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Carnival 2012 Greek Carnival Party Date: Saturday 11 February 2012 [19:00] Venue: Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS Details: Celebrate Carnival the Greek way! Fancy dress, a fusion of Greek, Latin and Disco music, Greek food! Tickets are £15 and include a plate of Greek meze. Cash bar available. Fancy dress optional. Bookings and further information on 020 7487 5060. Organised by the Hellenic Centre, Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon and the Ionian Society. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. Tsiknopempti Date: Thursday 16 February 2012 [19:30] Venue: Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS Details: A celebration of Greek Carnival with food, music and Greek dancing organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon. Further information and bookings on 020 8343 1353, 020 8201 8332 or at enquiries@lykiontonhellinidon.co.uk. Children’s Carnival Music Workshop Date: Sunday 26 February 2012 [14:30 - 17:00] Venue: Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS Details: A great opportunity for all children and young people (6 to 16 years old) to celebrate Carnival and become familiar with Greek music, instruments, rhythms and traditions. The workshop, led by professional musicians and educationalists, will include Carnival songs from different parts of Greece; an informal performance will take place at the end. Fancy dress optional. Free entry. Further infor-mation and bookings on 020 7487 5060 or 07506 759727 or at www.kitemusic.info. Organised by the Hellenic Centre and KITE Music. Lectures Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma Date: Monday, 05 March 2012 [18:30] Venue: New Theatre, LSE East Building, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE Details: Can Greece extricate itself from the social and economic crisis that is engulfing her and other lands in the periphery of Europe? After a brief look at the vital signs of Greece and other afflicted economies, the speaker will outline the choices facing voters in 2012. These include con-nued austerity with and without reform, extensive tax cuts, dropping the euro, and waging war on corrup-on. Speaker: Costas Azariadis (Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis). Entry is on a first come first served basis. Sounion Revisited: New Evidence on Early Cults Date: Wednesday 08 February 2012 [19:00 Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ Details: Lecture in English by Dr Zetta Theodoropoulou-Polychroniadis. Organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee. Free entry. Further information on 020 7935 2020 (Anne Long) or at anne@faroship.com. Greece between Austerity, Reform and the Drachma Date: Monday, 05 March 2012 [18:30] Venue: New Theatre, LSE East Building, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE Details: Can Greece extricate itself from the social and economic crisis that is engulfing her and other lands in the periphery of Europe? After a brief look at the vital signs of Greece and other afflicted economies, the speaker will outline the choices facing voters in 2012. These include con-nued austerity with and without reform, extensive tax cuts, dropping the euro, and waging war on corrup-on. Speaker: Costas Azariadis (Mallinckrodt Professor, Washington University in St. Louis) Exhibitions Two Degrees of the Arctic Circle Date: Tuesday 7 February to Tuesday 28 February 2012 Venue: Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS Details: A photographic exhibition by Christos Koukelis; part of the SIM Artists Residency in Reykjavik. Private view on Friday 10 February, 6.30-8.30pm. For opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Theater King's College Greek play 2012: Euripides' Hecuba Date: Wednesday 08 - Friday 10 February 2012 Venue: The Greenwood Theatre,55 Weston Street, London SE1 3RA Details: The 2012 Greek Play will be Euripides' Hecuba directed by Roseanna Long, who says: 'I have chosen to stage Euripides’ Hecuba because I feel it will appeal to a contemporary audience as it focuses on human moral dilemmas rather than the influences of the Olympian Gods. Euripides raises the issue of whether revenge in extreme circumstances is a justifiable act which is a question humanity continually battles with today.' Guest Lecture: Professor Judith Mossman, of Nottingham University, will give the guest lecture on Thursday 9 February. For more information and tickets please click here The Oresteia Date: Wednesday 29 February to Saturday 24 March 2012 Venue: Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS Details: Theatre Lab Company presents "The Oresteia". A translation of Aeschylus' Trilogy of Plays by Ted Hughes Directed by Anastasia Revi "Sacrifice. War. Victory. Troy has fallen. Agamemnon returns, a hero with his trophy – a Trojan priestess. Crimes weigh heavily on him. A sumptuous welcome awaits him. A trap. His wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover, his cousin Aegisthus - both want revenge for past crimes. The curse of Atreus is raging: bloody and savage. It calls for retribution. The exiled Orestes returns." Ticket prices: £15 (£12 concs.). Groups 10+: £10. School groups: £10. Furher information: For more information please click here Various 17th Anniversary Dinner/Dance organised by the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain Date: Saturday 4 February 2012 Venue: The Dorchester Hotel Details: 17th Anniversary Dinner/Dance organised by the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain, featuring live Greek and western music, surprise entertainers and a lottery with many fabulous prizes. Bookings and further information on 07833 733634 or at info@hesgb.com. Greek - Cypriot Choir and Orchestra Date: The first lesson will be held on 11th of September Venue: Greek Parents Association Hall, 39 Winkfield Road, Wood Green, N22 5RP Details: KITE Music and the Greek Parents Association (GPA) are running music lessons and workshops on Greek and Cypriot Music, for children and young adults. The lessons will be held at the GPA Centre every Sunday at 15:00-17:30 in Wood Green. The lessons will be focussing on Greek and Cypriot modern and traditional music. The participants will get the chance to sing in the GPA Youth Choir and learn how to play beloved and popular Greek tunes on the guitar, bouzouki, baglama, percussion and other instruments. Greek Music Workshop for Children Date: Sunday 2 October 2011 [14:30 - 17:00] Venue: Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, W1U 5AS Details: KITE Music and the Greek Parents Association (GPA) are running music lessons and workshops on Greek and Cypriot Music, for children and young adults. The lessons will be held at the GPA Centre every Sunday at 15:00-17:30 in Wood Green. The lessons will be focussing on Greek and Cypriot modern and traditional music. The participants will get the chance to sing in the GPA Youth Choir and learn how to play beloved and popular Greek tunes on the guitar, bouzouki, baglama, percussion and other instruments. The lessons will also include a series of theatre games and warm up activities. All teachers are professional musicians with many years of experience working in the education sector (all hold an up to date CRB). The lessons are supported by the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture. We warmly invite every student that wants to learn a musical instrument, sings and loves Greek music to join our lessons and take part in our workshops and concerts. Students must have their own instrument. The first lesson will be held on 11th of September. All lessons will be free of charge Greek choir Date: From Friday, 16 September, 2011 Venue: Arachne Greek Cypriot Women’s Group, 13-15 Hercules Street, London N7 6AT Details: Arachne Greek Cypriot Women’s Group and KITE Music are invite you to their Greek Choir. They are offering free lessons for all ages. Come and learn with us Greek and Cypriot songs! The first sessions will be on Friday, 16 of September 2011 and they will continue every Friday at 16:30 - 18:00pm. For further information and registration please telephone at Arachne on 020 7263 6261 or email info@arachne-group.org. www.arachne-group.org |
