C.K. Garabed

C.K. Garabed
Other names	Charles Kasbarian
Languages	Armenian, English
Ethnicities	Armenian
Dialects	Western Armenian
Spouses	Aghavni (Alice Hamparian Kasbarian)
Children	Antranig Kasbarian, Lucine Kasbarian

Bio

C. K. Garabed, Actor, Aphorist, Archivist, Chef, Choral Conductor, Columnist, Commentator, Composer, Critic, Editor, Essayist, Folk Dancer, Inventor, Lecturer, Lexicographer, Painter, Photographer, Playwright, Poet, Political cartoonist, Record Producer, Stand-up Comedian, Vocalist. In short, a jack of all arts, and master of none.

C.K. Garabed (a.k.a. Charles Kasbarian) has been active in the Armenian Church and Armenian community organizations all his life. As a writer and editor, he has been a keen observer of, and outspoken commentator on, political and social matters affecting Armenian Americans.

He has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Reporter and the AGBU Literary Quarterly, ARARAT. For over 30 years, Garabed has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Weekly. He produces a weekly column called “Uncle Garabed's Notebook,” in which he presents an assortment of tales, anecdotes, poems, riddles, and trivia; for the past 20 years, each column has contained a deconstruction of an Armenian surname.

He believes his greatest accomplishment in life, and his contribution to the Armenian nation, has been the espousing of Aghavni, and the begetting of Antranig and Lucine.

• Uncle Garabed's Notebook, The Armenian Weekly, USA

Lectures and Speeches

• Where do Armenian Surnames Come From?
• Armenian Culture in America: Dead or Alive?
• What's in a Name? The Etymology of Armenian Surnames
• Shakespeare and Berlioz & Berlioz the Writer Text only
• Shakespeare and Berlioz & Berlioz the Writer Text and Music
• An Unusual Look at Biblical Subjects
• Flag Raising in Union City
• Hairenik Mortgage Burning Drive at Sts. Vartanantz Church
• Honoring Past Chairmen BOT Sts. Vartanantz Church
• Art and Letters at ALMA

Travelogue

• Our Hearts are in the Highlands: A Personalized Travelogue

Books Written

• Dikranagerdtsi Vernacular Handbook In English Transliteration
• Dictionary of Armenian Surnames (In Process)
• The Dikranagerd Mystique Armenian Cookbook (In Process)
• The Stand-up Comedian's Handbook (In Process)
• Tales of Nasreddin Khoja (In Process)
• Tale of Shah Ismail (In Process)
• From My Persian Dictionary (In Process)

Books Edited

• The Greek Poetess by Ara Baliozian

• 1990 AYF Olympic Souvenir Yearbook

Books Reviewed

• Book Review: "The Palestine Diary," authored by Robert John - 2006
• Book Review: Quote, Unquote: A Review of "Hitler and the Armenian Genocide," authored by Kevork Bardakjian - 1998
• Book Review: "On A Spaceship with Beelzebub: By A Grandson of Gurdjieff" authored by David Kherdian - 1991

Plays

• Water Under the Bridge, One Act Play
• Oyin Mi Tavli, One Act Play in Dikranagerdtsi Armenian Dialect
• It Could Happen to You One Act Play (Silent) Filmed & Directed by Peter Der Abrahamian, featuring Sosy Krikorian Kadian, Harry Eliazarian, Hagopig Kadian, Charles Kasbarian, Armenoush Krikorian Der Abrahamian, Mary Papazian.

Short Stories

• Ruminations
• The Good Old Days
• Buried Treasure
• The Immortal Composer
• The Gilgamesh Chronicle

Poems and Prose Poems

• Anathema
• Armenia: The Deathless Tree
• The Instinct Poems
• Miscellaneous Poems

Aphorisms

• Aphorisms

Articles

• What's in a Name?, 2015
• A Personal Reminiscence of Armen Babamian, 2013
• In Memoriam: Armen Babamian, 2013
• Betting Against the Azeri Track Record, The Armenian Weekly, MA, August 2, 2009
• Armen Babamian, Music Mentor, to Be Honored for Years of Dedicated Service to the Armenian Community, The Armenian Reporter, NY, December 16, 2000
• Badarak as Grand Opera, ARARAT Quarterly, Winter 1999
• The Dikranagerd Mystique

Commentaries and Letters to the Editor

• An Idea Whose Time May Never Come - 2013
• Vigilantism in Armenia - 2013
• Who's Who - 2012
• Medz Yeghern Revisited - 2010
• Commentary: Mincing Words - 2009
• Letter: Huge Impact in Soldier's Case - 2005
• Letter: Goldberg's Variation - 2003
• Letter: About Purple and Dziran - 2002
• Commentary: The Greater Truth - 2002
• Letter: Teaching of Genocide is Spotty - 2002
• Commentary: The Genesis of TARCophobia - 2001
• Commentary: Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters - 2001
• Commentary: The Matter of Truth - 2001
• Letter: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - 2000
• Commentary: In Defense of a Hero - 2000
• Letter: "The Armenian-Americans," A PBS Documentary - 2000
• Commentary: Facts are Facts...Or Are They? - 1999
• Letter: Avoid Mention at All Costs - 1999
• Commentary: The Century's Red Herring - 1999
• Letter: Blessed are the Righteous - 1999
• Letter: Epiphany VS Theophany - 1999
• Commentary: Quo Vadimus? - 1997
• Letter: A Wake-up Call -- 1996
• Commentary: Dr. Vartan Gregorian Speaks at Temple Emmanu-El in NYC - 1992
• Commentary: The Controversial Tricolor - 1989
• Commentary: Why Armenians Can't Do What's Necessary - 1984
• Commentary: Dispute Over History of the Armenians Goes On ... And On - 1984

Interviews

• Interview with a Diasporan-Armenian Writer - 2014
• Armenian-American Veteran Talks 'Navajo Code' with the Weekly - 2002

Music Compositions

• Ad Puerum (Persicos Odi) Ode by Horace, Music by Charles Kasbarian, performed by the Teaneck Community Chorus (NJ); Steven Bell, Artistic Director.
• Rondeau du Printemps Poem by Charles d'Orleans, Music by Charles Kasbarian; Vocal: Alice Kasbarian; Guitar: Berdj Tashjian; Flute: Seta Tashjian. Performed at Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Church, New Jersey, November 25, 1979.
• Cowboy's Lament Music and Lyrics by Charles Kasbarian, performed by Charles Kasbarian.
• In Me La Morte Poem by Michelangelo, Music by Charles Kasbarian, performed by Charles Kasbarian.
• Teaneck, The Heart of the Garden State Music and lyrics by Charles Kasbarian, performed by the Teaneck Community Chorus (NJ); Steven Bell, Artistic Director.

Vocal and Video Recordings

• Sird Im Sasani composed by Gomidas and performed by Armen Babamian, John Norian and Charles Kasbarian, Armenian National Chorus; Hunter College (NYC)
• Cowboy's Lament Music and Lyrics by Charles Kasbarian, performed by Charles Kasbarian.
• In Me La Morte Poem by Michelangelo, Music by Charles Kasbarian, performed by Charles Kasbarian.
• Readings of Saroyan Salute to Saroyan, Armenian Literary Society of NY, Gulbenkian Center, May 9, 1971, Preface to the First Edition of The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, Excerpts from Seventy Thousand Assyrians, Performed by Charles Kasbarian]
• It Could Happen to You One Act Play (Silent) Filmed & Directed by Peter Der Abrahamian, featuring Sosy Krikorian Kadian, Harry Eliazarian, Hagopig Kadian, Charles Kasbarian, Armenoush Krikorian Der Abrahamian, Mary Papazian.
• Shakespeare and Berlioz & Berlioz the Writer
• Good Old Days in Union City Filmed by John & Charles Kasbarian.
• Ethnic Evening of Dikranagerd A Celebration of Dikranagerdtsi Armenian Folk Culture, including Dancing, Dialect, Folk Sayings, Cuisine and Costumes held in the USA in 1992.

Record Production

• Alice Hamparian Kasbarian, Lyric Soprano
• [John Antranig Kasbarian, pianist, Recital, Teaneck High School, 1981]
• [John Antranig Kasbarian, pianist, Recital and concert, 1980/1981]
• [John Antranig Kasbarian, pianist, Recital, Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard College, 1985]
• Celebration of Life[Painting (Celebration of Life) by Garabed Music by Gomidas Vartabed; Vocal: Alice Hamparian]

Visual Arts

• Celebration of LifePainting (Celebration of Life) by Garabed Music by Gomidas Vartabed; Vocal: Alice Hamparian
• Rondeau du Printemps Photograph of Alice & Lucine by Garabed; Poem by Charles d'Orleans; Music by Charles Kasbarian; Vocal: Alice Kasbarian; Guitar: Berdj Tashjian; Flute: Seta Tashjian. Performed at Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Church, New Jersey, November 25, 1979
• Pen and Ink Drawing (Devil's Root) by Garabed
• Avanian Gallery Exhibition Abstract Expressionistic Works by Garabed
• Photograph of Geoffrey Holder at Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy 1958 by Garabed
• Political Cartoon (Uncle Sam's Observatory) by Garabed
• Teaneck Library Art Exhibit 2000, Oils, Water Colors, Drawings, Photography by Garabed
• Political Cartoon (Israel Uber Alles) by Garabed

Archives

• Photograph Progressive Armenian School, Dikranagerd, April 24, 1911

• Photograph Armenian Apostolic Sunday School, Holy Cross Church, Union City, December 26, 1931

• Photograph Dikranagerdtsi Hantes, North Bergen, NJ September 8, 1935

• Photograph A.R.F. Chapter, West Hoboken, NJ 1931

• Photograph Armenian National Chorus-Toumadjan, Town Hall, New York June 6, 1948

• asbarez.com/94935/folk-dance-icon-hamparian-honored

• Photograph Nayiri Dance Group-Men, N Y World's Fair 1964

• Photograph Nayiri Dance Group-Women, N Y World's Fair 1964

• Armenian Literary Society New York 1972

• Photograph Damadian & Garabed 2004

• Photograph Der Kasbarian Family C.1912

• Video Remembering Alice Kasbarian

Miscellany

• Miscellany

Articles that mention C.K. Garabed

• Digital Detectives - August 2019
• Bamiayov Zahd (Okra Stew): A Recipe from C.K. Garabed (Charles Kasbarian) -- May 2019
• Where do Armenian Surnames Come From? - December 2018
• Fascinating Lecture on Armenian Surnames, December 2018
• Sherlock of Armenian Surnames Shares His Detective Work, December 2018
• Celebrating the Release of C.K. Garabed's Dictionary of Armenian Surnames, November 2018
• Remembering Alice Aghavni Hamparian-Kasbarian, March 4, 2018
• Obituary: Alice Aghavni Hamparian-Kasbarian, Jan. 19. 2018
• Kurdish News Site Interviews Diasporan Writer, April 16, 2014
• Columnist Kasbarian Releases Dikranagerd-Armenian Dialect Dictionary, Armenian Weekly, December 9, 2013
• C.K. Garabed Shares Some of His Dikranagerdtsi Recipes -- April 2013
• Another C.K. Garabed Recipe Featuring Chormis and Kavurma -- April 2013
• 90 Year Old Armenians Still Making Their Mark, The Armenian Weekly, March 26, 2012
• Elixir in Exile, Armenian Weekly, December 15, 2011
• Folk Dance Icon Hamparian Honored, Asbarez, CA, April 14, 2011
• Greedy Sparrow Author Kasbarian Rekindles Armenia's Past, March 2011
• 'Weekly' Writers Tell Their Columns' Story, The Armenian Weekly, MA, Jan. 6, 2010
• Knights of Vartan Commemorate Saroyan, Asbarez, CA, Nov.14, 2008
• Cruising Armenian Style, Asbarez, March 3, 2016
• Hairenik Commemorates 100th Anniversary with National Banquet, The Armenian Weekly, MA, December, 2000

Works in Translation

• La Chronique de Gilgamesh, de C.K. Garabed, translated by Louise Kiffer Sarian
• l'Armenie: L'arbre Immortel, de C.K. Garabed, translated by Louise Kiffer Sarian
• Le Tresor Enterre': Une Nouvelle de C.K. Garabed, translated by Louise Kiffer Sarian
• Le Compositeur Immortel: Une Nouvelle de C.K. Garabed, translated by Louise Kiffer Sarian
• La Résurrection du Tabou de C.K. Garabed, translated by Louise Kiffer Sarian

• Poems de l'Instinct