This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Armenia was one of two featured ...

California is known as a melting pot of immigrants. People from Western Europe, Asia and Latin America are among the most visible in California's cultural landscape. But Los Angeles also happens to ...

Sometime after 2 a.m., there's a guy getting down in the middle of the crowd inside a downtown loft. He's moving as wildly as one can without losing the beat. A brief flash of light against his bare ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. On an early Saturday afternoon in ...

One of the first times that Ara Dinkjian performed on stage with his father was in New York City during the 1964 World’s Fair. Dressed in a costume that his mother sewed consisting of baggy pants, a ...

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Karenn Chutjian Presti began translating nursery rhymes and American folk tunes into Armenian about 6 1/2 years ago, when her first daughter was born. “A lot of people talk about having a baby and ...

Sophia Chorbajian, cultural chair of the USC Armenian Students’ Association, performed a traditional Armenian dance called Shalaxo with the Ara Dance Studio, an Armenian dance group aiming to preserve ...