Time for another EPIC Halloween!
We’re at it again with our Biggest & Greatest HAVOC party yet!

What’s in Store:
–>CROWN Lounge – A much larger venue than usual, located in the heart of King Street.

With the huge success of our first conversation club, we will be hosting our 2nd Conversation Club of the year on this Monday, October 22, 2012 from 6-7:00PM inside the Cat’s Eye, located at Victoria Campus. If you would like to learn modern Greek, improve your Greek, or have any questions about the Greek language, please come out on Monday and our Cultural Director, Elias, will more than happy to help you out. If you are an expert on the Greek language, please come out and assist Elias in teaching our members how to better their Greek.

Do you enjoy dinner and a movie? What about free dance lessons? The Greek Students Association will be hosting their first dance club & movie night of the year. On Tuesday, October 16, come to the Cat’s Eye in Victoria College between 6-10pm to indulge in our amazing greek festivities. Dance lessons will be held from 6 to 7:30pm. Our cultural and social directors will teach you the foundations of “Kalamatiano” and practice it as a group until you get it perfect!

At 7:40pm we will begin the movie presentation. We will be showing the 1983 film, “Rembetiko” with english subtitles. Pizza, popcorn, and refreshments will be provided. New members and non-Greek students are always welcome!

Rembetiko (1983): Based on a true story, this musical drama sweeps through a turbulent 40 years in popular singer Marika Ninou’s (Sotiria Leonardou) life – and in the history of Greece – starting with the singer’s birth in Smyrna, Turkey in 1917. Ninou was deported to Greece along with all the other Greeks in Smyrna when she was seven years old, and a few years later, her parents started a career as a musician and a singer in a nightclub/bar. In the short space of one decade, Ninou witnesses her father murder her mother, runs away from home, has a baby, and comes back to the nightclub to sing in an act with a childhood friend and a bouzouki player, Babis. Success finally comes, but then Ninou’s childhood friend is exiled for political reasons, and she and Babis leave for other venues. Although Ninou carries a torch for Babis, their relationship never seems to work out, and after many years and World War II go by, she sends her daughter away to a convent school and goes on a tour in America.

Rembetiko was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 34th Berlin International Film Festival in 1984, and won the Silver Bear.^[1] Sotiria Leonardou won the prize for “Best Actress” at the 1983 Thessaloniki Film Festival for her portrayal of Ninou and the film itself tied for “Best Picture”, and won three other awards as well (two “Best Supporting Actor” prizes, and one for music).

Exclusive $75 discounted GSA tickets for the Giorgos Mazonakis Concert are in! Please come by the GSA Office during our office hours to pick them up.

For the first time ever, Giorgos Mazonakis is coming to perform LIVE in Canada on October 19, 2012 at Hazelton Manor. The concert will be held by Signature Productions. Signature Productions has been working closely in the past year with the Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto and helped make the NHSA Convention possible by sponsoring the convention with $2500. This time around, Signature Productions will be again donating to the Greek Students’ Association at the University of Toronto a portion of their concerts’ sponsorship’s  We are very excited to work with Signature Productions again and are pleased to share the Giorgos Mazonakis experience with all of our members.

Tickets for the Mazonakis concert range from $150, $175, and $200 for dinner and concert. However, if you are a GSA Member you are eligible for a half-price concert only ticket for $75! These tickets are very limited. If you are interested in attending the Mazonakis Concert please come and pick them up during our office hours!

On Tuesday October 9, 2012 from 7PM-9PM the GSA will be hosting its first Conversation Club of the year. It will be located in the Cat’s Eye at Victoria College  (95 Charles Street West).

The theme is: Modern Greek for Beginners. If you would like to learn how to speak Greek, or improve your Greek this is the place to do it! Beginners, novices, and advanced speakers of Modern Greek are all welcome. If you would like to just come out and help beginners improve their Greek or establish an understanding for the language, please come out. Refreshments and treats will be provided.

See you there!