Issue 3 June 3, 2008

Vancouver- 4th Annual Greek Film Festival This Wednesday June 4

Greek Heritage Month is in full swing and its events have had great media coverage throughout the lower mainland. Thanks to our readers, the word about this fantastic cultural month is positive and attendance is better than expected.

The Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC and the Greek Cultural Month & Greek Day Planning Committee would like to thank all the volunteers who have helped thus far in contributing to a great event in 2008.

Starting this Wednesday June 4th at 7pm at the Fifth Avenue Cinema is the Fourth Annual Greek Film Festival. The two films being shown this year are:

False Alarm / Ores Kinis Isyhias, a dramatic comedy in Greek with English subtitles (Parental Guidance, Course Language) Tickets are $8 - June 4th at 7pm

Nifes/ Brides (Parental Guidance, Course Language, Nudity & Violence). Executive Producer of Nifes, Mr. Terry Dougas will be at the screening and will address the audience before the film and discuss the films contribution to Hellenic Film Culture. Tickets are $8 - June 9th at 7pm

Don’t miss “Socrates on Trial’ theatre production, as the show closes on June 7 at the UBC Chan Centre. The production has received mention in the Vancouver Province, the Georgia Straight and the Metro and is definitely not to be missed. Tickets for the show are still available. Adults $18 – Students $15 visit ticket master or the theatre box office (Telus Theatre – Chan Centre)

If you have never attended any of the cultural events during the Greek Heritage Month, then this is the year to check it out.




Details On Events Taking Place This Week

  • June 4th Feature Film Presentation
    • “False Alarm” Ores Kinis Isyhias – In Greek with English Subtitles 7pm Fifth Avenue Cinema - 2100 Burrard Street, Vancouver Residents of a building in Athens are slowly driven mad by a car alarm that blares intermittently through the day and night. As evening falls, Andreas loudly tires to woo back wife Eleni; actor Fanis longs to rekindle his secret gay relationship with Marios; and sisters Loukia and Niki bicker through their insecurities. Next door, Irene is robbed by Nicholas and Dinos. Behind all the shutters, no in happy and few are true to them selves. Tickets $8

  • June 9th Feature Film Presentation
    • “Brides” Nifes – In Greek and English with subtitles when needed 7pm Fifth Avenue Cinema - 2100 Burrard Street, Vancouver Vancouver’s own Terry Dougas, Co-producer of Nifes, will be at the Vancouver screening. Set in 1922, it is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS King Alexander, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for a new husband in New York, he is on his way home to a failed marriage. Tickets $8

  • June 5th- June 7th Ancient Greek Play “Socrates on Trial at 8:00pm
    • Telus Theatre in the UBC Chan Centre 6265 Crescent Road, UBC
    An adaptation of Aristophanes’ slapstick comedy Clouds and several of Plato’s dramatic dialogues, it tells the story of the trial and death of the famous philosopher, but in a contemporary context, asking whether Socrates deserved to be executed.
    Tickets $18 adults/ $15 students available at Chan Centre ticket office, www.ticketmaster.ca or call Omega Travel at 604 738 7126



    UPCOMING GREEK HERITAGE MONTH EVENTS
    & UPDATED GREEK DAY DETAILS

  • June 11th Lecture by Dr. Andre Gerolymatos “Kosovo & the Balkans: Past, Present and Future”
    • Presented by PHAROS- Canadian Hellenic Cultural Society 8pm Hellenic Community Centre Vancouver – 4500 Arbutus Street, Vancouver ADMISSION IS FREE

  • June 21st W. Broadway Sidewalk Sale "Greek Town"
    • 10am – 6pm. Stroll the Agora market place and visit with participating merchants and take advantage of their sidewalk sales and special deals.

  • June 22nd GREEK DAY ON BROADWAY presented by Krinos Foods
    • 11am – 9:30pm
    • Trutch Street Main Stage
    • Carnarvon Street Music Stage
    • Culinary Cooking Demonstrations Tent featuring local and celebrity chef’s
    • Krinos Mediterranean Tent
    • Hellenic Experience Tent
    • Free Children’s Rides
    • Free Children’s Activity Area with arts, crafts, games and so much more
    • Young Teens Photo Project
    • Roaming Entertainers
    • Food Kiosks
    • BEST- Complimentary Bicycle and Skateboard Lock Up
    • VIP Area
    • Family Fun All Day Long
    • Raffle to Greece
    • Evening Concert

    FREE ADMISSION – West Broadway between Blenheim and Macdonald Avenue, Vancouver
    Click here for events schedule


    Greek Day Raffle: WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR
    Please remember to buy your raffle tickets this year. Funding for Greek Day and Greek Cultural Month programming, can not be made possible without the sale of raffle tickets. Support your community and support a festival that paved the way for making Vancouver fun again. First prize is two return tickets to Greece. Tickets are only $1. Please visit a raffle booth at the event or email jennysior@greekday.com to find out how to purchase your tickets. Good luck.

    Transportation Info:
    Buses along West Broadway between McDonald and Blenheim will be rerouted along 10th Avenue between 5am on Sunday June 22, 2008 through to 12am on Monday June 23, 2008. Public Transit -Translink Trip Planning

    FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT www.GreekDay.com

    Questions or Comments email jennysior@greekday.com