A brief service and program commemorating the Armenian Genocide will be held at the Genocide Memorial Monument at Riverfront Park in Troy, NY, on Tuesday, Apr. 24 at 6:30 p.m. The event organized by the Armenian National Committee of Albany is supported by the city’s chapters of Homenetmen and Knights & Daughters of Vartan. For information contact Knights of Vartan commander Rafi Topalian at (518) 810-5018, or rafitop@aol.com.
The St. Thomas Church of Tenafly, NJ, and its Kirikian Armenian School, will host the “Armenian Jeopardy Tournament of Champions” on Sunday, Apr. 15, at 2 p.m., at the church hall (174 Essex Dr., Tenafly). Students from parishes in Washington, DC; Cheltenham, PA; and Tenafly will compete under the sponsorship of the Eastern Diocese’s Armenian Studies department. For information, or to RSVP, contact Gilda Kupelian at gildak@armeniandiocese.org. Click here to view a flyer.
The Eastern Diocese’s Krikor & Clara Zohrab Information Center will sponsor an evening of dramatic readings from “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh,” on Thursday, Apr. 12, at 7 p.m., in Guild Hall of the Diocesan Center (630 Second Ave., New York). Nancy Agabian, Haig Chahinian, and others will read from Franz Werfel’s novel, to mark 85 years since its publication. Free and open to the public; click on the links to read more and view a flyer.
A new play about the Armenian Genocide—Daybreak, by Joyce Van Dyke—will debut off-Broadway on Saturday, Apr. 21 (and run through Sunday, May 13), 7:30 p.m., at the Beckett Theatre (410 W. 42nd St., New York City). Set in three time periods, the play is inspired by true stories of two Armenian women—friends and survivors of the Genocide—who endure the continuing impact of genocide through time. Click on the links to read more about the play, to view a Daybreak flyer, and to view ticket and performance information.
The Women’s Guild of Hye Pointe Church in Bradford, MA, will honor two saintly women of church history–Priscilla and Phoebe–in a prayer service and luncheon on Saturday, Apr. 14, at the church (1280 Boston Rd., Bradford). Hospitality hour at 10 a.m., prayer service at 11 a.m., luncheon and program at 12 noon. For information on reservations, click here to view a flyer.
