Greek Events in Boston
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Lecture by Athanasios Markopoulos (University of Athens)
"From Narrative Historiography to Historical Biography: New Trends in
Byzantine Historical Writing in the Tenth-Eleventh Centuries"
Barker Center 133, Harvard University
Sponsored by the Modern Greek Studies
Department of the Classics
Harvard University
Cambridge MA 02138
tel.:(617) 495-7783
e-mail: roi...@fas.harvard.edu
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Balmuth Lecture Series at Tufts University
presented by Josiah Ober, Professor of Political Science and Classics,
Stanford University , under the general title: "The Invention of Modernity:
Choice, Knowledge, and Action in Classical Greek Thought":
Tuesday, February 27, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
"Democracy and Military Efficiency: Thucydidis"
Cabot Auditorium
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Wednesday, February 28, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
"Wise Athenians and Wandering Cows: Plato"
Braker Hall 001
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Thursday, March 1, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
"Political Animals: Aristotle"
Braker Hall 001
Sponsored by the Department of Classics
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
For information: 617-627-3213
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/balmuthlectures/
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*Tuesday, February 27, 5:30 p.m.
"Greek American Accents," and
*Thursday, March 1, at 5:00 p.m.
"Humanism between Hubris and Heroism"
both lectures given by Professor
Vassilis Lambropoulos of the
C. P. Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek
University of Michigan
presented by the Modern Greek Studies Program,
The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, USA
and the Department of Comparative Literature
at Brown University
Brian Room, Maddock Alumni Center
Corner of Brown and George Street
Reception will follow
For more information: Elsa_Am...@brown.edu
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Friday, March 2, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 6, 8:00 p.m.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
BARTOK Violin Concerto No. 2
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6
German conductor Ingo Metzmacher, a frequent BSO guest conductor in
recent years, is joined
by the esteemed Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos in his Boston
Symphony Orchestra debut
for Bartok's striking and impassioned Violin Concerto No. 2, written
in 1937-38. Bruckner's Symphony
No. 6, written between 1879 and 1881, is a rarely heard example of the
composer's magisterial symphonic style.
To purchase tickets: 888-266-1200, 617-266-1200 or www.bso.org
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Tuesday, March 6, at 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Lecture by Michael Chrisochoidis, Greek Minister of Public
Order 1999-2004, on "The War on Terror: the Greek Case, 17N"
The Constantine Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic & Southeastern
European Studies
The Fletcher School
Tufts University
160 Packard Ave. , Medford, MA
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Friday, March 9, at 8:30 p.m.
Plato's The Apology of Socrates, a theatrical performance presented at UNH
by the Hellenic Society Paideia of NH, the Classical Association of
New England, and the University of New Hampshire Classics at the
Johnson Theater of the Paul Creative Arts Center of the University of
New Hampshire, 30 College Road in Durham, New Hampshire.
Plato's The Apology of Socrates, a one-man theatrical performance,
will be reenacted by Emmy Award Winner actor, Yannis Simonides, along
with Broadway Veteran director, Loukas N. Skipitaris, Academy Award
Winner costume designer, Theoni V. Aldredge, and percussionist, Caryn
Heiman.
For more information: paid...@comcast.net
Tel. 603-742-0466
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Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 7:30 p.m., and
Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
The Rachmaninoff Festival Choir
The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, the original 1910 Slavonic setting
Anthony Antolini Director
In honor of Metropolitan Methodios' 25th Anniversary to the Episcopacy
At the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Boston
Ruggles & Parker Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
A reception will follow each concert performance in the Cathedral Hall.
For more information, please contact the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston ,
Tel: (617) 277 4742, Email: metro...@boston.goarch.org
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Sunday, March 11, 2007, at 8:00 p.m.
North America Tour 2007
Vassilis Karras, Eirini Merkouri & Kostas Karafotis,
performing live at Moseley's on the Charles
50 Bridge ST. (Rte 109)
Dedham, MA
Presented by Delphi Productions
For information please call: 617-421-2211, 617-327-9487
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Greek Institute Lecture Series:
March 19, at 7:00 p.m. - "Red Figure/Black Figure Colorways in Greek
Vase Painting, 6th-5th century,"
presented by Anne Dane, Classical archeologist
March 26, at 7:00 p.m. - "The Greek Idea: The Formation of National
and Transnational Identities,"
presented by Maria Koundoura, Associate Professor, Emerson College.
April 12, at 4:00 p.m. - "Ancient Delos: Then and Now - Recent
Excavations," slide/ lecture presentation
by Panagiotis Hatzidakis, Curator of Antiquities on the islands of
Delos, Mykonos and Tinos, and supervisor of the restoration of the
monuments of Delos. MIT Main Building - Lecture Room 4-237.
For information, please contact:
The Greek Institute
1038 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
ph. 617-547-4770, www.thegreekinstitute.org
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UPCOMING EVENT
* Saturday, April 22, 2007, at 1:00 P.M .
GREEK PARADE IN BOSTON FOR THE 25TH OF MARCH
For info: ma...@fhasne.com tel. (978) 851-0017
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