AYF Olympics
Thursday at the 2022 AYF Olympics
We were up and out of the house early to catch an 8 a.m. flight from Chicago O’Hare to Boston. We were excited to return to New England and the AYF Olympics. We boarded the […]
Articles by Mark Gavoor
Community News
Tebi Worcester
It is that time of the year again. Time to get out the suitcases, charge up the camera batteries, suspend delivery of the mail and newspapers, print the boarding passes, arrange for a taxi to […]
Opinion
Chidem Inch: The Phone Call
On July 11, there was a historic phone call between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan. “Pashinyan greeted President Erdoğan on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, while the Turkish president […]
Music
Presenting Armadi Tsayn
Armenian music is rich in history, tradition and genre. It can be liturgical music. It can be classical music in both the Western sense or in a traditional Armenian style. And it most certainly can […]
Reflections
An Armenian Thanksgiving Prayer
They say everyone in retirement needs a hobby or a vocation. Some fellows play a lot of golf. Others travel, garden or volunteer. Me? I took another job as associate professor of Operations Management at […]
AYF Olympics
Sunday at the 2021 Olympics: Stop the Presses
If this were a 1930s newsroom, I would be yelling “Stop the presses! Stop the presses!” For the first time in the history of the AYF Olympics there was a tie. The final tally of […]
AYF Olympics
Saturday at the 2021 AYF Olympics
Of the three full days at the AYF Olympics, Saturday is the most “chill” day. In recent years, it has been the day for softball in the AYF format. The teams are co-ed. They play […]
AYF Olympics
Friday at Olympics 2021
While I am not there, I am writing the piece while watching the Kevork Artinian band on the Facebook Live feed of the Friday Night Alumni Dance. What a treat especially seeing my friend Mher […]
AYF Olympics
Missing out on Olympics 2021…
“Thursday at the AYF Olympics” would normally be the title of the first of my daily articles posted during AYF Olympics weekend. I should have flown out yesterday morning. I should be in Providence, camera […]
Literary Corner
An Armenian Lament
Prelude A son, a grandson, Of this nation My nation Where I live Only in my heart Only in my soul. There was or was not… No, for sure there was A city, a town, […]