Visual Arts
Lara Minassian: Contemporary Armenian Artist
By Adriana Tchalian
Painter Lara Minassian is set to showcase her work this coming week at Harvest Gallery in Glendale–California. Minassian’s work will appear alongside the sculptures of her mother–Diana Minassian–for the first time. The exhibition–entitled Sinuous Parallels–will run from August 5-13–with a special artists’ reception on Friday–August 5–from 6 to [...]

(ArmeniaNow)–While the European Union considers Turkey’s application for membership–some Armenia’s are using the time of intense inspection to rally their cause against what they call "cultural genocide."
Earlier this month–a group of Armenian intelligentsia met in Yerevan to discuss ways to bring attention to the destruction of Armenian architecture on Turkish soil.
Armen Hakhnazaryan–who has founded an [...]

VILNIUS (The Baltic Times)–A crowd of Lithuanians gathered outside Parliament on Wednesday to speak out against Turkey’s possible membership in the European Union. Participants–many of whom are supporters of Voice of Europe–an emerging non-governmental organization (NGO) formed to unite efforts against Turkey’s membership–are calling on Brussels not to open talks with Ankara.
Vilius Alisauskas–coordinator of Voice [...]

LOS ANGELES–A new exhibition–"Macho Bullshit," will make its debut at the Black Maria Gallery–reflecting issues of contemporary male identity.
Commenting on the theme of the exhibition–Black Maria Gallery owner Zara Zeitountsian said–"In our time–and especially since the sexual revolution of the 60s–masculinity as both social role and frame of mind has become increasingly problematic."
"While boys and [...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–President Robert Kocharian told Armenia’s tax authorities on Friday to do more to tackle corporate tax evasion which he said remains commonplace due to government corruption and favoritism.
Meeting with senior officials from the State Taxation Service (STS)–Kocharian said their declared fight against the informal sector of the economy still leaves much to be desired [...]

MONTEVIDEO (Armenpress)–Turkey’s ambassador to Uruguay Siakri Tafan met with members of a Uruguayan parliamentary commission on foreign relations–prompting a demonstration by the Armenian National Committee and other Armenian organizations.
Around 100 Armenia’s with flags and posters staged a two-hour protest against the ambassador–who came to parliament to establish an Armenian-Turkish commission on the issue of the [...]

GLENDALE–The 2005 AYF Youth Corps participants arrived in Armenia on Tuesday–July 12–to build a youth center that will serve the city of Vayk and the nearby villages.
The participants–who will stay in Armenia and Artsakh for nearly a month–will mark the first time the Youth Corps program works to build a youth center.
The group members will [...]

–Ashken Pilavjian Donates $200,000 for Holy Martyrs ARS Ashken Pilavjian Preschool
BEVERLY HILLS–Over 400 guests gathered for the annual banquet of Holy Martyrs Armenian Elementary & Ferrahian High School and Holy Martyrs ARS Ashken Pilavjian Prescho

–Mrs. Ashkhen Pilavjian and Mr. & Mrs. Khatchig Mouradian Top Donor List
GLENDALE–Community leaders–organizational representatives–activists–and benefactors were among over 100 people in attendance at the 2005 Armenian National Comm

YEREVAN (RFE/RL)–Mohamed El Baradei–the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)–praised Armenian authorities for their "good" cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog group as he ended a two-day visit to Yerevan on Thursday.
El Baradei said the ongoing efforts to further improve the safety standards at the Medzamor nuclear power station were an [...]

(Reuters)–Turkey should never join the European Union because it lies mostly outside Europe geographically–and accession talks should not begin on October 3 unless Ankara first recognizes the sovereignty of Cyprus–according to the vice president of Germany’s CDU/CSU party–Wolfang Schauble.
Schauble made these remarks in the Polish daily–Rzeczpospolita–on July 25 following Germany’s decision last week to push [...]