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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is not often you come across a musician whose work feels like a bridge—between cultures, centuries, and inner worlds. Levon Eskenian, the Armenian musician and artistic director behind the ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. On an early Saturday afternoon in ...

Khatchadour Khatchadourian’s voice is a troubadour’s voice. Round and gentle, the sound seems to emanate from his soul rather than from his chest, filling any room he’s in with warmth. But even with ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dancers dressed in royal blue and red taraz perform traditional Armenian dance during the opening ceremony of the annual Armenian History Month. (Meg Aghamyan / USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian ...