Articles by Tom Vartabedian

About Tom Vartabedian (584 Articles)

Tom Vartabedian is a retired journalist with the Haverhill Gazette, where he spent 40 years as an award-winning writer and photographer. He has volunteered his services for the past 46 years as a columnist and correspondent with the Armenian Weekly, where his pet project was the publication of a special issue of the AYF Olympics each September.

The ultimate volunteer John Kebadjian is hard at work inside Project SAVE Archives in Watertown, where he has spent the past five years donating almost 8,000 hours of service. (Photo by Ruth Thomasian)

Project SAVE Archives Honors John Kebadjian

WATERTOWN, Mass.—John Kebadjian considers himself a very rich man. Not in terms of monetary wealth, but in good friends, good health, and service to others. Kebadjian has spent the past five years as a consummate volunteer for Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, as office manager and [more...]

January 2, 2015 // 1 Comment

Erevan Choral Society a Gift

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—If you were at Holy Trinity Church on Dec. 14 and heard the Erevan Choral Society in concert, you probably walked away with a Christmas songfest in your heart. I know I did, and could not have received a better gift from anyone, let alone St. Nick. This was everything Christmas [more...]

December 31, 2014 // 1 Comment

CD Set Memorializes Roger Krikorian

WATERTOWN, Mass.—Seven years after his death, the music of Roger Krikorian is still being heard and appreciated. Roger Krikorian during his playing days Just released was a two-CD compilation of the artist’s favorite recordings, which could certainly qualify for some of his best work over what [more...]

December 30, 2014 // 2 Comments

One Armenian Name that Backfires

What’s in a name? Plenty! Especially if it’s Appo or Apo, however you wish to interpret it. Publisher/writer Appo Jabarian For the life of me, I know three people by that name. There’s an Apo Jeknavorian in my community who works as an EMT, associated with one of our more prominent families [more...]

December 24, 2014 // 4 Comments

'‘Tis the season to be jolly, I know, but also the time of year when we must express some gratitude for being alive.'

Readers Share Their Gratitude Toward America

Every good story deserves a sequel, or so it’s said. Sometimes I get more pleasure out of a follow-up than I do with the original. Please read on. The Thanksgiving column I wrote about sharing my gratitude in being an American-Armenian created quite the stir. What bothered me a little were a [more...]

December 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

A Pre-Christmas Coat That Wore Thin

Even Joseph and his “Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” would have to take a back seat to this. Not that I didn’t enjoy the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical when it first opened on Broadway in 1982. I left there humming the lyrics to the hit song “Any Dream Will Do.” My reverie of such a dream [more...]

December 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

Hitting the Rails with Gusto

Where would any of us be without our different modes of transportation? Hop into a car and we arrive anywhere in the United States. Board a plane and we can travel the world. Trains and busses also serve their purposes well, especially for a couple of endearing folks we know who have flight [more...]

December 12, 2014 // 2 Comments

Rev. Archpriest Aram Stepanian celebrates his last ‘Badarak’ Sunday at Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church in Whitinsville. (Tom Vartabedian photo)

Whitinsville Honors Its Retiring (?) Pastor

WHITINSVILLE, Mass.—He was a carpenter, electrician, mechanic, and an astute businessman. He could get the stains out of a deacon’s vestment, replumb a Baptismal font he had designed, and be your best friend and caretaker in time of need. Rev. Archpriest Aram Stepanian celebrates his last [more...]

December 11, 2014 // 1 Comment

Khatchig Mouradian: A Man in Motion

It wasn’t enough editing the Armenian Weekly for seven years and coping with all the innuendoes of what this business of journalism demands. Sleepless hours. Deadlines. Circulation concerns. Where the next story will originate. A busy writing schedule that never relaxes. Nor did it suffice to [more...]

December 5, 2014 // 8 Comments

Pieces of artwork ‘From Genocide to Independence’ representing Hejinian’s exhibit that took place in Armenia this fall.

Armenia Applauds Hejinian Art Exhibit

YEREVAN—Artist Daniel Varoujan Hejinian of Chelmsford, Mass., is not one to sit idle very long, not when his heritage is at stake. Armenia’s First Lady Rita Sargsyan greets Hejinian at the Presidential Palace in Yerevan. Weeks after his annual billboard blitz throughout Greater Boston and [more...]

November 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

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