STONE•HOUSE•STREET: Reactivating the Archive
Artists’ Television Access
992 Valencia St.
Tuesday, June 23, 7–9 p.m.

Armenian-American filmmakers Chris Atamian and Tina Bastajian, alongside sound artist Joseph Bohigian, delve into memory, loss, and the ways in which history continues to shape contemporary Armenian life.

Christopher Atamian’s CivilNet series “House Culture” explores Armenia’s historic house museums, offering an intimate look into the lives, environments, and creative legacies of influential cultural figures including poet Yeghishe Charents, filmmaker Sergei Parajanov and artist Lusik Aguletsi.

In Joseph Bohigian’s Stone Dreams, filmed at Noratus Cemetery by Gabriel Atjian, a stone acts as an instrument calling forth fragments of folk songs to revive collective memory separated from physical sites of memory.

Tina Bastajian’s short film, “A Tree Once Grew on Pushkin” (2009) examines issues of post-Soviet gentrification and loss in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan.

$10 cash at the door.

Light refreshments & bites by La Méditerranée

Produced and curated by Thea Farhadian

Co-presented by Artists’ Television Access and Mother Armenia
@motherarmenia_bayarea
Link in bio.
atasite.org

The address is 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110. $10 cash at the door.
Light refreshments.

https://www.atasite.org/?p=16695

https://www.atamianhovsepian.art/christopher-atamian

https://independentresearcher.academia.edu/TinaBastajian

https://www.josephbohigian.com

ARMAVENI

A YA Graphic Novel
Levine Querido
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

A bold, autobiographical graphic novel chronicling one girl’s quest to uncover her family’s history during the Armenian genocide.

Nadine loves stories and her mother loves to tell them — all but one. Nadine would give anything to learn about her family’s history in Armenia and Turkey –where they came from and how they came to America — but it is just too painful for her parents. All Nadine knows is that they were caught up in the Armenian genocide.

Until one day the dam bursts. And through that flood of stories and memories, and a trip back to their people’s homelands, Nadine discovers a key to unlocking her own heritage and the courage to speak up when injustice rears its head again. 

Told in interwoven historical, contemporary, and fantastical sequences, Armaveni is a gripping graphic novel debut and a much-needed historical document.

PREORDER AVAILABLE NOW

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https://www.nadinetakvorian.com/books

BOOK SIGNING
March 10, 2026
6:00pm Green Apple Books on Clement
506 Clement St. San Francisco, CA 94118
* Book signing only
To RSVP please use this link: https://greenapplebooks.com/event/2026-03-10/clement-st-nadine-takvorian-author-signing

BOOK LAUNCH – ARMAVENI
March 14, 2026
6:30pm Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore
2904 College Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705
* In conversation with local, award-winning author, Eugene Yelchin.
To RSVP please use this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1980506448100?aff=oddtdtcreator

March 15, 2026
Cartoon Art Museum
781 Beach St. Fl 1, San Francisco, CA 94109
*Panel and Emerging Artist Exhibition – More info to come

March 21, 2026
6:00pm Linden Tree Books
265 State St. Los Altos, CA 94022
* In conversation with local author, Maggie Tokuda-Hall

St. Andrew Social Club is hosting the 2nd Annual KEF NIGHT on August 22, Saturday. Doors open at 6:30pm and Live Music 7-11pm performed by ARMEN HAGOPIAN ENSEMBLE, at Amerian Hall at St. Andrew Armenian Church.