Abril Armenian Bookstore
415 E. Broadway, Suite 102
Glendale, CA 91203
818-243-4112

Hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Website: www.abrilbooks.com

Email: info@abrilbooks.com

The Abril Armenian Bookstore specializes in Armenian books, music, videos, cards, posters, and gifts. They also offer publishing and printing services.



The Abril Bookstore invites you to meet

Aram Saroyan

author of "DOOR TO THE RIVER: Essays & Reviews from the 1960s into the Digital Age"

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 8:00 PM

"I grew up the son of a famous writer, grew up in his shadow in a general sense, except for two fortuitous graces... the first, that astrologically speaking I had many planets in Leo and so I was absurdly full of confidence, when I wasn't struck numb with my own incapacities. And the other, and perhaps the decisive factor, was that I had the honor of being a member of the generation that came of age in the sixties." So begins Aram Saroyan's essay, "Occupation: Writer," about his vocation, the sixties generation, and the fundamental task of coming to understand himself not as the son of William Saroyan but as his own person. Saroyan found his calling as a writer early on, starting out as a poet, and going on to write op-ed pieces, reviews, novels, biographies, memoirs, screenplays, and plays. In this essay and others included here, he explores the diYcult task of finding one's way as a writer: the ongoing search for the various doors which must be opened in order to renew one's resources and access the river of creativity.

Admission is Free. Wine and Cheese Reception to follow. For more information, please call (818) 243-4112. You can purchase a copy of the book by going to:http://www.abrilbooks.com/books/11481.html.

The Abril Bookstore presents

Summer Outdoor Movie Nights:
"Guys from the Navy Band"

Henrik Malyan, Director
(Eastern Armenian. No subtitles)
87 min. Black and White
1960 HyeFilm

Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 10:00 P.M.

Bolshevik Tsolak Darbinyan is infiltrated into Dashnak Army as a musician of Army music band. Despite the initial personal conflict with band leader Arsen, he is able to win the friendship of young band musicians including Arsen and to persuade them to back him on the eve of the Bolshevik invasion to Armenia.

Admission is $10, which includes a pre-movie lecture, popcorn and soda pop. Please bring warm clothing and blankets (if you would like to sit on the floor). You are welcome to stay and socialize after the films are over. For more information, contact Abril Bookstore at noor@abrilbooks.com or (818) 243-4112.

The Abril Bookstore presents

Summer Outdoor Movie Nights:
"Calendar"

Atom Egoyan, Director
75 min. Color
1993 Ego Film Arts

Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 10:00 P.M.

A photographer (Egoyan) and his wife travel to Armenia to take photographs of churches for use in a calendar. Their driver expounds on the history while the wife translates. The photographer becomes jealous of his wife's bonding with the driver. Flash-forwards present the photographer staging identical dinners with several women while his wife, now estranged from him, leaves repeated messages on his answering machine asking why he never contacts her.

Admission is $10, which includes a pre-movie lecture, popcorn and soda pop. Please bring warm clothing and blankets (if you would like to sit on the floor). You are welcome to stay and socialize after the films are over. For more information, contact Abril Bookstore at noor@abrilbooks.com or (818) 243-4112.

Classification: Retail Shops
Type: Bookstore