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Ottawa, Fall 2000 - Spring 2001: Cultural events in CanadaPublic Events Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" <dist@hri.org>Originally From: greeceincanada <greeceincanada@travel-net.com> GREECE IN CANADA calendar of events LECTURES FALL 2000 September 19, 8 pm (Tuesday) * DAVID A. WALDEN, Secretary-General, Canadian Commission for UNESCO "Who Owns What: Trafficking in Cultural Property" (an illustrated lecture in English) National Library of Canada (395 Wellington Street) * 2000-2001 Lecture Series, RSVP (613) 733-6066 November 7, 8 pm (Tuesday) * JEFFREY M. HURWIT, University of Oregon "Paradigms of Greekness: Man, Myth and the Chigi Vase" (an illustrated lecture in English) Hellenic Community Centre (1315 Prince of Wales Drive) * 2000-2001 Lecture Series, RSVP (613) 727-0644 November 9, 8 pm (Thursday) * WILLIAM St. CLAIR * * "The Parthenon Marbles: Authenticity and Trusteeship" National Library of Canada (395 Wellington Street) * 2000-2001 Lecture Series, RSVP (613) 733-6066 * These lecture series are co-sponsored by three or more of the following: Archaelogical Institute of America - Canada, Ottawa-Hull Society Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Ottawa Chapter National Congress of Italian Canadians (National Capital District) National Library of Canada Parnassos Hellenic Cultural Society of Ottawa Press Counsellors, Embassies of Greece and Italy * * William St. Clair is the author of Lord Elgin and the Marbles (Oxford University Press, 1998) and a lecture tour that includes Toronto (Nov. 10), Winnipeg, and Vancouver is under the auspices of The Canadian Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles. WINTER & SPRING 2001 January 16, 8 pm (Tuesday) * JOSEPH W. SHAW, University of Toronto "Bronze Age Kommos in Crete: A Minoan Seaport" National Library of Canada (395 Wellington Street) * 2000-2001 Lecture Series, RSVP (613) 733-6066 April 17, 8 pm (Tuesday) * RORY B. EGAN, University of Manitoba "Out of Thrace: the Multi-Media Orpheus" National Library of Canada (395 Wellington Street) * 2000-2001 Lecture Series, RSVP (613) 727-0644 OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography This major contemporary Greek photography exhibition will be presented, in an abbreviated version, in October and November of this year at the Karsh-Masson Gallery in Ottawa City Hall. A complete version will be exhibited at Marche Bonsecours in Montreal in March and April of 2001. EU Film Festival A Greek film will be shown on December 1, 2000, at the National Archives of Canada Auditorium, as part of the annual European Union Film Festival in the national capital region, that has been extended to Vancouver during the last two years. (The festival begins on November 18 and ends on December 2.) Six from Greece A retrospective of six Greek films is being planned for the spring of 2001 in collaboration with the Canadian Film Institute. Project Hellas Canadian and international artists join forces to present "a musical Odyssey based on the history of Greece" on March 12, 2001 at the National Arts Centre's Southam Hall (NAC Box Office; e-mail: vasilios@istar.ca ; tel. 613-727-0644). This fund-raising gala for The University of Ottawa's Heart Institute, The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and The Multiple Sclerosis Society is sponsored by The Parnassos Hellenic Cultural Society, The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, and the Embassy of Greece. Public Events Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |