I love Thursday evening at the AYF Olympics. For the most part, the only people here are the local committee, the athletes who are playing golf and tennis first thing Friday morning, the Governing Body […]
It is Wednesday evening. Tomorrow we load up the car and drive to Detroit for the 90th AYF Olympics. It is wonderful to return to Detroit, where I grew up, for the Olympics. It is […]
The calendar just flipped to August, and I am feeling the growing excitement for the Olympics. No, not those Olympics. I am watching those Olympics on TV. If you are Armenian and an AYF member […]
We are all aware that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has demanded that Armenians cease using the image of Ararat and the word “enemy” in our national anthem. As humiliating as this is and as […]
Athletics has always been a part of the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF). The Annual AYF Olympic Games are almost as old as the organization. The Olympics is most definitely the centerpiece of AYF athletics, with […]
In the process of writing an article for the Armenian Weekly’s 90th anniversary magazine, I seriously dove into the archives. I knew I would be amazed by the articles I was looking for in order […]
About a month ago, there was a notice in Chicago Armenians on Facebook that Tigran Hamasyan would perform in Chicago on March 17. We did not recognize the name, but for our group that did […]
Western Armenian Music: From Asia Minor to the United States By Hachig Kazarian Published by The Press at Fresno State University Publication date: 2023 Hachig Kazarian has penned a wonderful book, Western Armenian Music: From […]
Armenia, My Home is simply a wonderful documentary – another Armenian-themed documentary by Andrew Goldberg. It is a beautiful testimony and tribute from an American-Armenian point of view to what it means to be Armenian […]
Per the internet, the first Armenian language newspaper ever published was Azdarar. It was first published on October 16, 1794 in Madras, India. The first Armenian language newspaper in the United States was the Hairenik […]
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