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SUMMARY:West Coast Hellenic Book Club: Diary of a Soldier in the Asia Mino
 r Campaign\, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis
DTSTART:20261003T170000Z
DTEND:20261003T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20260729T181135Z
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CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:West Coast Hellenic Book Club \nDiary of a Soldier in the Asia
  Minor Campaign\, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis\n(Published by Alec
  P. Karys\, 2023) \nThis discussion will feature book editors Alec P. Kary
 s and Gregory Kontos. \nThe conversation will be facilitated by Professor 
 Sharon Gerstel\, Director of the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic
  Culture\, and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili\, Senior Lecturer in Global Humanities
  at Simon Fraser University. \nThis discussion will be held in English. \n
 Saturday\, October 3\, 2026\n10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece\nVia Zoom
  \nClick here to RSVP for this book club \nForeword by Gonda Van Steen\, K
 oraes Chair\, King’s College London: \nThis short\, poignant account of 
 an ordinary soldier’s experiences at the front during the Greco-Turkish 
 War of 1919-1921 is well worth reading. Pantelis Karatasakis manages to ev
 oke both the valiant spirit of the Greek troops and the awful hardships th
 ey were forced to endure. Even though this lively account ends a year befo
 re Greece’s defeat\, the conditions the author witnessed were an omen of
  what was to come: hunger and freezing cold\, haphazard military operation
 s\, scorched earth tactics by both sides. The heroism of Pantelis Karatasa
 kis and his comrades would not be enough for the Greeks to prevail\, and t
 he Asia Minor Disaster of 1922 ensued. Alexander Kitroeff When empires dis
 solve and new nation-states emerge\, it is easy for the voices of ordinary
  people to get lost in the turmoil. This publication of the diary of Pante
 lis C. Karatasakis brings not only the voice\, but also the tears\, sweat\
 , and blood\, of the foot soldiers of history back to the forefront. Pante
 lis moves us with Xenophon-like descriptions of places and distances\, whi
 ch he interspersed with lyrical notes and the markers of a growing awarene
 ss of the sufferings of war -any war. He leaves a record of facts\, emotio
 ns\, hardships\, but ultimately survival and wisdom gained. Kudos to his s
 on and to Gregory Kontos of Greek Ancestry to realize the value of this un
 ique testimony. \nThis program is made possible thanks to the Stavros Niar
 chos Foundation (SNF). \nClick here to purchase this book on Amazon.
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LOCATION:by Zoom
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/diaryofasoldier/
X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
X-SOURCE-URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-f
 estival-screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:From Loom to Goddess: Weaving\, Cognition\, and Women’s Religiou
 s Experience in Ancient Greece\, lecture by Ellie Mackin Roberts
DTSTART:20261006T230000Z
DTEND:20261007T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20260820T181439Z
UID:7141-1791302400-1791309600@hellenic.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:education
DESCRIPTION:The UCLA Department of Art History Art Council Lecture Series 
 \nFrom Loom to Goddess: Weaving\, Cognition\, and Women’s Religious Expe
 rience in Ancient Greece \nLecture by\nDr. Ellie Mackin Roberts \nOctober 
 6\, 2026\n4:00 PM \n247 Dodd Hall \nThe RSVP list for Loom to Goddess will
  be available soon.
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LOCATION:CA
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/from_loom_to_goddess/
X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
X-SOURCE-URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-f
 estival-screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Backgammon Night
DTSTART:20261010T010000Z
DTEND:20261010T030000Z
DTSTAMP:20260819T001330Z
UID:7202-1791568800-1791576000@hellenic.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:gaming
DESCRIPTION:Backgammon Night \nFriday\, October 9\, 2026\n6:00 PM – 8:00
  PM\n \n2117 Rolfe Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is free\, but space is 
 limited. \nJoin us for mezedes and conversation. \nRSVP for Backgammon N
 ight Here
LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T001330Z
LOCATION:2117 Rolfe Hall\, 345 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, 90095\, Unite
 d States
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/backgammon-night-10/
X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
X-SOURCE-URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-f
 estival-screening
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:OXI Day
DTSTART:20261028T180000Z
DTEND:20261028T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260820T181439Z
UID:7209-1793185200-1793188800@hellenic.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:community
DESCRIPTION:OXI Day Celebration \nOctober 28\, 2026\n11:00 A.M. – 12:00 
 P.M.\nRolfe Courtyard\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is presented by the UCLA 
 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and t
 he Hellenic Culture Club at UCLA \nWe will celebrate OXI Day\, a day that 
 commemorates Greece’s unwavering courage and resilience. \nLight refresh
 ments will be provided. \nClick here to RSVP for the OXI Day Celebration \
 nThis program is made possible thanks to generous support from the Stavros
  Niarchos Foundation.
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LOCATION:Rolfe Courtyard\, 345 PORTOLA PLAZA\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, 
 United States
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/oxi-day/
X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
X-SOURCE-URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-f
 estival-screening
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SUMMARY:Λέσχη Ανάγνωσης Ελληνικών Βιβλίων τ
 ης Δυτικής Ακτής:  Αιολική Γη του Ηλία Βε
 νέζη
DTSTART:20261107T180000Z
DTEND:20261107T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20260729T181135Z
UID:7041-1794045600-1794049200@hellenic.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Λέσχη Ανάγνωσης Ελληνικών Βιβλίω
 ν της Δυτικής Ακτής \nΑιολική Γη του Ηλία 
 Βενέζη \nΤη συζήτηση θα συντονίσουν η Δρ. 
 Σάρον Γκερστέλ\, διευθύντρια του Κέντρου
  Μελέτης Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Στ
 αύρος Νιάρχος στο UCLA\, και η Δρ. Ειρήνη Κω
 τσοβίλη\, λέκτορας Παγκόσμιων Ανθρωπιστ
 ικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Simon Fraser. \n
 Η διάλεξη θα γίνει στα Ελληνικά. \nΣάββατ
 ο\, 7 Νοεμβρίου 2026\n10:00 π.μ. Λος Άντζελες / 8:0
 0 μ.μ. Ελλάδα\nΜέσω Zoom \nΠατήστε εδώ για να 
 δηλώσετε συμμετοχή στη συνάντηση της Λέ
 σχης Ανάγνωσης. \nΤο πρόγραμμα αυτό πραγμ
 ατοποιείται χάρη στη γενναιόδωρη υποστή
 ριξη του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος (ΙΣΝ).
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LOCATION:by Zoom
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/landofaeolia/
X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
X-SOURCE-URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-f
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SUMMARY:Memory Rehearsal presentation by Eleni Sikelianos\, Poet and Autho
 r
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DTEND:20261115T020000Z
DTSTAMP:20260825T001244Z
UID:7136-1794672000-1794679200@hellenic.ucla.edu
CATEGORIES:literary
DESCRIPTION:Memory Rehearsal\npresentation by Eleni Sikelianos\, Poet and 
 Author \nNovember 14\, 2026\n4:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus\nRece
 ption to follow \nRSVP at this link to attend \nIn 1901\, Eva Palmer aband
 oned her life as a privileged New York socialite\, moving to Paris with he
 r lover\, the writer and salonist\, Natalie Barney. The two Americans beca
 me the center of a wild tangle of lesbian love affairs and backyard perfor
 mances based on intentional reimaginings of Sappho’s work and life. A ch
 ance encounter led Eva to Greece\, where she married Angelos Sikelianos\, 
 a visionary poet who would become a Greek national hero. Celebrated Americ
 an poet Eleni Sikelianos grew up knowing little of these illustrious ances
 tors\, her great grandparents\, who\, in the early 20th century staged a r
 evival of the ancient Delphic festivals\, convinced that it would open a p
 ath to world peace. It was not until the age of 20\, on her first trip to 
 Greece\, that she encountered the breadth of their legacy. In her new book
 \, Memory Rehearsal (City Lights\, 2026)\, Sikelianos unearths the story o
 f her search for these pioneering ancestors\, in a text that shifts betwee
 n prose\, poetry\, imaginary performance texts\, fiction\, and nonfiction\
 , with archival and family photographs. \nEleni will read from and discuss
  Memory Rehearsal\, which Kirkus calls a “moving family memoir and a tri
 umph of cultural archaeology.” \nEleni Sikelianos was born into a family
  of tree workers\, bohemians\, poets\, ne’er-do-wells\, visionaries\, an
 d smalltime sort-of hustlers. She is a poet\, writer\, collaborator\, and 
 “master of mixing genres.” As a student of the poets of Naropa\, she i
 s a lineage-holder in the Outrider poetics family tree. Deeply engaged wit
 h ecopoetics\, her work takes up urgent concerns of environmental precarit
 y and ancestral work. She has published ten books of poetry (most recently
 \, Your Kingdom\, 2023) and a trilogy of unclassifiable hybrid works\, som
 etimes called nonfiction\, sometimes memoirs\, sometimes fiction: The Book
  of Jon and You Animal Machine\, and\, most recently\, Memory Rehearsal  
 (City Lights\, 2026). Memory Rehearsal\, called “a triumph of cultural a
 rchaeology” in a starred Kirkus review and named One of Publishers Weekl
 y’s Most Anticipated Books for 2026\, is a genre-busting encounter betwe
 en a poet and her ancestral past documenting a startling intersection of q
 ueer history\, ancient theater\, utopian visions\, and modern poetry. \nAm
 ong other honors\, she has been awarded two National Endowment for the Art
 s fellowships\, a Fulbright Artists fellowship\, and a New York Foundation
  for the Arts Award in nonfiction. She grew up in earshot of the ocean\, i
 n small coastal towns near Santa Barbara\, and has since lived in San Fran
 cisco\, New York\, Paris\, Athens (Greece)\, Boulder (Colorado)\, and Prov
 idence. \nThe book Memory Rehearsal will be available for purchase at the 
 event! All major credit cards\, Apple Pay\, and Google Pay are accepted. C
 ash is also accepted with exact change only. \nThis program is made possib
 le thanks to the generous support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
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LOCATION:Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\,
  United States
URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/eleni_sikelianos/
X-SOURCE-NAME:Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
X-SOURCE-URL:https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/19th-los-angeles-greek-film-f
 estival-screening
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