HAPPENINGS AT  GLANCE

1. Yerevan, Armenia, whose ancient roots began as Erebuni in 782 BCE by the Urartu King Argishi, will celebrate its 2800 anniversary in 2018. Get ready for the memorialisation.

2. Long time member of the Museum, Diane Avedissian appeared on NBC-TV news as an advocate for an Iraqi child, Abdeen Hadi, whose face was mutilated by a car bomb when he was 19 months old. He is being cared for by his 21 year old uncle Hasan Hadi, brought to the United States to undergo surgical procedures to correct the damage. The Port Washington ESOL program director Peggy O’Hanlon was contacted to provide English lessons for Hasan and as a volunteer at the library, Diane volunteered for the task. For more information, E-mail: Hasanhelp@yahoo.com.

3. Lisa Flanzraich, media coordinator at the Rosenthal Library has joined the crew and is assisting Marge and Syd Lefkoe with the research for the exhibit, “Ladies From Your Past”. The projected date for the opening is late Fall ,2012.

4. A proposed new exhibit titled  “Rouben Momoulian Remembered“ is slated for Fall 2013. Negotiations have been initiated to also show his films at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria. His famous stage works included , “Porgy & Bess”, ”Oklahoma”and the 1931 film “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde”.

5. France has passed legislation to
criminalize anyone who “denies the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Contact your legislators to urge the United States government to do the same.

6. We thank member Ed Muserlian, who has donated a 20"x 36" framed illustration of Kristapor Mikaelian, the famed ARF leader of “Operation Nemesis” during the early 1920's. The Museum is gradually building its collection of 1915 Armenian Genocide material.

7. Argentina, Cuba or Greece: The Museum is awaiting responses from members to plan the overseas trip. Please call Marge 718-428-5650 if you would like to join us and let us know about your preference.

8. Did Apple CEO Steve Jobs speak Armenian? According to internet sources, the Arab language web-site Khabaramani.com, Job was raised by his Armenian adoptive mother and spoke Armenian fluently.

Original Members of Jazz Band To Be Featured
at the “Mark Kyrkostas Remember Me
With Music” Concert

	On Friday, March 9, 2012, 7 PM, the annual “Mark Kyrkostas Remember Me With Music” concert of music and dance will feature Ivy Adrian on the piano and the original musicians of the Mark Kyrkostas Jazz Quintet, bass, Cosmo Steve Mallardi; flute, Anne Pollack; and joining them will be saxophonist Arnold Lee and percussionist Lamy Istrifi. Pianist, Ivy Adrian, so emotional in her interpretation of Kyrkostas’ works, will perform the stirring Ellis Island concerto, a tribute to immigrants coming to America,  and . The jazz pieces will include, If I Were A River, Shifting Sands & Crooked Camel.  The Armenian Hye Bar Dancers, under the direction of Mane Antreasyan, a member of the AGBU Antranig Dancers, will perform their fantastic popular Armenian dances.   The event is open to the general public and it should be an eye opening night for all our guests. A reception with refreshments will follow the program. For reservations, information and directions, please call 718-428-5650. Donation $10.00.  ($15.00 for 2)  JOIN US!  The event will take place at the Armenian Society Center, which is located at 39-03 Little Neck Parkway, Little Neck NY. The Center is only 50 feet from the Little Neck LIRR Station and it is a 20 minutes ride from Penn Station. There is  ample parking for everyone.
	After Water There is Sand
	After Water There is Sand was directed by Saro Varjabedian, starring Margaret C. Tellalian -Kyrkostas, and  is about an Armenian/American mother, Tamar, who with her daughters, travels to Armenia to take photos in front of Mt. Ararat at the Turkish border. Her husband, Hatcho, who recently passed away had always dreamed of taking a photo of his family in front of Mt. Ararat. The three, Tamar and her two daughters Armine (Leslie Thomas) and Lori (Lucine Djerdjerian)encounter frustrating obstacles in their quest to fulfill their father’s wishes. A relationship struggle emerges between the mother and her daughters because Tamar wants only to take the Ararat photo while Armine and Lori want to travel through Armenia. The film, in English and a few words spoken in Armenian by the female cab driver Hripsime (Karine Kocharian), provides an awe inspiring tour of Armenia. Saro Varjabedian is a former student of the Holy Martyrs Day School in Bayside.  After Water There is Sand is his Masters Thesis graduating from Columbia University and is based on an Armenian proverb, “Chura knatz, avaza menatz” (Water is gone, but the sand remains- A person dies but the memories remain).  On Friday April 20, 2012 at 7 pm, Zarmine Boghosian, principal of the Holy Martyrs Day School and Margaret C. Tellalian-Kyrkostas, .Executive Director of the Anthropology/Armenian Museum @ Queens College, are planning to screen the film during the Heritage, Film and Food Festival in the Church Auditorium. See details below.

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