April is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month
FEATURED EVENTS
THE RESISTANCE NETWORK
Khatchig Mouradian, Ph.D. in conversation with Eric Nazarian
Saturday, April 10, 2021, 6:30pm (PST)
Author and lecturer Khatchig Mouradian, Ph.D., will discuss his book, The Resistance Network in conversation with filmmaker and screenwriter Eric Nazarian.
Request to pick up a hard copy of The Resistance Network using our Contactless Pickup Services.
Signed copies of The Resistance Network will be available for purchase from our partner, Abril Books.
April is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month in the 2020-2021 Be The Change Series. Keep an eye out for more events.
The Resistance Network is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian Genocide. Khatchig Mouradian challenges depictions of Armenians as passive victims of violence and subjects of humanitarianism, demonstrating the key role they played in organizing a humanitarian resistance against the destruction of their people.
Khatchig Mouradian, Ph.D. is a lecturer in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African studies at Columbia University. He is the editor of the peer-reviewed journal The Armenian Review and in 2020 was awarded a Humanities War & Peace Initiative Grant from Columbia University.
ARMENIA, ARTSAKH, DIASPORA
Armenia, Artsakh, Diaspora – Memory, Identity, and Responsibility
A Conversation with Eric Hacopian and Salpi Ghazarian
Thursday, April 8, 2021, 6:30pm (PST)
Political consultant and commentator Eric Hacopian in conversation with Salpi Ghazarian, Director of the USC Institute of Armenian Studies, about Armenia now.
Eric Hacopian is a 30-year veteran of American politics, having worked on campaigns from the local to the presidential level. For the past 22 years, he has been the principal at EDH & Associates, a Southern California-based Democratic consulting firm. He has lived in Armenia since 2017.
Salpi H. Ghazarian joined the USC Institute of Armenian Studies in 2014 to lead a global intellectual center that brings together the skills, training and passion of scholars, practitioners and leaders to address and resolve national and global challenges impacting communities in California, the US and the Republic of Armenia.
This pre-recorded conversation will premiere on the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month Page and YouTube channel on Thursday, April 8, 6:30pm.
LAVASH
John Lee, Ara Zada, and Kate Leahy in conversation with graphic designer Helena Grigorian
Thursday, April 1, 2021, 6:30pm (PST)
Authors John Lee, Ara Zada, and Kate Leahy discuss their book Lavash: The bread that launched 1,000 meals, plus salads, stews, and other recipes from Armenia with graphic designer Helena Grigorian.
Check out Lavash as an eBook from cloudLibrary or request to pick up a hard copy using our Contactless Pickup Services.
Signed copies of Lavash are available for purchase from our partner, Abril Books.
April is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month in the 2020-2021 Be The Change Series.
In the book Lavash: The bread that launched 1,000 meals, plus salads, stews, and other recipes from Armenia, the authors first show how to make this bread at home and then share the many dishes it enhances, from soups and stews to grilled meats, vegetables, and dessert. Alongside recipes are essays and photography that offer windows into the Armenia of the 21st century. At its core, Lavash is a celebration of breaking bread with friends and family which is an intrinsic value of this resilient, beautiful country.
John Lee is a food and lifestyle photographer who shoots regularly for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ara Zada is a chef, recipe developer, and television personality.
Kate Leahy is an award-winning food writer, collaborator, and recipe developer.
VIRTUAL REFLECTSPACE EXHIBITS
Sites of Fracture: Diasporic Imaginings of Occupied Artsakh
Glendale Library Arts and Culture and ReflectSpace Gallery present Sites of Fracture: Diasporic Imaginings of Occupied Artsakh, a virtual exhibition that brings together diasporan Armenian artists - from the United States, Canada, and Germany - to create a collective counter-narrative to forces of occupation and cultural erasure in the Republic of Artsakh.
Artists and cultural workers in the exhibit include Kamee Abrahamian, Ali Cat / Entangled Roots Press, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian, Naré Mkrtchyan, Nelli Sargsyan, She Loves Collective, Scout Tufankjian, Anahid Yahjian and Yerazad Coalition.
Sites of Fracture: Diasporic Imaginings of Occupied Artsakh is co-curated by Mashinka Firunts Hakopian, Ara Oshagan and Anahid Oshagan, is part of the Be the Change series and coincides with Armenian Genocide Remembrance Month.
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Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month & Día de los Muertos
Native American Heritage Month
Black History Month
BE THE CHANGE
Inclusion - Diversity - Equity - Antiracism
Glendale Library, Arts & Culture’s (GLAC) and the Southern California Library Cooperative’s Be The Change series is focused on: Inclusion – Diversity – Equity – Antiracism. Be The Change events will build collective understanding of systemic racism, elevate the voices and stories of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), and inspire our community to be the change.
The Be the Change series takes place in conjunction with such commemorations as Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Month, Black History Month, Armenian Genocide Remembrance, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and LGBTQ+ Pride. The series will also examine the one-year anniversary of the 2020 racial justice protests and 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. The series will include virtual lectures, exhibits, and online programming from authors, curators, and historians.
The series is led by Glendale Library, Arts & Culture in partnership with the Southern California Library Cooperative and Outlook Newspapers. The series is sponsored by the City of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission, with funding from the City of Glendale Urban Art Fund.