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SUMMARY:LAGFF-doc Documentary Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:LAGFF proudly launches LAGFF-doc\, its inaugural Documentary Festival\, dedicated to the courage\, craft\, and hard work of documentary filmmakers whose stories give voice to lived experience and truth. Created to offer these films a distinct platform beyond Greece\, the festival honors excellence with Orpheus Awards for Feature and Short Documentary\, Audience Awards\, and a Social Justice Award offered by Loyola Marymount University (LMU). This first edition is presented in collaboration with LMU\, celebrating powerful stories that deserve to be seen and heard. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/lagff-doc-documentary-film-festival/
LOCATION:Loyola Marymount University\, 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr\,\, Los Angeles\, 90045\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Los Angeles Greek Film Festival":MAILTO:info@lagreekfilmfestival.org
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SUMMARY:NICK THE GREEK | a one-woman show
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 7\, 2026 | 7:00PM at the ODYSSEY THEATER \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNICK THE GREEK | a one-woman show \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWritten\, produced\, and performed by award winning actress and producer Angeliki Giannakopoulos\, the play tells the true story of Nick\, a Greek immigrant whose dreams stretched far beyond the limits of his homeland. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n  \nThe performance is co-sponsored by the Hellenic American Women’s Council – Pacific Region and \nthe Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies \n  \nTickets and info: http://itsmyseat.com/nickthegreek \n  \nFor additional information\, contact hawcpacific@gmail.com
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/nick-the-greek-a-one-woman-show/
LOCATION:ODYSSEY THEATER
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T020000
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SUMMARY:Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera)
DESCRIPTION:Clean Monday (Kathara Deftera) \nSunday\, February 22\, 2026\n2:00 P.M.\nJanss Steps\, UCLA Campus \n \nFlying kites to celebrate Kathara Deftera and enjoy light refreshments! \nClean Monday\, known as Kathara Deftera in Greek\, marks the beginning of Lent in Greek Orthodox tradition. This cultural event is widely celebrated in Greece as a day of personal renewal and togetherness. It is traditionally observed with outdoor gatherings\, kite flying\, and the sharing of simple foods. \nRSVP here \nFor questions\, please email hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu.
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/clean-monday-kathara-deftera/
LOCATION:UCLA Campus
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260222T140000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T190839Z
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SUMMARY:Live Greek Music and Dance at LMU - An APOKRIA afternoon
DESCRIPTION:Live Greek Music\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSUNDAY\, FEBRUARY 22\, 2026 | 2:00PM PST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn APOKRIA afternoon with live Greek music and dance\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for an afternoon filled with live Greek music performed by local musicians and dancing at The Living Room (Malone Student Center\, 1st floor) for the Sunday of Apokria (the Greek carnival)\, one of the most beloved Greek traditions. Apokria (literally apo-kreo: away from meat) marks the beginning of Lent (Sarakosti).Organized by Prof. Alexandros Kyriakidis and his class Modern Greek History\, Society\, and Culture with the participation of LMU’s Hellenic Cultural Club (HCC)\, the event is open to the community. \nRSVP by Wednesday\, February 18 HERE \n*Free parking at the Life Sciences Building (see the map)
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/live-greek-music-and-dance-at-lmu/
LOCATION:Loyola Marymount University\, 1 Loyola Marymount University Dr\,\, Los Angeles\, 90045\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Giannis in the Cities” Screening and Q&A with Director Eleni Alexandrakis
DESCRIPTION:February 22\, 2026\n7:00 P.M.\nBilly Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum\n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2025\, Giannis in the Cities\, which was screened at Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles\, won both the Best Feature Film (Orpheus Award) and the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF). \nTicketing Information: Admission is free. No advance reservations are required. Seats will be assigned when tickets are picked up at the box office and are available on a first-come\, first-served basis. The box office opens one hour before the event. \nPresented by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture\nand the UCLA Film & Television Archive \n  \n\nFor more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/giannisinthecities/\n\n\nBilly Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\nLos Angeles\, CA 90024 United States + Google Map\n 
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/giannis-in-the-cities-screening-and-qa-with-director-eleni-alexandrakis/
LOCATION:Billy Wilder Theater\, Hammer Museum\, 10899 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, 90024
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SUMMARY:“Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule” by Paris Papamichos Chronakis (Royal Holloway\, University of London)
DESCRIPTION:Seeing Like a Merchant: Jews and Greeks from Ottoman to Greek Rule \nLecture by \nParis Papamichos Chronakis\nLecturer in Modern Greek History\, Department of History\nRoyal Holloway\, University of London \nPresented by the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and\ncosponsored by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture \nFebruary 24\, 2026\n2:00 P.M.\n314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus \nThis event is part of the Maurice Amado Program in Sephardic Studies \nThis event is moderated by Aomar Boum\, Professor\, Maurice Amado Endowed Chair in Sephardic Studies\,\nUCLA Department of Anthropology \nRSVP here \n\nFor more info: https://hellenic.ucla.edu/event/parischronakis/\n.\n\n\nUCLA Royce Hall\, 314\, 10745 Dickson Ct.\nLos Angeles\, CA 90095 United States + Google Map
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/seeing-like-a-merchant-jews-and-greeks-from-ottoman-to-greek-rule-by-paris-papamichos-chronakis-royal-holloway-university-of-london/
LOCATION:314 Royce Hall\, UCLA Campus
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SUMMARY:The Renaissance in Translation: a ZOOM reading and discussion
DESCRIPTION:WEDNESDAY\, FEBRUARY 25\, 2026 | 7:00PM PST\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Renaissance in Translation: a ZOOM reading and discussion with award-winning translator PATRICIA FELISA BARBEITO\, translator of HARIS VLAVIANOS’s poetry collection Renaissance \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPATRICIA 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. \nHARIS 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. \nPLEASE\, REGISTER HERE \nThe 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.
URL:https://www.americanhellenic.org/event/12999/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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