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  • Foodways

    Catalan Recipe: Glazed Shoulder of Xisqueta Lamb
    June 18, 2018 | Aidan Keys

    The cooks at Pillars Jussà take the shoulder of a Xisqueta lamb and pair it with the deeply sweet flavors of honey and port wine.

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  • Immigration & Migration, Language

    Linking Language: A Brief History of Armenian American Newspapers
    June 15, 2018 | Rachel Barton

    Shortly after the first wave of Armenian immigration in the 1890s, newspapers for Armenian Americans began publishing news and covering community events.

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  • Celebrations, Community

    Human Towers: Passion and Tradition
    June 13, 2018 |

    Belonging to a human tower building team is more than a hobby—it’s a way of life.

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  • Art & Design, Crafts, Marketplace

    Painting with Tile: Spotlight on Mosaic Artist Lívia Garreta
    June 6, 2018 | Jackie Flanagan Pangelinan

    Here in Barcelona, “trencadís” mosaic makes up much of the city’s modernism.

    more
  • Celebrations

    The Heartbeat of Berga
    May 30, 2018 |

    Until you hear the beat of the drums and feel the heat of the fire in person, it is difficult to understand the power of the Patum de Berga.

    more
  • Art & Design, Social Justice

    Art for Social Action: Soul & Ink’s Asian American Identity and D.C. Community
    May 29, 2018 | Jeraldine Chong

    Soul & Ink is a mobile live screen-printing business founded by Frankie and Sherry Meneses.

    more
  • History

    “We Are All Armenian”
    May 25, 2018 | Ambassador Michael Gfoeller

    Whoever bakes or eats bread, makes or drinks wine, uses metal tools, or wears jewelry or shoes is tied by invisible bonds of cultural inheritance to Armenia.

    more
  • Foodways, Immigration & Migration

    The Armenian Picnic: A Connection to the Old Country
    May 21, 2018 | Project SAVE

    An enduring feature of Armenian life, picnics have been a way to share traditions of food, storytelling, music, and dance, keeping the culture vibrant.

    more
  • Foodways, Immigration & Migration

    Soups of the World
    May 16, 2018 |

    Every year, the many ethnic groups living in Nou Barris, Barcelona, gather to combine the ingredients of a new symbolic stew.

    more
  • Immigration & Migration, Language

    A Multilingual Catalonia
    May 14, 2018 | Maria Carme Junyent

    In just a few years around the 2000s, over a million people from all around the world arrived in Catalonia—and with them, they brought their languages.

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