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* Book Launch: Not Looking for Trouble: A Memoir by Bill N. Fatsis, Tue 3 Dec 2024
* Greek concert, Tarafi Band, Rebetiko Project, Sat 14 Dec 2024
* European Union Film Festival, online Dec 1-17, 2024
* Glukeria and Zoidakis live in Toronto, Fri 22 Nov 2024, 9:30 PM
* Xatzipavlou Giorgos live in Toronto, Mon 18 Nov, Tue 19 Nov 2024, 8:30 PM
* Nikos Vertis live in Toronto, Fri 8 Nov, Sat 9 Nov 2024, 9 PM - 1 AM
* Alkinoos Ioannidis live in Toronto, Fri 1 Nov 2024, 7 PM
  also lecture on Wed 30 Oct 2024, 7 PM (note the new date/time!)
* Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT), 1-31 Oct 2024
  16 (regular) films and many short films
* October 28, 1940 OXI day parade, reception, Sun 27-10-2024, Sun 3-11-2024
* Lecture: thwarted Hellenic visions for Cyprus (1954-1974), Mon 21-10-2024, 3PM
* Three Lectures: 80 years since liberation, Wed 23-10-2024, 7 PM
  incl. two Ph.D. candidates
* Project presentation: The Open Eleusis team, Tue 15-10-2024
* Natasa Theodoridou live in Toronto, Sat 5 Oct 2024
* Notis Sfakianakis, Paola, Nikos Oikonomopoulos live in Toronto, Fri 13 Sept 2024
* Memories - Voices from the Trojan Horse, Sat, June 1, 2024
* Greek concert, Remos and Josephine, Friday 31 May 2024
* Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario, dinner, Sat 11 May 2024
* Greek Canadian Archives: updates on the project, Thu 9 May 2024
* Third Greek Canadian Studies Conference, Thu-Fri 9-10 May 2024
* Greek concert, Rebetiko Project vol 2, Friday, May 10, 2024
* Voting through mail for Euroelections, deadline April 29, 2024
* Echo Poetry and Music Night, Sunday 28 April 2024, 7PM
* Lecture by Kostis Kornetis, U of Sheffield, Monday 29 April 2024, 6PM
* Greek Independence Day Parade, Sunday, April 7, 2024, 1:30 PM
* Greek Independence Day Gala, Saturday, March 23, 2024, evening
* Greek concert, Tsalikis, Menidiatis, Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9 PM
* Greek concert, Tarafi Band, Rebetiko Project, Friday, March 22, 2024
* Meltem Orchestra at DROM Taberna, Sunday, March 10, 2024, 8 PM
* Greek poetry event, Christos Ziatas, Sunday, March 10, 2024, 5 PM




* Book Launch: Not Looking for Trouble: A Memoir by Bill N. Fatsis, Tue 3 Dec 2024

The HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University
invite you to a book launch

Title: Not Looking for Trouble: A Memoir by Bill N. Fatsis
Author: Bill N. Fatsis
Date/time: Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 6:30 PM
Venue: Parkview Manor, 55 Barber Greene Rd #1, North York
Admission: free
Cash bar: pay on the spot
All net proceeds will benefit the HHF Greek Canadian Archives.
More info: Visit Bill N. Fatsis' Website https://billfatsisauthor.com/



* Greek concert, Tarafi Band, Rebetiko Project, Sat 14 Dec 2024

Title: Rebetiko Project
Group: The Tarafi band
Date/Time: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 10 PM (duration 3 hours)
Venue: Black Swan Tavern (upstairs)
    154 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4K 1N
General Admission CA$22.63
Get tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rebetiko-black-swan-tickets-1041623673447?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android

The Tarafi band is:
George Sountoulidis: Vocals, baglama
Dimitri Petsalakis: Bouzouki, Baglama, tzoura, vocals
Sofia Smyrnioudi: Accordion, vocals
George Vasileiou: Guitar
Petros Pechlivanoglou: Bouzouki, tzoura

Join the Tarafi band paying tribute to the original rebetiko from
the pre-WWII era. Rebetiko is the music of predominantly the urban
lower and working-class population of early 20th century Greece.



* European Union Film Festival, online Dec 1-17, 2024

The European Union countries through their embassies in Ottawa,
consuls in Toronto, and other cities in Canada,
organize once again the European Union Film Festival in Canada.

Event type: Film festival, in person and online (selected films)
Dates: Sat 16 Nov to Fri 30 Nov 2023 (in-person)
       Sun  1 Dec to Tue 17 Dec (online, selected films, only in Canada)
More info and tickets: https://www.euffonline.ca/ 
Also: https://euffto.com/

Greece participates with
Title: Dodo (135 minutes | Greece | 2022)
Director: Panos H. Koutras
Screenwriter: Panos H. Koutras
Producer: Claire Gadéa, Eleni Kossyfidou, Panos H. Koutras, Marie-Pierre Macia
Executive Producer: Karim Cham, Matteo Cichero, Haider Rashid
Cast: Smaragda Karydi, Akis Sakellariou, Natasa Exintaveloni
Cinematographer: Olympia Mytilinaiou
Editor: Vincent Tricon



* Glukeria and Zoidakis live in Toronto, Fri 22 Nov 2024, 9:30 PM

Greek City Music and Peter & Pauls present

Artists: Glykeria, Nikos Zoidakis, Charis Makris, the Ethnik Band Project F
Date/time: Fri 22 Nov 2024 9:30 PM
Venue: Paramount Event Space, 222 Rowntree Dairy Rd, Woodbridge, ON L4L 9T2
Tickets: approximately 100 - 300 CAD (no dinner, but midnight snack stations)
To get tickets:
  https://greekcity.com/product/concert-tickets-glykeria-zoidakis-toronto/
More info: 416-461-6244 or greekcity.com



* Xatzipavlou Giorgos live in Toronto, Mon 18 Nov, Tue 19 Nov 2024, 8:30 PM

Greece's famous comedian Giorgos Xatzipavlou comes in Toronto to present

Title: Comedy in Gkrik
Date/time: Mon 18 Nov and Tue 19 Nov 2024, 8:30 PM
Venue: Comedy bar, 2800 Danforth Av, Toronto ON M4C 1M1 | 416-551-6540
Tickets: 34-39 CAD
To get tickets:
  https://comedybar.ca/shows/giorgos-xatzipavlou



* Nikos Vertis live in Toronto, Fri 8 Nov, Sat 9 Nov 2024, 9 PM - 1 AM

MediaOne.GR presents

Artist: Nikos Vertis
Date/time: Fri 8 Nov and Sat 9 Nov 2024, 9 PM - 1 AM
Venue: Pickering Casino Resort, Durham Live Avenue, Pickering, ON, Canada
Tickets: $68 - $223
To get tickets: https://empiria.events/event/nikos-vertis-toronto/



* Alkinoos Ioannidis live in Toronto, Fri 1 Nov 2024, 7 PM
  also lecture on Wed 30 Oct 2024, 7 PM (note the new date/time!)

The Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario (HCAAO) presents

Artist: Alkinoos Iwannidhs
Date/time: Fri 1 Nov 2024, 7 PM (note the new date/time!)
Venue: Aga Khan Museum, 77 Wynford Drive, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1K1
Tickets: 60 CAD (+3.23 fee, adult), 25 CAD (+1.65 fee student)
To get tickets: https://ticketstripe.com/Alkinoos-HCAAO2024
More info: info@hcaao.org

Tickets only give entrance. Come early to get a good seat.
Location and parking: https://agakhanmuseum.org/location-and-parking/
Seating plan: https://archive.agakhanmuseum.org/about/pdf/AKM_OPE_AuditoriumSeatingPlan_8.5x11.pdf

Alkinoos will also give a lecture

Speaker: Alkinoos Iwannidhs
Title: The Word and the Note
Date/time: Wed 30 Oct 2024, 7 PM
Venue: Lecture room TRS3-147
  9th floor of the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM) building
  Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
  55 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5G 2C3
  entrance is on Dundas Street (south side), between Yonge and Bay
Entrance: free

Alkinoos stands alone.  He will follow up his lecture on October 30
(at the TMU, see above) with this solo musical performance.
Playing without his musical partners in crime and often
without a microphone, he lets the songs and environment lead.
Open to all of the miracles and mistakes of live performance
and the countless possibilities created by allowing the moment
and the audience to guide him, he plays and performs his songs
in their simplest form, taking us back to the moment of their creation.
Following a centuries-old tradition - that of the Troubadours -
Alkinoos travels from city to city, carrying with him the sensations,
feelings, thoughts, experiences, dreams and realities that concern us all.
His amalgamation of Cypriot and Greek influences, Byzantine,
Classical and Rock musical elements, and his unique vocal delivery
have made him popular not only in the Greek community at home
and abroad but also among people of different ethnic backgrounds worldwide.



* Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT) 1-31 Oct 2024
  16 (regular) films and many short films

The Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF),
the Mirkopoulos family and
the Hellenic Initiative Canada (THI-Canada)
present

Title: Greek International Film Festival Tour (GIFFT) of Canada
  The Only Film Festival Across Canada
  With 11 Participating Cities
  Films by Greeks in Greece or abroad

Sixteen (16) Film screenings in Toronto:
Venue: Imagine Cinemas Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON, Canads
  (for regular films)
Short Film: Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5, Canada


 Journey Into Cyprus - East to West, 
Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 7:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Murderess (Fonissa), 
Fri, Oct 4, 2024, 6:45 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Ex Files, Pals and Pocket Dials, 
Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 1:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Listen To Who's Talking, 
Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 5:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Listen, 
Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 7:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Professional Sleepwalker, 
Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 7:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 The Promotion, 
Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 7:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Sgt Fruit Fly, 
Fri, Oct 18, 2024, 7:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 All Happy Families, 
Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 1:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Behind The Haystacks, 
Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 5:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 The Last Taxi Driver, 
Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 7:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 GIFFT Short Film Showcase, 
Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 6:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 9 Greek short films
 Markings of Murder, 
Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 4:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Operation Star, 
Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 5:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Minore, 
Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 7:00 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada
 Students of Umberto Primo, 
Sun, Oct 27, 2024, 7:30 pmUTC-4, Toronto, Canada


Some (regular) films are followed by additional short films.

Tickets: tickets are $22.50, except for the short film showcase which is $11.85

More info (trailers and tickets):
  https://empiria.events/gifft-of-canada-in-toronto-october/

For other cities (Winnipeg, Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Calgary,
Edmonton, Halifax, Saskatoon, Regina, Montreal, ...) see https://empiria.events/



* October 28, 1940 OXI day parade, reception, Sun 27-10-2024, Sun 3-11-2024

The Greek community of Toronto invites everyone to celebrate
the October 28, 1940 OXI day

Event: Parade and wreath laying
Date/time: Sun 27 October 2024, 1:30 PM parade
Location: Danforth Av, from east of Pape to Chester
  Wreath laying: 3 PM, Alexander the Great place, Danforth Av.

Event: Reception, performance by the GCT dance groups, photo exhibition
Date/time: Sun 3 November 2024, 5 PM
Venue: Event Hall, 30 Thorncliffe Park Dr, Toronto
Entrance: Free



* Lecture: thwarted Hellenic visions for Cyprus (1954-1974), Mon 21-10-2024, 3PM

Speaker: Dr George Kalpadakis,
  Visiting Professor, University of Vienna (Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies)
Title: Voices of dissent: thwarted Hellenic visions for Cyprus (1954-1974)
Date/time: Monday, October 21, 2024 | 3:00PM - 5:00PM
Venue: room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, M5S 3K7
  Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Registration: free but please register
  https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/voices-dissent-thwarted-hellenic-visions-cyprus-1954-1974

ABOUT THE EVENT
Based on extensive archival research, the talk will delineate the trajectory
of a latent vision for Cyprus propelled by ideas deviating from the postwar
period's dominant government policies. These were discernible in the works
of well-known Greek politicians, diplomats and men of letters throughout
two decades crucial for resolving the crisis, starting with Athens' policy
shift that led to its plea to the UN in 1954 and until the invasion of Cyprus
twenty years later. It will address several underlying themes and neglected
insights integral to this current: a commitment to championing Cyprus'
liberation from British rule grounded in the dynamic movement for decolonization
rather than in the calls for imminent Enosis; an investment in Greece's
long-term position within the Western alliance in the context of the Cold War
environment; finally, a deep, pragmatic and nuanced comprehension of
the wide-ranging repercussions that an official adherence to the cause of
Enosis would have in the postwar landscape for Greece's overarching national
interests.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr George Kalpadakis is a senior researcher at the Academy of Athens
(Modern Greek History Research Center) and a visiting professor at
the University of Vienna (Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies).
He has lectured on international relations, foreign policy analysis and
diplomatic history at the Departments of Law and Political Science
at Democritus University of Thrace and the Department of Political Science
at the University of Crete.
In 2022-23, he was a Lewis-Gibson Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Greek
Studies (CGS) of the University of Cambridge, and in 2021-22, he was awarded
a Fulbright Foundation grant to conduct research as a Visiting Scholar
at Harvard University's Centre for European Studies (CES). He has been
a visiting scholar at the Centre of Development Studies (CDS) of
the University of Cambridge and a research fellow at the Hellenic Center
for European Studies (EKEM) of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
His study on the Macedonian name dispute (3rd reprint, 2023) received
the Academy of Athens Award in 2013.
His books include: The Cyprus Conflict, 1954-1974 (3rd ed. 2024),
The Balkan Confederation of Ioannis Kapodistrias (2023),
Foreign Policy of Modern Greece, and
Civil society and the contribution of Ernest Gellner (2018).
He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Scandinavian Journal
of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies and the European Journal of History
and Culture. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of Millennium:
Journal of International Studies.
He holds a B.Sc. (Honours) from the Faculty of Mathematical and
Physical Sciences (HPS) of University College London (UCL),
an M.Sc. from the Faculty of Economics (International Relations)
of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and
a Ph.D. with Distinction from the Department of Political Science
and Public Administration of the University of Athens (2009).

Sponsors: The Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario (HCAAO),
the Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair in Modern Greek History, and
the Hellenic Studies Program, University of Toronto



* Three Lectures: 80 years since liberation, Wed 23-10-2024, 7 PM
  incl. two Ph.D. candidates

The Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario presents
three lectures on the 80 years since liberation from the Nazi rule in 1944.

Title: The forgotten liberation: Why Greece does not commemorate
  the end of the Nazi rule in 1944
Lecturer: Professor Sakis Gekas, York University,
  HHF chair in modern Greek history

Title: The first efforts of economic reconstruction in Greece, 1944-45
Lecturer: Iason-Nikolaos Rodopoulos, History Ph.D. Candidate, York University

Title: Childhood under occupation: Analyzing Greek youth experiences
  from WWII
Lecturer: Angelo Laskaris, History Ph.D. Candidate, York University

Venue (for all three talks): Pan-Macedonian Association of Ontario
  406 Danforth Av, Toronto
Admission: free



* Project presentation: The Open Eleusis team, Tue 15-10-2024

The HHF Chair in Modern Greek History and Hellenic Studies
welcomes the Open Elefsis team to present their project:

Title: Crafting the (de)industrialised culture of the city of Elefsina.
  Rusty and dusty tales ``made in Greece''.
  The Open Eleusis team
Date/time: Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 11:30 - 13:30
Venue: History Department, Vari Hall 2183
  York University Keele campus, Toronto
And online:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://yorku.zoom.us/j/93511186684?pwd=3DXaQmOEVVDekYQ8Pdh3qenbJovtQ6EA.1
Meeting ID: 935 1118 6684
Passcode: 616642
More info: https://www.openeleusis.eu/?lang=en

ELEFSINA
Eleusina is the centre of a wider area whose industrial past and present
have been under-researched. The city of Elefsina is a place of multiple uses
and activities: industries, ports, a place of permanent and temporary
residence for workers. It is also a place of various transitions: from
a rural to an industrial and then a de-industrialized society, from
a village to a city characterised by internal migration and refugeeism.
These different characters of the city often coexist and this is what
makes it unique.
Refineries, distilleries, soap factories, paint industries, cement, steel
and ammunition production, shipyards, are some of the activities that
have taken place at various times on the coast of Eleusina.
The systematic archeological excavations that brought to light
the archeological interest of the region begun during the 19th century
and continued for the entire 20th and until today.
They took place simultaneously with the whole process of (de-)industrialization
of the urban fabric, creating a condition of constant struggle for which
line will prevail, as far as the character of the city is concerned.
These two trends where constantly contradicting each other creating
a kind of battlefield. It is no coincidence that Eleusina was proclaimed
a Cultural Capital by stepping on that battlefield.



* Natasa Theodoridou live in Toronto, Sat 5 Oct 2024

Artist: Natasa Theodoridou
Date/time: Sat 5 Oct 2024, doors 8:00 PM, show 9 PM
Venue: The Arena at Pickering Casino Resort, Pickering, ON
  888 Durham Live Avenue, Pickering, ON L1W 0C1
Tickets: approximately 107 - 170 CAD
To get tickets: ticketmaster.ca



* Notis Sfakianakis, Paola, Nikos Oikonomopoulos live in Toronto, Fri 13 Sept 2024

Kefi presents
Artists: Notis Sfakianakis, Paola, Nikos Oikonomopouos
Date/time: Fri 13 Sept 20, 2024, 9:30 PM
Venue: Universal Event Space, 6250 Hwy 7, ON L4H 4G3
Tickets: $90 (adult), $55 (student) - no dinner, late night stations
To get tickets:
  https://greekcity.com/product/kefi-entetrainment-sfakianakis-paola-oikonomopoulos/
More info: 416 209 7090



* Memories - Voices from the Trojan Horse, Sat, June 1, 2024

This is music and poetry event, dedicated to the times
when Greeks and Chileans in exile formed the legendary group
Companeros in Toronto and were meeting at the Trojan Horse,
at Danforth, in the heart of Toronto's Greek community.
The cafe opened in 1972, by Governor General's Award-winning poet 
Gwendolyn McEwen and Greek Musician Nikos Tsingos.

Title: Memories - Voices from the Trojan Horse
Date/time: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 12:30 PM (noon)
Venue: Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON M6K 1T9
Tickets: $25 adults, $17 unwaged and seniors, $10 children (see below)

The show 'Memories - Voices from the Trojan Horse' brings together
some of the memories and 'poetry and song' that evolved
at the cafe Trojan Horse when it was on Danforth Ave.

Here is more info:
https://theatregargantua.ca/productions/other-projects/memories-voices-from-the-trojan-horse/

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/afternoon-matinee-memories-voices-from-the-trojan-horse-tickets-888769271817



* Greek concert, Remos and Josephine, Fri 31 May 2024

Antonis Remos featuring Josephine comes to Toronto for a concert.

Date/Time: Friday, May 31, 2024
  Doors open from 8.30pm – Food will be served buffet style –
  No after 11pm tickets for this event
Venue: Universal Event Space, 6250 Hwy 7, ON L4H 4G3
  905 326 8100 universal@bypnp.com
Tickets: https://greekcity.com/product/concert-tickets-remos-josephine-2024/
Info: 416-209-7090 or 905-326-8100

Ticket prices vary from $125 to $300 plus tax plus 2% surcharge.



* Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario, dinner, Sat 11 May 2024

The Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario
invites members and friends to the annual dinner

Time/date: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 7 PM and on
Venue: Mezes private events restaurant, 456 Danforth Av (old location of Mezes)
Music: Chijazz, Athina Malli (vocals and percussion),
       Sofia Smyrnoudi (piano and vocals)
Tickets: $90 adults, $30 kids
Buy tickets: Use e-transfer to payments@hcaao.org (till May 8)
  In information section of e-transfer, add guest names and preferred entrée
  (chicken souvlaki, pork souvlaki, moussaka, or gemista)
More info: John Simoulidis at sims@yorku.ca



* Greek Canadian Archives: updates on the project, Thu 9 May 2024

The Greek Canadian Archives is a project, housed at York University
and sponsored by the Hellenic Heritage Foundation (HHF),
with mandate the collection, preservation, storage,
digitization and cataloguing
of any material (including video and audio interviews)
pertaining to the history of Greeks in Canada.
Furthermore, the mandate includes making the material available
for public/researcher viewing.

The Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair of Modern Greek History,
the HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University, and
the Greek Community of Toronto will host an event

Title: From Press to Preservation: Building the HHF Greek Canadian
       Archives at York University
Date/time: Thursday, May 9, 2024, 7-9 PM
Venue: Polymenakion Cultural Center, 30 Thorncliffe Park, Toronto
Info: https://www.yorku.ca/research/project/hhfgca/2024/04/26/from-press-to-preservation-building-the-hhf-greek-canadian-archives-at-york-university/

The event will present exciting updates on the project.
The gathering will celebrate Michalis Mouratidis' significant donation,
which marks a milestone in the archives' project.

The donation will be housed at the
Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections and
will be named the ``Michalis Mouratidis Collection.''
The HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University are grateful
for the donation, and we look forward to making the collection
accessible to researchers and the broader public,
to facilitate the writing of Greek Canadian History.

The event is part of the third Greek Canadian Studies Conference.



Third Greek Canadian Studies Conference, Thu-Fri 9-10 May 2024

The Hellenic Heritage Foundation Chair of Modern Greek History and
the HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University
will host the 3rd Greek Canadian Studies Conference.

Title: Diasporic Identity: Performance and Practice.
Dates: Thu 9 May 2024 and Fri 10 May 2024
Venue:
  Friday 10 May 2024
    McLaughlin Senior Common Room, 140 McLaughlin College, York University,
    4700 Keele St., Toronto
  Thursday 9 May 2024
    Polymenakion Cultural Center, 30 Thorncliffe Park, Toronto
Info: https://www.yorku.ca/research/project/hhfgca/2024/04/26/3rd-greek-canadian-studies-conference-may-9-10-2024/

The conference starts Thursday evening
with updates on the Greek Canadian Archives as above,
and continues on Friday, 9 AM - 4 PM with presentations by researchers.

Theme: Participants will discuss how Greek Canadian identity and
Greekness are conceptualized and enacted in Canada.
The conference will offer artists, academics, and other Greek Canadians
a platform to share fresh insights into what it has meant
to be Greek Canadian historically and what it means today.



* Greek concert, Rebetiko Project vol 2, Friday, May 10, 2024

Join us for a night of original rebetiko music from early 20th century Greece.

Title: Rebetiko Project
Group: The Tarafi band
Date/Time: Friday, May 10, 2024, 10PM, up to three hours duration
Venue: Black Swan Tavern (upstairs)
    154 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4K 1N
General Admission CA$20.00
Get tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rebetiko-project-vol-2-tickets-873304014817

The Tarafi band is:
George Sountoulidis: Vocals, baglama
Dimitri Petsalakis: Bouzouki, Baglama, tzoura, vocals
Sofia Smyrnioudi: Accordion, vocals
George Vasileiou: Guitar
Petros Pechlivanoglou: Bouzouki, tzoura

Join the Tarafi band paying tribute to the original rebetiko
from the pre-WWII era. Rebetiko is the music of predominantly
the urban lower and working-class population of early 20th century Greece.
The night will include songs of Markos Vamvakaris, Kostas Skarvelis, Panagiotis Tountas, Anestis Dellias , Giannis Papaioannou, Manolis Chiotis and more.



* Voting through mail for Euroelections, deadline April 29, 2024

Greeks abroad, but also Greeks in Greece who are located
at a different point from their voting base, can now apply
to vote my mail.

Deadline to apply: Monday April 29, 2024,
but note that this is in Greek time.
So better to apply by Sunday, April 28, 2024.

To apply go to
https://epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr

If you have taxisnet account, use that one to login.
If not, the Greek Passposrt will help.

You will be asked to declare a mailing address
for the voting ballot to be sent.

More info
https://epistoliki.ypes.gov.gr/assets/%CE%95%CE%B3%CF%87%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BF%20%CE%A7%CF%81%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82%20%CE%95%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%89%CE%BD%20%CE%95%CF%86%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AE%CF%82%20%CE%95%CE%B3%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AE%CF%82%20%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1%20%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD%20%CE%95%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%20%CE%A8%CE%AE%CF%86%CE%BF%20v1.0.pdf

https://www.thetoc.gr/politiki/article/ola-osa-prepei-na-gnorizete-gia-tis-euroekloges-posous-bouleutes-eklegei-i-ellada-posous-staurous-bazoume-pos-psifizoume-me-epistoliki/



Lecture by Kostis Kornetis, U of Sheffield, Monday 29 April 2024, 6PM

The Hellenic Heritage Foundation Annual Lecture hosts
Dr Kostis Kornetis for its annual lecture.

Title: 50 Years since the Greek Transition to Democracy
Speaker: Dr Kostis Kornetis, Department of History, U. of Sheffield
Date/time: Monday, April 29, 6:00–8:00 PM
Venue: Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
       Campbell Conference Facility, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto
Event online and in-person
Registration: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/50-years-greek-transition-democracy-appraisal
Registration is free but mandatory

Abstract:
How do we look back at the 50 year since the transition to democracy in July 1974?
What kind of democratic practice has Greece established ever since? 
What is the political heritage of those intense moments of near collapse 
under the ongoing conflict in Cyprus and the Turkish invasion? 
And what did it mean for the country's image and self-perception that 
the Left won the political and cultural hegemony, as is often claimed, 
for several decades as a result of the lingering trauma triggered 
by the dictatorship and its aftermath? 
What is certain is that while the Greek transition managed to at once 
democratize the country, put an end to the long post-civil war period, 
and pave the way to Greece’s accession to the European Union, 
it also set the rules of the political game in the country for the years to come.

This talk started from this premise to look at how the memory of this real 
or supposed smooth change was challenged during the years of the Great Recession. 
While critics blamed the so-called ‘culture of Metapolitefsi’ and 
its underground currents for all present-day ills in that moment 
of intense crisis, others saw in 1974 unfinished business. 
Promises of a "New Metapolitefsi" on both right and left further proliferated,
an invocation that made an appeal for a radical reboot that never really took place.



* Echo Poetry and Music Night, Sunday 28 April 2024, 7PM

The Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario presents
an evening of poetry and song (μελοποιημένα ποιήματα) from some
of Greece's leading poets and composers.

Title: Echo Poetry and Music Night, A Celebration of Greek Poetry and Song
Date/time: Sunday 28 April 2024, 7PM
Venue: Burdock Brewery, 1184 Bloor St. W
Music will be performed by Chijazz.
Tickets: $20 (plus eventbrite charges)
To buy tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/echo-reading-series-2024-a-celebration-of-greek-poetry-and-song-tickets-868378983917
Password: ERS2024



* Greek Independence Day Parade, Sunday, April 7, 2024, 1:30 PM

In celebrating the Greek revolution day, 25th of March 1821,
The Greek Community of Toornto organizes

Title: The Greek Independence Day Parade
Date/Time: Sunday, April 7, 2024, starts 1:30 PM sharp
Venue: starts Danforth+Donlands and goes west

Note that this is the first time (in my memory)
that the Greek Independence Day Parade
is more than one week away from the 25th of March,
the central celebration day.



* Greek Independence Day Gala, Saturday, March 23, 2024, evening

In celebrating the Greek revolution day, 25th of March 1821,
The Greek Community of Toronto organizes

Title: The Greek Independence Day Gala
Date: Saturday, March 23, 2024, evening
Venue: Crystal Fountain Event Place, 60 McDowell Gate, Markham, Ontario
Info: 1 (416) 425-2485



* Greek concert, Tsalikis, Menidiatis, Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9 PM

Greek City Music and PeterandPauls organize

Title: Greek concert, Tsalikis, Menidiatis
Date/Time: Saturday, March 30, 2024, 9 PM
Venue: Universal Eventspace, 6250 Highway 7, Vaughan ON L4H 4G3
  905-326-8100
Tickets: 127-306 with seating, 102 without seating
Get tickets
https://greekcity.com/product/concert-tickets-tsalikis-menidiatis-toronto-2024/
All tickets are final, no refunds, no returns.
Student tickets $50 only after 11PM sold at the door.

Door opens at: 9pm
Buffet: 9-11pm

After dinner tickets are available at the door after 11 pm for purchase.



* Greek concert, Tarafi Band, Rebetiko Project, Friday, March 22, 2024

Join us for a night of original rebetiko music from early 20th century Greece.

Title: Rebetiko Project
Group: The Tarafi band
Date/Time: Friday, March 22, 2023, 9:30PM
Venue: Black Swan Tavern (upstairs)
    154 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4K 1N
General Admission CA$20.00
Get tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/rebetiko-project-tickets-852789254617?aff=ebdsshother

The Tarafi band is:
George Sountoulidis: Vocals, baglama
Dimitri Petsalakis: Bouzouki, Baglama, tzoura, vocals
Sofia Smyrnioudi: Accordion, vocals
George Vasileiou: Guitar
Petros Pechlivanoglou: Bouzouki, tzoura

Join the Tarafi band paying tribute to the original rebetiko 
from the pre-WWII era. Rebetiko is the music of predominantly
the urban lower and working-class population of early 20th century Greece. 
The night will include songs of Markos Vamvakaris, Anestis Dellias, 
Giannis Papaioannou, Manolis Chiotis and more.



* Meltem Orchestra at DROM Taberna, Sunday, March 10, 2024, 8 PM

Theme: Traditional Orchestra playing music from Greece and Turkey
Date/Time: Sunday, March 10, 2024, 8 PM
Venue: DROM Taberna, 458 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M5V 2A8
Tickets: 31.42
Get tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/meltem-orchestra-at-drom-taberna-tickets-810753975967?aff=oddtdtcreator

Meltem Orchestra is an extraordinary musical event
with a 11-piece orchestra.
Musicians include Dimitra Kachrimanidi, Brenna MacCrimmon,
Selcuk Suna, Naghmeh Farahmand, Marta Solek, Sanaz,
Mehmet Akyazi, George Vasiliou and Demetrios Petsalakis.



* Greek poetry event, Christos Ziatas, Sunday, March 10, 2024, 5 PM

March is Greek Heritage Month and there are lots of events.

The Greek Community of Toronto,
the Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario,
the HHF Chair in Modern Greek Studies at York U,
the HHF Greek Canadian Archives at York University, and
Greca TV

invite all to the poetry event
to honour the memory and work of Christos Ziatas (1937-2021).

Theme: Poetry event, Christos Ziatas (1937-2021)
Date/Time: Sunday, March 10, 5pm
Venue: Greek Community Cultural Centre, 30 Thorncliffe Park Drive

No registration required.

The event will feature a rare recording of an interview of Christos Ziatas,
and a reading of some of his poems by Bill Fatsis.

The poetry collections of Christos Ziatas will be offered
to those attending at the end of the event.