Poetry
Things Left Unsaid
Being alone means fear clouding everything My eyes feel heavy like I am heavily medicated Almost like they, as their own people, are pressured to stay open I am pressured to converse with my eyes, […]
Articles by Lori Sinanian
Music
Keepers of the Flame
Can you tell us about the origins of The Naghash Ensemble? HODIAN: The idea for The Naghash Ensemble came soon after I had moved to Armenia in 2008. I used to love to get out […]
Poetry
Monsoon in my Blood
It [my blood] flows like a lagoon Promise me you’ll drown in it I’ll meet you underneath it Till red meets red crimson red Vomit Blood, Vomit Blood Cry for me, let me see your […]
Poetry
The Lucky Buddha
Buddha in a bottle Serenity in a sip Cold liquor by the candle lit Take your time have a seat Sip us up till you sleep Dream of green glass days Till life is […]
Poetry
The point of this poem…
The point of this poem is to remind you of the little things that need more of your attention The point of this poem is to help you learn and relearn The point of this […]
Interviews
To Be Wide Inside: A Conversation with Playwright Leslie Ayvazian
Special to the Armenian Weekly I met with Leslie Ayvazian on a Thursday afternoon in a hotel in Koreatown called The LINE—right in the heart of LA. Before we sat in a crescent-looking booth at […]
Interviews
Artyom Manukyan on the Ups and Downs of L.A.’s Music Scene and His Undying Respect for Wedding Bands
Special to the Armenian Weekly Artyom Manukyan makes music that won’t get out of your head—in a good way. His interaction between listener and performer is a circular response, a reciprocal relationship between the audience […]
Interviews
Photographing Historical Armenia: Facing a Past of Pain, Creating a Future of Peace
Special to the Armenian Weekly A man of many talents, Stepan Norair Chahinian brings a new way of processing information through visual representation. From generational branches that stretch back to Urfa, Marash, Iskenderun, and Kessab, […]
Culture
Poem: It Takes Five Verbs to Tango
It Takes Five Verbs to Tango To think of a thought, To question the thought, To contemplate the thought… On and on and on, To make connections that don’t make sense to the thought, To […]
Youth
Power to ‘Gibra-Hyes’
The drive to Troodos felt familiar, almost like I’ve been here before, only because I applied past knowledge (AYF Camp, Big Pines) to a new destination. The higher we drove up, the quicker the temperature […]