Sayat Nova Armenian Restaurant, a media dining secret on Ohio Street east of Michigan Avenue, has been owned and operated for nearly a quarter of a century by the Demirdjian family. For 23 years I ...

Lady Gaga takes inspiration from Parajanov’s 1969 film “The Color of Pomegranates” in her 2020 music video, “911.” Parajanov’s masterpiece takes inspiration from the life of Sayat-Nova, an 18th ...

Shayna Seymour picks up some dance moves at the Boston Mobile Dance Studio; Sayat Nova Dance Company preserves Armenian folk dance.Show ResourcesCarl Alleyne and the Boston Mobile Dance Studio bring ...

It’s hard to believe for founder Apo Ashjian, but his dance company, the Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston is three decades old. The Watertown based dance ensemble, which features Armenian dancing, ...

Sayat Nova has occupied its cozy quarters just east of Michigan Avenue since 1970, proof that some things never change and shouldn't. The long-popular spot is owned by Roupen Demirdjian, whose father, ...

Some films can be described in a single line, but Sergei Parajanov’s The Color of Pomegranates resists that temptation entirely. To call it a biography of the 18th-century Armenian troubadour ...

Just a few months ago, Watertown's Sayat Nova Dance Company performed on one of the largest stages in Boston, the Hatch Shell. And now, in a few weeks, the Company will be performing on an even bigger ...

Apo Ashjian, of Waltham passed away peacefully on May 4, 2026 with his family by his side.  Ashjian was the husband of Arlet ...