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Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
FB: www.facebook.com/GlendalePL
An Exciting Panel Discussion
The Challenges Facing Armenian Artists & Writers in Diaspora
GLENDALE, CA The public is invited on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 7
pm to an exciting panel discussion on The Challenges Facing Armenian
Artists & writers in Diaspora, featuring panelists Vahe Berberian, Aris
Janigian, Ara Oshagan and Lory Tatoulian. Maria Armoudian will be
moderating the panel discussion at the Glendale Central Library
Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street in Glendale. The discussion is in
English. Admission is free; seating is limited. Library visitors receive
3 hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking
structure with validation at the Loan Desk.
Maria Armoudian is the author of Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in
the Fate of the World. Armoudian is the host and producer of the
syndicated radio program, The Scholars Circle. Her articles have been
published by the New York Times Syndicate and the Los Angeles Times
Syndicate and have appeared in Columbia Journalism Review, Salon.com,
Huffington Post, Grist, Daily Variety and Billboard.
Vahe Berberian is an actor, playwright, leading Armenian monologist, and
a prolific painter. He is the co-founder of the Armenian Experimental
Theatre. He has written and directed Pink Elephant, Quicksand, Baron
Garbis, and Gyank. Berberian is an established leading Armenian
monologist. He has performed five one-man shows; Yevaylen, Nayev,
Dagaveen, Sagayn and Yete. Berberian's paintings are well known in the
United States and abroad. He has had over 65 exhibitions since 1975.
Aris Janigian is the author of Bloodvine, Riverbig, and This Angelic
Land. He is the co-author of Something for Nothing, a book on the
philosophy of graphic design. He is a contributing writer for
thenervousbreakdown.com. He lives in Los Angeles, but seasonally returns
to Fresno, his hometown, to pack and ship wine grapes.
Ara Oshagan is a photographer whose work revolves around the
intersecting themes of identity, community and memory. His work is in
the permanent collection of the Southeast Museum of Photography,
Florida; the Downey Museum of Art, California; and the Museum of Modern
Art in Armenia.
Lory Tatoulian is an actress and playwright who has been performing her
comedic one-woman shows and cabarets across the country. She has written
and performed many shows such as; Sitting Twisted, Talking Straight,
Autosapiens, Sketched, Pomegrante Whisky and The Big Bad Armo show.
The program is organized by the Library, Arts & Culture Department.
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CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian, Glendale Library, Arts & Culture at
[email protected] or (818) 548-3288.
From: Baghdasarian
Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
FB: www.facebook.com/GlendalePL
An Exciting Panel Discussion
The Challenges Facing Armenian Artists & Writers in Diaspora
GLENDALE, CA The public is invited on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 7
pm to an exciting panel discussion on The Challenges Facing Armenian
Artists & writers in Diaspora, featuring panelists Vahe Berberian, Aris
Janigian, Ara Oshagan and Lory Tatoulian. Maria Armoudian will be
moderating the panel discussion at the Glendale Central Library
Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street in Glendale. The discussion is in
English. Admission is free; seating is limited. Library visitors receive
3 hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place parking
structure with validation at the Loan Desk.
Maria Armoudian is the author of Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in
the Fate of the World. Armoudian is the host and producer of the
syndicated radio program, The Scholars Circle. Her articles have been
published by the New York Times Syndicate and the Los Angeles Times
Syndicate and have appeared in Columbia Journalism Review, Salon.com,
Huffington Post, Grist, Daily Variety and Billboard.
Vahe Berberian is an actor, playwright, leading Armenian monologist, and
a prolific painter. He is the co-founder of the Armenian Experimental
Theatre. He has written and directed Pink Elephant, Quicksand, Baron
Garbis, and Gyank. Berberian is an established leading Armenian
monologist. He has performed five one-man shows; Yevaylen, Nayev,
Dagaveen, Sagayn and Yete. Berberian's paintings are well known in the
United States and abroad. He has had over 65 exhibitions since 1975.
Aris Janigian is the author of Bloodvine, Riverbig, and This Angelic
Land. He is the co-author of Something for Nothing, a book on the
philosophy of graphic design. He is a contributing writer for
thenervousbreakdown.com. He lives in Los Angeles, but seasonally returns
to Fresno, his hometown, to pack and ship wine grapes.
Ara Oshagan is a photographer whose work revolves around the
intersecting themes of identity, community and memory. His work is in
the permanent collection of the Southeast Museum of Photography,
Florida; the Downey Museum of Art, California; and the Museum of Modern
Art in Armenia.
Lory Tatoulian is an actress and playwright who has been performing her
comedic one-woman shows and cabarets across the country. She has written
and performed many shows such as; Sitting Twisted, Talking Straight,
Autosapiens, Sketched, Pomegrante Whisky and The Big Bad Armo show.
The program is organized by the Library, Arts & Culture Department.
###
CONTACT: Elizabeth Grigorian, Glendale Library, Arts & Culture at
[email protected] or (818) 548-3288.
From: Baghdasarian