American Hellenic Council of California

“Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule” by Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway, University of London)
2026-02-24 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus
Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule
Lecture by
Paris Papamichos Chronakis
Lecturer in Modern Greek History, Department of History
Royal Holloway, University of London
Presented by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and
cosponsored by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture
February 24, 2026
2:00 P.M.
314 Royce Hall, UCLA Campus
This event is part of the Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies
This event is moderated by Aomar Boum, Professor, Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies,
UCLA Department of Anthropology
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For more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/parischronakis/
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UCLA Royce Hall, 314, 10745 Dickson Ct.
Los Angeles, CA 90095 United States + Google Map

The Renaissance in Translation: a ZOOM reading and discussion
2026-02-25 19:00 - 20:00 | 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.
PLEASE, REGISTER HERE
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!“
Date:
Time:
Place: LMU Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies University Hall, 3900
Enter P1 for easy access to elevators and 3rd floor – Free Parking
Confirm your RSVP hawcpacific@gmail.com

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.
View the full schedule here

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

RSVP philiptrevezas@yahoo.com

~ Event language will be Greek, description follows in Greek ~
Με πρωτοβουλία της Ελληνικής Βιβλιοθήκης και με τη συνεργασία πνευματικών φορέων της περιοχής του LA, οργανώνεται εκδήλωση για τον εορτασμό της πρώτης επετείου της 9ης Φεβρουαρίου που έχει καθιερωθεί από την UNESCO (Απρίλιος 2025) ως Παγκόσμια Ημέρα της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας.
Παράλληλα θα βραβευθούν μαθητές που πέρασαν επιτυχώς τις εξετάσεις Ελληνομάθειας τον Μάϊο του 2025 και θα τιμήσουμε την Ελληνική Βιβλιοθήκη που συμπληρώνει 40 χρόνια παρουσίας (1986-2026). Παρακαλούμε, επιβεβαιώστε την συμμετοχή σας (RSVP) μέσω του παραπάνω συνδέσμου.
Η εκδήλωση πραγματοποιείται υπό την αιγίδα του Ελληνικού Γενικού Προξενείου στο Λος Άντζελες και του Επίτιμου Γενικού Προξενείου της Κύπρου στο Λος Άντζελες, σε συνεργασία με το Κέντρο Μελέτης του Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος (ΙΣΝ) στο UCLA, και το Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies του πανεπιστημίου Loyola Marymount.

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 - Reception
2026-03-21 18:00 - 21:00
The Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles, invites you to a
Reception in the occasion of the 25th of March, the official National Day of Greece
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March 21, at 6:00 pm
Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Northridge
17037 Plummer Street · Northridge, CA · 91325

This is hosted event
Info and RSVP: rula.eliopulos@yahoo.com

2nd GREEK HERITAGE NIGHT - LA KINGS
2026-03-28 04:30 - 21:00
Join the Greek Consulate General and celebrate the 2nd Annual Greek Heritage Night on March 28th as the LA Kings take on the Utah Mammoth at 6:00PM.
Packages start at $80 and includes access to pregame reception (starting at 4:30PM), LA Kings Greek heritage Night Jersey and Post-Game Photo on the Ice!
A portion of the proceeds supports Kids n’ Cancer.
A special night of hockey, culture, and community.
Use the QR code on poster for tickets

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
RSVP Here
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

Backgammon Night
2026-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA Campus
Backgammon Night
Friday, April 24, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
2117 Rolfe Hall, UCLA Campus
RSVP here
This event is free, but space is limited.

AHC - Hellenic Lyceum: The Reality of Ancient Hellenic Philosophy
2026-04-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Loyola Marymount University, Mcintosh Room
Join us for an Introduction to ancient philosophical thoughts of Plato and Aristotle and through them of Socrates· presentation will include excerpts of the Republic, Nicomachean Ethics and the City State of the Athenians.
Sunday, April 26, 2026 – 4:00PM
LMU McIntosh Center – University Hall 3999, 3rd floor
Free parking in P1, Loyola Marymount University
Event organized by the American Hellenic Council
In collaboration with: LMU Basil P. Caloyeras CEnter for Modern Greek Studies, Hellenic Library of SoCal, Chapman University

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

20th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
2026-05-26 - 2026-05-31 | Egyptian Theater
May 26 – 31, 2026
www.lagff.org
Schedule of screenings:

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

Punish Me. A cinematic stage play
2026-06-07 - 2026-06-21
PUNISH ME
A CINEMATIC PLAY ABOUT NARCISSISM AND OBSESSION
BY MICHAEL DUKAKIS
DIRECTED BY MONIQUE SORGEN
SUNDAYS, JUNE 7–14–21, AT 7:30PM
HUDSON BACKSTAGE THEATRE

Punish Me, a cinematic play by Michael Dukakis, will have three performances only in the 2026 Hollywood Fringe at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood on Sundays, June 7, 14, and 21 at 7:30pm. Directed by Monique Sorgen, the cast features (in alphabetical order) Brianna Bell, Jaiden Blessing, Tina D’Marco, Michael Dukakis, Jose Eduardo Moreno, Peter Nikkos, and Anuradha Senevi. Tickets are only $25 this week and available online at www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13911. Hudson Backstage Theatre is located at 6539 Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, 90038.
Punish Me is a cinematic, funny, sexy, thrilling play inspired by true events. After falling for a seductive photographer, a screenwriter must outsmart his partner’s escalating narcissism before a web of manipulation costs him his career and his right to stay in the USA. The play explores the complexity of toxic relationships, narcissists, pathological liars, and con artists. Adult themes and simulated sex. Parental discretion advised. Running time is 85 minutes with no intermission.
Lighting design is by Steve Pope, sound design and original music is by Paul Yorke, intimacy coordinator is Annie Reznik, and visual artist is Nick Lambrou. Stage manager and assistant director is Diego Salazar Lira. Punish Me is produced by Michael Dukakis with associate producers Yiota Pampalou and Katerina Dimakopoulou.
Monique Sorgen is a French American writer-director with a degree in theater from UCLA. She is a fellow in the Sony Directors Program, BlackMagic Collective, and in the Alliance of Women Directors’ Directing the Actor Lab. She directed award-winning comedy films Sorry, Not Sorry; Rock A Bye Baby; and Lying is Complicated, as well as the award-winning drama Random Check and the award-winning web-series Codependent Socks! — most of which she also wrote. She has worked as a screenwriter on both studio and independent projects and is currently in post-production on the feature film One Day in Sedona, and on her Vertical Microdrama debut My Hot Ex-Boyfriend Moved Next Door.
Michael Dukakis is a highly trained and versatile actor-writer with 15 years of experience across film, television, and theatre. A graduate of the Greek Art Theatre with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, he further honed his craft at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, where he was admitted on scholarship. He later expanded his creative skills by earning a writing certificate from UCLA. As a writer he has developed a distinctive voice, crafting plays and screenplays that confront significant societal issues. His work has earned notable acclaim, garnering 27 nominations and 15 wins at various annual writing competitions.

Review from NoHo Arts District
https://nohoartsdistrict.com/punish-me-review/

Tickets:
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13911

Greece's Modern Women Artists - Online Event
2026-06-20 08:00 - 10:00
Join HAWC in the Greek Modernists Online Artists Series
Session I – Saturday, June 20, 2026 10am CDT
Natalia Mela and Pepi Svoronou:
Two Bold Trailblazers of Modern Greek Art

What stories of modern Greece were never part of our diaspora education?
Many of us grew up learning about the Golden Age of Greece, 1821, mythology, and our family’s roots. But what about the remarkable newer Greek artists who helped shape modern Greek identity through sculpture, painting, color, movement, and creative expression?
Join us for the first program on Women Artists in our two-part cultural arts series: Saturday, June 20, 2026 10:00 AM Central (Zoom)
Zoom Registration Here.
Natalia Mela: Sculpture, Movement, and Modern Greece
Discover the pioneering sculptor whose powerful works transformed metal, stone, and marble into expressions of strength, freedom, and motion.
Pepi Svoronou: Color, Emotion, and Transformation
Explore the life and work of a visionary artist whose bold use of color and deeply personal artistic language reflected the spirit of modern Greece.

Reality of Ancient Hellenic Philosophy
2026-06-27 11:00 - 14:00
PLEASE EMAIL KAREYES@CHAPMAN. EDU TO RSVP
REGISTER BY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH
SEATS ARE LIMITED
The event will commence with the lecture at 11:00 AM, followed by a hosted lunch at 12:00 PM, and will conclude by 2:00 PM.

Backgammon Night
2026-07-17 18:00 - 20:00 | 2117 Rolfe Hall, UCLA Campus
Backgammon Night on Friday, July 17 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm in 2117 Rolfe Hall, UCLA Campus! Mezedes will be provided. Participants of all skill levels are welcome to join. Space is limited, so please RSVP in advance.
RSVP: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/backgammon-night-8/

Memorial Service to commemorate the Turkish invasion of Cyprus on July 20th 1974
2026-07-19 11:00 - 12:00

Backgammon Night
2026-08-21 18:00 - 20:00 | UCLA Campus
Backgammon Night
Friday, August 21, 2026
6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
2117 Rolfe Hall, UCLA Campus

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The Reality of Ancient Hellenic Philosophy - AHC Event
2026-08-29 11:00 - 15:30 | HANMI FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER, 12362 BEACH BLVD, STANTON CA, CA
HANMI FAMILY COUNSELING CENTER
12362 BEACH BLVD, STANTON CA
August 29, 2026
11:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Lunch will be served at 12:00 PM

Join us for an Introduction to ancient philosophical thoughts of Heraclitus and Socrates
PLEASE EMAIL
KAREYES@CHAPMAN.EDU TO
RSVP. REGISTER BY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH. SEATS ARE LIMITED.

West Coast Hellenic Book Club - Diary of a Soldier in the Asia Minor Campaign, 1919-1921
2026-10-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom Meeting
West Coast Hellenic Book Club
Diary of a Soldier in the Asia Minor Campaign, 1919-1921 by Pantelis C. Karatasakis
(Published by Alec P. Karys, 2023)
This discussion will feature book editors Alec P. Karys and Gregory Kontos.
The 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.
This discussion will be held in English.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
10 A.M. Los Angeles / 8 P.M. Greece
Via Zoom
Info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/diaryofasoldier/

Λέσχη Ανάγνωσης Ελληνικών Βιβλίων της Δυτικής Ακτής - Αιολική Γη του Ηλία Βενέζη
2026-11-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom Meeting
Λέσχη Ανάγνωσης Ελληνικών Βιβλίων της Δυτικής Ακτής
Αιολική Γη του Ηλία Βενέζη
Τη συζήτηση θα συντονίσουν η Δρ. Σάρον Γκερστέλ, διευθύντρια του Κέντρου Μελέτης Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού Ίδρυμα Σταύρος Νιάρχος στο UCLA, και η Δρ. Ειρήνη Κωτσοβίλη, λέκτορας Παγκόσμιων Ανθρωπιστικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου Simon Fraser.
Η διάλεξη θα γίνει στα Ελληνικά.
Σάββατο, 7 Νοεμβρίου 2026
10:00 π.μ. Λος Άντζελες / 8:00 μ.μ. Ελλάδα
Μέσω Zoom

Info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/landofaeolia/
