January 20th at Book Passage in the Ferry Building, 5:30pm. 

Here is a link with more info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DR4z-Y4jo_J/

💍💌 You are cordially invited to Our Ex’s Wedding launch party in San Francisco!! 💍💌

Join me January 20th, 2026 at Book Passage in the gorgeous Ferry Building to celebrate the release of my latest romance, Our Ex’s Wedding. And I am thrilled to announce that the great @lauramariemeyers will be moderating the event! I know we’re going to have a blast up there.

This party is going to be WEDDING THEMED. If you have a white dress you’ve been dying to wear, or you want to break out your cocktail attire, please do so! Rewearing your actual wedding dress or tux is highly encouraged! Let’s go all out, friends! 💍

There will be champagne, floral arrangements, and plenty of Armenian treats to celebrate this book baby 🥂

Hope to see you there 💌💍✨

370 Dwinelle Hall UC Berkeley

Lecture by Dr. Christopher Sheklian 
In the past decades, a sophisticated discourse of environmental or eco-theology has emerged across Christian denominations, from an Evangelical emphasis on “Creation Care” to Pope Francis I’s encyclical Laudato Si’ that urges “care for our common home.” Armenian Christianity, with its rich theological heritage, has, with only a couple exceptions, thus far remained peripheral to the conversation. This talk builds on these initial Armenian Christian forays to articulate a response to ecological crisis grounded in the theology of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

https://events.berkeley.edu/armenian

Do you have fun at trivia contests? Work with friends or meet new people in competing together to answer questions on many things Armenian.

Info package shared in advance.

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

San Francisco/Northern California Krisdapor Chapter

ARF Krisdapor Gomideh cordially invites you to attend the ARF Day Celebration Dinner on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at 6:00 p.m.

The evening will feature guest speakers and live cultural performances, promising a memorable celebration. Please refer to the attached flyer for additional details.

Your presence and participation would be a true honor and deeply appreciated as we come together to strengthen our communal bonds and support this important occasion.

RSVP – Kindly confirm the number of attendees in your party by clicking the link below at your earliest convenience:

KrisdaporSF@arfwest.org

ADMISSION IS FREE 

Kindest regards,

ARF Krisdapor Gomideh

San Francisco / Northern California

Dr. Zozan Pehlivan will deliver a short talk on her recent book titled The Political Ecology of Violence: Peasants and Pastoralists in the Last Ottoman Century. Her talk will be followed by comments and questions from UC Berkeley Department of history faculty Matthew Shutzer  and Dzovinar Derderian. 

https://events.berkeley.edu/armenian

Sun, Feb 15, 2pm – 4pm

Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/barbar-band

Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1045544087737645

Event description

Barbar Band is a creative collaboration co-founded in late 2023 by Khatchadour Khatchadourian, vocalist and duduk player, and pianist Karine Vann. Combining modern musical styles with traditional instrumentation and idioms, the duo presents contemporary arrangements of Armenia’s folk, troubadour, classical and sacred musics, seeking to showcase the incredible diversity in these timeless songs of love, loss, faith, and the land. This show will feature Bay Area local musician Aaron Kierbel on drums and percussion.

Khatchadour is a Lebanese-Armenian vocalist and musician. He sings in Armenian, Arabic, and Farsi, and plays the Armenian double reed woodwind, Duduk. Khatchadour performs internationally and locally across the Bay Area. He has released five albums, and is completing his sixth album, Shounch: Breath.

Karine Vann is a pianist and educator based in the North Bay. Well-versed in a number of genres, from classical to jazz, indie rock, and folk, she has performed across the Caucasus, the Northeast US, and locally in the Bay Area. She is the founder of Janapar Piano Studio, based in the Napa Valley, where she is in high demand as a teacher of piano technique and improvisation to all ages. 

Aaron Kierbel is one of the most innovative and in-demand drummers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Known for his dynamic and versatile approach, Aaron has played and recorded with many top Bay Area artists such as Rupa and the April Fishes, The Jazz Mafia, Meklit Hadero, Diana Gameros, La Misa Negra, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, and many more. Aaron is also a passionate and respected drum instructor, known for his accessible and engaging approach to teaching all ages and skill levels.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door general admission; $20 for students with ID/low-income individuals. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available here, or if the show is not sold out, you may purchase your tickets at the door before the show.

A talk by Dr. Evangeline McGlynn on the 1988 Spitak Earthquake in Soviet Armenia engaging with the question of scale and materiality of disaster through an exploration of dust from the built environment.

https://events.berkeley.edu/armenian

This talk takes an ecocritical approach to intersections of text, architecture and landscape in the 10th-14th centuries in the region of Vayots Dzor, which was during the middle ages a central province of the kingdom of Syunik. I will explore the medieval idea of the sacred desert, as established in biblical imagery and expanded in the vitae of the so-called desert fathers, founding figures within medieval Christianity and in the ideologies of monasticism especially.

https://events.berkeley.edu/armenian