Literary Corner
Book Review: The Dreamt Land
The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California By Mark Arax 2019 576 pp., Knopf $21.23 hardcover For two summers in a row, I had the privilege of acting as an interpreter for a […]
California
Culture
Armenian American Museum: Planting Seeds for the Future
When a seed is planted, both in actuality and metaphorically, nothing is more rewarding than watching it grow and be fruitful. For the Armenian Diaspora, that growing seed is the highly anticipated Armenian American Museum […]
Youth
An Inspiring AYF Penta Regional Seminar
By Mari Tikoyan Washington, DC “Ani” Chapter More than 100 young people from the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Western Region, Eastern Region, Canada, Australia and even South America participated in this year’s Penta Regional Seminar […]
Interviews
The Dreamt Land: A Conversation with Mark Arax
Mark Arax has written a most important book about the multilayered and braided narrative of California through the manipulation of water and dust. Titled “The Dreamt Land,” the book is an odyssey across California […]
Garen Mouths Off
Back to an Old Habit
I’ve been remiss the last few years. Going to and ever-so-briefly chronicling as many Los Angeles-area Genocide commemorative events as possible is something I’ve always found important. Unfortunately, I haven’t done it, and now, it’s […]
Travel
Looking for Little Armenia
On my third trip to Los Angeles, I was determined to see parts of the city that I had yet to experience. Part of my plan this past March had been to discover the ethnic […]
Community News
Merdinian School Welcomes Armenia’s Minister of Education and Science
During a recent trip to southern California, Armenia’s Minister of Education and Science visited Merdinian School in Sherman Oaks. Arayik Harutyunyan was accompanied by the president of Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) John […]
AYF Olympics
Unofficial Fun at AYF Olympics
Softball is not an official AYF Olympic sport. That means no points are awarded to the final chapter totals. While this may be the case, no one seems to be worried about this little detail. […]
Announcements
Glendale City Council approves Artsakh Avenue renaming
GLENDALE, Calif.—Glendale City Council passed a resolution on June 12, renaming the two blocks of Maryland Avenue between Wilson Avenue and Harvard Street Artsakh Avenue. Mayor Sinanyan, Councilmembers Najarian, Gharpetian and Agajanian voted for the […]
Garen Mouths Off
Wise Armenian Governance
The title of this piece is not a set of words anyone expects to see these days, what with the goings-on in Yerevan and much of the rest of Armenia. But the underlying ideas of […]