Dear Friends,

Please find herebelow latest euGreeka newsletter for your information.

Best Regards,

Patty Apostolopoulou On behalf of the Hellenic Engineers Society of Great Britain

Hello there.

Newly announced events in this week’s euGreeka newsletter with all things Greek include a concert in with , an hommage to rebetiko inspired by the legacy of Roza Eskenazi, the official opening of the tenth season of the Hellenic Nights parties and an evening with the genius that is Demis Hassabis.

EVENTS

Antonis Remos live in London Sunday, 2 November 2014 | Featured Events, Music - Dance

Antonis Remos comes to London on Sunday, 2 November 2014. He will appear at The Forum, Kentish Town, 9 - 17 Highgate RD, NW5 1JY Presented by Prive Productions. Find tickets here. More details...

Vassilis Karras live in London Saturday, 25 October 2014 | Featured Events, Music - Dance

The one and only Vassilis Karras is finally coming to London. Get ready to welcome him on Saturday the 25th October. The venue will be the 5-star Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel. (200 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7UT) For reservations call 07724863576. Presented by...

Yorgos Lanthimos: Kinetta Sunday, 21 September 2014; 5:30-8:00pm | Featured Events, Theatre - Film Acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos of Dogtooth 2009 and Alps 2011, will present his rarely screened first film Kinetta 2005. Kinetta, a Greek desolate resort town, inhabited during the off-season by migrant workers. Lanthimos studies the cryptic activities of an...

Nana Mouskouri: “Happy Birthday Tour” Thursday, 25 & Monday, 29 & Tuesday, 30 September 2014 | Featured Events, Music - Dance, Out of London

Thursday 25th September – London Royal Albert Hall Monday 29th September – Glasgow Royal Concert Hall Tuesday 30th September – Manchester Bridgewater Hall Nana Mouskouri will return to the Royal Albert Hall as part of her extended Happy Birthday Tour, celebrating...

An evening with Cypriot Entrepreneur Demis Hassabis – NEPOMAK Thursday, 2 October 2014; 6:30pm | Other, Social

Join us on the 2nd of October at Bryan Cave LLP in London for an evening with Demis Hassabis. Demis is a pioneer in artificial intelligence and co-founder of DeepMind Technologies. Recently his company was acquired by Google in their largest ever European acquisition! The... Ladies sing the ‘Greek Blues’ Tuesday, 14 and 28 October & Thursday, 6 November & Sunday, 23 November 2014 | Featured Events, Music - Dance, Theatre - Film

The Trilogy of the Greek Blues is a three-part celebration of rembetiko music – also known as the ‘Greek Blues’ – which originated in Smyrna, Turkey, from the 1920s onwards. Like other urban subcultural musical forms – such as the Blues, Fado and Tango...

Hellenic Nights at Elysee Bar – 10th season official opening Saturdays; 11:00pm - 4:00am | Featured Events, Parties, Recurring

Hellenic Nights party rocking Elysee Bar! Fridays (Ladies free) and Saturdays at the first floor of Elysee Bar The most popular Greek nights in London are designed to offer to all of you memorable Greek weekend nights similar to the ones back home. HELLENIC NIGHTS ARE...

Electra – Old Vic Monday, 22 September – Saturday, 20 December 2014 | Featured Events, Theatre - Film

Kristin Scott Thomas and director Ian Rickson reunite to bring Sophocles' tragedy to the Old Vic in the round. Frank McGuiness delivers a charged adaptation of this classic tale of power and revenge. Electra is bound by grief following the murder of her father Agamemnon,...

Cacoyiannis season at the ArtHouse Starts Sunday, 21 September - Ends Monday, 6 October 2014 | Featured Events, Theatre - Film

EPISTEME – The Association of British Cypriot Professionals with the Art House Crouch End request the pleasure of your company at a Michael Cacoyiannis Season of Films on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Born on June 11, 1921 in...

Çiğdem Aslan with special guest Louis de Bernières Sunday, 28 September 2014; 7:00pm | Music - Dance

Çiğdem Aslan is a in the revival of rebetiko and smyneika, the bitter-sweet, devil- may-care songs of an exiled underclass, sung in the music houses and café amans of Athens and of the turbulent ‘20s and troubled ’30s. With her band of top-class... 7th annual London Greek Film Festival Monday, 6 October - Saturday, 18 October 2014 | Featured Events, Theatre - Film

The line up of the selected films and scripts of this year's London Greek Film Festival has been announced. LINE UP A great thank you to all producers, directors and writers for their participation. The programme of screenings and events will be announced...

Cyprus Week 2014 at Londonmet Monday, 6 October - Tuesday, 7 October 2014. | Lectures

A Tri-Part Seminar: 9.30am to 1.00pm Monday 6th October - British-Cypriot Interactions 2.00pm to 5.30pm 6th October - Cyprus and Ireland: Interactions and Parallel Journeys 11.00am to 2.00pm Tuesday 7th October Women of Cyprus and Women for Cyprus & 6.00pm for...

Castro of Mediterranean 16-20 September 2014 & 7-19 October 2014 | Theatre - Film

A new production by Theatro Technis. The main character of this play is Archbishop Makarios who became the first President of the Republic of Cyprus and soon was a target of US- CIA on the allegation that he was pro-Soviet. Therefore they nicknamed him “Red monk“ or...

National Federation of Cypriots 40th anniversary events Thursday, 6 November 2014; 7:30pm & Tuesday, 25 November 2014; 7:00pm | Arts, Music - Dance

Federation 40th Anniversary Events: 6th and 25th November 2014 – Please Save the Dates 2014 marks 40 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and, also, of the establishment of the National Federation of Cypriots in the United Kingdom. There are two forthcoming events...

Greece: From Junta to Crisis, Cultural Genealogies and European Perspectives Saturday, 20 September 2014; 10:00am-6:00pm | Featured Events, Lectures

The event, organized jointly by the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford with the support of the Hellenic Centre, aims to mark the 40th anniversary since the fall of junta in and to examine how the crisis has led Greeks to rethink political attitudes, cultural... London Greek Film Festival – Call for Volunteers Other, Workshops

London Greek Film Festival calls for volunteers to support the activities in London from 6th to 18th of October. This is an excellent opportunity to take part in a exciting project like this, to join the Greek community, to make friends and to take...

The Sunrise Tuesday, 23 September 2014; 7:15pm | Featured Events, Literature

Join the bestselling author of The Island, The Return and The Thread, Victoria Hislop as she talks about her eagerly awaited new novel The Sunrise which is set in the city of Famagusta, Cyprus during the devastating events of the 1970s. With her unique brand of storytelling,...

Stand in Solidarity with the 595 women cleaners Saturday, 20 September 2014; 9:30-11:00am | Social The year long campaign of resistance by 595 sacked cleaners has attracted mass public support in Greece, the issue becoming symbolic of of the resistance to austerity and privatisation. Support their campaign - send a message of solidarity, help raise money, Stand...

Costas Balafas: Photographic memories of modern Greece Wednesday, 8 October - Sunday, 16 November 2014 | Arts, Featured Events

Costas Balafas is one of the post-war humanist photographers whose work determined the course of Greek photography. His photographs are a unique testimony of Greek history and society, where the struggles of the ordinary Greeks in their daily life feature predominantly. The...

Ancient Greek language and culture classes – Birmingham Starts Monday, 29 September 2014; for 10 weeks | Featured Events, Other, Out of London, Social, Workshops

Ancient Greek language and culture. Explore Classical and New Testament Greek. Starting week beginning 29th September 2014. Course fee: £80 (10 weeks) Concessionary fees available, please contact Brasshouse for details. Enrol now! For further information and enrolment,... Archaeology and Culture of Ancient Greece classes – Birmingham Tuesdays, 4:00-6:00pm, for 6 weeks starting on 30 September 2014 | Other, Out of London, Social, Workshops

Explore the Ancient Greek society and culture through archaeological material and art. Tuesday 16.00-18.00 6 weeks - starting Tuesday 30 September 2014. Course fee: £50 (6 weeks) Concessionary fees available, please contact Brasshouse for details. Enrol now! For further...

Photographs from Greece Tuesday, 16 September - Thursday, 25 September 2014 | Arts, Featured Events

Photographs from Greece by Ivars Pundurs will be hosted at the Hellenic Centre after being exhibited at the Latvian Embassy in . The exhibition reflects the artist’s inspiration by the unique character of Greece and his internal dialogue about things seen and lived....

Antifascist Action for Greece Musical Event Sunday, 21 September 2014 | Music - Dance The event is organised for the anniversary of Pavlos Fyssas’ murder by fascists (18 September 2013). It is a joint event with the “Defend-the- Right-to-Protest” (DtRtP). Entrance fee is £5. AAfG will donate 40% of proceeds to the Survivors of the Farmakonisi Island and...

1864-2014: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the unification of the Ionian islands with Greece Thursday, 9 October 2014; 7:15pm | Featured Events, Lectures

An exhibition and illustrated lecture in English by Dr Victoria Solomonidis, FKC followed by display of traditional dances from the Ionian Islands by the Lykion ton Hellinidon. Free entry; booking essential on 020 7563 9835 or at [email protected]. Organised by the...

Macedonian Society events Friday, 17 October; 7:00pm & Sunday, 19 October; 5:00pm | Featured Events, Social

25th anniversary celebration of the Macedonian Society of Great Britain Friday 17 October, 7pm - Great Hall, Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, London W1U 5AS. Free entry; booking essential on 07904 086677 or at [email protected]; attendance to be confirmed by... Live the Swing: Diminuita Sunday, 19 October 2014; 6:00pm | Music - Dance

Come and swing to the rhythms of gypsy jazz! The Hellenic Centre presents DIMINUITA, a Swing Trio from the orchestral gypsy jazz scene, for an amazing live performance. What is more, you can let yourselves be swept off your chairs and onto the dance floor, with one of...

From the Levant to the City of London: Greek Merchant Bankers and the Greek Community of London in the 19th Century Wednesday, 17 September 2014; 7:15pm | Lectures

A lecture in English by Katerina Galani (Ionian University, Corfu, Greece), tracing the lives and works of Greek bankers, based on unpublished archival sources from Constantinople, Greece and the City of London. The talk probes the transition of Greeks from the islands and...