EVENTS 2010-11

Year 2010-2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011 Social Hour: 4:00PM Dinner: 4:45PM Lecture: 5:30PM $30 per person (fixed price menu) E-mail registration request to hucorg@gmail.com or register using PayPal Note: Choose Stuffed Peppers, Chicken, or fish when you register (look for the note on PayPal) You can bring your own wine to Clifton's. No corkage fee.	Dinner - Lecture By: Peter Z. Mantarakis Peter is author of Tears of the People, which is Tears of the People, a book about the life of Theophilos Kairis, a Greek revolutionary from Andros who plotted to free Greece in 1821 from the 400-year oppression by the Ottomans. Theophilos Kairis was a priest but also a renowned educator, philosopher and a recipient of his country’s Medal of Honor. During the Greek War of Independence in the early 1800s, he was an inspirational hero to the freedom fighters and populace alike. Mr. Mantarakis lives in Pasadena, California. The art and writings of Peter Z. Mantarakis Tears of the People on Amazon.com Place: Clifton's Cafeteria 648 South Broadway Los Angeles, CA 90014 Parking: Across the street on the south-west corner of 7th and Broadway (over the KFC), entrance on: 214 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014 In the heart of Downtown LA Jewelry District Clifton's Cafeteria is a Los Angles landmark and has been recently acquired by an new owner. They have kindly made available the RED ROOM on the the 3rd floor for our function. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton%27s_Cafeteria
LA GREEK FILM FESTIVAL June 9-12, 2011	Affiliate Organization Event For Details: www.lagreekfilmfestival.org
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Saturday, November 13, 2010, 7:00-9:00PM. The performance will be followed by a Cheese & Wine Reception.	Affiliated Council Event The American Hellenic Council is proud to present to the Los Angeles Community The Leonidas Loizides Theatrical Group A World-Class Live Theatrical Production of "Oresteia" by Aeschylus Downey Theater 8435 Firestone Boulevard Downey, CA 90241-3843 The Hellenic University Clubs salutes this effort of the American Hellenic Council.
Saturday, November 20, 2010. Concert at 7:00PM, Reception to follow.	Recital of Classical Greek Music Compositions by Dimitris Mitropoulos & Yorgo Sicilianos Pianist Charis Dimaras & Mezzo-soprano Lea Summers Sponsored by The Hellenic University Club & The Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of the famous Greek conductor and composer Dimitris Mitropoulos Murphy Recital Hall Burns Fine Arts Center Loyola Marymount University
Thursday, December 9, 2010, 7:00-10:00PM.	Greek Night Music by Lambros (Members and Friends Meet and Greet) Hellenic University Club Informal Event Lighthouse Deli in San Pedro 508 W 39th St San Pedro, CA 90731 (310) 548-3354 On the web: Lighthouse Deli http://www.yelp.com/biz/lighthouse-deli-san-pedro Lighthouse Deli Map
Tuesday May 24, 2011, 7:00 PM Cedars Sinai Hospital Harvey Morse Auditorium*	Lecture on Thalassemia by Dr. Berdoukas Free admission - All are welcome Dr. Vasili Berdoukas, is an international expert on thalassemia and related disorders will present information on the condition, how it is inherited and prevented. He graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Sydney in 1971. Organized by the American Hellenic Council and the Near-Eastern AmericanMedical Society of Los Angeles in association with the Consulate General of Greece.
Thursday, May 26 5.00 pm St. Alban's Episcopal Church 580 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024	St. Alban’s Faith and Reason Series Presents Elder Pavlos, Hieromonk of St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai “The Spiritual Tradition of Desert Monasticism at St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai” Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Religion and the UCLA Department of History Elder Pavlos is the senior monk and elder ascetic of Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt, the oldest Christian monastery in continuous existence. A 1972 graduate of the School of Theology of the University of Athens, Elder Pavlos is a desert ascetic himself with four decades of immersion in the tradition of desert asceticism that reaches back to the foundational period of early Christianity.