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The annual Times Square commemoration of the Armenian Genocide will be held on Sunday, Apr. 22, at 2 p.m., at 43rd St. & Broadway, New York City. Sponsored by the Knights of Vartan and a host of Armenian organizations. Click here to view a flyer with details, including contacts and transportation to and from the event.

St. Vartan Cathedral in New York will mark Sts. Vartanantz Day on Thursday, Feb. 8. A dinner and program will follow badarak (beginning at 6 p.m.) in Haik and Alice Kavookjian Auditorium. Guest speaker Lara Setrakian; performance by St. Vartan Armenian School and the Astghikner Junior Vocal Ensemble of Brooklyn’s St. Gregory Mission Parish. Organized with the participation of the Mid-Atlantic Knights and Daughters of Vartan. Click here for a flyer with information; to reserve (by Feb. 1), call (212) 293-1244.

A benefit concert to help support the Cathedral Choir will take place at New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral on Saturday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. Soloists from the choir—Anahit Zakaryan, Anoosh Barclay, Hasmik Mekanejian, Solange Merdinian, and Alvard Mayilian—will perform under the direction of Maestro Khoran Mekanejian; Hayk Arsenyan will play piano. Click here to view a flyer with ticket information.

New England-area parishes will hold the 2nd annual “Hye Hearts Dance” on Saturday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m., at the Holiday Inn in Enfield, CT (1 Bright Meadow Blvd., off Interstate 91). Sponsored by the Tri-Church Cultural Committee Holy Resurrection (New Britain, CT), St. George (Hartford, CT), and St. Mark (Springfield, MA) churches. Click on the links to view a flyer and purchase tickets.

St. Leon Church of Fair Lawn, NJ, will hold its 10th annual “Armenian Christmas Dance” on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, 7 p.m.-midnight, at the church. Performers are Onnik Dinkjian featuring the John Berberian Ensemble. Reservations are required; to reserve/purchase tickets e-mail berensonl@aol.com. To view a flyer with information, click here.