The Greek Chorio
Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Court, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United StatesThe Greek chorio has been a frequent subject of interest to anthropologists, who have written extensively about rituals, kinship structures, work and gender. Increasingly, the subject has come under the scrutiny of archaeologists, who have carefully traced the material remains of villages and households in order to reconstruct the lives of those who lived outside...
Carrie Mae Weems, Past Tense
The Theatre at Ace Hotel 929 South Broadway, Los Angeles, United StatesWest Coast Premiere As Billie Holiday sings— the same ole story, but it’s new to me.... Acclaimed artist Carrie Mae Weems, deemed “one of the more interesting artists working in the gap between art and politics” by The New York Times, has created a new performance-based work, Past Tense. Through music, text, projection and video,...
Yedikule: Fortress Turned Prison
Jan Popper Theater, Schoenberg Hall 445 Charles E. Young Drive, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThis special event presents rebetiko music inspired by the fearsome prison in Thessaloniki, dramatic readings of the testimonies of the prisoners, and images from inside the cells. Once a Byzantine fortress known as the Heptapyrgion, the prison is now used as offices for the archaeological service, for performances, and for exhibitions. Yet, the voices of...
Classical debt ‘after’ the crisis: Greek antiquity in the era of Grecovery
Royce Hall, 314 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDrawing from her latest book, The Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerity, Johanna Hanink, Professor at Brown University, shows that our idealized image of ancient Greece dangerously shapes our view of the modern country and its recent crises. For nearly a decade, Greece has been notorious for its monetary, sovereign debt. Yet...
Angelos Chaniotis, “The Polis as a Stage: Theatricality and Illusion in the Long Hellenistic Age”
Lenart Auditorium Fowler Auditorium, UCLA, Los Angeles, CAParking Information: Enter UCLA campus Lot 4 from Sunset Blvd at Westwood Plaza and turn left into the Play-By-Plate area of the lot. The address of Lot 4 is 398 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Automated pay stations in Pay-By-Play accept $1 and $5 bills and credit cards.
Opening Night LAGFF @ UCLA
James Bridges Theater, UCLA 235 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Valorie Kondos Field, “Life is Short, Don’t Wait to Dance”
The Fowler Museum at UCLA 308 Charles E Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease join us for an inspirational afternoon with Valorie Kondos Field, the retired head coach of the seven-time NCAA Champion, 22-time Regional and 18-time Pac 12 Champion UCLA Women’s Gymnastics team. Inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010, the four-time “National Coach of the Year” was recently named “West Region Coach” of...
Book Club: Η Λέσχη, του Στρατή Τσίρκα
Huffington Center, St. Sophia Cathedral 1324 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesPlease join us for a lively discussion of Η Λέσχη, του Στρατή Τσίρκα. All readings and conversation take place in Greek. Light refreshments will be served.
PATRICK LEIGH FERMOR: The Man and the Legend
Royce Hall 10745 Dickson Court, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United StatesRenowned author Artemis Cooper lectures about Patrick Leigh Fermor, the British author, scholar, soldier and polyglot who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II. He was widely regarded as Britain's greatest living travel writer during his lifetime, based on books such as A Time of Gifts (1977). UCLA...
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 StatesBook 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.