Winged Words: Greek Poetry in Song @ Kopleff Recital Hall, Georgia State University

Oct 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The GSU Center for Hellenic Studies is pleased to announce an upcoming musical event on Thursday evening, October 27, 2016, at 7:00 pm.

The world-renowned mezzo soprano, Ms. Alexandra Gravas, will join us from Athens, Greece, to present a special program of modern Greek poetry set to music; she will be accompanied by her pianist, Mr. Petros Bouras.

The program is entitled “Wingéd Words”: Greek Poetry in Music and Song,” and will take place at the Florence Kopleff Recital Hall [10 Peachtree Center Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303] on the campus of the Georgia State University.

The first half of the program will be dedicated to the poetry of Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933), and the second half will feature other important Greek artists including Nobel Laureate Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996), Manos Hadjidakis (1925-1994), Yannis Ritsos (1909-1990), Nobel Laureate George Seferis (1900-1971), and Mikis Theodorakis (b. 1925).

Ms. Gravas has designed the program specially for this event, which is designed to coincide with the Center’s first major publication: “Subterranean Histories: Constantine Cavafy and the Poetics of Memory,” Studies in the Literary Imagination48.2 (2016). The volume includes pieces by Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk, novelist Jane Alison, and several prominent scholars of Classics, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies including Gregory Jusdanis, Michael Lippman, Anne McClanan, and Gonda van Steen. Copies of this publication will be available at the concert.

The concert will be held in the Florence Kopleff Recital Hall on the campus of Georgia State University at 7:00pm; a wine reception will follow immediately after the event.

The Center for Hellenic Studies is especially grateful for the support of the Honorable Giorgos Panagiotidis, Greek Consul of Atlanta, Dean Sara Rosen and the entire Dean’s Office in the College of Arts and Sciences, Annie Latta and Pearl McHaney at the Center for Collaborative and International Arts (CENCIA), Bram Creighton in the GSU School of Music, and Aikaterina Grigoriadou, President of the Hellenic Student Association.

This event is free and open to the public; information regarding local parking may be found at http://parking.gsu.edu/parking-locations/

Nov

4

Fri

Atlanta Greek Film Festival @ Atlanta History Center

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Nov 4 @ 5:00 pm – Nov 6 @ 5:00 pm

We thank you for your past support as a filmgoer and are pleased to invite you to the third annual Best of NYC Greek Film Festival in Atlanta. The film festival returns November 4-6, 2016, at a new and exciting venue, the Atlanta History Center’s McElreath Hall in beautiful Buckhead.

As in previous years, the festival carefully selects and brings the best of current Greek films to US audiences, shown with English subtitles. This year, we plan to bring six current feature films to the festival, which will truly represent “the Best” of the NYC Greek Film Festival.

Advance tickets for the films, film packages and the ‘It’s a Wrap” Closing Reception will go on sale on September 23rd via our ticket vendor, TicketAlternative.com. Your film tickets will include free parking and free admission to the Atlanta History Center museums and grounds on the day of the film!

In the meantime, please consider becoming a festival Sponsor and/or placing an Advertisement for yourself or your business in our 2016 Festival Program Book. We offer Sponsorship and Ad levels for every budget, plus your support will be highlighted to the 1000+ participants we expect. We’ve attached Sponsor and Ad Forms for your convenience.

Lastly, if you’ve enjoyed the film festival in the past, please help spread the word to your friends and colleagues; better yet, bring them along to enjoy intelligent feature films in an incomparable setting. See you at the movies!

Alexandra Manos & Golfo Vastakis

2016 Film Festival Co-Chairs

Dec

10

Sat

Pontian Greek Night @ The former "Strip Steak and Sushi"

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Dec 10 @ 7:00 pm – Dec 11 @ 1:00 am

Join us for the 1st Annual Pontian Greek Night. Click here for details!

Jan

15

Sun

Greek Night with the Atlanta Hawks @ Philips Arena

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Jan 15 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Jan

21

Sat

Worlds Apart – Film at the Tara Theater @ Tara Theater

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Jan 21 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm

WORLDS APART

(“ΕΝΑΣ ΑΛΛΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ”)

Atlanta Premiere: One Screening Only!
Limited Seating

SAT. JANUARY 21st, 2017 6:45PM

TARA THEATER

2345 CHESHIRE BRIDGE RD NE, ATLANTA

Direction: Christopher Papakaliatis

The stunning new film directed by and starring Christopher Papakaliatis tells three different stories that unite as a single narrative at the end. Each concerns a non-Greek falling in love with a Greek at a time of social and economic turmoil in Greece and Southern Europe at large. This year’s top-grossing film in Greece also stars Academy Award winner J. K. Simmons.

Runtime: 1hr 53 min.
In English and Greek with English subtitles

Worlds Apart After-party @ Kyma

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Jan 21 @ 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Jan

22

Sun

Lykion ton Ellinidon 2017 Vasilopita @ Annunciation Cathedral Kafenion

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Jan 22 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Jan

28

Sat

Pan-Cretan Association 2017 Kritiko Glendi @ Hellenic Community Center Ballroom

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Jan 28 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Samaria Chapter of Atlanta, Pan-Cretan Association of America presents

The 2017 Kritiko Glendi

Glendi children dancing

Saturday, January 28, 2017

Hellenic Community Center Ballroom
2500 Clairmont Road, Atlanta GA

7:00 pm – Cocktails
7:30 pm – Dinner
9:00 pm – Dancing

Direct from Crete! Andreas Lilikakis on Lyra, Pantelis Krasadakis on Laouto, and Michalis Fraros also playing Laouto

“Early Bird” Pricing! Prices Increase on January 17, 2017

Samaria Members

Adults – $40.00; Students (ages 13-18) – Free; Children under 13 – Free. Full Table of 10 – $400 Dancing Only (after 9:00 pm) – $25.00 (includes one free drink ticket)

Non-Members

Adults – $50.00; Students (ages 13-18) – $25.00; Children under 13 – Free. Full Table of 10 – $450. Dancing Only (after 9:00 pm) – $25.00 (includes one free drink ticket)

DETAILS: Full tables available during “Early Bird” ticket sales; general seating only after that date. No dinner/dance tickets will be sold at the door on the evening of the event. Online ticket sales will end at midnight, Friday, January 27, 2017. “Dance Only” tickets will be available at the door.

Jan

29

Sun

HAS Vasilopita 2017 @ Kouzina Christos

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Jan 29 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Dear HAS members,

Happy New Year! I hope everybody had a restful holiday season. Our Vasilopita celebration this year is going to be on Sunday, January 29th.

We will meet at 6:00 pm for dinner and Vasilopita at Kouzina Christos restaurant in Marietta. The cost of the event will be $15 ($10 for students).

Please e-mail me georgenakos@clayton.edu to let us know if you are coming because we need to tell the restaurant how many people will attend.

Again, please RSVP to enable proper organization of the event.

Please note that this is a new place for us! We decided to change because it was getting too crowded in the restaurant that we had the Vasilopita the previous years. It is also a lot closer to Georgia Tech and midtown Atlanta.

This is the address of Kouzina Christos restaurant:
1453 Terrell Mill Road
Marietta, GA 30067
Phone: (770) 952-1950

We are looking forward to seeing everybody on Sunday, January 29th!

The HAS Board
President: George Nakos
Vice President: Evangelos Theodorou
Vice President for Activities: Theofilos Moysiadis
Treasurer: Mina Giannakakos
Secretary: Panagiotis Kintis

Feb

18

Sat

Apokriatiko Glendi @ Holy Transfiguration

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Feb 18 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm