Thursday, March 24, 2011
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Vanessa Kachadurian-Armenian and Turkish statue gets court stay
Turkish court stays demolition of Kars statue
ISTANBUL – Daily News with wires
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
An administrative court in the eastern province of Erzurum has granted a stay of execution against the demolition of Kars’ Monument to Humanity, a peace sculpture described as “freakish” by the prime minister in January.
“The Erzurum 1st Administrative Court granted a motion for a stay of execution of the Kars Municipal Assembly’s decision to demolish the ‘Monument to Humanity’ in order to avoid any [possible] irrevocable damage that could be done to the statue,” said lawyer Aslı Kazan, who is acting on behalf of the sculpture’s creator, Mehmet Aksoy.
The sculpture cannot be demolished until the court case is finalized, Kazan told Anatolia news agency on Monday.
Aksoy brought court action against a decision by the eastern province of Kars to demolish the sculpture after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the monument looked “freakish” and vowed to take it down.
The court decision came on the same day an auction was to be held in the eastern province to select the company that would demolish the statue. Six companies presented their proposals to the tendering authority Monday.
If the Erzurum court eventually chooses to permit the demolition of the sculpture, the company that wins the auction will be given 60 days by the local municipality to remove the Monument to Humanity. The sculpture will reportedly be dismantled before being carted away.
Erdoğan sparked controversy on the monument during his visit earlier this year when he said the monument, which is placed on a high hill overlooking the city, was both “freakish” and threatened to overshadow historical locations such as the Seyyid Hasal El Harakani tomb and mosque.
After the prime minister ordered the sculpture’s demolition, Kars’ municipal assembly passed a motion to tear down the monument, saying it had been illegally erected in a protected area.
The unfinished monument, which depicts two figures meeting, is 35 meters tall, weighs 300 tons and is meant to represent efforts to foster friendship between the Turkish and Armenian peoples. Aksoy has planned for one of the figures to shed a tear in regret while the other extends its hand in reconciliation if permission is granted for the completion of the monument.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Vanessa Kachadurian - The Hughes Brothers "Book of Eli" "From Hell", "Dead Presidents" and more
Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes (born April 1, 1972), known together professionally as the Hughes brothers, are American film directors, producers and screenwriters. The pair, who are twins, are known for co-directing such visceral, and often violent, movies as Menace II Society, From Hell and The Book of Eli.
Early lives
The Hughes brothers were born in Detroit, Michigan to an African American father and an Armenian American mother, Aida, whose family were Iranian Armenians from Tehran. Albert is the older of the twins by nine minutes; although they originally believed themselves to be fraternal twins, they suspect they may be identical despite not having had a DNA test. Their parents divorced when they were two. The twins moved with their mother to Pomona, California, east of Los Angeles, when they were nine. The mother raised her sons alone while putting herself through school and starting her own business, a vocational center. Supportive of her sons' ambitions as filmmakers, she gave them a video camera when they were twelve. As a result, the boys spent their free time making short films. When a teacher suggested that they make a "How To" film for an assignment, they complied with a short film entitled "How to Be a Burglar."
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Vanessa Kachadurian-Armenian Comedy show at KZV School San Francisco
Comedy Show (in Armenian) Actors from Armenia USA, CA-North San Francisco Sat, 26 Mar 2011 7:30 p.m.March 26, 2011
Organizer: KZV Armenian School & Hamazkayin - Contact Organizer. 415-586-8686
Event Type: Comedy / Admission: $35, sponsors $100
Location: Khachaturian Armenian Community Center, Saroyan Hall 825 Brotherhood Way
Krouzian Zekarian Vasbouragan Armenian Schoolin collaboration w/ Hamazkayin SF Nigol Aghpalian Chapter presentDON JVAN - Avia (Don Juan of the Air)Katakergoutiun (Comedy) about air travelactors: Hrant Tokhatyan, Narek Duryan, Naira Movsisyan, Luiza Nersisyan, Tamara PetrosyanSaturday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.Khatchaturian Armenian Community CenterSaroyan Hall825 Brotherhood WaySan Francisco, CAFor tickets, contact School Office: Sose @ 415-586-8686Angelique Arzoumanian 408-396-4390Levon Ishag 650-345-7870 or 415-999-5554Also playing in Los Angeles, Fresno, Boston, New York, Montreal, Toronto
Organizer: KZV Armenian School & Hamazkayin - Contact Organizer. 415-586-8686
Event Type: Comedy / Admission: $35, sponsors $100
Location: Khachaturian Armenian Community Center, Saroyan Hall 825 Brotherhood Way
Krouzian Zekarian Vasbouragan Armenian Schoolin collaboration w/ Hamazkayin SF Nigol Aghpalian Chapter presentDON JVAN - Avia (Don Juan of the Air)Katakergoutiun (Comedy) about air travelactors: Hrant Tokhatyan, Narek Duryan, Naira Movsisyan, Luiza Nersisyan, Tamara PetrosyanSaturday, March 26, 7:30 p.m.Khatchaturian Armenian Community CenterSaroyan Hall825 Brotherhood WaySan Francisco, CAFor tickets, contact School Office: Sose @ 415-586-8686Angelique Arzoumanian 408-396-4390Levon Ishag 650-345-7870 or 415-999-5554Also playing in Los Angeles, Fresno, Boston, New York, Montreal, Toronto
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Vanessa Kachadurian-Armenian Artists team up with Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder to perform at concert timed to Armenian Genocide 100th anniversary
February 4, 2011 - 17:11 AMT 13:11 GMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government is teaming up with Stevie Wonder and a roster of international performers to bring a higher profile to Genocide recognition efforts.
Armenian dignitaries and music promoters in Glendale unveiled plans for a five-year series of concerts, dubbed “Never Again,” to keep the Armenian Genocide and other human rights atrocities in the public eye.
The series is scheduled to culminate with performances in 2015, the 100-year anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide, in which 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Supporters say the effort is a companion to long-standing political and legal efforts by Armenian-Americans to have the United States formally recognize the Armenian Genocide.
“Something that may not be done through the power of politics can be done through the power of music,” said Anush Hovsepyan, spokeswoman for Glendale-based nonprofit Artists for Peace.
Hovsepyan said the program also is intended to highlight the many atrocities that have occurred even after a 1948 United Nations resolution condemning genocide, including those in Rwanda, Cambodia and Sudan.
Armenian diplomats voiced their support for the effort.
Grigor Hovhannissian, the Glendale-based consul general for Armenia in the western United States, said the Armenian government supports the effort.
The first “Never Again” concert is scheduled to take place April 17 at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City with Wonder; Canadian songwriter and producer David Foster — who has worked with Celine Dion, Josh Groban and others — and Flora Martirosyan, a popular Armenian performer who recently recorded the genocide-themed song and video “Never Again.”
Promoters are hoping to add other names to the roster of performers, Glendale News –Press reported.
February 4, 2011 - 17:11 AMT 13:11 GMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian government is teaming up with Stevie Wonder and a roster of international performers to bring a higher profile to Genocide recognition efforts.
Armenian dignitaries and music promoters in Glendale unveiled plans for a five-year series of concerts, dubbed “Never Again,” to keep the Armenian Genocide and other human rights atrocities in the public eye.
The series is scheduled to culminate with performances in 2015, the 100-year anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide, in which 1.5 million Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks. Supporters say the effort is a companion to long-standing political and legal efforts by Armenian-Americans to have the United States formally recognize the Armenian Genocide.
“Something that may not be done through the power of politics can be done through the power of music,” said Anush Hovsepyan, spokeswoman for Glendale-based nonprofit Artists for Peace.
Hovsepyan said the program also is intended to highlight the many atrocities that have occurred even after a 1948 United Nations resolution condemning genocide, including those in Rwanda, Cambodia and Sudan.
Armenian diplomats voiced their support for the effort.
Grigor Hovhannissian, the Glendale-based consul general for Armenia in the western United States, said the Armenian government supports the effort.
The first “Never Again” concert is scheduled to take place April 17 at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City with Wonder; Canadian songwriter and producer David Foster — who has worked with Celine Dion, Josh Groban and others — and Flora Martirosyan, a popular Armenian performer who recently recorded the genocide-themed song and video “Never Again.”
Promoters are hoping to add other names to the roster of performers, Glendale News –Press reported.
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