Reflections
A Time For Everything
It was King Solomon, the wisest man to walk the globe, who stated in the Book of Ecclesiastes “what do workers gain from their toil?” That toil is what my father and many visionaries had […]
Featured
Fiction
Drowsy
One afternoon, in a motel room on Cape Cod Bay, my older brother Armand and I wrapped our sleeping mother’s arms in toilet paper. A few months prior, she had developed a routine during which […]
Food
Worcester Natives Create Booze-Infused Popsicles
WORCESTER, Mass.—Nassim Aoude and Michael Melkonian are the young founders of PunchPops, a new Worcester-based company breaking into the American alcohol industry with a 21-plus twist on a summertime favorite. The idea for marketing wine-infused […]
Reflections
An Armenian in Minnesota
Many Armenians of the diaspora ended up in California. Another group settled on the east coast. My destiny was in Minnesota. In 2009, at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, I won an academic exchange fellowship to […]
Community News
First Ever English Translation of Tzarukian’s ‘Letter to Yerevan’ Published by Hairenik Press
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik Press has announced the first ever publication of the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s long-form poem Letter to Yerevan («Թուղթ առ Երեւան» “Tught ar Yerevan”). The translation was a collaborative effort between […]
Op-Eds
Where Does the ARF Go From Here?
Editor’s Note 01/08/2019: While this article expresses some views which are contentious and do not reflect our official viewpoint, we felt that for the sake of freedom of expression, it was important to publish this […]
Youth
What It’s Like To Be An AYF Intern In Armenia
As both a former AYF-YOARF Intern and Director, I can say without hesitation that the internship program is one of the best things an Armenian can experience. I had been to Armenia four times prior […]
ANCA News
Armenia and America: Faith, Freedom, and Friendship
Armenia’s free and fair parliamentary election this December represents a landmark victory for democracy, setting the stage, in 2019, for a strategic upgrade of the U.S.-Armenia partnership. The bipartisan leadership of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, […]
Art
Armenia! at the Met: Fabulous, Albeit Complete Failure
This article appeared in the blog Armeniaca on December 1, 2018. A distinguished art historian and well-known specialist of Byzantium, Helen Evans has been working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for many years. Among […]
Culture
Six Alternative Holiday Gift Ideas (with an Armenian Accent)
We hope these gift suggestions from Armenia and the Diaspora will satisfy someone on your list this holiday season, right up through Armenian Christmas on January 6, 2019. This list has not been sponsored or […]