My only question is if hardcore MAGA supporters would hurl themselves into the hole at a certain age, like something out of Logan’s Run (1976), as a sign of devotion and faith. The other question mark is the location. I know Mar-o-Lago has been floated but I think the Trinity blast site in New Mexico […]
My First Therapist
I took this photograph while leaving my first therapist’s office. It was my last appointment. I went to her for 11 years. The first stretch lasted six years, then I took a much needed three-year break, and finished off in what felt like a five year stretch. I only stopped because she retired. I remember the […]
Artsakh Protest in Manhattan
Saturday’s energetic demonstration in Manhattan started at 40 Rockefeller Plaza, where the NBC television network is headquartered, then up Sixth Avenue and across Central Park South to CNN studios in Columbus Circle. The thousands of protesters traveled across Broadway to ABC studios on West 66th Street. The protest began at 12:30pm and ended up on […]
Tracking Armenians in New York
This originally appears in AGBU News magazine (April 2002) In New York, they say there are eight million stories in the naked city. We can be sure thousands of those are Armenians who have and continue to feed, enrich, and define the city that is known as the greatest in the world. The engine of […]
The Armenian Stars of the Canadian Cultural Universe
Originally published in AGBU News magazine (March 2000) Atom Egoyan and Arsinée Khanjian: Canada’s Premier Couple of the Arts At the forefront is cinematic superstar Atom Egoyan. Interviewing Egoyan is like stepping into one of his films. As the light of the tape recorder flashes the discussion is filled with pregnant pauses and frequent segues. […]