Year 2012-13

The dinner lecture will take place at
Hilton Bldg, Room 300
Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

Cordially invites you to our
CHRISTMAS GALA

Huffington Center, Saint Sophia Cathedral 1324 South Normandie Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90006

Catering by Petros Hellenic Cuisine, Live Music by The Hellenic Sounds

$100 per person Early RSVP If paid / postmarked by Monday, Nov 26, 2012 ($125 all reservations after November 26th) Please RSVP no later than Monday, December 3, 2012

New this year: Children under 12-years old $50 Supervised child care (ages 0-6) available if requested at time of reservation

We are pleased to have as our guest speaker Prof. Thanasis Maskaleris, an author, poet, translator, and Founding Director of the Center of Modern Studies at San Francisco State University. He will lecture on the theme of his new book, The Terrestrial Gospel of Nikos Kazantzakis: Will the Humans Be Saviors of the Earth?, an anthology of passages--hymns to the Earth--selected from various books by Kazantzakis, centering on Nature and the workers of the soil.

The book is a powerful and poetic work that raises environmental awareness and calls us to compassionate action. It contains new translations from the Greek originals into English, some original poems by Professor Maskaleris, and an illuminating essay by ecologist, author, and film-maker, Michael Tobias. Included in the new book are 17 black-and-white photos--most of Crete;
and contributions from other Kazantzakis scholars and experts.

PLACE: The Hill, Malone Center, Loyola Marymount University, Lincoln Blvd. and LMU Drive