The Renaissance in Translation: a ZOOM reading and discussion
2026-02-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom Meeting
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2026 | 7:00PM PST

The Renaissance in Translation: a ZOOM reading and discussion with award-winning translator PATRICIA FELISA BARBEITO, translator of HARIS VLAVIANOS’s poetry collection Renaissance

PATRICIA FELISA BARBEITO is Professor of American Literatures at the Rhode Island School of Design and a translator of Greek fiction and poetry. Her translations include Menis Koumandareas’s Their Smell Makes Me Want to Cry; Elias Maglinis’s The Interrogation, shortlisted for the Greek National Translation Award and winner of the Modern Greek Studies Association’s Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize; M. Karagatsis’s The Great Chimera; Amanda Michalopoulou’s God’s Wife, shortlisted for the National Translation Award, and Christos Chomenidis’s Niki, shortlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowship for M. Karagatsis’s Junkermann.
HARIS VLAVIANOS is a Greek poet whose work consistently probes the intersections of history and poetry. He is the author of fourteen collections of poetry, a range of prose works, all of which have been translated into numerous languages. His Self-Portrait of White was awarded the National Poetry Prize, the Academy of Athens Poetry Prize, and the Critics’ Poetry Prize. He teaches Contemporary History and Modern Greek Poetry at the American College of Greece and Creative Writing at the Hellenic Open University.
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The presentation is co-hosted by the Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies at LMU and the Hellenic Studies Program at the California State University, Sacramento under the auspices of the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles.

HAWC Pacific presents Dr. Mike Vasilomanolakis - Your EKG results are in: You need a laugh.
2026-03-02 19:57 | Loyola Marymount University, 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr,, Los Angeles, 90045, United States
“Up Close and Personal” featuring the legendary Dr. Mike Vasilomanolakis as he discusses his latest book, Flatlines and Laugh Lines.
Dr. Mike has spent decades staring at monitors, but he’s discovered that the best way to keep a heart beating is to give it something to laugh at. He’ll be sharing the “behind-the-scrubs” stories that prove medicine is part science, part soul and a whole lot of “you won’t believe what happened today!“
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Place: LMU Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies University Hall, 3900
Enter P1 for easy access to elevators and 3rd floor – Free Parking
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Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage
2026-03-07 09:00 - 12:00 | 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus
Neuroprotective Greek Herbs: Bridging Neuroscience and Cultural Heritage

a seminar organized by
Anastasia Tsingotjidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
March 7, 2026
9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
314 Royce Hall, UCLA

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This seminar brings together researchers from neuroscience, pharmacology, biology, veterinary medicine, nutrition, and plant biodiversity to explore the neuroprotective potential of traditional Greek herbs. Through a combination of in-person and online presentations, the program highlights translational research, from animal models and isolated bioactive compounds to nutritional approaches and cultural heritage. The seminar concludes with a culinary demonstration using Cycladic herbs, emphasizing the connection between Greek history, daily life, and brain health.
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Royce Hall, 314, 10745 Dickson Ct.
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map

West Coast Hellenic Book Club: The Jasmine Isle by Ioanna Karystiani | Zoom event
2026-03-14 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom Meeting
West Coast Hellenic Book Club:
The Jasmine Isle by Ioanna Karystiani, trans. Michael Eleftheriou
(Europa Editions, 2006)
Discussion led by Professor Sharon Gerstel, Director, UCLA SNF Hellenic Center and Dr. Eirini Kotsovili, Senior Lecturer, Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University
Saturday, March 14, 2026
10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece
Via Zoom
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For more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/thejasmineisle/

A COMMUNITY-WIDE CELEBRATION OF WORLD DAY OF GREEK LANGUAGE
2026-03-14 16:00 - 22:00
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026 | 4:00 pm at the Bristol Civic Auditorium

Greek Viper | One Man Show with Elias Scoufaras
2026-03-20 - 2026-03-22
TICKETS: www.greekviper.com
Info: greekvipershow@gmail.com

OK, OLYMPIA, LET'S GO! - Celebration of the life of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis
2026-03-21 - 2026-03-22 | ODYSSEY THEATER
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a multi-media celebration of the life of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis
that includes “You and Me,”
a one-act play written by Olympia’s brother, Apollo Dukakis, in which he also performs alongside Kandis Chappell.
The evening is hosted by playwright and film maker Graham Barnard with special invited guests.
Two performances only: Saturday, March 21 at 8 p.m. & Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m.

Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, 90025; (310) 477-2055;
www.OdysseyTheatre.com.

National Day of Greece 2026 - Celebration
2026-03-21 18:00 - 21:00
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Northridge
March 21, at 6:00 pm

Book Discussion with Katerina Angelopoulou, “The Fumes of Mars” | Zoom event
2026-03-28 10:00 - 23:00 | Zoom Meeting
Book Discussion with Katerina Angelopoulou, The Fumes of Mars
March 28, 2026
10:00 AM Pacific Time / 8:00 PM Greece
Via Zoom
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One of the deadliest wildfires ever recorded took place on July 23, 2018 just 30 km from the historical center of Athens in Greece. Artist Katerina Angelopoulou survived the fire and her book, The Fumes of Mars, combines her photographs with personal testimonies from other survivors, timelines, maps, and reports. With these materials Angelopoulou attempts to weave together a collective narrative of the events to better understand the violent disconnect between her own experience and the “official” account of the disaster in which facts were concealed and victims held culpable

For more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/the-fumes-of-mars/

AMERICAN HELLENIC COUNCIL * ANNUAL AWARDS GALA
2026-04-18
http://www.americanhellenic.org

GLENDI! A Community Dance Celebration
2026-05-17 19:00 - 21:00 | 2117 Rolfe Hall, UCLA Campus
May 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Rolfe Courtyard, 345 PORTOLA PLAZA
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map

ANTIGONE | Theatrical Performance
2026-05-30 14:00 - 17:00
ANTIGONE by Sophokles
A live theatrical performance
Translated and Adapted by Kenneth Cavander
Directed by Andy Wolk
May 30, 2026
2:00 P.M.
Antaeus Theatre Company
Glendale, California
A post-performance talkback with Artistic Director Nike Doukas and Professor Kathryn Morgan (Department of Classics, UCLA) will follow the show. A reception will take place afterward.
Tickets will be on sale soon!
“And if I die
I will die happy.”
Antigone’s decision to oppose her uncle Kreon’s edict and bury her brother’s body sets into motion a series of events that will challenge the bonds of family, law, and justice. Kenneth Cavander (The Curse of Oedipus) returns to Antaeus in a powerful new adaptation of Sophokles’ Antigone.
Directed by Andy Wolk, this Greek tragedy delves deep into the clash between duty to the state and loyalty to one’s kin.

More info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/antigone/
Antaeus Theatre Company, 110 East Broadway
Glendale, CA 91205 United States + Google Map
