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Old Goris town in southern Armenia is known for its amphitheater where the local Drama Theatre named after Vagharshyan offered open-air performances. Since the first days of the pandemic, the theatre decided to resume the theatrical performances in the amphitheater made of ravines and hills. Director at Goris Drama Theater, Ho...

July 4 marks the birthday anniversary of talented Soviet Armenian actor Mher Mkrtchyan, better known by his stage name Frunzik. The prominent actor would have turned 90 today. “Great Armenian artist Martiros Saryan, while painting my portrait, asked me: “Where are you from, Mher?” I replied: “My father is from Mush, mother is ...

Third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Friday held a telephone conversation with renowned Armenian poet, publicist Razmik Davoyan, his office reported. Serzh Sargsyan offered Mr. Davoyan birthday greetings and best wishes on his 80th birth anniversary. President Sargsyan has also sent the well-known intellectual a congr...

July 3, 2020 - 12:52 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - “Fallout,” the post-apocalyptic video game franchise published by Bethesda Softworks, is being turned into a TV series by Kilter Films, the production company of Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, TechCrunch reports. The series, which began in 1997, takes place in an alternate future with a r...

A Turkish court has delayed a decision on whether the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul can be converted into a mosque, BBC News reports. The Council of State - Turkey's highest administrative body - said it would make a ruling within 15 days, after a hearing lasting just 17 minutes. The 1,500 year old Unesco World Heritage site was ...

Young Armenian saxophone player Alicia Sargsyan Serrano from the Spanish city of Melilla has won the audience award at the Spanish Online Music Performance Contest I, the Armenian Embassy in Spain reports. The contest was organized by the MPMusic Foundation of Buñol, a town in the province of Valencia, according to Melilla Hoy...

Canoonist, laureate of international competitions, musician of "Tagharan" ensemble Marianna Gevorgyan became a winner of " Music the peoples of the world" category at the prestigious World Folk Vision contest. As ANM reported, a total of 3,950 musicians from 115 countries took part in the competition. A representative of Russia...

July 1, 2020 - 18:26 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Eva Longoria, Zendaya and Awkwafina are among the Hollywood figures invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year, as the Oscars voting body continues its push to diversify, The Guardian reports. The Academy announced it had invited 819 new members on Tuesday...

Armenian kanoon player Marianna Gevorgyan won one of the three main prizes of the World Folk Vision contest, she said on Facebook. “We recorded a victory at the World Folk Vision international contest-festival. An honorary Grand prize at the 1st place. Thanks to all”, she said. Marianna Gevorgyan became the winner at the nominat...

SR Socially Relevant Film Festival 2020 New York (SRFF 2020) wrapped up its virtual seventh edition on June 28, revealing the winners of its various competition categories. “Lorik”, an Armenian film directed by Alexey Zlobin, won the Grand Prize Narrative Feature Award at the festival, according to PRLog. The film stars Micha...