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Hellenic Centre Annual Family Christmas Lunch
A fundraising event for Cyprus
Sunday 1 December 2013
Diary of Events
September - December 2013
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Saturday 28 September - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Dinner Dance organised by the Hellenic Medical Society. Further information at [email protected].
Office Opening Hours Monday-Friday 9.30am-5.30pm
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SEPTEMBER
Monday 30 September, 7.15pm - Friends Room, Hellenic Centre The Walls of Byzantium Book presentation by James Heneage. “The Walls of Byzantium” is the first of the Mistra Chronicles series in which James Heneage will tell the story of the last decades before the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the mid-fifteenth century. The story begins and ends in the little Despotate of Mistra in the Peloponnese, from where three families from the two cities of Mistra and Monemvasia will emerge to commit their destinies to the salvation, or destruction, of their empire. Byzantium must pursue two parallel strate-gies to survive, one facing east and the other west. The books will tell the tales of a hero who will travel from Renaissance Italy to Ming China in his quest to save his empire. It is the story of a time when heroes and monsters (such as the Mongol Tamerlane) strode the earth and when truth was stranger than fiction. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre and Quercus Publishing.
Friday 20 September, 9am to 6pm & Saturday 21 September, 9am to 1pm Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Energy Developments in South East Mediterranean A conference jointly organised by City University London and the Research Centre for Energy Management at ESCP Europe Business School. Free entry. Further information from Prof Dinos Arcoumanis, Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic (Energy Policy and New Technologies) and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, City University London at [email protected] and Dr Kostas Andriosopoulos, Director, Re-search Centre for Energy Management at ESCP Europe at [email protected]. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
Limanaki
Friday 6 September to Saturday 21 September - Friends Room, Hellenic Centre Nisia, A Celebration of the Beauty of the Greek Islands A selection of paintings in acrylics by John Heywood. The paintings are inspired by the Greek Islands the artist visits every year and depict scenes from Chios, Samos, Ikaria, Fournoi and Crete. Meet-the-artist-days: Tuesday 10 September, 5.30-8.30pm; Friday 20 September, 2-6pm; Saturday 21 September, 9am-1pm. For further opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Supported by the
Hellenic Centre.
Monday 14 October, 7.15pm - Friends Room, Hellenic Centre Michael Ventris, Linear B, and the Triumph of the Architect’s Thought An illustrated talk in English by Emmanouil Stavrakakis. Having solved one of the great puzzles of the 20th century, deciphering Linear B, Michael Ventris did not only prove that the script from Knossos represented the early form of Ancient Greek language, but he also gained the world’s
Friday 11 October, 7.15pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre C P Cavafy in Music, A Recital of Songs and Reflections After a most successful tour in the USA in 2012 and recently at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, this unique presen-tation is coming to the Hellenic Centre. Marking 150 years from C P Cavafy's birth, the event is an evening of poetry and music that incorporates a scholarly approach, with Alex-andra Gravas, mezzo soprano, Dr Pantelis Polychronidis, piano, Assistant Professor, Univer-sity of Nevada and Professor Vassilis Lambropoulos, C P Cavafy Chair of Modern Greek Stud-ies, University of Michigan. The programme brings together music and poetry, the two most popular areas of Modern Greek culture, focuses on the internationally best known Greek poet and examines the challenges presented by his poetry and the diverse musical idioms that have been used to turn it into art song. Included here are Cavafy poems set to music by Greek, American, German and French composers such as Mitropoulos, Hadjidakis, Theo-dorakis, Papademetriou, Boissel, Rorem, Bolcom, Rekleitis, Stephanidis, Tsoupaki, Plessas and Gompper. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre with the support of the Hel-lenic Foundation for Culture UK, as part of the Greek Ministry of Culture's "2014: C P Cavafy Year".
Monday 7 October, 7.15pm – Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Greeks of Alexandria An illustrated talk in English by Eirini Chrysocheri focussing on Greek Alexandrians who were compelled to abandon the city, they still perceive as a privileged site of cosmopolitan values and lifestyle, at the time of the Egyptian national revolution of 1952. The talk reveals the different ways the city of Alexandria was constructed and reconstructed in the imaginaries of those forced to challenge the distance created by time and space. The lecture will be followed by G Augeropoulos’s documentary film Egypt: The Other Homeland (in Greek with English subtitles). Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Director Agatha Kalisperas
Hellenic Community Trust a Company limited by guarantee, Charity Reg. No. 101036
Registered Office: Caprini House, 163/173 Praed Street, London W2 1RH - Reg. in England No. 2643543
OCTOBER
Tuesday 8 October to Thursday 24 October - Friends Room, Hellenic Centre Co-existence An exhibition of paintings by Artemis Tsitouris. In these colourful paintings, which have a tendency towards abstraction, colour and form compliment each other, in order to co-exist. Private view on Monday 7 October, 6.30-8.30pm. For opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 18 October, 7pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre St Demetrios Celebration An event featuring the renowned Vlasti Dancing Group from western Macedonia and an illustrated lecture in English on “Praise to the Macedonian Strug-gle: The Heroes and the Writer Penelopi Delta”. Free entry but please confirm attendance by 10 October at [email protected]. Organised by the Macedonian Society of Great Britain.
Friday 18 October, 7.30pm - St Sophia’s Cathedral, Moscow Road, London W2 Memorial Concert for the Distinguished Byzantinist Julian Chrysostomides (21.IV.1928-18.X.2008) The Arcadia Mundi Symphonic Orchestra, directed by George Hlawiczka and Anastasios Strikos, will perform the premiere of the Julian Suite, Opus 85, composed for this special occasion by the Greek composer Philippos Tsalachouris. Free entry. For further information and bookings please contact Dr Charalambos Dendrinos at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Institute of Royal Holloway, University of London.
Membership
Maria Kalli, 020 7563 9833 or [email protected]
Greek Language Courses
Evangelia Roussou, 020 7563 9831 or [email protected]
admiration because he had received no classical, archaeological or linguistic education. Instead, he had studied architecture. This presentation will focus on aspects of Ventris’s education in the 1940s at the Architectural Association, on his work in architecture (more specifically on the house he built in Hampstead) and on moments of his decipherment. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Sunday 20 October, 3pm - Andipa Gallery, 162 Walton Street, London SW3 Fashion Show organised by the Ionian Society. Further information and bookings on 020 7589 2371.
Thursday 24 October, 7.30pm - Leighton House Museum, Holland Park Road, London W14 Impressions - East Meets West London premiere of Constantinos Stylianou’s Preludes with pianist Rustem Kudoyarov. Programme to also include works by Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Further information and bookings on 020 7602 1416 or at [email protected]
Saturday 19 October, 2.30pm to 9.30pm - Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 Greece is the Word - The Culture Behind the Crisis: What You Need to Know A celebration of Modern Greek literature and culture, a cutting-edge, creative response to the Greek crisis. Join British ‘Greek Greeks’, historian Bettany Hughes, novelist Victoria Hislop and BBC correspondent Paul Mason as well as a pantheon of Greek stars for a lively day of debate and performance to highlight the triumphs and tragedies of Greek life and literature. Discussions on contemporary Greek poetry and literature with poets Katerina Iliopoulou, Dionysis Kapsalis and Vassilis Amanatidis, novelists Ioanna Karystiani and Alexis Stamatis and translator David Connolly; a provocative debate about the Greek crisis with journalist Maria Margaronis and other influential Greek panellists; an evening of comedy, music, drama and literature hosted by stand-up comic Katerina Vrana. All events are in English. Further information and bookings on 0844 875 0073 or at www.southbanckcentre.co.uk.
Friday 25 October, 7.30pm - Jacob’s Restaurant, 20 Gloucester Road, London SW7 Kantades Evening organised by the Ionian Society. Tickets £25 include food and a glass of wine. Further information and bookings on 020 7589 2371.
Conference Facilities
Kay Stavrinou, 020 7563 9834 or [email protected]
Catering, Events & Friends Room Exhibitions
Christina Vagioti, 020 7563 9836 or [email protected]
Thursday 31 October, 7pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre The Cyprus Trio in a recital of classical music. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 07564 696626 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Cultural Department of the Cyprus High Commission.
Tuesday 29 October, 7.15pm - Friends Room, Hellenic Centre British Colonial Architecture in Cyprus 1878-1960 A presentation of the recently pub-lished book by Professor Costas Georghiou, Chartered Architect & Town Planner. There will be an introduction by Richard Brindley, Executive Director RIBA, followed by an illustrated pres-entation by the author. Architecture and Town Planning can tell us a lot about the relationship between the British Colonial Administration and the Cypriots living on the island during this period. The subject therefore appeals to a wider audience who wish to know more about what physical structures can tell us about our history, colonialism, power and decision making. Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 1 November, 7pm - Boardroom, Hellenic Centre A Basket of Food: Greece in the 1940s A brief talk by Dr Sheila Lecoeur, followed by the screening of a dramatic and moving documentary about Greece in World War II. The film, a heart warming tale of human bravery and courage, uses rare historic footage and links past and present to show that shadows of the past still haunt Greece today. Free entry but please confirm attendance at [email protected] or [email protected]. Organised by Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon and the Peloponnesian Association of Great Britain.
NOVEMBER
Monday 4 November, 7.30pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre The Eight Moments of Freedom-Οι Οκτώ Στιγμές της Ελευθερίας An event in Greek and English to celebrate the 100 years from the union of Crete with Greece. The programme includes a piano concert and a performance of The Eight Moments of Freedom, a new work by the distinguished Greek composer George Minas, with pianists Marianna and Stephanie Kapsetakis, Seiller Polillas and Olga Tsartselidi. Free entry but please confirm attendance at [email protected]. Organised by the Region of Crete, Hellenic Republic.
Tuesday 29 October to Thursday 21 November - Friends Room, Hellenic Centre
Ροές Φωτός-Streams of Light An exhibition of new works by Mina Kordali. The works are innovative constructions made of canvas, paper, wood and illuminating neon tubes which aim to show how light, as a dominant element of creation and communication, has the power to transform. Private view on Monday 11 November, 6.30-8.30pm. For opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 8 November, 7pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Cyprus European Sing Along A recital of Cypriot, Greek and European songs. Free entry
Facilities for disabled people
Access to main venue via steps
A stair climber is available but this must be booked in advance
A lift provides access to all floors, except the third floor
Friday 22 November - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Hippocratic Oration Lecture organised by the Hellenic Medical Society. Further information at [email protected].
Monday 11 November, 7.15pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Textiles and the Language of Diplomacy: Venice and Ottoman Turkey in the 16th Century An illustrated lecture in English by Lisa Monnas focusing on diplomatic exchanges of robes between the Ottomans and the Venetians in the 16th Century, as recorded in the re-lazioni of the Venetian ambassadors and chronicled in the diaries of Marino Sanuto (1466-1536). Free entry but please confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
but please confirm attendance on 07564 696626 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Cultural Department of the Cyprus High Commission.
Wednesday 13 November, 6.30pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre
Archbishop Makarios III - 100 Years from his Birth
Prominent experts from Cyprus, Greece and the UK, His Grace Metropolitan Georgios of Paphos, Mr Michael Colocassides, Prof Van Coufoudakis, Dr Diana Markides and Dr Klearchos Kyriakides, examine the life and legacy of Archbishop Makarios III as a religious and political leader.
Archbishop Makarios III, born Michail Mouskos in 1913, entered Kykko Monastery as a novice in 1926. He graduated in Theology and Law from Athens University in 1942. While studying at Boston University he was elected Metropolitan of Kitium in 1948 and then Archbishop of Cyprus in 1950. As Ethnarch he led the struggle for Enosis culminating in independence in 1960 and was the First President of the Republic of Cyprus until his death in 1977. He was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Organised by the Hellenic Centre with the support of the A G Leventis Foundation and Katsouris Brothers Ltd.
Thursday 14 November, 7pm - King’s College London, Strand, London WC2 Early Christian Mosaics at Aghia Kyriaki (Central Greece): New Evidence of a Flourishing Greece A lecture in English by Dr George Kakavas, Director of Numismatic Mu-seum, Deputy Director of National Museum, Athens. To be followed by a reception. Free entry. Further information and bookings at [email protected]. Organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee.
Wednesday 27 November, 7pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Lecture on Medicine organised by the Ionian Society. Free entry. Further information and bookings on 020 7589 2371.
Saturday 30 November, 7pm - St John’s Smith Square, London SW1 Christodoulos Georgiades - 70th Birthday Concert Christodoulos Georgiades has been involved with music since an early age. His outpout includes several recordings, the World Premiere of the Skalkottas Concertino, many BBC broadcasts including BBC World Service and lecture recitals for television. Performers of his works include Marios Papadopoulos/Oxford Philomusica, Patricia Rozario and Yuri Bashmet/Moscow Soloists. Artists taking part in
Information given in the Hellenic Centre Diary of Events was correct at the time of printing Events may be cancelled or changed without prior notice; updates and notifications available at
www.helleniccentre.org; a copy of the Diary in larger print but different format available from our offices
The next issue of the Diary of Events will be published in December 2013 and will cover the period
January-March 2014; the deadline for submitting information for this period is Friday 8 November
GREETING & CHRISTMAS CARDS
made and donated by Marie Coccolatos
Available for sale at the Hellenic Centre
and at the Lykion Christmas Bazaar
in this 70th Birthday celebration include friends who will perform a selection of his works for piano, clarinet, harp and songs. Further information and bookings on 020 7222 1061 or at www.sjss.org.uk.
Sunday 15 December, 12.30pm - Royal Thames Yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1 Christmas Lunch organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon. Further information on 020 7348 0950, 020 8343 1353 or at [email protected].
Sunday 1 December, 12.30pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre Hellenic Centre Annual Family Christmas Lunch with Live Greek music and bingo. Fur-ther information and bookings on 020 7487 5060. This year’s proceeds will go in aid of a Children’s Charity in Cyprus. Organised by the Fundraising Committee of the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 6 December, 6.30pm - Boardroom, Hellenic Centre New Non-Invasive Methods of Prenatal Testing: The End of Amniocentesis? A lecture in Greek by Mr George Attilakos, MD, MRCOG. Free entry but please confirm atten-dance on 020 8932 7667 or at [email protected]. Organised by the Peloponnesian Association of Great Britain.
Thursday 12 December, 12 noon to 5.30pm - Boardroom, Hellenic Centre Christmas Bazaar organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon. Free entry. Further information on 020 7794 1353, 020 8343 1353 or at [email protected].
Saturday 14 December, 7pm - Royal Garden Hotel, High Street Kensington, London Christmas Ball with live music, DJ and much more. Tickets £75. Further information and bookings at [email protected]. Organised by the Macedonian Society of Great Britain.
DECEMBER
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
February 2014
Patterns of Magnificence Tradition and Reinvention in Greek Women’s Costume
An exhibition organised by the Hellenic Centre in collaboration
with the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation in memory of Koula Lemos It showcases a stunning selection of costumes never exhibited in the UK before
The exhibition will be accompanied by relevant lectures and events
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