Topic: events Subject: A Greek calendar for New England: April 1995 From: Thanos Tsekouras Consulate General of Greece 86 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 Press and Information Office Tel: (617) 523-0329, Fax: 523-0477 A G R E E K C A L E N D A R A P R I L 1 9 9 5 CELEBRATION ----------- Greek Orthodox Easter will be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 23. Services will be held throughout the Holy Week at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Boston and in the sixty-two Greek Orthodox parishes of New England: * Holy Friday: the Service of Epitaphios * Holy Saturday: Midnight Resurrection Liturgy, followed by an Ecumenical Service. TV SPECIAL ---------- A Greek Easter TV Special will be broadcast on Sunday, April 23 from 8:00 to 9:00 am on Channel WMFP TV 62. This channel is on the air as a free UHF channel coverning the entire Metro-Boston area; all you need is the regular circular wire UHF antenna. This channel is also on cable in Boston and most cities and towns north and west of Boston. Check your local listings for the cable channel number. Sponsored by WUNR, "The Greek Voice of Boston." LECTURES -------- Tuesday, April 4 "The Greek-American Story: Myths and Realities" 7:00 pm Dan Georgakas, Rutgers and New York University. Sponsored by the George Seferis Chair, Harvad University. Boylston Auditorium, Harvard Yard. 495-0738. Sunday, April 9 "The Asia Minor Disaster: Mikrasiatiki Katastrophe (1922)" 7:00 pm Professor Constantine Hionides, Boston University Sponsored by the Cultural Committee of the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 17 Meriam Street, Lexington. Tuesday, April 11 "Decoding Byzantine Images: Imperial Art and Its 7:30 pm Historic Allusions" Professor Ioli Kalavrezou, Dept. of Fine Arts, Harvard University. Sponsored by Hellenic College/Holy Cross School of Theology Maliotis Cultural Center, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline. 522-2800. Wednesday, April 12 "Mirages and Miracles of European Small Scale 4:00 pm Industry Development." Antigone Lyberaki, Professor of Economics, Panteion University. Sponsored by the Greek Study Group, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge. 495-4303 LECTURES -------- Thursday, April 27 "The post-communist Balkans" 5:30 pm Misha Glenny, former BBC correspondent in Central Europe and author of the book The Fall of Yugoslavia. Sponsored by the Hellenic Resources Institute. JFKennedy School of Government, Harvard University. (401) 274-5405. MEET THE AUTHOR --------------- Saturday, April 1 Spend an evening with the great story-teller Harry Mark 7:00 pm Petrakis Sponsored by the Hellenic Culture Society of Lowell B.F. Butler School, 1140 Gorham Street, Lowell. CONCERT ------- Sunday, April 30 A recital by 16-year old pianist and composer George 3:30 pm Lazaridis, a high school junior at Anatolia College in Thessaloniki. Program includes works by Beethoven Chopin, Schumann, and an original composition, From the Trojan Circle. Sponsored by the Anatolia College Trustees. 742-7992. Maliotis Cultural Center, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline. THEATER ------- Friday, April 28 "Androcles and the Lion" 8:00 pm A performance by the students of Hellenic College/Holy Cross. Maliotis Cultural Center, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline. 522-2800. EXHIBIT ------- April 9-May 28 "Grekia" Artist's Photographs of Aegina, Paros and Vassara. Reception John Pezaris Sunday, April 9 Maliotis Cultural Center, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline. 3:00-6:00 pm 522-2800. GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE REMEMBER TO JOIN THE FIRST PARADE IN BOSTON TO COMMEMORATE GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY, ON SUNDAY, APRIL 2 AT 1:30 PM IN FRONT OF THE BOSTON CITY HALL, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE EVZONES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD, ON A SPECIAL TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES. H.E. LOUCAS TSILAS, AMBASSADOR OF GREECE TO THE U.S., KEYNOTE SPEAKER.