Books & Arts

A theatre should carry its own aesthetic values besides just being a building and a staff of working actors. The theatres in Armenia have had nothing to tell to their spectators for a long time now and they exist only because they haven’t been closed and as if in a “coma” they pray: don’t kill …

On the threshold of the mayoral elections in Yerevan political powers and candidates do their best to demonstrate and show that they feel a great love to their city, write projects to develop the city infrastructures and show that they have done much for the sake of Yerevan (especially the pro-government politicians). While the love …

This year is the 50th anniversary of one of the most conspicuous and beautiful symbols of our city and history in general – the statue of Sasuntsi Davit. This masterpiece of Yervand Kochar is a documentary fact of the epos of Armenia, which can be found in various albums and postcards of Yerevan. We love …

Hasmik Poghosyan, the minister of culture, says that the ministry does not have any delays in transforming to the savings policy. The savings policy for the last three months of this year mostly concerns cutting the investment capacity in construction works. As for the urgent needs of the ministry’s plans such as purchasing security and …

The National Cinema Center adjacent to the RA Ministry of Culture spread rumors that in the upcoming 62nd international movie festival of the Cannes in May the movie titled “Twisted Parallels” of Hovhannes Galstyan will be shown. The director of the Center Gevorg Gevorgyan informed that the movie will be shown during the week of …

Photo journalist Ruben Mangasaryan got heart attack and passed away on March 21. He was 48 years old and had a great passion and enthusiasm to create. Our nation lost a bright mind. Ruben Mangasaryan was not only a photo journalist who had worked in extremely difficult conditions and been granted with international prizes, but …

One needs inner independence in order to leave in peace and create in this life, which is full of conditions and violence. The real independence does not come with intrigues and noise, it is a quiet and conscious thing. Inner independence is a value, which is very important for any artist and it is not …

Interview with Tom Samuelyan, dean of the department of law of the American University of Armenia, doctor of jurisprudence and philosophy, who studied with Obama at Harvard university. – Many Armenians are leaving the homeland. You returned to Armenia. Have you found the same Armenia that every Diaspora Armenian has in the dreams? – Partly. …

It is already 50 years that saxophonist and bandmaster Georgi Garanyan is playing jazz, recording music and managing jazz bands. In the Soviet union almost everybody knew Georgi Garanyan because he managed Melodia band, which used to play with almost all jazz players and singers of the Soviet times. One could see his name in …

Sirusho, who is representing Armenia in Eurovision, has been included in the first three places of possible winners by the British and Serbian bookmakers. British bookmaker agency William Hill predicts that the first place will be occupied by Dima Bilan. The possible winners for the second place are Sirusho and Serbian Elena Tomashevich. The predictions …