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The Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee of Connecticut will host a commemoration of the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, Apr. 27, at 10 a.m. The event will take place at the historic Connecticut House Chamber of the State Capitol (210 Capitol Ave., Hartford). Clergy from the state’s Armenian churches will offer the “Prayer for the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.” Keynote speaker is Dr. Melanie O’Brien: president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, associate professor of international law at U. of Western Australia, Perth, visiting at the U. of Minnesota. A reception will follow. For information, call (860) 651-0629. Click the link to read more about the Connecticut commemoration.

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at NJ’s St. Elizabeth College will hold its annual Armenian Genocide commemoration on Wednesday, May 1, in Dolan Auditorium at the college’s Annunciation Center (2 Convent Rd., Morristown, NJ). Dinner at 6:30 p.m.; program at 7:30 p.m., featuring keynote address by journalist and filmmaker Vic Gerami. Free and open to public; RSVP to Rich Quinlin at rquinlan@steu.edu. Click the link to view a flyer.

Holy Martyrs Church of Bayside, NY, is co-sponsoring a book presentation by Adrienne Alexanian, on her father’s memoir, Forced into Genocide. The event will be held on Sunday, Apr. 14, at 3 p.m. at the co-sponsoring Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center (100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove, NY). A wine reception and book signing will follow. Admission is free. Click here to view a flyer.

Holy Cross Church of Uptown New York will host a benefit concert on Sunday, Apr. 7, at 2 p.m., at the church (580 W. 187th St., New York, NY). Arya Anoush Balian will perform in a Solo Recital Concert, accompanied by Maestro Vagharshak Ohanyan. All proceeds benefit provision of medical care for displace Armenians from Artsakh, through the Armenian-American Wellness Center in Yerevan. Concert sponsored by the Armenian American Cultural Association. Click the following links to purchase tickets and donate on Eventbrite, and to view a flyer with information.

St. Leon Church (Fair Lawn, NJ) will host an in-person lecture on Wednesday, Mar. 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the church’s Abajian Hall (12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn). Prof. Talin Suciyan of Munich, Germany, will discuss her book, Outcasting Armenians: Tanzimat of the Provinces. A reception and book-signing will follow. Click the following link to view a flyer with info. For questions call (201) 592-2162.