Polyxeni Adam-Veleni, “Thessaloniki: A Metro-Polis through the Centuries”
Royce Hall, 314 UCLAThroughout the course of excavations during the construction of the Metropolitan Railway in modern Thessaloniki, important finds were brought to light at seven stations: an unknown Roman cemetery of a wealthy settlement, and many burials and funerary structures in the eastern and western necropoleis of the ancient city. The excavations of two central stations at...
Tassos Boulmetis’ A Touch of Spice
James Bridges Theater, UCLA 235 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Book Club: Η Μεγάλη Χίμαιρα, του Μ. Καραγάτση
Huffington Center, St. Sophia Cathedral 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a lively discussion of Η Μεγάλη Χίμαιρα, του Μ. Καραγάτση. All readings and conversation take place in Greek. Light refreshments will be served.
“When Tomatoes Met Wagner,” directed by Marianna Economou
James Bridges Theater, UCLA 235 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesElias, a small farming village in central Greece, is dying out. But two cousins team up with the village grannies to cultivate the tomato seeds they have kept for hundreds of years. With a little help from Wagner’s music –which they use to help their tomatoes grow– the team succeeds to export little jars with organic tomato...
UCLA Regents’ Lecture: Fotini Baxevani, “My Own Private Kastellorizo”
Royce Hall, 314 UCLA
Fotini Baxevani in The Lady of Ro. Written by Gianni Skaragas
Freud Playhouse 245 Charles E Young Dr E., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFotini Baxevani in The Lady of Ro. Written by Gianni Skaragas
Freud Playhouse 245 Charles E Young Dr E., Los Angeles, CA, United States
Book Club: The Lady of Ro with author Gianni Skaragas
Huffington Center, St. Sophia Cathedral 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Symposium: A Celebration of International Greek Language Day
Royce Hall, 314 UCLA
Alexander Kitroeff, “The Greeks and the Making of Modern Egypt”
Huffington Center, St. Sophia Cathedral 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBook presentation and signing.
Hellenic Society of Constantinople: 53rd Annual Dinner Dance
Huffington Center, St. Sophia Cathedral 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesJoin the members of the Hellenic Society of Constantinople to honor Philippos Trevezas and The Hellenic Library of Southern California.
