The author of this article is the wife of my Grandfather’s brother’s son. I can truly attest to the fact that it has been a source of personal and cultural joy for our family to share our heritage with the Munoz’s and likewise share in theirs.
I particularly enjoyed Lorenza’s description of my grandfather Tony’s (Անդրանիկ), culinary habits; his love of mezze and martinis. Indeed, I come from a family with a rich love for food, not only for our Armenian culinary traditions, but food of all kinds.
The Munoz’s are a blessed family, and it has been an enriching experience for all us to share in our respective traditions.
The Armenian Diaspora shouldn’t consider cultural excahange a “challenge”, but instead intermarriage should be embraced as an opportunity to enrichen our lives and share our time-tested values.
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One of my best friends, John Harrison a.k.a. ManilaRyce, has illustrated the cover for Bambu’s just released EP, “…Paper Cuts…”
Big congratulations to John for the good work, and more congratulations to all people behind “…Paper Cuts…” I just bought it on iTunes today, and its a great album.
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Earlier this evening I went to IMIX Bookstore to see ManilaRyce perform his poetry as part of the monthly “Off the Books” Open Mic event. I was too late to catch his performance live, but I was able to find it when I got home via their ustream recording (His performance is at 14:30). He did a great job.
This was the second “Off the Books” that I attended, and each time was a special experience from me. The events are hosted by Bambu, a talented Hip-Hop artist, and they have a very heavy socially conscious message and are Filipino-centric. I encourage you to watch their ustream archives because these events were very inspiring and the participants were very talented.
Unfortunately, tonight marked that last “Off the Books” event. The planners are moving on to other projects and won’t have the time to continue coordinating this awesome event. Hopefully the community which has benefited from them will find new venues for creative expression.
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Last night we went to the Fountain Theater in Hollywood to watch the reading of Yaz’s play “The William Saroyan Experience.” The reading was being sponsored by the ADAA as Yaz was a finalist in their Saroyan Prize for Playwriting. Many of our family and friends showed up to check it out. We all had a great time and the reading was very successful. The above clip is taken from a dialogue between a young William Saroyan and his grandmother. Funny side note, the actress that played the grandmother dated my great uncle for a short time. Also, know that the volume on this clip is super low.
