Los Angeles to host rock concert on occasion of Armenian GenocideApril 23, 2010 - 19:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24, El Rey Theatre of Los Angeles will host Silence the Lies, Rock the Truth concert on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The concert organizers aim to increase awareness of the Armenian Genocide and raise money for Armenian orphans. Viza, Element, R-Mean and the Dirty Diamond Armenian groups, which are famous in the U.S., will perform. Besides, Arek Santikian of Armenian Youth Federation, Anthony Portantino, a CA State Assembly member, and Jim Lafferty, a member of the National Lawyer's Guild from Los Angeles, will speak during the event. The concert is organized by a coalition of community organizations and artists for the second year. Proceeds of the concert will be donated to two organizations - The Armenian Relief Society's Armenia-Artsakh Orphan Project and the Bird's Nest Orphanage in Lebanon, both dealing with problems of needy children. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |