A true Hellenic Weekend! Two events in March 2016

HCC proudly presents the weekend of March 25th the celebration of our National Holiday on Friday the 25th and the Macedonian Night on March 26th in cooperation with The Macedonian Association of Greater Houston, Inc.

 

Click on each image below to see the details of each event

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Speakers on Migrant Crisis in Greece @ AHEPA Meeting this Wednesday

Dear Brothers:
 
This Wednesday night, March 9, 2016, AHEPA #29 has invited three volunteers who have recently returned from Greece to address our members and guests.
 
Following a light supper in the S. P. Martel Hall, these brave individuals will share their personal experiences with the refugee community in Lesvos and the Greek citizens who are helping with this international crisis.
   
On this same night, our AHEPA Charitable Foundation will present over $12,000 in donations to local, national and international charities-proceeds from the four HUD-sponsored apartment projects that AHEPA 29 operates for low income seniors.
 
Read this about our special guests...
 
Over the Christmas 2015 holidays, Houston-based Iranian-Americans Negin Sobhani, Yunus Ahmadi, and Yalda Ahmadi headed to Lesvos, Greece. Armed with thousands of dollars of donations from family and friends from across the world, the three spent about a week at the Moria Refugee Camp in the medical tent run by Health Point Project and the family compound run by Danish Refugee Council. Spurred by the largest refugee crisis since World War II, the pleading of international volunteers for translators, and the urge to act, the three will share stories and discuss their experiences with locals, humanitarian agencies, volunteers, and refugees in Moria Camp, Lesvos.
 
We have extended an invitation to the entire AGOC community (through the Church bulletin) to be a part of this evening. 
 
So that we may provide enough food for everyone, PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE ATTENDING THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT (if you have not already done so).  You may simply respond to this email.
 

RAISE MONEY AS YOU SPEND MONEY: A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH AMAZON

 
Brother Nicholas Lambron informs us that Amazon.com donates to 501c3 organizations.  He has registered the AHEPA 29 Educational Foundation for this AmazonSmile program, where Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible AmazonSmile purchases to charitable organizations. Brother Lambron encourages all who shop on Amazon.com to use this link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/76-0677983    
 
He has also placed a link on the home page of the web site (http://www.ahepa29edu.org). 
 
 
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"The Birds" Theatrical Presentation and talk

“The Birds”- A play by Aristophanes in a special performance by the Classical Theater Company.

Pre-performance talk by Prof. Harvey Yunis, Professor of Humanities and Classics, Rice University.


The Birds 1kPolitics and religion…the two topics one never discusses in polite society.  Now, you can!  Just in time for a presidential election season, “The Birds”, one of the most revered comedies written by the great Greek playwright Aristophanes, is thick with commentary on politics and the relative absurdity of human nature. Aristophanes tears apart the religious and political world of fifth-century B.C.E. Athens. Needless to say, his views and the debates around which they center are still relevant today. A talk about the archaeology and history of the Greek theater precedes the performance.  Afterward, enjoy a reception of Greek desserts with dancing and music where politics and religion will be topics of discussion!  

 

Sponsored by AIA-Houston & HCC-SW

 

Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 2:00pm

Location:
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart Theater 
10202 Memorial Drive 
Houston, TX 
United States

Tickets: 

 

 

To purchase tickets offline please contact

Mrs. Helen Santire

Tel: 713-468-6531

 

 

 For a detailed description and some analysis of the play click: The play

The Olympian Dancers' 2015 Heritage Gala

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The Olympian Dancers Greek dance troupe was established in 1995 in order to provide the young Greeks and Greek-Americans of our community an opportunity to learn and participate in their heritage through the art of dance. The Olympians have expanded the repertoire of dances, as well as costumes, to provide showcase performances of traditional Greek dances from all regions of Greece. 

 

The Heritage Gala is an event a long time in the making and one truly important to the troupe.

By hosting this event, the Olympian Dancers are able to showcase dances and costumes from specific regions of Greece, with great emphasis on the authenticity of each dance and costume. In presenting these performances, the troupe wishes to celebrate their cultural heritage here in Houston as well as to share it with other Greek-Americans and non-Greeks.

 

Join us for this year's Heritage Gala spotlighting Crete with dinner, cash bar, silent auction and a special dance performance by the Olympian Dancers! 

To purchase tickets click this link.

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