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November 2004 | ||
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3 | Wed | Wednesday
3 November 6.00 - 10.30 pm Hellenic Centre Bar late opening. Live music and snacks and drinks at reasonable prices. Wednesday 3 November 6.30 pm |
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6 | Sat | Saturday
6 November Oinoussian Ball organised by the Oinoussai Benevolent Fund. Further information from 020 7586 4167. |
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9 | Tue | Tuesday
9 November 7.30 pm 25 Years of the A G Leventis Foundation, Activities and Services to Hellenism. Lecture in English by Mr Tassos Leventis, CBE organised by the Cypriot Estia of London. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. |
10 | Wed | Wednesday
10 November Guided Tour City Walk organised by the Fundraising Committee of the Hellenic Centre. Tickets and further information from Mrs M Coccolatos on 020 7937 6448. Early booking is advised as a very limited number of tickets is available. |
11 | Thu | Thursday
11 November 5.30 pm Memorial Event for Dino Leventis, organised by the Hellenic Society, the British School at Athens, the Friends of the British School at Athens and the Anglo-Hellenic League. A forum of four short lectures followed by a reception. Tickets at £8 and further detail from 020 7862 8730. Venue: Rooms 329-330, 3rd Floor, Institute of Classical Studies, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Thursday 11 November 7.00 pm |
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15 | Mon | Monday
15 November - Sunday 12 December Melina Nicolaides - Abstract Paintings exhibition. Further information from 020 7794 4949. Venue: Gallery K, 101-103 Heath Street, London NW3 6SS. |
16 | Tue | Tuesday
16 November 7.00 pm An Evening in Mani. A fascinating journey to the southern tip of the Balkans in words and pictures, presented by Dr Peter Greenhalgh (coauthor with Edward Eliopoulos of Deep into Mani), together with Professor Elias and Vivianna Eliopoulos, and Professor Roderick Beaton. This event is the first in the series "Discover Greece and Cyprus". To be followed by a performance of Peloponnesian dances by Lykion ton Hellinidon and the chance to view an exhibition of Edward Eliopoulos's wonderful photographs of Mani's exquisite Byzantine churches, towers, landscape, customs and the Diros caves. Organised by the Hellenic Centre in association with Lykion ton Hellinidon. Open to the public. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. |
17 | Wed | Wednesday
17 November 11.30 am Annual Charity Lunch organised by the Anglo-Hellenic League. Tickets at £50 and further details from 020 8863 6780. Venue: Searcy's, 30 Pavilion Road, London SW1. Foreign
Bodies: Contemporary Writing in
Translation Pavlos
Matesis and Nella Bielski The
Voice Box, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre As part
of the South Bank Centre’s Foreign Bodies series, featuring the best contemporary writing
in translation, Pavlos Matesis
and Nella Bielski will be
appearing at the Voice Box, Royal Festival Hall, on Wednesday 17 November
at Pavlos
Matesis’s latest
novel, The Daughter
(2002), is an international best-seller in nine languages.
Set in Pavlos
Matesis was born in
Nella
Bielski’s
appearance at the Voice Box coincides with the publication in November
this year of her new novel, The Year is ’42. Set
in the midst of war-torn Nella
Bielski was born in
the Tickets
£6 Concs £4.
South Bank Centre Box Office 08703 800 400 Book
Online: www.rfh.org.uk For further press information, please contact Louisa Mullan on 020 7921 0985, e: lmullan@rfh.org.uk or Deborah Ryan on: 020 7921 0888, e: dryan@rfh.org.uk |
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19 | Fri | Friday
19 November 7.30 pm The Malpighi Prize of Biomedical Research, organised by the Hellenic and the Italian Medical Societies of Great Britain. Further information from secretary@hellenicmedicalsocietyuk.org. Venue: Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, London SW1. |
20 | Sat | Saturday
20 November 7.30 pm A Greek Evening with Plastic Chairs. The Hellenic Centre presents the group Plastic Chairs in a Greek evening with rebetika, folk and popular songs. Tickets £25, £20 (students) from 020 7487 5060. Ticket price includes food. Proceeds in aid of the Hellenic Centre. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. |
21 | Sun | |
22 | Mon | Monday
22 November 7.00 pm The History and the Restoration of the Propylaia of the Athenian Acropolis. Lecture in English by Dr Tassos Tanoulas, Director of the Propylaia Restoration Project, Greek Ministry of Culture. Organised by the Greek Archaeological Committee. Open to the public. Venue: Great Hall, Strand Campus, King's College London. |
23 | Tue | |
24 | Wed | Wednesday
24 November 7.30 pm Cello and Piano Recital with Pavlos Carvalho (cello) and Andrew Quartermain (piano). Programme to include works by Debussy, Sostakovich, Rachmaninov and Theodorakis. Organised by the Hellenic Centre. Free entry but early booking is advised as places are limited. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. |
25 | Thu | Thursday
25 November 7.30 pm Annual Memorial Lecture for Dr C N Hadjipateras organised by Eteria Ellinon Epistimonon. Open to the public. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. |
26 | Fri | Friday
26 November 6.00 - 9.00 pm Rebetiko at SOAS. Seminars on the history of Rebetiko. For further details see listing dated Friday 24 September. |
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29 | Mon | Monday
29 - Friday 17 December Stones and Colours. An exhibition of painting by Karin Dracoulis and jewellery by Daphne Krinos and Marina Kulukundis. A Greece in Britain event. Please contact 020 7487 5060 for opening hours. Venue: Friends Room, Hellenic Centre. |
30 | Tue | Tuesday
30 November 6.30 - 8.30 pm Literature and Performance in Ancient Greece. Literature in ancient Greece, was a shared experience, usually performed in public, not read in private. The colloquium, organised by the Hellenic Centre and the Department of Greek and Latin, University College London, will explore some of these performed works. It will focus on drama but will also include lyric song and heroic epic. Introduced by professor Chris Carey and followed by short lectures / presentations. Free entry but early booking is advised as places are limited. Venue: Great Hall, Hellenic Centre. |
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