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All presentations begin at 6:30pm, with the exception of the presentation on
December 14, which begins at 6pm.
Wednesday, October 20
Art lecture-presentation: Rev. John Spilio
Wednesday, October 27
Author-lecture: George Sarrinikolaou
Thursday, October 28
Art lecture-presentation: Nicholas Sperakis
Monday, November 1
Lecture-presentation: Jamey Hecht, Ph.D.
Wednesday, November 3
Metamorphoses
Getchie Argetsinger and Tom Knutson
Thursday, November 4
Author-lecture: Guy Rogers, Ph.D.
Monday, November 8
Poetry readings
Dean Kostos, George Economou, Emily Fragos
Wednesday, November 10
Author-lecture: Barry Strauss
Monday, November 15
Poetry readings
Penelope Karageorge, Constantine Contogenis
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Thursday, November 18
Prehistoric and geometric period
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D. Wednesday,
December 1
Art lecture-presentation: Katerina Spilio
Thursday, December 2
Archaic period and vase painting
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D. Tuesday,
December 14
Art lecture-presentation: Lydia Venieri
Thursday, January 13
Classical period
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Wednesday,
January 26
Staged reading of Dimitri Michalakis’s
The Petrakis Universe
Thursday,
January 27
Performance: Getchie Argetsinger
Monday,
January 31
Lecture-presentation: Lois E. Wilcken, Ph.D.
Wednesday,
February 9
Art lecture-presentation: Michael Volonakis
Thursday, February 17
Hellenistic period
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Wednesday, March 2
Art lecture-presentation: Kyriakos Katzourakis
Painting with Cinema
Thursday, March 3
Film Screening and discussion: Kyriakos Katzourakis
The Way to the West
Monday, March 7
Film: Antigone
Thursday,
March 10
Athleticism in art
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Monday, March 14
Film: Electra
Thursday,
April 14
Neoclassicism
Lecture-presentation on art and architecture
Nancy L. Thompson, Ph.D.
Monday, March 21
Film: The Trojan Women
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Greek Vase. Picture Collection, The New York Public Library
The Mid-Manhattan Library has scheduled several thought-provoking,
educational art presentations. Among the many activities will be lectures
by Nancy
L. Thompson, Ph.D., on Greek art and architecture ; Jamey
Hecht, Ph.D.,
on Sophocles as educator; Guy Rogers, Ph.D., on Alexander
the Great; Lois E. Wilcken, Ph.D., on sirens and mermaids;
Rev. John Spilio on the
art of traditional icons; multimedia artist Kyriakos Katzourakis on
his films and paintings; and a slide-lecture by Nicholas Sperakis on
his woodcuts and paintings. The celebration continues with presentations
by Getchie
Argetsinger and Tom Knutson who will perform
selections from Mary Zimmerman’s
Metamorphoses, which won a 2002 Tony award for best director;
a solo performance by Argetsinger, in which she explores Greek mythology
through story-theater;
and a staged reading of Dimitri Michalakis’s The Petrakis Universe,
performed by the American Thymele Theatre of New York. Also scheduled are
poetry readings by Dean Kostos, George Economou, Emily
Fragos, Constantine
Contogenis, and Penelope Karageorge; a reading and book discussion of Facing
Athens: Encounters with the Modern City, with author George
Sarrinikolaou;
and an author-lecture by Barry Strauss on The Battle of Salamis: The
Naval Encounter That Saved Greece and Western Civilization.
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