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Mapping Literature

From Dublin to California to Goris, our own ideas of a place are quite often illuminated by literature. Follow the pathway toward several of those places, as recreated by literary giants.  
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From Bambir to

Vishup

January 28, 2019

The musical life and journey of Arik Grigoryan

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If Life Gives 

You Lemons

January 28, 2019

Writer Narek Margaryan knows what to do with them

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Hungry in Hell or the

Hungry Statue

January 18, 2019

What is going through the mind of Ugolino in this sculpture by Carpeaux? A clue: it is based on a scene from Dante’s Inferno. 

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Train of Thought

#2

December 18, 2018

How do we get from Tony winning playwright William Shakespeare to Ray Charles? 

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Culture Check:

October 2018

November 1, 2018

We mourn Charles Aznavour and Ara Güler, but there's also a lot to celebrate in this month's very Armenian Culture Check!

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Culture Check:

September 2018

October 1, 2018

Fly me to the moon and other possibilities abound in this month's #CultureCheck!

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Are you an

innovative artist?

July 24, 2018

Creative Armenia and AGBU launch fellowships to champion innovative talents

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Culture Check:

June 2018

July 2, 2018

Moving canvases, catwalk surprises, and an electronic palace in June's Culture Check.

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We need patrons,

not philanthropists

July 24, 2018

Dr. Vartan Gregorian is the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Over an illustrious career, he has served as....

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Culture Check:

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Versace! Kubrick! Revolution! There's something for everyone in April's Culture Check.

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Creative Armenia-AGBU fellows

January 28, 2019

Five exceptional artists selected for career acceleration.

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Oil on

Canvas

January 28, 2019

But there is much more to the art of Burçin Başar

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Culture Check:

December 2018

December 28, 2018

Catch one last piece of

culture before 2019! #culturecheck

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Culture Check:

November 2018

December 3, 2018

We lose Stan Lee but find Charles Dickens in this month's #culturecheck!

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Residency for Armenian artists

October 18, 2018

Armenia’s Minister of Culture Lilit Makunts joins us and the Boghossian Foundation to launch the East-West Residency in the heart of Europe

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Culture Check:

August 2018

September 6, 2018

"What are Insta Novels?" you ask. Check out #CultureCheck for this and many other answers...

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Creative Armenia's

1st anniversary

July 7, 2018

Creative Armenia - AGBU Fellowships launched to discover innovative artists

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Behind

the 7 Notes

June 27, 2018

An interview with Lucineh Hovannisian, Lilit Yepremyan and Miqayel Voskanyan

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Culture Check:

May 2018

May 30, 2018

82 protesting women and 2 missing filmmakers at Cannes, the 100th anniversary of the First Republic and the one and only Serj Tankian. 

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Lights.Camera.

Reaction

April 26, 2018

Freedom fighter or storyteller?  Extracting comedy from civil rights struggles and entertainment from genocide.

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