Pharos October+November 2018

Monday October 29, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC

Michael Griffin, UBC

Exploring Socrates and the Buddha

Socrates of Athens and Siddhartha Gautama are regarded as founders, respectively, of European philosophy and Buddhism. They were also near-contemporaries, who taught by lively question and answer, upended many of the cultural assumptions of their time, and established traditions of scientific and religious inquiry that would last for millennia. In this talk, I’ll explore some of the similarities and differences of these philosophers and their continuing influence today


Monday November 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre
4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver, BC

Maxwell Cameron, UBC
Aristotle, Practical Wisdom (Phronesis) and Democracy

Aristotle believed that those who occupy public office should possess the character and judgment—what he called “practical wisdom” or phronesis — to figure out the right things to do in a particular situation, and to do it in the right way and for the right reasons. Drawing on his recent book, Max Cameron argues that we need practical wisdom more than ever as we grapple with populism, polarization, hyper-partisanship, and the decline of civility in politics.

Pharos April 2018

Monday April 30, 2018 at 7:30 PM
Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre, 4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver
An Evening of Poetry and Music

Phillip Resnick - Poet, Kate Gerson - Clarinet, Erika Gerson - Percussion,  and Laura Blumenthal - Santouri   

Poems about Greece ~ Music from Greece

Phillip Resnick, a political scientist by profession, began writing poetry as a young man in Montreal.  His marriage to Andromache resulted in numerous stays in Thessaly – in Volos and in a village on adjacent Mt. Pelion - and rekindled his poetic inspiration.  He has published several collections of poems, many of which deal with his Greek experiences and memories.  For Pharos, Phillip will read an assortment of his Greek-themed poems, including several from his just-published book, Passageways.  Musicians Kate Gerson, Erika Gerson, and Laura Blumenthal are members of the Vancouver-based band Musiki Parea which specializes in traditional Greek and Turkish Music.  They will present musical interludes with songs from Epiros and Macedonia.

Dalaras Tribute Concert

Sunday March 18, 2018 @ 8:00 pm
Rio Theatre, Commercial and Broadway

Yannis Fyssas and Vancouver's Dalaras Tribute Band present an evening of wonderful songs by Yiorgos Dalaras. 

The concert will feature live guitar, bouzouki, violin, baglama, Cretan lauto, clarinet, flute, saxophone, hand percussion and vocals backed by tracks recorded live in Greece especially for this evening's performance.

The pre-recorded backing tracks include exotic middle Eastern instruments such as the oud, kanoun, santuri, lyra, Turkish clarinet, Greek bouzouki, tzoura, baglama, and various metallic and wood percussion instruments.

This is not to be missed!  For tickets and more information click on the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dalaras-tribute-an-evening-at-the-rio-greek-music-tickets-41300501913?aff=erelexpmlt

March 2018

Monday March 26, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
Upper Hall, Hellenic Community Centre
   
 Siobhán McElduff, UBC
Female Justice:  Getting Revenge on Terrible Men in Ancient Greece

Pericles told the men of Athens that the best thing for a woman was not be spoken about, either in blame or praise; the women of Athens surely had other ideas. This lecture will look at how, in a time long before #metoo, women in ancient Greece tried to speak up about and against abuse and injustice, even in societies that were hostile to their voices.