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NOVEMBER 7-9 UPPER DARBY, PA – St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 229 Powell Lane in Upper Darby, hosts its annual Greek Wine and Food Festival November 7-9. Enjoy authentic Greek cuisine, homemade pastries, Greek wine and spirits, and Greek market- Bakaliko. Hours: Friday, November 7, 4-10 PM; Saturday, November 8, 12 noon-10 PM; and Sunday, November 9, 12 noon-8 PM. More information is available by phone: 610-352-7212 and online: https://www.udgreekfest.com/. ASTORIA – After two and a half years of development, the Greek Cultural Center and the Garret Theatre’s world premiere, ‘Dead Things’, written by Haley Schwartz and directed by Jack Dryden, tells the story of literary icon Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein), who, “like every woman in the 1800s, wants a bright and beautiful and wild life. The play explores love, grief, and asks how do we live despite the omnipresence of death?” Tickets and additional information available online: https://www.greekculturalcenter.org/. NEW YORK – The Philoptochos Society of St. Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church, 359 West 24th Street in New York City, invites its members and all the Greek-American community to their Annual Luncheon on Sunday, November 9, in the Church Hall, immediately following the Divine Liturgy. Guests will enjoy food, wine, homemade sweets, coffee, and music. Admission is $35 per person. For more information, call Rosana Thomatos: 646-575-1482 or Avgerini Catechis: 347-697-5711. ASTORIA – The Hellenic Film Society (HFS) launches a new season of its highly successful Always on Sunday monthly Greek film series, presented one Sunday a month at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), 37-01 35th Avenue in Astoria, NY. On Sunday, November 9, 3 PM, HFS will present the drama ‘Meat’, winner of the Society’s Audience Award at its film festival in October. For tickets and further information, visit www.hellenicfilmsociety.org and use discount code SUNDAY20. NOVEMBER 14 NEW YORK – The Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce (HACC) hosts its 73rd Annual Person of the Year Gala honoring Dr. John Coustas, President and CEO, Danaos Corporation, on Friday, November 14, cocktails 6:30-7:30 PM, Award Ceremony, Dinner, and Dancing 7:30-11:30 PM, at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street in Manhattan. The black tie event features a special guest performance by Anna Vissi. More information, tickets and sponsorships available online: https://shorturl.at/p3FMW. TUCSON, AZ – St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church hosts its annual Greek Festival Friday, November 14, 11 AM-11 PM, at 43 E Congress Street in Tucson. The full festival is back with Greek foods, pastries, Greek music and dancing! More information is available by phone: 520-888-0505 and online: https://www.tucsongreekfestival.com/. NOVEMBER 15 LOS ANGELES – The lecture ‘Between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans: Craft Technologies in the Second Millennium BC Aegean’ by Nikolas Papadimitriou, Director of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum in Athens, and Eleni Konstantinidi-Syvridi, Curator of the Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot and Near Eastern Collections of Antiquities at the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum in Athens, takes place on Saturday, November 15, 2 PM, at UCLA’s Royce Hall, 314, 10745 Dickson Court in Los Angeles, hosted by the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture in collaboration with The J. Paul Getty Museum and held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘The Kingdom of Pylos: Warrior-Princes of Mycenaean Greece’. Following the lecture, Akis Goumas, contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies, will demonstrate the main steps of the technical processes involved in Mycenaean gold-working (sheet metal, wire, granulation, etc.) and Minoan seal-engraving (soft materials and hard stones). A recording of the event will be made available on the UCLA SNF Hellenic Center’s YouTube channel soon after. RSVP for the event online: https://shorturl.at/Avy6a. ASTORIA – The Greek Cultural Center, 26-80 30th Street in Astoria, presents ‘Remembering the Polytechnic Uprising in 1973′ Saturday, November 15, 7:30 PM. The event is free. More information is available by phone: 718-726-7329 and online: https://www.greekculturalcenter.org/ NOVEMBER 15-DECEMBER 14 ASTORIA – ‘O Pappous Ehi Piesi’ (Grandfather Has Blood Pressure), a theatrical comedy by Demetra Papadopoulou, directed by Ioanna Katsarou, opens on November 15 and runs through December 14 at the Hellenic Cultural Center’s Thespis Theatre, 25-02 Newtown Avenue in Astoria. Performances are Saturdays, November 15, 29, December 6, 13, 8 PM, and Sundays, November 16, 23, 30, December 7, 14, 5 PM. More information and tickets available by phone: 917-635-8867 and online: https://www.hellenism.me/pappous/. NOVEMBER 16 ASTORIA – The Greek Cultural Center in Astoria presents On 11/16 @ 1pm, a rare and Magical Karagiozis performance ‘The Magician’ on Sunday, November 16, 1 PM. Bring the whole family, and experience the History and Soul of Greece through laughter. This promises to be a very special day at the theater. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children. Make your reservations online now: https://shorturl.at/oin5s.
