join over 2,000 global civil society activists at the 63rd annual UN Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference titled, “Advance Global Health: Achieve the MDGs”.