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Basement Records: A Story about Dino Pappas
Recently I was listening to the Fresh Air program on NPR and they had a great story about an author who wrote a book about collecting the most rare 78 RPM recordings from around the world. Recordings that would be over … Continue reading
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Tagged 78rpm, archives, Armenian, cassettes, cds, collecting, collection, collector, Dino Pappas, Folk music, Greek, music, musicians, records, releases, remastered, turkish, vinyl
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How people get inspired
Have you ever wondered how people get inspired? Inspiration is definitely the mother of invention. Everything that we see which has some form of greatness, had to be inspired. Whether it was the invention of different forms of transportation or … Continue reading
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Tagged Armenia, author, book, camera, greatness, inspiration, inspired, music, musician, photo, surrounding, writing
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What Happened to Field Trips?
I am a Board member of Creative Many (formerly Artserve) which is an arts and culture economic development organization in Michigan. It is a fantastic organization with a diverse group of Board members that, for the most part, represent different … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, art, children, dinosaurs, electricity, field, Field Museum in Chicago, field trip, Greenfield Village, learning, museums, nature, school system, student, zoo
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Whispers of Ellis Island Revisited
This morning on my way to a seminar I decided to listen to a recording in the car that I made many years ago. As a matter of fact, the album will turn fifteen this July. In 2000, I produced … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestors, Armenian, Armenian music, Dirty Linen, Ellis Island, Genocide, hardship, heartbreak, kanun, oud, Whispers, Zeytoonian
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Think Like An Artist
Over the weekend, my family and I visited downtown Farmington, Michigan for the annual Art on the Grand, which is an artisan festival that I am sure we have all experienced in in one fashion or another in our communities. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art on the grand, artisans, artwork, booth, children, classroom, creativity, detroit, Detroit Institute of the Arts, DIA, DiaAway, discover, downtown farmington, engagement, excitement, michigan, mobile, trailer, video
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Lasting Impressions
When I compose these blogs or short essays, sometimes I have great difficulty in coming up with the perfect title. Sometimes I end up changing the title several times before I finalize on one and even then, I end up … Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, first, First Impressions, lasting impressions, quotations, quote, Shakespeare
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Michelle Andonian: ‘Hope Dies Last’ project
Legendary Armenian author William Saroyan once said “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, … Continue reading
Afterlife of Guardians of Music
A few months ago, I mentioned in a previous blog essay that I had the opportunity to “fill in” for a presentation (Armenian History through Music) that took place at Wayne State University, part of several ongoing events commemorating the Armenian Genocide. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Years, Armenian, armenian genocide, detroit, documentary, photographs, wayne state university
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