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Diary of Events January - March 2019 #TextMe_PaperFashion 16 January to 24 February 2019
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Diary of Events
January - March 2019
#TextMe_PaperFashion 16 January to 24 February 2019
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THE HELLENIC CENTRE
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GREEK LANGUAGE COURSES Winter Term begins on 21/01/19 Day and evening courses for groups and indi-viduals taught by experienced, qualified tutors. Reasonable fees and a rich cultural programme to complement learning. Information on 020 7563 9831 or at [email protected].
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FRIENDS ROOM EXHIBITIONS Εxhibitions by Greek and Greek Cypriot artists or foreign artists whose work is inspired by a Hellenic theme. Information on 020 7563 9836 or at [email protected].
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JANUARY
SUPPORT THE HELLENIC CENTRE
Friday 25 January, 7pm to 9pm - Andipa Gallery, 162 Walton Street, London SW3 2JL Vasilopitta organised by the Ionian Society. Tickets £15; price includes food, w ine and live music. Proceeds to the church of St Spyridon, Piraeus, Greece which feeds 150
Friday 11 January, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Ο Έρωτας στα Χρόνια της Οπερέττας - Love during the era of the Operetta - The Hellenic Centre’s New Year Celebration Let’s wel-come 2019 and start the celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the Hellenic Centre with Vasilopitta and a unique performance of songs in-spired by love with Trio Lirico. A programme of well-known excerpts from Greek operettas and songs of the operetta era and subsequent periods composed by Sakellaridis, Sougioul, Hadjiapostolou, Hadjidakis, Theodorakis and others. Tickets £15, concessions and Hellenic Centre Members £12; price includes live music and vasilopitta. Bookings: 020 7487 5060 or eventbrite. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 18 January, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Imag(in)ing the Ancient Greeks in Early Colonial Mexico: an Interactive Dialogue between Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican and Western European Cultural Legacy and Artistic Tradition Dr Elizabeth Baquedano (UCL) and Dimitrios Roussos (UCL) pre-sent a topic which untangles geographic and period boundaries and heads towards the por-trayal of multiple realities in the aftermath of the ‘Conquest of Mexico’ through the prism of visual culture; realities where the ‘old’ merges with the ‘new’, at a time when Aztec gods and rulers stand vis-a-vis ancient Greek gods and heroes and declare them as their cultural con-testants. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organ-ised by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 11 January to Saturday 9 February - The Hellenic Centre Loukia Nicolaidou-Vassiliou Paintings Exhibition Loukia Nicolaidou-Vassiliou (1909-1994) is a “pioneer of female artistic creation” in Cyprus. In 1939 she took part in a group exhibition in London and shortly after that withdrew from the artistic sphere. Following a major exhibition of her work in 1992 organised by the Cypriot Ministry of Education, she was heralded as “an important figure of con-temporary Cypriot art”. Her paintings adorn private collections, governmental de-
partments and galleries in Cyprus; a small number of them have been entrusted to the Hel-lenic Centre by her family. On the Hellenic Centre’s 25th anniversary it seems fitting to hon-our this exceptional female Cypriot artist with an exhibition of these paintings. Free entry; for opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Wednesday 16 January to Sunday 24 February - The Hellenic Centre #TextMe_PaperFashion A pop-up exhibition from the Greek cultural organisa-tion ATOPOS Contemporary Visual Culture’s Paper Dress Collection. It has been especially created to mark UNESCO’s Athens 2018, World Book Capital, and the Hellenic Centre’s 25th Anniversary. The exhibition investigates the relationship between text and paper in fashion through selected objects from the collection. Disposable paper dresses from the 1960s, some printed with press cuttings from American and English newspapers, are displayed alongside garments made of re-
cycled pages from account books such as the rare Japanese shifu underclothes from the Edo period. Also included are garments created by distinguished designers such as Hussein Cha-layan, Demna Gvasalia, Issey Miyake, John Galliano and Martin Margiela. The ATOPOS cvc Paper Dress collection has been internationally acclaimed through the exhibition ‘RRRIPP!! Paper Fashion’, which was first presented at the Benaki Museum, Athens in 2007 and has since been shown at, amongst others, MUDAM, Luxembourg, the MoMu, Antwerp, the Bel-lerive Design Museum, Zurich and the Gallerie Stihl, Waiblingen. This is the first time the Collection will be exhibited in London. Opening hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 12-7pm, Wednesday 12-9pm (guided tours between 7-9pm by the curators Stamos Fafalios and Vassilis Zidianakis), Saturday and Sunday 12-5pm. Free entry. Organised by the Hellenic Centre and ATOPOS cvc.
Wednesday 6 February, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Symbols of Cosmic Descent in Byzantine Imagery Dr Richard Temple (Temple Gal-lery) will discuss how the ‘revival’ of Hesychasm - the contemplative tradition of the early Christian monasteries - in the 14th century, coincides with the development in icon painting in the period known as the Paleologan Renaissance. Tickets £7, student/OAP concessions £5. Further information and bookings www.psta.org. Organised by the Prince’s Foundation. Supported by the A G Leventis Foundation and the Hellenic Centre.
Thursday 31 January, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre To Διαχρονικόν Μέγα Μήνυμα των Τριών Ιεραρχών: Ύφος, Αρετή, Παιδεία, Ηθική και Πολιτική στην Κοινωνία - The Diachronic Message of the Three Hierarchs A lecture in Greek by Prof Constantinos G A Niarchos, University of Athens, Greece. Organised by the Archdiocese of Thyateira. Free entry. Further information and bookings on 020 7723 4787. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
GREEK LANGUAGE COURSES
Tuesday 12 February, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Ancient Invisible Cities A lecture by Prof Michael Scott, University of Warw ick. Free entry. Bookings and further information: [email protected], www.anglohellenicleague.org. Organised by the Anglo-Hellenic League and the Society for the Promotion of Greek Studies.
Tuesday 29 January, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Paper Dress: Future of History? Introduced in the late 1960s the Paper Dress was one of the strongest symbols of a new Zeitgeist and a throw away culture symbolised an easy, modern and comfortable lifestyle. Everything was light and immediately replaceable due to new materials with new qualities. Nowadays paper is attractive because of its sustain-able strength, since 80% of all paper gets recycled. Prof Jose Teunissen, School of Design and Technology, London College of Fashion will discuss how the ‘disposable’ character of a Paper Dress can express completely different values within the Fashion history and show the specific qualities and values it can symbolise. Part of #TextMe_PaperFashion exhibition. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hel-lenic Centre and ATOPOS cvc.
FEBRUARY
families daily. Further information and bookings: 020 7581 1244, 078087 77946, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected].
Sunday 10 February, 3 pm - The Hellenic Centre The Cloakroom Attendant A play in Greek w ritten/ performed by Dimitra Barla and directed by Natalie Katsou; duration 50 minutes. Margot, the cloakroom attendant of a national museum, entertains the audience with her daily stories while weighing the challenges of a serious relationship and of the unavoidable dilemma:
‘to be or not to be a parent?’ With wit and sensitivity, artefacts become alive and visitors take mythical dimensions. Dante’s condemned lovers, an unfortunate French queen and an inquis-itive boy help Margot balance on a suspended world of imagination, aspirations and self-fulfilment. Tickets £10, concessions and Hellenic Centre members £8. Bookings; 020 7487 5060 or eventbrite. Produced by Dimitra Barla and the Hellenic Centre.
Tuesday 12 February to Monday 11 March - The Hellenic Centre MANI/Μάνη - Painting the Southern Peloponnese: in the Footsteps of Patrick Leigh Fermor When Toby Wiggins visited Mani, he was transfixed by it’s strange beauty. This, together with his admiration for the Greek land-scapes of Craxton and Gkika and Patrick Leigh Fermor’s evocative writing inspired him to return to Mani and paint a series of landscapes. Meet the Artist: Wednesday 13 February, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Free entry; for opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
Sunday 24 February, 2pm to 6.30pm - Andipa Gallery, 162 Walton Street, London SW3 2JL Sustainable Luxury: Fashion Designers and Other Stories from Greece and the World Sustainable fashion and organic products from Greece and beyond. Further infor-mation: 07765 292990, [email protected] or www.ecoluxelondon.org. Free; entry; booking essential: eventbrite. Organised by the Ionian Society.
Friday 22 February, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Wagner and Greece Throughout his adult life, Wagner felt a huge admiration for the Greeks and was decisively influenced by their mythology and drama, especially Aeschylus and his Oresteia Trilogy. Indeed the conception and structure of Der Ring des Nibelungen as a Tetralogy was inspired by this Trilogy, while Wagner’s depiction of the Gods bears obvious similarities to their Greek mythological counterparts: Wotan echoes the philandering Zeus, Fricka the wronged and perpetually nagging Hera and so on. Helena Matheopoulos, will trace, through her illustrated talk, the source of this influence through Wagner’s own writings and excerpts from DVDs of various productions of the Ring worldwide. Free entry; booking essen-tial: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
SOCIAL EVENTS
Wednesday 27 February, 6.30pm - The Hellenic Centre Rosemarie Screening of the Cypriot film Rosemarie followed by a Q&A session in English with the director Adonis Florides. Part of the programme Cyprus Cinema Series. Free entry. Further information and bookings: www.culturalchc.co.uk. Organised by the Cyprus High Commission-Cultural Section.
Saturday 23 February, 6.30pm - Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN 24th Anniversary Dinner Dance organised by the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain. As every year, a carefully selected charity will also be supported by fundraising on the night. Tickets include reception drinks, dinner, entertainment and dancing until 2am. Further information and bookings: [email protected], www.hesgb.com.
Thursday 28 February, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Tsiknopempti Celebration of Greek Carnival w ith food, music and Greek dancing. Further information and bookings: 020 7348 0950, 07770 642443, 07775 995983, [email protected], [email protected]. Organised by Lykion ton Hel-linidon.
Thursday 21 February, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Walking through the Landscapes of Marina Adams A talk and a short presentation of Marina Adams creative diversity by Helli Pangalou taking us on an imaginary walk through the landscapes she created, focusing on the gentle and yet transformative design, through the use of clear forms, native plants and the inherent respect of landscape dynamics. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hel-lenic Centre.
Tuesday 19 February, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Walking Billboards or Wearable History? Paper Dresses from the ATOPOS cvc Col-lection Fashion and newspaper headlines are both ephemeral. Historically, newspa-pers, either as a material or source of inspiration, have been used in fancy dress and fashion in imaginative ways. Designers such as Elsa Schiaparelli, John Galliano, Demna Gvasalia and Rei Kawakubo, amongst others, have employed newspaper-printed fabrics in their creations, while various Paper Dresses from the 1960s are adorned with cuttings from the newspapers they promoted. However, the printed words are not incidental – they bear special meanings. With Paper Dresses from the ATOPOS collection as a starting point, Myrsini Pichou will ex-plore in her talk the fascinating relationship between newspapers and fashion. Part of #TextMe_PaperFashion exhibition. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre and ATOPOS cvc.
Wednesday 6 March, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre The Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos on the Southern Slope of the Athenian Acropolis An illustrated lecture in English by Konstantinos Boletis, Architect, Doctor of History and Archaeology, Ephorate of the Antiquities of the City of Athens. The lec-ture will tell the story of this impressive 4th c. B.C. choregic monument, whose Stuart and Revett 18th century drawings inspired ‘Greek Revival’ buildings in Europe and North America, its conversion into the Middle Byzantine period church of ‘St Mary of the Cave’, its bombard-ment damage in 1827 and its recent full restoration in 2017 by the speaker. Free entry; booking essential: [email protected], www.gacuk.org. Organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee UK.
Monday 11 March, 1pm - The Hellenic Centre Lunchtime Piano Concert by Duo Dithyrambico Christos Fountos and Angelina Pav-lou perform a programme of piano 4-hands music including Stravinsky’s groundbreaking bal-let score The Rite of Spring and other orchestral works arranged for two pianists. The concert promises to not only create the essence of an orchestra with a single instrument but to also take us in an exploration of sounds and reveal the history behind the music: scandals, riots, censorship and denunciation. Each one of the works to be performed marked the music of the 20th century and led into changing notions, breaking the boundaries, establishing a new era and making the pieces and their composers the most influential of the past century. This con-cert will bring together the avant-gardism and modernism of Stravinsky and Shostakovich, Prokofiev’s neoclassical youth and the Jazz virtuosity of Kapustin. It will also include recent new transcriptions for 4-hands by Christos Fountos, made especially for Duo Dithyrambico. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
MARCH
CONFERENCE FACILITIES
Thursday 14 March to Wednesday 3 April - The Hellenic Centre Desert Behind Over the last year, Natalie Katsou, playwright and poet, and Yiannis Katsaris, photographer, have been developing a collabora-tive project merging photography and poetry. The inspiration and the raw material came from their joint trip in Marrakech a couple of years ago and their book Desert Behind is the outcome of their work together. Both artists
focus on the cross cultural communication and the exchange between humans, and hold a holistic view on language, identity and homeland and that is why the book is bilingual, (Greek and in English). Meet the Artists and book launch: Wednesday 20 March, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Free entry; for opening hours call 020 7487 5060. Supported by the Hellenic Centre.
Wednesday 6 March, 7.15pm and 9pm - The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London W11 2AY Under the stars - Οι κάτω απ' τ' αστέρια A self exploring play (in Greek with English sur-titles), starring Lila Baklesi and Konstantinos Bibis. Bookings and further information: www.prosopaevents.com. Produced by Prosopa Events and K2L ALFA-Idea.
Monday 11 March, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre HC Kathatra Deftera Cellebration with Kourelou and London Greek Collective I t is the end of carnival and we meet on this special Monday to celebrate the beginning of Greek Lent with live music and sarakostiana. Kourelou and the London Greek Collective are putting on a 'Panigiri' with mu-sic and dance from all over Greece. Tickets £20, concessions and Hellenic Centre Members £17; price includes live music and taster of traditional Greek vegetarian flavours. Bookings: 020 7487 5060 or eventbrite. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 1 March, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre 136 Hermes Street- and the Painter George Pol. Georghiou An illustrated presentation in English on the Cypriot artist George Pol. Georgiou by his niece and author of the book 136 Hermes Street, Rima Outram. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
FREE CULTURAL EVENTS
Thursday 21 March, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Rethinking Language Education in the UK’s Greek Cypriot Diaspora Like many other minorities in the UK, the Greek Cypriot diaspora has established a well-developed network of after-hours schools that teach Greek as a heritage language and through it transmit core aspects of Greek and Greek Cypriot culture to young members of the community. A number of studies, however, indicate that the use of Greek (both Cypriot Greek and Standard Greek) is in decline among British-born Greek Cypriots as younger generations increasingly prefer to speak English even when communicating with other people with a Greek Cypriot background – a finding that calls for a rethink of the language provision that is offered in Greek comple-mentary schools. Dr Petros Karatsareas (Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Uni-versity of Westminster) will discuss, in English, the value attached to the Cypriot Greek dia-lect by Greek complementary schools and argue in favour of its thoughtful integration in the teaching and learning process as it will help the schools to fulfil their mission as key transmit-ters of the Greek Cypriot diaspora’s cultural heritage. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Friday 15 March, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Brexit: What Next? A panel discussion in English w ith Denis MacShane, Former UK Europe Minister and author, Danae Kyriakopoulou, Chief Economist at OMFIF, Florence Mele, Director of Studies at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris(ESCP) and Vicky Pryce, economist and author as Chair. Free entry; booking essential: 07964 280270 or [email protected]. Organised by the Macedonian Society of Great Britain.
Saturday 30 March, 2pm to 5pm & Sunday 31 March, 1pm to 4pm - The Hellenic Centre Apple, Cinnamon and Sugar An interactive play in Greek presented by Fournos Theatre. The show is based on an English folk story. A Grandmother wants to bake an apple pie for her grandchildren but discovers that at her home she has only ruby, juicy cherries and no apples at all. She tries to find someone to exchange her yummy cherries for some apples but soon realises that this is not an easy task. So, she begins a long journey, meets on her way different characters with different needs and in the end finds the apples she needs. Employing humour and songs, the play shows our young friends the importance of determination in achieving our goals and the value of helping
one another. Duration of play 55 minutes with no interval. A workshop delivered by the Hellenic Hub will follow the performance. Children will make lampada - the traditional Easter candle - Easter eggs and bunnies and apple hats. The event will conclude with traditional songs and dance. The play and the workshop are suitable for children over 3. Tickets for adults and children over 3 £15; adults admitted only if accompanying children. Bookings: 020 7487 5060 or Eventbrite. Organised by the Hellenic Centre.
Thursday 14 March, 7pm - The Hellenic Centre Greece - Biography of a Modern Nation Roderick Beaton (Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, King’s College London) presents his new book - a history of events, politics, culture, arts, people and ideas - which tells the story of the Greek nation-state as well as that of the collective identity that goes with it. Free entry; booking essential: 020 7563 9835 or [email protected]. Organised by the Hellenic Centre and Allen Lane Books
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
6 April - 18 April 2019: The Women of Cyprus through the Centuries - Exhibition
6 April 2019: Oxford Philharmonic Concert
DONATIONS WELCOME
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 March 2019
and will cover the period April-August 2019 Deadline for submitting information for this period is Friday 15 February 2019
Access to the Hellenic Centre is via steps; a stair climber is available but must be booked in advance; a lift provides access to all floors, except the third floor
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| Greek Cypriot Brotherhood | Hellenic Bankers Association-UK | | Hellenic Engineers Society | Hellenic Foundation |
| Hellenic Medical Society | Ionian Society | Lykion ton Hellinidon | | Macedonian Society of Great Britain | Oinoussai Benevolent Fund |
| Omilos Eksipiretiton (Servers’ Society) | Pontian Association of Great Britain | | Society for Modern Greek Studies | Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies |
MEMBER SOCIETIES OF THE HELLENIC CENTRE
COMPANY MEMBERS OF THE HELLENIC CENTRE
| A Bilbrough & Co Ltd | Anthea Investments Ltd | Bank of Cyprus UK | | Bonhams - The Greek Department | Chandris (UK) Ltd |
| Chios Navigation Co Ltd | Curzon Maritime Ltd | Cyprus Tourism Organisation | | EFG Private Bank Ltd | Fafalios Ltd | Grays of Westminster |
| Latsco (London) Limited | Libra Capital Limited | Marks and Spencer Plc | | Moore Stephens | NHS | Nicholas & Co |
| Odysea Ltd | Piraeus Bank S.A. | Southern Shipping & Finance Co Ltd | | Surgical Conference Management Ltd | University of Central Lancashire-Cyprus |
Detailed listings on all Hellenic Centre events at www.helleniccentre.org
Greek Dance Lessons
organised by Lykion ton Hellinidon
Every Wednesday and Saturday at the Crypt, St Sophia, Moscow Road, London W2
New term starts in January
Further information on 020 7229 4086 or [email protected], www.lte.london
