California

Reflections

Broken Dreams

From the moment I was told of the sudden news that my high school, AGBU Manoukian High School (AGBU MHS),…

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Community News

What Good is an Armenian Genealogy Conference?

GLENDALE, Calif.—From a very young age, George Aghjayan was interested in Armenian history. As much as he knew the general…

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Featured

The Making of ‘Under the Light of the Moon’

As a young Armenian American attending a public school in Cranston, Rhode Island, it always frustrated me that the Armenian…

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Garen Mouths Off

Graceful Giving or Pathetic Pandering?

You may have read Ara Khachatourian’s “Playground Gear at Center of Glendale City Council Race” last week. In this piece,…

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Diaspora

Remembering Adiss Harmandian

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Acclaimed Armenian singer and performer Adiss Harmandian has died. His family announced that Harmandian peacefully passed away at…

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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…

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Featured

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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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