SAVE THE DATE - Our 2014 Panigyri will be held on October 5, 2014
Kytherian Society of California
Panigyri of the Myrtidiotissa
October 5, 2014
9:30 a.m. - Church Services & Artoklasia
12:00 p.m. - Luncheon
Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church
20104 Center Street, Castro Valley, CA 94546
Menu Selections:
Greek Style Chicken with Olive Oil, Lemon and Oregano
Greek Lamb Shank with Orzo
Pasta Primavera (Vegetarian)
Salad, Spanakopita, & Dessert - Galaktobouriko
Coffee, Tea or Iced Tea
$39 per person
Please bring your children!
$15 Children 12 & Under - Chicken Strips
For more information contact:
Katherine Stathis: kstathis@ksoca.com, 925 443-7153
Elaine Moulos: elainemoulos@ksoca.com,
Vikki Vrettos Fraioli: vikki@ksoca.com
Visit the KSOCA Website: http://www.ksoca.com
Please bring a bottle of wine to share with your table!
Please donate a prize for our annual Raffle!
Click to download the 2014 Panigyri Flyer
Please complete and mail your reservation form by September 19, 2014
Click to download the reservation form.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Kythera from the Air:
a must have for every Kytherian!
Kythera from the Air is James Prineas' new 272 page coffee-table edition book in Greek and English with more than 300 stunning photographs of our beautiful island.
Books may be purchased online at www.kythera-books.com for $89 each, including shipping, or at a discounted price when ordering multiple copies.
A few of these discounted copies will be available for purchase by KSOCA members for $66 at the Panigyri in October. Send an email to the Kytherian Society to reserve your copy and to take advantage of this generous discount.
This golden, fabled island, birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, final resting place of generations of resilient farmers, industrious townsfolk, Byzantine refugees and Venetian aristocrats, is revealed in this book from the sky for the first time. The island’s secret ravines and inaccessible peaks, the dozens of more or less deserted villages with their homes and ruins and churches, and the centuries-old olive groves, tended through the generations, are all there from the perspective of the falcons which hover over the island on constant watch. Here are the networks of paths linking villages with fields and orchards, homes and ruins of once impoverished families who departed for distant lands to escape an unsustainable existence. Scattered isolated settlements, some only of a few houses, are slowly succumbing to the elements, engulfed in wild vegetation. A ruined Byzantine capital with a lost golden bell, precariously perched on a mountain ridge, beseeches us to mourn the brave souls who lost their lives defending their homes from marauders. Lonely beaches and coves are lapped by the calm blue Mediterranean. Here is Kythera, in all its beauty and solitude, from above.
Another book that is now available is One Year on Kythera.
One Year on Kythera is Kristina Williamson's photographic documentary of the island of Kythera, its inhabitants and its culture. With the help of a J. William Fulbright grant, Kristina was able to spend over one calendar year living and photographing our beautiful island.
I came to Kythera because I wanted to tell the story of life on the island. Over the years, hope for better opportunities drove many Kytherians to emigrate, leaving behind a dwindling population. I was interested in those who chose to remain on Kythera, and the intermingling of traditional and contemporary cultures reflected in their daily activities, homes, possessions, and surrounding environments.
KRISTINA WILLIAMSON is an American artist born in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania in 1980. In 2003, Williamson graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York with a BFA in photography and in 2004 was awarded a Fulbright grant to photograph life on the Greek island of Kythera. Her work has been showcased in solo exhibitions in Greece, New York, and Washington D.C., as well as various group exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. Williamson currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. www.kristinawilliamson.com
One Year on Kythera is available for purchase online for $49.00 at
http://www.oneyearonkythera.com/purchase/
If you happen to be on the island on August 9, 2014, Kristina will be having a
reception and book signing at Zeidoros in Kapsali, at 8pm.
Institute of Kytheraismos
6th International Symposium of Kytheraismos
Sydney, Australia - November 6 - 9, 2014
Have you been looking for an excuse to visit Austraia? Well here it is!
The next Kytheraismos Symposium is being held in Sydney, Australia.
What better time to visit Australia when you can have an opportunity to meet other
Kytherians, relatives and friends, and learn something new at the same time!
So far, we have three KSOCA members who are planning to attend.
Let's see if we can increase that number of participants!
Click here for a tentative list of Thematic Units of the Symposium.
The Kythera Summer Edition is available for you to read online!
Just click on the this link read.
Visit our website and Facebook page often for updated announcments!
