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Leading modern scholars explore Armenia’s impact on art and trade in the Middle Ages, and pay tribute to the elder scholars who led the study of Armenian art in America. Saturday, Nov. 3, 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., in the Gracey Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave, New York). Advance registration required; find details and info on all “Armenia!” events on the museum website. Click on the link to download the “Armenia!” programs brochure.

Learn about the expansion of Armenian art and culture into the West, with “Armenia!” exhibit curator Dr. Helen Evans. Thursday, Oct. 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Gracey Rainey Rogers Auditorium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave, New York). For ticket details and info on Dr. Evans talk, click here. Information on all the other “Armenia!” events can be found on the museum website. Click on the link to download the “Armenia!” programs brochure.

St. Gregory the Enlightener Church of White Plains, NY, will host an evening with Nancy Kricorian, author of Zabelle, Dreams of Bread and Fire, and All the Light There Was. The author night will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m., at the church facility (1131 North St., White Plains). Admission is free; book-signing and reception follow. Click here to view a flyer.

St. Leon Church of Fair Lawn, NJ, will host a talk by Genocide scholar Ümit Kurt, titled “A Farewell to Arms: Heroism and Betrayal in Aintab,” on Friday, Oct. 19, at 7:45 p.m. in the church’s Charles & Grace Pinajian Youth Center (12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn). Open to public, reception to follow. For information, click here to view a flyer.

St. Leon Church of Fair Lawn, NJ, will host a talk by collectors Levon Saryan and Chuck Hajinian, titled “History Revealed: Ancient Coins of Armenia,” on Friday, Oct. 12, at 8:00 p.m. in the church’s Charles & Grace Pinajian Youth Center (12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn). Open to public, reception to follow. For information, click here to view a flyer.